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Show Lehi Free Press New Utah! - Wednesday, September 30, 1998 - Page Sports Kick with seconds left Lehi to lifts By Dean After the Von Memmott Sports Correspondent This allowed Union to open its deepest loss, ending the half. "I don't think we played well in the second half," said Lehi Coach Steve Clements. "We played well in the first half. In the second half, we let our guard down. That half, I made some dumb calls that hurt us. We came back, though." Lehi made several errors that allowed the Cougars to claw their way back into the game. The first error occurred in the opening seconds. Catching a kickoff at the Lehi 5, B.J. Benson raced 95 yards into the end zone as refs flung yellow flags out onto the field and called the Pioneers for clipping. Through a carry, Clark tried making up for damage done by the touchdown's cancellation. But after Clark had run four yards, Black-we- ll picked off a Libberton pass and returned the interception to the Lehi 40. The Pioneers prevented the Cougars from capitalizing on the turnover. The next time, Lehi was not so fortunate. In the third quarter's last three minutes, Rasmussen picked off a Libberton pass and returned the interception to the Union 46. On the next play, David Berrett raced 54 yards for a touchdown. A Blackwell extra point evened the score. Lehi efforts to break the 7 tie proved fruitless. Preston Marx shut down a crucial Lehi attack by tackling Pioneer running back Layth loss. Christofferson for a two-yar- d Two straight penalties kept the march from coming back to life and drove Lehi back to its pene- Ras-musse- loss that Uintah had dealt them at home the week before, the Lehi Pioneers needed a kick to get them back to their familiar, winning ways. They got one too on Sept. 18 when Justin made a field goal that lifted them to a 3 victory on the Union Cougars' Roo28-1- 2 Lib-bert- 40-yar- d 16-1- sevelt field. Made in the game's final five seconds, the winning score epitomized what sort of evening last Friday was, one when just about any play could determine the duel's outcome. "We beat a very good football team," said Pioneer Coach Steve Clements. "It's a big sigh of relief to have won this game." But while the game was a nail-bite-r, it was also a display of huge mistakes made by both teams. They both committed many violations that cost them touchdowns and tremendous yardage. They also made costly turnovers. Mistakes aside, both teams come up with brilliant plays. On a fourth down in the early first quarter, for example, Union punter Chaz Frand-se- n raced 23 yards on a fake punt. But on the next play, Union fumbled away the ball on the Lehi 32. Two plays later, quarterback Libberton connected 19 yards to Sage Strasburg to put Lehi inside Union territory. The intrusion proved brief. A holding call and two incomplete passes snuffed out the Lehi attack. win over Union 16-1- 3 tration of the quarter. Quarterback Rick two straight passes landed the Cougars at the Lehi 34. Sacking Rasmussen for a loss, Clint McKell forced Union to try for a five-yar- d field goal. Kevin Blackwell booted the ball from 40 feet out, but the pigskin fell short of the goal post. line, the PioTaking possession at their neers opened their first successful assault of the night. Gunnar Clark's dash and a Cougar facemasking call placed Lehi at the Union 15. Despite a penalty for a false start, the Pioneeers stabbed inside the Union 10. At 2:02, Coby Wilson raced the ball six yards into the end zone for a touchdown. Libberton frosted it with an extra point. Though stung by a holding call during Corey Roberts' return of a kickoff, the Cougars finished Black-well'- s the first quarter with a big drive. catch of a pass sent them deep into Lehi territory. Defensive lineman Jeremy Brown sacked Rasmussen, slowing down the march. It stopped cold at the Lehi 40. There the Pioneers staged a running attack. But when it reached the Union 5, Blackwell and Rasmussen stopped Clark there, stalling the drive in the half's final 10 seconds. Taking possesion of the ball at their own line, the Cougars opted for a long run. The attempt didn't work. A host of Pioneer linemen tackled ball carrier Luke Elder for a 20-ya- rd 60-ya- 7 MK9UiKMS- llllllllBllllllilllK 14-ya- 15-ya- rd y 1- : Coby - -. j - Wilson 7-- 10-ya- 16-ya- line. five-yar- d Looks of alarm came on Pioneer faces as they saw Union's. Bo Gardner race 58 yards to the Lehi 26. Despite getting called for illegal procedure, the Cougars invaded the Pioneer 10 on Rasmussen's pass to Gardner. Cougars on the sideline shouted wildly about 32-ya- their team reaching the Lehi 1. During a second-dowplay, a pile of bodies grew on that area's if' ffj n boundary. Out from that mound emerged Benson with a ball he had stripped from a Cougar running back. Union players stopped him at the Pioneer 13. Curtis Jex's catch of an pass started what promised to be a great drive. It collapsed quickly, though, as Lehi dropped the ball at the 11-ya- Layth Christofferson ferson for a tying touchdown. After the Pioneers' second PAT try failed, Cougar Todd Seaver rushed wildly with the ball during the kickoff return, but Ryan Hreinson stopped him at the Union 23. A holding call shoved the Cougars back to line. A Frandsen carry advanced their line. Two straight them as far as their failed passes checked them there in the final 14 Pioneer 25. Gardner scooped the pigskin up and raced to the Lehi 20. Two plays later, Dirk Olsen's catch of an pass put Union at the Lehi 2. On the next down, Rasmussen barged his way touchdown. A through the middle for a setter, Olsen tried to throw a pass for a conversion during a fake extra point kick, but Justin Wilbur tackled him before the Cougar could fire the ball. The trading of the lead did not settle the 18-ya- rd go-ahe- two-poi- t ' i , 13-ya- rd 27-ya- seconds. A. J. Smith's catches of two Cooper passes put Lehi within field goal range. When a host of loss, Lehi Cougars sacked Cooper for a had Libberton kick the winning field goal. The Pioneers travel to North Sanpete this game's outcome. Replacing Libberton at quarterback, Cade Cooper threw a screen pass to him for a d gain. ' It gave Lehi the fuel the Pioneers needed for a successful attack. Cooper guided Lehi clear to the Union 7. There, he passed to Layth Christof- - ; $ nt 13-ya- rd 30-yar- Phdfo by Lehi's Justin Libberton (3) prepares to Union Cougars last Friday. Lehi tennis Tracy Wilson Sports Correspondent The shortest season in high school sports comes to an end this weekend at Brigham Young University as the Lehi girls' tennis team vies for medals at the state tournament Friday and Saturday. They play at Uintah today for seeding at the state meet. Having played 11 matches in six weeks and emerging from preseason and league competition, the Lady Pioneers boast an 3 mark and second place in Region 10. Only Park City and Grantsville have dominated the LHS seven. Teams from the southern regions are expected to win the gold at State, but Park City could finish high in the final standings. Lehi defeated Uintah, North Sanpete and Manti twice each and won against Fork and the American Grantsville junior varsity. Jamee Russon, who meets the best each school has to offer record at first singles, has a going into region. The talented senior defeated Valerie Wilding 8-- i I 5 2 of Uintah twice, 6-and 6-- 6-- 1 last week. Wasatch has one player and Jamee faced 2-- 6, 2, 6-- 3, i A r I win over 3 the her Monday in an elimination round to see who would go to State. At second singles Emily mark. She chalPugh has a lenged up from first doubles y through the season. At doubles a 2 record with Shaylyn Calton and Megan Jenkins. Third singles has been a musical chair with Stephanie Carter starting out the season on an easy win over Monique Hopes of American Fork and then a tough loss to Jenny Butler of Grantsville. She beat North Sanpete's entry and then lost to Park City's number three. At doubles Stephanie has record. a Angie Urry also filled the third singles spot and had the only win over Park City. She whipped Uintah's entry twice, lost to Manti and rounded out the season with a win over Grantsville's third. Her only doubles match was a win over North Sanpete with 4-- 1 half-wa- she-ha- 2-- Let Jones help 2-- Timsn 7 2995 (GREAT DISCOUNTS 6-- AccnrmtM Yrai fan FOR ADDITIONAL Chris-tense- INSURANCE WORK OUR SPECIALTY! CHIP REPAIRS) Quality Auto Glass 5 Fast-Fre-e! yC2 varsity-exhibitio- n Coach Fredrick, CALL FOR DETAILS Eliesa Solorzano's squad included OFFER EXPIRES OCT. 7. 1998 Cal-li- e Bridgette Glodowski, Kayla Casper, Ali and of Solorzano's varsity players are juniors and two are freshmen. Hansen, Amber Leslie Wood BaNEWri Three Aldridge. GET 5 6-- 3, I Reg. At second doubles Megan n Hadfield and Brittany teamed for most of the matches and emerged with a mark. They had wins over North Sanpete, Manti and Grantsville's JV. 3-- irvll like aproM-- ! and Carter. Junior players for you mm Russon. Shalyn Calton played doubles and posted a mark. She and her partners defeated North Sanpete and Manti, once each. 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