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Show Wildcats hope to finish season winning five By Jared Page Signpost sports editor The Weber State University football team will put an end to the 1993 season as they travel to Pocatello, Idaho, Saturday, to meet the Idaho State Bengals for the 33rd rime. Coming off a 67-28 home win against Northern Arizona University, the Wildcats will try to finish the season winning their fifth in a row. WSU rattled off 828 yards of total offense in the game, led by freshman quarterback Brad Otton's 540 yards passing. "We came out and played as hard as we have all season on both sides of the ball," Arslanian said Women's cross country sprint for Big Sky Conference title The Weber State University women's cross country team will be running for the Big Sky Conference title Saturday at the Big Sky NCAA District Seven Championship.The 5,000 meter race will begin at 12:15 p.m. at the Rose Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City. Spectators are welcome and there is no admission fee. Twenty schools are invited to the event, including eight schools from the Big Sky and eight from the Western Athletic Conference. WSU finished third in the Big Sky race and fifth in the District Seven meet last year. Northern Arizona University and Brigham Young University were the qualifying teams from district seven. BYU, currently ranked fourth in the nation, and the University of Colorado (No. 17) are the favor i!) SWi I - ' ' - . - i I"" Mil "VF? )K, after the game. "It reminded me of the type of game we played many times two years ago. The win gives us a winning season, which was one of our main goals before the start of the season." The Bengals, who are winless ites to qualify for the national meet. "The team that takes third in the district seven competition will have a very good shot of getting one of the at-large berths for the national meet," Coach Jim Blaisdell said. The Big Sky championship will boil down to a three-team battle between perennial power Northern Arizona, Montana State and WSU, Blaisdell said. "I am really not concerned about the national situation," he said. "Our first and main priority is to go out and win our first Big Sky Conference Championship. If we do that, the national situation will take care of itself." Running for WSU will be seniors Cathy Jolley, Michelle Sloan- beth Humpherys, junior Denise Spriggs and Shawna Cox. Weber State University quarterback Brad Otton has been selected as the Big Sky Conferencefootball offensive player of the week. Otton, a 6-foot-6-inch, 210-pound freshman from Tumwater, Wash., completed 25 of 45 passes with no interceptions for 540 yards and six touchdowns in WSU's home win over Northern Arizona University. in the Big Sky, stepped up to the level of Division I football last week to meet the University of New Mexico of the Western Athletic Conference. ISU lost the game 30-13. The Bengal offense will be led On the dotted line j - - v . -. " .- - 4d s S j ' ' Wt h , . A.mi , ... ... , Wi.U L- after rodeo dance meet the rodeo stars Say you can't dance We teach! FREE Dance Lessons every Thursday from 7 to 8:30 pm WSU flight every Wednesday LIVE Bands every Thursday, Friday, Horse Bros. 1111 to 1113 and Gold Rush by freshman tailback Alfredo Anderson. Althoughhe came into the league as a quarterback, Anderson's amazing running ability made him a natural tailback. In 1 0 games thus fa r, he has rushed 142 times for 1,112 yards and scored five touchdowns. "Anderson could well be one of the most dangerous players in the league," Arslanian said. "He has tremendous acceleration and not only is a fine runningback, but is an excellent receiver as well." Idaho State, along with the University of Montana, is WSU's oldest continual football rival. The series began in 1962, the same year WSU attained four-year status. The Wildcats hold a 20-12 lead in STEVE C0NLIN.THE Show in a row the series and have won eight straight over the Bengals. The Wildcats won last year's contest in the lowest scoring game of the series in seven years, 27-11. WSU held the Bengals scoreless in the second half for the win in Wildcat Stadium. Two years ago in Pocatello, WSU's Jamie Martin had an NCAA Division 1-AA record setting performance, leading the Wildcats to a exciting 60-41 win. "Our games up there (Pocatello) are traditionally high scoring and wild," Arslanian said. "Hopefully, we can keep our improvement on defense going and help our offense out." Utah Jazz forward Tom Chambers autographs a basketball card for Jazz fan Jonathan Smith in the Ogden City Mall Tuesday. Chambers signed an estimated 225 autographs for the fans. The first 100 fans to line up were awarded tickets to Wednesday night's Jazz game. SIGNPOST your WSU student ID Saturday 1118 to 1120 As heard on R(K'KYM01MA1SC01'NTRY Large Screen TV Pool Darts Foosball 24th & Wall in Ogden (21 and over) 103.1 FM 107.9 FM |
