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Show Thursday, February 5, 1998 Messenger-Enterpris- Paqo e 5 Lady Badgers suffer 2 crucial road losses Badgers up their record to 4 after weekend wins 7-- Colleges mens basket- Snow ball team is back on a roll, winning two road games, and finding themselves sitting among the leagues elite with a 4 conference record, two games out of 7-- first. Despite the difficulty of life on the conference trail, the Badgers are 2 away from the friendly confines of the Home Activity Center. The latest victims of the Badger Road Show: CEU, 79-6and CNCC, 87-7Coach Jon Judkins success on the SWAC road so far this season has put his squad in position to stake their claim to conference notoriety, as they now prepare to host Ricks College and NIC this weekend. This weekend's games have Blockbuster written all over them. Friday night. Snow and Ricks will stage their rematch of 4-- 5, 9. thriller held in three weeks ago Rexburg, a double-overtim- e Idaho. That time, the Vikings t a victory. Now it is the Badgers who are looking for revenge. Saturday, NIC comes to town looking to inflict their own revenge after being stung earlier this year on their own court by the Badgers. Against CEU, the level of intensity was missing from the Badgers in the first half. Fueled by a noisy home crowd, the Eagles shot out to a 10 point, half-tim- e lead, leaving Coach Judkins in a stew. The Eagles appeared to be well on their way to an upset. Yet, for the second straight week, somebody pushed all the right buttons during the half, and the Badgers lit it up over the games final 20 minutes. Snow College went on a tear, tying the game in less than four squeaked-ou- one-poi- nt From By the minutes. No matter how many timeouts CEU's staff called, it was futile, as the Badgers built a it lead as fast as they erased one, on their way to a victor)'. Brandon Fries put up 20 points for the Badgers, and David Fife added 11. The following night against CNCC, Snow College ran into an inspired Spartan team, one that nearly pulled the upset. Despite leading most of the way, the second-half was uncomfortably close for the Badgers liking. With CNCC holding a four-poilead late in the game, the Spartan, Steve Cox, made a huge blunder. Cox was called fora foul on a block attempt, which quickly turned into technical, consequently sending him to the bench w ith his fifth foul. Bennett quickly drained all four foul shots to tie the game, and CNCC never saw the lead again. double-dig- nt nt to put the other away; yet, it was Snow College w ho held the upper hand for most of the game. In fact, the Lady Badgers appeared to have a death-gri- p on victory w ith three minutes to play, taking a seven point lead, with possession of the ball. However, instead of sinking the final nail into CEU's coffin, the Lady Badgers got a little nonchalant with their passes, throwing the ball away, allowing the Lady Eagles another chance to get back into the game. The Lady Eagles used the turnover to ignite a 0 run. putting themselves in a position to snatch victory. The Lady Badgers missed three key over the game's final minute and a half. By Ken Beazcr Snow College women's basketball team's roller coaster ride continued last weekend, this time, descending hard and fist, extending a severe blow to the Lady Badger's psyche with two crucial road losses. How do you explain it? The Lady Badgers were riding a three-gam- e winning streak heading into last weekend, and were supposed to make quick work of CEU and CNCC, teams that could easily lawsuit filed have an anti-trutheir monopoly on the against SWAC cellar. However, it was Snow College which faltered, losing sizeable leads down the stretch in both games, bow ing to before giving CNCC CEU, their second conference w in of the st 6-- free-thro- 54-5- 3, three-poi- nt attempt, h, season, 69-- 6 . Frustration? You bet. Coach Jaime White is left to ponder how 1 the her team can knock-of- f SWACs elite one weekend, then lose to the conference also-ra- n the next. Now she is left to pick up the pieces before SWAC leader, Ricks College and last years champion, NIC, come calling to Snow Colleges lorne Activity Center. Against CEU, the Lady Badgers were in a close contest from the onset. Neither team was able 1 Wliat is it like to go through August to January , wondering if your husband's NFL job is secure from week to week if lie's - times. There were also dark sides to this fairy tale life. The job insecurity was just one of the drawbacks. Roxi realized that the li festy le that many of the players and their w ives led - the money, the fast pace, drugs, extra-maritrelationships, etc. would take them far afield of the substance of their dreams. Their solution to preserv ing these dreams, was as Roxi says, "We didn't associate with that clement. Instead we stayed close to friends, our family and our church. We saw lots of people make selfish choices, play ing with the idea of having one child, but also having a nanny to raise the child, instead of taking responsibility to be real parents. They considered their friends were in Utah -the ones they had met while attending BYU. In fact, most of the year, HOME MORTGAGE RATES HAVEN1 BEEN THIS LOW FOR A LONG TIME. Refinance now at Zions Bank for up to at record low rates, with NO fees or closing costs. 15 years they stayed in Utah. The most troublesome villain in this fairy tale is the risk of injury. 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I) I C limiting lender 1 a eight rebounds The following night .i" mist CNCC, the I.adv Badgeis ,i mi held a lead late in the game hut failed to hold it. his time V 'Vs inability to break the I adv Vu-tan- s defensive press pioved t d. d.e opening the door for CM C the lead and eventuallv. the came Amber Russell and I laid ng came away with 12 points ei.h. while Charv Young was the md) other Lady Badger in double with 10. team-hig- Sports fun ixlraordmairc live-actio- u si-- and Stacy Harding giahbed Tricia Call going to be traded, sidelined, or worse, injured? These concerns were far from the mind of Roxi. growing up in the small town of St. Anthony, Idaho. Roxi's parents were both school teachers, who owned a small 40 acre potato farm just outside of town. I ler dreams for life after school included marrying her high school sweetheart. Jason, raising a family, living in a nice house and supporting her husband in reaching his dreams, whatever they be. After high school graduation, she and Jason got married. Jason had already worked for two years to save up enough to go to college, and they headed for Rexburg and Ricks College. Roxi worked at Albertsons as a cashier. Sometime during Jason's sophomore year, Roxi got a full view of where her husband's dreams were taking them. A walk-o- n to the football team at Ricks. Jason had demonstrated tremendous strength and talent. I lis surprise entrance into college football (surprising to all those junior college coaches who didn't go to small high schools without football programs) brought recruiters from every major college in the U.S.A. After a tremendous college career which wrapped up at BYU in 1986's football season, Jason was drafted into the NFL to play for Cinncinnati. winning a Super Bowl ring, and moving on to I Washington to play for the Redskins and win another Super Bow ring there. Like many fairy tales, there were magical moments. Roxi and Jason's families loved sports. Roxi enjoyed watching the not just from a games with them - getting to watch teles ision set in a rural home. There were charity events too, and dressing up was only part of the magic experienced during these le no College with a humblm-- ' defeat. point Melissa Braeggei cameoM the bench to lead Coach While's squad in scoring with 1( pmuis. lomc Warranty. I l ! tm-ur- |