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Show Lehi Sports begin state Pioneers handle Wasatch By Tracy Wilson Sports Correspondent Scoring almost at will, Lehi High School's football team ondary. The Flyers also have twin linemen to contend with. Although Friday's score dominated Wasatch Friday looked respectable, both sides to of the Pioneer team showed up night in Heber City, close out their league season. to place an exclamation The Pioneers, now 2 and 1 on the Wasps' poor season. point They in league play, advance to finished and 8 on the year their annual playoff game Sat- with few players turning out for urday against the winner of a the team and only eight seniors DixiePine View tiebreaker to finishing the season. e determine the team An early 27-- halftime lead from Region 9, tentatively set ballooned to 39-- in the third for 2 p.m. at Lehi. period and allowed Dixie would come into the a chance to see action fray "with the fastest kid in the in their final scheduled contest. state at wide receiver," accordLehi scored frequently and ing to Lehi defensive coordina- with seemingly little effort; tor Lonnie Magnusson, and they didn't punt until the 7:10 that could test the Pioneer sec point in the second quarter. 300-poun- They had eight first downs in the first half and added five more in the second half. The d Pioneers were flagged four times for minus-4- 0 yards, much 39-2- 3, 7-- improved over last week. On the Pioneers' first fourth down, at the 50, Cade Cooper, sophomore quarterback, handed to Justin Libberton who sprinted off tackle and ran for 50 yards and his first of four touchdowns at the 8:27 mark. His other TDs were a three-yar- d dive at 1:33 of the second d period, a plunge at the 9:17 mark of" the second half after a sustained drive, and a d jaunt at 9:05 following J.B. Benson's second of three interceptions for the night. 3-- 0-- 1-- 4 third-plac- 6 7 non-starte- rs Lehi is The Lehi volleyball team lost Wasatch Oct. 20, but rebounded one-yar- 33-yar- playoffs this weekend The Pioneers' other scores came off Cooper's arm as he was 13 of 22; an strike to A.J. Smith with 2:02 left in 18-ya- the first quarter, and a aerial to Layth Christofferson with 15.2 seconds remaining.. The speedy senior caught three consecutive passes in the final 30 seconds of the half, two for Lehi and he then intercepted Wasatch's final effort as the period ended. Cooper was good for 185 yards, an average of 13.4 per completion. He had two TDs and no picks. As a team, Lehi had 234 yards on the' ground with Libberton garnering 186 on 15 carries. Gunnar Clark added 34 on six carries, and 20-yar- 13 d Coby Wilson contributed 14 on four tries. Sophomore Sam came in as Lehi signal caller for the final four plays. Christofferson had four catches for 55 yards and a touchdown. Curtis Jex added 44 yards on three snares. A.J. Smith had one for 18 yards and a touchdown and Wilson and Clark each caught one for three and eight yards, respectively. Defensively Lehi shined, holding the Wasps to four first downs in the first half and allowing 10 more against the substitutes. Names that will give the Wasps nightmares until next season include Clint McKell, Colby Fisher, Benson and Jeremy Brown who were Tur-loc- k credited with sacks, interceptions and generally stringing out some plays. Magnusson was especially complementary of his linebacker corps, Cody Colledge, Cody Thacker and Wilson who "are really coming and appear to be prepared for the next games." Lehi suffered some serious injuries with Dallas Hansen injuring his knee and Benson receiving a concussion on several hard hits including an illegal vicious tackle on a fair catch early in the second quarter. The team should know later today when they play this weekend. "Call the school at 768-700- for more information. 0 this Friday tourney-boun- d their final region match with 39-2- 3, Free Press New Utah! - Wednesday, October 24, 1998 - Page to beat Richfield Friday to earn a berth in this week's 3A state "We just didn't have the same intensity in the Wasatch tournament. game," said coach KaLani Cur- tis. "The desire was back in the Richfield match." Still, the Wasps had to work plenty hard to come up with a 15-1- 1, 16-1- 4 11-1- 5, victory. The Pioneers looked to be easy prey for Richfield when they dropped the first game 15-- 6 on Friday. They were down in the second game and on the verge of elimination when they scored eight straight points to force a third game. 8-- They began that contest strong, with Natalie Nelson serving the first three points of their early lead. A battle ensued, and the teams contested fiercely until Nelson prothey were tied vided three more points and the Pioneers pulled away to a 4-- 0 8-- 8. 15-- 8 k jiff 1 A iV, U I Natalie Nelson spikes the ball during II a victory. g digs respectively. The Pioneers now take on Region IX second seed Pine View (8-this Friday at 1:45 p.m. on court 4 at UVSC. If they lose, they will play again at 5:30; if they win, at 8 p.m. recent match. She contest with Richcame up big for the Pioneers in a field, lifting the Pioneers to a win and a berth in this week's state tournament at UVSC Friday and Saturday. The tournament's format concludes with the championship tilt Saturday at 8 p.m. double-eliminati- first-rou- Softball tourney this weekend Basketball that Lehi High School will be holding its Camp A reminder match-clinchin- Nelson's heroic digging turned the tide for the Pioneers. She had nine in the third game alone, 13 overall, and helped to stop Richfields powerful hitter Emily Okerlund, who still registered 17 kills on the night. Lacey Yates served three aces and led the kill totals for Lehi with nine, while Callie Trane added five with 12 digs. Kim Allan had 16 assists; including seven in the final game. Jennifer and Stacey Johnson contributed 11 and 10 for players up to 9th of Champions basketball clinic Oct. t. Registragrade. The fee of $25 per player includes a tion forms are available at all area schools. Call LHS head 0 with any questions. coach Dave Filimoehala at 29-3- 1 tee-shir- There will be a men's Softball tournment this weekend in American Fork. All teams are welcome and the fee is $160. Games will be played Oct. 30 and 31 in a format. For more information, call Tony at USSSA-sanctione- 768-700- Gymnastics Two young Lehi gymnasts have successfully competed in two recent meets. Hosted by their home gym, All American Gymnastics of Orem, "The Main Event" Was held on Sat. Oct. 17. Level 6 gymnasts Kristin Turner, age 13, placed third on vault and floor exercise. Lindsey Gause, age 12, placed eighth on vault. On Oct. 24, the gymnasts competed among spooks and goblins at the Bailie's "Trick or Treat , Classic" in Draper. Kristin Turner placed fourth on vault and floor exercise, sevand ninth on balance beam. enth on bars, eighth Lindsey Gause placed seventh on floor exercise. double-eliminatio- 756-810- d n 7. Photo by Dean Von Memmott Lehi's Amber Paskett (11) clears inals Oct. 20. Lehi the ball away from a Ben Lomond foe during the state quarterf- eliminated by later champs Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Lehi Pioneers' soccer season ended with a 0 loss on the Ben Lomond Scots' Ogden field during state quarterfinal action on Oct. 20. The Scots went on to capture the state 3A title last Saturday. Lehi Coach Brett Bergholm said, "We couldn't get an offense going, though we played good defense.'' He pointed out that the Scots . "gained the momentum early. We were too relaxed. They won every 50-5- 0 play. Another thing that hurt us was that we were missing one of our starters: Alisha Kolowich. She was out with an injury." Ben Lomond stayed on the offensive for most of the game. The Scots fired at Lehi's goal 26 times during the course of the afternoon. The Pioneers, on the other hand, had only one shot. By 3-- Now while Ben Lomond goalie Aimee Fisher looked as needed as a Maytag repair man, her Lehi counterpart, Lynnsey Asay, endured one of the toughest workouts of her prep soccer career. Meanwhile, Lehi found the Scots to be more physical than any prior team it had played. Whenever Pioneers such as Amber Paskett or Hollie Bron-so- outside the penalty box. Lehi didn't let the Scots run up the score during the first half. would go for the ball, Ben Lomond players showed much peneterations in the early second period. However, the Scots didn't let them to find good spots to fire shots. Midway through the half, Traci Pollard kicked in a goal from 40 yards out. Taking a corner kick, Ashlee Child headed in the third goal in the game's final 10 minutes. The shutout loss ended the Pioneers' chance of playing the final two rounds in St. George. Ben Lomond went on to win the state title. n roughness toward them. Unsurprisingly, a referee Scots. twice Lehi got great defensive efforts from Cally Gillman, Cassadi Elton, and Jaime Woffinden. Those Pioneers frustrated Ben Lomond with steals, but Lehi's great defensive efforts couldn't hold the Scots scoreless. Ryan Green kicked in the first Scot goal from 20 yards yellow-carde- d Displaying her familiar quickness, Asay kept Ben Lomond from shooting any more goals past her until the second half. "I'm glad we came out strong offensively in the second half," said Bergholm. The Pioneers carried out a series of deep 3-- A Super Family Fun! d, LHS: We Tennis were unaware that the photograph run last week of C iua o. the tennis team did not include all of its members. Not pictured were Brittany Christensen, Ali Hansen, Emily Pugh and Angela Urry. Our apologies. 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