Timp Sports Weekly
May 21. 2013
Publisher's Message
This issue covers a big achievement in Awesome American Fork Cavewoman athletics. On May 18, the Awesome Cavewomen took home their first-ever state girls' lacrosse state championship trophy. It's the fifth state championship trophy won by the Cavewomen over the past 20 years. The other three sports that they have taken state in include volleyball, track, basketball, and swimming. To get add the state title trophy to their awards collection, they had to play the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, in the girls' Division II title game at Copper Hills in West Jordan. As they say in Lehi, let's stroke straight to the story to learn how the Awesome Cavewomen drained Lehi in the championship game.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Awesome AF Cavewomen Soak Up Lehi 11-7 in State Girls' Division II Lacrosse Title Game May 18
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
It was indeed appropriate that the Division II girls' state lacrosse championship, played at West Jordan's Copper Hills High, went down as a classic battle between two longtime rivals. When the all prior rounds of state playoff action had concluded, the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, were the final two teams left to square off the championship trophy.
The game was the latest showdown between two club teams whose home schools had shared a rivalry dating back four generations. The Awesome Cavewomen and the Froggies showed the ferocity of that rivalry during the game. It ended with the Awesome Cavewomen soaking up Lehi 11-7.
With occasional outbreaks of rainfall, Nikki "Quickie" Fitz, Shea "Sting Ray" Munger, and Ashlyne "Major Crack Shot" Sanders guided the Froggies in dominating the first quarter of the game. Lehi didn't get on the board first. American Fork sophomore Haley "Right Hook" Cook zipped in the game's first successful shot past goalie Laramie "The Clever" Leaver.
The Froggies didn't let Cook's goal go unanswered for long. Munger zipped deep into Cavewoman territory and tied the game at one on a shot she lobbed into the goal net from barely outside the goal circle. Megan "The Killer Bee" Freeman put the Froggies ahead 2-1 just before the first quarter ended.
The period's conclusion gave the impression that the Froggies would be croaking until next May about being state champs. Suddenly, Suddenly, they drew a foul in their penalty area early in the second quarter. Awesome Cavewoman Brooke "Rapids" Jones tied the game at two. Recovering a ground ball, Morgan Greening zipped away and put American Fork ahead 3-2 on a breakaway play. A scoring spree ensued for the Awesome Cavewomen. During that scoring spree, they built up a 7-2 lead on shots from Cook, Leslie Riggs, and Emily-Kate Esplin. Shortly before the end of the first half, Sydnie "Syd" Sampson connected a pass to Addie "The Piercer" Pearson for a goal, cutting American Fork's lead to 7-3.
With Cook scoring the eighth American Fork goal on a third-period, free possession, the Awesome Cavewomen kept Freeman and Sanders from doing any damage on the field. Meanwhile, Esplin connected a pass to Riggs for a goal. Esplin then scored a goal herself to improve American Fork's lead at 10-3.
As if American Fork's seven-goal lead were not frustrating enough for Lehi Coach Greg Freeman, he heard Lehi spectators shout all sorts of disparaging things to players and officials on the field. Finally, the Lehi head coach shouted, "Lehi parents, stop with saying those things. Honor the game!"
During the final quarter, the Froggies held the Awesome Cavewomen to one goal, which was scored by Leah Durrant. Megan Freeman scored a goal on a free possession stirring up a Froggie comeback. Sanders scored three straight goals to give Lehi some momentum in the game's final five minutes. In the game's final 30 seconds, American Fork used up the clock by passing the ball around.
American Fork Coach Lindsay Gomm said, "My girls proved today that they can do anything. After our last game, I learned what to do to have my girls guard Megan Freeman and Ashlyne Sanders. I had a large number of girls take turns at guarding those two Lehi players, especially Sanders, Lehi's biggest scorer. Though much has been made about Haley Cook, who's been playing for year, I have a large staff of girls who can do a good job in filling in for each other on the field."
Riggs and Cook each tossed in three goals to lead American Fork in scoring while Esplin produced two goals and two assists. Also, Riggs produced five recoveries of ground balls for American Fork. Lehi's top scorer, Sanders tossed in three goals while Fitz came up with five ground-ball recoveries for Lehi.
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