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Show /port1/ MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 18 • 2006 C3 A Jack Jared Waters Interview, with Chelsie Jones, Cheerleader for Utah Valley State College JW: Cheerleaders, huh? Ditzy, dumb, blonde... You have brown hair, what gives? CJ: Actually, that is one of my pet peeves, that all cheerleaders are dumb and ditzy. In reality, it's only a few girls who give cheerleaders that bad name. Most of us are definitely smart and sensible. JW: So have you been cheering long, and why? CJ: Seven years. My mom cheered in high school & college, but she never forced me to cheer. I chose to doit. JW: So you have the genes, but what about lucky pom-poms? CJ: Nope! No lucky pom-poms. Who needs luck? JW: Anyone in Math 1050. Chelsie, did you know that if you turned around while cheering, there would be a sporting event going on? CJ: Yes! I love sports! JW: Prove it. CJ: Well, my favorite sport to cheer for in high school was football, but since we don't have football at Utah Valley State College, it would have to be boy's basketball. I'm sad I wasn't here cheering when Ronnie Price was playing. JW: I'm sold. So do you cheer simply for the sports aspect? CJ: That is a big part, motivating the crowd and players, but I also love the athletic and dance part of it. Plus a lot of us in the squad are close. '{%'#•& JW: Does it have the same tee! as high school, or is there a difference? CJ: There is a lot less drama than high school. The girls arc more mature. JW: Speaking of drama ami hiyh school, how about that 90s clasMc. Saved By The Belt! Isn't Kelly Ka- powski to die for'.' What a rule model! CJ: Actually, Saved By The Bell used to be my all-time favorite TV show! I think it would ha\e been ^real to be Kelly - she got to date Zuck! JW: Even Kelly wasn't a perfect cheerleader. So have you ever pulled a "Screech," doing something really stupid while cheering? CJ: It probably was the tinw ilimng cheer practice when I hen! i ! m n . grabbed my knees and said "! think my kidneys are bruised." JW: You seem like a girl \\ ith her head on straight. If your parents were to brag about you, what would they say? CJ: I would hope that they would say that I am a curing person, and also a very determined and driven person. JW: That sounds jusi right. One more for the mad: If" you could choose one person in history, and do anything with that one person, who would it he. and what would you do? CJ: It would definitely he Michael Jackson, and I would want him to teach me to dance, and let me be in one of his old school music videos. JW: 1*11 steal the cheap pun. and say that would be a Thriller. mfci Cougars roll Crunch time for Real Ben Webster FromBYU-Cl on BYU*s 15. The Cougar defense held strong and only allowed Tulsa to get a field goal. The running backs couldn't be stopped tough as they combined for five of the Cougars seven scores on the day. BYU answered Tulsa's 10-7 lead with 21 straight points."1 think there was a time where we were feeling our way through but breakthrough plays helped us get comfortable as the game went on," Mendenall said. With the dominant combo of Brown and Vakapuna BYU was able to open up the passing game. Cougar quarterback John Beck finished 16-23 for 240 yards through the air with two touchdowns. "The focus was simply on balance and to be better at what we were already doing and to run the football the way we did today and get outside plays is what we do," Mendenall said. The highlight of the day came on BYU's first second half possession when Beck scrambled and threw Brown a short pass on third down that turned out to be a 62-yard touchdown. Brown caught the pass and looked to keep the drive alive but he broke a couple of tackles and turned up field and inside. Brown eluded another tackier and sprinted down the right side. Before Brown made it to the end zone he stiff-armed another Tulsa defensive back and raced down the sideline to put BYU up 28-10 with the extra point. Brown said, "I just tried to get the first down and I thought I would lose my balance but I kept chugging along and made it to the end zone." Tulsa never really threatened the Cougars the rest of the game as the running game continued to produce all the way to the end. "That particular play shaped the rest of the game his resolve and emotion showed on that play," Mendenhall said. "I think we can look forward to that to help us win football games and when they perform like that it gives us a great chance." BYU will need a heavy dose of the running game from the powerful duo if BYU wants to contend for the conference title against defending champ Texas Christian and their rival Utah. With a new defensive scheme, the 3-4, the Cougar defense has looked improved as well giving up 20 points a game through the first two. Opponents averaged more than 29 a game last year. The defensive backfield was one of the biggest questions going into the season but the group has answered those questions in the first couple of games. "We kept our confidence up," Beck said. The Cougars will need that confidence as their toughest game will be on the road, Boston College, TCU and Utah. For athletic schedules see ffnlverinegreen.cstv.com Sports Editor Real Salt Lake's playoff chances are coming down to the final weeks. With only five games remaining in the regular season RSL trails both Chivas USA and Colorado by five points for the final playoff spot. Chivas and Colorado got huge mid-week wins to give them some breathing room and both have 38 points while Real sits on 33 heading into a match with western standings leader FC Dallas over the weekend. Chivas, also looking to make the playoffs for the first time, beat FC Dallas 1-0 at Pizza Hut Park during the week for a vital three points and halted FC Dallas' celebrating an early playoff birth. As for the Rocky Mountain Cup winners, Colorado was on the right side of an own goal by the Chicago Fire after just three minutes in the match to pull out a 1-0 result and end Chicago's six-game unbeaten streak. Those two wins, even though out of RSL's control, could prove costly in the race to the playoffs for RSL. Every match becomes more and more important as the teams ahead of Real win games. RSL has improved over the last month posting a 52-1 record since their final game in July. RSL beat and drew with the MLS leader D.C. United in two games over that span. RSL came from behind in their last match with United to get a 1-1 draw. After trailing by a Freddy Adu free kick that was hit solidly to the right comer photo by Whitney Woodward RSL rookie Atiba Harris has made an impact for Real this season as they push to make it into the playoffs. past Scott Garlick just before halftime RSL scored the equalizer in the 65th minute. Cunningham took a pass 25 yards away from the goal past a D.C. defender and into the right side of the box drawing United's keeper off his line. Cunningham found Chris Klein in the box with a short pass that Klein tucked away for the goal. Even with the draw against the best team in the MLS Real thought they should have won. "I thought we battled back well to tie the game, but to be honest I think that we left two points on the table," MLS MVP candidate Cunningham said. After the game with United Cunningham became only the ninth player in MLS history to have a season with at least 15 goals and 10 assists. He is also on the brink of becoming the all-time leader in.goal contribution, either assisting or scoring on 69 percent of the team's goals. Teammate Jason Kreis held the previous mark with 61 percent of the contribution for Dallas in 1999. RSL will need to have Cunningham continue to play at the top of his game to sneak into the playoffs this year. When Cunningham doesn't find the back of the net RSL is 1-11-4. Cunningham missed the game with FC Dallas because he was called for his fifth yellow card against D.C. United. That yellow card could turn out to be the most cosily card lor the club. Making the playoffs would be a massive accomplishment for the second year learn, but after a rocky start, it could be out of reach without a lot of help from Colorado and Chivas and even Houston who is six points ahead of Real. With six games remaining RSL Head Coach John Bllinger said that he thought RSL would get in lho playoffs with 43 points or more. With five games left, RSL needs ;o put wins together now just to keep up with the teams ahead. |