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By JOHN GROCHOWSKI GT Sports WriterDENVERMore pictures, stories onFrom the open- Page 4C.ing kickoff, tilings went badly for Wasson in Saturday’s Class!found an open spot among three later Mark Crenshaw ended the Wasson detenders and Pedersen drive with an interception at hit him for the touchdown, the 37.Barry Sublet! kicked tne extra s ‘‘That one interception.” point. Westbay said, shaking his headAAA state football quarterfinal: stron* swirling winds that af-j “That one end, he’s really an We had pretty good field posi-game against Thomas JeJferson fee ted passes and punts, the T- outstanding athlete,” Wasson'tion I thought we might have acoach Dick Westbay said of chance.”Black. “He really has a set of With only 33 yards rushinghands on him He's one of the: and 60 passing in the secondbetter receivers I’ve seen in a half, the T-Birds didn’t havemuch of a chance. The first halfThai’s something Thomas Jef-|was a lmle b«*r- 'vi,h '*■ lerson coach He man Motz has ’encourl runnin for 60 of Wsat Denver South.Birds couldn’t shut downIt was bad enough that the Thomas Jefferson’s passing a:-Spartans wouldn’t led Wasson lackinto the end zone, topping the In particular, Wasson couldn’t Thunderbirds W to advance to stop the combination of quarter-this weekend’s semifinal against j back John Pederson to endlong time.”either Mullen or Fairview.But compounding the paid for Wassons were Drinnon Wilcots’David Black, which gave the Spartans their third-quarter touchdown and a 7-3 lead.known all season.“Every time we had to havebroken arm, suffered making Late in tne third period, the one this season,’’ Motz said.lame-high 72 yards and the Thunderbirds rushing for 91 vards and passing for 16the tackle on the opening kick I Spartans took the ball on their off, and several locked gates, own 31-yard line alter a John When the T-Birds tried to leave Bettencourt punt. An encroach-the field after the game, they ment penalty moved the ball to found the gates leading to the the 36. and then Pedersen and locker room locked, and the'Black took over. The Spartans coaching staff, the injured Wil-1 nearly had a touchdown on the cots and everyone else had to next play when Black got be-climb fences before they could hind the Thunderbirds’ secon-shower. dary and caught a long passIt was a frustrating finish to Pedersen. Wasson’s JayVan Horn had to dive to catchus one.a frustrating day. Wasson shutdown Jefferson tailback Troy Lindsay and the Spartans | UP at ^e T-Birds’ 10.Black by the ankle and trip himground game. limiting them toThomas Jefferson took the40 yards rushing But despite lead on the next play as Black... . . 4, In fact. Wasson dominated thehe was the one who a ways got .. . , . . .firs1 quarter, outlining theSpartans 67-8. But it wasn’t He caught plenty of Peder-juntj] SPCond quarter thatsen’s passes Saturday. Of Pe-,)tle Thunderbirds scored ondersen s 14 competitcms in 2i at- Brian \\sfs 25-yard field s^]tempts. Black caught eight. After lhat the offense didn’t They were good for 135 of the oroduce muchSpartans’ 229 yards in the air. j «It one of those tight-ves-Wasson had a couple opportu- ted games.” Westbav said “We nities to come back but the tped to sit on a three-Doint lead Thunderbirds couldn’t put to-[and that on** big plav beat us ”gether a consistent offense. On The loss broke five-game the first play of the fourth quar- Wesson winning streak. The ter, Craig Gordon completed a Thunderbirds, who were 3-3 32-yard pass to James Norby at after their first six games, fin-the Jefferson 43. But two plavs ished with an 8-4 record.Coazeite Telegnioh Photo frvFRANK MURRAYTHUNDERBIRDWasson's Jay Van Horn (13) clings to the ball as he gets turned over during 7-3 loss
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sun, Nov 27, 1977
Page 36
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