SPORTS FEBRUARY 26, 2003 WEDNESDAY, 7 showdown by Jade Bytheway Sports Editor dont have plans for Saturday night this week, then listen here for you can join many others to , help the Dixie Rebels become ' We will be basically playing for the championship, said We have to Nick Hammer. play to those expectations. We cant wait to play the Hammer. said game," Everyone is pumped and ready to play. Back in January, the Rebels down to Snow College and defeated them With Dixie beating out the Badgers last year in the So with loud voices, clapping hands, and annoying milk jugs, get out there and support the Dixie State Rebels and help them gain their 65th straight home victory. traveled 89-8- j conference champions. son, there wont be any happy faces when Snow enters the court. Its up to the Rebel fans to make sure their faces stay that way. the game this Saturday and try and help out a team that wants to be Back to Back conference and national Snow visits Burns Arena for Saturday If you -- game, big crowd. Rebels need big win Big Dixie Sun DIXIE SUN tournament, and beating them at their place this sea cham- pions. Mens Basketball SWAC Rebels will host rivals Snow College who are steami- The ng for revenge from last years thriller, when Dixie beat Snow by one point and headed to the nationals. at of Southern Idaho is soaring next to them, both having Right now the Rebels are the top, but the College only four losses. are reading this and If you are still kind of lost on what the heck is going on here, instead of me getting a bunch of letters ... I will explain. Spencer Ford watches his free throw in a game against CNCC The team that is in first place in the conference at the end of the season will host the tournament next week. The winner of the tournament will move on to the national tournament in Kansas, where the Rebels became national champions last year for the second time in school history. the Rebels having 64 straight home victories right now, it cleat iy shows that it would be very nice for Dixie to host the conference tournament. So, with That brings me back to my point the Rebels need every one of you Rebel fans to be at Standings only consist of top five teams in the conference. Rebels opera hot, but get Iced On Friday the Rebels were baseball wins six straight before losing to SLCC DSC by Lawrence Nelson Dixie Sun 0. II Staff Writer Rebel softball team played host to the The Icebreaker Classic this past weekend. The Rebels got off to a quick start Thursday 0 with a blow out victory The 14-- over the University of Colorado in a mercy rule game. pitcher Starting Tanna Alvey dominated the game, allowing no runs in three innings of work. Albertson College was next on the Lady Rebels slaughter list. Under the superior Erica of pitching Mascarenas who fanned 11 batters in six innings of pitching, the Rebels coasted their way to a 2 victory. 8-- still singing the same tune, with Dixie crushing Weber State 10-- Later that day, the Rebels faced Northwestern Nazarenes Falen Garcia, in which turned out to be a close battle between the two teams, however, the Rebels once to again triumph with a win. Fridays grand finale came versus Idaho State, the Rebels demolishing them 3-- 2 8-- On Saturday, DSC played Arizona Western, and blew on the pitchthem away who Mascarenas of ing allowed three hits on six innings of pitching. However, there were a lot of role players who contributed to the Lindsay win, including Thompson who went and contributed three RBIs. After scoring a run in the first inning, the Rebels unleashed havoc on Arizona Western in the bottom of the fifth. 5-- 2 Thompson jolted the ball out of the park for a lead off home run. Erika Moulds singled, followed by another Dusti Roberts single, placing runners on first and second. Then, as the momentum was Becca Roberts building, landed herself a double, bringing in both runners. The tables then turned for the Rebels. Trying to carry the momentum into their next game, the Rebels failed to gain a victory over SWAC rival Salt Lake Community College. The Rebel's had eight hits on 28 at bats. 1 he loss went to Tana Alvey who pitched seven innings, but was hammered by SLCC who blasted 1 1 hits offher. Alves record is The Rebels threatened now to rally, scoring a run apiece in the sixth and seventh innings, but fell short losing Ira in the first inning, taking a one run lead over the Wolverines. In the second inning Stokes blasted a 200' shot over the left field fence, putting the Rebels These would be the last up of Rebels runs in the game. UVSC went on to an victory over the Lady Rebels. 2-- 8--2 Though in a losing cause, pitcher Amy Sauer fanned seven players in six innings of work. Overall, the Rebels, now 12-- 4 on the season, finished third in the tournament. Classic "Obviously we were disappointed not to win, said head coachCasey McClellan. This was our tournament, but we have a lot of good things to build on." to Coach McClellan, he was extremely pleased with how the offense worked out, but there is always room for improvement. "Defensively Im a little concerned," McClellan said. According Videos Wedding Professional j - Affordable I 3-- 6-- In the final game of the day, the Rebels took on UVSC. In what became one of the better plays of the game, Alvey stole home . St! r. Experienced v - V, Starting at $300 Benjamin Walker 680-090- 6