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Show SECTION TORTS l SPORTS EDITOR rnlUMl, Darnell Dickson I JHIMUMIM I, iUUQ ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- BYU FOOTBALL Hill receives a promotion BEAT THE ZUKE BYU assistant named defensive coordinator Darnell Dickson HOOPS READY DAILY HERALD "I've had some other opportunities, but this is where I want to be." the 2007 season. So why make the formal announcement? Certainly there's the prestige of the title, and presumably a nice bump in pay. Mendenhall said the move was not made in response to other job offers for Hill, but promoting the bright young coach just the next step in responsibility. "I've had some other opportunities, but this is where I want to be," Hill said. "Moving is not fun and I told my wife we were going to stay here for a while. We've been talking about this Jaime Hill ; BYU defensive coordinator FORHPOFE fl1 Great Zucchini If V I I I predict the future. It's I do. y name is Zuke, aka, the 1 what Since I know there are some skeptics out there who doubt my psychic abilities, I'll give you a free sample. Here are a few things you To no one's great surprise, BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall formally made defensive backs coach Jaime Hill the team's defensive coordinator on Thursday but will retain duties. the defensive Hill, who came to BYU two seasons ago, has been somewhat of a miracle worker in the defensive backfield, inheriting a bad situation and turning it " into a strength. And this year, he did it with four former walk-onBoth Mendenhall and Hill said the move was simply the next step in the process and that nothing would change from what transpired during play-callin- g MARK PHILBRICKBYU assistant coach Jamie Hill conducts C2 a drill during spring practice in 2006. BYU See HILL, won't hear this year: Craig Drury, you're fired. you are not familiar with the If The South All-St- contest, here's all you have to know. You have to beat me. Is County team beats the North for the fifth straight year. The final score: Tooele 79, Provo59. I The winner of this week's Beat the Zuke contest is Lynn MWC MEN'S BASKETBALL FRETVIEW that "Aces" Anderson. Now for some of the things that you will hear this season before Lone Peak is all? Beating the New England Patriots is easier. TT 0 am TVT 77 Tv 'res IE Ii WJ1 BYU hoping successes, struggles during LU non-leagu- play pay off in MWC e Jason Franchuk DAILY crowned 5A state champs: I Jimmy fenried has been dethroned! We have a new Beat the Zuke shootout champion. Is Goose (Kallunki) his real It's called being exposed. Teams get more and more clues about what a team likes to do, then it puts a lot of energy into making the opponent search for other ways to win. It's happened to BYU a lot in two of the last three games, both losses. Although the 1 14 Cougars would love to have some stretches of play back, their hope is that the lessons learned pay off where it matters most conference play. De-Gr- L. J- - ' I I name? I Coach (Quincy) Lewis, could that Final Four you See . ZUKE, C3 it " f BYU VOLLEYBALL t i -- ( sched"The ule was really good for this group," BYU coach Dave Rose said. "We played some really good teams that exposed a lot of things that can help us get better. We played some really good teams that should win a lot of games, and that should give confidence to our younger Cougar men spikers open '08 season at JAREN WILKEYBYU BYU's Jonathan Tavernari celebrates the Cougars' win over then-No- . 6 Louisville on Nov. 23, 2007, in Las Vegas. UC San Diego ' players. "(The players) have to be able to deal with what's put at them, and I think this team has done a pretty good job of that." BYU has lost to North Carolina, Michigan State, Boise State and, as of Tuesday, Wake Forest. The first two teams, barring historical meltdowns, are locks for the NCAA tournament. Darnell Dickson DAILY HERALD HERALD See Simply by the law of averages, UC San Diego will one day beat BYU in men's volleyball. But when? Probably not this year, since the Cougars are ranked No. 1 in the national polls and the Tritons are coming off a season. The two teams meet at RIMAC Arena today and Saturday to open the 2008 campaign. And there's this: UC San Diego hasn't beaten BYU ... ever. The BYU HOOPS, C4 Franchuk's predicted MWC order of finish 1. BYU , 2. New Mexico 7 Cougars are 22-- 0 3. Utah V v. 4. UNLV 5. Wyoming against the Tritons. In fact, in the 22 match victories, BYU has lost only five 6. San Diego St. games. 7. Air Force BYU head coach Shawn Patch-e-ll can't help himself; he has to give the obligatory line: "UCSD is a team we cannot look past. They're good and well coached. We need to be all business." BYU will be without senior Ivan Perez, who led the team in points last season. Perez is 8. TROY Boise State players clear the bench after the Broncos upset attempting to make the Puerto VOLLEYBALL, C2 Ethan Thomas 1 BYU AT UC SAN DIEGO Today and Saturday, 8 p.m. At RIMAC Arena, San Diego The Word: BYU has never lost to UC San Diego in 22 matches. ... BYU will be without outside hitter Ivan Perez, who is attempting to make the Puerto Rican national team. BYU, 73-7- 0, MABENAssociated Press on Dec. 29, 2007. 9. Colorado St. Lehi pins down Vildngs HERALD NO. d HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Rican national team and will miss the UC San Diego series, though he will join the Cougars for their See then-ranke- TCU to 21-- and it appeared the Pioneers might run away with it. "We came out and I thought this was going to be a great match, but then we just kind of slowed down, Lehi head coach Dan Rice said. Craig Young got Pleasant Grove its first win when he pinned Daniel Rice in the second round of the match CORRESPONDENT 0 While the young Pleasant Grove team fought hard to get back into its wrestling match against Lehi on Thursday night, the Pioneers took over when they needed to the most, winning the last four matches on their way to a dominant 5 victory. The Pioneers set the tone 51 early on as big men Braden 25 pl qroVE Anderton and Dylan Stodel both pinned their counterparts in the class and to first round, which put Lehi ahead 51-2- 12-- quickly. Two more wins extended the lead O between the They the Vikings proceeded to rattle off two more wins in the 125 and 130 weight the margin was narrowed 21-1- 6. See Pleasant Grove's Quinn Nielson, right, fights PIONEERS, C3 LehVs Cam Phillips on Thursday in Lehi. MARK JOHNSTONDaily to keep from being pinned by Herald |
