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Show Your Sports PAGE 15 MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2005 Men continue to win at home The Internet •••not just for s music anymore! www.NETXNEWS.net "Challenge" cont'd from page 16 ages 17 points a game, didn't even attempt a shot in 23 minutes of action. What are your New Year Resolutions? Let Wellness Education Help! UVSC 71-Weber State 58 David Heck had the game of his career scoring 16 points. Heck was four of six from the three point line. Ronnie Prir^ added 30 points to lead the Wolverines in scoring. The win was the Wolverine's first ever in-state Division I victory. "We've made leaps and bounds sirue we played them earlier," said r.^.d coach Dick Hunsaker. "Each individual has made terrific strides. This team is really headed in the right direction. Tonight was a very.big win for this institution." Wcllncss Education provides many programs that can help you achieve your resolutions this year. UVSC 80-Montana State 60 Ronnie Price scored 35 to lead Utah Valley State to an 80-60 win over Montana State. .Matt Peterson added a career high 14 points in the win. For the second straight game, Utah Valley State turned the ball over under 10 times. "It was a terrific team effort," coach Hunsaker said. "Ronnie Price again was a load offensively. He scored in such a variety of ways. Matt Peterson also stepped up and gave us life." Steve Lundquiil/NetXNews Heber City native Josh Cottle (#4) has been a spark off the bench for coach Dick Hunsaker, as the Wolverines play their their first year of full D-l competition. The teams met earlier in the season at the McKay Center where it took a buzzerbeating 3-pointer by ORlTs Luke Spencer-Gardner to beat the Wolverines. UVSC 69-Sacramento State 71 The Wolverines led by as many as 10 points in the second half, but they could not hold on to the lead as Sac State went Oral Roberts shot an amazing 62 per- on a 19-5 run late in the game to earn cent from the field in the 45 point rout. the win. With the score was tied at 69Oral Roberts, the preseason favorites to 69 with under a minute left in the game, win the Mid-Continent championship, Alex Bausley scored the winning basket led 44-28 at halftime but extended its for Sac State with 28.6 seconds left in lead in the second half to as many as 46 the game. Utah Valley's attempt to send after shooting 11 of 16 from the 3-point the game into overtime fell short when line. "Oral Roberts is a fine team," Utah they missed a five-foot basket with two Valley State coach Dick Hunsaker said. seconds left. "Sac State was hungrier "They had their way with us tonight. for the win than we were," said coach They played a terrific game against us Hunsaker. "We need to do a better job and they were very keyed up on Ron- of blocking out and taking care of the basketball." nie." Ronnie Price led the Wolverines with 26 points and four steals. For the first time this season the Wolverines finished with three other players in double figures. Matt Peterson, Pierre Thomas and Sylvester Allison all added 10 points. UVSC 51-High Point University 75 UVSC 68-OraI Roberts 113 The Wolverines played High Point tough in the first half but the Panthers out scored Utah Valley by 17 points in the second half to earn the win. High Point took the lead for good at 29-28 and extended its lead to 37-30 at halftime. A key point in the game came when Price picked up his third foul with 8:43 left in the first half and was forced to the bench. Utah Valley was led by Ronnie Price's 17 points. Josh Cottle added 9 nine points for the Wolverines. Chance of a lifetime "Dream" cont'd from page 16 all the football games. After a light breakfast, we headed to the pool to soak up the sun for a few hours. We headed over to the game about 2 hours early. One of my friends did not have a ticket and he ended up with three free tickets when he got over to the stadium. Since he had two extras, we tried to scalp the other two. We started at two tickets for $20, but ended up trading the two tickets for a barbeque sandwich. The older gentleman that we traded with seemed overjoyed in the deal, but I still felt like we got the better part of the deal because that sandwich was tasty! When we entered Sun Devil Stadium, all I could see was red. Estimates said that out of the 73,000 plus in attendance, 58,000 were there supporting the Utes. Even though the Pittsburgh sections were small in numbers, they seemed confident as they chanted "overrated" throughout the whole pre-game festivities. A field length flag was brought out just prior to the national anthem. The sky was lit up with fireworks during the star spangled banner and then three apache helicopters flew over head reminding everyone of our on going war in Iraq. Everyone in attendance seemed to be in awe. It was also very nice to look up at the press boxes and see Pat Tillman's retired number 42. As far as the game was concerned, the Utes completely dominated. It seemed like Pittsburgh came out with a lot of emotion and Showed some life early, but the Utes talent soon took over. The game was over midway through the third quarter, but no one wear- Health Quest: This individualized program will help teach and motivate you in making healthy lifestyle changes. 10 k-a-day: This walking program helps you get out there and move, no matter how busy you arc! Health risk apprtbal: Get your current health status checked! Break free: A program to help you kick your habit of smoking. Stress Strategies: A 4 week program where you meet with a health educator and a mental health specialist to develop strategics to deal with stress. Come to the E N E R G Y Z O N E and learn how to get more energy through sleep, nutrition, stress, and fitness solutions. There will be a variety of outside vendors including: o The Quany o ' Apollo Light o Target Eye Center o And many more January 19th and 20*from10-2 in the Hall of the Flags FREE Grip strength testing! Visit our website A www.uvsc.edu/wcl Inosai', come sec us in the SC 221 or oil 863-8127. THIS SUMMER, DRIVE A COMPANY VEHICLE IN ALASKA! Courtesy Photo Urban Meyer coached the Utes so well the last two years, that he was recieved 14 million dollars to coach Florida. ing red left the game early. Between the third and the fourth quarter a Utah fan jumped onto the field in the north end zone and ran the full length of the field without any of the security guards noticing. When he reached the end of the field he jumped the fence that was surrounding the field and got into the stands safely, But some Pittsburgh fans pointed him out to security and he was arrested. When the game was over the students in the Muss tried to run on the field to celebrate with the players, but the police were hell bent on stopping them. The fence surrounding the field did its job and only a few fans actually made it on the field. They were tackled and arrested because the Arizona Cardinals had a game the next day and they wanted to protect the field and goal posts. After the game we headed down to Mill Avenue, which was packed with fans celebrating the win. We ended up at a club named "Margarita Rocks" and had a great time with all the other Utah fans. As we were leaving the club a fight broke out in front of another bar called the "Library". We were waiting to cross the street when a brawl between a cop and a Utah fan broke out. His friends were right behind us when the fight started and they screamed "Noooooo Joe Nooooooo" in an attempt to save their friends weekend. Joe seemed to be winning the fight untjl he was shot with a taser by another cop. He was then showered with pepper spray and handcuffed. I will never forget the scream that Joe let out when he was tased! The only thing that I wish was different about the whole experience was the fact the Utes should have played another undefeated school to show everyone how good they really were. I'm not going to say that the Utes could have beaten USC, but I sure as hell would have loved to see them play. The BCS needs to be replaced with a playoff system. That's the only way to end the season. 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