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Show I Sports MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 Total take down B7 • THE COLLEGE TIMES MAKING HEADLINES SPORTS BRIEFS COLLEGE FOOTBALL HOCKEY Louisiana State took care of business after the wildest col- "Person of interest" in hockey coach's murder. lege football season ever to win the BCS National Champion- Sandy police have been ship by thumping Ohio State in continuing its efforts to solve a watered down version of the the Ken Dolezsar case. Police final game. searched" a business, a home Making more news was and two vehicles last week con- Michael nected with a "person of inter- Adams. Adams is calling for a est" in the case. A police state- eight-team playoff to take place ment stated items were taken after opposing a playoff for 20 and will be "analyzed for pos- years. sible evidentiary value." Georgia President His Bulldogs were one of Dolezsar, an assistant hock- the teams passed over for the ey coach for Utah Valley, was championship game and Geor- shot and killed in the parking gia finished No. 2 in the AP lot of the Village Inn in Sandy Poll. Nov. 15. The investigation has Who doesn't doubt Georgia, been ongoing since the inci- USC, or West Virginia could dent. The shooter left in Dolcz- have given LSU a better game sar's car and the car was found in the championship. Adams is" abandoned later that day. Early coming to this realization be- leads dried up after police indi- cause Georgia missed out. cated that a quick arrest would Would he be saying the same be made. thing if Georgia lost to Hawaii? WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NFL For the second straight week and the fourth time this season. Ken Hoglund / College Time* The coaching carousel started early this season with Senior Sam Allen takes control of his match against South Dakota State's Marc Wermersen in Utah Valley's dominating 39-4 win in the team's first ever Western Wrestling Conference Dual. Atlanta, but it is was just getting started. Cam Cameron lost his job game, so the Dolphins will have a new head man next season. Last week Joe Gibbs resigned as the Washington Redskins head coach, leaving a vacancy there. Atlanta's Bobby Petrino bailed after just 13 games coaching the Falcons to take the head coaching job at last drop, and played a solid game for the Flash earning Eric May him praises from his coach, Sports writer Brad Jones. "I don't want to act like How do you recover I'm real smart or whatever when the leading scorer else." Jones said, "but I knew for both your team and the Ingram and Cuffee were NBA's D-League is suddengoing to play well tonight ly not in your line-up hours 'cause they have worked before a game? so hard all year long. They Easy, you hold your ophave had to kinda wait their ponent to only 86 points. time because we had [Gabe] The Utah Flash (10-7), Pruitt and of course Morris sans scoring threat Morris [Almond]. They have had a Almond, faced the potent terrific attitude." Rio Grande Vipers (9-8) Aside from losing Alwho, coming into the matchmond, the Flash lost guard up, held the second highest Gabe Pruitt in the early scoring average in the league weeks of December to the with 111 ppg. Celtics, but Utah's player Almond, called up by woes pale in comparison to the Jazz on Tuesday, left the that of Vipers' revolvingteam just a day before the Flash squared off against the door roster. Having lost four Vipers. Trying to avoid being players recently to NBA snake-bit on their own home- teams, Rio Grande showed court, the Flash responded signs of an offense adjusting with a 102-86 victory at the to new roles but limited the Flash to only 16 points in the McKay Center. The Flash was able to fill first quarter. However, the the gapping whole left by the defense effort wasn't enough absence of Almond's 29.8 the rest of the way. Center James Lang, with ppg average with six players the subtle moves of a Cadilscoring in double figures. Standouts included 16 lac, crashed the boards, made points from Michael Cuf- key shots from the paint, and fee (who replaced Almond ignited a 38 point sprint-out in the line-up) and 15 points from halftime, putting the by Andre Ingram, hitting game just out of reach of the 3-for-4 from the 3-point Vipers striking range. Lang line. Cuffee was good to the finished with 10 points. Arkansas. Brian Billick lost his job in Baltimore as well after nine years and a Super Bowl XXXV win. award. Fairbanks is currently second in the nation in scoring iit 24.1 points per game. Last week, she led Utah Valley to wins over Gonzaga and Nevada and averaged 27.0 points and 11.3 rebounds per contest. She shot 55% (33-of60) from the field and 5-of-8 (62.5%) from the three-point line. In a 94-73 win over Gonzaga, she finished with 29 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks and followed that up with a 28 point 13 rebound performance in a TRACK & FIELD Deny, deny, deny, 65-56 win over Nevada. deny some more then confess was track star Marion Jones path to admitting to steroids use. Fairbanks also became the first Utah Valley player to surpass 1,500 career points in the victory against Gonzaga. Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying about UTAH FLASH steroid use and for being involved in a check-fraud scam. The former Olympian's term begins March 11. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said the maximum sentence under Marion's plea deal was given to send a message to athletes. Jones admitted to using steroids last October after long denying all such charges. She said she used steroids from September 2000 to July 2001. Jones returned her Olympic Medals and the International Olympic Committee erased her results from the books. The Utah Flash acquired the rights to former NBA and University of Utah forward Britton Johnsen from the Bakersfield Jam for guard Michael Cuffee, Flash general manager David Fredman announced today. This is Johnsen's second stint in the D-League. He played 34 games for the Fayelteville Patriots in 2003-04, averaging 31.1 minutes, 14.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game before being called up by the Orlando Magic. He was a second-team All-D-League selection that season. U V SPORTS SCHEDULE Ken Hcxjlund / College Times GEICO Week. It's the 12th time in her career that she has earned the at Miami after winning just one Flash experience Almond-less joy Robyn Fairbanks is the Division I Independent Player of the Kevin Kruger (7), the Flash's No. 1 draft pick this season, gets hit in the face on this lay-up attempt in a game last week. The Utah Flash boat the Rio Grande Vipers on their home court 102-86 without leading scorer Morris Almond. Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 18 Ja n. 19 Men's basketball at Louisiana-Lafayette Track at Idaho State Invite Hockey against Utah, at Peaks Ice Arena Track at Idaho State Invite 7:00pm ~v>; all day 9 3 0 p m *. v all day Jan. 19 Men's basketball at Cal State Bakersfield 830pm '..]?;''•• Jan. 19 Hockey against Utah, at Peaks Ice Arena 9 3 0 p m Your "Local" Insurance Office Student Discount * Motorcycle Insurance Wisdom Teeth Need your wisdom teeth removed? We're expert in wisdom teeth removal, pre-mission exams and other dental needs. Call. 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