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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Se ys esses oe =F = Seer setasatatn Seat See a is eee a ee a Se es = natetotatassintesneptncatetonetet = SE : SND . NAMA . ‘ = : Season Improved ast Wednesday, guard ~ In the second quarter, Judge tried to Josh Wasatch Cottle had his oe coming out party. : Ne ‘ ee 2 ye + one ee —~ The freshman guard scored 27 points in Wasatch’s 67-54 loss to the Judge Memorial Bulldogs, played tough defense, and showed tremen- essathnr ne EAL ety nae m sda eleoe A ee ent ’ edd calls lec despite his a nani nnsgipaniag ne PN The Wasps competed hard with the Bulldog — but were clearly outsized at taal APO oer Renal _—" na i weit OOO gc agpipas a aaieds re Nig page 0 carte tian ee TV isd ~ na enacts Ps skills “Cottle is confident and doesn’t turn the ball over,” Judge head coach Jim Yurkovich said. “The other players rally around him.” “Wasatch has Leaproved a lot since the last time we played them. Their new point guard is really good,” Judge center Joe Sassich said. ete min EY pee ate “ mre ascnniaini tr ey dous leadership young age. the four and five spots. Judge was able to grab offensive board after offensive board, and consequently: got many easy shots. “We try to go ‘to the offensive boards — but our team wasn’t what f. thought it should be,” Yurkovich said. certainly played our unable Cottle — points 23-17 with with three minutes remaining in the half, Gertsch connected on a 15-foot jumper and then was the beneficiary of a nice Cottle pass on the fast Ls to get. the Wasps within two. A Derek Kohler | free-throw pulled Wasatch within one, with another sweet jumper. However, the Wasps then struggled to find the. hoop — going scoreless for nearly three minutes while Judge built a 50-41 lead. Gertsch then entered the game with to push ahead to their second straight victory over the Wasps. Leading Wasatch was Darin Restad ve 15 points, and Robbie Farr added _ Judge was able to 1. Mark Hadfield led Lehi with 12 | : ie the third quarter, then a pair of jumpers Wasatch finishes the season sai a seemingly dismal 1-20 record, but ‘actually played much better than their record indicated. _And, with only two seniors on this by _ Cottle and Robbie Farr cut the Judge lead to three at 34-31. The Bulldogs then went with a man-to-man press, and _ pushed| their lead back you young Wasatch squad, coach Stanfield is looking for bigger and better things next season. to ~seven. “Usually they pick up man to mari North said. “The kids didn’t give up, and we played well.” On Friday, the Wasps fenes the season with a 70-59 loss to the Lehi Pioneers. | Down by only two at the half, Lehi take a 27-22 lead into the locker room. build a seven-point lead midway through with a seven-point elony: “They got a lot of easy shots — they’re a real physical team,” Stanfield said. “We tried io control fie tempo to where we like it, and it kept us in the - game,” Wasatch assistant coach Steve went on a 22-9 run in the third quarter PHOTO BY RUSS: RIGGS Wasatch ace up a good fight last week before losing to Judge ees 67- 54... worst defense —. but credit Wasatch. right from the get go. It’s their ‘trade- They've made tremendous improvement and tremendous progress.” mark,” Wasatch head coach Greg Stanfield said. 2 | - Cottle did his best to kane Wasatch in the game by finishing the third quarter with seven straight points, and Judge went on a run late in the first quarter to break a tie and were up ay four at the end of one. Judge citer the final period with a four point lead. Cottle started the fourth the way ae ended the third, by torching the nets but Judge again mounted a late run to lle. ti. ; Oli leila a tL rane ala “Tl thought we : pull away from Wasatch but were to do so because of great play by and Jeff Gertsch — who had 10 and fourteen rebounds. Down AOI LENE RUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR OE OIE LDN “ “ =< = = = Se : = Shs 2 sitewe TEES PRE, = Es : oe ALL “ < Pare se 14, 2001 PAO x . Gre FEBRUARY 5:44 remaining, and gave Wasatch a much needed shot in the arm by hitting back-to-back three point baskets. A Cottle drive made the score 54-49 with 3:09 remaining, but that was the closest the Wasps would get. Wasatch committed a couple crucial turnovers, and Judge was able to -hit their fouls shots to finish the game “We're excited about what we have coming back,” he said. “We want them to hit the weights, play ball, and we gaye them a workout schedule. That is where good players are made.” Stanfield also said he encourages his players to get involved in other sports to _ help with foot speed and coordination. The Wasps will now take a few months off before getting busy this summer with camps at UVSC, Dixie, and Westminster College in addition to Wasatch’s own summer camp. __ WASPS DOMINATE REGION Grade Level: Sports/Activity: RUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR Basketball Other Sport/Activity: Volleyball, Track Favorite Music Group: Girl Pride Band Favorite Movie: Prince of Egypt hey went, they wrestled, they Favorite Movie Star: Bill Pullman Favorite Athlete: Chad Lewis Favorite Sport: Volleyball — Favorite Sports Team: BYU Football ‘The Wasatch high wrestling team ue Favorite School Subject: Economics with Coach Carlile Person Who Has Influenced You the Most: Lurpy ’ Goals for the Future: Go to SUU and run. na? -Car You Wish You Had: Jet black Audi in the state both of which are state records. “We’ve been worlds hard and everybody stepped up,” Wasatch a ears Roane go mag pes Nett na a —tuntatnd mena preted = Peter Rose. Nya rnancagatd placing 21 athletes tournament, and eight of those grapplers walked ~ away with a first place finish. First place finishers included Will Webster, Cody Bigelow, Colton Salazar, John Carlisle, Judd Sweat, Luke Francis, Skylar Distafano, and pyer eo par oe eran a weet out second place Uintah 355 to 257 wrestler Will Webster said. “We domi_ nated this tournament.” The Wasps had wrestlers placed in the finals in 12 of 14 wieght divisions, arden ea took the Region 10 tournament by storm last weekend in Vernal, blowing and coming out on top and heading into the state tournament as a one seed. “That was one of the best matches conquered. — Favorite Food: Fried Chicken -mates ACoily Bigelow and David Gertsch were forced to wrestle one another in the finals, with Bigelow | “We-wrestled the best we have all year,” Wasatch. coach Wade Discher said. “We’re in a good spot — we’re peaking at the right time.” | Rose and Salazar are both fresh- men, which makes Discher excited about.the future of Wasatch wrestling. “Those two freshmen were huge. It shows a lot for the future. It was nice to see that,” he said. e Among the most interesting Fiidieh. es of the tournament was when team- in the finals — I hope they wrestle again at state,” Discher said. Other state qualifiers from Wasatch included John Pearson (8rd), Kyle Hendrickson (4th), Kelly Hortin (2nd), Brett Smith (4th), Trevor Hortin (Sth), Danny Laneri (2nd), Steve Staley (5th), Ross Francis (4th), Roger Carlisle (4th), Tyler Rawlings (2nd), and Anthony Pederson (4th). Other top performers - included Chase Wright (5th), Oakley Bond (5th), and Beau Mcdonald (4th). In addition, John Carlisle was named the tournaments most outstanding wrestler. “It was good to see everybody do so , well,” Gertsch said. Wasatch will now compete at the 3A state tournament held at UVSC in Orem this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And, if the Wasps wrestle as well as they did last weekend, expect another _ championship banner to be hanging from the gym rafters. “Right now, we’re wrestling the best we have all year. I think we'll do well, = Webster said. ~— 3)Fm real excited for it We've been on a roll lately, and I think we can win it,” Gertsch said. Exact times of this weekend’s state tournament are to be announced. eee |