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Show I MC.. '111b. 6 llMtv WEM l ll fN V KEAR-N- S POST March 13, 2008 SI w wnffTf Serendipity Sports by Dale Simons Day to Day "Neva j),.i ,.i a i ill luirknum vvhU you can do the day after lormonow." - Mark Tw ain In Sports, ti a pluver gets hull, and you ask them how he's doing, they s,i. "He's day to day. We're all day to day, aren't we? The girl cheerleader at West was cheering one hour and dead the next; tragically killed in a car accident on the way home from the game. That's day to day. I said to my ftiend, "Lets go to lunch." Okay, he said, "we'll go tomortow." Tomorrow neer came for my friend; either did the lunch - day to day. A lot of athletes are day to day in their performances. One day they re like King Kong , the next day they're Faye Wray; one day its game day, and the next day its the junior prom. The Jazz are day to day; one day they play like gangbusters, hut the next day they are the sweet hearts of Sigma Chi. When they played Detroit. Mr. Okur, sir, was the best a man can be The night before, against the Timber Wolves, he was imitating a tiee stand still and wave your arms Some days Andie makes me wish I was from Russia. Other days don't even like the Kremlin. One day he's chosen the outstanding plaver in the Furopean Championships, the next day he has to guard Mono (imobli; were all day to day.-Ithe bill before the legislature allowing athletes to go to any school they want passes, day to day will be like this: the coach chews out his quarterback at Wednesdays practice, and by Friday the kid is starting for the other team. I ike 1 say. every thing is day to day. My field goal kicker was good until the wind blew that day. My shooting guard was hot until someone guarded him. My clean-u- p hitter was hitting line drives all over the park, and then they stalled throwing curves. I had a good job, until I got laid off. That was a bad day. So, we gotta get doing today, while were young. Our distance runner could run forever. It was like he didn't need oxygen. I le w on all the mile and marathon races, and then on the day of the state track meet he had the flu and congestion. Day to day. Simons sav s: I w rote this letter w hen I w as 77 years old. In older to tinders' md it. jou have to be able to read at a level." -- s- - The Utah Grizzlies in action last week The Iiesno laLois d Laicd the Utah Grizzlies 4 3m over time Match 5 at the Utah extended '! u uni cuten streak to live games ( 2i m the conttxt The game went bavT and tmth throughout with neither team leading by more than om goal Fresno took a 14) lead on their first shot of the game 2:16 into the contest. In his first game since being acquired tiom Bakersfield yesterday, Evan Kotsopoulos tied the game for Utah at one on a power-pla- y goal 11:15 into the period to tie the wch kinascwich again feeding Sc oti Burt (23) off of a Fresno tumo'ei for Utahs only lead. The F alcons tied it at three just befoie the second intermission. The two teams went a comin bined 0 6 on the power-pla- y the third period as the game went to overtime The Grizzlies and Falcons each in overtime had a power-pla- y before Fresno won 3:35 into the frame with a P.O. Beaulieu goal. Mike Mole stopped 27 of 31 shot in the game in his first contest back from Bridgeport capping off nearly travel day for the 24-ho- game. Fresno struck early in the second period again taking a 1 lead 1:52 into the period. Utah 2-- answered 13 seconds later as Keith Johnson won the following face-osetting up a Scott Burt (22) goal. Ryan Kinascwich picked up the fust assist on the goal. Utah took a 3 2 lead at 7:52 ff a goal-tende- r. The Grizzlies returned to the Friday to host Fresno again. The Falcons defeated the 4- -1 Utah Grizzlies fans. before 6.085 $16,750 was n e laised in the post-gam- game-wor- n Harley-Davidav- jersey auc- tion. All net proceeds from the jersey auction will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. After a scoreless first period, hich saw Fresno outshoot Utah 15- - 9, Fresno took over with two goals in the final tw o periods. Utah trailed 2- -0 at the start of the third period but Jeff Dwyer goal 2:04 (3) scored a power-pla- y into the frame with Scott Burt and Evan Kotsopoulos picking up assists. Fresno then reclaimed their two goal lead 2:27 later and then made it 1, 28 seconds after that and that would be to make it the final score. Utah was outshot 48-- 24 in the w 3-- 4-- 1, game. Mike Mole stopped 44 of 48 shots in just his second regulation 2) in his last 12 starts. The Grizzlies returned to the Sunday, hosting Fresno. The Falcons defeated the Grizzlies 4. Utah fell behind -- (7-2- -1 6-- 4 0 in the first period and made the score 5 4 in the third period before Fresno added a late -- empty-n- et goal. Trailing 4- -0 at the start of the second period, Utah made it 5- -3 at the second intermission with two goals from Rob Sirianni (10,11) and one from Ryan Kinasewich (17). In the third, Utah had three but was unable to power-play- s score until another goal from Ryan Kinasewich (18) made it 5- -4 at 10:41. Utah scored four of the games final six goals and outshot Fresno 26-- 15 in the final two periods and 32- -3 1 in the game. Mike Mole stopped 25 of 30 shots in the loss. The Grizzlies return to action Friday arid Saturday in Las both nights is Vegas. Face-of- f scheduled for 8.05 p.m. Utah returns home March 26 to host Las Vegas at 7:05 p.m. 1 f Hunter Baseball has its third head coach in three years By Jon Sneddon This years seniors at Hunter High have played for a new coach in every year of their high school baseball careers. They have only tasted victory' twice in region play the isi two seasons combined. Two years ago. H."m nso ball lost nine plavers to coachs disciplinary action for minting team rules on a l ip to St George. This devastated the starting lineup, resuming m a less than stellar season, and ended with the lesignutun of the head coach Last years head coach seemed to be on track to turn the comer with Hunters baseball program, winning five total games but. he was commuting from Springville, and when an opportunity came up at Lehi, which is a lot closer to his home, he jumped. The Wolverines hope to changv their fortune under the tutelage of another new skipper. first-tim- e Fiist-yea- r, Head C oach Ryan Shaw has only four seniors this year. This will give him a chance to bring up the voungsters in his piogram and develop them in his system. His experience includes being an assistant coach at Copper Hills for four years. He hopes to take that experience and turn it into a program he can call his own and make a permanent home at Hunter. He would like to bring some pride back to the baseball program that represents the community in which he lives by instilling a sense of discipline, dedication, and fundamentals. This years team will be led by seniors Jake Sneddon, Mario Cisneros, Jordan Solomon, and Alex Welling. Life Guard ! imon I BYU lost to San Diego State, and the next, day they were ranked 25th in the nation. Utah lost to New Mexico by one point. They were down three points, with seven seconds to go, so they shot a and lost by one. What kind of math do they teach up there? The High School State BusketballTouinament is upon us Granger opened with Bountiful and lost bv 10. Hunter High dievv a tough opponent in B ighlon and lost J Fataials pi. ted well by 20 tin the Wi herines and scoied fifteen points. The Utah Bl ie opui their season this week at I nergy Solutions ai na 1m ou like lots of sioimj and little defense? Go see the Blaze. Region 6 basketball must not have been very strong, as Granger, Olumpus, and West made quick exit; Cyprus and Cottonwood didn't qualify. It was a long winter for some schools. BYU rallied to down New Mexico in overtime; 70-6- 9. That big win at New Mexico will probably get a confemce championship and an NCAA bid for the Cougars. The baseball season looks blight for Cyprus. Tayloi Jones, the big lefthander, is back on the mound for the Pirates. Jordan Ikari is back at short stop and the very fast outfield of Austin Pollack. R.J. Naranio, and Austin Shakespear Malt Blown, the great Pirate wrestler won lour state championships. Wh onj) four? How come he didn't win in the eighth grade? Good oh. Matt ning streak by beating Wyoming 78 - 61 that makes 47 in a row on their own floor. They will close out the league season at TCU. Utah travels to UNLV for their last league game. Their record is 16 wins and 12 losses. It's a winning season but not a good one. Baseball has started at Uteville. The Utes lost their first seven two-point- et Utah and Bt U unshed up their regular season games. The Y finished on top. and Utah wav down there They now look forward to tl e conference tournament in las Vegas, which starts 1 March 12 Sean Green had 20 points for Utah Tuesdav, like the old days at Olympus High. Sean missed only four shots in tour years while playing these. BYU continued its home win - magnaindex.html Contact: Shawn Ashby Fitness and Magna Recreation Center 3270 South 8400 West Magna, UT 84044 Ph: Fax: 801- 508-782- 6 SAshbyfw slco.org Need Copies! games before edging Southern Utah in a fest. Utah State went up to Boise and beat the League leaders on their home court. J.C. Carral is a Come to the Magna Times building on great player for Utah State. He had 23 points and nine rebounds. 2700 South 8980 West rotation LEAD THE WAY in the National Guard. Contact a recruiter today! Leaders are made Training Classes! 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