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Show Z Hilltop Times K. y" 'v j n w..w.J....MU.v.ju,V;., w , - ...f v .... .T .. ,; .... . ; y Jan. 8.1988. U (1 I'll (o '-- . ) " r;:-:- ' mm rirn'rmrrimi .fer i Cadets forked by Devils, ASU aerials blitz defense of Devils used only one-haArizona State University's Sun a football game to put away the Air Force Academy s Falcons ' during the Freedom Bowl. touchThe Sun Devils wound up the first half with a Aato Ford r Daniel receiver down pass from ASU signal-calle24-1Devils. ron Cox and posted a 4 lead for the was that play, According to Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry, it the in game. The Falcons that proved to be the turning point trailed the remainder of the game and fought until the waning seconds of the game to get their final tally. Greg Johnson run, but The Falcons struck first on a and pasted up a pair of Arizona State came back with a roar field goal to take control of the game. touchdowns and a d Booker Al capped the second quarter with Academy halfback a three-yar- d run, but scoring was few and far between as State finished the first half with 24 points, the backbreaker corning through the air. Air Force struggled to keep pace with the PAC-1- 0 representative, following by as much as 4 until the final three minutes of the game. Reserve Falcon quarterback Lance McDowell found receiver Steven Senn twice to tack up their final points. Senn caught touchdown passes of 10 yards and 18 yards to post the final Cadet scores. who completed 16 of 30 passes for 233 Ford, an yards, and Falcon tackle Chad Hennings, the Outland Trophy; winner, were named the game's MVPs. Hennings had 12 tackles and two sacks. ASU finished the contest with 459 total offensive yards, the Falcons closed out the game with 426 offensive yards. The academy found two loose pigskins while only losing one of their own. They turned the ball over twice by interception, capturing one errant Sun Devil pass. n Air Force, a regular contender, finished their 4 mark. a with 198788 campaign lf 61-ya- rd 12-yar- d 36-yar- 33-1- All-America- n, Photo Courtesy Deseret News! Associated Press Aerial attack U.S. Air Force Academy halfback Greg Johnson, 40, catches a pass during the second quarter of the Freedom Bowl at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. 31-yar- Col leg e Al ms . p i nencn strencrth anH 1- - 1 post-seaso9-- rs g u n down Falco n cag ers sports at a Mill wiffo is top sZxior nil ca-nc:- sa l-- Sta " i exDenence too varfor much the Falcon proved basketball who team, sity dropped a close 96-8- 1 game to the College but bounced back to blast Defense Depot Ogden 98-7- 8 last Saturday. Hill also dropped a close game after to Weber State meeting the College's, Ogden, junior varsity team, All-Star- s, All-Star- s, 89-8- 5. The Stars, loaded with a wealth of basketball experience, used excellent shooting to tack on needed points. Highly touted outside scoring threat Riley Wimberly picked up 35 points, combining with 25 points n from prolific scorer, Willie Sojourner, to outdistance the Hill free-thro- d w well-know- five. "I didn't realize they were such a big team. (Willie) Sojourner beat us up inside," said Guy Raphael, varsity basketball coach. -- 'They were a run and gun type of team and they wore us down at the end of the game. We stayed with them through the first half. They were able to put fresh people on the floor at the end of the game and that really put us away." Nearly matching Falcons' jump shot expert Ruben Arthur poured in 29 points and teammate Bentley Allen added 26 more, but were just shy of the winners' total against the Stars. Arthur canned 34 points against DDO. point-for-poin- t, It came to supporting roles to determine the winning edge and the got ground support from Derrick Fry, who pounded in 14 points All-Sta- rs s-- .a and Robert Lee, who added another 10. v Against the Weber J.V. club, Arthur led all scorers with 29 points and, 13 rebounds, Alexander put in 16 points and Bentley Allen split the nets for a dozen points and 10 caroms. A delay in action might be the like' ly suspect in Falcon letdown as they were halted early in the second half when the lights faltered. "When they got the lights back on, they were dim and might have been to our disadvantage," said Raphael. "Weber jumped on us and took the lead. They are a good club with excellent depth and talent. "We're looking forward to getting back into the swing of action and putting together another good game," he said. v Falcons muscled by Salt Lake College Lady After Harriett getting the basketball season off to a fine start, Hill's women's varsity team found their match against Salt Lake City's Community College. The lady Falcons, who held a 0 mark, dropped their first game of the in a home season to the Bruins contest. Bruin forward Cheryl Tye, with a 2-- 78-5- 4 average, led the visitors with 19 points, but two other teammates found double-figur- e scor- ing as well. Natalie Baxter pumped in a dozen and Vida Powell scored 10 . points. . .. For the Falcons, double figures were hard to come by. Lolita McCullum was the only Hill eager with doubles, getting 18. Hill's ladies stayed close in the first quarter, trailing only 3 at the end of the stop. The Bruins ran away in the second stanza, getting 24 points while the Falcons managed to put away 16 points. By half time, SLCC held the upper hand 38-214-1- 9. "We actually had a good first half, but went home the second half," said Margie Stutz, head varsity basketball coach. "Our offense didn't click n defense. against their man-to-ma- Mitchum was injured in the first half and we used her only sparingly in the second half. We're looking to a rematch." Bruin defense put the game away in the third quarter, holding Hill to a measly nine points while they tucked away 20 of their own. SLCC added the same amount in the final period while the Falcons managed to get 16 markers. The lady Falcons are idle while potential games are being located and the possibility of joining a local league is being perused. In their second game during the holiday break, Hill blasted the Tigers Jachim picked up the first goal cad was followed by George Yazejian, 6-- 3. com--pete- Mont, recently, " second a picking up place finish. The finish qualifies her as a participant in the U.S. team tryouts this month at Lake Placid, N.Y., where members will be selected :: for the team to attend the World Cup races to be held in Riphold-ing- , West Germany. Mrs. Anderson has been a member of the team before, 1980-81- . She took time off after that to finish school and get married. Although she has never been a member of the World Cup team, she feels this year may be the year. Tumblors on tcp The Hill tumbling team, the Rocky Mountain Challengers, will host . the third preliminary tumbling meet Saturday at the Hess Fitness Center. The team, comprised of Hill AFB dependents, will meet against several other Utah Tumbling Association teams starting at 7 a.m. with the meet lasting until 5 p.m. A door fee will be charged to interested fans, $1.50 adults, 50 cents for children. Tonnis tournoy sot . A men's, women's and mixed open doubles tennis tournament has been slated for Jan. 1 at 19-2- COogCxov Continued from Pago 01 Patrice Anderson left little doubt in anyone's mind she is back to serious winter biathlon competition. Mrs. Anderson, wife d of 1st Lt. Bryan Anderson, in the Western Series of who took a pass from Hinaus and Greg Jachim. Jachim followed with an unassisted goal before the Tigers were able to post a pair of goals. said "We took the lead and held Fink. it' Hinaus started the final stanza with a strike against the tigers, taking a pass from Mike Jachim to score. Fink added the fifth score on an unassisted goal and Tamas Valley capped the scoring drive with a solo goal. the Hess Fitness Center Tennis facility. Entry fee has been set for $10 per team for the double eUmination tournament. For registration contact Darren at Ext. 777729 or the Hess Fitness Center. |