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Show “ in nat OCTOBER 25, 2000 i Wasp’s Season Ends On Another Sour three and out situations. However, the After another Wasatch turnover, the Wasps offense was never able to get on track, and, as a result, Lehi was able to Wasps were finally able to get on the 40-yard halfback pass to get them into slowly wear down the Wasatch defense. Trulock then hit scoring position. receiver Matt Hatfield on a 21-yard fade _ Smith again took advantage of the bat- down pass. The score came with 26 seconds remaining in the third quarter- - On Lehi’s next possession, their playbook as they connected on a he Wasatch High football team played its last game of the season Thursday night against Lehi, and the differences between the two teams were striking. : tered Wasps in the second quarter, break3 Garret Gressman on a 40-yard touch- The Wasps were able to score a cou| ple more touchdowns in garbage time, .a 13-yard pass to receiver Darren Restad . and a.two-yard run by running back enthusiasm that one would expect from . Luke Weishar, but by this time Lehi had one of the best teams in the state. emptied its bench. And, by the time the final gun sounded, even the school jani- “If you win the mental aspect of football, then the rest is great,” said Lehi tor had found his way onto the field. — The Pioneers will now focus their football coach Steve Clements. Wasatch, scoreboard when Gertsch hit receiver much too little, much too late. IIS Lehi, still battling for first place in region 10, came out with all the fire and on the other hand, was attention on the state playoffs, and the never able to match the Pioneer’s inten- sity. Battling injuries, tough luck, and a Wasps are left to wonder just what went bad case of the turnover bug all year wrong. Although they finished a dismal 2-7, many people think that they could just have easily been 7-2, given a few lucky breaks. 3 | re long proved to be too much for the Wasps. Down 35-0 at halftime, en route to a 42-22 whipping, Wasatch started For the seniors, the Lehi game leaves the game with as much intensity as abowl of pudding, and eventually gave out like an old, tired mule. a sour taste in the mouth of what could So route to up their lead to 14-0. ing a 50-yard touchdown run with 2:14 remaining in the first half. The Pioneers have been a sweet spoonful of sugar. For Tree, however, football is much more than just winning and losing. If “They had a potential region champi- After forcing Wasatch to punt early onship on the line,” Wasatch football coach Ron Tree said. “It’s tough to play in the second quarter, Lehi marched right down the field on their very next _terback David Gertsch was picked off on intense without emotion.” _ oe The story for Lehi was the same as it has been all year long — punish the possession and Trulock connected on the Wasps next possession and the Lehi his second touchdown pass of the night corner returned it 30-yards for another score, making it 35-0 at halftime. such a disappointment after all. The domination continued into the second half, as Gertsch was intercepted on Wasatch’s first play from scrimmage. Lehi wasted no time driving to the Wasps five yard line where Trulock threw his third touchdown pass of the game, and the route was on at 42-0. . wanted to get them some plays. Hopefully we played them as much as we could,” he said. “Even though we didn’t get a trophy we had some experi- opposing defense with running back Chad Smith and then burn them deep. with quarterback Sam Trulock’s cannon. _— this one good for 19-yards. “Our offensive line is blocking well, Smith started the scoring fest midway through the first quarter when he scampered 42-yards around, over, and through and- it. creates a domino effect,” Clements said. “We don’t mind putting the ball in the air.” ae Down 21-0 early in the second quarter, the Wasp defense seemed to settle the Wasp defense for anearly 7-0 lead. ‘down a bit, forcing Lehi into several weren't done, however, as Wasatch quar- his athletes learned something along the way, then maybe this season wasn’t “It was the seniors last game and I ences they can use in other aspects of life. 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