Show Friday September 20 2002 Pagel The Herald Journal liuido prepares for f ‘big’ Iowa squad USU By Shawn Harrison sports editor coach Mick Dennehy describes this week's opponent At least the Iowa offensive line has caught his attention The University of Iowa is the biggest assembled mass of humanity that I have seen in my entire life" Dennehy said Their offensive fine is unbelievably large We are not guys We are talking 64 300-pou- Sports briefs nd Century High football coach suspended 68 guys" talking are large in The Hawkey es (2-the trenches on both sides of die ball Not quite as big as Dennehy 6-- 7 323-pou- nd 1) POCATELLO Idaho (AP) — Tbe head coach for defending two-tim-e state 4A football champion Century High School has been indefinitely suspended following an apparent confrontation between Century and Highland High School students before last week’s game “I don't want to say it was an argument or an altercation” Highland vice principal Dave Ross said “It was more of a discussion" Layne Coffin was suspended by foe Pocatello School District at least until next Wednesday’s hearing before the school board District Athletic Director Dan Collins is investigating the inci- AP photo See IOWA onB4 Iowa running back Fred Russell center breaks free from a host of Iowa State defenders during their game last Saturday in Iowa City Iowa 6-- Big That is how Utah State head football Mountain Crest beats Logan in region volleyball U2 described but the starting offensive line does average 6 299 pounds and is an experienced bunch Iowa center Bruce Nelson will be starting his 39th straight game The Hawkeyes didn't allow a sack in the first two games wins over Akron and Miami (Ohio) before allowing quarterback Brand Banks to be sacked three times in last Saturday's loss to Iowa State 1 The setback was especially hard to take because it was against an in- state rival Three fumbles in the third quarter were the first turnovers by the offense this year 36-3- dlDMlO tumbles after not talking enough USU By David Cordero staff writer Excitement was in the air as the Utah State volleyball played its first home match of the season Family and friends were in attendance the Aggie fight song played the feeling was right for a win to start Big West Conference play Then the first ball was served to USU Thud The ball hit the court without being touched It was an ace for UC Irvine but more importantly it estab- lished a trend for the Aggies as their inability to communicate on a consistent basis cost them all night The Anteaters — the same group that was 4-a year ago --r defeated USU 1 (30- - dent Secondary Education Director Kathy Collins said Coffin is still teaching his regular high school classes: The suspension applies only to his role as football coach Dele’s boat searched PAPEETE Tahiti (AP) — Investigators scoured the boat of Bison Dele for bullet marks as they looked into the disappearance of the former NBA player and two others while sailing in the South Pacific a prosecutor said Thursday The at catamaran was discovered in part onlbravao on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti on Sept 12 On Thursday the FBI arrested Dele’s older brother Miles Dabord on a fraud charge filed in Phoenix and for allegedly fleeing arrest on that charge Dabord was traveling with the group aboard die boat before the disappearances FBI Supervisor John Steiner in San Rafael Calif said Dabord was found comatose in Chula Vista near border Saturthe California-Mexic- o 23 3-- 31-2- SS-fo- together" The Aggies got down AL 1 18 Milwaukee 5 Houston 4 St Louis 12 Colorado 6 Arizona 3 San Diego 1 Montreal 6 Florida 5 Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 4 NY Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 2 (12) Atlanta 6 Philadelphia 0 Los Angeles 6 San Francisco 3 1) On television AUTO RACING Brant StevensHeraJd Journal Noon TNT — NASCAR Winston Utah State sophomore setter Andrea Delsign (8) prepares to pass the bal while freshman Zuzana Cemianska looks on during their match against UC Irvine Thursday night at the Spectrum Og 400 at Dover Del (31-6-- 5 (42-8-- 2) TOU welterweights vs Saul Duran J at Jersey City N COLLEGE FOOTBALL 3) p-- m ESPN2— UCF at Marshal GOLF i ' 5 am American ESPN — PGA-WG-C Express Championship second round at Thomastown Ireland -- 11am PAX — Senior PGA Tour SAS Championship first round at Cary NC v MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 5:30 om TBS — Florida at Atlanta 6 pm ESPN— Teams TBA ' TENNIS 10:30 BJn ESPN — Davis Cup semifinals singles matchB USvs France at Paris I 5 marathon ready for Saturday running BOXING Ray Ofiveira 6-- 0 in Game 1 and were behind 23-1- 3 before finally starting to come to life With runs of five and six points USU tied it at 26 before falling 30-2- 8 on four impressive UCI kills It was quite an impressive showing for the Anteaters (7-- 3 Big West) in that they persevered when they could have just thrown up their shoulders and said "here we go again" A year ago they went 2-in Big West play Any lead they had seemingly disappeared in a hurry and would morph into qn equally sizeable (or bigger) deficit "Last year we'd lose that for sure" UCI coach Charlie Brande said "Same thing in the second game That shows die tremendous character this group has" In the second game die Aggies (3-- 3 0-got out & a 10-- 3 advantage but struggled to attack with any kind of efficiency They hit 124 in the match and 063 in the second stanza A lot of that had to do unforced errors USU made 24 of those on the attack — balls that either got all net 1- -0 NL pjn ESPN2 — Junior 30-2- 1) an all too unfamiliar sight And a lot of that came at the beginning of games as the Aggies fell behind big in three of the four stanzas "When things went bad we didn't come together" Fuller said "That's just something we have to learn We're going to be a good team when our team is Thursday's scores 8 25-3- - day night Oakland 5 Anaheim 3 Minnesota at Detroit ppd Toronto 9 Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 3 NY Yankees 2 (10) Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox Texas at Seattle late ' UTAH STATE 9 28 0 at the VOLLEYBALL Thursday night Spectrum '"Nobody talked when the ball Anteaters 3 ' was m the air nobody talked when Amies i it hit the floor nobody talked after the play" Aggie coach Burt Fuller said "Itkind of set the tone for the whole night" Said USU senior Hailey Seedall: "Not talking brought us down a lot We were playing more as individuals than as a team" Failure to communicate properly or just plain silence prevailed way too often for the Aggies Two players colliding with each other on a routine dig was By David Cordero staff writer After die race you'll hear about the winners but that will only tell you a portion of the story You see a marathon is not necessarily about those who cross die finish line first because they usually they aren't from the area A lot of times they dont even hail from the state or country You begin to see cheering crowds — for the most part friends and family members — when the locals start to finish That's the allure: regular people accomplishing a feat many say thehuman body just isn't made for Tbp of Completing this 26i2-miUtah Marathon i The race will begin at 7 am Saturday at Hardware Ranch and weave its way down Blacksmith Fork Canyon and onto Hollow Road through Nib-le- y After passing through Millville Providence and River Heights the runriera will enter Logan The finish line will be at Merlin Olsen Park The winner on the mm's side — unless a major atostrophe occurs — should be Jackson See SILENT on B2 how they jun Marathon route Roada blocked EwWdi paMng lm dOMd on IMn Stool Ougrant oi mot Saturday Sept 21 Dm raribia ml Mm IM ctoauraa: BtetomMi Folk Canyon 7 a am to 2 pm okModSomtolOom ion Of Logarv le t See TOU on B2 MMfay U1AH |