Timp Sports Weekly
January 7, 2014
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue we look at two Awesome American Fork Cavewoman basketball games and a riveting -- correction, ribbiting boys' hoop contest between the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, and the Provo Bulldogs, AKA the Bullpuppies. As they say in Lehi, let's row straight to the stories about those three games.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Timpanogos T-Pups Post 46-42 Win in Road Game Against Awesome AF Cavewomen Dec. 31
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a New Year's Eve girls' basketball game at American Fork, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the Timberpups or T-Pups, defeated the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen 46-42.
Timpanogos had on its roster two sisters with ties to American Fork: Jamaica and Karen Christensen. Their dad, Rob, ran cross country for the Awesome American Fork Cavemen a little more than 20 years ago. Another thing that could be remembered about him was during his senior year at AF, he shared a romance with Awesome Cavewoman cross country runner Denise Spriggs. Their courtship faded out after their graduation from high school. Nothing more has been heard about Denise, but it is known that sometime in the 1990's, Rob married a really nice, young woman from Jamaica, and they became parents of five kids.
The Christensen family got to see Jamaica and Karen play pivotal roles in the Tuesday afternoon game. That was particularly true in the first quarter. It opened with Awesome Cavewoman Taylor Moeaki receiving the opening tipoff and feeding a pass to Maile Richardson for a basket. The Awesome Cavewomen's lead didn't last for long. Jamaica tied the game at two, opening a 6-0 scoring spree for her T-Pups. Rochelle "The Always Gorgeous" Warner broke the 2-2 draw, and Eternity Galeai improved the lead 6-2.
When Awesome Cavewoman Molly "Dolly" Boughton cut the lead to 6-4, American Fork fans became optimistic that their girls would take firm control of their home court. That expectation proved false, however. Jamaica joined Galeai, Warner, and Howlin' Katy Henderson in producing buckets that turned the game into a massacre in the first quarter. American Fork didn't help its cause any through turning the ball over frequently.
"We made 30 turnovers in the game," American Fork Coach Corey Clayton recalled. "It's really tough to win a game when you have that high number of turnovers."
When a Henderson trey put the T-Pup lead at 19-4, questions arose by how much wider would the point spread grow. A Lexi Moeaki foul shot spared a 5-0 scoring run for American Fork. In that brief rally, Richardson and Taylor Franson. a daughter of Awesome Caveman basketball legend Eric "Frannie" Franson, pumped in shots that put American Fork within 19-9 by the end of the quarter.
The second quarter opened with Jamaica hitting a baseline shot to improve the score at 21-9. In that period, however, American Fork held the T-Pups to three points, all which were scored by Karen Christensen's sister. Clayton said, "I was really pleased about our second-quarter rebounding. It helped us a lot. Also, our zone defense cut deep into the double-digit deficit."
Richardson and Franson pulled down key defensive rebounds that American Fork soon converted into buckets. Also, the combined firepower of Richardson, Franson, and Jenna Shepherd fueled an 8-0 scoring run. Jamaica answered with a free throw. A younger sister of future BY Zoobie basketball player Ryan Andrus and a "distant cousin" of actress Ursula Andress, Kylee Andruss hit two straight unanswered field goals to put American Fork within 22-21. As the first half ended with Franson pulling down a defensive rebound, American Fork seemed certain of retking the led in the third period.
"In the second half, Karen Christensens hit two threes that made our zone way less effective," Clayton said.
The third period opened with Karen pulling down a defensive rebound and dribbling to hit a three-pointer. She soon hit a second one to prevent two straight Richardson goals from tying the game at 25. After Richardson had cut the lead to 28-25, American Fork received another chance at overtaking the T-Pups. When the Awesome Cavewomen had pulled within 30-29, they looked as though they were finally going to recover from that awful first quarter. However, Galeai became really hot with scoring inside the perimeter. Galeai's efforts produced a 41-30 lead, which the T-Pups howled joyfully about near the end of the quarter. Just before the final quarter, Richardson trimmed the lead to 40-33.
In the final quarter, Warner and Galeai jointly created a 43-35 lead for Timpanogos. Shepherd and Shire "Hobbit" Stephenson orchestrated a 6-0 scoring run for the Awsome Cavewomen. When Taylor Moaeki hit a free throw to put American Fork within 43-41. Hopes for American Fork forcing the game into overtime collapsed however, through Warner and fellow T-Pup Alex "Jiggs" Riggs hitting foul shots to cut the contest their team.
"We're a really young team this year," Clayton said. "Out of the 27 girls in our program this year, 23 are either sophomores or ninth-graders. So we have our work cut out for us in trying to make it to state."
Richardson led the Awesome Cavewomen with 12 points while Franson added another 10. Galeai led the T-Pups with 18 points while Jamaica Christensen contributed another 12 and Warner 11.
Awesome AF Cavewomen Outlast Copper Hills Cubbies in Overtime Thriller Jan. 2
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen came out on top in an overtime game that they hosted Jan. 2. They defeated the Copper Hills Grizzlies, AKA the Cubbies, 54-49.
The win showed that in spite of their varsity inexperience, they could hold up well under the stress of overtime play. A fact that that Pleasant Grove Coach Glenn "Big DJ" Larsen witnessed while scouting American Fork at the post-New Year's Day game. (He had also watched the Timpanogos T-Pups howl past American Fork 46-42 New Year's Eve afternoon.) Larson's Ferocious Vikings will be playing American Fork in a Region Four opener this week.
American Fork played much better against Copper Hills than the Awesome Cavewomen did the T-Pups. Taylor Moeaki posted a 4-0 led for American Fork. The first-period scoring turned out to be low. After Cubbie Shirsten Wissinger cut the lead to 4-2, neither team could sink a shot until Maile Richardson hit a shot late in the quarter. Wissinger guided her Cubbies within 8-6. However, Lauren Line, a "distant cousin" of famed pianist Lori Line, hit a trey just before the first quarter break to give American Fork an 11-6 lead.
Aided by two Jenna Shepherd foul shots, Moeaki and Richardson guided the Awesome Cavewomen on a 6-0 scoring run that left them owning a 17-8 lead. Kirrra Gasu sank a layup on a steal for the Cubbies, but they couldn't get a rally going, because a strong zone defense displayed by American Fork. The Awesome Cavewomen's lead grew as big as 22-12 and 25-15 on shots from Richardson and Shepherd.
In the third quarter, control of the momentum became slippery for both teams. Kate "Sizzle" Sisler and Sarah Midgely hit some buckets that reinvigorated the Cubbies. Midgely, for example, swished in two straight three-pointers that positioned Copper Hills within 27-25. Moeaki scored on a steal in hopes of giving her Awesome Cavewomen another chance to pull way ahead. However, with an Ashley Hodge three-point play cutting American Fork's lead down 31-30. Defensive rebounding by Paige Farnsworth and Richardson's blocking of a shot enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to take a 34-31 lead into the final quarter.
At the start of it, a Wissinger jumper enabled Hodge to tip the Cubbies ahead 35-34. The final period became a story of frequent switches in the lead. When Cubbie Sid May sank a layup to improve her team's lead at 41-38, American Fork seemed certain of suffering a second straight loss at home. Jenna Shepherd scored on a steal give the Awesome Cavewomen new momentum. A Richardson shot in the final 1 1/2 minutes of regulation gave the Awesome Cavewomen a chance to win it in regulation play. However, both teams played so intense that an overtime period became necessary. In the OT phase, Richardson, Moeaki, Shepherd, Taylor Franson, Molly "Dolly" Boughton, Kylee Andrus, and Line pooled their efforts together to overpower the Cubbies in a 7-2 scoring run in the overtime phase.
Richardson led American Fork with 16 points while Shepherd added another nine. Wissinger paced the Cubbies with 12 points.
Last-Second 3-Pointer Lifts Provo Bullpuppies to Non-League Win Over Lehi Froggies in Jan.3 Thriller
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Jan. 3 endowment game that the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, hosted against the Provo Bulldogs, AKA Bullpuppies, went down as a riveting -- correction, ribbiting affair. In fact, it had to take a last-second shot to lift the Bullpuppies to a 53-51 win over the Froggies.
Even though Bullpuppy Cy "Gangham Style" Wright got the opening tipoff, Froggie Tanner Nygren scored the game's first bucket on an offensive rebound. Connor "Tippy" O'Neal tied the game at two, and Provo pulled ahead 4-2 on a jumper swished in by Hunter Bailey, a "distant cousin" of comic strip character Beetle Bailey, Awesome American Fork basketball player Brenden Bailey, and the late singer Pearl Bailey.
The Bullpuppies found the Froggies quite capable of jumping back into the game. For example, Froggie Gavin Rasmussen tied the score at four. Even though Bailey managed to build up a 8-5 lead for Provo, Nygren hit a tying trey for the Froggies. Froggie Marcus "Welby" Draney fired a go-ahead shot. Lehi's 10-8 lead quickly became forgotten as Grayson "Mr. Muffin" Magleby and Bailey guided a 7-2 scoring run for Provo.
Nygren and Draney became major problems for Provo in the second quarter. Through sinking close shots and pulling down key boards, those two Froggies made it impossible for Provo to pull awaty, Also, Draney's Nygren's incredible performance inside the key helped to make it possible for teammate Derik Beeston to swishin two treys that gave Lehi leads of 19-18 and 24-22 during that period. Late in it, Nygren scored on a steal and then sank a free throw to improve Lehi's lead at 27-24 just before halftime.
The second half unfolded with a fierce battle over the lead. The struggle opened with O'Neal cutting the lead to 27-26. Gavin Rasmussen swished in a short shot in hopes of giving his Froggies momentum for leaping way ahed of the Bullpuppies. However, Bailey quiickly tied the game at 29, and Wright tipped the Bullpuppies ahead. Still, the game stayed a seesaw affair. Late in the quarter, an Ethan Rupp trey put Lehi ahead 38-35. A close acquaintance of former Lone Peak Loner football coach Tony "The Eyes of Delaware Are on You" McGeary, Bowman "Straight Arrow" Daley tied the game at 38. Just before the third quarter ended, Kyler Sorenson feed a pass to Daley for a tie-breaking layup.
The fourth quarter opened with O'Neal producing a three-point play. It led to Provo securing a 44-48 lead. Together, Rasmussen and Draney erased it. Two Draney foul shots tipped the Froggies ahead 46-44. After that, the two schools kept taking turns at pulling ahead. In the last five seconds, Lehi owned a 51-50 lead. Provo called time out at that point, and Bullpuppy Coach Jim Drury discussed with his litter strategy for a three-point shot. Picked to launch it, Sorenson swished it, and Lehi called time out a second before the game was to end. That final game second took a few minutes to pass, because both teams each called a time-out. Provo's defense prevented the Froggies from sinking a three-pointer of their own.
Nygren led Lehi with 14 points while Draney added another 13 and Rasmussen 10. Bailey led the Bullpuppies with 22 points while O'Neal added another 12.
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen came out on top in an overtime game that they hosted Jan. 2. They defeated the Copper Hills Grizzlies, AKA the Cubbies, 54-49.
The win showed that in spite of their varsity inexperience, they could hold up well under the stress of overtime play. A fact that that Pleasant Grove Coach Glenn "Big DJ" Larsen witnessed while scouting American Fork at the post-New Year's Day game. (He had also watched the Timpanogos T-Pups howl past American Fork 46-42 New Year's Eve afternoon.) Larson's Ferocious Vikings will be playing American Fork in a Region Four opener this week.
American Fork played much better against Copper Hills than the Awesome Cavewomen did the T-Pups. Taylor Moeaki posted a 4-0 led for American Fork. The first-period scoring turned out to be low. After Cubbie Shirsten Wissinger cut the lead to 4-2, neither team could sink a shot until Maile Richardson hit a shot late in the quarter. Wissinger guided her Cubbies within 8-6. However, Lauren Line, a "distant cousin" of famed pianist Lori Line, hit a trey just before the first quarter break to give American Fork an 11-6 lead.
Aided by two Jenna Shepherd foul shots, Moeaki and Richardson guided the Awesome Cavewomen on a 6-0 scoring run that left them owning a 17-8 lead. Kirrra Gasu sank a layup on a steal for the Cubbies, but they couldn't get a rally going, because a strong zone defense displayed by American Fork. The Awesome Cavewomen's lead grew as big as 22-12 and 25-15 on shots from Richardson and Shepherd.
In the third quarter, control of the momentum became slippery for both teams. Kate "Sizzle" Sisler and Sarah Midgely hit some buckets that reinvigorated the Cubbies. Midgely, for example, swished in two straight three-pointers that positioned Copper Hills within 27-25. Moeaki scored on a steal in hopes of giving her Awesome Cavewomen another chance to pull way ahead. However, with an Ashley Hodge three-point play cutting American Fork's lead down 31-30. Defensive rebounding by Paige Farnsworth and Richardson's blocking of a shot enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to take a 34-31 lead into the final quarter.
At the start of it, a Wissinger jumper enabled Hodge to tip the Cubbies ahead 35-34. The final period became a story of frequent switches in the lead. When Cubbie Sid May sank a layup to improve her team's lead at 41-38, American Fork seemed certain of suffering a second straight loss at home. Jenna Shepherd scored on a steal give the Awesome Cavewomen new momentum. A Richardson shot in the final 1 1/2 minutes of regulation gave the Awesome Cavewomen a chance to win it in regulation play. However, both teams played so intense that an overtime period became necessary. In the OT phase, Richardson, Moeaki, Shepherd, Taylor Franson, Molly "Dolly" Boughton, Kylee Andrus, and Line pooled their efforts together to overpower the Cubbies in a 7-2 scoring run in the overtime phase.
Richardson led American Fork with 16 points while Shepherd added another nine. Wissinger paced the Cubbies with 12 points.
Last-Second 3-Pointer Lifts Provo Bullpuppies to Non-League Win Over Lehi Froggies in Jan.3 Thriller
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Jan. 3 endowment game that the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, hosted against the Provo Bulldogs, AKA Bullpuppies, went down as a riveting -- correction, ribbiting affair. In fact, it had to take a last-second shot to lift the Bullpuppies to a 53-51 win over the Froggies.
Even though Bullpuppy Cy "Gangham Style" Wright got the opening tipoff, Froggie Tanner Nygren scored the game's first bucket on an offensive rebound. Connor "Tippy" O'Neal tied the game at two, and Provo pulled ahead 4-2 on a jumper swished in by Hunter Bailey, a "distant cousin" of comic strip character Beetle Bailey, Awesome American Fork basketball player Brenden Bailey, and the late singer Pearl Bailey.
The Bullpuppies found the Froggies quite capable of jumping back into the game. For example, Froggie Gavin Rasmussen tied the score at four. Even though Bailey managed to build up a 8-5 lead for Provo, Nygren hit a tying trey for the Froggies. Froggie Marcus "Welby" Draney fired a go-ahead shot. Lehi's 10-8 lead quickly became forgotten as Grayson "Mr. Muffin" Magleby and Bailey guided a 7-2 scoring run for Provo.
Nygren and Draney became major problems for Provo in the second quarter. Through sinking close shots and pulling down key boards, those two Froggies made it impossible for Provo to pull awaty, Also, Draney's Nygren's incredible performance inside the key helped to make it possible for teammate Derik Beeston to swishin two treys that gave Lehi leads of 19-18 and 24-22 during that period. Late in it, Nygren scored on a steal and then sank a free throw to improve Lehi's lead at 27-24 just before halftime.
The second half unfolded with a fierce battle over the lead. The struggle opened with O'Neal cutting the lead to 27-26. Gavin Rasmussen swished in a short shot in hopes of giving his Froggies momentum for leaping way ahed of the Bullpuppies. However, Bailey quiickly tied the game at 29, and Wright tipped the Bullpuppies ahead. Still, the game stayed a seesaw affair. Late in the quarter, an Ethan Rupp trey put Lehi ahead 38-35. A close acquaintance of former Lone Peak Loner football coach Tony "The Eyes of Delaware Are on You" McGeary, Bowman "Straight Arrow" Daley tied the game at 38. Just before the third quarter ended, Kyler Sorenson feed a pass to Daley for a tie-breaking layup.
The fourth quarter opened with O'Neal producing a three-point play. It led to Provo securing a 44-48 lead. Together, Rasmussen and Draney erased it. Two Draney foul shots tipped the Froggies ahead 46-44. After that, the two schools kept taking turns at pulling ahead. In the last five seconds, Lehi owned a 51-50 lead. Provo called time out at that point, and Bullpuppy Coach Jim Drury discussed with his litter strategy for a three-point shot. Picked to launch it, Sorenson swished it, and Lehi called time out a second before the game was to end. That final game second took a few minutes to pass, because both teams each called a time-out. Provo's defense prevented the Froggies from sinking a three-pointer of their own.
Nygren led Lehi with 14 points while Draney added another 13 and Rasmussen 10. Bailey led the Bullpuppies with 22 points while O'Neal added another 12.
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