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Show ry,y 9m yynifiLyin WjBH Strategy Worked Wonders In Aggies' Big Upset t By NORM SHEYA Deseret News Sports Writer - battle made all the difference . in the shocker. Early in the week, Andersen surmised that he must find more scoring punch by getting the likes of Paul and Ed Epps into better scoring position. Super soph just cant play any better, LaDell Andersen admitted Saturday after his troops had stunned visiting Colorado State. He should have added that he couldn't have coached much better. For a couple of subtle changes in the Utah State offensive alignment and a couple of wise defensive changes deep in the heat of LOGAN 83-7- 3 We Jap-pese- n Marvin Roberts is good for 30 points if he shows up. With that in mind, the Coacii moved Jeppesen from the point position in the offense to a wing position, slipped Epps in deep along . And when the fireworks were over Jeppesen, who was hitting El per cent from outside for the season, had hit seven of eight field goals and IS points; while Epps drew some fouls and hit them for a change for another 16 counters. The 8 Roberts, ninth in the nation in scoring, threw in his 31 in his finest effort of the year. tegical maneuvering, reserves n John Ericksen and Stan were the big factors. The 5 Ericksen came in for 16 big points and combined with Castleton for 17 second half rebounds. A starting berth should be in the offing for Ericksen this week as the DESERET Cas-tleto- 6-- Scores 524-444- 4B Monday, January 6, 1969 The loss was only the second of the season against eight wins for the Rams, who appeared to have all the momentum after winning them all since the first game of the year at New Mexico State. It looked like an impossible task for USU, which was and highly vulnerable at home in See AGGIES on Page B--6 man-on-m- Aggies visit Utah on Thursday night and then host Brigham Young on Saturday. 5 6-- one field goal for over 12 minutes. Shegogg stiff finished with 27 most from beyond 15 feet. but crucial just the same. In the first four minutes CSUs Kerr twins (Loyd and Floyd) and the spectacular Cliff Shegogg gutted the zone and Andersen Ags to a shifted quickly setup. A couple of minutes later when it became obvious that Roberts was the only Aggie capable of keeping Shegogg from scoring 40 that change was made. Roberts accepted the challenge admirably and held the CSU star to obvious Along with Andersens stra- with Roberts and moved Tim Tollestrup on top of the key for a feeder. Andersens defensive altercations were not quite as FOR AGGIES koeirs Triumidhi Mack fililler A New Sport In Two Years Dark Day At Alta In a short two years a new sport has been created and with it comes some of the growing and the pleasures that new events bring. pains It was a variable day Saturday. As this snew-- . mobiler took his twin machines and headed up Parthere was hardly a leys Canyon Golf Dell Course. left Mt. at parking place At the Henefer cutoff the corner was jammed. At Park City they were unloading machines across the highway from Cal McPhies picturesque Gorgoza playground. Park City West was in business with rental (mid-mornin- Cougars Seek K ' i- Defense - ' By DAVE KADLECK Deseret News Service Writer ' ' w California skiers ALTA Cheryl Bechdolt and Wally Rothgeb won engravings on the ancient and honored Snow Cup trophy with combined victories in the 28th running of giant slalom competition here over the weekend. The two alpiners did it without the California sun as they winds and battled snow and black light over course. the mile-lonat You had to guess times, Rothgeb said following his sweep of the two courses. I guess I was just lucky. Rothgeb, the only two-da- y winner in this annual event, s was lucky. He was of & second in front of Denvers Scott Pyles in Saturdays initial effort while outrunning Skyline Highs Craig of a Gorder, by second in Sundays finale. s Only four and seconds separated the first and Brigham Young University faced Monday with the problem of finding a defense for Saturdays game with arch-rivUtah State. r I .r V ' was A - i Wednesday they face a tpuring group by the name of Athletes in Action, comprised mainly of. In BYUs last outing they didn't do too badly in the scorning column by running up 78 points, but they let Stanford grab 94. Most of them came via superior rebounding and some hot Indian shooting. $ i- n - g .p? Ilf o r HOWARD HIGH Doug Howard was high for the Cougars with 21 points. The Cats have had some trouble' trying to find a consistent scor- -' ing punch. two-tenth- B For example, Paul Ruffner, Kari Liimo and Marty Lythgo r r' Li Irv tjF ' "U '' A t machines over flagged and prepared courses. So it was at Park City where you have been able to rent i the snow buggies for the past couple of winters. V;'Over in Browns Canyon a couple of adventurers I were setting out for a run over the hills, possibly i .to look for the which have large mountain hare tracked out heavily in some of the canyon regions. : s 9 Everywhere People Were Out Some of the Peoa flatlands had snowmobiles .going and as I tinned east from Peoa, heading up 4. our wonderful Weber River, there were more snow around the old places known as East ( machines Wooden Shoe. Over on Jack Preeces Ranch there were tracks and at the settlements in Weber Canyon, starting with the first sites before the sharp turn at the bridge, more than a dozen snowmobile trail-.er- s stood empty the people had gone into their I cabins for the weekend. ' So it was at Bill Stevens place on the right t;side of the road and Enoch Eskelsens Beaver f; Springs Ranch and Aspen Acres and Ken JRogersons cabin area at the Pines Ranch. ' w ft. -- A f A;r' A. In mens For An Overnight Stay Lloyd Hansen and his daughter, Kathy, were ton their way into their Smith and Morehouse rcabin. At the Howells Gate (Thousand Peaks ;;Ranch) there were 10 outfits at least some toadying heavy with gear heading for an overnight stay I at Holiday Park. I had a hard time finding a parking place although the road crews had been very generous k'with their scrapers in preparing the it's a middling We scooted to Holiday Park ride. The scenery was out of this world. Ive seen a ! lot of the landscape from our ski lifts and I and posi-t- ; thought it could never be surpassed like alone in we were all we but cant felt bly it bur own wonderland among the pines and along side the beautiful Weber River. Its seeing the scenery such as this that has made snowmobiling what it has become the past two years. j- - turn-aroun- d. ' by Dtsercf Nows .I Because it is a wonderful way for winter, no matter what snow areas you choose, the sport is bursting big. And it should. The ski lines were loaded as we S; passed them on our w ay back. Time was when a I; few of us enjoyed the winters ways on the ski slopes and the back country was left to the cross-1- country addict or the But last Saturday was a revelation in recrea-- r tion of sorts. ; Never in the history of this wintry world did the back country have such patronage. Only the snow machines have made this possible. snow-shoe- ; ; : r. Are there problems? You can bet on it. The major problem, as I see it, is the bug that bites anyone who first tries the winter sports. Get out into the back country on one of those buzz buggies, or on snow shoes, or cross country runners and youre an addict to start with. v Steve Photographer vfr ' , Parker State, BYU faces the, conquerers. of rugged Colorado State. Oq the record of that victory; in spite of some early Aggie losses, it would apWith-Uta- great recover here as he pounds way down giant slalom course. Visibility Alta ski classic. was "flat" for racers who competed in two-da- y Robert Moss is in throes of compe- wasnt as tight in women's competition where Bechdolt had to share first places with Sun Valleys Pam Street winning Sundays run. Streets victory came fol- pear the Cougars might be rated underdogs. BYU fell behind 10-- 0 against Stanford Saturday. They came within at one point, but thf Cougars could muster no more of a rally. They now stand at for the season. 57-5- 5 lowing Bechdolt's six second bulge she built up in Saturdays opener. 7-- ; SUPER STAR Street recorded a neat 96.4 total seconds in Sunday competition to edge Sherry Blann who had a 98.3. Bechdolt, with caution her only threat for certain victory, eased to combined honors with a 192.7 total seconds for both days of racing. Local racers appear to have difficulty winning the prized engravings on the Snow Cup The Utah Staters will have a super star, much like Stanfords Don Griffin who scored 33 the Cougars. Aggie against Marv Roberts has been almosi unstoppable against every one else, and it is expected the will work on some kind at defense to key on him. CoiE-gar- . However, other Aggies, suci as Ed Epps, are coming along fast and it could be that tlie Cougars will have to worrjr about all five starters. trophy. Last local lad to win that coveted prize was Ray Miller in 1967. Olympian Margo Walters is the last Utah gal to place a tag on the four-fohigh trophy. Only the hearty finished Sundays giant slalom. An wind slewed women down Sunday with men getting a break as racing The Aggies have the problem which Cougaf will break out in a scoring rash next, and it has been often sai3 that if all do at once, BYtf would be very difficult, indeed to outscore. of not knowing up-cany- As for Wednesdays game with Athletes in Action, little is known about them. But the Cats arent expected to have too much trouble. progressed. Eut black light prevailed throughout the day. The diving slopes of Punch Bowl and Collins took a toll. A total of 79 gates were missed by the field of 90 with multiple gates missed showing on the scoreboard below. In all, 33 racers missed one or more of Sunday's 54 gates while 30 reportedly missed gates in Saturdays run. Men and women raced the same course each day with course setter Keith Lange STANFORD 4, BYU 71 BYU ff nvfn ftm rb f to - There's no easy way down Snow Cup course Tom Cannon discovers after try. 3 placing more control in Sundays final event. Punch Bowl gates were jam-typ- e and designed to keep the racer on course. Even so, skiers plunged into near four-foo- t deep ruts in places along Punch Bowl and tumbled from the course. in mens compedtion is puzzling to the ski public, consider the women's competition where Pocatellos Pam Brennan is the closest thing Utah had in the top 10. fared well with a 12th place finish Saturday. Christensens finish was followed by University of Uath teammate Pete Kams, a local who hails from Jack-so- Christensen, the last of rugged individuals who made the top college circuit with aid of racing schools, Wyo., who finished Ladd If die absence of local talent 24 n, 14th Saturday. 0 0- - complete in the weekend classic. Both are serving with the United States Army and are members of the United States Biathlon team (a ski team with rifles). e Only two combined SNOW On Page B-win-Se- 3 Both Christensen and Kams flew down from Alaska to ' 6 5 4 4 1 tt 18 8-- 2 Were inde- win-wa- I ) CORTINA pendent agents. We work for you. Buy HEBERJ. GRANT CO. 20 Main 339-377- 8 6 10 ftm rb f tp fam-f- Griffin McElwaln O'Neill Palmer Barber Kchbnckr Heilign Michel 3 14 914 12 2 3 3 9 3- - 8 - 2 44 9 2 2 Stanford 2 43, 61 For Sensible Transportation Prices start at $1,797 today at tho "Fearfeis Ford Dual or LARSON FORD 5500 So. State PH. 262-261- 1 Id 1 0 19 94 BYU Cortina? See JON! 0 8 00 0 5 score: 1 9 - Closs Totals Halftime 4 33 5 16 2 6 3 16 10 22 713 24 6 2 , Mot if it means less than full protection. To make sure youre fully covered, see us. 9 Stanford insurance policy. Is it worth it? disci-Direct- 3 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 46 23 78 The cheap PITTSBURGH (AP) Frank losing season. The last two sea-- , resigned Nov. 25. Pitt posted a record under Hart, the winningest sons, Arizona State was and Kush, dubbed coach in Arizona State football 'under Kush the Sun Devils were' told him it would be hard has been named head.81-28-1- . history, (work sweat and blood, said football coach at Pitt, which has We have athletes jMyslinski. in only ,l,r" earS shown how to ' titude of the fans from losing to1 Kush to do it. is man the Immediately after accepting Winning. Kush, a native of Vindber, K Mwllifskl for1 71,31 ldea faUs direcUy ln line d to be a strict Casunir lth hat of Myslinski( who said'piinarian. t0 at,en4 a. tnJL?.ks Anc.,M a winning spirit must be the NCAA convention. instilled at Pitt shortly after he s named to succeed Frank I went out looking for a said Carver as athletic director Just ner, and I found mm, Myslinski. Hes a hard worker, tw o weeks ago. j a scrapper. Myslinski met with Kush at Kush has been Tempe, Ariz., Friday before Die head coach at Arizona State for, announcing Saturday that Kush 11 years. His teams never had a would succeed Dave Hart, who 5 12 S 21 21 '4 1 NEED A FORD Pitt Taps Kush Grid Coach 12 54-ga- te :M7 Collins ruts were gouged deep into the snow but skiers who managed to make the Punch Bowl course, the telltale flats below it and the transition before Collins fared pretty well on the narrow finish. 56 9 8 16 8 10 4 9 4 9 2 9 Sun Valley's Dan Bell goes airborne over Snow Cup course that claimed 33 racers. as . It Is Growing Bigger 3';' ;t--, Photos tition. Action h ' - two-tenth- tenth places victallied well in Fridays tory. over .Stanford. But in the second outing all had their troubles. 95-8- 9 four-tent- if . 4-- 7 34 |