Yep, he fumbled about midway through the 2nd quarter and either got hurt after getting blocked trying to pursue the LA recovery (Beau Desherow's son Luke who I believe would've been a sophomore that year), or on the hit that lead to the fumble. They had zero points going into the half so it's hard to say they would've come back and won but we'll never know.
I mean no disrespect to Wheaton North but I always had trouble seeing them beat BR on that night with a healthy Lausch. He only left the pocket to avoid being sacked and on every read option, the read was always a give to Vaughn. I think if he's healthy and they were able to run their offense like they had all year, they would've been able to control the clock more and limit the Wheaton North possessions. Our defense certainly wasn't able to stop their offense in that game.
There was a BR poster on here who was insinuating in the week between the MC quarterfinal game and the semis vs. Wheaton North that Lausch was in bad shape and might not play and I remember being confused as to why. I saw Lausch after that MC game and he seemed fine. But then I remembered him getting smoked in his upper leg by an MC tackler's helmet. I guess the injury didn't set in until after the game. He was a golden ticket that year. Had to be the best QB in program history. Certainly in my lifetime.