| OCR Text |
Show 1 Saturday, January 20, 1 Cougar gymnasts sport strong depth By DOROTHY KNOELL ;4 ;.,, ' The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor . For another thing, the Cougars actually have depth. After years of d teams which have forced coach Brad Cattermole to scramble just to get a minimum five gymnasts up on each event,, the Cougar coach now has the luxu-'r- y of 12 gymnasts to choose injury-riddle- from. And at this point of course bar-- u, he has gymnasts on each event who are capable of scor- j: a 9.7 or higher. And he only j ing heeds six (a team can put a .. maximum of six gymnasts up on each event, with the top five .scores counting). "We've been working reallv hard to get ready for this sea- , r t V'rt " "v. ...1.. .. .. : .: sun, v,aiicmtuic saiu. ,.11 nicies V a lot better feeling as far as " nerves go, because we have '.enough gymnasts to make up a ' team. 'The hardest thing this year ( l' will be getting the right people .'but there for each meet after the !:v.'top four or so in each event. It ' will be a matter of who's doinsi ,",'the best that week and hoping you pick the ones who will do "ring injuries at least 10 , season coming off knee surgery, and last year's freshmen tandem of Janene Chris-tense- n and Jessica Young. The Cougars have the added plus of transfer Angie Gunnell Anderson, who joins BYU after making the NCAA Championship meet as an individual qualifier from Southern Utah last year. Her first chance to shine for the Cougars will be against her former team. Christensen and Young are particularly strong on vault Christensen adds a powerful floor routine, as well. Cosgrave is another strong floor worker, while Crandall made the NCAA individual finals last year on bars and is one of the top beam workers in the country as well. Rose is a strong bars and beam worker. Pauga is strong on floor and beam. las"t The BYU women's gymnas-'"- , tics team has a different lock at beginning of the 1996 sea' son. V,'' For one thing, the Cougars ''will open their dual meet season at home for the first time in six years. BYU plays host to South-,er- n Utah Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse. , By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer ' Crandall, Rose, Cosgrave and Anderson are expected to be the Cougars top although several other gymnasts could go as well. , . - the best." The top returnees for the Cougars include seniors Elisa- - iiu f f' Ill ttllU UIMCII r Vt- r Will lldllU4II " grave, along with junior Kelli Y" . A ... Rose. Also back is e Pauga ' r Balser, who saw limited action Ca-ssi- The Cougars also had a strong recruiting class, with Natalie Emig, Denise Pauga (sister of Cassie) and Leah Jacobs all capable of big scores on a variety of events. The Thunderbirds opened their season with a 5 win over Air Force last week, their highest opening-mescore ever. Julie Talbot led the way with an score of 38.275. "For the meet this week I just want to see a lot of stuck routines," Cattermole said. "We'll take out most of the things that we might fall on and just try to hit things and get our confidence up in these first couple of meets." 189.125-175.42- et Four times over the last 1 1 seasons, the San Francisco 49ers have won the Super Bowl. The Dallas Cowboys are expected to win their third in four years next Sunday. When it's not the 49ers or the Cowboys, it's the 1985 Bears, perhaps the greatest defensive team in modern NFL history. Or the 1986 Giants, whose defense rivaled the Bears. Or Joe Gibbs' Washington Redskins, who won three titles with three different quarterbacks and one of the best offensive lines ever. They all have one thing in common. They all play in the NFC. It's been assumed during the 1 1 straight seasons that the NFC team won the Super Bowl that it's simply cyclical, a swing of the pendulum following a decade when AFC teams won eight of nine. It's hard to call it cyclical any longer. In the last 1 1 Super Bowls, the NFC teams have outscored the AFC 428-18or 38.9 points to 16.4. That's approximately the score of the first game of the streak San Francisco 38, Miami 16, at Stanford Stadium Jan. 20, 1985, Dan Marino's only Super Bowl appearance and Don Shula's last. ... 2 v-:- iMm.ltSM .f. 3 ic 49-2- i 55-1- 0 f $t Mk. 1990; Dallas' 52-- 1 7 win over Buffalo three years ago. And most often they're over almost before they start, like last 6 San Francisco win. "4 year's Take that game. "After the second series, Bill Walsh looked at me and said, 'It's over.'" said Carmen Policy, the 49ers' president, w ho happened to be sitting with the man who had coached San Francisco's first three victories. "I said. 'Not so soon.' And he replied: 'There's no way they can ; stop you.'" f Why such domination by the NFC? Just about every theory has been debunked: Styles. The NFC was supposed to be the conference of power and defense, the AFC of finesse. ;. 4 ,m, But Dallas and San Francisco, who-havwon the last three games, e offenses that have were supposed to be the AFC province. Coaches and general managers. Bobby Beathard. who won three Super Bowls in Washington, is now general manager in San Diego and Bill Parcells, who coached the Giants to two, is now quick-strik- 1, Almost nobody expects the Pittsburgh Steelers to beat the Dallas Cowboys next Sunday. They only question if the Steelers can keep it close. Even Steelers fans. "Of course I'm glad they got there, but I don't have much hope," said Adam Wolfson, a New York insurance broker and a longtime Steeler fan. "In fact, sometimes I wonder if it would be better if they'd lost to Indianapolis on a 'Hail Mary' than to have them win then get embarrassed by Dallas." If that's a Pittsburgh fan; what does the rest of the world think? The world according to Las Vegas, has been raising the line since it opened at 12 right after 7 the Cowboys' win over 1 1 38-2- Bowler rolls llOO game AP Photo and the Pittsburgh Steelers will try to break the string straight Super Bowl losses by the American Football Conference. Neil O'Donnell of 11 Green Bay that set up Sunday's game. It jumped a point in the next three hours, meaning a lot of heavy money came down kerplunk on the Cowboys. But that's been the trend. This will be the third straight game in which the line will be double figures Dallas was favored 10 Buffalo over two years ago by and San Francisco by 1 9 over San Diego last season. Both covered. In the last 12 years, the NFC team has been favored by a touchdown or more nine times and the AFC team has been favored just twice Denver by' three over Washington in 1988 and Buffalo by six over the Giants in 1991. Only two of the last 1 games have been truly competitive. The first was in 1989, when Joe d, Montana led the 49ers on a 11 drive hit John and play Taylor from 10 yards out with 34 seconds left to beat Cincinnati 20-1That was the third of San Francisco's five Super Bowl wins. The second was in 1991, when the Giants edged Buffalo 20-1- 9 as the Bills' Scott Norwood was wide field goal right 'with a attempt on the game's next-to-laplay. That may. have been the high-powere- d, 1 323-308-- 1 6. ;Kogian'es, a Provo resident, was .bowling in the Thursday Night '...Men's League at Super Bowl in st when he began rolling an '!(iiripressive string of strikes. By the .eighth frame Kogianes was think-'...jo- g, "This could go all the way." 10th frame he was feeling the '.By f the pressure and getting nervous and shaking. "I was playing a down-and-i- n "'shot with my Rhino V, London, 1, 0. 47-ya- rd , only-gam- San Diego Has the Pats haven't Jimmy Johnson '. in Miami? no-hud- 92-yar- .league. in New England. made it once but come close. Will make a difference in which the AFC team was Cycles. True, the AFC won demonstrably better on paper, but New York won it by holding the eisht of nine Super Bowls between 1973 and 1981. but six of those ball for 40 minutes and 33 secwins were by two of the best te'ams. Buffalo's onds, keeping offense off the in NFL history, the Dolphins and Steelers. The aggregate score jin field. those eight wins was 200-11- 1 In only two other games did the and Dallas' an average 25-1- 4 AFC team even lead at the half. win over Denver in 1978 The most recent was two years 27-1- 0 NFC at least a taste .of ago, when the Bills, in the last of ,gave the ; their four straight losses, led the victory. 13-- 6 intermission. But at In fact, the conferences are far Cowboys just 55 seconds into the second more competitive than the Super half, Leon Lett stripped the ball Bowls show. ; from Thurman Thomas and James Over the 2 years of the streak, Washington picked up the fumble the NFC leads just in and returned it 46 yards for a score, because the AFC's bottom part irrevocably turning the game. teams may have been better than The other was in 1987, when NFC teams like the Cardinals .arid the Broncos led the Giants 10-- 9 at Bucs. intermission and might have been And things might have been relup more had Rich Karlis not missed two short field goals. atively even the past four years if In the second half, New York Dallas and San Francisco, clearly converted a fake punt on the first the class of the league, had been series, outgained the Broncos 162 lopped off the NFC. yards to 2 over a 20 minute span, Buffalo', despite going scored five straight times to go in the final game, is clearly the and won 39-2ahead 39-1- 0 third best team of the '90s, behind The others were monumental the Cowboys and 49ers. blowouts Chicago's 46-- 1 0 rout But in the Super Bowl, only of New England in 1986; San over Denver in first place counts. Francisco 55-1- 0 -- rrirr'Nick G. Kogianes reached a i lifetime goal of rolling a perfect ',300 game Jan. II in his men's Page BJ anotner Super Bowl? Will AFC e ver win mr THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, I'tah 19 ii : w and every shot was good the ninth which I threw a jxcept little wide, but it came back .strong and was my strongest hit," jRE, .he.;said. v !. ."By the I Ith frame everyone in center had stopped bowling ' and was standing around watching rn., felt a lot 1 of pressure and jemember what my wife and 4; coaches always told me, 'Just take vthe shots one at a time." The last two balls were good, cleaning all ihe pins off the deck and into the his accomplishment, receive a national will 3,'jsgianes jflward from the American Bowling Congress. His award w ill be a gold y,M,,, For .'engraved ring with the ABC remblem and 300 inscribed. ... Kogianes, 23, is a police otficer "for, Provo City. He bowls two Ti'leugues and participates in Ama- - -- If j 'f I "IT I 1 . Photo by John Best Ml'- - Pmim Nick Kogianes, of Provo, recently reached his lifetime goal of rolling a 300 game. He performed the feat last week in Lindon. teur Bowling Tournaments on the weekends. Fie is currently averag- - ing 168 and had a high game of 243 before his 300 game. He also enjoys spending time with his wife t i 1 wM v I ? ? - f& if r A- - I vr I ( "j and family and fishing. His Thurs- day night series was 616. "It was a real good shot and was real exciting for me to accomplish this goal." he said. Woman sledder banned from championships Plague, France. Rules of the By STEPHEN WADE Associated Press Writer A British woman ,Nr LONDON into an break hoping to from racing barred been has t, tfn)rt. skeleton world month's next jjn , all-ma- le jinchampionships in Canada. ?v;;: British army Lance Corporal Cecilia Mason, who was the only woman in Sunday's World Cup skteton race in Altenburg. Ger-rnwas disqualified from the rest of the World Cup season. allowed her to, race Sun-'d'a- y ;. . "They but then the jurors ruled her lout for the rest of 'the year," Richard Houghton, secretary of the n Association, 'British an appeal tried "We j;'said Thursday. but it didn't get through." Mason finished ahead of nine men in 39th place in Sunday's race v,in Altenburg. Unlike the related disciplines of bobsled and luge, no v. female divisions exist in skeleton or. World Cup and European Cup y, Bob-Skeleto- 12-1- World Cup series. He said three other British women also trained in skeleton. "Cecilia (Mason) is by far the best and much better and strong than many men," Houghton said. "She is really very amazing." Unlike luge, where racers go skeletlown the icy track feet-firs- t, ton racers go down head-firusing a light sled that weighs about 88 pounds. The event is not contested in the Winter Olympics, although it has a good chance of being approved for the 2002 Games in Salt Lake Citv. Houghton said Mason's presence in the sport was not unprecedented. He said three women competed during the entire 1989-90 ATV CASES IAKKX t fCAtmUXNG, I Colorado St 7 nm f t KSL Family Night L S XEntireFamily$11.60yf' ! 226-908- 0 6 a, - f ':t CALL TOLL RLE IN UTAH Dog Bite Cs IC. "0n Uddef Doe It AM" 531 S. 1325 West Orem I -- ;- Little Giant Ladder ". i st way." nThe decision knocked the ij,a day's World Cup race in La Inter- d national Bobsleigh and Toboggan Federation do not specify that racers must be male. Houghton said he did not know if Mason planned a further appeal before the Feb. 7 w orld championships in Calgary. He said the FIBT made the move fearing bad publicity. He cited a conversation over the weekend w ith FIBT official in charge of skeleton. Ueli Geissbuhler. "He told me he had a lot of bad media when it w as suggested there would be ladies racing with men." Houghton said. "I told him there might be bad publicity either I i'ents. ,. who is based in Germany radio technician, out of Satur- Milan-base- WRONGFUL DEATH 24 irw HOUR MESSAGE 942-725CAN Sd YOU TODAY!!! 7721 y AMSFN ATTORWY ' f.S -- Jiff POOR WWl |
