Timp Sports Weekly
May 6, 2014
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at a soccer game played between the Lehi Pioneers (AKA the Froggies) and the Westlake Thunder (AKA the Shockers). The game was quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Let's take a look at thrilling that game was. Let's also look at the Froggies' come-from-behind win against the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings in a sophomore baseball game on May 1 as well as my Awesome American Fork Cavemen's sweeping of a junior varsity baseball doubleheader against the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lehi Froggies Outlast Westlake Shockers 2-0 in April 29 Soccer Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four boys' soccer game played at Lehi April 29, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, hopped past their arch rivals, the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers.
Lehi Coach Jerry Prisendorf said, "We pulled off a rare thing tonight: a shutout win for us. Both of our goals came from Connor Miles. He made two good drives on the side, and he received assists from Landon Jacobson for both goals."
Miles scored the game's first goal four minutes into the contest. He headed the ball into the goal 20 minutes before halftime. No more scoring after occurred in the game after that.
The game was both physical and riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Players on both teams grabbed hold of opponents on a few occasions, especially in the second half. Fortunately, the referee kept brawls erupting between Froggie and Shocker players.
Guided by Grant "Rosie" Thorn, Sadler "Coolers" Bartlett, Big Kim Davis, Trevor Jenson, and Elijah "The Laotian Hawk" Khamphony, the Shockers frequently dribbled into the Froggies' penalty box, giving Froggie goal Tanner "Muncie" Munson long workouts.
As Shocker Garrett "Fast Wheels" Bills frequently stole the from Froggie dribblers, he would quickly connect passes to Bartlett, Big Kim, or Khamphony for great selections. Froggie defender Ben Driggs frequently denied Shockers, especially Big Kim and Bartlett chances from scoring inside Lehi's penalty box. Froggies Isaiah Alatamirano and Jacob Mortensen produced steals that their team quickly turned into deep drives into Shocker territory.
One of Muncie Munson's biggest plays occurred midway through the first half. Westlake had Grant Taylor lob a throw-in on one -play. Instead of landing on the Froggies' Astroturf filed, the ball landed in Munson's bare hands. Munson also picked off a Danny Gullart direct shot.
Gullart provided a lot of sparks for the Shocker offense during both halves. Big kicks from him enabled the Shockers to stage frequent, deep penetrations of the Froggies' penalty area. Lehi's strong defense couldn't be snapped, though, despite Gullart's efforts.
In the second half, Shocker goalie Spencer "Maybe" Sabey proved to be as effective as Muncie Munson. Lehi's Kyle Curtis found that out when he kicked a direct shot that Sabey intercepted quicker than you could say Ali Lamb Chop. Sabey's impressive, second-half efforts came too late, however, to save his team, because of what Jacobson and Miles had done to Westlake in the first half.
Lehi Froggies Defeat Ferocious PG Vikings 12-11 in Sophomore Baseball Thriller
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a sophomore baseball game played at Lehi May 1, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, hopped from behind to defeat the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 12-11.
The win came in the midst of bad news that Froggies had received about their varsity team. It had to forfeit two games that it was to have played against the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies, next week. The forfeiture had occurred, because the Utah High School Activities Association had found the varsity team guilty of having played too many non-league games this spring. The Froggies' last varsity game for this year will be played at home against the Pretty Ponies on May 5.
The Ferocious Vikings took control of the game during the first three innings. Pleasant Grove staged a three-run rally in the top of the first. The Froggies answered that rally by scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Even though a second-inning run improved the Ferocious Vikings' lead at 4-2, the Froggies demonstrated that they still had a lot of jump in them. During the second's lower half, the Froggies leaped ahead 6-4. Pulling ahead 9-6 on a five-run rally in the top of the third, the Ferocious Vikings held the Froggies scoreless in the bottom of that inning.
Things looked dim for Lehi as Ferocious Viking Tate Briggs hit a one-out infield single. Bob "Call Da" Wilde brought Briggs home on an in-the-park homer. After pitcher Andy Zimmerman walked Hayden "The Swingin' Dutchman" Veenker, Tristan Makin, a relative of former American Fork football player Dallas Makin, flew out to right field.
In the bottom of the fourth, Froggie Ty James hit a solo homer over the left-field fence. On two outs, teammate Tyler "Big Wheels" Willes singled in Andy Johnson to cut the Ferocious Viking lead to 11-8.
During the next three innings, Zimmerman, aided by his fielders, prevented the Ferocious Vikings from making any more runs, even though Ryne Christiansen and Ty "Oh" Wells singled off him in the tops of the fifth and seventh resectively.
Though Lehi did get a single from Austin Clarke in the fifth, but he got stranded on base.
In the bottom of the sixth, doubles from Ty James, Zimmerman, and Willes fueled a comeback for the Froggies, James hit the first of the three doubles, and his brother Jason James singled him in. Zimmerman doubled in Jason, and then came home on Willes' double. Zach "Sneak Attack" Bingham singled Willes in for the go-ahead run.
After Wells had opened the seventh with his left-field single, he got pinched in a fielder's play at second. Veenker got picked off at first, and Makin then grounded out.
Awesome AF Cavemen Stun Westlake Shockers in Both Games of JV Doubleheader May 3
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a junior varsity baseball doubleheader at American Fork May 3, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen stunned the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers, by scores of 16-0 and 14-1. Both games lasted only 4 1/2 innings.
The big wins occurred the day after the Awesome Cavemen's varsity team got humbled 7-1 on the Shockers' home diamond in Saratoga Springs. American Fork sophomore player Double Shot Sabotka said, "When the game got over, Coach [Jarod] Ingersoll didn't speak long to the guys on the field. He just said, 'Go get on the bus.' It was a long, quiet ride home. When we got back at the high school, our coaches had us meet with them in the gym. For 15 minutes, they scolded the varsity team over how they played."
"I was so upset about it [the scolding] that I couldn't fall asleep until 3 in the morning," said Ryan Thompson, another sophomore player.
"The varsity game yesterday taught that we have to play ball all seven innings," said American Fork jayvee coach Jay Holmstead. "Nobody on our varsity team was ready to play yesterday. We had a practice this morning. So our jayvees were ready to play today, though. They got the outs that they needed, and our pitchers all threw strikes constantly."
During the first inning of Game 1, Awesome Caveman pitcher Hayden "Chief" Wood didn't let a single Shocker get on base.
In the bottom of the first, the Awesome Cavemen shelled Westlake pitcher Devin "Flames" Atwood. A cousin of Talmage Lamb, who chopped two singles for the Lone Peak Loners in a recent road loss that they had at Lehi, Dallin Searle bunted a single that loaded the bases on no outs. Wood singled in Hagen "Speedster" Holmstead and Seth "Needles" Taylor to off a seven-run rally for American Fork. During that rally, Buster "Bunny" Hardman tripled in two runs, and he then came home on a single clubbed by Justin DeMarco, a grandnephew of my former schoolmate Ken DeMarco. American Fork also got one-run singles from Sit Turner Knight and Ty "Guard Dog" Gardner.
In the top of the second, Jackson "Hard Ball" Balser clubbed a two-out single for the Shockers, but he got stranded on base. Even though Taylor sinlged for American Fork in the bottom of the second, his Awesome Cavemen couldn't pick up any runs that inning.
During the top of the third, Shocker Daxton "Timber" Woods singled into right, but a throw from catcher Gardner put him out at second.
Singles from Jake Norton, Sir Turner, and Mick Madsen set the stage for the knockout punch that American Fork delivered in the bottom of the third. A.J. Jones batted in Norton to set off a nine-run rally that the Shockers couldn't recover from.
The fourth opened with Trevor "Banger" Spanger hitting an infield single. With him getting pinched in a fielder's choice play at second, Westlake's chance for scoring went poof that inning.
Taking over pitching duties in the fifth, Jones gave up a left-field single to Timber Woods, but he didn't let the Shockers make any runs.
Holding them scoreless in the top of the first during Game 2, American Fork staged a small rally in the bottom of the inning. Holmstead doubled into left, and a Taylor single moved him to third. Wood singled him, and American Fork soon loaded the bases on a DeMarco walk. American Fork picked up its next two first-inning runs on a Gardner walk and a Norton sacrifice fly.
During the top of the second, Shocker Donovan "Spinach" Greenwell singled into left, and a Van Go-Go Vincent single moved him into scoring position. Greenwell scored the Shockers' only run of the game as Vincent got thrown out in a fielder's choice play at second.
During the bottom of the second, Holmstead doubled in two runs to set off a four-run rally, fueled by an error and a Searle single. In the third, Norton's one-run double set off a four-run rally that doomed the Shockers. Scotty Hughes tripled in two fourth-innings, and he then came home on a steal to complete the game's scoring.
In the top of the fifth, Vincent whacked his second straight single, but he got stranded on base as he watched pitcher DeMarco strike out Balser, Bryson "Double Dos Horman, and Mitch "War" Byrd.
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