Show 2B Tuesday Cowgirls edge the Wildcats - just standing around and corespondent In the game of there are certain fundamentals that coaches try to get their players to do OGDEN basketball Among those are shooting and rebounding free-thro- Jon Graves Weber football Bonneville volleyball Age: 16 A9e:17 Class: Senior j Class: Sophomore Interests: Interests: i Food: Lasagna Food: Pizza show Who's Line is show: ER TV Movie: Ever After Book: Where the Sidewalk Ends Class subject Seminary Role model: "My parents Dan and Diane" What I'd like to win a lifetime supply ot Money Best performance in sports: 1 think that did well at Mountain Crest in the second match that we played against them up there I got some good blocks that game" I “We talked at halftime about Senior post player Meghan Geddes moved the Wildcats back within one at 0 by hitting one of two free throws with 266 remaining and the Cowgirls’ Darci Arsene left the door open for the Wildcats to tie or win by missing three of four free throws with 253 seconds left " hang out with my family Last week: After dropping a first round matchup to Cyprus Pugmire helped the Lakers battle back and win their final two matchups to consolation capture the state championship Bonneville knocked 4-- andthen 15-1- 1 15-1- 2 3 in Highland 5 e honors order to gamer Pugmire on her performance: “I think that did pretty good spiking and blocking The hitting was so much better and it was so much more intense than it was in junior high was pretty calm for the tournament because we have a good team (Dunng the tournament) right when you get in the building you get a ttle bit nervous but then it goes away Our team was great Everybody was fnends and really liked our coach too it was kind of hard after we lost but we wanted to try hard and win the consolation (Coach Melanie Strong) told us not to leave with any regrets She said to have fun and leave the season on a good note was really glad that we didn't give up We lose a lot of seniors but I think we have a pretty good team next year” 15-1- 2 WSU Best performance in sports: ‘In the West playoff game had the g touchdown and an interception that kind of sealed 1" at the break and after WSU opened the second half with a 0 run put together a streak of 14 unanswered points to close the Wildcats’ lead to 15-1- In spare time: "(I like to) hang out with fnends and play other sports" Last week: Graves heljced lead the Wamors to only their second state football championship in 78 years He caught the eventual winning touchdown pass with 5:24 remaining and then defensively helped turn back Bountiful's drive with potential 1 40 to go and with Weber leading game-winnin- g 17-1- sixth-plac- I I II Coach Melanie Strong on Pugmire: "She is just a sophomore this year and has come in real strong from junior high She's very mature She s the shortest middle blocker that we've had but she's done really well with blocks and helped with hitting She's had a little experience playing club was hoping that she would step up and do good job for us and she has filled that role for us She had a really good tournament with some really key blocks She's a very smart hitter and can place the ball very well She has the respect from everybody since she has come in as a sophomore and helped lead the team A lot of girls look up to her even though she's younger She s a natural athlete She plays every soort not just volleyball and is 40 student She works really hard at whatever she does and always gives 100 percent' I After high school: “I just want to go to college I'm not sure yet what want to do do want to have my I own family Volleyball might be an option" - Chad Pritchett Standard-Examin- I 4 Graves on his performance: ‘It was amazing (Bountiful) is a good team They're the best team we've played They hit us harder than I've been hit for awhile Danns (Scott) interception was huge I knew that my catch in the end zone was pretty big I also had three or four knockdowns I think that caused some problems out there (With Bountiful driving near the end of the game) we were confident The defense is the strength of the team and we knew what we had to do We d worked too hard to let it slip away I'D remember the friendships we made We re like brothers now We re all dose It kind of hasn't sunk in yet We've been dreaming about (the state title) since we were little kids We were there and everytt mg I fell into place" Coach Kory Bosgieter on Scott “Probably the biggest thing with Jon is that he's been playing hurt all year He's got a tom MCL He's been playing in a brace The thing that Jon has done for us is that although he was strong dunng region play as the playoffs got here he really stepped it up People have thrown away from his side as a defensive back told him that we’re going to have to change his name to Jonny "Big Catch” Graves He makes a phenomenal catch against West to win the ball game and then his touchdown (Fnday) was an excellent catch He's another one of our senior leaders Jon is a very smart football player Physically he was very limited and the only way that he was able to play some of the games midseason was his intelligence in the way he plays coverage We re fortunate to have athletes like him He s played all year with a lot of heart Every practice and game he's been in pain" After high school: "Hopefully I go play somewhere for a year and then go on an LDS mission” - Chad Pritthett I II Standard-Examine- r er free-thro- w line the difference in the game being rebounding Wyoming had a 2 advantage at half” Weber State coach Carla Taylor said “It shows that Wyoming came to play and wanted to win more than we did because of the way they went to the boards We only had eight op Movie: The World is Not Enough Book: Hatchet Class subject Sports marketing Role model: "My dad Greg” What I'd like to win a lifetime supply of Shoes game-winnin- i 26 turnovers Weber State held a 69-6- 8 edge with 44 seconds remaining but the Wildcats defense allowed Wyoming’s Shelby Hoffg man to knock in the three pointer season-openin- second-chanc- e I In spare time: "I like to play sports and hang out with my friends and off Bountiful It Anyway? 40-2- 9 The Wildcats also shot just from the 20-1- Position: Wide receiver defensive back Position: Middle blocker Wyoming’s final edge on the was just enough boards of to help the Cowgirls overcome w The Weber State women’s basketball team did a poor job g of both in its 0 loss to the University of Wyoming on Monday evening at the Dee Events Center 73-7- Natalie Pugmire w atch- ing” 19-of-- 27 Tar Heels 73-7- 0 A pair of near misses and a Wyoming free throw later the game was over and the Wildcats started the season 0-- 1 “I think we need to work on being more composed down the stretch” Wildcats starting point guard Amber Whiting said “We were rushing our shots a little more than we needed to in the second half” Senior guard Shelley Olson 19 points notched a team-hig- h for WSU while Crystal Howe snagged 13 points and six rebounds Carrie Bacon notched a 24 points including game-hig- h 18 second-chanc- e points and 12 rebounds to lead the Cowgirls “When Wyoming made adjustments defensively we made some offensive adjustments and people didn't execute those adjustments” Taylor said portunities because people were By JUSTIN JOHNSON Standard-Examm- game-winnin- 71-7- From IB 38-2- 1 9-- said “We showed what we have a chance to be Then we kind of let them up off the mat” Added Gill: “We got comfortable with the lead and then we started to get lazy They got back in the game a couple of 10 points (53-4with 10 minutes remaining in the game but a 0 run by the Wildcats ended the rally Westminster didn’t get closer than 12 points (61-4the rest of the way “We have more talent than them” Arceneaux said “but they came out and played hard3) 6-- Mike Peirce of Spanish Fork finished with 16 points and five rebounds for Westminster and Mitch Montgomery a former teammate Of WSU senior Shawn Moore at Weber High added Montgomery Standard-Examin- 68-6- No er 625-427- Weber State’s Harold Arceneaux throws down a dunk against Westminster College’s Enoch Dahl THE SHOW: 3 BYU From IB And finally in perhaps the least understandable rating system used to determine the BCS ratings Richard Billingsley lists Wyoming 52nd (215726) Colorado State 55th (214922) Utah 57th (210839) and BYU 59th (207839) This list includes reeight teams with sub-50- 0 cords ahead of each team from the MWC including Louisiana State which has a record of 8 and California which lost to 2-- BYU with a record of 4--7 The Liberty Bowl committee - and the Las Vegas Bowl committee which will take the second choice among the potential - will four MWC also take into account the marketability of each school and which team can guarantee the most tickets sold While it is anyone’s guess which schools will get the invitations to Memphis and Las Vegas it is likely that the MWC will only send two teams to the postseason Question: How fair is that? This season MWC teams are 21-1- 1 against opponents in 1999 and 5 vs conferences affiliated with the BCS The conference compiled the following records against BCS opponents - Pac-1- 0 ) SEC Big 12(3-1- ) Big Ten (0-(0-ACC ) Answer: Embarrassingly unfair So expect a fair amount of bickering by those teams left home for the holidays Brady Bingham covers BYU 7-- (4-1- (0-1- athletics for the Standard-Examin- er He can be reached at or bbingham a standardnet 625-426- 7 USU BASKETBALL Gators barely dodge Aggies’ bullet Hie Associated Press LAHAINA Hawaii - It isn’t often a player who didn’t have a point or a rebound is credited with saving the game Major Parker whose box-sco- re line was loaded with zeros blocked a attempt by Utah State’s Troy Rolle with six seconds left Monday as No 6 Florida escaped with a 60-5- 8 victory in the opening round of the Maui Invitational “As soon as I went in the game for that play I told Kenyan Weaks I was guarding Rolle” said Parker “Kenyan told me the play they would run for him with a double-scree- n and he was right I knew he was so I went right at him and I got it” left-hand- ed TCUGH ASSIES: Florida State’s Dan Stewart center Udonis Haslem is surrounded by Utah and Dion Bailey during Monday’s game at the (left) said “We can’t be satisfied with Maui Invitational 'V As expected Utah State thought there was a foul on the play but none was called “It was a clean block” Parker said with utmost assurance of his second rejection of the game "We should have won that basketball game that’s the way I feel” USU coach Stew Morrill a 7 MonSouthern California 82-6- 5 day night in the opening round of the Maui Invitational “I was just thrilled to be starting because not many freshmen get to do that at North Carolina” the graduate of DeMatha High School said after from the field ingoing from cluding range “To play like that tops it 65-5- guarded by Moore most of the shots night hit just Weber State returns to action on Saturday against Southern Virginia College The Wildcats and Knights meet at 7 pm at the Dee Events Center Jared Page coven Weber State the Tar Heels beat fourth-ranke- 54-5- er” for Press 1) 9) He can be reached at or jpageQstandardnet Associated LAHAINA Hawaii - Joseph Forte didn't waste any time making his presence felt at North Carolina Freshmen regardless of recruiting hype and talent potential have always had to yield to the upperclassmen at Chapel Hill That was true under Dean Smith for more than three decades and Bill Guthridge held firm in his first two seasons Some nagging injuries that kept some veterans from being able to practice gave Forte a chance to start in his first game and he took advantage in a big way scoring 24 points as the all-tim- times” The Griffins closed the gap to athletics the It took a performance like that to top what his senior backcourt-mat- e did Ed Cota went from the field scored 15 points had 10 assists and took the game over in the second half “Ed’s done that for four years and that’s why he’ll be our e assist leader” Guthridge said “He's done that many many times and that's why I wouldn’t trade him for any other point guard in the country” The Tar Heels will play Georgetown in one semifinal tonight while Florida and Purdue meet in the other was Southern California (1-2 within with 1 1 :23 left on a turnaround shot by Sam Clancy who finished with 23 points That's when Cota and Forte took over looking like two players w ho had been together a lot longer than one preseason Cota hit a scored on a drive fed Forte for a dunk on the break and hit a jumper in the lane before Forte’s capped a 12-- 2 run that gave North Carolina a 4 lead with 7:15 to play A by Brandon Gran-ill- e 1 got the Trojans within with 5:46 left but Cota and Forte went back at it “It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the first 15 minutes were pretty good” Cravens points freshman leads way all” 47-3- 5 nine er COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7SU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Standard Stars TV Standard-Examin- Sports November 23 1999 a great job and coming close to a win there is no way we should be satisfied with that And that is what I told our guys “We should have won that game I've been doing this too long and I refuse to be satisfied with playing them close" who have The Gators (2-1 1 freshmen and sophomores on the roster face No 22 Purdue a 96-7- 8 winner over Chaminade in today’s semifinals Donnell Harvey’s rebound basket with 1:16 left gave Florida the lead for good 59-5- 8 and it was the seventh lead change in the final 4 minutes Parker’s block saved the win for the Gators who were from range “We didn’t shoot the ball particularly well and I think we’re one of the better shooting teams in the country" Florida coach Billy Donovan said “We were very fortunate to win This certainly was not the same team that played Friday night” The Gators opened their season with a 96-6- 1 victory over Florida State Bernard Rock’s only of the game gave USU (1-a lead with 1:37 left Florida’s Mike Miller missed a 3 on the next possession but Harvey put back the rebound and the Gators had the lead for good Rock missed a shot on Utah State’s next possession but Florida missed on two scoring opportunities as Brett Nelson missed on a drive and Miller’s long jumper as the shot clock expired missed Utah State called a timeout with 16 seconds left and the Aggies worked the ball to Rolle on the left side but Parker came out and blocked the shot “We ran a play that took about the right amount of time to leave us a chance at a rebound" Morrill said "It looked like he was going to be wide open and the kid ran at him and the rest is speculation" Teddy Dupay added a free throw with 21 seconds left for the final margin Rolle finished with 16 points Dimitri Jorssen added 12 points and Shawn Daniels had 10 58-5- 0) a 7 1) 22 Purdue 96 Chaminade 78: Brian Cardinal went from the field matched his career high with five in six attempts had 29 points and nine rebounds as the Boilermakers pulled away in the second half of the season opener for both teams "That was one of the better games of Brian s career" Purdue coach Gene heads said “He plays the game with head and his body With the outside shooting he's capable of doing that and he's confident" The Boilermakers had all five starters score in double figures in dropping the Division II host school's record in the tournament to henie Weir had 22 points for the who had 24 turnovers Georgetown 71 Memphis 55: Kevin Braswell had 17 points to lead the Hovas ) who spoiled the debut of Tigers interim head coach Johnny Jones who took over on Nov 13 when Tic Pnce unexpectedly resigned Memphis had a lot to do with the rough first game as it shot 22 percent including a combined from the starting backcourt of Keiron Shine who missed all nine of his shots and Marcus Moody No 3 Michigan State 78 Toledo 33: At bast Lansing Mich Morris Peterson had 19 points and 10 rebounds as Michigan Slate became the only team Irom last year's Final Lour to open the season with a victory No 7 Connecticut 79 Massachusetts 65: At Stores Conn Khalid scored 18 points and Edmund Saunders had 10 rebounds to lead Connecticut over Massachusetts No 14 Syracuse 105 Florida Atlantic 79 At Syracuse NY Elan Thomas who missed the first two games ol the season with a staph infection scored 24 points and matched his Syracuse record of nine blocks No 15 Illinois 72 Bradley 62: At Peoria 111 Cory Bradford scored 22 points to lead Illinois over Bradley No 17 Tennessee 95 Eton 56: At Knoxville Tenn Vincent Yarbrough scored 19 points and Tennessee broke open a close game with a second-hal- f burst No 24 Maryland 104 Fairteigh Dickinson 45: At College Park Md Juan Dixon scored rune of his 21 points in Maryland's game-openi- 23-- 1 -- run Sacramento State 65 Southern Utah 58: At Sacramento Calif four Sacramento State players scored in double digits as the Hornets defeated Southern Utah Rame Batta who racked up 16 points -finished the night from the free throw line helping keep the Hornets ) undefeated Southern Utah dropped to -l It is Sacramento's best start since 1988-8- 9 when the team also set olT with ' a pair of wins Joining Batta in double figures were senior Anthony Flood (15) sophomore-Ren- e Jacques (14) and junior Pablo Goiuales (12) The Thunderbirds were led by Fred House with I J points and 10 rebounds |