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Show WWW.NETXNEWS.NET MONDAY • NOVEMBER 6 • 2006 k ^ UVSC Basketball BE STRONG IN BODY, Season just around the corner CLEAN IN MIND, LOFTY IN James Warnick IDEALS. THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. Webster's Wisdom I T WAS DEVELOPED TO MEET A NEED. THOSE BOYS SIMPLY WOULD NOT PLAY "DROP THE HAND KERCHIEF." I AM SURE THAT NO MAN CAN DERIVE MORE PLEASURE FROM MONEY OR PO WERTHANI DO FROM SEEING A PAIROF BASKETBALL GOALS IN SOME OUT OF TEH WAY PLACE— DEEP IN THE WISCONSIN WOODS AN OLD BARREL HOOP NAILED TO A TREEWIT7I A R U S T Y Ben Webster IRON H O O P ^ B j ^ O ONE END Sports Editor Fortheloveofsports| NAISMITH Ben Webster Sports Editor As I sat on my parents couch Sunday afternoon with two of my brothers, watching the Broncos and Colts go back and forth in a battle between AFC contenders, I thought, 'This is a good game.' But when Denver kicked a field goal with 1:49 left in the game, I said to my Bronco-fan brother, "It's over-the Broncos gave Peyton too much time." NFL fans have seen it before, a couple weeks earlier he did it to the Jets and why would this be any different? Maybe the Broncos' defense would hold up. Nay. It wasn't different, but it made me wonder why I even watch. I have often wondered why in the world people love sports so much, why I love sports so much. I haven't been able to fully answer the question for myself. As I look at sports and compare it to my other interests in life, I try to make a connection, but sports is so different than other things in life. Our county, our state, our nation and even our world's populations are enamored with sports. It's magic. Sports get us. Sure, not all people love sports; but more do than don't. Often, more important things are neglected in our lives in order to watch or play sports. There is always the argument that our society needs to do more for teachers, doctors, police and others who could do more for the welfare of society, but it doesn't happen. • Not only do we pay athletes millions, b.ut most of the time we aren't seeing anything new. There are game-winning field goals, W hen you glance over the the UVSC men's basketball schedule a few teams will jump out at you and it won't take long to realize that this is the toughest schedule that the Wolverines have had in their three years of Division-I play. UVSC will play five games against 2005-2006 NCAA tournament teams. They face a PAC-10 team on the road for the second straight year in the University of California along : with a home-and-home against Utah State. The two other teams that were tournament teams last year are Albany and Montana both at home. Coach Dick Hunsaker knows the schedule is going to be tough but he isn't focused on it right now. "We're not looking at the ball games down the road right now. We have had some success , in some big wins and / when you win like we '- . did at Arizona State it's a miracle win."Some of the players have thought about the possibilities this year especially after beating Arizona State last year. 06 Men's Basketball against Mesa State 7:05 p.m. 10 Men's Basketball against Montana State 7:05 p.m. n Women's Basketball against Mesa State 7:05 p.m. Hockey against BYU at the Peaks Ice Arena 8:30 p.m. Sports Writer The Utah Grizzlies were 30 seconds away from giving the fans a victory in their home debut, but a last-minute goal and not scoring a goal in the Shootout allowed the Las Vegas Wranglers to come out with the 3-2 win. Wranglers defenseman Jason Josza earned the firststar for the game, for scoring the game-tying goal and the only goal for both teams in the Shootout to give his team the lift they needed. Local Utah native DJ. Jelitto had a chance to equalize the Shootout at one in the Grizzlies last chance, but the puck went wide of the net and capped off a tough loss. "It always hurts when you let a goal in the last minute," Grizzlies Head Coach Jason Christie said. "It still hurts when you get one point instead of two, and don't even •1 get a goal in the Shootout.' Grizzlies' goalie Rob McVicar had his work cut out for him throughout the match, especially in the first period when the Wranglers put up 20 shots on goal. 10 minutes into the first period, Wranglers' left wing Marco Peluso scored on a 5-3 power-play advantage, off a scramble in front of the net to put Las Vegas on top 1-0. A minute later, the Grizzlies were back to even strength and Justin Cox passed the puck up the ice from the Grizzlies zone and Matt Craig slapped the shot past the Wranglers' goalie to even the score. Both teams were held scoreless during the second period, but three minutes into the third, Cox received the puck from a great faceoff from Jimmie Kraft and scorched it past the goalie into the net to put Utah on top 2-1. The Grizzlies looked to hold off The Utah Valley State College women's basketball team is gearing up for another exciting season, where they will showcase their talents to the community and their unlucky opponents. The lady Wolverines rip off their season with an eight-game home stand, beginning with an exhibition game against local foe Dixie State Nov. 1. In all, 17 of the Wolverines' 28 games will be at home, where they finished 10-6 a year ago. They host local powerhouses Utah, Utah State and BYU at home this season. Theirfirstroad game does not occur until a month into the season at Idaho State on Dec. 2. "I'm impressed with our schedule this year. We are playing a lot of teams that were in the postseason and even the top twenty last year," Head Coach Cathy Nixon said, "It's a very big challenge to have a schedule that is this stacked, but we will take it one game at a time and ultimately achieve our potential." The women's team has four returning starters from last season and nine returning players in all, the most they have ever returned from one season to the next. "I'm excited and I feel good about our core of returning players. I feel that we are progressing quite well," Nixon See SEASON-B2 Men's Basketball Montana State @ UVSC ?11/10> 7:05 p.m. «„ Montana @ UVSC ^ M il/13-7:05 p.m. Last-minute goal lifts Las Vegas Jason Adkins November 06-11 fil David Heck returns for his senior year to head the task of playing some tough competition in 2006-2007. See BASKETBALL-B3 See LOVE-B2 This week in sports . ."\ sports writer the Wranglers, and the goalie was pulled with a minute to go to put an extra skater on the ice. The puck was on near the boards on the right side of the ice and somehow squirted out for the shot to be taken by Josza for the equalizer. "Very tough and frustrating," McVicar said. "We worked so hard to try to get to that point and then they came back with 30 seconds left." In the five-minute. overtime period, the Grizzlies were stifled in their offensive play and were not able to get a shot off. Wranglers' goalie Mike McKenna played great in Shootout by not allowing any Grizzlies great chances. With the loss, the Grizzlies dropped 1-2-1 early in the season, but the Grizzlies will be back in town to face the Alaska Aces on Nov. 8, 10 and 11 at the E Center in West Valley City. UVSC@CAL 11/15-8:30 p.m. Great Falls d) UVSC Sports on TV NFL-ChicagoatNew York Giants on NBC 11/12 • 6:15p.m. NBA-Phoenix @ San Antonio on ESPN 11/08-6:00 p.m. College football Oregon at DSC on ESPN 11/09-8:15p.m. |