Timp Sports Weekly
May 14, 2013
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at the Region Four boys' soccer finale between the Lehi Pioneers (AKA the Froggies) and Lone Peak Knights (AKA the Loners). The game was expected to be another outstanding performance for the Froggies, but it turned out to be something that they did not want to croak about. Let's see why that was so. As they say in Lehi, let's swim straight to that story.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lone Peak Loners Gallop Away With 4-0 Win Over Lehi Froggies in Region 4 Boys' Soccer May 8
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi-Lone Peak boys' soccer game May 8 was supposed to have gone down as one of the Pioneers' greatest performances, especially when it was the last Region Four game for this year. For one thing, the Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, had finally clinched the Region Four championship, and they ware to be awarded the league trophy right after the game. However, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners spoiled the Froggies' night through drying them up by a score 4-0.
The Loners wasted no time in taking advantage of Lehi Coach Jerry Priesndorf's decision to have his 11 seniors start the game. With some of the regular Froggies watching from the sidelines, Lone Peak exploited Preisendorf's decision to the hilt.
Two minutes into the game, Sir Mikey Smith scored the first Loner goal on a head shot from inside the Froggie penalty. A former Froggie, Sir Pat Fuchs scored the second goal a few minutes later. The Loners' 2-0 lead served a warning that the evening would end with Lehi having nothing to croak about the game.
Having already designed to play soccer for the Dixie University Red Storm, AKA the Partyin' Red Storm, next season, Bosco Muhire led several deep drives in hopes of getting the Froggies to hop onto the scoreboard. However, they couldn't get any shots past Loner goalie Sir Brad Clark during halves.
Froggie fans put on frustrated looks as they watched favorite players Caiden Ramos, Ty Nelson, Tanner Allgaier, Aaron Caprio, and Coop Rios put on grand displays of dribbling that got ruined by steals made by Loners like Sir Tanner "Razor" Gillette and Sir Brayden Vawdrey.
Loner Sir Jadon Cutler tried scoring a few times on indirect kicks, but the Froggies kept deflecting his shot in both halves.
Midway through the first half, Gillette scored the third Loner goal. Froggie goalie Taylor Watkins kept the Loners from jacking up the score further until five minutes into the second half. At the 35:00 mark in Period 2, Sir Ty Allison, a "distant cousin" of the late TV actress June Alison, scored the fourth Loner goal. Lehi shut the Loners' scoring down permanently right after it. Nevertheless, the Froggies couldn't recover from the damage that the Loners had inflicted upon them in the game's first 45 minutes.
As if the situation on the field were not frustrating enough for Priesendorf, he became subjected to hearing taunts from Loner fans in the eastern bleachers. At one point, he looked over his right shoulder and yelled at those bad sports, "I know you're winning, but don't shout at my players."
Loner Coach Sir Blake Hale said, "Tonight, we capitalized on opportunities that we weren't able to in our first game against Lehi. We had a bunch of players come up with great plays for us tonight. Our back line did a pretty good job, too. Jared Nelson and Landon Wilson, for example, came up with great sweeps for us. This will be a swell way to get us ready for state on Tuesday."
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