Timp Sports Weekly
October 15, 2013
Publisher's Message
This week's issue deals with the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, in volleyball and girls' soccer. The Loner volleyball match that we're going to be looking at is a match that my Awesome American Fork Cavewomen falsely claimed that they won. As for the Loners' girls' soccer team, this issue will touch on their 2-0 win over the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, in a Region Four finale on Lehi's home marsh. As the Loners would say, let's gallop to the accounts of those Region Four joists.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
magnanovelist@gmail.com
Lone Peak Loners Really Do Beat Awesome AF Cavespikers in 4-Game Match Oct. 8
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
When the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, celebrated the end of a four-game volleyball match that they won at American Fork Oct. 8, I had to leave immediately in order to catch the last available FrontRunner train for the night. Therefore, I couldn't get the score of the first game of the match.
Upon arriving home, I checked the Deseret News' website to find out the first game's score in order to include it in this account. I received a big surprise, however. A box score on the website reported that my Awesome American Fork Cavewomen had bested the Loners in the last three games of the match. How could that have been? Though I did catch the Awesome Cavewomen posting a 25-23 win in Game 2, I definitely remembered that the Loners had won Games 3 and 4 by scores of 25-16 and 27-25. So I checked the Salt Lake Tribune's website to see if it had the correct box score of the match. The Tribune's website also reported that the Awesome Cavewomen had defeated the Loners three games to one.
When I told Lehi volleyball coach Jaimie Ingersoll, the wife of American Fork baseball coach Jarod "The Prankster" Ingersoll that contrary to what both Salt Lake newspapers had reported about the match, the Loners had won.
"No, they didn't," Jaimie said. "I talked to some of the American Fork players. They said their team won."
"Jaimie, I was there. Lone Peak won."
"Look, I talked to AF players. They said they won."
For a few hours afterwards, I really wondered if I had misread the scoreboard. To put to rest the question of who had really won the match, I, much to deep reluctance, visited the website of the newspaper that I had never quit hating since October 2008, the Provo Daily Herald. (I still rip up copies of that newspaper whenever I get my hands on them, by the way.) Its website confirmed what my notes had said: Lone Peak was indeed the winner of the four-game match. It's too bad some of my Awesome Cavewomen had lied to Jaimie and sportswriters for the two Salt Lake dailies.
Now having laid to rest the question of which team came out victorious in the American Fork gym Oct. 8, let's charge to the account of that contest itself.
In the first game of the Region Four joist between the two cross-county rival schools, Loner Emily Lewis, Jaysa "What Da" Funk, and Taylor "Sharpie" Hudson guided Lone Peak in posting a 25-18 win in that game.
Game 2 saw Kassidy Roberts, Jasayb Whitehead, Afton Law, Jessie Eakins, and Kylee Buckner provide hits that enabled American Fork to prevent the Loners from sweeping it in three games. The Awesome Cavewomen won the second game 25-23.
The third game opened with Maikala Jarema registering a kill that put the Loners on the scoreboard first. An American Fork double block sent the Awesome Cavewomen out to a 3-1 lead. Before American Fork could improves its hold on the lead, the Awesome Cavewomen missed a serve, and a Lewis kill tied the game at three. A Whitehead kill restored the lead to American Fork, but an Awesome Cavewoman service error tipped the momentum to the Loners' favor. Lewis kills gave the Loners the energy they needed to charge way ahead of American Fork. Before long, the Loners commanded a 14-4 lead.
Strong serving by Whitehead and some good front-row plays by Buckner enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to pull back within 16-12. They tripped themselves up with hitting errors. Powerful spikers by Lewis and Josie Burnsell gave the Loners another boost. They won the game 25-16 on a Lewis spike.
American Fork came really close in the fourth game to forcing match into a fifth game. The third game opened the Awesome Cavewomen pulling ahead 3-1. Although the Loners soon tied Game 4 on a Jarema kill, American Fork rolled out to an early 8-3 lead, courtesy of Lone Peak mistakes. Roberts, Eakins, and Tristie Tausinga came up with big hits that quickly produced a 19-8 lead for American Fork. The Loners seemed done for at that point, and the Awesome Cavewomen appeared to have a swell chance of taking Lone Peak down in the fifth game.
The Loners did not let their faith in themselves vanish. Encouraged by a Jarema tip, they capitalized on American Fork hitting errors to rush back into the game. Jenny Dodge came up with crucial serves that gave the Loners strong momentum. Soon, a Lewis tip put the Loners within 23-22. The game became a nail-biter. Once the Loners finally pulled ahead 24-23, the chances for a fifth game looked iffy. American Fork managed to get a 25-24 lead. However, a Lewis kill tied the game at 25. After an Awesome Cavewoman had bumped the ball out of bounds, Funk registered a kill that gave the Loners the match point.
Loners Defeat Lehi Froggies 2-0 in Region 4 Girls' Soccer Finale Oct. 10
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four girls' soccer finale at Lehi Oct. 10, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, defeated the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 2-0.
Both teams played such great defense that the contest turned out to be quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Outbursts of rainfall from time to time denied the Loners and Froggies chances for finding good spots for shot selections during the course of the game.
It opened with Loner Tess "Hay" Arnold leading a deep drive into the Froggies' half of the field. Soon, Lehi drew a foul in its penalty area. Angie Call attempted to score on an indirect kick, but Froggie goalie Kirstin Josie picked off the Loner's shot.
Tammy Tucker, Jessice Smith, and Arnold guided the Loners in spending most of the game on Lehi's end of the field. Lehi put up a stiff fight against the Loners' attacks in both halves of the game. Froggies Rachel "Buck" Rogers, Abbie "Ask Miss" Fostera, and Alex Allgaeir kept coming up with steals that gave Lehi fans hope that their team would hop ahead of Lone Peak. However, Loner goalie Cassidy "Butch" Smith didn't let a single Froggie shot sneak past her during either half of the game.
Halfway through the first half, Loner Caitlin Wadley scored the game's first goal from inside the Froggie penalty box. The game's scored stayed at 1-0 until late in the second half. Lone Peak Coach Heather Dahl said, "Natalie Lewis scored our second goal on a cross from Angie Call."
After Lewis' shot, the game grounded down in a ribbiting defensive battle that raged clear until the final whistle.
Dahl said, "We had made it a goal to put much pressure on Lehi and keep the ball on their side of the field most of the game. We were able to do that, but, as we had expected, Lehi continued to be one of the hardest teams to score against in this week. They have the record of having the least number of goals scored against them in region play. In spite of the terrible weather, we were able to move the ball against them. we just couldn't put the ball into the back of the net more than we could."
"Today was a little disappointing for us," said Lehi Coach Brett Bergholm. "We wanted to have a win, so we could take some momentum with us into the state playoffs next week. We did play great despite the terrible weather conditions. We did win 1-0 in last Tuesday's game at American Fork. Alicia Holmstead had scored the only goal on an assist from Abbie Foster in that game. We had hoped that win would give us momentum for this game. We just couldn't get the scoring opportunities that we needed."
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
magnanovelist@gmail.com
Lone Peak Loners Really Do Beat Awesome AF Cavespikers in 4-Game Match Oct. 8
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
When the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, celebrated the end of a four-game volleyball match that they won at American Fork Oct. 8, I had to leave immediately in order to catch the last available FrontRunner train for the night. Therefore, I couldn't get the score of the first game of the match.
Upon arriving home, I checked the Deseret News' website to find out the first game's score in order to include it in this account. I received a big surprise, however. A box score on the website reported that my Awesome American Fork Cavewomen had bested the Loners in the last three games of the match. How could that have been? Though I did catch the Awesome Cavewomen posting a 25-23 win in Game 2, I definitely remembered that the Loners had won Games 3 and 4 by scores of 25-16 and 27-25. So I checked the Salt Lake Tribune's website to see if it had the correct box score of the match. The Tribune's website also reported that the Awesome Cavewomen had defeated the Loners three games to one.
When I told Lehi volleyball coach Jaimie Ingersoll, the wife of American Fork baseball coach Jarod "The Prankster" Ingersoll that contrary to what both Salt Lake newspapers had reported about the match, the Loners had won.
"No, they didn't," Jaimie said. "I talked to some of the American Fork players. They said their team won."
"Jaimie, I was there. Lone Peak won."
"Look, I talked to AF players. They said they won."
For a few hours afterwards, I really wondered if I had misread the scoreboard. To put to rest the question of who had really won the match, I, much to deep reluctance, visited the website of the newspaper that I had never quit hating since October 2008, the Provo Daily Herald. (I still rip up copies of that newspaper whenever I get my hands on them, by the way.) Its website confirmed what my notes had said: Lone Peak was indeed the winner of the four-game match. It's too bad some of my Awesome Cavewomen had lied to Jaimie and sportswriters for the two Salt Lake dailies.
Now having laid to rest the question of which team came out victorious in the American Fork gym Oct. 8, let's charge to the account of that contest itself.
In the first game of the Region Four joist between the two cross-county rival schools, Loner Emily Lewis, Jaysa "What Da" Funk, and Taylor "Sharpie" Hudson guided Lone Peak in posting a 25-18 win in that game.
Game 2 saw Kassidy Roberts, Jasayb Whitehead, Afton Law, Jessie Eakins, and Kylee Buckner provide hits that enabled American Fork to prevent the Loners from sweeping it in three games. The Awesome Cavewomen won the second game 25-23.
The third game opened with Maikala Jarema registering a kill that put the Loners on the scoreboard first. An American Fork double block sent the Awesome Cavewomen out to a 3-1 lead. Before American Fork could improves its hold on the lead, the Awesome Cavewomen missed a serve, and a Lewis kill tied the game at three. A Whitehead kill restored the lead to American Fork, but an Awesome Cavewoman service error tipped the momentum to the Loners' favor. Lewis kills gave the Loners the energy they needed to charge way ahead of American Fork. Before long, the Loners commanded a 14-4 lead.
Strong serving by Whitehead and some good front-row plays by Buckner enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to pull back within 16-12. They tripped themselves up with hitting errors. Powerful spikers by Lewis and Josie Burnsell gave the Loners another boost. They won the game 25-16 on a Lewis spike.
American Fork came really close in the fourth game to forcing match into a fifth game. The third game opened the Awesome Cavewomen pulling ahead 3-1. Although the Loners soon tied Game 4 on a Jarema kill, American Fork rolled out to an early 8-3 lead, courtesy of Lone Peak mistakes. Roberts, Eakins, and Tristie Tausinga came up with big hits that quickly produced a 19-8 lead for American Fork. The Loners seemed done for at that point, and the Awesome Cavewomen appeared to have a swell chance of taking Lone Peak down in the fifth game.
The Loners did not let their faith in themselves vanish. Encouraged by a Jarema tip, they capitalized on American Fork hitting errors to rush back into the game. Jenny Dodge came up with crucial serves that gave the Loners strong momentum. Soon, a Lewis tip put the Loners within 23-22. The game became a nail-biter. Once the Loners finally pulled ahead 24-23, the chances for a fifth game looked iffy. American Fork managed to get a 25-24 lead. However, a Lewis kill tied the game at 25. After an Awesome Cavewoman had bumped the ball out of bounds, Funk registered a kill that gave the Loners the match point.
Loners Defeat Lehi Froggies 2-0 in Region 4 Girls' Soccer Finale Oct. 10
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four girls' soccer finale at Lehi Oct. 10, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, defeated the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 2-0.
Both teams played such great defense that the contest turned out to be quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Outbursts of rainfall from time to time denied the Loners and Froggies chances for finding good spots for shot selections during the course of the game.
It opened with Loner Tess "Hay" Arnold leading a deep drive into the Froggies' half of the field. Soon, Lehi drew a foul in its penalty area. Angie Call attempted to score on an indirect kick, but Froggie goalie Kirstin Josie picked off the Loner's shot.
Tammy Tucker, Jessice Smith, and Arnold guided the Loners in spending most of the game on Lehi's end of the field. Lehi put up a stiff fight against the Loners' attacks in both halves of the game. Froggies Rachel "Buck" Rogers, Abbie "Ask Miss" Fostera, and Alex Allgaeir kept coming up with steals that gave Lehi fans hope that their team would hop ahead of Lone Peak. However, Loner goalie Cassidy "Butch" Smith didn't let a single Froggie shot sneak past her during either half of the game.
Halfway through the first half, Loner Caitlin Wadley scored the game's first goal from inside the Froggie penalty box. The game's scored stayed at 1-0 until late in the second half. Lone Peak Coach Heather Dahl said, "Natalie Lewis scored our second goal on a cross from Angie Call."
After Lewis' shot, the game grounded down in a ribbiting defensive battle that raged clear until the final whistle.
Dahl said, "We had made it a goal to put much pressure on Lehi and keep the ball on their side of the field most of the game. We were able to do that, but, as we had expected, Lehi continued to be one of the hardest teams to score against in this week. They have the record of having the least number of goals scored against them in region play. In spite of the terrible weather, we were able to move the ball against them. we just couldn't put the ball into the back of the net more than we could."
"Today was a little disappointing for us," said Lehi Coach Brett Bergholm. "We wanted to have a win, so we could take some momentum with us into the state playoffs next week. We did play great despite the terrible weather conditions. We did win 1-0 in last Tuesday's game at American Fork. Alicia Holmstead had scored the only goal on an assist from Abbie Foster in that game. We had hoped that win would give us momentum for this game. We just couldn't get the scoring opportunities that we needed."
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