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Heaps shows guts in defeat

By Dan Raley
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, September 19, 2009

SAMMAMISH, Wash. -- Helicopters periodically circled overhead. A battalion of TV trucks with satellite antennas extended filled the parking lot. A sellout crowd started lining up three hours before kickoff and stretched all the way out of Skyline High School and down a busy, four-lane street when the gates opened. On Friday night in this well-manicured suburban community 25 miles east of Seattle, the main attraction was a teenage quarterback matchup featuring Jake Heaps and Nick Monta ...

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