Show STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SATURDAY NOV 18 1989 SPORTS EDITOR: 625-426- 0 Jazz outpace Indiana through team effort By JOHN YOUNGREN Standard-Examine- SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz are making this look easy Too easy Sure there might be some lousy shooting here and there and Karl Malone and Thurl Bailey are putting up a lot of shots that don’t go down but somehow — when things get serious — the Jazz manage to grit their teeth and pull it out 0 win over Friday night’s the Indiana Pacers in the Salt free-thro- w 114-10- Palace was no exception This time the Jazz didn't have to resort to the heroics they needed to beat the Chicago Bulls earlier this week but they did get some timely outside shooting another outstanding night by point guard John Stock-to- n and the proverbial overall last-seco- team effort ond consecutive “Ve played really badly” said Pacers’ Coach Dick Versace “It was probably as badly as we’ve played all season” Versace was particularly 4-- was really important to us” Sloan said “We had to be ready to play against them We had pretty good defense in the first quarter” The key to this one may have been the early third quarter Utah was nursing a 6 lead but Jazz guard Bobby Hansen was about to get hot First he canned a three-poihome run from the right corner to give the Jazz a 6 lead A minute later he got another HR — from almost the same spot — making the score wor- ried with his team’s effort against 63-5- the Jazz who improved their re0 in the Salt Palcord to 1 ace “A general malaise” is the 6-- Meanwhile the Pacers — who had been off to a fast 0 start before running into a brick wall against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday — dropped their sec game on the road 6-- phrase he used For the counterpoint nt Jazz 66-5- Coach Jerry Sloan: “We came out alive and that 69-5- 8 Hansen would go on to nail in the second four half helping him finish with 18 points The four HRs also ties a club record for most in one half "Once you make your first one you get rolling” Hansen said “I hit a few in a row and really felt three-pointe- rs three-pointe- rs good” If Hansen was the key late Mark Eaton was the key early The Jazz center who admits he's been off to a slow start this sea son came out banging As a result he ended up with 10 points and six rebounds in the first half alone finishing with the same 10 rebounds for the points but game “Mark was very physical tonight” Sloan said “He ran better bumped better And Bobby 1 1 gave us a big lift We need some of that (outside shooting) to spread things around" Despite Eaton’s early effectivee ness both the Jazz and the Pac-Se- JAZZ on 3B Dawn D® Kearns is ’89 4-champion A By CHRIS J MILLER Standard-Examine- r SALT LAKE CITY — Snakebit Deja vu Oh no not again For the third time in the last seven years the Davis High School football team will have to accept the runner-u- p Football Chamtrophy for the State 4-pionship That’s because on a ccld Friday night in November the Darts ran into a fired-u- p Kearns Cougar squad that came back from a first-ha- lf deficit to stun the Darts 26-1- 4 before a crowd of over 10000 at the University of Utah’s Rice Stadium A For Kearns the state title ended 17 years of football frustration For Davis the loss was just another in a series of e setbacks disappointing “We played a good first half but we lost the momentum in the second half and of all games the state championship game is the one you don’t want to lose the momentum in” said Davis Coach Jim Dickson after the game “Our toughest job right now is to go home and try to convince these kids they had a great year” The state title game defeat brought back memories of other losses for Davis In 1983 the Alta Hawks turned back the Darts 1 7 in the state title game In 1985 Davis held a 0 lead late in the game against Weber only to see the Warriors score the final touchdown to win title-gam- Davis Coach Jim Dickson tries to get John Harwood to smile after the Darts lost to Kearns in the 4-- A championship game Friday 9-- Cougars Meanwhile his teammates on the defensive side of the ball limited the Darts to a measly 57 yards of offense in the second half including just 27 on the ground “These kids have never lost confidence in themselves all year long that’s what’s so great about ’em” said Kearns Coach Tom Larson who led the Cougars to their first title in 1 7 years “It’s been pandemonium all day long in Kearns “Davis is a good ballclub and we really didn’t make any adjustments at halftime We just told them to keep doing the 14-1- 17-1- 4 Indeed Friday’s game must have seemed reminiscent to the 1985 game for the Davis coaching staff because the Darts led 14-- 3 going into the fourth quarter only to see the Cougars score 23 unanswered points As predicted the game was won in the trenches and on the ground Kearns running back Fred Scott scored a trio of fourth-quarttouchdowns to pace the 4-- A er miilimfltViU l I Noon today Channel 5 910 AM1 160 AM 6 4 overall UTAH RECORD: Western Athletic Conference 2 1 BYU RECORD: overall Western Athletic Conference LAST MEETING: 1988: Utah 57 BYU 28 4 SERIES RECORD: Utah leads KEY MATCHUPS: Sophomore quarterback Ty Detmer leads BYU's offense which is second in the nation in passing (398 yards per game) and third in total offense (over 517 yards per game) against a pitiful Utah defense which has allowed an average of almost 513 yards per game (251 rushing 262 passing) and has given up over 41 points per outing BYU s pass defense has also been suspect allowing 255 yards per game but will benefit if it is not forced to face Ute quarterback Scott Mitchell who has averaged 321 yards passing per game and has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 21 consecutive games The NCAA record is 22 straight set by BYU's Steva Young in 1982-8- 3 NOTEBOOK: BYU had beaten Utah nine straight times before last year's lopsided loss at Salt Lake City and the Cougars have not lost to k the Utes in years since 1970-7- 1 LaVell Edwards has beaten Utah in 15 of his 17 games at the BYU helm has accounted for all but five of BYU's wins in the series between the two schools and has never lost to the Utes in Provo where Utah has lost 8 straight times KICKOFF: 4-- 2-- back-to-bac- ISU o POCATELLO — Tonight’s Weber State game holds little significance but don’t tell that to either Wildcat Coach Dave Arslan-ia- n or his Bengal counterpart Garth Hall This game’s outcome won’t affect the race for the national championship or for the Big Sky Conference championship for that matter Only Montana with help from Boise State can deny the University of Idaho its destiny of a Big Sky State-Ida-h- title Weber State and ISU kick off at 7:30 pm at Idaho State’s Holt Arena The 29th meeting of the Wildcats and Bengals probably won't change the tail end of the conference standings either Weber Slate 7 in conference and 8 overall has no wav of es 0-- 2-- 4 I 1 through the third quarter to help the Cougars to pull to within 3 But Davis answered with a fine scoring drive that took just seven plays Brian Kynaston rolled 16 yards to pay dirt to give the Darts a 14-- 3 lead a margin they took into the final quarter Then the Kearns running attack got untracked Scott Peni Mounga and Roger Grif 7-- 29-ya- 68-ya- rd 10-ya- After taking over on the Davis 47 it took just six plays for Kearns to score the touchdown as Scott cut inside for a scoring run A penalty on a late hit by Davis aided the Kearns drive Davis was unable to move the ball in g the final six minutes against the Cougars and was forced to give up the ball in good field position each time caught the Darts’ defense gambling as he took a pitch from quarterback Jeremy Castro and scampered 32 yards down the left sideline for another score See DARTS on 2B hard-hittin- injury hurts U of U’s chances in state’s biggest grudge By JOHN YOUNGREN Standard-Examine- University of Utah backup quarterback Mike Richmond said it best when he heard he would most likely be starting today’s game against Brigham Young University in place of injured Scott Mitchell “If you're going to get thrown into it you might as well get thrown into it with the best of them” Richmond said “To go out and play some tough competition is the way to find out what you're really made of” If that's the case then Richmond is going to find out all caping the Big Sky cellar and at 5 and 6 ISU has no way of gaining a Division playofT bid Without a shot at a championship the playoffs and a winning season the incentives would appear minimal There can’t be much more to this matchup than two teams playing out the string and like the usually hapless Chicago Cubs sneaking a peak ahead to next year — unless you ask the coaches “It’s a chance to finish the year with a win” said Arslanian “Even though we aren’t play ing for a winning record it is an opportunity to go out a winner and to go out with some measure of pride after hav ing fought through so many things “I've alwayed penciled in and focused on See WSC on 2B 2-- Standard Examiner yards in 1 plays the final 6 yards on Scott's sweep into the end zone On the ensuing kickoff Davis’ Travis Hill returned the kickoff to the line but a holding penalty moved the Darts back to the line The penalty just fired Kearns up even more as Kris Castro and Art Martinez helped the Cougars keep Davis from picking up a first down every time the Darts touched the ball in the fourth 32-ya- rd sorts of things about himself today The annual grudge match which gets under way in Cougar Stadium at 12:05 pm pits the 6 Utes against the 2 Cougars in what is traditionally the biggest local football game of the 4-- 8-- collegiate season Utah leads the overall series But BYU had won nine straight games leading into last 8 year's thrashing at the hands of the Utes in Salt Lake 40-20- -4 57-2- City Provo In fact the last time the Utes won a game on Cougar turf 5 was 1971 when they stole a decision Utah has taken only two from the Cougars since in 1978 and 17-1- again last year The Cougars are led of course sophomore quarterback Ty Detmer currently leading the NCAA in both total offense and passing efficiency Detmer who has completed passes for 25 touchdowns and 3875 yards this season has also thrown at least one by 175-pou- ot 224-of-3- What’s more Cougars’ Coach 15-- 2 against the Utes and has never lost to e his rivals in LaVell Edwards is crimson-and-whit- scoring pass in 12 straight games Local fans had been looking d forward to Detmer’s showdown with Ute quarterback Mitchell but that’s not likely to happen today The Ute junior who completed 21 of his 30 passes for 384 yards and three scores against the Cougars last year injured himself in Utah's practice Tuesday As of late Friday Mitchell who e suffered a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee was still listed as doubtful for today’s game putting the Utes in Richmond's untested hands “Mike's a very bright kid” Ute See BYU on 2B head-to-hea- second-degre- Feild offers game is Weber ‘Pride Bowl’ By DALE BUBLITZ fiths took turns picking up good chunks of yardage as the Cougars moved 73 Utes to find what they’re made of match Mitchell 8-- 5-- same things we’ve been doing all week” Chad Evans put Kearns on the score-boar- d for the first time in the game when he nailed a field goal midway tWEBERiSTATEJATJSUl KICKOFF: 3-- 7:30 pm No TV 1430 AM WEBER STATE RECORD: 0-- 7 Big Sky Conference 2-- 8 overall IDAHO STATE RECORD: 2-- 5 Big Sky Conference 3-- 6 overall LAST MEETING: 1988: Weber State 34 Idaho State 13 SERIES RECORD: Weber State leads 16-1- 2 KEY MATCHUPS: ISU quarterback Jason Whitmer who holds virtually every Bengal passing record will battle Weber State s defensive score in secondary The Bengal defense hasn't allowed a its last six games However Wildcat freshman quarterback Jamie Martin faces a team that has only nine interceptions to its credit this season NOTEBOOK: Weber State is 9 on artificial turf with five wins and five losses coming m the Idaho State's Holt Arena formerly the Wildcat tight end Peter Macon needs three catches to break Wade Orton s Weber State career reception record and kicker Greg Patterson is three points shy of being the WSC scoring leader Last week s shutout was the Wildcats' first since a 44-- pasting of Ft er fourth-quart- 13-3- Mini-Dom- e e 0 Lewis m 1984 consistency within rodeo By DENNIS LARSEN S t andard £ xamrner OGDEN — If you’re looking for a slightly different definition of consistency look no further than Lewis Feild The former Weber State College cowboy who now lives in Elk Ridge didn't become a threetime world champion from 1985-8- 7 without painstaking work and unyielding dedication Feild's work ethic paid big e RODEO on 2B divi-Se- a 4 |