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Show DAILY C6 HERALD Monday. February 11 2007 VALLEY PREP BASKETBALL 'It's tough on the seniors sometimes, but they know we're going to do what is best for the Super Sophs CI Continued from as you know how to play.' Perhaps the biggest benefit to having sophomores play at the highest level is their competitive than they've ever been," he said. "I also think that kids are being forced to specialize at a potential younger age and that's sad. I wish they could play multiple "Everyone will be expecting us to win (next year)," sports." said CJ Wilcox. "We're only Although the number of 1 losing a couple of guys. I contributing sophomores is to look will think people stop high this year, McAllister us more, try to get in our doesn't believe it's a sign of heads." things to come. Whether fair or not, teams "You don't see it very ofthat have three-yea- r starters ten," he said. "In a couple of will have extra pressure to years, who knows? I think succeed. it's a cyclical thing, but there "If our expectations are are far more dry spells. We're very fortunate to have high and we have a bad two sophomore that are this game, we can't get down," Holmstead said. "When you good." McAllister said that the play well, though, they'll go up and that can make you be sophomore-to-junio- r year is the biggest year of improvebetter." All four sophomores said ment for high school athletes, so keep a close eye on the that a big key to their success was putting in the time "super sophomore" group during the summer and play- over the next couple of years. coming against They're already pretty CHAD CLARKDaily Herald petition. Clayton said those good. Lone Peak it are sophomore Tyler Haws, opportunities making easier for younger players to I Jared Lloyd can be right, takes a jump shot while 2 excel at the varsity level. or reached at being defended by Timpview's "Youth programs are more jlloydheraldextra.com. Tanner Runia on Jan. 5. program. But if they've earned their spot On the girls side, it's imthey've earned their spot." possible to ignore American Fork when talking about Randy McAllister sophomores. The Cavemen Pleasant Grove boys basketball coach on have four of them in the sophomores earning significant playing time starting lineup: forward Kay-ce- e Mansfield and guards Cydne Mason, Haley Holm-steaand Nikki Ybarra. playing as well as you know ent over seniority. "I've never been a coach "We have lots of good they can," Clayton said. It's also can be difficult at that cared about year," he players," said Caveman sophomore forward Mansfield. times to juggle playing time explained. "I think the first "We work hard continuously with talented younger playyear, it was hard on the seers and more seasoned older niors, but this group is the and always work for each r i d athletes. "It's tough on the seniors sometimes, but they know we're going to do what is Bridgewater and Payson for- best for the program," said Pleasant Grove boys head ward Brooke Hiatt. coach Randy McAllister. Coaching sophomores takes a careful balancing act, "But if they've earned their according to American Fork spot, they've earned their spot. Our seniors have gone girls coach Corey Clayton. "You have to figure out against them (the Wilcoxes) and they know how good when to back off, when to let them learn from their they are." mistakes, and when to get Clayton said he follows the on them because they aren't same strategy of putting tal other." Other standout sophomores on the girls side include Timpview forward Chelsea best group I've had at understanding their roles and being excited. Our seniors are really amazing and unselfish." Sophomore players often have to prove their abilities, not only to their teammates, but to opponents as well. "It's a challenge to get respect from other teams and from the players on your team," Holmstead said. "You just have to go out with a smile on your face and play l ( top-lev- ' ..V 344-255- COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 ROUNDUP loss fourth Duke hands Maryland straight 'h ASSOCIATED Women PRESS COLLEGE PARK, Md. Burdened with a four-gam- e No. j losing streak for the first time in 1 1 years. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski wasted no time in deciding the proper course to right his struggling team. "I'D do whatever I can," he said Sunday, moments after a loss to Maryland. "I'm not going to punt, let's put it that way." James Gist had 16 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Greivis Vasquez scored a season-hig18, and Maryland forced 17 turnovers in handing No. 16 Duke its most lopsided defeat of At . Harding and Joy Cheek 13 points apiece and Duke overcame a sputtering offense to remain the nation's only unbeaten team with a win over Wake Forest. Wanisha Smith added 11 points for the Blue Devils (260, 11- - 0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who beat the Demon Deacons for the 30th consecutive time. scored top-rank- 72-6- 0 p h the '4 1 I No. 3 Tennessee 84, Kentucky 62: At Knoxville, Tenn., Can-dac- e Parker scored 22 of her 31 points in the first half and third-ranke- d Tennessee cruised past Kentucky. Sidney Spencer and Shannon Bobbin each scored 12 points, and Alex Fuller had 11 for the Lady Vols (23-- 10-- Southeastern Conference), who honored members of its 1987 team that won the school's first national championship and other former players at halftime. season. AtThe Terrapins (18-lantic Coast Conference) trailed early before taking control with a 294 run in the first half, then used a late surge to hold off a comeback bid by the skidding Blue Devils "They're not going away," Maryland coach Gary Williams said. "They have too much pride." Josh McRoberts scored 20 points and Greg Paulus had 12 for Duke. The Blue Devils' previous three losses were by a combined nine points, but this turned out to be Duke's most lopsided loss ACC defeat since a to Wake Forest in February 4-- 6 7, Duke 77. Wake Forest 45: N.C., Lind-se- y 1 Winston-Sale- J :Jx TO I f ' J L ft " I I No. J V 4 Ohio State 69, Illinois 60: At Champaign, 111., Jessica ti ' Davenport scored 28 points and Marscilla Packer added 17 as Ohio State won in its first game g scorer since Brandie Hoskins was lost for the season after tearing her left Achilles' tendon. 2003. GAIL BURTON Associated Press "Of the four games, the other Davenport, averaging 17.6 three we had a chance to win," Maryland's James Gist, left reacts after scoring against Duke's points and 9.4 rebounds coming in to this game, played all 40 Josh McRoberts during the second half Sunday in College Krzyzewski said. "This game, minutes for the Buckeyes (23-1- , Park, Md. Maryland won, something a little more extraor12- - 0 Big Ten), drawing Illinois' dinary had to happen for us to defensive focus and creating win." "We had to come out and beat Duke's last four game losing open outside shots for her teamstraight losses. mates. 1996. "You have to figure it out. Duke, and that's what we did." streak was from Jan. The one thing you can't do is "It doesn't feel good" Paulus No. 5 Connecticut 72, No. 7 LSU I Washington 64, No. 25 Stanford feel sorry for yourself." said. "It's not panic mode, but 52: At Seattle, Spencer Hawes 71: At Baton Rouge, La., Renee The Blue Devils cut a we have to get better. We're not scored 18 points and Jon Brock-madeficit to 2 before Ekene Montgomery hit a playing well enough. It's that added 14 points and 10 reIbekwe and Mike Jones had two with 6.7 seconds left to lift Consimple." bounds as Washington defeated necticut. Said Krzyzewski: "One thing baskets apiece in a 2 spree Stanford. Porsha Phillips hit a buzzer-beate- r that made it 6854 with 3:33 left. you have to do when you're a , from the top of the key, That was enough to ensure ) coach or a player is keep a posiWashington the Terrapins an important victive attitude, prepare, fight and kept its flickering NCAA toursending the home crowd and LSU bench into a brief moment tory in their bid to get back into nament hopes alive by winning attempt to win the next time for the fifth time in six games. the NCAA tournament after a of pandemonium before refer no matter what. We've been in two-yeabsence. The Huskies have won nine of ees confirmed that Phillips' foot that position coming off many their last 10 home games against was on the line, meaning it was "We've got no choices. We wins over the years. Now we're t a have to play hard," Vasquez said ranked teams. in that position coming off four shot, not a tying 3. 1 second-leadin- 72-6- 58-5- n 10-- (16-S- 6-- 7 Pac-10- two-poin- Montgomery finished with 20 points and hit five several from well behind the line as UConn (22-2- ) won its eighth straight. Tina Charles had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies, while Kalana Greene had 15 points. I No. 6 Maryland 83, Virginia 74: At Charlottesville, Va., Crystal Langhorne had 19 points and 15 rebounds and No. 6 Maryland coasted past Virginia. Langhorne, one of two Terrapins with double figures in points and rebounds by also had four assists as Maryland (24-3- , 3 Atlantic Coast Conference) had a 5242 edge in rebounding. Marissa Coleman added 18 points and 12 rebounds. half-tim- e, 8-- ning with 1.3 seconds to help Michigan State win its fourth straight and tie No. 13 Purdue for second place in the left Big Ten. Aisha Jefferson led the Spartans (19-6- , 10-- with 15 points and 12 rebounds, Rene Haynes scored 11 points and Johnson added 10 points. Vanderbilt 80, Auburn 54: At Nashville, Tenn., Carla 1 No. 14 Thomas scored 15 points, and Caroline Williams and Liz Sherwood added 14 apiece to lead Vanderbilt. Christina Wirth, Williams and Dee Davis each sank a early as Vanderbilt (21-SEC) raced to a 164 lead. 7-- No. 19 Middle Tennessee 78, Kentucky 63: At Bowling W. I No. 8 George Washington 75, St. Bonaventure 41: At Wash- Lawrence ington, Sarah-Jand Kenan Cole had 15 points apiece, and Jessica Adair and Kimberly Beck added 11 each to help George Washington win its 14th straight. The Colonials (21-- 1O0 Atlantic 10) beat St. Bonaventure for the 26th straight time and to held the Bonnies (13-123.7 percent shooting from the field. o 3-- I No. 9 Georgia 81, South Carolina 57: At Athens, Ga., Tasha Humphrey had 23 points and II rebounds as Georgia used an run to take the lead early for good. Megan Darrah and Ashley Houts added 13 apiece for , Southeastern Georgia Conference). Humphrey became the No. 12 scorer in Georgia history, passNo. ing Kedra Holland-Cor11 Christi Thomas is just seven points ahead of Humphrey's 1,586 points, and No. 10 Tammye Jenkins is just 12 points ahead And with two more rebounds, Humphrey will be in the top 10 in career rebounding as welL 19-- 0 (21-5- 8-- n I Michigan St 54, No. 13 Purdue 52: At West Lafayette, Ind., Mia Johnson hit a game-wi- n Green, Ky., Amber Holt scored 24 points, Chrissy Givens had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 19 Middle Tennessee State rallied in the second half for its 20th consecutive victory. The Blue Raiders (23-- 150 Sun Belt) remained perfect in the conference, but needed a 16-2 run in the second half to put the game away. Krystle Horton scored 13 points, all in the second half, for Middle Tennessee. Starr Orr added 10. I No. 22 Rutgers 55, West Virginia 49: At Piscataway, N.J., Es- sence Carson had 15 points and II rebounds to help Rutgers rally past West Virginia. The Scarlet Knights (157, 3 Big East), who were trailing 30- 23 with 1420 left in the game, went on a 21-- run to roll past the Mountains 8-- I No. 25 James Madison 85, Northeastern 63: At Harrisonburg, Va., Meredith Alexis had 21 points and 17 rebounds as James Madison won its 14th straight. Alexis extended her career rebound record to 1,211, double-doubl- e record to 58 and games rebounding in double figures record to 70. She tied her res in a cord of 17 season. double-double- TENNIS U.S., Roddick bounce Czechs from Davis Cup Raf TM ASSOC Cased JATtO PRfSS OSTRAVA. Czech Republic Andy Roddick kicked the red powder off his shoes one last time Sunday, happy to be done with clay and ready to return to the hardcourts back home for the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Roddick beat Tomas 6-Berdych ' Sunday to lead the Uniled over States to a victory the Czech Republic In the first round of the World Group. "As far as the weight of the situation goes." Roddick said, "It definitely could be one of my best matches on clay." The victory gave the Americans an insurmountable lead in the best of five format, and Roddick ran his record to JM) in Davis Cup matches with victory on the line. In the final match, which had no bearing on the outcome. Bob Bryan beat Lukas Dkxihy (5). 4. The United States will next 3, 4--1 7-- J 6-- play Spain in Winston-Salem- , N.C., in April. It will be a rematch of the 2004 final in Seville, when the Spanish hosts beat the Americans on clay spread so thick it took any sting out of the U.S. game. "It was similar to a sandbox," Roddick recalled. Now the Spaniards, likely led by Rafael Nadal. can expect something faster. "I'm sure we will return the favor, and I'm sure the court probably won't be too slow," Roddick said. Other World Group winners in the first round were: defending champion Russia (at Chile), Sweden (at Belarus), Germany (home against Croatia), Spain (at Switzerland), France (home against Romania), Argentina (at Austria) and Belgium (at home against Australia). The other pairings for the April 6 quarterfinals are: France-Russi- a, and Germany-BelgiuSweden-Argentin- Roddick, ranked No. 4 and winner of the 2003 U.S. Open, dick was the first to crack. In the seventh game, the Czech hit a couple of baseline breaker. winners and sealed the game with a subtle drop shot. The "We saw today why Andy Roddick is the fourth best play- home crowd sensed another er in the world," Czech coach victory from Berdych and the Jaroslav Navratil said. prospect of a decisive fifth match. The United States leads all "I played almost without nations with 31 Davis Cup mistakes in the first set." titles. But the Americans are Berdych said. "I got one looking to end their longest chance and used it, but then I Davis Cup drought, which started making mistakes and dates to 1995. he improved his play." "It is a statistic I don't like," Roddick seized the initiative. Roddick said. the He broke at the first opportuEspecially considering I have been on the team for my sevnity and suddenly the Czech , PITH OAVID JOEKAocitl Pntu was making errors. Roddick enth year now." U.S. tennis player Andy Roddick returns a ball to Czech Tomai started winning the longer ralOn Friday. Roddick downed d lies and evened the match at Ivo Minar in four sets before Berdych during their Davis Cup World Group one set apiece. singles match in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Sunday. Berdych beat James Blake in Roddick broke again in the four sets. The U.S. went up Saturday on a doubles victory first game. His growing con"It is one of his biggest wins, by twins Bob and Mike Bryan. fidence silenced the crowd. Its displayed an overpowering serve and a solid baseline ' The Roddick Berdych match home player having lost his certainly in Davis Cup one touch. Berdych even dropped of his most Impressive wins," featured two tall players game. He mastered not only the clay but partisan crowd serve on a love game. In the captain Patrick McEnroe, said wielding big serves. Berdych, The Americans had not won ranked No. 12 and his counand one of the game's rising fourth set. neither could figure mainat how to counter the other's out 21 star stars to raise his Davis Cup re- a Davis Cup World Group biggest try's serve until the tiebreaker. cord to 22-erics on clay in a decade, tained the pressure and Rod but Roddick broke the streak when Berdych netted a return tieof serve in the fourth-se- t - first-roun- 2-- 1 |