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Show Thursday Feb. ir. i)?() Also in this section: Theater, r E5-E- 7 cagers s ;YU NOTABLE QUOTES: it was a very emotional game. The last one went to OT and this one went to double OT. It's just indicative of how good these two teams are. We can't keep meeting like this." Clyde Drexler of Portland after the Trail Blazers' 8 double overtime victory over the Lakers at The Forum. 132-12- RICH COMMISH: By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Editor N.M. ALBUQUERQUE, - "We had outstanding practices this week," said BYU's Roger Reid of his team's attitude following a loss to Utah Saturday. This is the 21st time BYU has made the trip to New Mexico and UTEP. No team in the league has fared better. The Cougars are 2 since the two opponents joined the New-Mexic- seeks revenge. BYU wants a big road breakthrough. The battle lines are set for tonight's rematch between conference 2 leader BYU, 19-and the Lobos 1 and Tipoff is 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised live on KBYU-T4, nt 18-2- 9-- 11-1- WAC in 1962. oaches soon-to-b- e their LAKE CITY (AP) -Cat Utah's five current and universities all prothemselves happy with crop of high school and junior college football players reaped on national day. 0 "We had about scholarships and were able to fill our needs with n a good especially with freshmen at each position," said Brigham Young coach LaVell Edwards. letter-of-inte- nt 18-2- Timpview's Jimmy Ngatuvai (linebacker) and Chad Kaye (running back) have signed letters-of-inteto play football at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. nt GOLFERS IMPROVE: With senior Mary Grace Estuesta in charge, BYU's golf team leaped over six squads in the final round of the Chris Johnson invitational to field. finish seventh in the Arizona State won the meet with a 912, followed by Texas 915, Arizona, Stanford and UCLA 916, San Jose State 926, BYU 930. BYU had been in 12th place heading into the final day. Estuesta shot an evenrpar 72 in high winds and sleet for the lowest score of the day. She placed third with rounds of 224. Arizona's Martina Koch of Arizona won the individual crown at 219. Other Cougar scores were: Ruby Chico 233; Paula Suarez 234; Robin 240; and Lachell Barry 253. "We played Simmons so good you can hardly believe it," said Cougar coach Gary Howard of BYU's 307. "This is a real confidence builder." CAGERS HOST TWO: Still looking for her first HCAC win, first-yea- r Cougar coach Jeanie Wilson will lead her troops New Mexico against league-leadin- g State and Creighton on Friday and Saturday. Both games begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center. Admission is $3 for general public, $2 for BYU students, faculty, and staff, and general public years old. Children under six are free. 6-- NETTERS LOSE: byu tennis ace Johnny Mattice nearly upset University of San Diego star Jose Noriega as the Cougar netters were defeated 1 by the d Toreros Wednesday. However, Noriega, ranked No. 2 in the country, did pull out the 4 win. Number six Cougar, Gabe Pate, was the lone victor for the Cougars. He beat Bob Mehran 17th-ranke- 6-- SALT nounced ccl2p,41,12,15RICKS SIGNEES: Mountain View High stars Scott Albrecht (quarterback), Cody Child (tight end) and Ben Cahoon (wide receiver), along with 7-- 6, 6-- 6-- 4, PLAYERS RETURN: Arkansas State University basketball players who went to the school president with complaints about Coach Nelson Catalina. returned to practice Wednesday and cited promises that school officials will deal with their grievances. None of the players showed up for practice Monday and seven bovcotted practice Tuesday. At that point, ASU Athletic Director Charley Thornton said any players who did not return to practice on Wednesday would be tossed off the team. All players were at Wednesday's practice. BASEBALL LOCKOUT: Spring training camps were closed across Florida and Arizona today, and players were attempting to swing stalled contract negotiations back to their agenda. cross-sectio- New Utah coach Ron McBride fulfilled his "Plan B" quarterback mission by signing two signal-callerand launched an effort to improve the Utes' defense by getting "quality kids with size and speed." Utah State coach Chuck Shelton said the Aggies "won more recruiting battles than we ever have" and came away with an impressive crop of big, mobile interior linemen. Weber State coach Dave Arslani-an- , who also raved about the big men he was able to recruit. "We knew we had to go big to win this year," he said. Southern Utah State coach Jack Bishop also was happy. "We're a Division II school and, of course, we don't have the budget like the bigger schools do," Bishop said. "So we have to be more selective. We only offered six freshmen scholarships, and five of those athletes were from the state of Utah." Brigham .Young, faced with a quarterback shortage after No. 2 signal-calle- r Chris Hoge left school, announced signing of Ryan Hanout of cock, a Cupertino, Calif., who was named USA Today's California Prep Player of the Year, and Clearfield 195 High's Brock Spencer, pounds. "Brock Spencer is a fine quarterback prospect with a good future," said Edwards. "Ryan Hancock has a great feel for the game and good throwing instincts." The Cougars also got West Jordan defensive lineman Travis Hall, 230 pounds, whom Edwards said was a "Jason Buck-Up- e player who is tall and slender." Among other Cougar signees were defensive linemen Randv Brock (6-250. Rexburg. Idaho) and Scott Sralla (6-270, Kerrville, Texas I, and JC linebacker Kevin Nicholl (6-220, Mesa, Ariz.). Nicholl was defensive player of the year in the Western States Football League. With Utah quarterback Scott Mitchell dropping out of school to enter the NFL draft, the Utes needed help fur jjuiior Mike Richmond. "We were operating on Plan B that we wouldn't have Scott all the way." said McBride, who signed Frank Dolce out of El Camino Junior College, California JC Player of the Year. Another quarterback expected to Jason Woods sign is out of Lamar University. Woods, who played the last four games this past year as a freshman fullback but was the backup QB. is eligible immediately, since Lamar dropped s, er 6-- 4, 6-- 5, 4, 6-- d 230-pou- f i lit h a atq tW'.ief AwbL' 7 ' ' ft - m s." 9 Fturt NCAA fcyndiciH pny tft wilt of your lint rt pubithd, &nd fflatuf. P O ei 660, Sport 080S3 Include nam, tftjtdw, M ftourc. ption number to Mpt (t l The ALIU'QI EHQI'E. N.M. cold front that blanketed Utah this week arrived in New Mexico the same time Roger Reid brought his Cougars to town. The question is, which will be In a critical WAC road showdown today m the Pit. RYU has a chance Ui solidify it.N It .id as the conference j'n.nt runnit it it can split on this through the Southwest But the mechanics of that feat loss to seem sullied by the Utah last Saturday. It isn't a question that the Coucars were supposed to win ur lose at Utah, but how the loss occurred, The D points by Utah was the most against Hold's defensive-mindeteam this year. It ended a 0tfri, d ThU'ftfMy 'iri" p tr C"("-SI ' K AM ? fr t pm ? 1inwn 1"t p win B" Sr. lrw( l.'ifg t ( ' fl ifjyp' v , ft M C" Mi'lfO 1BfU I $ if. p m f jr lmtt m.: .rmi j lead and e Longley has moved ahead of BYU's Marty Haws into second place in WAC scoring behind leader Raymond Dudley with a 20.0 point average. 75-7- The win at Wyoming was the first road victory in nine tries for the Lobos. coaches football after last fall. Utah's woeful defense received major attention 'up front. Said McBride, "We sought to bulk up the down guys, ends and linefront backers. We got every guy we were interested in and, yes, there are several JC guys. But I would not take a JC guy unless he was our No. 1 choice." Tackle Vince Lobendahn (6-- 263, with 4.7 dash speed) from Glendale JC in Arizona; Rick (6-250) from Glendale 260) JC; and Keith Embray (6-from Grossmont (Calif.) JC "will be of immediate help up front." Shelton believes the Aggies shored up areas they needed help in running back and quarterback. But it is up front where he believes USU reaped its biggest bonanza. "Big kids who are also mobile are hard to get, especially at Utah State," said Shelton. "We've been trying for a long time to get more mobility in our interior lines." He cited Marcus Daley, a Lake Villa, 111. tackle reportedly ranked among the top three offensive line prospects in r;. tjfe h' r R t i H, i o ) JM-t- 'Sjj-- - I iff ? 5, Ver-balait- is 4, 5, 6-- 270-pou- Illinois. The Aggies went to junior colleges to find replacements for grad- uating running backs Brett Payne and Demetrius Brown. Floyd Foreman 175, San Jose, Calif.), 190, Chico, CalRoger Grant 205, if.), and Sean Hampton Sylmar, Calif.) all figure to compete for starting backfield spots. USU came up with three new quarterback prospects: JC transfer Brad Fitzmaurice (6-190, Jefferson City, Mo.), Brian Judd (6-180, Glendale, Ariz.) and Lex Stoehr (6-185, Citrus Heights, Calif.). The Aggies signed only two local players, but they feel they have a find in Bingham linebacker Jason Burge. Weber State coach Arslanian said, "It's what's up front that counts. (5-1- (5-1- 0, (5-1- ';,L- .- ?fm4u J) - 1, ; ' 2, 1, 6-- 200-pou- "The years we've been good, set records, and all that goes with it, were the years we had excellent offensive and defensive linemen," he said. "We felt this was the year we needed to concentrate on getting those type of players and give ourselves some depth in those positions, which we haven't had before." Two of those linemen, tackle Mike Middlebrook (6-270, Saddleback JC) and defensive end Mike Moore (6-242, Southwestern JC), are expected to make an immediate splash for the Wildcats. Tops among the locals Weber signed was Bonneville linebacker Jantz Afuvia (6-215), whom Arslanian called "one of the two best high school linebackers we saw on film all year." Weber also signed Weber High offensive lineman Scott Hale (6-- AP Iscrphnto of the Utah's John Stockton heads for the basket as Karl Malone takes Phoenix' Kevin Johnson out play during Wednesday's NBA action. The Suns blasted the Jazz 114-10- 3. Suns - club Jazz, 114 - 103 3, PHOENIX (AP) Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons dreaded the NBA's break, Suns would afraid his red-ho- t cool off. It appears his fears were unfounded. Kevin Johnson scored 34 points, seven coming in a decisive 17-run late in the second period, as the Suns won their 12th consecutive home game bv beating the 3 Utah Jazz Wednesday night. "Cotton did a good job of pre All-St- 260i. Southern Utah State was most thrilled about the signing of Granger quarterback Craig VanWoerkam. whom Bishop considers a franchise-typ- e player. "We're really excited about signing Craig," said Bishop. 114-10- paring us." Johnson said. "He didn't want us to get stale from the break. We played well (Tuesday night in Ixs Angeles! and beat the Clippers (118-9and we played well again here." Tom Chambers added 22 points and Jeff Hornaeek 19 for Phoenix, which now has won 16 of its last 19 games. The Midwest Division-leadinJazz lost for the eighth straight time in Phoenix since March 19. All-.St- 6 7n - y ,,4-- intei i r post defense players and against three .wen-t'oo- t outstanding ieapers. The 'ougars faltered aiiams! Utah. t)ut must regain that prowess or die without it this road trip. To play tins style, they need aames officiated liberally w it'll contact iwde. They got a r'onerv it; . e I'ame called m Salt I...K.it t the !:,is out ol O'y superior Dick Harmon SPORTS EDITOR V lA-JE- T streak, and in the process BYU's offense, which had clicked meticulously since Christmas, sputtered and nearly stumbled to a Step The Coih'ars are l'.M and 9 2 in the WAC. It the bc.t record in the leioiue. lull's p'.ayers have lieeti t);e inns! enr.'IsUllt p, ,nn- er iri the eor.fen r.et , New Mexico is 1111 and in ' The Ix.bos are th. ne disappointed team in the league. L'TF.P. KSI'N BYU's 9:40 pm.) late Saturd - opponent ) The Miners have had th and share of problems. On this trip, BYU is hoping keep a step ahead of defend;in; tt.-champion Colorado State Mi, The Rains play Hawaii tun in Honolulu and hope to i cup unblemished The prediction: BYU will lp' on it this road tun It has to. Ai should CSt' will lose to 11 aw toiiinht to r.ive the Cougars SutiJt breathing room But there are facti.rs b-- 4. di th- - swir.L: 0i &ourc tportt S1' i 0if" SI Vmih0d f?2 7 s"n "i : S' 82-7- State e and 32nd in 36 trips in the series despite '1 hurl Bailey's 22 points and John Stoc kton's 20. forward Karl Utah's Malone, who entered the game as scorer the NBA's second-leadinwith a 30.0 average, was held to 21 shooting. points on "We got out of sync and I take the responsibility for that." said Malone. who made six turnovers and had 11 first-hal- f points. "I didn't get it going. I just stiffened up out there." All-St- g to avoid cold front on road Cougars hope - roller? 6EST WINNING ftWCtf NT AGP1 IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE B4SKf TBAU i two-gam- Star center Luc Longley, who is ranks fifth in the nation in blocked shots per game (3.5) and is the seventh Lobo to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. Last week New Mexico defeated 9 and lost to Colorado Wvoming New-Mexic- "We have a itah grid All-St- i and take care of business, I think we will rebound from our loss at Utah. We have done a good job thus far and you can't take away from what we've done. But we can't sit back. We are going to focus on because it is our first game. kv Signings please five-yea- ? Both New Mexico and UTEP are tough. They still have the same players who helped them get picked to win the conference." Reid. "We have some tough games on the road. If we just do a good job v NBA commissioner David Stern has been given a $10 million bonus and a yearly salary of $3.5 million, according to a published report in USA Today. Team owners r, $27.5 confirmed that the million contract was approved break. during last week's The pay raise gives Stern more than 3 ''2 times what any other sports commissioner receives. t still control our own destiny," said v, 13-- ,n li'i (ile: MilK I.YU M'iter and icadin.' scorer has vtttu.i;i ii the p.'e-- l two j;. lilies, He h;e phased in and "(it o! tames, ;..i Oil; spot '.itlc (,''t T'.Si .:ul gettmj; Il.iWs tilaved his hiil"l ijelehsn "'. Hur't uallie 'il tiie season aitani1-- ' 'luK.i. t'ainst the I te"., iieshman fl.i.v The Soto inharr,ts.ed fain. will haw to liake this t win. stutvir if I'lYl" .Isnirn ll.w wii'-o- : i1- - iictiT Two: iiYU ha- - tunic iiitu ;i M rs tiVcrUi'l' tlee throw shoo li.ili.. It Wiii need to be mote i .; eci,itl oli !h( J o.ei, I t W kW.-down tf,t witf in of ; iit'sr ' A iiTU1 inline 1 in nr 1 hn e: The t ou,;ai won ! v rl in it:.! , ' t WAC i J':.' .' I 111 .i: : i, 1 the yetoi Four: BY'u tiest shootin. e;n:i m Uie league. It must shoe it ab"v; jo percent from n tiiis the field inj) and Andy ToolMin (an I afford l have' one of thee.. 3 !::' il :::i:h'I'ac toi I'ie: N w Mi n (.': Dave hhss will drill into the libos that liYU managed a meager win at the M.irnolt Center. He will hammer point over and over Ulore tipotl. deiDandmg Lobo fans L'et tlieir due. In LI Paso, the same Ihu:;. Norm Klleiiherger will stump and shout m reminding the M. tiers fit 'ougars could oiih t win in Proo manage a and th.it eanie in overtime aftei a Meal l.v Haws These teams want LYC bad!. There will be some i one-poi- 8 fivf-pom- nt major ji.sch'ioi"y ;nolved befnie llpoif. I'actor Six: 'Jin imtid game aren't limited to the Miners and Lobos. Count on Leid urilhng his team about Hie loss to Utah. The Cougars might have ended up to Utah no matter how the v played thai nu'ht m Salt. U,h: City, .S tole hre-l- .but Held will ;i..i .owns in his defense aitu .'i wandering .iff the mi l and los-in- u f. out of a tame a if in a fog, Jheie will be five new .starters helore he sees that happen again. Factor Secn: BYU must get a lead on these two teams. If it does, both have shown a tendenes to fo I! they are allowed to eet out of the and ,'ate and inn, jam. high-fivinuii to the crowd, it will be over (or the Cougars. e Conclusion: Ye-- . - a th:-- " nticai road trip. No, HYU shuindn't fise both if ;t tends to business, its, the Cougars .it'e capable "! ,i sp'.it, botlv 1) ;he maybe 'en w im do it wonld In a '.. ., tfirough in thi V, C l'.iit then- ,,n ;.t, faci-irs- ' !)Te,,K' w,is |