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Show March 27) 2008 THE MAGN A TIMES, WEST VALLEY NEW S, KEARNS POST SPORTS Grizzlies down two in Victoria Serencfpfy Sports Utah came out with a strong by Dale Simons ing well on the penalty kill, but still couldnt find the back of the net and lost in Victoria 0. Victoria started off the scoring taking a -0 lead 6; 17 into the first period when Wes Goldie beat Wylie Rogers after a Jeff Dwyer giveaway in the defensive zone. The Salmon Kings extended their lead less than two minutes into the second period when Jacob Dietrich scored off a to give Victoria a 2- -0 lead. Just over seven minutes later Victoria took a 3- -0 lead when Matt Kelly beat Rogers off a rebound. Victoria put the game out of reach with less than five minutes left in the game when Dietrich put in a loose puck in front to give Victoria a 4- -0 4-- Lance Allred i "Don't jive up. Don't ever give upi' lead. Utah played well taking 30 shots on Victoria, but Billy the Thompson preserved shutout stopping all 30 shots. Utah also had a strong penalty kill Friday night, killing off all five Victoria power-play- s. Rogers had a strong game in net stopping 28 of 32 shots, but stood on his head most of the game. On March 22, the Grizzlies were unable to hold a 2- -0 third period lead and settled for one point, falling 3- -2 in a shootout to Victoria. The Salmon Kings tied the game with 14.7 seconds left to go in regulation on a power-pla- y goal. Utah rookie goaltender Wylie Grizzlies Rogers set an all-tirecord with 59 saves in the game; stopping 59 of 61 shots he saw through overtime and effort March 21, pressuring Victorias goaltender and play- Jimmy Valvano The first time I ever saw lim, he was playing sophomore basketball at East High Schi ol. He seemed mad all the time, cpuld not stand to have a fou called on him. He whs six foot ten at the time. Hj? was 15 years old. The East High htad coach at the time was Kerry Rupp, now the coach at Louisianna Tech, after stints at Uth, Indianna, and University of Alabama Birmigham. Kerry is a Magna guy, you know; all state at Cyprus, class of 1972. j The Sophomore coach that year (1995) was Derrin Gardner. Lancq was hard to coach, since he was leagally deaf and obsessive-compulsiv- e in personality. He was also big, strong, and fast and jumped and ran the floor well. A suspect. After leaving East, where he vorj some honors and left some coaches wondering, he enrolled 'jit the University of Utah, where he fell under the direction of one Rick Majerus. "1 like Allred,?' Rick once told me. Things went from bad to w orse up on the hill; coaches worked hard wjth Lance, but he was not thq most coachable of players. 1 went 7o most of his games because of our East High ties and season tickets. jj One ,day I went to in Provo with some friends1. As 1 remember the scenerid, Utah was ahead most of the w'ay, and RYU w'on: Lance Allred played a lot of minutes. While leaving the Cougar parking lot, 1 saw Lance coming out of the vlarrio, and stopped to say hello. He was weeping openevaluation had not been all "sweetness ly. I gu,ess the after-gam- e ij and light." At the urging of his former high ischool coach, Allred left the running Utes and ended up at Weber State to sit out a year. He was still six foot ten and athletic, and also a good student. The Wildcat s were salivating. It was dja vu all over again. He still had difficulty taking direction; maybe he didn't hear, or understand? ;Who knows? Anyway, times were tough. It was not a great ride at Weber With Joe and his staff. Lance Allred, had two pretty good yearjj, for Weber; lots of points, rebounds, and wins; but the voyage was not a smooth one. When the long tough journey ended, most of the pros were not after Allred! He migrated to Europe to keep his "love of the game"'going. That was years ago. 1 wa watching Detroit and Cleveland on the tube (Wedneday, March! 19). There was Lance, sitti jig on the Cleveland bench- It contract with the; Cavaliers. I seems. he had signed a ten-da- y almost! fell out of my chair. "Go l,ance!" I said to myself. "Go ' Allred)" Simons says: "Don't give up. Di n't ever give Up." ( j one-tim- four of five in the shootout. The Grizzlies took a -0 lead in the first with Micheal Haley (11) redirecting in a Jeff Dwyer shot after Keith Johnson won a face-of- f. The Grizzlies took a 2- -0 lead in the third when Ryan Kinasewich fed Keith Johnson in the slot for his g 26th goal of the year. Utah though ran into penalty problems in the - third as the Salmon Kings tied the game with two power-pla- y goals late : team-leadin- (30-28-1-- 7) er advertise in, the 2008 ' edition of the To Magna Telephone Directory, call Bonnie (12:11,19:45). In the shootout, Utah was to score on five attempts, being robbed on several occasions by Victoria Julien Ellis. The Salmon Kings scored the shootouts with only goal in round-tw- o Ryan Wade lighting the lamp. in Utah was outshot 62-- 30 the game. unable goal-tend- - i er at 250-565- 6 State History offers free tours of Danger Cave Utah-BYU;ga- , - On May 10, state archaeologists will lead tours to Danger and Jukebox Caves, important near sites archaeological Wendover. The tours are freeand open to the public; however, space is limited and participants must reserve a spot in advance. is Cave Danger the archaeologamong ical community. Investi-gation- s at the cave during the 1950s helped to demonstrate and refine the accuracy of radiocarbon dating. Danger Cave has also provided rich information on Utahs earliest-know- n human inhabitants, who occupied the cave 0,000 years ago. Jukebox Cave has both prehistoric and historic significance. During World War II, personnel stationed at the Wendover Air Bake held dances in this cave. To make a tour reservation, call Assistant State Archaeolo-gis- t or Ron Rood at 801533-356email him at rroodutah.gov. Include Danger Cave in the subject line.: world-renown- Home of the Quality at Popular Prices ed 2 Liter snnuiife Wes Wilken, the long-tim- e football Hunter Wolverine coach, has stepped down. Following a good career at Utah Stjite as a tight end, Wes led the jkVolverines to the State title in 2j003. Hunter went undefeated that year with a 14- -0 record. The CJyprus second baseman hit a grjand slam home run to win thejir baseball game with Layton, j A grand slam melee broke ciit after the game. The Pirates won the game. I don't know w to won the fight. RYU went out in the first the NCAA of round usual. as They Tournaijnent, haven't won a playoff game in 15 years. The Cougars started Ipss. ' they will appreciate it, and so will we! 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