Timp Sports Weekly
July 30, 2013
Publisher's Message
With the Utah Baseball Academy League's summer season winding down, we're going to be looking at some of the games played in the last full week UBAL action. One of the ones that stand out in my mind is the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' 12-2 win at home over the Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats. While we also be looking at some other game stories from the past week, Pleasant Grove's win over Brighton will be our cover article. Let's get to that story.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Ferocious PG Vikings Win 12-2 Over Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats July 19
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a 17-under age division game for the Utah Baseball Academy July 19, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings defeated the Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats 12-2.
In the top of the first, pitcher Easton Walker gave up one hit to the Bad Old Puddy Tats, but he held them scoreless. In the bottom of the first, Walker knocked in a run to start off a five-run stampede for his Ferocious Vikings. During that scoring rally, Peyton Henry and Brody Blackhurst each doubled in two runs.
Walker gave up a single to Bad Old Puddy Tat Taylor Prokopis, but he continued keeping Brighton from picking up runs. The Ferocious Viking pitcher held those Bad Old Puddy Tats scoreless until the sixth, even though Brayden Bagley singled off him in third and C.J. "Papa Goose" Orchard hit a fourth-inning double off Walker.
In the meanwhile, the Ferocious Vikings continued building up their lead. In the second, Walker hit one-run double, and he then came home on a Jade Smoot single. Gavin "Grizzly" Bahr hit a solo omer in the third, and in the fourth, Walker singled Matt Wilde in.
The Bad Old Puddy Tats held Pleasant Grove scoreless in the fifth. In the sixth, Prokopis and Zach Conner each hit a two-out, one-run single for Brighton. Its comeback attempt collapsed with Adam Wright flying out to center field.
In the bottom of the sixth, Wilde clubbed two-out single into center. Walker singled him in. Soon, Jade Smoot tripled in Walker and Peterson to win the game for the Ferocious Vikings.
Lehi Froggies Corral Cottonwood Ponies 10-2 in UBAL 16-Under Age Division Game July 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a 16-under age division game for the Utah Baseball Academy League July 20, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, corralled the Cottonwood Colts, AKA the Ponies, 10-2 at home. The game closed out the Froggies' home season.
The Ponies kept the game close during the first two inning. In the top of the first, for instance, Jeff "Matador" Borguez singled into right, and on one, McKoy "Do the Hustle" Williams singled him in. Before the Ponies could improve their 1-0 lead, pitcher Zane Longman, a brother of Lehi baseball Dakota Longman, caused Drew "Clue" Staley to put out to second base and Chris "Ginzu" Okamato to ground out.
The Froggies hopped all over the Ponies in the bottom of the first as everyone on the Lehi batting order took a turn at the plate that inning. A Kayden Henderson single resulted in Lehi loading the bases on no outs. Ty James doubled Henderson and Logan "Wazzy" Wassmer in. On two outs, Mouse Russon singled in Broc Hansen, and then scored Lehi's fourth run on a passed ball.
Hit by a Longman pitch in the second inning, Cam "Big Bam" Barlowe soon came home on one out. That turned out to be the closest that the Ponies could get to the Froggies, even though Cottonwood did hold Lehi scoreless in the bottom of the second. In retaliation for Barlowe's theft of home plate, Longman caused Beanie Feeney to ground out and Donnie Corley to strike out. Cottonwood did continue making hits in the game, though. Okamato produced a single at the start of the fourth. Staley singled for the Ponies in the sixth, and so did Sarge Carter in the seventh.
Meanwhile, the Froggies continued hopping way ahead of the Ponies. In the third inning, for example, Longman stole home while a Henderson single reeled in Stockton "Stock" Birch. In the fourth, Kelton Higgins doubled in Hansen, who had hit a right-field single at the start of the inning's lower half. The Froggies' next two fourth-inning runs came on a Russon sacrifice groundout and a passed ball. In the fifth, Lehi scored its 10th and final run as shortstop Staley turned up a double play.
The Ponies held the Froggies scoreless in the sixth to prolong the game to the seventh. The prolonging couldn't save the Ponies from getting corralled by their croaking hosts.
Lehi Coach Rick Russon said, "Our key are our fielding and hitting. We have a lot of good hitters, and when we field the ball good, we can hold our ground. Our fielding kept Cottonwood at bay."
Lehi's Hopes for a 15-Under Division State Title End on a Baad Note, Thanks to Highland Lambs
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
After having to stay home from the Utah High School Association's 5-A baseball tournament last spring, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, were counting on making up for the lost opportunity through doing awesome in the Utah Baseball Academy League's post-season playoffs for the 15-under age division pennant.
However, the successful season that they had enjoyed this summer couldn't turn out to be the springboard that the Froggies needed for hoping all the way to the 15-under age division state championship game. In an opening-round game at Lehi July 20, the Highland Rams, AKA the Lambs, butted Lehi out of the tournament by a score of 7-3.
The Froggies had to be given credit for playing some great defense. During the course of the playoff, they slapped the Lambs with a grand total of three double plays that all ended at home plate.
During the top of the first, the Lambs got singles from E.J. "Big Swig" Parkin and Nate "Rippin' Roddy" Rodderick. Lehi pitcher Trent Rigby struck out three out of the next four Lamb batters to hold Highland scoreless that inning.
On out in the bottom of the first, Kayden Henderson singled into right. He soon attempted to score on a Broc Hansen double. However, Henderson got tagged at home. As the Highland Lambs would declare, that play at home went down as a baad omen for the Froggies.
Doubling into left at the start of the second, Abe Olsen soon came home on a Parkin single. Lamb pitcher Trent "Stingray" Gregg held Lehi scoreless in the first two innings. Finally in the bottom of the third, Braden Olsen, a "distant cousin" of Superman comic book character Jimmy Olsen, singled into left, and on two outs, River "Chivalry" Chivera singled him in.
Parkin answered that RBI by slugging a one-run single right after Lehi had slugged the Lambs with a fourth-inning double play.
In the top of the fifth, Poppin' Jaden Brown slugged a left-field double, but the Froggies snagged him in a double play. Reliever Tanner Russon struck out Wooly Brent to retire the Lambs to the field. Highland kept Lehi from capitalizing on fifth-inning singles hit by Chivera and Trent.
Holding the Lambs scoreless again in the top of the sixth, the Froggies finally caught up with them in the bottom of the inning. Singles from Russon and Birch raised Lehi hopes for hopping from behind. Braden Walker singled them on no outs. Brown promptly took over pitching duties at that point, and he kept the Froggies scoreless for the rest of the game.
The Lambs loaded the bases on no outs in the top of the seventh. Brown singled in two runs, setting off a four-run rally that broke Lehi's efforts to pieces, despite a right-field single that Chivera slugged in the bottom of the inning.
Lehi Froggies' Croakin' 8 Defeat Skyline Chirpers 17-12 in UBAL 17-Under Age Division Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Despite having eight players turn out for a road game at Skyline July 17, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, still hopped past the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Chirpers, 17-12.
It took the Froggies, AKA the Croakin' Eight, four innings to take control of the game. Despite a first-inning slugged by Froggie Cam Grace, Lehi couldn't pick up any runs in the first two innings. Meanwhile, the Chirpers built a 2-0 lead in those two opening innings. In the first inning's lower half, Chirper Abe "Black Bear" Yagi slugged a two-out single to drive in Jake "The Jumpin' Dutchman" Vanamen. The next inning saw Chirper Levi "Mummy" Mumford single in Nick "Great" Scott.
The Croakin' Eight finally caught up with the Chirpers in the top of the third. On one out that inning, Ryan Absher tripled in Caiden "Diggin's" Higgins. A Grace single scored Absher for a tying run. Skyline flew back out in front 3-2 through Yagi doubling in Demitri "Gummy Bear" Sak.
The Chirpers' 3-2 lead could not survive the heat of the fourth inning's top half. It opened with Terry Paxton singling into left. After Grant Dixon flew out to center fielder Riley "Big Sky" Hennings, Higgins singled in Paxton to unleash a six-run rally for Lehi. It had much to croak about that inning. What were some of the things that made the Froggies croak proudly about it? Well, there was a Ryan Barnes, one-run double. There was also Ty James' two-run single that occurred right after Lehi had loaded the bases on one out. Finally, a two-out, one-run single hit by Dixon created an 8-3 lead that left Lehi quite happy -- correction, quite hoppy.
Skyline had to be given credit for tying to make a comeback after getting drenched in a flood of Lehi runs that inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Bridger "Valley" Nielson doubled into left, and he soon stole home. A Chris "Rugs" Shraegh sacrifice fly scored Scott. Lehi prevented the Chirpers from making any more runs in the fourth.
In the sixth, Barnes doubled in James on one out to unleash another six-run flood for Lehi. During that rally, Higgins singled in a run and Absher tripled in another two.
The Chirpers made sure that the Froggies' 14-5 lead would not spell an early end for Skyline. After soon as the Chirpers had loaded the bases on two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Hennings tripled in three runs, and he came home on a Nielsen single. Nielsen soon stole home to cut the lead to 14-10.
In the sixth's top half, James singled into left, only to get pinched in a fielder's choice play at second. On two outs, Barnes scored on an error at first. Lehi soon loaded the base afterwards, and Absher knocked in a run. Skyline didn't let the Croakin' Eight make any more runs after the sixth.
In the bottom of the sixth, one-run singles, hit by Vanamen and Sak, moved the Chirpers within 17-12. The next inning, they loaded the bases through a Yagi double, a Nielson single, and a Scott walk. Just as the Chirpers appeared destined to stage a fly-from-behind win, Brock "Four Tops" Kennick flew out to center field, ending the game.
Awesome AF Cavemen Defeat Lone Peak Loners 8-3 in UBAL 17-Under Age Division Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Utah Baseball Academy League game for the 17-under age division, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen defeated the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, 8-3 at American Fork July 15.
During the top of the first, the Awesome Cavemen turned up a double play that held the Loners to one hit and scoreless. In the bottom of the fourth, the Awesome Cavemen went on a four-run scoring run.
In the top of the second, Tate Hansen rifled a single in hopes of setting off a Loner comeback. The Loners did deliver a big slash to the Awesome Cavemen's lead that inning. Nick "Buzzer" Larsen singled in Mikey Evans, and he scored a run on an error. In the bottom of the second, Emmitt Green slugged a single in hopes of getting another Awesome Caveman rally going, but the Loners kept him stuck on base.
American Fork chucker Austin "Oh, Yeah, Baby" Pitcher held the Loners scoreless during the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. That didn't stop Chandler Goeckeritz and Connor Boyd from whacking a third-inning single and a fifth-inning double respectively.
In the bottom of the third, an Andy Bartholomew single moved Koy "Squeeze Toy" Dibb into scoring position. Dibb soon scored a run while Bartholomew got tossed out during an attempted steal to second.
The Awesome Cavemen didn't pick up any more runs until the bottom of the sixth. Aided by a Dibb single, American Fork went on a three-run rally through Logan Flinders, Riley Winter, and Bartholemew each singling in a run.
One of the two Gockeritz triplets playing for the Loners, Brooks Gockeritz scored an seventh-inning run while the Awesome Cavemen beaned Lone Peak with a double play. Larsen flew out to center before his Loners could score any more runs in the seventh.
Bingham Pickers Dig Out 15-4 Win Against Awesome AF Cavemen in July 15 UBAL Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen got caved in 15-4 by the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, in a July 15 game for the Utah Baseball Academy League's 17-under age division. Played at American Fork, the game showed why the Pickers had maintained a long tradition of quality baseball.
That fact was shown in the top of the first. Ty Zupon singled in Cody Kitchen to set off a four-run rally for the Pickers that inning. One-run singles from Sean "Senator Kenny" Keating and Colin "Gordy" Gordon kept the rally going strong. By the time, the Awesome Cavemen finally shut down the rally, they could be seen scratching their heads in figuring out how to club their way back into the game.
Pitcher Kitchen held them scoreless in the bottom of the first. The next inning, though, Mic Madsen doubled in Taylor "Guard Dog" Gardner and Coleman "Lantern" Shearer. Though an A.J. Jones double enabled American Fork to load the bases soon afterwards, the Pickers didn't let the Awesome Cavemen deliver any more cuts to Bingham's 4-2 lead.
The Pickers prevented American Fork from making any runs during the next four innings, despite a Hagan "Speedster" Holmstead double in the sixth.
In the third, Keating singled in Zupon, only to get stuck on base. On one out in the fourth, Parker Littlewood doubled into center, and a Bridger Jensen double brought him home. Jensen then came on a Spencer "Summer in the Streets" Esty single.
American Fork kept the Pickers from scoring any runs during the fifth and sixth innings. The Pickers made up for the two-inning scoring drought in the seventh's top half. Singling at the start of it, Zupon came home on a Gordon sacrifice fly to set off an eight-run rally, which saw Kitchen whack a grand slam.
Despite the thumping administered to them in the top of the inning, the Awesome Cavemen still managed to pick up runs in the bottom of the seventh. On one out, Madsen doubled in Gardner, and Shearer scored on a Jake Norton sacrifice fly. The rally collapsed through Hayden "Chief Woody" Wood striking out.
'Baad' Weather Forced Loner-AF 16-Under Age Division Game to End in Scoreless Tie
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
As Lone Peak Coach Rob Lamb might say, a case of baad weather forced the July 16 Awesome American Fork Caveman-Lone Peak Knight game to end in a scoreless tie.
Played at American Fork, the game saw the Awesome Cavemen unable to make any hits during the four full innings that the action lasted. American Fork made up for that problem by playing great defense each inning.
In the top of the first inning, for example, the Knights, AKA the Loners, got singles from Kennon Kelshaw and Seth "I'm not Richard" Correy. Nevertheless, pitcher Jaden Fox stuck out Caden Lundquist and Jackson McChesney. Ben "Buckshot" Rasband flew out to left Gunner Lamb, who couldn't chop any hits in the game.
Gunner's cousin Talmage Lamb chopped a second-inning single, but he got pinched in a double play turned out by shortstop Hagan "Speedster" Holmstead.
When the fourth inning ended in a scoreless deadlock, heavy rain set in and made the field unplayable. The contest will not be replayed until next year.
Awesome AF Cavemen's 16-Under Team Suffers Home Loss to Spanish Fork July 18
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Even though it's easy to dismiss the Spanish Fork Dons' boy athletes as being very girly, it has to be remembered that they have been known to be as tough as their town's manly girls. (Hey, never mess with a Spanish Fork girl. Very muscular, she will knock you out cold with just one punch.)
The Dons showed their toughness in a 16-under age division game that they played on the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's home diamond during Utah Baseball Academy League action July 18. Spanish Fork defeated American Fork 6-2 in the game.
Walked by pitcher Jace Ibarra in the top of the first, Don Nick Harrison scored the game's first run on a Quickly Nolan Golish sacrifice groundout. American Fork received a great chance at erasing the Dons' 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Singles from Buster "Bunny" Hardman and Hagan "Speedster" Holmstead put the Awesome Cavemen in fine position that innning, but third baseman Colt Creer grounded out Jaden Fox to end the inning with the Dons still ahead 1-0.
Pitcher Zak Harrison held the Awesome Cavemen scoreless in the second and third innings. Ibarra kept the Dons from extending their 1-0 lead until the top of the fourth. It opened with Reno "Needle" Rivera doubling into left. Zak Harrison doubled him in, and then game home on a Golish single.
Getting on base through a fourth-inning walk, Awesome Caveman Kastan Ramussen moved to third on a Hardman double hit into right field. A Holmstead sacrifice fly scored Rasmussen. Hardman came home a Mikey Hughes sacrifice fly. Zak Harrison grounded out Fox before American Fork could tie the game at three.
In the fifth's top half, Luke Kendrick singled in Riley Daniels on one out. The Dons extended their lead further the next inning when Golish hit a two-run double into left.
American Fork came really close to staging a rally in the bottom of the sixth. That inning, the Awesome Cavemen loaded the bases on singles clubbed by Rasmussen, Hardman, Greg Knight. Shortstop Devin Jamison grounded out Hollmstead, ending the inning before American Fork could at least a third run. The Awesome Cavemen never got another chance to score any more runs.
In the top of the first, pitcher Easton Walker gave up one hit to the Bad Old Puddy Tats, but he held them scoreless. In the bottom of the first, Walker knocked in a run to start off a five-run stampede for his Ferocious Vikings. During that scoring rally, Peyton Henry and Brody Blackhurst each doubled in two runs.
Walker gave up a single to Bad Old Puddy Tat Taylor Prokopis, but he continued keeping Brighton from picking up runs. The Ferocious Viking pitcher held those Bad Old Puddy Tats scoreless until the sixth, even though Brayden Bagley singled off him in third and C.J. "Papa Goose" Orchard hit a fourth-inning double off Walker.
In the meanwhile, the Ferocious Vikings continued building up their lead. In the second, Walker hit one-run double, and he then came home on a Jade Smoot single. Gavin "Grizzly" Bahr hit a solo omer in the third, and in the fourth, Walker singled Matt Wilde in.
The Bad Old Puddy Tats held Pleasant Grove scoreless in the fifth. In the sixth, Prokopis and Zach Conner each hit a two-out, one-run single for Brighton. Its comeback attempt collapsed with Adam Wright flying out to center field.
In the bottom of the sixth, Wilde clubbed two-out single into center. Walker singled him in. Soon, Jade Smoot tripled in Walker and Peterson to win the game for the Ferocious Vikings.
Lehi Froggies Corral Cottonwood Ponies 10-2 in UBAL 16-Under Age Division Game July 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a 16-under age division game for the Utah Baseball Academy League July 20, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, corralled the Cottonwood Colts, AKA the Ponies, 10-2 at home. The game closed out the Froggies' home season.
The Ponies kept the game close during the first two inning. In the top of the first, for instance, Jeff "Matador" Borguez singled into right, and on one, McKoy "Do the Hustle" Williams singled him in. Before the Ponies could improve their 1-0 lead, pitcher Zane Longman, a brother of Lehi baseball Dakota Longman, caused Drew "Clue" Staley to put out to second base and Chris "Ginzu" Okamato to ground out.
The Froggies hopped all over the Ponies in the bottom of the first as everyone on the Lehi batting order took a turn at the plate that inning. A Kayden Henderson single resulted in Lehi loading the bases on no outs. Ty James doubled Henderson and Logan "Wazzy" Wassmer in. On two outs, Mouse Russon singled in Broc Hansen, and then scored Lehi's fourth run on a passed ball.
Hit by a Longman pitch in the second inning, Cam "Big Bam" Barlowe soon came home on one out. That turned out to be the closest that the Ponies could get to the Froggies, even though Cottonwood did hold Lehi scoreless in the bottom of the second. In retaliation for Barlowe's theft of home plate, Longman caused Beanie Feeney to ground out and Donnie Corley to strike out. Cottonwood did continue making hits in the game, though. Okamato produced a single at the start of the fourth. Staley singled for the Ponies in the sixth, and so did Sarge Carter in the seventh.
Meanwhile, the Froggies continued hopping way ahead of the Ponies. In the third inning, for example, Longman stole home while a Henderson single reeled in Stockton "Stock" Birch. In the fourth, Kelton Higgins doubled in Hansen, who had hit a right-field single at the start of the inning's lower half. The Froggies' next two fourth-inning runs came on a Russon sacrifice groundout and a passed ball. In the fifth, Lehi scored its 10th and final run as shortstop Staley turned up a double play.
The Ponies held the Froggies scoreless in the sixth to prolong the game to the seventh. The prolonging couldn't save the Ponies from getting corralled by their croaking hosts.
Lehi Coach Rick Russon said, "Our key are our fielding and hitting. We have a lot of good hitters, and when we field the ball good, we can hold our ground. Our fielding kept Cottonwood at bay."
Lehi's Hopes for a 15-Under Division State Title End on a Baad Note, Thanks to Highland Lambs
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
After having to stay home from the Utah High School Association's 5-A baseball tournament last spring, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, were counting on making up for the lost opportunity through doing awesome in the Utah Baseball Academy League's post-season playoffs for the 15-under age division pennant.
However, the successful season that they had enjoyed this summer couldn't turn out to be the springboard that the Froggies needed for hoping all the way to the 15-under age division state championship game. In an opening-round game at Lehi July 20, the Highland Rams, AKA the Lambs, butted Lehi out of the tournament by a score of 7-3.
The Froggies had to be given credit for playing some great defense. During the course of the playoff, they slapped the Lambs with a grand total of three double plays that all ended at home plate.
During the top of the first, the Lambs got singles from E.J. "Big Swig" Parkin and Nate "Rippin' Roddy" Rodderick. Lehi pitcher Trent Rigby struck out three out of the next four Lamb batters to hold Highland scoreless that inning.
On out in the bottom of the first, Kayden Henderson singled into right. He soon attempted to score on a Broc Hansen double. However, Henderson got tagged at home. As the Highland Lambs would declare, that play at home went down as a baad omen for the Froggies.
Doubling into left at the start of the second, Abe Olsen soon came home on a Parkin single. Lamb pitcher Trent "Stingray" Gregg held Lehi scoreless in the first two innings. Finally in the bottom of the third, Braden Olsen, a "distant cousin" of Superman comic book character Jimmy Olsen, singled into left, and on two outs, River "Chivalry" Chivera singled him in.
Parkin answered that RBI by slugging a one-run single right after Lehi had slugged the Lambs with a fourth-inning double play.
In the top of the fifth, Poppin' Jaden Brown slugged a left-field double, but the Froggies snagged him in a double play. Reliever Tanner Russon struck out Wooly Brent to retire the Lambs to the field. Highland kept Lehi from capitalizing on fifth-inning singles hit by Chivera and Trent.
Holding the Lambs scoreless again in the top of the sixth, the Froggies finally caught up with them in the bottom of the inning. Singles from Russon and Birch raised Lehi hopes for hopping from behind. Braden Walker singled them on no outs. Brown promptly took over pitching duties at that point, and he kept the Froggies scoreless for the rest of the game.
The Lambs loaded the bases on no outs in the top of the seventh. Brown singled in two runs, setting off a four-run rally that broke Lehi's efforts to pieces, despite a right-field single that Chivera slugged in the bottom of the inning.
Lehi Froggies' Croakin' 8 Defeat Skyline Chirpers 17-12 in UBAL 17-Under Age Division Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Despite having eight players turn out for a road game at Skyline July 17, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, still hopped past the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Chirpers, 17-12.
It took the Froggies, AKA the Croakin' Eight, four innings to take control of the game. Despite a first-inning slugged by Froggie Cam Grace, Lehi couldn't pick up any runs in the first two innings. Meanwhile, the Chirpers built a 2-0 lead in those two opening innings. In the first inning's lower half, Chirper Abe "Black Bear" Yagi slugged a two-out single to drive in Jake "The Jumpin' Dutchman" Vanamen. The next inning saw Chirper Levi "Mummy" Mumford single in Nick "Great" Scott.
The Croakin' Eight finally caught up with the Chirpers in the top of the third. On one out that inning, Ryan Absher tripled in Caiden "Diggin's" Higgins. A Grace single scored Absher for a tying run. Skyline flew back out in front 3-2 through Yagi doubling in Demitri "Gummy Bear" Sak.
The Chirpers' 3-2 lead could not survive the heat of the fourth inning's top half. It opened with Terry Paxton singling into left. After Grant Dixon flew out to center fielder Riley "Big Sky" Hennings, Higgins singled in Paxton to unleash a six-run rally for Lehi. It had much to croak about that inning. What were some of the things that made the Froggies croak proudly about it? Well, there was a Ryan Barnes, one-run double. There was also Ty James' two-run single that occurred right after Lehi had loaded the bases on one out. Finally, a two-out, one-run single hit by Dixon created an 8-3 lead that left Lehi quite happy -- correction, quite hoppy.
Skyline had to be given credit for tying to make a comeback after getting drenched in a flood of Lehi runs that inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Bridger "Valley" Nielson doubled into left, and he soon stole home. A Chris "Rugs" Shraegh sacrifice fly scored Scott. Lehi prevented the Chirpers from making any more runs in the fourth.
In the sixth, Barnes doubled in James on one out to unleash another six-run flood for Lehi. During that rally, Higgins singled in a run and Absher tripled in another two.
The Chirpers made sure that the Froggies' 14-5 lead would not spell an early end for Skyline. After soon as the Chirpers had loaded the bases on two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Hennings tripled in three runs, and he came home on a Nielsen single. Nielsen soon stole home to cut the lead to 14-10.
In the sixth's top half, James singled into left, only to get pinched in a fielder's choice play at second. On two outs, Barnes scored on an error at first. Lehi soon loaded the base afterwards, and Absher knocked in a run. Skyline didn't let the Croakin' Eight make any more runs after the sixth.
In the bottom of the sixth, one-run singles, hit by Vanamen and Sak, moved the Chirpers within 17-12. The next inning, they loaded the bases through a Yagi double, a Nielson single, and a Scott walk. Just as the Chirpers appeared destined to stage a fly-from-behind win, Brock "Four Tops" Kennick flew out to center field, ending the game.
Awesome AF Cavemen Defeat Lone Peak Loners 8-3 in UBAL 17-Under Age Division Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Utah Baseball Academy League game for the 17-under age division, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen defeated the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, 8-3 at American Fork July 15.
During the top of the first, the Awesome Cavemen turned up a double play that held the Loners to one hit and scoreless. In the bottom of the fourth, the Awesome Cavemen went on a four-run scoring run.
In the top of the second, Tate Hansen rifled a single in hopes of setting off a Loner comeback. The Loners did deliver a big slash to the Awesome Cavemen's lead that inning. Nick "Buzzer" Larsen singled in Mikey Evans, and he scored a run on an error. In the bottom of the second, Emmitt Green slugged a single in hopes of getting another Awesome Caveman rally going, but the Loners kept him stuck on base.
American Fork chucker Austin "Oh, Yeah, Baby" Pitcher held the Loners scoreless during the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. That didn't stop Chandler Goeckeritz and Connor Boyd from whacking a third-inning single and a fifth-inning double respectively.
In the bottom of the third, an Andy Bartholomew single moved Koy "Squeeze Toy" Dibb into scoring position. Dibb soon scored a run while Bartholomew got tossed out during an attempted steal to second.
The Awesome Cavemen didn't pick up any more runs until the bottom of the sixth. Aided by a Dibb single, American Fork went on a three-run rally through Logan Flinders, Riley Winter, and Bartholemew each singling in a run.
One of the two Gockeritz triplets playing for the Loners, Brooks Gockeritz scored an seventh-inning run while the Awesome Cavemen beaned Lone Peak with a double play. Larsen flew out to center before his Loners could score any more runs in the seventh.
Bingham Pickers Dig Out 15-4 Win Against Awesome AF Cavemen in July 15 UBAL Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen got caved in 15-4 by the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, in a July 15 game for the Utah Baseball Academy League's 17-under age division. Played at American Fork, the game showed why the Pickers had maintained a long tradition of quality baseball.
That fact was shown in the top of the first. Ty Zupon singled in Cody Kitchen to set off a four-run rally for the Pickers that inning. One-run singles from Sean "Senator Kenny" Keating and Colin "Gordy" Gordon kept the rally going strong. By the time, the Awesome Cavemen finally shut down the rally, they could be seen scratching their heads in figuring out how to club their way back into the game.
Pitcher Kitchen held them scoreless in the bottom of the first. The next inning, though, Mic Madsen doubled in Taylor "Guard Dog" Gardner and Coleman "Lantern" Shearer. Though an A.J. Jones double enabled American Fork to load the bases soon afterwards, the Pickers didn't let the Awesome Cavemen deliver any more cuts to Bingham's 4-2 lead.
The Pickers prevented American Fork from making any runs during the next four innings, despite a Hagan "Speedster" Holmstead double in the sixth.
In the third, Keating singled in Zupon, only to get stuck on base. On one out in the fourth, Parker Littlewood doubled into center, and a Bridger Jensen double brought him home. Jensen then came on a Spencer "Summer in the Streets" Esty single.
American Fork kept the Pickers from scoring any runs during the fifth and sixth innings. The Pickers made up for the two-inning scoring drought in the seventh's top half. Singling at the start of it, Zupon came home on a Gordon sacrifice fly to set off an eight-run rally, which saw Kitchen whack a grand slam.
Despite the thumping administered to them in the top of the inning, the Awesome Cavemen still managed to pick up runs in the bottom of the seventh. On one out, Madsen doubled in Gardner, and Shearer scored on a Jake Norton sacrifice fly. The rally collapsed through Hayden "Chief Woody" Wood striking out.
'Baad' Weather Forced Loner-AF 16-Under Age Division Game to End in Scoreless Tie
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
As Lone Peak Coach Rob Lamb might say, a case of baad weather forced the July 16 Awesome American Fork Caveman-Lone Peak Knight game to end in a scoreless tie.
Played at American Fork, the game saw the Awesome Cavemen unable to make any hits during the four full innings that the action lasted. American Fork made up for that problem by playing great defense each inning.
In the top of the first inning, for example, the Knights, AKA the Loners, got singles from Kennon Kelshaw and Seth "I'm not Richard" Correy. Nevertheless, pitcher Jaden Fox stuck out Caden Lundquist and Jackson McChesney. Ben "Buckshot" Rasband flew out to left Gunner Lamb, who couldn't chop any hits in the game.
Gunner's cousin Talmage Lamb chopped a second-inning single, but he got pinched in a double play turned out by shortstop Hagan "Speedster" Holmstead.
When the fourth inning ended in a scoreless deadlock, heavy rain set in and made the field unplayable. The contest will not be replayed until next year.
Awesome AF Cavemen's 16-Under Team Suffers Home Loss to Spanish Fork July 18
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Even though it's easy to dismiss the Spanish Fork Dons' boy athletes as being very girly, it has to be remembered that they have been known to be as tough as their town's manly girls. (Hey, never mess with a Spanish Fork girl. Very muscular, she will knock you out cold with just one punch.)
The Dons showed their toughness in a 16-under age division game that they played on the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's home diamond during Utah Baseball Academy League action July 18. Spanish Fork defeated American Fork 6-2 in the game.
Walked by pitcher Jace Ibarra in the top of the first, Don Nick Harrison scored the game's first run on a Quickly Nolan Golish sacrifice groundout. American Fork received a great chance at erasing the Dons' 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Singles from Buster "Bunny" Hardman and Hagan "Speedster" Holmstead put the Awesome Cavemen in fine position that innning, but third baseman Colt Creer grounded out Jaden Fox to end the inning with the Dons still ahead 1-0.
Pitcher Zak Harrison held the Awesome Cavemen scoreless in the second and third innings. Ibarra kept the Dons from extending their 1-0 lead until the top of the fourth. It opened with Reno "Needle" Rivera doubling into left. Zak Harrison doubled him in, and then game home on a Golish single.
Getting on base through a fourth-inning walk, Awesome Caveman Kastan Ramussen moved to third on a Hardman double hit into right field. A Holmstead sacrifice fly scored Rasmussen. Hardman came home a Mikey Hughes sacrifice fly. Zak Harrison grounded out Fox before American Fork could tie the game at three.
In the fifth's top half, Luke Kendrick singled in Riley Daniels on one out. The Dons extended their lead further the next inning when Golish hit a two-run double into left.
American Fork came really close to staging a rally in the bottom of the sixth. That inning, the Awesome Cavemen loaded the bases on singles clubbed by Rasmussen, Hardman, Greg Knight. Shortstop Devin Jamison grounded out Hollmstead, ending the inning before American Fork could at least a third run. The Awesome Cavemen never got another chance to score any more runs.
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