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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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