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Show - Free Press Wednesday. November -- 12, 1997 - Page 8 Sports Lehi's reign ends with loss to By Tracy Wilson Lehi High School's football reign atop the 1997 statewide polls ended Saturday as a option style team, led by 5'11" 185 lb. Adam Little from Delta High School, ran well-prepar- , ' roughshod over the hapless Pioneers in their final game of the 1997 season, at 57-2- 'Lehi. What was expected to be a defensive struggle only on one side of the field vas the Rabbits held Lehi's r potent running game to a 108 yards, and limited the Pioneers' passing to 238 yards on 14 of 29 with three touchdowns and two interceptions hap-Spene- d mea-'-'ge- (one tipped). Delta was in Lehi's backfield most of the afternoon with seven tackles for loss recorded. The Pioneers also suffered two costly fumbles; one led directly to a score for the Rabbits. On the other side of the field, Little ran at will and was most of Delta's offense as he carried 23 times for 235 yards touchdowns. and four Throughout the season, the talented senior had averaged 236 yards a game. As a team the Rabbits ran up 496 yards and completed two passes for 33 yards. They were intercepted once by Trent Colledge. "We just didn't show up for the game," commented a disappointed coach Chad Wilson loss. after the "We've had good practices, but we didn't come to play on season-endin- g Saturday," he added. This is the second year Lehi has succumbed to that the potential state champion in early rounds, last year to Snow Canyon and this year to Delta. "This is another vote for seeding at the state playoffs level," commented Wilson. "This was the state championship game," added the third-yea- r mentor. Even though Lehi's Drew Wilson recovered a fumble on the first Delta play of the game, and the Pioneers took over at the Rabbit 20, Lehi couldn't capitalize. Braden Cooper, Lehi signal caller, sprinted for an easy 11 yards to the Delta 9, but Bryce Cutler was caught for a loss and Cooper failed to connect through the air with Colledge and Andy Hadfield on successive pass plays from the 10. An indication of things to come came on the fourth play as Jake Hunt set up for a "chip shot" 27-yar- field goal from d the 17, only to have a Delta defender break through the line and block the kick. Kicking into a wind, Hunt averaged only 48 yards on his kickoffs, well below his season average. He had one punt for 48 yards. As soon as Delta got their hands on the oval for the second time, they ran six successive plays, good for 80 yards and the touchdown with 7:45 showing on the clock. On that series Little car- first-quart- Rabbits Little-le- d ried twice for 55 yards, Kris Peterson added 24 and quarterback Mike Steele dove in for the score from the one. The was good from the 3 with Little skirting the end to give the visitors an lead. Lehi used up 6:23 to grind out 74 yards as Trevor Varney carried the ball five times for 23 yards to the Delta 31. Cutler added 4 and Cooper carried twice for 10. Interspersed during the four first downs were five pass plays. Cooper to Hadfield was good on two of three attempts for 47 yards including the scoring aerial for 30 at 1:17 of the period. He was also sacked for minus-1and had two incompletions. The Pioneers other scores came off the arm of Cooper, once to senior Colledge and a second aeiial strike to Hadfield. The PATs were from Cooper to Hadfield and from Colledge to twin Travis for two points each. Lehi had some good performances from underclassmen Gunnar Clark and Clint Holindrake. Clark, a junior, averaged 14.7 yards on four kickoff and returns Holindrake, a sophomore, had 14 yards on his lone KO return. Hadfield returned twice for 34 yards, Varney had one for 24 and Cutler, one for 8-- well below his average as the Rabbits keyed on him every time he touched the sphere. Cooper totaled 49 yards on ' tt'-'--- h , 1 t - eight attempts. The usual speedy Cutler got only five yards on four carries. The best average of the day belonged to junior Justin Libberton on an sprint as the final play of the game. Other scores for the visitors came from Steele twice on a scamper and a run, and from back-uquarter- 0 18-ya- 17-ya- p back sophomore Brook Rogers on an dash. Steele ran five times for 67 yards, Peterson twice for 24 and Droubay four times for 97. With the big win over the Pioneers, Delta, a perennial playoff team which appears to be peaking at the right time, rd 0 advances to the semifinal round of 3A state championship play against 11-winner over Morgan, a defending state title holder Snow Canyon last week. Delta's only loss of the season came at the hands of Emery. They averaged 39.4 points during the season while holding opponents to 12.7. The round of four is scheduled to face off Saturday at either Weber State University or Timpview High School with Ogden meeting Ben Lomond in the other semifinal at WSU; final arrangements were still tentative at press time, but that's the plan the UHSAA W ... 0 20-1- 3 19 yards. Varney finished the game with 20 yards on 11 carries, Delta defenders try to bring down Lehi quarterback Braden Cooper (2). The Rabbits ended Lehi's season when they handed the Pioneers their first loss. has. Region other hand, was a victim of the Pioneers and are fortunate to be in the semis after their surprise upset of Cedar City, champions of Region 9. Ben Lomond was a winner over Uintah before edging Emery, the champions of Region 8. 7 with Morgan, Ogden, Ben Lomond and Bear pre-seaso- River having made the playoffs, still has three teams in a position to win it all. Morgan averaged 36 points a game in its contests preceding the playoffs and allowed only 8.2 points. Ogden, on the first-roun- d 6-- Nutrition Facts ear Svng &7e Cassady Elton named to soccer team all-st- ar Dean Von Memmott Lehi's Cassady Elton joined two other Pioneers on the Salt Lake Tribune's 3A soccer first team as a defender. The daughter of Bill and Janie Elton of Lehi, she said, "My coach (Brett Bergholm) called and told me to look in the next day's paper." "This was my first year of playing sweeper," the Pioneer said. "He knew that I'd be quick. He knew that I could make quick decisions." In previous seasons, she played outside right halfback. She said Bergholm was going to "have me play in the mid-fiel- l36g Favored Team d. That was where Erin Dickson played. Our goalie (Lindsey Asay) got hurt, so our coach had me play sweep in order to support her." She said her favorite game ' this season was the one at home against the Wasatch Wasps. Lehi won that contest. Elton said, "I enjoyed it. I jthought I kept my mind in the igame." Rating Diff. Rating Underdog 21.0 70.5 62.8 Timpview 50.4 44.8 Delta Ben Lomond A public 4A Highland Olympus 3A 91.5 66.9 Morgan 50.7 0.3 46.0 1.2 Last weeks record: 14-- Ogden . r,:-;- 4.1 2 record to date: 85.4 RENEWAL REFINANCE We Now Represent: Cassady Elton QAFFCin ijff-r- Travelerslnsurance to play basket- ball this year," she said. "I've decided to do indoor soccer instead." She added that she may run track this spring, as she has in past seasons. She said, "I was on their 4X400-rela- y team and a sprinter. I did well in both events." n nTvwiww- - -- "I was going BEAR RIVER MUTUAL LI CHUBB 7 INSURANCE Your independent agency gives you the choice! 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