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Show SECTION WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, SPORTS EDITOR I Darnell Dickson 344-255- 2007 ddicksonheraldextra.com UVSC SPORTS UVSC women fall to No. 14 Blue Devils at Cameron DAILY NEWS SERVICES HERALD about a person who's relentless. To set a record in our own place, that's painful. It's a great compliment to her." "Talk Abby Waner scored 19 points and tied an Atlantic Coast Conference record with 10 steals in No. 14 Duke's 951 rout of Utah Valley on Tuesday night. Robyn Fair banks was one of the bright spots for UVSC as (9-3- she scored 17 points and set a Cameron In95 door Stadium (14) DUKE record with 61 UVSC 20 rebounds, which also tied her own school record. Overall, the Wolverines Duke 49-4"Talk about a person who's relentless," said Duke head coach 6. Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie On UVSCs Robyn Fairbanks Joanne P. McCallie of Fairbanks. "To set a record in our own place, that's painful. It's a great compliment to her." Reserve Carrem Gay scored a season-hig- 20 points, Joy Cheek h scored 13 of her 15 points during the decisive first half and Chante Black also had 15 points for the Blue Devils Duke forced 39 turnovers, scored 49 points off those miscues (8-3- ). and never trailed in cruising to its third straight victory. The Wolverines had a chance to get within 12 points at the end of$he first half, but Fairbanks missed with 9.0 seconds remaining and Chante Black converted on a Devils' fast break to give her team a 44-2-8 edge after 20 See BYU FOOTBALL Diary hipvmit Opprf i.J TT FRIENDSHIPS i: DURLNG J HIE w my SeteAulaihas Jason Franchuk HOLIDAYS DAILY would have loved to have been able to write about - M". m a beating the Cowboys this week. I had actually planned to do so. However, when the Vikings beat the Bears on Monday night and definitively knocked us out of the playoffs, writing about our big win over the 'Boys seemed silly. Yes, silly. I used the thesaurus to find just the right word and after ruling out inane, pointless, and stupid, silly seemed like the most suitable word. But my cousin and former ) BYU standout, Fahu Tahi, plays for the Vikings, so I'm happy for him that they are still in the hunt. And I also just found out that Brian Westbrook, our starting running back, just made the Pro Bowl Team. I wanted to write a little bit about him and our running back crew this week in honor of his recent accom- t J 1 plishment. ., I have been extremely fortunate to have had great people to learn from in the running back corps. Since I came into the league in 2003 - five years ago - Brian Westbrook and Correll Buckhalter have been showing me the ropes like '- -' older brothers. .Buckhalter has been a sounding board for me. He is a great listener and makes it easy to talk to him. There have probably been a lot of times when he has wanted to tell me to shut up, but he's been nice enough to let me See mi changed to make up for penalties early in the year IMPORTANT I Press Duke's Joy Cheek (21) reaches for the ball held by Utah Valley's Robyn Fairbanks DUKE, C8 during the second half of a game in Durham, N.C., on Tuesday. Reno Mahe NFL SARA D. DAVISAssociated minutes. z ' (K HERALD The pressure was there, to be sure, quicker and stronger than any defensive lineman that charged at Sete Aulai. A the most experienced player on the highly thought of offensive line, the senior said that the first few games were a major adjustment. Especially the second one, against UCLA, which will of course allow him a re-d-o as BYU heads to Las Vegas to prepare for Saturday's bowl game against the Bruins. "Especially when I started getting all those penalties. I just looked at myself am I doing my job? Am I doing this right? Am I a leader?" Aulai said. "But these guys stood behind me, and that helped me that much more." The center, once projected to be possibly the country's top snapper, recorded five penalties total during the team's only losing streak, the second and third weeks of the season at UCLA and Tulsa. The game at the Rose Bowl was all thorns for him Returning home, to a school he had so much to prove, plus a loyjl fan base of family, he had three fouls. If his timing wasn't off , then Aulai was getting a little too aggressive for the referees' liking. "I think Sete felt added pressure that he put on himself, because he's very competitive and very conscientious," first-yeoffensive line coach Mark Weber said. But the coach blocks for his ," player, too. ar ASHLEY FRANSCELLOaily Herald BYU's Sete Aulai (67) gets MAHE, C5 set during practice on Aug. See 9. BYU, C6 NFL PRO BOWL Sean Taylor honored as a starter in the Pro Bowl Dave Goldberg THE ASSOCIATiD PRESS NEW YORK Pro Bowl voters honored the memory of Sean Taylor. They also used a lot of votes on Dallas Cowboys and none on the NFC South, which didn't get a player into the league's r game. Taylor, who died Nov. 27 after being shot during a burglary at his home in Florida, was voted the starting free safety on the NFC team. He was having an outstandI ing season and was one of the FILEAP leading among fans at the time of his death. Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is chased "It is Redskins interception on after he made a center Casey Rabach said. "If he Oct. 21. Taylor was named as a Pro Bowler. all-sta- he would have been able to finish the season, he would have been in there. It just shows the respect everybody around the league had for him and what a great player he was." "It is well-deserve- If d. Redskins center Casey Rabach a Pro Bowler. On Sean Taylor being named as , " f ' vote-gette- first-quart- er would have been able to finish the season, he would have been in there. It just shows the respect everybody around the league had for him and what a great player he was." Taylor is the only player known team to have made an posthumously in any sport other all-st- ar than goaltender, Pelle Lindbergh was voted to the NHL game in February 1986. He had been killed in an auto accident in November 1985 after playing eight games for the Philadelphia Fryers, for whom he had won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goalie the previous seasoa All-St- Both conferences were dominated by players from the teams at the top of the standings, none more than Dallas, which had 1 1 voted to the team by fans, players and coaches for the game to. be played in Honolulu on Feb. 10. Unbeaten New England had eight, including lorn Brady ana Randy Moss, but also linebacker Mike Vrabel, who made it to the game for the first time in 11 NFL seasons. Still, Jacksonville was ignored although the Jaguars are 104 and on the verge of clinching a playoff spot in the AFC."So were all four teams in the NFC South, plus Detroit and the New York Jets. See PRO BOWL, C4 |