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Show Sports SECTION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 2008 SPORTS EDITOR Darnell Dickson 344-255- 5 ddicksonheraldextra.com Utah Valley women tic record for wins, aim for more Neil K. DAILY Warner HERALD The next time Utah Valley State wins, it will be a record. In fact, every win from here on out will set a new Division I record for the women's basketball team. UVSC beat Texas-PaAmerican 70-5-2 on Saturday afternoon to improve its record to 15--7 and match last year's win total. The Wolverines have three more games to try to set a new record. UVSC will play at New Jersey Institute of Technology and at Chicago State before finishing up the year against Bakersfield at the McKay Event Center, where the Wolverines are this year. "We mentioned that (matching the record for wins) in the locker room. We just tied that and now we have an opportunity to make some more history," said UVSC coach Cathy Nixon. "That's something we mentioned as n Cal-Sta- 11-- we recruited the kids, that they would have a chance to be part of history and they've helped to build that. In many ways, we're achieving a level of success and education of where our program is. This season certainly has been a success so far with the quality wins that we've had. I think these kids have done a good job in lifting our program to the level of respect that we ve be hoping for. points per game. Junior center Robyn Fairbanks is the e leading scorer with 1,668 points (21.1 ppg game) and I Toolson cashing in on free throws: Ryan Toolson made free throws Saturday night in the team's 9 win over Chicago State in overtime, but that isn't news. It's only news when. Toolson misses a free throw. This year he has made an incredible for .957 BEAT percent. Toolson made 44 in a : row earlier in the season. I Marvin tops 1,000 point mark: Junior guard Sandy Last year Toolson led the Marvin was presented a game ball prior nation in free throw shooting by makto the team's game against Texas-Pa- n shots for 97 percent. ing American on Saturday afterncoa Thurs"Really, I got my rhythm through all those free throws I was able to day night, Marvin scored her 1,000th career point with five minutes left in the shoot," Toolson explained. "Usually first half, naturally on a 3point shot. the team comes down on me and doue in bles me but they were too busy keepMarvin is now second (Division I) scoring at UVSC with ing their eyes on (Richard) Troyer and (Jordan) Brady who all did a very 1,043 points for an average of 13.5 99-8- !8r MWC NOTEBOOK good job so I got some open shots." I Softball team learning the art of one-ru- n game: With a break here or there actually, with a total of three breaks - Utah Valley's softball team s i. I i V i could be 0 instead of The Wolverines lost their third one-ru- n game of the year in the Red Desert Classic tournament over the weekend in St. George, when Wisconsin held off UVSC At least the Wolverines can't say they don't know how to win close game. They did beat Idaho State 54. -"I was thrilled. We were in every game and we outscored out opponents," coach Todd Fairbourne said. "Last year we gave up over 30 runs e in the tournament, and two years ago we gave up over 20 runs in MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald one game. This year we gave up 20 UVSC's Sandy Marvin (1) shoots runs for the tournament." One area in particular that pleased the ball over Chicago State's 5-- 2-- rm 4-- V,,:' cv five-gam- See UVSC, Laureen Pierson during a game C2 on Jan. 28. UTAH FLASH Cooling down the Stampede Flash rebound to beat D-Leagu- e's hottest team Neil K. DAILY FILEAssoclated Press San Diego State's Kyle Spain drives an elbow into Air Force's Keith Maren while trying to find room to shoot in a Feb. 6 game. SDSU coach Steve Fisher announced that Spain has been suspended from the team for the rest of the year. . The 'indefinites' have affected MWG hoops Warner HERALD Rebounding can hide a lot of deficiencies. Commit 23 turnovers? So what if you score 22 second-chanc- e points. Throw it away trying for a fastbreak? Big deal if you pull down 18 offensive rebounds. On Monday night at the McKay Events Center in front of 3,332 fans, the Utah Flash figured out how to cool off the hottest team: Take more shots. Utah beat the Idaho Stampede and if Flash coach Brad Jones wants to point to a key, he can start with rebounding where the Flash beat the Stam- pede on the boards, "Every time a shot went up we had guys going after it and that's really what rebounding is," Jones said. "If you have heart you'll go get it. We had guys who really showed it tonight. We win by seven and beat them by eight or nine -chance points. There you V r -- v it 99-9- 51-3- Jason Franchuk DAILY HERALD The key word isn't always suspension or injury. What must be considered often times is the effect of "indefinite." The Mountain West Conference is just like any other men's basketball league full of twists and turns caused by everything from sprained ankles to indiscretions. The MWC has definitely been affected by "indefinitely." t Colorado State, still winless in nine tries, had rt e to trudge through the approach with Creason's center Stuart bum foot. After starting missing nine consecutive games, he is finally back. Utah had nagging injuries to Kim Tillie and Stephen Weigh that left lineups in limbo. (Weigh, even while injured, left the program to play professionwait-and-se- ally at home in Australia.) I TCU top scorer Henry Salter, with a sprained ankle for a short period of time, left questions to the Horned Frogs' point production and confidence by being questionable. e I New Mexico starting senior forward Tony surgically repaired a broken leg in October and was hopeful to be back by January. He still Dan-ridg- See second- go." The Flash needed every one of those rebound because the game went down to the final 30 seconds. Utah's Curtis Stinson scored on a driving layup with 18 seconds left to give Utah a 2 lead and Brian Jackson added two free throws to close out the Stampede. 99-9- N "It's a terrific win for our guys. One because we had a loss we felt like we shouldn't have had to other day, but then come and play the No. 1 team in the our guys had a little bit of fight to them tonight," Jones said. "We had a lot of different - MARK See MWC NOTEBOOK, C4 FLASH, C3 Utah Flash's Kyrylo Fesenko (right) attempts to Green, Booker among 9 players cut by Miami Tim Reynolds PRESS MIAMI Quarterback Trent Green was acquired by the Miami Dolphins last year as part of a plan to turn the franchise's fortunes around. Not surprisingly, Bill Parcells' ideas will differ from the previous model. In the Dolphins' first major player purge since Parcells took charge of Miami's football operations, the team parted ways with Green, wide receiver Marty Booker and seven other players ushering in the start Monday of what's expected to be a massive offseason roster shakeup by the rebuilding franchise. "This is never easy, especially ALA cleared in UHSAA hearing Jared Lloyd DAILY since all of these players worked hard during their tenure here," new Dolphins' general manager Jeff Ireland said. There is a chance that Green who was due a $500,000 roster bonus if he wasn't cut and who would have cost the Dolphins more than $3.6 million against their 2008 salary cap could see his Miami tenure continue. His agent, Jim Steiner, told The Palm Beach Post that Green and Parcells plan to meet soon to discuss options. "There is a window for him to come back, depending on circumstances," said Steiner, who didn't immediately return a message left at his office by The AP. See JOHNSTONDaily Herald get around Idaho's Lance Allred on Monday. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NFL THE ASSOCIATED J h FILEAssociated Press Miami Dolphins quarterback Trent Green looks to pass in an NFL football game against the Oakland DOLPHINS, C5 J?aiders in this Sept. 30, 2007, file photo. HERALD Plenty of smoke went into the air about possible forfeited games and changes in the Class 2A playoff picture because of a hearing at the Utah High School Activities Association Monday afternoon, but in the end there was very little fire. American Leadership Academy a charter school in Spanish Fork had to answer questions about the arrival of students from Mexico that played on the basketball team but after a couple of hours of testimony, UHSAA director Evan Excel said it was determined that no undue influence was used. "I'll send them a letter reminding them to be more, thorough but nothing else came out of the hearing," Excel said. The question, which was origi nally raised in early December, came down to some issues with the paperwork. "If ALA had been a little more thorough in their registration procedures, the problem would've been solved," Excel explained. "Just getting a transcript probably would've solved things." Two kids came from Mexico and enrolled in ALA as first entry kids. The first moved with his entire family, but fell ill and has moved back to Texas where his insurance will cover the necessary medical care. It was discovered that the second had moved in with another family with just his mother, who was splitting time between Utah and Mexico. "Our rules say that if the whole family doesn't move, you need to have a paper trail," Excel said. See ALA, C5 |