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Show tehi Free Press New Utahl - Wednesday, Jdnudry 20, J 99V - Pdge 10 Sports Lehi boys get Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Lehi Pioneers scored two narrow wins at home last weekend. On Jan. 15, Lehi outlasted the Wasatch Wasps then survived the ferocious South Summit Wildcats By 63-5- A 5, Jan. 16. go-ahe- er 8-- second- Jex shaots from downtown lost Friday dgdinst WdSdtch. His at crucidl moments helped ossure the Pioneer victory. tedm-hig- 1 h 5 points ond Lehi matmen Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Lehi Pioneers received a hammering at the hands $f Uintah in a Region 10 dual Wrestling meet in Lehi Jan. 14.. 5 Lehi bounced back at the American Fork Jan. feaveman Invitational as the Pioneers finished third in the ijournament. ij Lehi Coach Dan Rice said he 'preferred to forget about the d pan. 14 meet with the Utes. The only two who won during it, Travis lewis and Coby Wilson, each scored a fall. The Pioneers used the Invitational to recoup. Jtice said. "They showed a lot of jlesire and intensity. We produced three champs in the 'tournament." S The Pioneers showed their intensity in Jan. 15 action. er Lehis Jordan Day ana fehaz Smith lost to Xorthridee's jClike Haslam and Cottonwood's Collin Roberts by respective Scores of and Brad JSielson pinned Tom Peterson of jCottonwood to open an impres-iv- e display of Pioneer tenacity. I During the first two championship rounds. Lehi got pins worn B.J. Hobbs. Trent Bassett, fllark Cutler. Merrill Delimont, Sjoby W ilson. Brock Worthen, and Travis Lewis. J It was quarterfinal action Jiat was the most brutal to the Sjioneers. Lehi grapplers who survived it include Cutler, Worthen. ewis. Wilson, 5elimont. Bassett, and Hobbs. 5 By X 52-1- 2 15-1- 6 second-ranke- Pio-ijee- Cave-'ijia- 7-- rs n at AF finish third 7-- d r, first-plac- 4-- 3. 9-- 2. An aggressive Wasp defense kept Lehi from scoring field goals, but sent the Pioneers to the line, where they scored their final nine points to win the game. Jex led Lehi with 15 points while Christofferson and Cooper each posted scores of 10. Coleman led Wasatch with 11 points while Pitts added another 10. school, South Though a Summit proved it could play with 3- - A schools. Filimoehala said, "That team had players that played for the state football championship. They were big. We had our hands full." Lehi did from the opening had minute. No sooner Christofferson put the Pioneers on the board first, two Chris Larsen free throws evened the game at two. 30-2- third-quart- 9-- Libberton, three-poi- nt play set the stage for a Justin Rockhill tip-i- n that put the Wildcats ahead Though the Pioneers evened the game " 0. state-ranke- 7-- 5. 3 er 33-2- 4 10-poi- nt 41-3- 7 PONTIAC IUICK V8 CMC TRUCK i I l 'i-- J- - V f Century WE'RE OVERSTOCKED 0n1S89 pre-play-o- ff i jri -- 6 51-5- trey didn't keep Lehi ahead for long. A Joey Edwards, tying er 41-4- 2-- A A 7, 26-2- "HCr t 7 pW'"1 ;rV .- - H . , bcrrr-- I Coby Wilson controls a Knight opponent on the way to k Associates, i LeSabre Buicks! yM . 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Bingham's Derek Bunkall beat him on a technical fall in the 215 weight class championship bout. Day, Nielson, Hobbs, and Bassett finished third while Ruston Southwick finished fourth. Three Pioneers won championship medals in the junior varsity division: Trent Bezzant, Steve Ferguson, and Eric Wilbur. Also in that same division, Casey Lindquist and Lane Denton both took second. The Pioneers finish matches at Park City on Tuesday. Worthen, Cutler, Wilson, and the only Pioneers to reach the championship round. Pinning opponents seemed easy to Lewis, a heavy weight His pinning Lone , grappler. Peak's Aaron Dominquez in 29 seconds during quarterfinal action netted Lewis an award H i s for quickest fall. second-periofall a scoring against Cottonwood's Chris Shipman in the championship final cinched Lewis a plaque for most pins in the invitational. A Cutler was e the first Pioneer to win a medal. In the finals, he squared off with Bingham's Eric Lott. The tight match saw Lott pull ahead Cutler countered with a reversal. Lott injured his leg while trying to regain the lead, and Cutler was declared the winner by default. Lewis were 16-1- 46-4- 6-- Cehi's Curtis 14-1- 1. After two Andy Woolsten-hulm- e foul shots stretched the a Pickett field lead to goal opened a 10-- 2 scoring run that climaxed with McKinnon connecting to Smith for a trey. South Summit tied the game at 21, 23, and 25, giving an impression that the Wildcats would regain the lead. As soon as a Libberton trey had spliced the tie, South Summit sneaked within but Christofferson hit two charity shots to keep Lehi ahead 7 at intermission. In the third quarter, the Wildcats made James Chavez their designated scorer. Scoring all 14 of their points, Chavez tied the game at 41. 1 A Larsen trey broke the tie at the start of the fourth quarter. Christofferson opened a scoring run that put Lehi ahead The lead traded hands two more times before McKinnon put the Pioneers ahead for good midway through the period. A technical called on the South Summit bench in the final two minutes permitted Libberton to hit two free throws to clinch the game for Lehi. McKinnon led Lehi with 17 points while Libberton added another 12. Chavez led South Summit with 20 points while Larsen and Rockhill each added another 10. d Lehi will host the Uintah Utes in a 7 p.m. region duel tonight. They visit Union on Friday. 6-- heart-stoppin- g Contributions er 46-3- Lehi Coach Dave Filimoeha-l- a said it was nice to get two straight wins at home, "especially when we were playing two good teams." The Friday game drew huge numbers. Those who managed to get a seat in the gym had the privilege of seeing acts by the Jazz Bear just before the tipoff and during breaks in the action. The Jazz mascot's comic performances were matched equalaction on ly by the court. Early in the first quarter, David Christofferson hit two straight treys to give Lehi a 2 lead. After Wasp Travis Winter-to- n nailed an inside shot, Pioneer Shane Pickett scored on an offensive rebound. Lehi then went cold briefly, and Wasatch turned hot. Two Heath Coleman free throws left the Wasps ahead 108 at the end of the first quarter. Justin Libberton commenced the next period with a for Lehi, opening an 0 scoring run. It gave the Pioneers the power they needed to stay ahead all through the quarter. Curtis Jex became Lehi's chief gun in the first half s final eight minutes as he scored seven of the Pioneers' 18 points. Picking off a dish, Libberton connected a pass to Brock Cooper for a layup that give lead. A Coleman Lehi a trey opened a 0 scoring spree that put Wasatch within 4 just before halftime. Aided by a Smith three-pointin the early third quarter, Micah McKinnon improved on a Lehi's advantage to field goal and two free throws. Combined scoring by Cooper and Adam Bateman gave the Pioneers two margins. The Wasps refused to fold. Led by Coleman, Steve Whitney, and Jeff Pitts, Wasatch late battled back within three-point- at seven and nine, the Wildcats controlled the rest of the quarter. It ended with South Summit ahead in the quarter. Jex sank a layup, then hit a as the buzzer sounded to send 7 Lehi marching with a lead into the final period. Wasatch answered Jex's trey with a 0 scoring run that put the score at 3 in the early fourth quarter. Aided by a Joe Nattress trey, Jex extended the lead to Despite Whitney getting hit with a technical, the Pioneers slowed down in scoring. This permitted the Wasps to turn a Coleman trey into'a 2 scoring run that moved them within three-point- 61-5- 8 on home wins back-to-bac- k UtiUtyl I5C22S8 tMkirnlll4S3427 ... 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