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Show = MARCH 7, 2001 © COUNTY WASATCH Soccer ‘Team Looks ‘To Retool Cougar Ute ~ Rivalry Reborn _ are great in sopanS and there State, Duke | onds were ticking away in a Cougar victory. Students faces were painted, and they held signs | proclaiming Ute transfer Trent . Whiting as “seeing the light’ by finally coming to BYU. _ And, at the Huntsman Cs a couple of weeks ago, Ute fans chanted “traitor” | whenever Whiting touched the ball. The stu- | in col Michinan versus Ohio were chanting versus North Carolina and Florida versus dent section was all over BYU big man Mekeli Wesley. There was a Florida State are all great rivalries. The BYU versus Utah rivalry has also been great, but had taken a three year detour—in basketball at _ rights are once again even. New legends are being born. Names like Mekeli Wesley, Terrell Lyday, Trent Whiting, Britton Johnsen, and Kevin Bradley have the Ute and Cougar faithful raving. The basketball rivalry isi ae CFor SLOry... Don’t get me ‘wrong. The Utes ' and Cougars have had some epic battles over the years. Pace ‘Mannion, Tom Chambers, Mitch Smith, and Andre Miller. have helped the Utes win a few over the _ Wheatley expects Wasatch to_be in the mix, but many young players will have to gain experience quickly to do — Hoserce fis Bin is lost ten seniors from the squad that won region, had three all-state players, and lostin the state quarterfinals to Park City. so. Goalkeeping this year will be Hector Armendarez, who’s a good, physical athlete but. has no varsity “I think we'll struggle the first three or four matches because of experi- _ SOCCER continued on At4 SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, March 7 ‘Softball vs. Granite @ 3:30 p.m. Baseball at Ogden @ 3:00 p.m. about at the water cooler again. Both the Cougs and Utes are on |. top of their game and bragging es ; young team. up to. Finally, a rivalry fans can rant tive ever since. _ 10 boasts two of the best City. Lehi is always tough, as is -Uintah—and Union. has an exciting his best ever, the that hadn’t been there for years. In football, gic. really heated . up.in 1993. when. Utah beat BYU 34-31 on a a 55-yard field goal— and its been extremely competi- Region teams in the state—Judge and Park — coach Dawain certain electricity in the building least. that | toughest region for soccer.” -men’s soccer team has much to live. “just like football” as the final sec- aren’t than ago, fans head ‘Wheatley. called At the Marriot center a few | weeks ence. It will take Heal awhile to communicate well on the field,” Wheatley said. “We'll do well—but we’re in the off a season Wasatch enough to make his blood boil. Yes, that kind of rivalry. i lege athletics. UCLA versus USC, oming gestures toward the BYU bench is ivalries “any better rivalries RUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR fight song, and making obscene ~ RUSS RIGGS SPORTS COLUMNIST A13 © | - oe | é COURIER © - Has it ever been so much fun to | ‘dislike? I don’t think so. And, what more, it’s perfectly legal. There’s _years and Danny Ainge, Michael nothing wrong with pete the Smith, Jeff Chatman, and Marty red or blue. 3 Haws have helped the Cougars’ As it stands right now, fate cause. sides have bragging rights. The But, in recent years, it’ S“Eten 5 _Cougars defended their home turf stagnant. Why? Because Utah has below-average, -clobbered the ~ Cougars since 1996. How fun is a rivalry if it’s completely one sided? Just ask the Ute football fans about | ‘the eighties. Now one of the best wattles in 3 all of sports is back. You know what I’m talking about—a genuine disgust for the other program and it's fans. | For Ute fans, just the thought of a middle age guy sitting _ Marriot center wearing phones tuned to KSL 1160, green Jello and slurping in the headeating a caf- “in January, February. But, the as ‘did the Utes in 2 Mountain Wee mcaris ge 0 a; eos ath ‘ aberi a: SS “e eee a approaching. With any luck, BYU and Utah will tango one more ~ time—this time on a nuetral court. Then we can really see who’s really ready for prime time with an NCAA Tournament bid on the line. But perhaps more pete it will give Ute fans a chance to pull out their “BYwho?” signs one - more time and give Cougar fans a and yelling “oh ASK OUR SPORTS GUY! | Bring in your sports questions to Arby’s and receive a FREE sandwich item. - Arby s t Bi West Send your fan mail to our sports guy: sports@wasatchcountycourier.com | 1245 aed Main Heber City, UT (435) 654-6444 (Lie ee hee‘ Conference tournament is fastly little more time to practice their“you went to Utah because you my heck!” is enough to make them couldn’t get into BYU” smack. sick. Whatever the case, and whoevFor Cbiigir fans, the sight of a © er wins, it’s great to finally have a goatee-wearing Ute fan spilling rivalry again—for both ee fo beer on himself, burping the Utah fans. | -feine-free Coke, ae vs. Grantsville @ 3:0 { - Men's tennis at Park City @ 3:0 es SUMMER TAYLOR Grade Level: hea Cheerleading Other Sport/Activity: Snowboarding LOLs Music Group: Smashing Pumpkins/ : Favorite Mow Christine Aguilera: Coyote Ugly | Favorite Movie Star: Nicholas Cage Favorite Favorite Favorite Favorite Favorite Athlete: Chad Anderson — Sport: Swimming and Wrestling Sports Team: The Cooking Club Food: Lasagna School Subject: TV Broadcasti ng Person Who Has | Influenced You the Most: Mom Goals for the Future: College, marriage, family Car You Wish You Had: Roger’ s convertible Datsun |