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Article: LANCERS TOP TREMPER RYAN BAGGS' 20-YARD TD RUN CAPS A STUNNING MADISON LA FOLLETTE COMEBACK.(Sports)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- October 25, 2000
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It took five years, nine games and a 2-hour bus ride for the Madison La Follette football team to return to postseason.
Ryan Baggs wasn't about to let the fun end here Tuesday night.
The Lancers senior running back took an inside counter, followed 250-pound Joe Sponem and 222-pound Mark Henderson 20 yards for one of the biggest touchdowns in school history. The score gave La Follette its only lead in a WIAA Division 1 first-round playoff game and -- 1 minute, 26 seconds after Baggs shook off an ankle tackle at the goal-line and fell into the end zone -- a wild 22-16 victory over Kenosha Tremper.
The victory earned La Follette (8-2) another shot ...