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Show \ • Sports Making Headlines i • • i i . • ' f \ Monday • September 8, 2008 BZ Despite loss, Owlz ready for playoff run Ohio State nightmare As the college football season kicks off, the debate as to who will win the Heisman Trophy is already in full force. One candidate, Beanie Wells of Ohio State, sent a shiver through the spines of Buckeye fans everywhere when he fell to the turf with a foot injury at his team's opening-week win over Youngstown State. However, Buckeye coach Jim Tressel assured the media that Wells will befineand is expected to be back to full strength soon Favre voted as team captain The Brett Favre saga continues - he was recently voted by his teammates to be one of their offensive captains. Favre will be the Jets' starting quarterback this season after running the show in Green Bay for more than a decade. The Jets opened the season against the Dolphins and former Jet quarterback Chad Pennington. Sports Briefs - Owlz big-bat Angel Castillo has been a huge part of Orem's success this season as they compete for another league championship. Will Smith stepped up with nine strikeouts, a seaSporfs writer son high. Raptors claim first round "I think Smith did a great pick of playoffs with a defeat job pitching," Chiaro said, over the Owlz. 5-3 Tuesday "He had great tempo all night. night long." This was not a poorly But it was the infielder played game from the Owlz. from California, Roberto Hitting coach Brent Del Lopez that fans were unChiaro said, "We had one able to watch, because he error — one error that caused rested up for playoff games. us a couple of runs, but we Lopez, whose batting averlearned from it." age topped well over .400 in One mistake but an ex- the last few games, recently cellent performance by the was named Pioneer League Owiz, who actually out hit MVP. Lopez has a total of almost double what the Rap- 66 runs scored, 26 doubles, tors did, 14-8. Also, first- and 65 RBI. timer Wing who played 2nd Owlz pitcher Jason Miller base for the Owlz was on also took home the pitcher of call from Arizona, and added the year award. Among many some strength to the team. others, the all-star team was ITony Gunderson Dove I b a / UVU Review packed with Owlz. The Owlz will face the Raptors in the first round of the playoffs. "We are used to long stretches with them,'1 said Chiaro. "we're ready to go, and it's going to be a good fight. We are going to give some other guys a look, and we are going to keep our guys fresh and ready to play." The first few games of the season were against the Raptors, and it looks like they are up to the challenge and well prepared. They will wrap up regular season play this Friday and head to Lindquist Field for game one of the playoffs and be back Sunday for game two. Dave I b a / UVU Review UVU cross country team fares well in season opener Utah Valley's men's and women's cross country teams finished second and third respectively, as they began the 2008 season at the Idaho Stale Invitational Saturday morning. "It was a pretty good day for us overall," head crosscountry coach Scott Houle said. "Our men's team ran a really great race today and overall, they really impressed me. They showed me just how good they will be this season. Our women's team got out to a little bit of a slow start, and it was hard for them to play catch up in the shorter 3K race." With the second place finish, the men totaled 41 points and were led from a fourth place finish from Joshua McCabe, a freshman from Springville, Utah. Other top ten finishers for the men were Jared Keller (7th), a redshirt sophomore from Orem, Utah; and Danny Moody (9th), a redshirt senior from Provo, Utah. The Wolverine women finished in third place with a team total of 68 points, and were led by Aleina Eisenhauer, a sophomore from' Glendale, Arizona whofinishedin 13th place individually. Krystal Harper, a freshman from Orem, finished behind Eisenhauerin 14th place. Overall, Southern Utah's teams won in both the men's and women's competitions. The men's team walked away with the first place finish with a score of 25, while the host school Idaho Statefinishedin third with 86 points. SUU's women finished with a score of 30, and Idaho State placed second with 38 points. Orem's pitching, along with its offensive output, has paced the Owlz to the league's best record. Fast start vital for Wolverines exhibition contest against Weber State, 3-2 in overtime, the Wolverines have solidified two convincing wins, an exhibition over Dixie State, 2-0; and a 5-0 rout of North Dakota to start the regular season. An • Matt Beaudin early, small feat will teach Sports editor the lady Wolverines how to Like the sprinter quick win in close games later in out of the blocks, or the the season. swimmer first into the waA year ago, UVU started ter, a good start can make the season with a measly the difference between gold 1-5-1 record, and didn't and silver while a sputter- record their first win until ing Yugo finds itself too far late September. This seabehind to make up ground son however, things apwhen drag racing a Ferrari. pear much brighter for the So, Utah Valley Univer- women. sity's women's soccer team From top to bottom, the has pounced out of the gate Wolverines have experiearly in the 2008 season. ence at ever)' position. And After falling short in an a schedule with numerous home, matches should pad the win column. But ~ as the New York Giants found out in the NFL playoffs — it's still more important to win at the end of the season. So, will it be a benchmark campaign for the Wolverines in '08? Two tough road trips and the conference tournament in Farmvilie, Virginia will decide whether this is a good season or a great one. 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