| Show Pioneers Capitalize on Early Drives To Dump Wasatch Gain Finals By Ray Schwartz LEHI LEHI-Lehi's Lehi's Lehi's Pioneer Express spearheaded by Its touchdown trio of J. J B. B Cooper Gene Evans and Dale Roberts sped into the state slate class B finals Friday afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- on the Lehl Lehi gridiron by rolling past Wasatch high two quick lightning-quick touchdown thrusts in the first quarter Coach Dean Priors Prior's team completely completely completely com com- bewildered and amazed the Wasps in the first quarter of the game with Its reverses off tackle shots end sweeps and forward and andla la lateral teral passes With Roberts Evans E and Cooper running al almost almost almost al- al most at will through the tho reeling Wasatch team and with Evans and Cooper firing tiring an occasional pass the Pioneers rolled up yards In the first period to 56 for Wasatch Lehi Lehl continued to roll In the second quarter adding more yards and having one beautiful touchdown play called back because because because be be- cause of a holding penalty The Wasatch eleven could do little Inthe Inthe In Inthe the second period either cither as 83 the Pioneers kept big Kent Murdock the Wasps' Wasps busting block-busting fullback well blotted out Wasps asps Rall Rally In the second half It was a different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent story as Wasatch got its T formation operating With Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback Kent Ryan passing and Bruce McGuire Ben Lindsay and Murdock running well the Wasps dominated play through a large part of the final two periods However However However How How- ever they couldn't put on a sustained sus sus- us- us tamed touchdown march three times having a potential scoring threat interrupted by Intercepted foward passes Lehi Lehl got 11 first downs eight of them in the first half while Wasatch made eight five of them coming In the thc 18 last t half halt Lehi's net yardage for the game was against Wasatch's Taking the opening kickoff on their yard 30 line the Pioneers roared 70 yards for their first touchdown in four and a half min min- ues rolling up three first downs in the process Evans on the first play of the game gamo ran 29 yards to Wasatch's 41 Cooper streaked off tackle for five more yards and then Evans Evanson on two straight plunges carried to the 28 Roberts on a reverse from Evans we It to the 22 before being pulled down Evans then hit off tackle again to the 13 for or another first down On another reverse Roberts stepped off tackle and the Wasatch secondary In a da dash for the goal line Evans plunged for the extra point Lehi Lehl kicked off oft to Wasatch and after the Wasps were unable to ga gain gam n Murdock who did a great job of punting all afternoon booted booted booted boot boot- ed a tremendous spiral to the Lehi Lehl 26 where Roberts took It and returned 10 yards to the 36 With its line continuing to outplay the Wasatch forwards the Pioneers swept to their second six points Inthe in inthe inthe the first quarter I Pass ass Clicks Click's s Roberts reversed to the tho 39 and again to the 46 Evans then broke the line to th the tho 49 for lor the first down Then with startling sud sud- denness Evans speared Craig Dorton Dorton Dorton Dor- Dor ton Lehi left end in the chest with a yard 10 bullet over tho the center of ot the line and the tho Pioneer wingman cut for the tho sidelines and outran the Wasatch secondary to the goal line Evans failed on onI I the plunge for the extra point Late In the second quarter Lehl Lehi had apparently scored again on a yard 36 lateral pass pallS play from Roberts to Evans but the play was nullified by a holding penalty penalty penalty pen pen- alty against the Pioneers Although Coach Floyd Foyd Slaters Slater's team did not win the pound laO six-foot six plus Murdock gave the fans tans the biggest thrill of the day and something for the Wasatch rooters to yell about He took a ala la lateral teral pass from his cousin Bob Murdock on his own 22 midway in the last quarter and exploded CO fiO yards down the side lines before before before be be- fore finally being belted out of bounds with a desperation shoulder shoulder shoulder der block by Roberts Robert on the Lehi hi 28 |
