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Show THE DAILY Ht RALU Provo, Itah, Saturday, Oclobet Page 82 Inman. at the Pacific Bell Seniors Classic Gctf Morgan, in search of his seventh victory of the year, shot a 66 Friday and was tied for the lead with Ed Dougherty and Joe Inman after the opening round of the Pacific Bell Seniors Classic. Lee Trevino was one shot off the pace entering Saturday's second round of the tournament over the , Wilshire par-7Club with course, Country Raymond Floyd, Buzz Thomas and Brian Barnes two strokes back at 68. 1 new The Daily Herald PROVO Utah coach Beth Launiere hasn't given up. lifeDragging along a time mark against BYU, Launiere brought the Utes to the Smith Fieldhouse Friday night with a brilliant game plan designed to cripple the strength of one of the nation's elite teams. It worked, too, but the Cougars changed their method of attack and buried Utah for , the second time this year, 7 15-6- 15-4- , 15-9- . "I think this is the best team BYU has had in the nine years I've been coaching against them," Launiere said. "If we play that well against 98 percent of the teams we lease. five-ye- How about 15 kills and no errors in 25 attempts. By TAD WALCH next season. The Blue Jays lease at SkyDome expires Nov. 30. lnterbrew SA, the Belgian brewery that owns team, also owns 49 percent of SkyDome shares but wants a new deal with its other partners Penfund, Controlled Media Communications and the Canadian Imperial Bank of before signing a Commerce 54-hol- e 6,575-yard- Utes devise brilliant game plan, but No. 4 Cougs simply too powerful The owners of the Toronto Blue Jays, trying to get a bet-- " ter lease at the SkyDome, threatened Friday to move back to Exhibition Stadium defending cham- e Two-tim- mi Maris record of 61 set in 1961. In presenting McGwire with the award, Hall of Famer and career home run king Henry Aaron praised the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman and Sosa for generating renewed interest in major league baseball. "I've proven I can play with these guys. I just don't know if I can win. I want to keep my sense of humor. Joe pion Gil Jl, play, we win Instead, the Utes were dispatched in 55 minutes as the Cougars, now ranked No. 4 in Hockey Football Scott Niedermayer Mark Chmura sounds like Ron Wolfs new publicist, made sure he would be able to step right back into the New Jersey Devils" lineup. defense The man, coming off a a very expensive one. "I think the deal we got done worked great for both five-gam- sides. You know, it was fair," said Chmura, who signed a extension with the Green Bay Packers Friday believed to be worth between $13.5 million and $15 million. "I didn't really want to pursue free agency. I mean, it would have been nice. But like said, me and my wife we feel comfortable here in Green Bay. 1 love playing football here." 1 e Continued from Bl Sosa of the Chicago Cubs, was named outstanding player in the National League. Sosa hit 66 homers, also breaking said. A little bit? . BYU (6-- overall, WAC) is tied with San Diego State (4-atop the division, but now possesses the tiebreaker over the Aztecs. "We want to go to Las Vegas and win the WAC championship game," center Jimmy Richards said. This was a big step for us." ALL WET: Like Jenkins, the BYU offense never seemed performance. 'I S to get in gear Thursday, producing V I f ' . S " J a teammate was thrown into his legs while playfully wrestling with a yell leader. Richards was holding his MARC ttSltk The Daily Herald Ronney runs: BYU's Ronney Jenkins, shown above against San Jose State, took a vicious hit in the San Diego State contest. only four field goal attempts. "We looked good at times," quarterback Kevin Feterik said. "We moved the ball up and an States Football League's demise hanging over the proceedings, No. 5 Snow College pays a visit to Western top-ranke- d Ricks. In his 17th season at Ricks, Vikings coach Ron Haun is That's the highest winning percentage in juco football history and puts him in victoin the top five 148-34-- all-tim- e ries. this Haun's Vikings are season and appear to be headed for their seventh WSFL title. But when Haun has lost, 20 percent of the time it's been to Snow a team he holds just 8-- 0 ,'?J ' ' ' ' ' lip (: tV? JL. V i' . 4 ' ! 1 - 4 i v S ' ' i ? ' - 11-- 9 record against. Both teams possess potent offenses and stifling defenses. Ricks has outscored its foes by an average of 49-9- , while Snow has posted an average score of 47-1during its 8-- 0 0 Perhaps for the last time. With the dark cloud of the rit3v son Porter. "He popped out of my arms," Richards said. "He was airborne for awhile, but I caught him." After Thursday night's game, Richards had an escort to the locker room. p "Big John Tait and Jason Scukanec walked up the ramp DANCE FEVER: With 17 tackles, linebacker Rob Morris had plenty of chances to celebrate. He used three of them to audition for next year's Homecoming Spectacular. "I tried to do a dance move from every decade," he said. "1 did Travolta (a pose with one finger pointing to the sky and one to the ground) for the '70s and the Michael Jackson moonwalk for the '80s. I did a little hip shake for the '90s." Morris clearly enjoys the reputation the defense is getting as one of the nation's elite g teams. "We knew they would run right at us," he said. "It was football. That's our strength. We're as tough a front seven, as tough an 1 1 as anyone in the country." smash-mout- h Juco titans square off in Rexburg today. i f ' com- suffered an ankle sprain after Two REXBURG, Idaho unbeaten junior college powerhouses renew hostilities t on either side of me, surveying the area," Richards said. "It was great, I had bodyguards." the San Jose State game when The Daily Herald if down the field at will in the first half, but sputtered every time we reached the 25 or 30. BABY BOOM: Richards By PATRICK OBLEY v Wahine. "We're really grateful Utah had a great game plan," said Michaelis, who stole a sparkle from Rogers' shoulder and popped it in her own hair. "It was important before we go to Hawaii to have a match like this. They didn't play Well here and neither did we. They'll play a lot better at home." ing down and we told the defense they had to take over. We couldn't do much in that." Richards said the Aztec defense was no pushover, either. Their defense was really hard to read. They mixed it up well. I was impressed." 4-- 34-sav- e Launiere was impressed, especially when Carpenter snuffed out Utah's bid to win the third game by pounding down kills on four of the final five points. "We knew their outsides could go off on us," Launiere said, "but we had to take our chances. They have weapons across the board. They have a legitimate shot at the Final Four." She also deflected questions about a dying rivalry. Their coaches have told me they get up for us," Launiere Then the rain started 4-- 1 3 0 and went on to hit 70 home runs, was chosen Player of the Year by his peers and presented the Players Choice Award. McGwire's rival for the home run record, Sammy 4-- four-gam-e Jeff Shevalier's power play goal was all the Cincinnati Cyclones needed to defeat the Utah Grizzlies Friday in front of 8,053 at the E Center. Shevalier scored at 11:44 of the second period, 90 seconds after Utah's Jeff Sharpies was whistled for high sticking. Winning goalie Geoff Sarjeant was named star of the game for his perfect Mark McGwire, who broke Roger Maris' record Smith said. "In the match at Utah, Korie Rogers and our other middles had great games. This time, they took away the middle." Utah (14-7- , smothered Rogers, who has won the last two Pacific Division player of the week awards, and freshsensation Nina man Puikkonen. But outside hitter Mari Burningham Carpenter filled the void. "I thought, 'I guess I have to " step up a little bit,' Carpenter Anna-Len- a Cornerback Brian Gray has also been suffering from leg ailments, but after the defense coughed up 43 points to San Jose State, Thursday night's shutout put a spring back in his step. "We figured we just had to suck it up and be men," Gray said. "It's a great feeling." That's what a winning streak and a spot in the driver's seat will do for you. annually. Baseball 1 8-- 0 NOTES stint with the International Hockey League's Utah Grizzlies, signed a multiyear deal Friday to finally end a contract dispute. Terms were not immediately available, but the sides were only about $250,000 apart on a contract that would pay the seven-yea- r veteran between $3.25 million and $3.5 million five-yea- r the nation, improved to 21-in the WAC. overall, They took away some of our favorite things," BYU setter That's pretty amazing to have that many swings and have no errors," BYU coach Elaine Michaelis said. "Mari was a hammer tonight," Smith said. BYlFs other starting outside hitter, Spanish Fork's Helen Hjorth, added 10 kills. said. "Maybe we could steal a; game or a match here or there if we weren't Utah." In fact, it was hard to tell what shone brighter, the Cougars or the blue sparkles sprinkled in their hair. Smith said the sparkles were just another way to "get pumped up for Utah." The crowd of 2,200 fans did-- ' n't hurt, either. The Cougars take their dream season on the road to Hawaii for a Nov. 5 rematch with the No. 9 Rainbow season. The pass-happ- y Badgers are led by a pair of superb major college quarterback prospects. Sophomore Fred Salanoa won the national passing title last season, but is coming off the bench this season behind Josh Heupel. The Badgers also field a huge offensive line, which has easily manhandled opponents. "Snow has two great quarterbacks and excellent skill people," Haun said. "Their offensive line gives them all the time they need." Vikings quarterback Ryan Harris has thrived in Haun's controlled passing game, completing 64.2 percent of his attempts with 14 touchdowns and only 3 interceptions. Last year here, the Vikings stopped Salanoa and whipped the Badgers 39-Haun said that most likely won't happen this year. They've had great teams the past few years, and this team is better than any of them," he said. This will be a real challenge for us. This is the biggest game ever for both teams, I it's late in the season and so much is on the line," Haun said. The rivalry, which dates back to 1948, may end this year if the WSFL breaks up. Ricks may no longer be able to field a football team without the league's Arizona members as opponents and not enough junior college teams in the area. think,-becaus- ' v '6 " n p f XJ iiViiTiinmwiii |