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Show Frep Sport! Baseball . .. Scoreboard SPORTS BJ ...B4 A.B EDITOR: STEVE CAMERON Bl THE DAILY HERALD 344-25- SAN JOSE STATE at BYU I first time he's led Cougars against SJSU.' The Daily Herald in WAC; 34 overall, 'Series1 2-- 1 San Jose State leads series won 4 of the next 5 BYU: 4-- 3, 2-- 1 2-- 4 three-gam- 94 after winning the first 8 meetings. On the wild chance you planned to ask, here's the hot stuff 1969 at In BYU, the Cougars won 21-" The Line 11 y BYU by the three home matchups would give BYU a league mark heading into showdowns on the road with UTEP and Utah. LaVell in Ironically, Edwards' previous 26 years as a head coach, a tenure that's taken him through nearly every football team A sweep of 3 5-- " 19 At A Glance is shooting for a winning streak in a showdown for Pacific Division leadership with San Diego State visiting next Thursday. LaVell Edwards has never faced the Spartans as a head coach BYU ; Short shots while pondering an unusual fact. Even though I grew up on the San Francisco Peninsula, spent four years of high school in San Jose and played some prep baseball on the Spartans' baseball field ... I've never seen a San Jose State football game. Of course, a cursory check of attendance figures would tell you that a lot of other people can make the same : State, would create a three-watie for first between the three teams. UTEP could make it a tie if it can win at Fresno State. This home stretch follows a trio of improved offensive performances by the Cougars in wins over Murray State, UNLV and Hawaii. "I think it's a combination of a few things," Edwards said. "We've had a little bit 1 e BYU Last Meeting ' better pass protection and a couple of receivers have stepped up. "Mike Rigell has had a couple of good games back Ben Horton and Margin Hooks have come on as well. "I think we're making progress and getting better as an offensive team. It's still a situation where we need to improve in all areas if we're going to win a champi- th$ A BYU win, combined with a Utah victory over Pacific Division leader San Diego PROVO The foundation for a possible WAC title run begins todaThe game with the Spartans (3-- overall, WAC) kicks off a home stretch for the Cougars Radio: Cougar Network (1160 AM) Records Steve Cameron from California, this is the By DICK HARMON Cougar Stadium Noon Television: KSL Channel 5 San Jose State: SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24, I 'NX four-wa- y 1 onship." SJSU will Offensively, come at BYU with what coach Dave Baldwin calls a "full court press offense." See BYU, B2 No. 7 no DDD problem for BYU claim. Anyhow, on with the show: Cougar spikers crush visiting Santa Barbara DON'T BOTHER: Arguing that the Yankees are the best baseball team of all time (or not) is a useless workout of the larynx. " 'Huzzahs to this talented, resourceful bunch that won 125 games and mashed the field throughout the postseason. Great pitching, timely hitting, relentless depth. And so on. But just as in other sports, it's impossible to compare these Yanks with anyone but their 1998 peers. Sure, Joe Morgan thinks his Big Red Machine of the '70s was better, and if anyone could get through to Babe Ruth, I'm sure the Bambino would hoist a cold one tojthe '27 A BY DARNELL DICKSON Herald Correspondent Number four in PROVO the nation. Definitely. o Not even playing two matches in one day could derail the BYU women's volleyball team, who won their 13th and 14th matches in a row with decisive three game sweeps of WAC opponent UTEP and seventh-rankeBarbara Friday. BYU used only 52 minutes 15-15-to rout UTEP 15-and then four hours later overpowered UCSB fourth-ranke- Yankees. The silliest thing so far was the published opinion of venerable Chicago baseball writer Jerome Holtzman, who ranked the top five teams from all eras and included the infamous 1919 Black Sox. Yo, Jerry, how many times did you actually see Shoeless Joe? d d Cal-Sant- a 15-1- 0, SAY WHAT: Remember when Roy of the Kramer, grand mucky-muc- k Southeastern Conference and architect of the Bowl Championship Series, was insisting the matter of college football's true national title game had been solved? ': 4j Kramer, who sneers at fans, questioners reporters and who even dare to question his wisr dom, could be staring at a nightmare. And wouldn't that be sweet for everyone Kramer and Co. have dissed? It's still possible that six Division teams could finish the regular seaOhio State, UCLA, son undefeated Tennessee, Kansas State, Marshall and Tulane. - If the right cards fell into place, you'd have Ohio State and UCLA playing for the national championship in Tempe instead of the Rose Bowl (listen to that howl...), major conference winners Tennessee and Kansas State screaming for justice, Marshall and Tulane just screaming. But at least the case would be made, yet again, for true playoffs. J'm rooting. first-yea- BRIAN WENTERThe Daily Herald Springvllle strolls: Springville running back Eric Nielson jumps through the line for a gain during Friday's game against Pleasant Grove. Springville won the game, 33-0-. I-- Springville takes out frustration on PG The Daily Herald ? opponent until today. P.G. earned the region title by beating American Fork on Oct. 16. "They weren't ready to play," Springville coach Doug Bills said of Pleasant Grove. "They didn't have anything to play for. They were already region champs." Plenty pum-melin- TOO YOUNG: The sad story of Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu underscores once again that toddlers shouldn't be forced into the world of sports. Moceanu, who. was only 15 when she competed in the 1996 Atlanta Games (and wrote a ghosted "autobiography" afterward), is now 17 and suing her parents for independence. v;;Moceanu charges that her folks swiped millions and forced her to work tirelessly in the gym instead of, well, spending some kid time. "Can't we go out for ice cream?" Dominique recalled thinking. "Can't you be my mom and dad instead of me being your business?" ; You parents raising talented kids, take heed. ;Let it come with time. big-tim- e Steve Cameron is sports editor of The Daily Herald. said Springville receiver Chad Jacobsen, who caught eight passes for a career-hig222 yards and three touchdowns. "We wanted to make a statement that we're a seed, not a fourth-plac- e team.'' Springville (4-region) had lost one region game by two points and another by one. It will likely in face Bountiful (8-Region 5) in the first round of the 4A playoffs next weekend. Pleasant Grove (7-region) won't learn the iden h top-fo- , 4-- 3 7-- : 1 6-- 1 ' P.G. coach Bill Mikelson SPRINGVILLE SEIZED the jugular early and tore out whatever life Pleasant Grove had brought to the - . Bills decided to squib , every kickoff to keep the ball out of the hands of P.G. play-make- Beau Bilbro and Brian Romney. "We weren't going to let them beat us," Bills said. The strategy worked per- - ' 35-yar- d ; them limited the touches of each player and gave Springville great early field position, ; That led to two quick strikes which forced Mikelson away from using' ' running back Bilbro as often as he'd like. Jacobsen, It all began with field position. Mountain View 54. Timpanogos 6 Brighton 36, Orem 28 Springville 33, Pleasant Grove 0 Lone Peak 38, Spanish Fork 27 American Fork 41 , Provo 38, OT Timpview 26, Payson 0 North Sanpete 21, Delta 19 Park City 27, Carbon 0 Lehi 39, Wasatch 23 North Summit 35, Gunnison 10 ' Manti 33, Juab 0 fectly. Kicking away from agreed: 'That's the way we practiced all week. I tried to warn them, but they just didn't get it." game. ; 0 tity of its first postseason SPRINGVILLE yards with running back Brennan Todd scoring from 12 yards out for a 13-- lead. Pleasant Grove began to move the ball, but missed a ( field goal attempt '' and had two drives snuffed out when Springville's Devin Morgan intercepted passes in the end zone, the second coming after a tip by defen- - ' sive lineman Dan Sumsion with nine seconds left in the first half. '".' Ridsy's scores ByTADWALCH of fourth-plac- e teams believe that only bad luck kept them from a championship. Not many get to prove it. Springville did just that g Friday night at home, 6 Region champion Pleasant Grove 33-0- . "We still believe we're the best team in the region," Cal-Sant- a : talk-sho- . really felt like we had Barbara to solidify our spot," BYU senior Korie Rogers said. "Our No. 4 ranking is legit," BYU coach Elaine Michaelis confirmed. Michaelis would know, having won her 800th career match against UTEP Friday afternoon. Michaelis becomes only the second women's college volleyball coach in histoUCLA's Andy ry Banachowski is the other with 800 victories. Scheduling two matches in one day a league match and a match against a top 10 didn't hurt a opponent BYU team that played its best volleyball of the season. "The taxi squad really worked us good this week, especially Thursday," Rogers said. The coaches did a great job of preparing us." "We knew it be a real physical challenge," Michaelis said. The girls really had a great attitude in practice. They are never satisfied with where they are. Everyone is trying to improve on their part of the game." Even that, saying Michaelis had to be pretty satisfied with the way her team took UCSB apart in nearly every phase of the "We to beat rs better-know- "COMING UP empty on ' three drives inside the 20 in the first half obviously hurt," Mikelson said. "But they just played fabulous defense. I didn't think anyone would V shut us out." :; i Springville forced P.G. f into three interceptions and three second-hal- f ; 'i first-hal- as n a basketball player, scored lob first, catching a from quarterback Brent Neel on a fade route on Springville's opening, fumbles. "Not a good loss," 13-yar- d 48-yar- d drive. After P.G. went backwards r on its second consecutive drive, Springville went 49 ' (19-overall) never trailed in any of the three 1 games. That takes a lot V.. ';. Mikelson said. "I don't know how it will affect us going into the playoffs. If they're u as good as they think they ;' , are, they'll bounce back." . ' game. BYU See SPRINGVILLE, B2 of disci- pline to take control and do that for three games," Michaelis said. "Volleyball is such a game of momentum. The way we won is really a credit to our passing, serving, See VOLLEYBALL, B2 f int. |