Timp Sports Weekly
September 25, 2012
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at one of the oldest sports rivalries in this state. No, we're not examining the latest Holy War, which thankfully ended in a 20-13 win which the University of Utah Utes posted at Lavelle Edwards Stadium, home of the BYU Cougars, AKA the Zoobies. The rivalry which we will be examining in this issue is the one between the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. Like my Awesome American Fork Cavemen, the Pleasant Grovers have long called Lehi Swampville and its residents Webfooters. I simply call Lehi High kids Froggies, and they tease me about it every weekday afternoon when I row in to clean up their school. Anyway, in this issue, we will look at a soccer contest, volleyball match, and a football game that were played between the Ferocious Vikings and the Froggies. We will also look volleyball matches that the Froggies and Vikings played against the Awesome American Fork Cavwomen and the Herimman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies. As they say in Lehi, let's stroke straight to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lehi Froggies Kick Ferocious PG Vikings Aside 1-0 in Sept. 19 Girls' Soccer Thriller
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pionners, AKA the Froggies, defeated the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 1-0 in a Region Four girls' soccer game at Lehi High Sept. 19.
Both teams displayed defensive performances which made the game quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Nevertheless, the game's outcome got decided midway through the first half.
Lehi Coach Brett Bergholm said, "From 18 yards out, Rachel Rogers received a cross from Alisa Holmstead and kicked the ball straight over PG's goalie's head and into the net. PG continued making the game interesting with some great defensive and offensive plays. When we played PG under the lights at their place earlier this month, we beat them 3-1. Here, they caused us to miss shots that would have surely gone into the net."
Rogers said, "They were supposed to be not very good, but they gave us a very good challenge in both of the games that we played against them this month. They were quite physical today. They pushed us around a lot. That was what frustrated me the most about today's game. I sighed with relief when the game was over. Our goalie, Kirsten Josey, made some great saves for us today."
The Froggies also won the junior varsity game, played right afterwards, by a score of 1-0. Froggie Hannah Lutz scored that game's only goal on an 18-yard free kick. Lehi jayvee coach Suzy Whiting said, "Our jayvees played really good defense and passed around a lot."
Bergholm recalled, "In the jayvee game at PG, the Vikings built up a 3-0 lead in the first half. We came back in the second half and won the game 4-3."
Ferocious PG Vike Spikers Drain Lehi Froggies in 5-Game Volleyball Match in Sept. 12 Match
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings outlasted the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, in a five-game volleyball match played at Lehi Sept. 12. The defending state 5-A champs, the Ferocious Vikings pulled through the match by scores of 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-10.
The match went down as a contest as exciting as the matches that Ferocious Vikings had played against their arch rivals, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, for state championship titles.
Game 1 of the Sept. 12 match went set the tone for the seesaw battle that raged all night between the Froggies and the Ferocious Vikings. Lehi hopped onto the scoreboard first. A niece of former American Fork Awesome Cavewoman sports legend The Beautiful Stephanie Trane, Ferocious Viking Brisa Winterton registered a kill that tied the game at 1. Before long, the Ferocious Vikings had rowed ahead 7-3. The Froggies refused to sink to defeat. Guided by Cydney Lund, Courtney Walker, McKayla Houghton, and Rylan Roberts, Lehi jumped back into the game.
Madison "Avenue" Walford, Stacey Dahl, Rache "Hurricane" Gale, and Alexus Sharp worked well together in keeping the Ferocious Vikings ahead for most of Game 1. They enabled PG to have a lead as wide as 12-6. However, the Froggies proved to be too jump to be contained. Aided by Lund digs and Roberts' hitting, Houghton held her own against PG's ferocious line as she led the Froggies into eventually hopping ahead 17-16. Faitoto'a Falaeo registered kills that enable Lehi to stay ahead permanently in the game. A Houghton kill gave Lehi a 25-20 win in the game.
In the second game, Sydney White's serving helped the Froggies leap ahead 3-1. With Houghton and Walker controlling the net, the Froggies soon commanded a 7-3 advantage. Walford and Gale attempted to tip the momentum to Pleasant Grove's advantage. However, Faleao and teammate Reesie Tua joined Houghton in producing kills that produced a 14-6 lead for the Froggies. Sharp and Walford organized a comeback that capitalized on missed Lehi serves. Before long, the Ferocious Vikings finally pulled ahead 19-18. A Roberts kill tied the game at 19. The game went down as another seesaw battle. However Ferocious Viking mistakes permitted Lehi to win 25-23.
The Ferocious Vikings seemed done for. Nevertheless, they went into Game 3 determined to prolong the contest to a fifth game. Even though a Faleao hit gave the Froggies a 2-1 lead in the third game, a Gale hit sent the Ferocious Vikings rowing out in front 5-4. The game then to a 20-minute break, because of a controversy over player rotations. Once the matter was resolved, Pleasant Grove took control of the game, and they won it 25-23. Guided by Gale and Winterton, the Ferocious Vikings also won the fourth game by a score of 25-23.
"Our girls played looser in the third and fourth games, and they had great offensive passing," said Pleasant Grove Coach Alyce Wilson. "In the fifth game, we battled Lehi to a 10-10 draw, but we then scored the game's last five points."
Ferocious PG Vikings Narrowly Keep Unbeaten Record Intact in Ribbiting Football Thriller at Lehi Sept. 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
For almost a decade now, it has been a common assumption that the Lehi Pioneer football team is a doormat for every school it plays. AKA the Froggies, the Pioneers have debunked that assumption this year by hopping out on top of three of the five games that they have played so far this year. The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings would have been the fourth team to have lost to the Froggies, had it not been some last-minute breaks that enabled Pleasant Grove to row from behind to win 37-34 to improve its unbeaten season record at 5-0.
Under other circumstances, the Pleasant Grove-Lehi game, played at Pioneer Stadium Sept. 20, would have been viewed by the news media as being too insignificant to be worth covering. However, because of the Froggies' surprising improvement in football this, Central Utah press organizations decided to send reporters to the contest. It proved to be worth their time. So sportswriters like the Salt Lake Tribune's Aaron "Mr. Soccer" Falk could hardly wait to write heart-stopping copy about the game. Though I am now just a citizen journalist, the kind of soul that full-time news media people look down on, I will present you my version of that riveting -- correction, ribbiting game.
The game opened with Froggie kickoff returner Austin Whetzel catching the ball in the Lehi end zone. Quarterbacked by Derek Beeston, the Froggies' first drive penetrated the Ferocious Vikings' territory. However, Pleasant Grove's defense stopped the Froggies' cold at the Viking 32-yard line.
Sophomore Malik Overstreet's catch of a 65-yard Jeremiah Evans pass propelled the Ferocious Vikings into Lehi's 10-yard zone. At 5;52, running back T.J. Wind took a handoff from quarterback Evans and moved like a tornado into the Froggie end zone. Lehi prevented kicker Cesar "Salad" Madrigal from booting in an extra point.
Lehi had Derek Hastings, Ryan Absher, and Caden Calton take turns with rushing the ball during the Froggies' second drive of the game. Although Lehi did dive deep into the Ferocious Vikings' territory, the Pleasant Grove defense still proved to be unbreakable. The first quarter ended with Ferocious Viking Micah Jones catching a long pass that put Pleasant Grove at the Lehi 11-yard line.
The Froggies' stubborn defense in the second quarter convinced the Ferocious Vikings to go a field goal. Madrigal's kick for it failed.
Despite Beeston getting gang-sacked for an eight-yard loss, long runs by Hastings and Absher moved the Froggies clear to the Pleasant Grove 26-yard line. Unable to move the ball beyond that point, the Froggies gambled on kicker Hayden Hunt to try for a 36-yard field goal. Hunt's kick for one succeeded.
With their narrow lead slashed to just three points, the Ferocious Vikings staged an aerial attack to stay out in front. Evans' long passes to Jacob Doman and Wind blew Pleasant Grove into the Froggie 10-yard zone. After linebacker Hunter Sowell sacked Evans at the Lehi 4-yard line for a one-yard loss, Wind took a handoff from his team's quarterback. Despite getting tackled at the 1-yard line, Wind had a tip of the ball land in the Froggie end zone for a touchdown. With a Madrigal extra-point kick improving Pleasant Grove's lead at 13-3, the Froggies appeared destined to get boiled in the second half. However, they demonstrated quickly that they weren't going to throw up their flippers and let the Ferocious Vikings wipe them out.
In the first half's closing seconds, Beeston lobbed a 45-yard touchdown pass to Whetzel. A Hunt extra-point kick put Lehi within 13-10.
Wind tried to be as devastating to Lehi as a typhoon. The third quarter, for example, opened with Wind making a 40-yard rush. Wind soon scored on a nine-yard touchdown play. With Madrigal's second straight successful extra-point kick improving the Ferocious Viking lead at 20-10, the Vikings looked forward to drying up Lehi in second half.
During the first Lehi drive of the second half, running back Adam Demke got injured. The game got stopped for 20 minutes. so the injured player could be carefully extracted from the field. Lehi's cheerleaders huddled together and said a prayer for Demke. Meanwhile, Lehi players shouted, "Demke's our brother. Let's get this game for him."
As Demke finally got wheeled away by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance, the crowd shouted, "Pray for Demke! Pray for Demke!"
Motivated by a new purpose, the Froggies waged a fierce offensive effort. It paid off with Absher catching a 37-yard touchdown pass from Beeston.
Pleasant Grove efforts for recapturing the momentum failed in the third period. When the Ferocious Vikings recovered their own fumble at a cost of 18 lost yards, a crucial march for them died out.
Beginning at their 25-yard line, the Froggies hopped fiercely into the Pleasant Grove 20-yard zone. Soon, Beeston connected a 17-yard touchdown pass to Whetzel to put Lehi ahead 22-20. Though the Pleasant Grove defense blocked Hunt's extra-point kick, the Froggies still had clear control of the moment.
Lehi prevented the Ferocious Vikings from picking up a fresh first down during their final march of the third quarter. It ended with Lehi moving the ball clear to the Ferocious Viking 7-yard line.
At 10:31 in the final quarter, Caden Calton scored touchdown on a one-yard carry. Beeston gambled on a try for a two-point conversion. The attempt failed.
Lehi came really close to scoring a safety when Evans recovered his own fumble at the Pleasant Grove 2-yard line at the cost of 18 lost yards. Just as the quarterback seemed destined to get sacked on the next play, he handed the ball to Wind, who then swooped 78 yards to the Lehi 24-yard line. Aided by Spencer Romney's catch of a 12-yard pass, Wind soon scored a touchdown on an eight-yard carry. Evans soon connected a pass to Taylor "Ro" Bott for a tying two-point conversion.
The tied score of 28-28 gave the impression that the game would soon flood into overtime. Lehi battled fiercely to sweep away that prospect. Despite Zac Dawe sacking Beeston for a 12-yard loss, a passing interference penalty called against Pleasant Grove enabled the Froggies to invade Pleasant Grove's 20-yard zone. At 5:39, Beeston passed 16 yards to Absher for a go-ahead touchdown. Although the Ferocious Viking defense prevent Hunt from kicking in an extra point, Froggie fans croaked with relief at the expectation that the game would go into overtime. That expectation grew stronger when Evans threw an incomplete pass during a fourth down play in the final two minutes of regulation.
The game suddenly took a shocking turn for Lehi. On a first-down play, Beeston got gang-sacked at the Lehi 4-yard line at a cost of 16 lost yards. Lehi's attempts to get out of the deep hole proved fatal. After Beetston tossed an incomplete pass, three Ferocious Vikings nailed him in the end zone for a safety. It tipped the momentum to Pleasant Grove's way.
Romney returned a kickoff to the Lehi 36-yard line. Doman's catch of a 25-yard pass put Lehi in a fatal corner. With 27 seconds left on the clock, Evans passed to Overstreet for a go-ahead touchdown, which Madrigal frosted with an extra-point kick.
Aided by a 16-yard carry by Calton, Whetzel caught a 45-yard pass that gave Lehi hope. On the game's last play, Absher rushed the ball clear to the Pleasant Grove 11-yard line, where he got tackled out of bounds.
With a relieved look, Pleasant Grove Coach Les Hamilton, no relation to actor George Hamilton, said, "Overstreet made the catch of his career when he received that touchdown pass in the game's 30 seconds. He's just a sophomore, but he played like a longtime veteran tonight. T.J. [Wind] was possessed tonight. He made those long runs that helped to save us. Jeremiah Evans found the right guys to connect for the big plays tonight. We were luck to come out of this alive. We made a lot of mistakes and hurt ourselves with big penalties. Lehi was ready for us. Offensively and defensively, they were gritty. We're going home tonight with a lot of respect for them."
On my way out of Pioneer Stadium, an old Lehi man told me, "Write in the paper that Lehi's coach [Dave Hastings] cost us the game."
That old man may not believe it, but Dave Hastings was not the party responsible for the game's final outcome. Overstreet was the guilty culprit, and count on him being proud of that.
Ferocious PG Vike Spikers Scuttle Awesome AF Cavewomen in 3-Game Match Sept. 17
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings showed in a road match at American Fork Sept. 17 that their win at Lehi had not left them emotionally drained. The Ferocious Vikings scuttled the Awesome Cavewomen 25-19, 25-12, 25-11.
Pleasant Grove Coach Alyce Wilson said, "Lehi taught us what to do in matches, so we could do much better in winning quicker."
Athough Kailey Buckner, Hannah Lynde, and Kassidy Roberts guided the Awesome Cavewomen in maintaining a close fight against the Ferocious Vikings in the first game, Pleasant Grove's Rachel "Hurricane" Gale, Madison "Avenue" Walford, and Brisa Winterton (a niece of American Fork sports legend Tony Trane) guided their team in posting a 25-19 win in Game 1.
In the next two games, the Ferocious Vikings massacred the Awesome Cavewomen. Gale and Walford guided Pleasant Grove in destroying the host team. In the third game, for instance, Pleasant Grove built up a 21-7 lead. After a Bailey Nixon kill had put them on the edge of being doomed, the Awesome Cavewomen made a short comeback guided by Roberts and Maddy "Colonel" Sanders. American Fork got within 24-11, but a hitting error ended the match.
Gale lead Pleasant Grove with 16 kills. For American Fork, Lynde produced 15 kills and Roberts 12 digs.
Lehi Froggies Gild Herriman Pretty Ponies in 3-Game Volleyball Match on Sept. 17
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers opened Region Four volleyball play at home by gilding the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies, in a three-game match Sept. 17.
In fixing the Pretty Ponies by scores of 25-20, 25-15. 25-19, the Froggies demonstrated that they could truthfully croak about the fact that they had a lot of returning veterans from last year still on staff.
The match opened with a McKayla Houghton kill putting the Froggies on the scoreboard first. The Pretty Ponies tied Game 1's score at one, two, five, 13, and 14. Pretty Ponies Sadie "Fish" Pond, Oakley "Squint" Swint, and Elaine Asaasa provided the Froggies a strong challenge at the net, keeping the first game a close affair.
For a spell, Faitoto'a Faleao, Courtney Walker, and Houghton provided Lehi with the gas for staying narrowly ahead of the Pretty Ponies. However, Herriman eventually pulled ahead 15-14, giving the impression that the Froggies might have to play at least four games instead of three against Herriman. Lehi tied it at 15, and then the Froggies stroked ahead 16-15.
A Swint block tied the game at 16, but Lehi leaped back out in front 17-16. The Froggies never let the Pretty Ponies catch up with them again in the game, even though Herriman stayed close during that round's final minutes. A Faleao kill give Lehi a 25-20 win in the game.
The Pretty Ponies galloped ahead 1-0 in the second game, but Lehi immediately turned the game into a seesaw fight. Once the Froggies had pulled ahead 5-4 on a double block, they began leaping away from Herriman. Courtney Walker, Reesie Tua, Rylin Roberts, and Houghton joined Faleao in keeping Pond and Asaasa from tipping the tempo to the Pretty Ponies' favor. Ashley Robbins' serving lasted long enough to create a 20-10 lead for Lehi. The Froggies went on to win 25-15.
Pond's hitting and blocking enabled the Pretty Ponies to gallop out to an early 8-3 lead. Lehi fans' minds became filled with memories of their Froggies playing poorly in the third game of a recent home match against the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats. Lehi had to play four games in that match to beat the Bad Old Puddy Tats.
A Faleao kill sparked a comeback for the Froggies. Capitalizing on some Herriman hitting errors, Lehi soon tied the game at eight on a Houghton kill. The game then became a seesaw contest, which switches in the lead occur more quickly than you could say Ali Lamb Chop. Once a Walker kill put the Froggies back out in front 18-17, they built up a lead strong enough to keep the Pretty Ponies at bay for the rest of the game.
Lehi Coach Jaimie Ingersoll said, "We had some strong serving in all three games to enable us to our leads. Courtney Walker hit some great corner shots for us."
Houghton posted 13 hits for Lehi. Robbins served up four aces and made 43 assists while Cydney Lund made 16 digs for the Froggies.
The Froggies also won the junior varsity game, played right afterwards, by a score of 1-0. Froggie Hannah Lutz scored that game's only goal on an 18-yard free kick. Lehi jayvee coach Suzy Whiting said, "Our jayvees played really good defense and passed around a lot."
Bergholm recalled, "In the jayvee game at PG, the Vikings built up a 3-0 lead in the first half. We came back in the second half and won the game 4-3."
Ferocious PG Vike Spikers Drain Lehi Froggies in 5-Game Volleyball Match in Sept. 12 Match
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings outlasted the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, in a five-game volleyball match played at Lehi Sept. 12. The defending state 5-A champs, the Ferocious Vikings pulled through the match by scores of 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-10.
The match went down as a contest as exciting as the matches that Ferocious Vikings had played against their arch rivals, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, for state championship titles.
Game 1 of the Sept. 12 match went set the tone for the seesaw battle that raged all night between the Froggies and the Ferocious Vikings. Lehi hopped onto the scoreboard first. A niece of former American Fork Awesome Cavewoman sports legend The Beautiful Stephanie Trane, Ferocious Viking Brisa Winterton registered a kill that tied the game at 1. Before long, the Ferocious Vikings had rowed ahead 7-3. The Froggies refused to sink to defeat. Guided by Cydney Lund, Courtney Walker, McKayla Houghton, and Rylan Roberts, Lehi jumped back into the game.
Madison "Avenue" Walford, Stacey Dahl, Rache "Hurricane" Gale, and Alexus Sharp worked well together in keeping the Ferocious Vikings ahead for most of Game 1. They enabled PG to have a lead as wide as 12-6. However, the Froggies proved to be too jump to be contained. Aided by Lund digs and Roberts' hitting, Houghton held her own against PG's ferocious line as she led the Froggies into eventually hopping ahead 17-16. Faitoto'a Falaeo registered kills that enable Lehi to stay ahead permanently in the game. A Houghton kill gave Lehi a 25-20 win in the game.
In the second game, Sydney White's serving helped the Froggies leap ahead 3-1. With Houghton and Walker controlling the net, the Froggies soon commanded a 7-3 advantage. Walford and Gale attempted to tip the momentum to Pleasant Grove's advantage. However, Faleao and teammate Reesie Tua joined Houghton in producing kills that produced a 14-6 lead for the Froggies. Sharp and Walford organized a comeback that capitalized on missed Lehi serves. Before long, the Ferocious Vikings finally pulled ahead 19-18. A Roberts kill tied the game at 19. The game went down as another seesaw battle. However Ferocious Viking mistakes permitted Lehi to win 25-23.
The Ferocious Vikings seemed done for. Nevertheless, they went into Game 3 determined to prolong the contest to a fifth game. Even though a Faleao hit gave the Froggies a 2-1 lead in the third game, a Gale hit sent the Ferocious Vikings rowing out in front 5-4. The game then to a 20-minute break, because of a controversy over player rotations. Once the matter was resolved, Pleasant Grove took control of the game, and they won it 25-23. Guided by Gale and Winterton, the Ferocious Vikings also won the fourth game by a score of 25-23.
"Our girls played looser in the third and fourth games, and they had great offensive passing," said Pleasant Grove Coach Alyce Wilson. "In the fifth game, we battled Lehi to a 10-10 draw, but we then scored the game's last five points."
Ferocious PG Vikings Narrowly Keep Unbeaten Record Intact in Ribbiting Football Thriller at Lehi Sept. 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
For almost a decade now, it has been a common assumption that the Lehi Pioneer football team is a doormat for every school it plays. AKA the Froggies, the Pioneers have debunked that assumption this year by hopping out on top of three of the five games that they have played so far this year. The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings would have been the fourth team to have lost to the Froggies, had it not been some last-minute breaks that enabled Pleasant Grove to row from behind to win 37-34 to improve its unbeaten season record at 5-0.
Under other circumstances, the Pleasant Grove-Lehi game, played at Pioneer Stadium Sept. 20, would have been viewed by the news media as being too insignificant to be worth covering. However, because of the Froggies' surprising improvement in football this, Central Utah press organizations decided to send reporters to the contest. It proved to be worth their time. So sportswriters like the Salt Lake Tribune's Aaron "Mr. Soccer" Falk could hardly wait to write heart-stopping copy about the game. Though I am now just a citizen journalist, the kind of soul that full-time news media people look down on, I will present you my version of that riveting -- correction, ribbiting game.
The game opened with Froggie kickoff returner Austin Whetzel catching the ball in the Lehi end zone. Quarterbacked by Derek Beeston, the Froggies' first drive penetrated the Ferocious Vikings' territory. However, Pleasant Grove's defense stopped the Froggies' cold at the Viking 32-yard line.
Sophomore Malik Overstreet's catch of a 65-yard Jeremiah Evans pass propelled the Ferocious Vikings into Lehi's 10-yard zone. At 5;52, running back T.J. Wind took a handoff from quarterback Evans and moved like a tornado into the Froggie end zone. Lehi prevented kicker Cesar "Salad" Madrigal from booting in an extra point.
Lehi had Derek Hastings, Ryan Absher, and Caden Calton take turns with rushing the ball during the Froggies' second drive of the game. Although Lehi did dive deep into the Ferocious Vikings' territory, the Pleasant Grove defense still proved to be unbreakable. The first quarter ended with Ferocious Viking Micah Jones catching a long pass that put Pleasant Grove at the Lehi 11-yard line.
The Froggies' stubborn defense in the second quarter convinced the Ferocious Vikings to go a field goal. Madrigal's kick for it failed.
Despite Beeston getting gang-sacked for an eight-yard loss, long runs by Hastings and Absher moved the Froggies clear to the Pleasant Grove 26-yard line. Unable to move the ball beyond that point, the Froggies gambled on kicker Hayden Hunt to try for a 36-yard field goal. Hunt's kick for one succeeded.
With their narrow lead slashed to just three points, the Ferocious Vikings staged an aerial attack to stay out in front. Evans' long passes to Jacob Doman and Wind blew Pleasant Grove into the Froggie 10-yard zone. After linebacker Hunter Sowell sacked Evans at the Lehi 4-yard line for a one-yard loss, Wind took a handoff from his team's quarterback. Despite getting tackled at the 1-yard line, Wind had a tip of the ball land in the Froggie end zone for a touchdown. With a Madrigal extra-point kick improving Pleasant Grove's lead at 13-3, the Froggies appeared destined to get boiled in the second half. However, they demonstrated quickly that they weren't going to throw up their flippers and let the Ferocious Vikings wipe them out.
In the first half's closing seconds, Beeston lobbed a 45-yard touchdown pass to Whetzel. A Hunt extra-point kick put Lehi within 13-10.
Wind tried to be as devastating to Lehi as a typhoon. The third quarter, for example, opened with Wind making a 40-yard rush. Wind soon scored on a nine-yard touchdown play. With Madrigal's second straight successful extra-point kick improving the Ferocious Viking lead at 20-10, the Vikings looked forward to drying up Lehi in second half.
During the first Lehi drive of the second half, running back Adam Demke got injured. The game got stopped for 20 minutes. so the injured player could be carefully extracted from the field. Lehi's cheerleaders huddled together and said a prayer for Demke. Meanwhile, Lehi players shouted, "Demke's our brother. Let's get this game for him."
As Demke finally got wheeled away by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance, the crowd shouted, "Pray for Demke! Pray for Demke!"
Motivated by a new purpose, the Froggies waged a fierce offensive effort. It paid off with Absher catching a 37-yard touchdown pass from Beeston.
Pleasant Grove efforts for recapturing the momentum failed in the third period. When the Ferocious Vikings recovered their own fumble at a cost of 18 lost yards, a crucial march for them died out.
Beginning at their 25-yard line, the Froggies hopped fiercely into the Pleasant Grove 20-yard zone. Soon, Beeston connected a 17-yard touchdown pass to Whetzel to put Lehi ahead 22-20. Though the Pleasant Grove defense blocked Hunt's extra-point kick, the Froggies still had clear control of the moment.
Lehi prevented the Ferocious Vikings from picking up a fresh first down during their final march of the third quarter. It ended with Lehi moving the ball clear to the Ferocious Viking 7-yard line.
At 10:31 in the final quarter, Caden Calton scored touchdown on a one-yard carry. Beeston gambled on a try for a two-point conversion. The attempt failed.
Lehi came really close to scoring a safety when Evans recovered his own fumble at the Pleasant Grove 2-yard line at the cost of 18 lost yards. Just as the quarterback seemed destined to get sacked on the next play, he handed the ball to Wind, who then swooped 78 yards to the Lehi 24-yard line. Aided by Spencer Romney's catch of a 12-yard pass, Wind soon scored a touchdown on an eight-yard carry. Evans soon connected a pass to Taylor "Ro" Bott for a tying two-point conversion.
The tied score of 28-28 gave the impression that the game would soon flood into overtime. Lehi battled fiercely to sweep away that prospect. Despite Zac Dawe sacking Beeston for a 12-yard loss, a passing interference penalty called against Pleasant Grove enabled the Froggies to invade Pleasant Grove's 20-yard zone. At 5:39, Beeston passed 16 yards to Absher for a go-ahead touchdown. Although the Ferocious Viking defense prevent Hunt from kicking in an extra point, Froggie fans croaked with relief at the expectation that the game would go into overtime. That expectation grew stronger when Evans threw an incomplete pass during a fourth down play in the final two minutes of regulation.
The game suddenly took a shocking turn for Lehi. On a first-down play, Beeston got gang-sacked at the Lehi 4-yard line at a cost of 16 lost yards. Lehi's attempts to get out of the deep hole proved fatal. After Beetston tossed an incomplete pass, three Ferocious Vikings nailed him in the end zone for a safety. It tipped the momentum to Pleasant Grove's way.
Romney returned a kickoff to the Lehi 36-yard line. Doman's catch of a 25-yard pass put Lehi in a fatal corner. With 27 seconds left on the clock, Evans passed to Overstreet for a go-ahead touchdown, which Madrigal frosted with an extra-point kick.
Aided by a 16-yard carry by Calton, Whetzel caught a 45-yard pass that gave Lehi hope. On the game's last play, Absher rushed the ball clear to the Pleasant Grove 11-yard line, where he got tackled out of bounds.
With a relieved look, Pleasant Grove Coach Les Hamilton, no relation to actor George Hamilton, said, "Overstreet made the catch of his career when he received that touchdown pass in the game's 30 seconds. He's just a sophomore, but he played like a longtime veteran tonight. T.J. [Wind] was possessed tonight. He made those long runs that helped to save us. Jeremiah Evans found the right guys to connect for the big plays tonight. We were luck to come out of this alive. We made a lot of mistakes and hurt ourselves with big penalties. Lehi was ready for us. Offensively and defensively, they were gritty. We're going home tonight with a lot of respect for them."
On my way out of Pioneer Stadium, an old Lehi man told me, "Write in the paper that Lehi's coach [Dave Hastings] cost us the game."
That old man may not believe it, but Dave Hastings was not the party responsible for the game's final outcome. Overstreet was the guilty culprit, and count on him being proud of that.
Ferocious PG Vike Spikers Scuttle Awesome AF Cavewomen in 3-Game Match Sept. 17
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings showed in a road match at American Fork Sept. 17 that their win at Lehi had not left them emotionally drained. The Ferocious Vikings scuttled the Awesome Cavewomen 25-19, 25-12, 25-11.
Pleasant Grove Coach Alyce Wilson said, "Lehi taught us what to do in matches, so we could do much better in winning quicker."
Athough Kailey Buckner, Hannah Lynde, and Kassidy Roberts guided the Awesome Cavewomen in maintaining a close fight against the Ferocious Vikings in the first game, Pleasant Grove's Rachel "Hurricane" Gale, Madison "Avenue" Walford, and Brisa Winterton (a niece of American Fork sports legend Tony Trane) guided their team in posting a 25-19 win in Game 1.
In the next two games, the Ferocious Vikings massacred the Awesome Cavewomen. Gale and Walford guided Pleasant Grove in destroying the host team. In the third game, for instance, Pleasant Grove built up a 21-7 lead. After a Bailey Nixon kill had put them on the edge of being doomed, the Awesome Cavewomen made a short comeback guided by Roberts and Maddy "Colonel" Sanders. American Fork got within 24-11, but a hitting error ended the match.
Gale lead Pleasant Grove with 16 kills. For American Fork, Lynde produced 15 kills and Roberts 12 digs.
Lehi Froggies Gild Herriman Pretty Ponies in 3-Game Volleyball Match on Sept. 17
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers opened Region Four volleyball play at home by gilding the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies, in a three-game match Sept. 17.
In fixing the Pretty Ponies by scores of 25-20, 25-15. 25-19, the Froggies demonstrated that they could truthfully croak about the fact that they had a lot of returning veterans from last year still on staff.
The match opened with a McKayla Houghton kill putting the Froggies on the scoreboard first. The Pretty Ponies tied Game 1's score at one, two, five, 13, and 14. Pretty Ponies Sadie "Fish" Pond, Oakley "Squint" Swint, and Elaine Asaasa provided the Froggies a strong challenge at the net, keeping the first game a close affair.
For a spell, Faitoto'a Faleao, Courtney Walker, and Houghton provided Lehi with the gas for staying narrowly ahead of the Pretty Ponies. However, Herriman eventually pulled ahead 15-14, giving the impression that the Froggies might have to play at least four games instead of three against Herriman. Lehi tied it at 15, and then the Froggies stroked ahead 16-15.
A Swint block tied the game at 16, but Lehi leaped back out in front 17-16. The Froggies never let the Pretty Ponies catch up with them again in the game, even though Herriman stayed close during that round's final minutes. A Faleao kill give Lehi a 25-20 win in the game.
The Pretty Ponies galloped ahead 1-0 in the second game, but Lehi immediately turned the game into a seesaw fight. Once the Froggies had pulled ahead 5-4 on a double block, they began leaping away from Herriman. Courtney Walker, Reesie Tua, Rylin Roberts, and Houghton joined Faleao in keeping Pond and Asaasa from tipping the tempo to the Pretty Ponies' favor. Ashley Robbins' serving lasted long enough to create a 20-10 lead for Lehi. The Froggies went on to win 25-15.
Pond's hitting and blocking enabled the Pretty Ponies to gallop out to an early 8-3 lead. Lehi fans' minds became filled with memories of their Froggies playing poorly in the third game of a recent home match against the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats. Lehi had to play four games in that match to beat the Bad Old Puddy Tats.
A Faleao kill sparked a comeback for the Froggies. Capitalizing on some Herriman hitting errors, Lehi soon tied the game at eight on a Houghton kill. The game then became a seesaw contest, which switches in the lead occur more quickly than you could say Ali Lamb Chop. Once a Walker kill put the Froggies back out in front 18-17, they built up a lead strong enough to keep the Pretty Ponies at bay for the rest of the game.
Lehi Coach Jaimie Ingersoll said, "We had some strong serving in all three games to enable us to our leads. Courtney Walker hit some great corner shots for us."
Houghton posted 13 hits for Lehi. Robbins served up four aces and made 43 assists while Cydney Lund made 16 digs for the Froggies.
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