Timp Sports Weekly
October 29, 2013
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at a volleyball rematch between my Awesome American Fork Cavewomen and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. We will also see how the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, drained the Froggies of a final chance of going to state in football. As they say in Lehi, let's dive into those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
magnanovelist@gmail.comLehi Froggies Spike Awesome AF Cavewomen in 4-Game Volleyball Match Oct. 22
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a four-game volleyball match at Lehi Oct. 22, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, spiked the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen by scores of 25-13, 25-15, 23-25, 25-14.
The match's outcome completed a home-and-home series between the two arch rivals. In both matches, the Froggies showed why they stood a good chance of leaping away with a state championship trophy this November. Also, American Fork did prove that it could play at least one decent game against their web-footed, arch rivals.
In the Oct. 22 rematch, the Awesome Cavewomen looked in the first two games as though the Froggies would wash them away in just three games. Paced by McKayla Houghton and Rylin "Lady Everlyn" Roberts, the Froggies hammered their way out to an early 3-1 lead in Game 1. Even though Jaysa Whitehead and Kaylee Buckner kill put the Awesome Cavewomen within 3-2 and 4-3, American Fork couldn't accumulate in time the momentum that it needed to stay with Lehi. Reesie Tua, Faitoto's Faleao, Ashley "The Adventuress" Robbins, and Bailee Lindquist pooled their efforts together to create a 20-10 lead for the Froggies in the first game. Kayla Taylor registered a kill in hopes of stirring up an American Fork comeback, but Lehi's control of the momentum proved to be impossible for the Awesome Cavewomen to break. Froggie Kara Moore registered a kill to give Lehi a 25-13 win.
A cousin of Rylin "Lady Everlyn" Roberts, Kassidy "Ace" Roberts guided the Awesome Cavewomen out to a 2-1 lead in the second game. Through the serves of Cydney Lund and Sidney White, the Froggies leaded ahead 4-3. Through Lady Everlyn Roberts' spiking, the Froggies soon built up a 12-5 lead. Ace Roberts registered a kill in hopes of slowing Lehi down. Through hits from Houghton and Lady Everlyn Roberts, the Froggies leaped away from American Fork. The Awesome Cavewomen clubbed themselves on the foot through making bad hits. Before long, Lehi owned a 23-12 lead. Whitehead blocked one shot in hopes of sparking a comeback. Lady Everlyn Roberts answered that block by registering a kill that gave Lehi a 25-15 win.
Before the Froggies could stroke home early with a win, American Fork dealt them a shocking surprise in the third game. Guided by Ace Roberts' hitting, the Awesome Cavewomen took a 3-1 lead. This time, they didn't let Lehi take firm control of the momentum. Buckner, Maddy "Colonel" Sanders, Abby Ensign, Jesse Eakins, and Ace Roberts pulverized the Froggie front row repeatedly throughout the game. American Fork led by as far as 9-6. Lehi soon started taking the Awesome Cavewomen seriously. Eventually, the Froggies took a 15-14 lead, and they stayed narrowly ahead for a little while. When they had secured a 23-21 lead, they appeared destined to win the third game. However, they missed a service. That service error gave the Awesome Cavewomen a golden chance. On Tristie Tusinga's serving, American Fork came from behind to win 24-23.
That close win gave the Awesome Cavewomen confidence for Game 4. On Ace Roberts' serving, American Fork took a 3-1 lead. However, the Awesome Cavewomen made some hitting errors that the Froggies took great advantage of. Lehi pulled ahead 4-3, and the Froggies strengthened their hold on the lead through Houghton and Lady Everlyn Roberts' hitting. The closest American Fork could get to Lehi was within two points. Lindquist and Faleao came up with tips that become big stumbling blocks for American Fork. Before long, the Froggies earned a 25-14 win over the Awesome Cavewomen.
Lehi assistant coach Angie "T-Bear" Roberts said, "McKayla Houghton had 14 kills and Rylin 12. Lund had 22 digs and White 18."
American Fork Coach Stephanie Bjork said, "Kassidy Roberts led us with seven kills."
Lone Peak Loners Dry Up Lehi's Hopes of State Football Play Oct. 24
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four football finale at Lehi Oct. 24, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, posted a 41-28 win to dry up any hope for the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, of hopping to state.
The Loner, who played a big role in the drying up of Lehi, was quarterback Baron "The Galloping Pole" Gaikowski. He scored four touchdowns that left Lehi croaking sadly at the end of the game.
Returning the game's opening kickoff to the Loner 25-yard line, Erik "Tornado" Ostrom soon became their main engine in leading Lone Peak's offense deep into the Froggies' territory. Wide receiver Dylan Murdock contributed strong to the Loners' first successful march through catching long passes from Gaikowski. Finally at 7:22, the Galloping Pole scored the game's first touchdown. Seth Hanneman
In their first march of the night, the Froggies' offense relied on Ryan Absher and Caden Calton as their main rushers. However, the Loner defense stopped the Froggies at the Loner 37-yard line through gang sacking quarterback Derek Beetson.
At their 25-yard line, the Loners began their second successful drive of the night. With Murdock catching a 37-yard pass from the Gaikowski, the Loners soon invaded the Froggie 10-yard zone again. At 1:19, Gaikowski followed a wall of offensive linemen into the Lehi end zone for a touchdown. Though Lehi prevented Pesci from kicking in an extra point, the game took on a smell of a blowout win for the Loners.
However, in the second period, Lehi made a strong attempt to make the game riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Calton, Absher, and Derek Hastings took turns at rushing the ball. Their combined carries soon gave Lehi to croak about. At 8:50, Beeston hurled a 25-yard pass to Austin Whetzel for a touchdown. A Hayden Hunt extra-point kick clipped the Loner lead to 13-7. This gave the impression that Lehi would soon jump ahead of the Loners.
However, The Galloping Pole had a big surprise for the Froggies. Midway through the second period, he lobbed a 47-yard pass to Tanner Sheide, a nephew of former Orem Tigger basketball coach Greg Sheide. That big catch put the Loners inside the Froggies' 20-yard zone. Gaikowski soon connected an 18-yard pass to Murdock for a touchdown, frosted by a successful Hanneman kick.
Lehi did not let Murdock's touchdown go answered. Although the next Froggie drive got shut down a by another gang sacking of Beeston, the Froggies managed to stage one more successful drive for the half. At 2:33, Beeston connected a 22-yard pass to Jalen Bailey, a "distant cousin" of comic strip character Beetle Bailey, for a touchdown. Hunt kicked in an extra point.
Dave Patterson's kickoff return to the Loner 25-yard line set the stage for another shocking drive executed by the Loners. Taking a handoff from Gaikowski, Ostrom raced 60 yards for a touchdown, and Hanneman kicked in an extra point right afterwards.
In the early second half, a big Lehi drive almost collapsed when the Loners cheered over what they assumed was a fumble recovery made by one of their players. However, the referees ruled that a Lehi player got his flippers on the ball first before any Loner could touch it. The call soon led to Calton scoring on a one-yard carry.
Gaikowski soon answered that touchdown with a 39-yard rush into the Loner end zone. Loner Matt Criddle doomed Lehi through intercepting the ball in the fourth quarter and rushing it 34 yards into the Lehi end zone. Calton managed to score a TD another one-yard run, but that play came too late to save the Froggies.
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