Timp Sports Weekly
March 31, 2015
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's winning both ends of a junior varsity baseball doubleheader played on the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' home field March 28. Both games of the doubleheader were thrilling. Let's take a swing at them.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Awesome AF Cavemen Win Both Games of JV Twin at Pleasant Grove March 28
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen defeated the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings by scores 4-3 and 12-11 in a junior varsity baseball doubleheader at Pleasant Grove March 28.
In the first game of the twin bill, the first inning's bottom half saw Ferocious Viking Hayden Veenker slug a double, and Logan Hooley singled him in.
The score stayed at 1-0 until the top of the fourth. Capitalizing on an error in the fourth's top half, Scotty Hughes came home for a tying run. American Fork then pulled ahead 2-1. In the bottom of the fourth, Veenker doubled, and Hooley doubled him in. Hooley then scored a run himself to put Pleasant Grove ahead 3-2. The Ferocious Vikings prevented the Awesome Cavemen from capitalizing on a fifth-inning single hit by Ryan Reid, a grandnephew of the late Duke Reid, a Brighton Bad Old Puddy Tat and UVU men's basketball coaching legend.
In the bottom of the fifth, shorstop Ryan Hardman connected a throw to his older bother Buster "Bunny" Hardman to complete a double play that sabotaged Pleasant Grove's attempt to go on a long rally.
In the top of the sixth, Awesome Caveman Mick Madsen singled into left, and Dillan Johnstone singled him for the tying run. It forced the same into an eighth inning.
In the top of the eighth, Hughes tripled into left, and on one out, he scored a tie-breaking run. Despite singles from Ryan Christiansen and Logan Hooley, the Ferocious Vikings couldn't score any runs.
In the top of the second game's first inning, the Awesome Cavemen went on a long scoring run started by Hayden "Crazy Horse" Wood's two-run single. Kastan Rasmussen prolonged the rally through hitting a two-run triple and stealing home. Pleasant Grove shut down American Fork after Weston Flinders singled in two runs to improve the American Fork lead at 7-0.
Aided by a Veenker double in the bottom of the first, the Ferocious Vikings slashed the lead down to 7-3 on singles hit by Hooley, Tate "Tater Tot" Briggs, and Bub Wilde.
Holding American Fork scoreless in the second's top half, Pleasant Grove went on another three-run rally during the bottom of the second. Ty Lewis opened the rally by hitting a one-run single. A Staley Hansgen, two-run double put the Ferocious Vikings within 7-6.
On two outs in the top of the third, Woods stole home to put the lead at 8-6. In the bottom of the inning, singles from Wilde and Wells sparked another Pleasant Grove comeback. After Wilde stole home, Lewis singled in Wells to tie the game at eight.
Rasmussen doubled in a run in the top of the fifth to put American Fork ahead 9-8, but he got called out for skipping a base. For a second time in the game, Lewis hit a tying one-run single. This time he knotted the score nine.
In the top of the sixth, Pleasant Grove prevented American Fork from capitalizing on a Colt "Hammer" Carpenter single. In the bottom of the sixth, the Ferocious Vikings pulled ahead 10-9 during a fielder's choice plauy. Lewis singled in a run to improve Pleasant Grove's lead at 11-9.
In the top of the seventh, a Tua Ward single opened the way for a three-run rally fueled by a Johnstone triple and a Wood single. American Fork prevented a Hooley single from enabling the Ferocious to rallying back.
American Fork jayvee coach Jay Holmstead, "We swept both the sophomore and junior varsity series against Pleasant Grove. Our guys kept battling back. We have four ninth-graders on the team. They showed a lot of confidence whenever they got up to bat. That spread to the rest of our team. That helped us win today."
In the top of the second game's first inning, the Awesome Cavemen went on a long scoring run started by Hayden "Crazy Horse" Wood's two-run single. Kastan Rasmussen prolonged the rally through hitting a two-run triple and stealing home. Pleasant Grove shut down American Fork after Weston Flinders singled in two runs to improve the American Fork lead at 7-0.
Aided by a Veenker double in the bottom of the first, the Ferocious Vikings slashed the lead down to 7-3 on singles hit by Hooley, Tate "Tater Tot" Briggs, and Bub Wilde.
Holding American Fork scoreless in the second's top half, Pleasant Grove went on another three-run rally during the bottom of the second. Ty Lewis opened the rally by hitting a one-run single. A Staley Hansgen, two-run double put the Ferocious Vikings within 7-6.
On two outs in the top of the third, Woods stole home to put the lead at 8-6. In the bottom of the inning, singles from Wilde and Wells sparked another Pleasant Grove comeback. After Wilde stole home, Lewis singled in Wells to tie the game at eight.
Rasmussen doubled in a run in the top of the fifth to put American Fork ahead 9-8, but he got called out for skipping a base. For a second time in the game, Lewis hit a tying one-run single. This time he knotted the score nine.
In the top of the sixth, Pleasant Grove prevented American Fork from capitalizing on a Colt "Hammer" Carpenter single. In the bottom of the sixth, the Ferocious Vikings pulled ahead 10-9 during a fielder's choice plauy. Lewis singled in a run to improve Pleasant Grove's lead at 11-9.
In the top of the seventh, a Tua Ward single opened the way for a three-run rally fueled by a Johnstone triple and a Wood single. American Fork prevented a Hooley single from enabling the Ferocious to rallying back.
American Fork jayvee coach Jay Holmstead, "We swept both the sophomore and junior varsity series against Pleasant Grove. Our guys kept battling back. We have four ninth-graders on the team. They showed a lot of confidence whenever they got up to bat. That spread to the rest of our team. That helped us win today."
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