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Show Sroiffs SECTION 7 SPORTS EDITOR j 2)ttilycrnl6 j 5UNUAT, MAKLH Darnell Dicksoft 344 2555 2008 ddicksonheraldetid com N0.25BYU76 BOYS STATE BASIEETBALL TOUIUTAMOITS r C, AIR FORCE 57 10 Us H - eX yt X J 1 , BYU's MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald Lee Cummard (30) looks to pass as Air Force's Anvar Johnson defends Saturday. S - BYU pounds Falcons to 1 inch closer to another MWC title '7, Jason Franchuk DAILY it r -. ; Provo's Scott Edwards, center, holds up the 4A MARIO Bulldogs fend off Braves, repeat as 4A state champs Russ Lyman DAILY thrilling 4542 win over Bountiful at the Dee Events Center. : The scenes displayed during HERALD OGDEN If only the 2007-0basketball season could end the with a showdown, way it started between Lone Peak and Provo to determine the top team in the state. But for now, the Bulldogs are more than happy with being the top team in Class 4A for the second year in a row following Saturday's RUIZDaily Herald state championship trophy after the Bulldogs beat Bountiful at the Dee Events Center on Saturday. 8 for a layup. Adam Law for 3. Scott Edwards' free throw 45 BOUNTIFUL 42 And as the Bulldog players played the way they always do, complete with the a rock-soli- d second half defensive performance and clutch game were the same ones that were witnessed throughout the season: I Kyle Collinsworth coast-to-coa- d. ' the championship PROVO Wasn't able to make it up to the Dee Events Center for the state basketball tournaments? No worries. Go to preprally.her-aldextra.co- is good. Brandon Davies with the See st BULLDOGS, More Online HERALD It did not carry the emotional gravity of the last game. And BYU's performance on Saturday, whether it's looked back upon weeks or years from now, won't go down as some keystone night to remember this increasingly scintillating season by. What it did accomplish, however, was proving that coach Dave Rose's constant assertions of not sticklooking back or forward ing in the moment; focusing on sticking it to the next foe on the docket is a lifestyle choice that's being followed closely. The Cougars swarmed Air Fnri o 7f.!V7 at the Mar riott Center in More Online m or heraldextra.com to see video highlights from the 4A and 5A boys basketball state tournaments, including Saturwins for Lone day's state-titl- e Peak (5A) and Provo (4A). ' a game that was totally out For more on the of hand with about 10 minCougars' win utes left. over Air Force What's all on Saturday, the see Jason mean? That game notebook online BYU (23-overall, at cougarblue. Mountain com and West) is right where it wants to be heading into the final week of the MWC regular season in first place and needing just a home win against lowly Wyoming on Wednesday to clinch at least a share of its second consecutive ho-hu- Fran-chuk- 's 12-- 2 D6 .... regular-seaso- title. n "That's where we want to be, and that's what we talk about with our players," Rose said. "We're at this point, and itjs a real difficult point, and the stak'es are really high. But this is what we started the season to be. We're in the last week of the season and we're in a Mountain West Conference championship race. We wanted the games to mean a lot, and they sure will." Two remain: Wyoming, and at TCU next Saturday. Both are league doormats that will probably say "Welcome" to the best MWC team. BYU capped a memorable week, fi.i' (u See y M COUGARS, D4 Tale of the tape Player of the game Lee cummard, f, byu Plaisted led the Cougars offen- ' 'ti Lone Peak players celebrate 'N . v sively, scoring ' 20 points on shooting. Plaisted - also went MARIO Knights roll past Miners for second straight 5A crown Beky Beaton DAILY HERALD that the Bingham boys basketball team decided to borrow something from the Davis playbook to try to upset Lone Peak in Saturday afternoon's 5A state championship game at Weber State's Dee Events Center in Ogden. Unlike the Darts, however, the Miners couldn't quite back it up. It seems hi ! Bingham let loose a hail of mak- ing seven in all, which allowed the team to hang with the Knights LONE PEAK 67 for a while. But BINGHAM 53 eventually the superior size and skill of Lone Peak Droved iust too much to overcome, as the Knights won their second consecutive 5A title with a victory. 67-5- 3 A two-poi- lead for Lone Peak at the end of the first quarter was still just nine at the break. The Knights scored the first four points of the second half, but the Miners matched that to maintain the margin, then a 1 32-2- See KNIGHTS, on RUIZOaily Herald after beating Bingham for the 5A state boys basketball title at the Dee Events Center in Ogden on Saturday. More Inside How did Lone Peak and Provo repeat their success of winning the state title? Herald prep writer Jared Lloyd takes a look at the steps the Knights and Bulldogs took to be crowned champs for the second straight year, D7 Take a look at the 4A and 5A boys basketball state championship games, D7 D6 - ft shooting. Stat of the game 23 Number of points BYU outscored the Falcons in a ' 28-Cougar run to start the second half, enabling BYU to run away with the conference victory. 5 What it means The Cougars kept alive their nation's longest e home winning streak with ease. In doing so, BYU crept one step closer to earning MWC titles. back-to-bac- ' free-thro- |