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Show .,,. !PAGE 10 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SPORTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 , 1999 'Bird ·offense struggles weeks ago and is out for the season. Sam Elliot sat out this game and Iona Uiagalelei has been out for the last two games. Josh Roberts was out last game, and wasn't 100 percent this game. The last thing the 'Birds needs 1s another injury. As Cal-Poly alumnus John Madden, now Fox Sports color But, near the end.of the first half, Cannon came out of the analyist, would have said, it was a heck of a game on game with an injury to his hip. He did not return in the second Saturday night when SUU traveled to San Luis Obispo, Calif.. half. Gregory said he expects him to be back for next week's to take on the Cal-Poly Mustangs. Madden would have been right, at least about the play of the Mustangs. Cal-Poly blew match up with UC Davis. out the 'Birds 38-10, giving SUU a season record of 3-2 . The offense had trouble moving the ball in the second half The SUU beat Cal-Poly last without Cannon. year at Eccles Coliseum 27Chapman played well coming in for Cannon, but 17. but the 'Birds haven't won SUU's offense depends at Cal-Poly since 1986. heavily on Cannon. Cannon The story of the game was has guided the 'Birds in their that the offense was not able to put points on the board. On three victories this season their first dnve, the 'Birds SUU had 241 yards rushing and 99 yards started at their own 11-yard passing. Madsen ran for 152 line and drove the ball all the yards. Cannon ran for 35 way to inside the Mustang yards in the first half. 10-yard line. But as the 'Birds Because of Cannon's got closer to the goal line, absence in the second half, Brook Madsen fumbled the ball and Cal-Poly took over. Cl the defense was forced to be on the field, and couldn't On the next drive, thanks to ~ stop the Mustang offense. a 71-yard run by Madsen. the 'Birds were in scoring position The Mustangs scored three again. But David Pretzer TDs in the third quarter. missed a 39-yard field goal, "The defense got tired in and SUU still wasn't on the the third quarter.· said board. Gregory. "We drove it inside the 20 Craig Young scored two twice in the first half. but TDs. including an 84-yard run on the Mustangs· first came away with no points. possession in the second That was real discouraging ," half said SUU Head Coach C . "That long run was the Ray Gregory. beginning of the end," said suu·s defense kept the team in the game in the first Gregory. half. Defensive backs Clint The Mustangs' other TD in Brown and Jeremy Avila both the third quarter came when picked off Mustang OB Andy OB Andy Jepson threw a Jepsen on back-to-back 39-yard TD to Adam drives. Brown's interception Herzing. . The Mustangs did not let came when Cal-Poly threatened to score near the ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' up in the fourth quarter. Rob Chapman, shown here running against Montana Tech, had They continued to move the end of the first quarter. to step in on Saturday for injured QB Matt Cannon. Chapman ball down the field and The defense held the score. Jeff Dennis ran a TD Mustangs to just three points threw for 65 yards and one TD, and ran for 30 yards. m the first half, but the in from 11 yards out and offense was held scoreless. Dominic Washington scored from 26 yards out. SUU didn't score until Pretzer made a 37-yard field goal with "They executed better then we did. They ran the ball and 8:55 left in the third quarter. Rob Chapman hit Terry Rose for kept it away from our offense," said Gregory. a 27-yard TD for SUU's other score with 3:00 left in the game, Gregory said the team needs to recover from this loss, and but 1t was too little, too late. do better next week. "It's very discouraging not scoring more than 10 points," said "We gotta bounce back from this for next week's game," said Gregory. Gregory. The 'Birds have already had their share of injuries this SUU returns home Saturday afternoon game against UC season Rod Madsen broke his foot against McNeese St. two Davis at 1 pm BY JASEN ASAY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR Harriers have good showing at Stanford BY TYLER JOHNSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Southern Utah University's mens cross country team beat number 18 nationally ranked Alabama and placed fifth overall at Saturday's meet at Stanford. Because of the win over Alabama, the , men will run in the first race of the meet, along w ith the top teams in the country. at the NCAA Championship in Bloomington, Ind. on Oct. 16. This will be a pre-Nationals meet. Cross country coach Eric Houle said Saturday's win will get SUU nationally recognized. "It makes a statement," Houle added. The winner of the men's race was Micheil Jones from Arizona who finished with a time of 24:19. Jody Benson was the top runner for SUU and placed 10th overall. Benson finished 33 seconds behind Arizona's top runner, crossing the finish line at 24:52. The men finished fifth out of 18 teams. Stanford took first. followed by A rizona, Washington, and Cal-Poly. Mark Wright (25:21 ) placed 21st , Curtis Moore (25:46) finished 35th and Zak James (25:51 ) ran 39th . "Zak and Curtis were a little off pace," said Houle. Houle also said that if James and Moore would have run like they normally do, the harriers would have placed third instead of fifth. ·we can't always run our best," added Houle. The runners said that they are glad that they accomplished their goal of placing in the top five, and beating Alabama. The woryien also had a good performance They placed 15th 0ut of 22 schools. lllene Dixon (18:37) placed 63rd overall and was·SUU's top runner. Theresa Rice (1 8:53) placed 73rd, Robyn Adams (18:57) placed 84th, Kelly Moore (19·05) placed 94th and Robyn Truman (19:19) placed 111th. · we weren't as strong as we would have liked," said Houle. The harriers have the weekend off in preparation for their next meets. The men will be in Indiana, and the women will make a short trip down south to Las Vegas to run in the UNLV Invitational. Senior Bryan Young puts the moves on while playing intramural flag football. Flag football kicks off BY CHRIS AVERY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Intramural football is back at SUU. The men's league consists of 17 teams divided into three pools The co-ed league has seven teams. Each team plays five games for the season, then a tournament begins with the winner advancing each game. Many of the students involved with flag football have different reasons for playing. · 11 gives the armchair athlete a chance to play sports," said Joe Bigler, a freshman international business major from Payson, Utah "It's good exercise and fun to play also.· "Intramural football increases college experience by getting involved with school functions. Playing flag football has helped developed new friends. build leadership and 1s fun to play," said Leon Jeffs. a junior business major from Castledale, Utah. · Every year in flag football. teams come up with unusual names This year was no exception. Some of the more unique names were the Kookimongos, Beastie Beetles, Flaming Jellyfish, and Los Fe1os (the uglies) Most of the teams playing each year are a group of friends. "My friends all just decided to play so we signed up.· said Jeron Broadbent, a junior international business maior from Gallup, N M. · 1enJoy playing sports and the intramural football program is managed fairly well ." Each game there are four referees to keep track of the game clock penalties downs, and score Each team was handed the rules to follow before the season began "Overall the rules were well written and clear," said Brandon Jones. a freshman undecided major from Gallup, N.M. ·1think all the rules are very legitimate and the officiating has been fair." One of the key reasons students play flag football is for the challenge to compete.against each otHer. "It is not only the challenge of playing against someone else but, also challenging yourself to try harder,• s~id Bigler. "The great thing about intramural sports 1s 1t allows all students a chance to participate in physical activities.· Students say that intramur,al sports is one of the best ways to get involved at SUU. A ll intramural sports combine exercise, help build character and good sportsmanship, and most importantly are fun to play. |