Timp Sports Weekly
September 1, 2015
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at the Lone Peak Loners' 3-0 win over the Lehi Pioneers, AKA Froggies, in girls' soccer. In volleyball action, we have a story of how the Froggies flooded away the Taylorsville Warriors, AKA the Redwood Road Warriors, in a three-game volleyball match. For football fans, there is a story of how the Springville Red Devils, AKA the Hellions, scorched the Froggies. Finally, we'll conclude with a report on how the Awesome American Fork Cavemen and Cavewomen both won the AF Grass Relays for a second fall in a row. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lone Peak Loners Drain Lehi Froggies 3-0 in Region 4 Girls' Soccer Opener
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four girls' soccer opener at Lehi Aug. 18, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, drained the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 3-0.
The game opened with Siri "Rag" Dahl guiding Loner attacks deep into the Froggies' territory. Froggies Ali Schmidt, Ali Merrill, and Maddi Smith helped goalie Ali "Baba" Bach in fending off Dahl's attacks. Loner Cameron "Trucker" Tucker kept those assaults alive, aided by T.J. McKendrick's indirect kicks.
The Froggies managed to battle the Loners to a scoreless draw at the end of the first half. In the early second half, the Loners gained the upper hand. Nine minutes into the final period, Bach dropped the right after picking off a shot. Loner Natalie Wells zipped forward and scored the first goal. From 30 yards out, McKendrick scored the second goal on a pass from Tucker midway through the period.
The Froggies kept the Loner lead at 2-0 until the final 10 minutes of play. As the clock wound down, Haylee McCune passed to Trucker Tucker for the final game's final goal.
"It's always gonna come down to how we handle the pressure," said Lone Peak Heather Dahl. "Lehi put a lot of pressure on us. We held up under it. "
Lehi Coach Jerry Prisendorf said, "We were a little more excited in the first half. In the next half, though, we didn't play as aggressive as we did. In learning a new style of play, we held our ground until Lone Peak scored that first goal. It took our enthusiasm out of us. For their second goal, we didn't close them down. That's why they scored it."
Lehi Froggies Jump Past Taylorsville Redwood Warriors in 3-Game Volleyball Match Aug. 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers jumped past the Taylorville Warriors, AKA the Redwood Road Warriors, in a three-game volleyball on the Froggies' home court Aug. 20.
Apparently, out of Taylorsville's longtime reputation of being a volleyball powerhouse, the Salt Lake Tribune sent down sports stringer Eric Butler, a very shiny man, to cover the match. Hopes excited that it would last five games, something that would give newspaper readers a reason to read about the game.. However, the Froggies leaped past the Redwood Road Warriors in three games by scores of 25-9, 25-11, 25-13. So it's no wonder that Butler's version of the lopsided, non-league match can be found only at SLTrib.com, but not in the Salt Lake newspaper's Aug. 21 print edition. Anyway, here's my version of how the Froggies flooded away the Redwood Road Warriors.
Taking advantage of a missed, Redwood Road Warrior serve, the Froggies leaped out to an early 5-0 lead on hits from Marta Ellsworth, Amber Lamborn, Mikayla Upham, and Rylin Roberts, no relation to former BY Zoobie basketball legend Fred "Boo" Roberts, who now calls Utah Valley home.
The Redwood Road Warriors did drive within 5-2. Redwood Warriors Sarah Paulson, Morgan Tolivno, and Zae Patane made attempts at the net to offer Lehi a strong challenge. However, Ellsworth, Lamborn and Faith Crabb, a "distant cousin" of late Hollywood actor Buster Crabb, undermined the Redwood Road Warriors' attacks at the net. So it was not surprising that the Froggies soon leaped ahead 20-4. Kailey Peterson stirred a rally for the Redwood Road Warriors to put them within 24-9. Ellsworth registered a kill to end the rally and Game 1.
Game 2 unfolded with the Froggies leaping ahead 4-0. Peterson and Ginger Wright guided the Redwood Road Warriors within 5-2. Through Roberts' serving, Lehi rowed far ahead of the Redwood Road Warriors. Hits from Wright, Paulson, and Chrystelle Salzar allowed Taylorsville to sped back within 13-7. That was the closest that the Redwood Road Warriors could get to their web-footed opponents. Hits from Roberts and Lamborn produced a 25-11 win.
For the third game, server Sydney White created a 3-0 lead for Lehi. The Redwood Road Warriors battled back within 3-1 and 13-6 on Morgan "Morgie" Guevara's hits. However, Lamborn, Roberts, Ellsworth, and Upham kept the Redwood Road Warriors in check through much of Game 3. It ended with a Roberts kill producing the match point.
Lehi Coach Jaime Ingersoll said, "We served really good. Our serving and hitting kept them from getting into a good rhythm."
Springville Hellions Scorch Lehi Froggies 21-10 In Non-League Football Action Aug. 21
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a non-league football game at Lehi Aug. 21, the Springville Red Devils, AKA the Hellions, scorched the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 21-10.
Still high on their recent home win over the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA the Puppies, the Froggies were counting on to exorcise Springville, AKA Helltown, for a second straight win. With Froggie Ben Slagowski returning the opening kickoff to their 34-yard line, the Froggies expected to cool the red-hot Hellion defense quicker than you could say Ali Lamb Chop. Quarterbacked by Cammon Cooper, the Froggies couldn't move the ball beyond their 40-yard line, and their drive ended with Junior Mulloipola sacking Cooper for a five-yard loss.
Long runs by Tait Eriksson and Devyn Tate gave the Hellions the fuel they needed for piercing the Froggie end zone on Helltown's first drive. Junior quarterback Jantsen "Big Chief" Thorpe lobbed a 20-yard pass that helped the Hillions reach the Froggie 1-yard line. Taking a handoff from Big Chief Thorpe, Scotty Averett scored the game's first touchdown, and Lindsey Garrett booted in an extra point.
The Froggies began their second march from their 21-yard line. A 20-yard Slagowski carry put the Froggies in fine midfield position. Helltown soon prevented Lehi from picking up a first down. However, the Hellions drew a roughing-the-kicker penalty, which put Lehi deep inside Helltown territory. With the Hellion defense keeping the Froggies from moving behind the Helltown 19-yard line, they had Jacob Keeslar kick a 35-yard field goal to cut the lead to 7-3.
Long, Averett runs put Helltown midfield at the end of the first quarter. The next period began with Tate running 53 yard into the Froggies' end zone to put the score at 13-3. Garrett booted in an extra point to make the score 14-3
The Helltown defense quickly snuffed out the first Lehi march of the second quarter, and a Thorpe, 34-yard to Tanner "Big Dog" Perrero put Helltown on the Froggie 19-yard line. Just the Hellions were about to enjoy the smell of another touchdown, they fumbled away the ball on the Lehi 40-yard line. Defensive end Erik Humphrey, a "distant cousin" of the late, much-revered politician Hubert Humphrey, scooped up the pigskin and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. Keeslar kicked in an extra point to cut the lead 14-10. Humphrey's big run turned out to be the only time that the Froggies would make a touchdown against the Hellions. Their defense held Lehi scoreless through the rest of the game.
In the third period, Helltown had running back Payton Kelepolo do most of the rushes for them. Kelepolo's long runs paid off for Helltown. With the stadium lights now shining (they were off in the first half, because of a power failure), Kelepolo scored Helltown's third and final touchdown on a two-yard carry during 7:44.
Despite Graydon Hadfield's catch of a 23-yard pass soon afterwards, the Froggies could never get inside the Hellions' 10-yard zone. Hellion Brennen Rymer frustrated the Froggies with picking off two Cooper passes in the fourth quarter.
Awesome AF Cavemen and -Women Win AF Grass Relays for Second Straight Year
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen and Cavewomen won both the varsity boys and girls' portions at the 20th Annual AF Grass Relays, held right behind American Fork High on Aug. 22.
This was the second straight year that American Fork's girl and boys' varsity cross country teams had finished first at the meet. They raced against a total of 45 schools, that included the Madison (Idaho) Bobcats, AKA the Bobkittens, and the Rock Springs (Wyo.) Tigers, AKA the Partyin' Puddy Tats.
The Awesome Cavewomen, who won the varsity girls' relay, included Sammi Hollingsworth, Sarah Musselman, Katie Cornell, Kami Squires, and Sophie Baird. Baird said, "We broke the course record today. The prior one was 62:03. Our new record is 61:01.2.
"I'm really proud of how we trained through the course of the summer and the coaches getting after us to do better. Sarah Musselman is a new addition to our varsity team. She was a big plus for us today."
Cornell said, "The biggest challenge for me today was jumping over the hay bales on the course. I didn't give up on my team, though."
The Awesome Cavewomen received a strong challenge from the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups, who actually led them early in the varsity relay. However, American Fork pulled ahead of the T-Pups midway through the race and never fell behind again.
American Fork had three Awesome Cavewomen among the relay's 15 fastest racers. Mussselman finished third, Baird 10th, and Hollingsworth 11th.
American Fork Coach Bruno Hunziker said, "Our girls' varsity team is made up mostly of veterans. We figured we could take this meet after we had defeated Davis for the girls' title at the Highland Invitational last Thursday. Today is the second time in a row that our girls have won the varity relay."
The members of the Awesome Caveman team that took first included Pat "Patch" Parker, Joe Simmons, Hagan Harmer, Pat Larkin, and Casey Clinger.
A "distant cousin" of MASH Corporal Clinger, Casey said, "I was the No. 5 runner in the relay. I was able to hold my place in the relay, especially after Larkin had handed the baton off to me. We were ahead in the race all the way through. The second-place team finished four seconds behind us."
American Fork had two representatives among the varsity boys' relay's 15 fastest runners. Clinger finished third among them and Simmons 10th.
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers finished fifth in the varsity boys' relay, and their teammate Ryan Raff finished as the 13th fastest racer in the run. Other members of the Lehi team included Tommy Heaps, Austin Hinckley, Collin Morrison, and Connor Arnell.
The Froggies also finished seventh in the girls' varsity relay. Lehi's varsity relay team consisted of Katelyn Struthers, Sami Austin, Emily Storrs, McKenzie Butterfield, and Alexis Watts.
Lehi Coach Jamie Avisio said, "The girls' varsity team made a lot of improvements today.
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings had representation among the varsity girls' relay's 15 fastest runners. Ferocious Viking Haley Janey finished 12th among them. Lone Peak Loner Amanda Eriksen finished 14th among them.
Pleasant Grove Coach Mark Morrison said, "All of our kids ran well. Some of them got good times and others didn't. This was our first meet of the season."
In the meet's earlier races, Awesome Cavewoman Lexi Wright won the jayvee girls' ninth-grade-sophomore race.
Lone Peak Loners Drain Lehi Froggies 3-0 in Region 4 Girls' Soccer Opener
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four girls' soccer opener at Lehi Aug. 18, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, drained the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 3-0.
The game opened with Siri "Rag" Dahl guiding Loner attacks deep into the Froggies' territory. Froggies Ali Schmidt, Ali Merrill, and Maddi Smith helped goalie Ali "Baba" Bach in fending off Dahl's attacks. Loner Cameron "Trucker" Tucker kept those assaults alive, aided by T.J. McKendrick's indirect kicks.
The Froggies managed to battle the Loners to a scoreless draw at the end of the first half. In the early second half, the Loners gained the upper hand. Nine minutes into the final period, Bach dropped the right after picking off a shot. Loner Natalie Wells zipped forward and scored the first goal. From 30 yards out, McKendrick scored the second goal on a pass from Tucker midway through the period.
The Froggies kept the Loner lead at 2-0 until the final 10 minutes of play. As the clock wound down, Haylee McCune passed to Trucker Tucker for the final game's final goal.
"It's always gonna come down to how we handle the pressure," said Lone Peak Heather Dahl. "Lehi put a lot of pressure on us. We held up under it. "
Lehi Coach Jerry Prisendorf said, "We were a little more excited in the first half. In the next half, though, we didn't play as aggressive as we did. In learning a new style of play, we held our ground until Lone Peak scored that first goal. It took our enthusiasm out of us. For their second goal, we didn't close them down. That's why they scored it."
Lehi Froggies Jump Past Taylorsville Redwood Warriors in 3-Game Volleyball Match Aug. 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers jumped past the Taylorville Warriors, AKA the Redwood Road Warriors, in a three-game volleyball on the Froggies' home court Aug. 20.
Apparently, out of Taylorsville's longtime reputation of being a volleyball powerhouse, the Salt Lake Tribune sent down sports stringer Eric Butler, a very shiny man, to cover the match. Hopes excited that it would last five games, something that would give newspaper readers a reason to read about the game.. However, the Froggies leaped past the Redwood Road Warriors in three games by scores of 25-9, 25-11, 25-13. So it's no wonder that Butler's version of the lopsided, non-league match can be found only at SLTrib.com, but not in the Salt Lake newspaper's Aug. 21 print edition. Anyway, here's my version of how the Froggies flooded away the Redwood Road Warriors.
Taking advantage of a missed, Redwood Road Warrior serve, the Froggies leaped out to an early 5-0 lead on hits from Marta Ellsworth, Amber Lamborn, Mikayla Upham, and Rylin Roberts, no relation to former BY Zoobie basketball legend Fred "Boo" Roberts, who now calls Utah Valley home.
The Redwood Road Warriors did drive within 5-2. Redwood Warriors Sarah Paulson, Morgan Tolivno, and Zae Patane made attempts at the net to offer Lehi a strong challenge. However, Ellsworth, Lamborn and Faith Crabb, a "distant cousin" of late Hollywood actor Buster Crabb, undermined the Redwood Road Warriors' attacks at the net. So it was not surprising that the Froggies soon leaped ahead 20-4. Kailey Peterson stirred a rally for the Redwood Road Warriors to put them within 24-9. Ellsworth registered a kill to end the rally and Game 1.
Game 2 unfolded with the Froggies leaping ahead 4-0. Peterson and Ginger Wright guided the Redwood Road Warriors within 5-2. Through Roberts' serving, Lehi rowed far ahead of the Redwood Road Warriors. Hits from Wright, Paulson, and Chrystelle Salzar allowed Taylorsville to sped back within 13-7. That was the closest that the Redwood Road Warriors could get to their web-footed opponents. Hits from Roberts and Lamborn produced a 25-11 win.
For the third game, server Sydney White created a 3-0 lead for Lehi. The Redwood Road Warriors battled back within 3-1 and 13-6 on Morgan "Morgie" Guevara's hits. However, Lamborn, Roberts, Ellsworth, and Upham kept the Redwood Road Warriors in check through much of Game 3. It ended with a Roberts kill producing the match point.
Lehi Coach Jaime Ingersoll said, "We served really good. Our serving and hitting kept them from getting into a good rhythm."
Springville Hellions Scorch Lehi Froggies 21-10 In Non-League Football Action Aug. 21
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a non-league football game at Lehi Aug. 21, the Springville Red Devils, AKA the Hellions, scorched the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 21-10.
Still high on their recent home win over the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA the Puppies, the Froggies were counting on to exorcise Springville, AKA Helltown, for a second straight win. With Froggie Ben Slagowski returning the opening kickoff to their 34-yard line, the Froggies expected to cool the red-hot Hellion defense quicker than you could say Ali Lamb Chop. Quarterbacked by Cammon Cooper, the Froggies couldn't move the ball beyond their 40-yard line, and their drive ended with Junior Mulloipola sacking Cooper for a five-yard loss.
Long runs by Tait Eriksson and Devyn Tate gave the Hellions the fuel they needed for piercing the Froggie end zone on Helltown's first drive. Junior quarterback Jantsen "Big Chief" Thorpe lobbed a 20-yard pass that helped the Hillions reach the Froggie 1-yard line. Taking a handoff from Big Chief Thorpe, Scotty Averett scored the game's first touchdown, and Lindsey Garrett booted in an extra point.
The Froggies began their second march from their 21-yard line. A 20-yard Slagowski carry put the Froggies in fine midfield position. Helltown soon prevented Lehi from picking up a first down. However, the Hellions drew a roughing-the-kicker penalty, which put Lehi deep inside Helltown territory. With the Hellion defense keeping the Froggies from moving behind the Helltown 19-yard line, they had Jacob Keeslar kick a 35-yard field goal to cut the lead to 7-3.
Long, Averett runs put Helltown midfield at the end of the first quarter. The next period began with Tate running 53 yard into the Froggies' end zone to put the score at 13-3. Garrett booted in an extra point to make the score 14-3
The Helltown defense quickly snuffed out the first Lehi march of the second quarter, and a Thorpe, 34-yard to Tanner "Big Dog" Perrero put Helltown on the Froggie 19-yard line. Just the Hellions were about to enjoy the smell of another touchdown, they fumbled away the ball on the Lehi 40-yard line. Defensive end Erik Humphrey, a "distant cousin" of the late, much-revered politician Hubert Humphrey, scooped up the pigskin and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. Keeslar kicked in an extra point to cut the lead 14-10. Humphrey's big run turned out to be the only time that the Froggies would make a touchdown against the Hellions. Their defense held Lehi scoreless through the rest of the game.
In the third period, Helltown had running back Payton Kelepolo do most of the rushes for them. Kelepolo's long runs paid off for Helltown. With the stadium lights now shining (they were off in the first half, because of a power failure), Kelepolo scored Helltown's third and final touchdown on a two-yard carry during 7:44.
Despite Graydon Hadfield's catch of a 23-yard pass soon afterwards, the Froggies could never get inside the Hellions' 10-yard zone. Hellion Brennen Rymer frustrated the Froggies with picking off two Cooper passes in the fourth quarter.
Awesome AF Cavemen and -Women Win AF Grass Relays for Second Straight Year
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen and Cavewomen won both the varsity boys and girls' portions at the 20th Annual AF Grass Relays, held right behind American Fork High on Aug. 22.
This was the second straight year that American Fork's girl and boys' varsity cross country teams had finished first at the meet. They raced against a total of 45 schools, that included the Madison (Idaho) Bobcats, AKA the Bobkittens, and the Rock Springs (Wyo.) Tigers, AKA the Partyin' Puddy Tats.
The Awesome Cavewomen, who won the varsity girls' relay, included Sammi Hollingsworth, Sarah Musselman, Katie Cornell, Kami Squires, and Sophie Baird. Baird said, "We broke the course record today. The prior one was 62:03. Our new record is 61:01.2.
"I'm really proud of how we trained through the course of the summer and the coaches getting after us to do better. Sarah Musselman is a new addition to our varsity team. She was a big plus for us today."
Cornell said, "The biggest challenge for me today was jumping over the hay bales on the course. I didn't give up on my team, though."
The Awesome Cavewomen received a strong challenge from the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups, who actually led them early in the varsity relay. However, American Fork pulled ahead of the T-Pups midway through the race and never fell behind again.
American Fork had three Awesome Cavewomen among the relay's 15 fastest racers. Mussselman finished third, Baird 10th, and Hollingsworth 11th.
American Fork Coach Bruno Hunziker said, "Our girls' varsity team is made up mostly of veterans. We figured we could take this meet after we had defeated Davis for the girls' title at the Highland Invitational last Thursday. Today is the second time in a row that our girls have won the varity relay."
The members of the Awesome Caveman team that took first included Pat "Patch" Parker, Joe Simmons, Hagan Harmer, Pat Larkin, and Casey Clinger.
A "distant cousin" of MASH Corporal Clinger, Casey said, "I was the No. 5 runner in the relay. I was able to hold my place in the relay, especially after Larkin had handed the baton off to me. We were ahead in the race all the way through. The second-place team finished four seconds behind us."
American Fork had two representatives among the varsity boys' relay's 15 fastest runners. Clinger finished third among them and Simmons 10th.
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers finished fifth in the varsity boys' relay, and their teammate Ryan Raff finished as the 13th fastest racer in the run. Other members of the Lehi team included Tommy Heaps, Austin Hinckley, Collin Morrison, and Connor Arnell.
The Froggies also finished seventh in the girls' varsity relay. Lehi's varsity relay team consisted of Katelyn Struthers, Sami Austin, Emily Storrs, McKenzie Butterfield, and Alexis Watts.
Lehi Coach Jamie Avisio said, "The girls' varsity team made a lot of improvements today.
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings had representation among the varsity girls' relay's 15 fastest runners. Ferocious Viking Haley Janey finished 12th among them. Lone Peak Loner Amanda Eriksen finished 14th among them.
Pleasant Grove Coach Mark Morrison said, "All of our kids ran well. Some of them got good times and others didn't. This was our first meet of the season."
In the meet's earlier races, Awesome Cavewoman Lexi Wright won the jayvee girls' ninth-grade-sophomore race.
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