American Fork 10 Lehi 0 It was another well-rounded dominant performance Friday from the American Fork Cavemen versus the Lehi Pioneers as they once again revealed why they are the front runner in the 6A state competition, beating Lehi 10-0 in Video game 1 of the best of 3 champion series.
“I was pleased with our offense for sure. The kids are excited I get, and we simply need to continue to discover a way to just be ourselves and simply focus on us,” stated American Fork head coach Jarod Ingersoll.
American Fork players celebrate after a play against Lehi during the first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state competition held at UCCU Ballpark on the school of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, Might 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork infielder Cooper Jones(8)commemorates as he makes his method towards home base for another run against Lehi during the very first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state competition held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News![]()
Lehi pitcher Tj Peterson(13)delivers a pitch against American Fork throughout the very first game of the champion series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork outfielder Alton Darby(6)connects with a single versus Lehi during the very first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork infielder Gavin Robinson(16)securely slides to third base versus Lehi throughout the very first game of the champion series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the school of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, Might 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork very first baseman Brandon Upham( 26)celebrates his run with his teammates off a triple from outfielder CJ Mascaro during the very first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, Might 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork infielder Harry Gardner(7)beats the tag by Lehi catcher Brandon Manookin(15)to make ball game 10-0 in the 5th inning and causing American Fork to defeat Lehi by grace rule during the very first game of the champion series in the 6A high school baseball state competition held at UCCU Ballpark on the school of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork infielder Harry Gardner(7)commemorates his go to make ball game 10-0 in the 5th inning and causing American Fork to beat Lehi by grace guideline during the very first game of the champion series in the 6A high school baseball state competition held at UCCU Ballpark on the school of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork head coach Jarod Ingersoll talks with his players after beating Lehi 10-0 in five innings throughout the first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the school of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, Might 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News Lehi shortstop Jake Welch(4)connects with the ball against American Fork throughout the very first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state competition held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, Might 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News Lehi very first baseman Cole Ybarra(5)makes a catch as American Fork infielder Gavin Robinson(16)safely relapses to first base throughout the first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state competition held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News Lehi pitcher Kannon Whiteley(16)provides a pitch against American Fork during the first game of the championship series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the school of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, May 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News American Fork pitcher CJ Mascaro (4)delivers a pitch during the very first game of the champion series in the 6A high school baseball state tournament held at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, Might 23, 2025.|Isaac Hale, Deseret News The Cavemen were led at the plate by Team Ingersoll– who had a home run and two RBIs– along with Brandon Upton, who had a double and 3 RBIs.American Fork likewise got a very strong pitching performance from CJ Mascaro, who permitted just two hits to the Pioneers.”CJ did an excellent job out there, “coach Ingersoll stated. “We’ve seen him sharper, but
he got the job done for us. There was nobody else we would rather have out there on the mound in that minute.”The defense stood tall and we were able to limit quite a bit.
I would enjoy to get some more double plays however overall happy with the defensive screen.”Things began promising for Lehi, as starting pitcher TJ Peterson started out five of the very first 7 batters he faced. American Fork got going in the 2nd inning on a solo homer from Crew Ingersoll however, and the Cavemen included 2 more runs in the 3rd inning on back-to-back RBI singles by Cooper Jones and Cache Poulson.Once American Fork got the first couple runs, the offense couldn’t be stopped as the Cavemen continued to get prompt striking up
and down the lineup. They blew the game broad open with a 7-run fifth inning to seal the victory.American Fork finished with 11 hits on the day.While it may have been a dominant performance for the Cavemen, coach Ingersoll understands Lehi isn’t going to go down without a battle and his team will need to come out all set to play in Video game 2 if they wish to reclaim the 6A title.
“We’ll enjoy this win a bit here, but we understand that Lehi plays quality, scrappy and actually excellent baseball,” he stated.”They are a well-coached team. We’re going to need to come out tomorrow and solve to work.
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