Ferocious Viking and Lehi Froggie Volleyball Wins at Home

Timp Sports Weekly

October 27, 2015

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at volleyball wins that the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings and the Lehi Pioneers (AKA the Froggies) had posted at home against the Riverton Silverwolves (AKA the Silverpups) and the Lone Peak Knights (AKA the Loners) last week. Let's see why the Ferocious Vikings and the Froggies did so well in their home matches last week. As they say in Lehi, those contests were quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting.

Dean Von Memmott

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Ferocious PG Vikings Quiet Howlin' Riverton Silverpups in 3-Game Match Oct. 20

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a Region Four volleyball match at Pleasant Grove on Oct. 20, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings quieted the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Howlin' Silverpups, in three games by scores of 25-14, 25-20, 25-13.

Under the leadership of Sara Hamson, Malli Valguardson, Brooklynn Dahl, Kennedy Redd, and  Kazman Tarawhitti, the Ferocious Vikings hammered the Silverpups into submission in the first game by a score of 25-20.

The Silverpups turned into credible opponents in Game 2. Aided by digs made by Brielle Fowler and Hannah Waddell, the Ferocious Vikings secured a 4-1 lead to create an impression that they would make short work of the Silverpups. However, through Shae Kartchner's blocking and the combined spiking of Calissa Candalot, Jenessa Robinson, and Alexis Averett sent the Silverpups howling back within 8-7. Good serving by Giana Rasmussen aided Valguardson and Hamson in making key kills that enabled the Ferocious Vikings to maintain their hold on their narrow lead. The Silverpups pulled within 21-19, but Kennedy's blocking prevented them from catching up with the Ferocious Vikings. A Hamson kill gave the Ferocious Vikings a 25-20 lead.

In Game 3, te Kartchner and Candalot guided the Silverpups within 3-2, Waddell and Jacquelyn Langhaim's fine serving helped Hamson, Tarawhitti, and Valguardon to come up with hits that permitted the Ferocious Vikings to row away. The closest that Riverton could get to Pleasant Grove was 12-6. Late in the game, Ferocious Viking Coach Alyce Jones sent Bailey Nixon into action as a server. This was the first time that Nixon played this season, because of a knee injury. Nixon's entruy into the game drew applause from Ferocious Viking fans. Through making serves, Nixon helped the Vikings coast to winning the match. A Janell Biggs ace won the match for Pleasant Grove.

Jones said, "We had a lot of great hits tonight. Sara Hamson, Kennedy Redd, and Kazman Tarawhitti each registered nine kills for us tonight. Also, in seeing how much Bailey's knee had healed, we decided to give her an opportunity tonight to play. We sent her in just to serve. She did a good job as a servers."

Lehi Froggies Defeat Lone Peak Loners in 4-Game Match Oct. 22 to Conclude Home Season
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In closing out their home season on Oct. 22, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, deluged the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, in a four-game match by scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 25-20.

Even though the Froggies won three of the games, the entire match still went down as a classic tough contest between the Loners and their web-footed, high-jumpin' opponents. Game 1 made that fact clear.

It opened with Loner Linda Fonbuena smacking a kill into a Froggie front-row hole, sending Lone Peak out to an 2-1 lead. However, Marta Ellsworth and Mikayla Upham organized a rally that sent the Froggies leaping ahead to a 5-2 lead. Soon, two straight Faith Crabb kills improved the Froggies' lead at 8-4. The Loners refused to let the Froggies flood them away. A "distant relative" of former Utah Governor Big Jon Huntsman, Kacie "Arrow" Huntsman got Fonbuena, Macie "Biggie" Cannon, and Jaysa "What Da" Funk to pace the Loners to battle back to tie the game at eight. A Loner missed serve tipped the Froggies back ahead 9-8. A cousin of former Awesome American Fork Cavewoman volleyball legend Cassidy Roberts, Rylin Roberts registered two straight kills that gave the Froggies enough momentum to build up a 20-11 lead. Loner Kennedi Boyd, a "distant cousin" of late Hollywood actor Stephen Boyd, guided her squad into charging back within 20-16. However, a Roberts kill gave the Froggies the spark they needed to jump away with a 25-18 win.

With the second game opening with a Funk ace, the Loners charged out to a 4-0 lead. A Roberts kill sparked the Froggies into leaping back 8-6 on Upham, Roberts, and Rachel Richards' kills. A close relative of Mountain View Teddy Bear sports legends Carl and Lynne Pollard, Mikayla Pollard shined as she used her tremendous height much to the Loners' advantage as she kept Roberts, Upham, and Ellsworth from making crucial kills. Pollard's performance inspired Huntsman, Funk, and Biggie Cannon to lob devastating shots into holes throughout the Froggies' defensive network. Although Roberts and Ellworth continued to keep Game 2 close for Lehi, the Froggies could never catch up with the Loners. A Pollard kill gave the Loners a 25-22 win.

The Loners took a 4-1 lead in Game 3, giving the impression that the Froggies were going to get boiled again like they did in Game 2. However, Amber Lamborn and Roberts produced hits that tipped the Froggies back ahead 5-4 on an Upham ace. Though an Ally Anderson kill tied the game at five for the Loners, Lehi battled hard to ensure that Lone Peak couldn't maintain permanent domination of the third game. The Loners obtained leads of 6-5 and 9-8 on Funk and Fonbuena kills. However, the Froggies leaped ahead 10-8 quicker than you could say Rocky J. Flying Squirrel. Lamborn registered kills that gave the Froggies to keep leaping a few points ahead of the Loners. Holding their own against Pollard, Crabb and Ellsworth collaborated in producing a 25-21 win for Lehi.

In the fourth game, the Loners charged out to a 6-0 lead. Before the Loners could dream of taking down their web-footed opponents in the fifth game, the Froggies commenced a long leap back into the game. For a spell, the combined hitting of Pollard, Huntsman, and Fonbuena kept the Loners narrowly ahead. Suddenly, a spell of hitting errors beset the Loners. The Froggies turned those mistakes into a big break for themselves. Guided by Roberts and Upham, the Froggies eventually pulled ahead 16-15. Lehi then presented a strong defense of its lead through great efforts of Roberts, Ellsworth, Upham, Crabb, and Sydney White. White's serves and digs helped the Froggies to stay ahead for the rest of the game. An Ellsworth block scored the match point for the Froggies.

Roberts produced 17 kills for the Froggies while Upham came up with another  10. Crabb produced seven blocks and Richards served four aces.

Lone Peak Loner Soccer, Ferocious PG-Awesome AF Cavewoman Volleyball, and Lehi Froggie Football Action

Timp Sports Weekly

October 20, 2015

Publisher's Message

This week's issue looks at the Lone Peak Knights (AKA the Loners) shutting out the Mountain Crest Mustangs, AKA the Ponies, in a state 5-A girls' soccer game. We will also look at how much the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings took the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's volleyball team seriously this time and the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies, stampeded the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, in a football game. Let's go to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

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Lone Peak Loners Gallop Past Mountain Crest Ponies 2-0 in State 5-A Girls' Soccer Quarterfinal

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a state 5-A girls' soccer quarterfinal at Lone Peak Oct. 15, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, galloped past the Mountain Crest Mustangs 2-0.

Lone Peak Coach Heather Dahl said, "Our defense was really tough. We know that Mountain Crest had a really strong front line. So we had to maintain possession as often as we could. We had great efforts in the midfield."

The Loners held the Ponies to one corner kick during the game while Lone Peak managed to have nine corner kicks in the contest. The Loners didn't make either of their goals on corner kicks, however. When they would make those kinds of kicks, the game announcer would play a CD recording of swords banging against one another, and he would say, "It's now time for another Knight corner kick."

Spectators always repeated that announcement after him in excited tones.

Ponies Whitney Stanko, Taylor Wolford, Abby Harris, and Haley Shroeder applied much pressure on Loner goalie Megan Running as they kept looking for great spots for shot selections. Aided by teammates such as McKenna Kondel, Siri Dahl, Natalee Wells, and McKelle Cahoon, the Lone Peak goalie held up the pressure all the way through the game. Running's teammates constantly stole ball from Ponies like Harris, Kanyan Ward, and Brynnley Simpson, a "distant cousin" of TV character Bart Simpson. So the Ponies became frustrated in not being able to secure chances for great shot selections.

Mary Clark scored the first goal 28 minutes into the game. Clark recalled, "Natalee [Wells] crossed the ball to me, and I headed it in. I made sure I had my head down in the right position, so I could bump the ball into the net."

The Loners came really close to losing their 1-0 lead. Early in the second half, they drew a foul in their penalty area. Pony Marli "Boom Boom" Niederhauser got picked to make the indirect kick for the penalty. A wall of Loners assembled on the goal line in hopes of blocking Niederhauser's shot. With the specter of overtime looming, Niederhauser made the kick. The Pony's shot bounced off one of the Loners defending the goal line. Ponies and Loners scrambled into the penalty box to get the ball. A Loner cleared the ball out. That moment turned out to be Mountain Crest's lost opportunity for turning the game to its favor.

Meanwhile, the score stayed at 1-0  until the game clock read 25:00 when Cameron Tucker scored the second Loner goal. Tucker said, "Breesa [Nawahine] crossed the ball to me and I kicked it from just outside the penalty box. They didn't let my successful shot discourage. They kept fighting us for the ball clear to the final whistle."

Ferocious PG Vikings Display Serious Effort in Road Win at American Fork Oct. 14
By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

This time the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings took the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's volleyball team seriously. In a three-game match at American Fork Oct. 14, the Ferocious Vikings defeated the Awesome Cavewomen  by scores of 25-20, 25-20, 25-12.

In the last meeting between the two schools, the Awesome Cavemen defeated the Ferocious Vikings three games to two. In spite of being the three-time defending state 5-A champs, the Ferocious Vikings played so awful in that match's three games that American Fork, which had not seen state tournament action in seven years, sank them with much ease.

With that memory on their minds, the Pleasant Grove players came into the American Fork field house anxious to prove that they could sink the Awesome Cavewomen in three games. Despite being staffed by inexperienced varsity players, the Awesome Cavewomen still managed to secure a 3-1 lead in the first game. Hits by Brooklyn Dahl and Sara Hamson enabled Pleasant Grove to tie the game at three. Morgan Starkie registered a kill that put the Awesome Cavewomen ahead 4-3. Hamson hits soon produced a 5-4 lead for Pleasant Grove. The lead frequently switched hands until Ferocious Viking Kennedy Redd smacked a spike that tied the game at 11. A Jaquelynn Langhaim ace put Pleasant Grove ahead 12-11. Even though Hamson and Dahl guided the Ferocious Vikings in staying ahead for the rest of the game, Starkie, Nicole Gilbert, and Alyssa Owen enabled the Awesome Cavewomen in staying close to Pleasant Grove. Tips by Gilbert put American Fork as close as 24-20. A Hamson kill produced a 25-20 win for the Ferocious Vikings.

In the second game, the combined hitting of Starkie, Owen, and Whitley Bezzant created a 5-1 lead for the Awesome Cavemen. They looked as though they were going to have the match go for four or five games. The Ferocious Vikings did not want that possible scenario coming true. Hamson, Redd, Dahl, Malli Valguardson, and Kazman Tarawhitti put together a strong hitting attack that produced a 9-9 draw. A Valguardson kill put the Ferocious Vikings ahead 10-9. Dahl and Hamson constantly registered hits that demonstrated that Pleasant Grove's desire to complete the match in three games as the Ferocious Vikings battled to pull away. Owen and Starkie didn't let Pleasant Grove take a double-digit lead, for those two Awesome Cavewomen seriously challenged every serve made by Hannah Waddall and Brielle Fowler. American Fork battled back within 22-20. The combined hitting of Valguardson and Tarawhitti produced another 25-20 win for the Ferocious Vikings.

The Ferocious Vikings never trailed at all during the third game, even though the Awesome Cavewomen did tie the game at one. Hamson kills produced a 4-2 lead for Pleasant Grove. Owen and Bezzant guided the Awesome Cavewomen in battling back within 7-5. Suddenly, their inexperience started showing as they made some hitting mistakes that the Ferocious Vikings capitalized on. Valguardson kills gave the Ferocious Vikings the momentum to pull away. Once a Dahl kill put the game score at 18-8, the Ferocious Vikings hastened the arrival of the match's end. Tarawhitti kills soon produced a 25-12 win for Pleasant Grove.

Hamson produced 11 kills for Pleasant while Tarawhitti came up with another seven. Fowler came up with 14 digs for the Ferocious Vikings.

Herriman Pretty Ponies Gallop Past Lehi Froggies 35-7 Region 4 Football Action
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

During Region Four football play at Lehi Oct. 14, the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies, galloped past the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 35-7.

With the contest being their home season finale, the Froggies counted on thrilling their hometown fans with a win that they prayed would be downright riveting-- correction, ribbiting. However, in their lust for a Region Four championship trophy, the Pretty Ponies wasted no time in stampeding past their web-footed hosts.

Under the guidance of quarterback Hayden Reynolds, a "distant cousin" of movie star Burt Reynolds, the Pretty Ponies resorted to a ground game in their first march. Taking handoffs from Reynolds, running back Jake Jutkins made long rushes for the Pretty Ponies. At 8:41, Jutkins scored, and J.D. Meyers kicked an extra point to put Herriman's lead at 7-0.

The Pretty Ponies snuffed out the first Lehi march quicker than you could say Bullwinkle J. Moose.
Herriman then opened its second drive with a long carry made by Brig Rush. Jutkins followed it up with a 62-yard sprint into the Froggie 10-yard zone. On the next play, he scored his second touchdown, frosted with another Meyers PAT.

The Froggies looked as though they were going to make a slash in the Pretty Ponies' 14-0 lead. Froggie quarterback Gammon Cooper went to the air, hurling long shots to Wyatt Parkinson, Kade Moore, and Ben Slagowski. The Froggie march got stopped at the Herriman  24-yard line, where they tried for a field goal attempt. The kick got blocked, and Pretty Pony Jake Anderson recovered the pigskin, but got stopped at the Herriman 25-yard line.

 The Froggies prevented the Pretty Ponies from capitalizing on Anderson's recovery of the ball. However, in the late second quarter, Cooper quarterbacked a drive that stabbed deep into Herriman territory. Suddenly, he threw an interception to Pretty Pony Cody Eldredge, who raced the pigskin 60 yards into the Froggie end zone, but his touchdown got canceled by a Herriman penalty. The Pretty Ponies still got to keep the ball, though. After making a 50-yard run to the Lehi 2-yard line, Jutkins scored a touchdown at 1:54, and Meyers' third straight extra-point kick put the halftime lead at 21-0.


In the third quarter, Cooper resorted to a passing game to turn Lehi's situation around, but the Herriman defense held Lehi scoreless that entire period. Meanwhile, Reynolds scored on a touchdown on a two-yard keeper play. That went down as the last Herriman touchdown for the night. The Pretty Ponies still continued tacking on points. At 2:15 in the final quarter, Denver "Ozzie" Osborne kicked a 30-yard field goal for the Ponies.

After having hurt themselves with turnovers and incomplete passes all night, the Froggies finally put an effective offensive game together. Cooper went to the air, lobbing long passes to Moore, Slagowski, and Cody Frampton. Finally at 0:21, Cooper connected a 18-yard pass to Parkinson for a touchdown, frosted by a Jacob Keeslar extra-point kick.

Lehi Froggie Girls' Soccer and Volleyball Action

Timp Sports Weekly

October 13, 2015

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' 1-0 win over the Lehi Pioneers in girls' soccer and the Froggies' fixing the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Silverpups, in a three-game volleyball match. As they say in Lehi, let's row straight to the action.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

magnanovelist@gmail.com

Ferocious PG Vikings Defeat Lehi Froggies 1-0 in Girls' Soccer Action Oct. 6

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a Region Four girls' soccer game at Lehi Oct. 6, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings defeated the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 1-0.

The Ferocious Vikings' road win went down as an atonement for their losing an overtime game at home to the Froggies last month. In that contest, the Ferocious Vikings got onto the scoreboard first, but a Lehi goal forced the game into double overtime. Froggie Audrey Robertson scored the winning goal in that game.

Determined not to their web-footed opponents flood them away again, the Ferocious Vikings played a very fierce defense after they had had taken control of the scoreboard early in the Oct, 6 rematch. Three minutes into it, Ferocious Viking Moriah Lucas, a "distant cousin" Star War director George Lucas, received a pass. The Ferocious Viking dribbled quickly away into the Froggie penalty box and scored. Ferocious Viking Coach Leo Tortorelli said, "Moriah has been pulling off that kind of play all season. After she scored tonight's goal for us, we played a really strong defense."

Jenny Reynolds and Brielle Evans aided Ferocious Viking goalie McKenna Eaves in putting forth a strong defensive efforts against Froggie attacks, which became all the more aggressive in the game's closing minutes.

Robertson, Hailey Hillock, Alex Allgaier, Taylor Takahashi, and Cassidy Clegg put much spark into the Froggies' attacks. They put much stress on the Ferocious Viking center, especially in the game's closing minutes.

Knowing all too well the risks on sitting on a 1-0 lead in a game against the Froggies, the Ferocious Vikings attempted repeatedly to score additional goals. The Ferocious Vikings tried scoring on Taylor Johnson's indirect kicks, but Froggie goalie Alyson Black kept the Pleasant Grove lead stuck at 1-0 through the entire game.

Lehi Coach Jerry Prisendorf said, "I was really proud that my players never gave up, including during the game's closing minutes. For most of those final few minutes, they kept the ball on PG's side of the field."

Lehi Froggies Defeat Riverton Silverpups in 3-Game Volleyball Match Oct. 8
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a three-game volleyball match at Lehi Oct. 8, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, washed away the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Howlin' Silverpups, by scores of 25-21, 25-12, 25-16.

The first game went down as the tightest of the three-round affair. During Game 1, the Silverpups had much to howl about, especially when they secured leads of 2-1, 6-5,  7-6, and 12-11. Alexis Avertt and Shae Kartchner provided much of the hitting power for the Silverpups as they strongly tested the resolve of Froggies Mikayla Upharm, Amber Lamborn, Rachel Richards, Marta Ellsworth, Faith Crabb, and Rylin Roberts, a "distant cousin" of former BY Zoobie basketball legend Fred "Boo" Roberts.

Aided by Sydney White's serves and nine digs, the Froggies finally secured momentum as an Ellsworth block deflected Callisa Candlot's spike, putting Lehi ahead 9-8. The Silverpups howled back out in 12-11 on an Averett kill. The Silverpups led by as far as 14-11. The Froggies leaped back, and a Richards kill tied the game at 15. Once the Froggies jumped ahead 16-15, they never fell behind again, even though the Silverpups kept nipping at their rear fins. Through her serving, Silverpup Jenessa Robinson tied the score at 19. A missed Riverton serve prevented the Silverpups from pulling ahead. Two straight Roberts kills produced a 25-21 win for Lehi.

The Silverpups didn't behave as the same team that they were in the first game. For some reason, they couldn't put together an effective defensive game as Roberts and Upham led a hitting attack that produced a 9-2 lead for Lehi through Richards' serving. Averett guided the Silverpups back within 15-7. That turned out to be the closest they could get to the Froggies.

With Riverton missing the opening serve in the third game, the match quickly went downhill for the Silverpups. The combined hitting of Roberts and Lamborn produced an 8-1 lead for the Froggies. The Silverpups' morale collapsed at that point, even though a Kartchner kill did put them within 12-5. Despite efforts by Kartchner and Averett did stir up a comeback, the Silverpups figuratively threw their  paws up and spent the rest of the game, going through the motions of playing. Meanwhile, the Froggies played intensely and stroked way ahead of the Silverpups. Finally, an Upham kill scored the match point for Lehi to produce their 25-16 win.

Lehi Coach Jamie Ingersoll said, "We stayed fired up all through tonight's match: something we didn't do at AF last Tuesday. We showed no fire there, and had to end up playing four games to win against AF. After that match, we spent yesterday going over things that we should have done better at AF. We definitely learned from that match."

Roberts produced 16 kills for the Froggies while Ellsworth posted two blocks.

Two Straight Lehi Froggie Volleyball Matches

Timp Sports Weekly

October 7, 2015

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at two home volleyball matches hosted by the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. Both matches were riveting -- correction, ribbiting to watch. Both matches were vital to Lehi's efforts to win a Region Four championship. How did the Froggies fare in those matches? As they say in Lehi, let's swim straight to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

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Ferocious PG Vikings Drain Lehi Froggies in 4-Game Match Sept. 29

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly

Because the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings had lost a recent five-game volleyball match at home to the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen, it was easy to assume that the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, would have an easy time in flooding away Pleasant in a Sept. 29 match at Lehi. The reason for that assumption was that the Froggies had washed away the Awesome Cavewomen in a three-game match in early September.

That assumption  turned out to be false, however, for the Ferocious Vikings drained Lehi in a four-game match by scores of 25-23, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23.

Ferocious Viking Kazman Tarawhitti said, "We wanted to stay focused on our playing tonight. So we played much better tonight than we did against AF."

Her teammate Malli Valuardson, "Our loss to American Fork taught us that any team in our region can beat any other one on any given night. So we have to be ready to play every time we go out onto the floor for a match."

Kills by Valguardson. Sara Hamson, and Kennedy Redd posted an 8-1 lead for the Ferocious Vikings in Game 1. Lehi suddenly realized that the Ferocious Vikings weren't going to be easy opponents like the Awesome Cavewomen were two weeks before. Rylin Roberts and Amber Lamborn sparked a comeback for the Froggies. They leaped back within 12-11. Aided by Sydney White's serves, Lamborn and Roberts applied much pressure on the Ferocious Vikings' front row. Despite efforts put forth by Hamson, Valguardson, and Brooklyn Dahl, a Lamborn kill put the Froggies ahead 15-14. Hamson's hitting tipped Pleasant Grove back ahead 16-15. Lehi stayed closely behind the Ferocious Vikings. However, after the Froggies had paddled within 24-23, a Dahl block scored a 25-23 for the Ferocious Vikings.

For the second game, Tarawhiti's serving produced a 2-0 lead for the Ferocious Vikings. However, Lehi soon stroked ahead 4-3. A seesaw battle ensued until the score got tied at seven. A Marta Ellsworth kill put Lehi ahead 8-7, and the Froggies never trailed again in Game 2, even though Pleasant Grove tied the game at 12 on a Kennedy Redd kill. A Roberts kill tipped the Froggies ahead 13-12. Hamson's hitting paced Pleasant Grove within 18-17, but Mikayla Upham's hitting prevented the Ferocious Vikings from catching up with the Froggies. A Faith Crabb kill gave the Froggies a 25-21 win, setting the stage for a fourth game.

The third game opened with the Ferocious Vikings pulling ahead 2-0. This time, Pleasant Grove stayed narrowly ahead all the way, even though a Crabb block did tie the score at seven. A Redd block put the Ferocious Vikings ahead 8-7. Hamson held firm against an extremely, aggressive Froggie effort at the net as Rachel Richard, Roberts, and Lamborn strived to throw her off rhythm. Hamson couldn't be shaken, though. Aided by Dahl, Valguardson, Tarawhiti, and Redd, Hamson eventually registered a kill that produced a 25-22 win for the Ferocious Vikings.

The fourth game went down as contest between Upham and Hamson as they each took turns registering kills that the game tight all the way through. When Lehi broke a 4-4 tie, the Froggies looked as though they would stroke easily to forcing a fifth game. Hits by Roberts, Upham, and Crabb kept Lehi ahead for most of the game. When the Froggie lead had swollen to 17-11, a fifth game looked inevitable. However, a Hamson kill sparked a strong Ferocious Viking comeback, which encountered strong resistance from Upham and Lamborn. Those two Froggies' valiant efforts could not stop Pleasant Grove from tying the game at 23 on a Dahl block. A Tarawhiti ace put Pleasant Grove ahead 24-23, and the Ferocious Vikings then won the match on a Froggie hitting error.

Pleasant Grove Coach Alyce Jones said, "We played with a lot of fire tonight. We had learned from American Fork that every team in this region had to be taken seriously."

Hamson produced 17 kills for the Ferocious Vikings. Roberts came up with 18 kills for the Froggies and Upham contributed another 12.

Lehi Froggies Dealt Westlake Shockers Shocking Loss in 3-Game Match Oct. 1
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers rebounded from their loss to the Pleasant Grove Vikings, by winning at home Oct. 1 a three-game match against the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers, by scores at 25-14, 25-15, 25-13.

"We served exceptionally well throughout the match," said Lehi Coach Jamie Ingersoll. "Mikayla Upham had a great night in serving."

Early in the first game, Westlake took five one-point leads. However, the Shockers couldn't keep Lehi in check. Amber Lamborn stirred a strong Lehi attack at the net. After Froggie Bryanna Raff registered a kill that tied the game at eight, Lamborn hammered two straight kills to produce a 10-8 lead for the Froggies. Tessa Riffle, Savannah Domgaard, and Avery Shields attempted to keep the Shockers in the game. However, Rachel Richards joined Marta Ellsworth, Rylin Roberts, and Lamborn in leading the Froggies far ahead of the Shockers. The closest they could get to the Froggies were seven points.

After Lehi won the first game 25-14, a Shields kill sent Westlake out to a 2-0 lead. It vanish through the hot hitting of Lamborn and Roberts. Shields and Domgaard pushed the Shockers within 7-6, but an Upham kill tipped the momentum into Lehi's favor. Ellsworth and Lamborn capitalized on Sydney White's serves to create a double-digit lead for the Froggies. They won the second game by a score of 25-13.

An Upham ace put Lehi on the scoreboard first. Before long, the Froggies commanded an 8-2 lead. Westlake fell apart at that point despite individual, good efforts by Shields, Riffle, and Domgaard. Faith Crabb, Lamborn and Upham guided the Froggies in pounding the Shockers into submission. A Lamborn kill produced the match point for Lehi as the Froggies won Game 3 by a score at 25-13.

Upham produced 13 kills for Lehi while Ellworth produced another 10. Crabb came up with five blocks and two aces.