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Show Thursday, November 21, 1996 competition By Ken Beazer Snow Colleges Snow grabs hard-fougvictory from Air Force Academy JV squad ht Ken Beazer Snow College tallied 14 fourth-quartpoints against a persistent Air Force JV squad last week, er grabbing a hard-foug- 45-3- ht 5 vic- the door for Air Forces methodical style of play to take control. The Falcons rolled on to score 22 unanswered points, giving them a 25-1- 8 half-tim- e lead, leav- gers a 38-3- 5 advantage. Nine minutes later, Snow College finally put Air Force to rest when Riley Jensen connected with James Taumoepeau for a clinching scoring pass. The roller coaster performance 12-ya- rd tory against the Falcons and securing the frozen Badger faithful ing the departing sophomores a numb with disbelief. place in Badger football history. Forced to regroup at the half, The win establishes a record for the Badger coaching staff made the best ever two-yestretch, 'l some minor adjustments in the surpassing the mark set during locker room, but more importhe 1991-9- 2 season of 17-This tantly, the focus years team has the opportunity to that was obviously missing in the further imbed their feat in Badger first half. annals with a date against College The approach worked. Less of Dupage in the Midwest Bowl than five minutes into the second on Thanksgiving Day. half, the Badgers had recaptured The record and the bowl invithe lead, 3 -- 25, on scoring runs by tation were the least of concerns Josh White and Anthony Jefferies. for the Badgers last Friday as the However, true to form, Air Falcons rolled into town for the Force was unshaken and came first-evmeeting between the two roaring back to take the lead just before the final period, 35-3clubs. The Badgers held their compoAfter jumping off to an early 18-- 3 and fought back to take the Snow sure became lead, College their own worst enemy by mak- lead on the second of Whites two put on by the Badgers mirrored the ride the emotional 8-- 3, ar Badgers were forced to live of a bowl bid, the dejected 1. scores 73-5- thrashing of Scottsdale Com- munity College. The Lady Artichokes never found an answer for Snows defense, as the Lady Badgers turned up the heat with their full-cou- press. rt The following day against host, Dixie College, Snow fell to the sopho- 0. Palmes Air Force Base, 95-3for their second win of their southern 7, mores tried to prepare themselves for what appeared to be their last sojourn. The Lady Badgers now take a game as Badgers. Two days later, after finally ac- week off before they head to Aribowl their zona over the Thanksgiving holicepting rejection by committees everywhere, they day to participate in the Valley of were informed that they had been the Sun Tournament. invited to play in the 22nd annual While the Lady Badgers went Midwest Bowl. The euphoria was south for their two wins, the men's short lived when the reality of the team boarded a plane north to fast approaching game against Air Coeur d Alene, Idaho for a couple Force was upon them. of games against Miles CC and Western Wyoming in the NIC Invitational. 9-- 1, Neither team could muster a formidable attack against the Badgers, as Snow College cruised to a 82-6- 1 victory over Miles CC, followed by a 86-6- 3 drubbing of Western Wyoming. The two vicoffensive unit ranks third in er countless mistakes, opening and past weekend, but each returned home after experiencing identical successes. The Lady Badgers ventured south for a three-da- y tournament in St. George and quickly posted their first win of the season, a 9 79-5- 1 ing mens womens basketball teams traveled in opposite directions this through during the week. After Lady Rebels, In the third and final game of being informed on Monday that they would be the highest ranked the tournament, the Lady Badgers team in the nation to be shut out took charge early and blew away 4. of the day, giving the Bad tie Badgers end season with Dixie for championship By Ken Beazer Badgers finished their of season as regular the WSFL, tied with Dixie College. At the conference meetings last week Keith Uperesa was! named the WSFL Coach of thT The 9-- 1 Year. The Badgers had five players receiving first team honors. They were: Riley Jensen, Howard Gurney, Jeff LeBlanc, Junior tories raise the Badgers early record to a perfect 0 as they prepare to host their own tournament 5-- Ioane, and Cyrus Satoafaiga. Named to the second team were: Rob Reinhold, Steve Douglerakis, Brett Williams and " ' 'Lance Mickelsen. On a national level, Riley v - this weekend in the Snow College Activity Center. The Badgers shot a season low from the three-poiline, hitting a but far below respectable their torrid shooting during the first three games. Western Wyoming fell victim to Snow's 52 percent shooting night from behind the three-poifrom the line, including nt Jensen leads the nation in passing and total offense, and the Badger A group of cats is called a clutter." RAI M HAS A Q nt guards. The 0 Badgers will play at home this weekend with games scheduled for Friday and Saturday evening. Both games w ill begin at 7:30 p.m. Salt Lake Community the tournaCollege will kick-of- f ment action with a 5:30 p.m. game on Friday. 5-- NEW CLOTHING STORE FOR GUYS AND GALS! etc. They have a great selection of fashionable jeans, shirts, dresses, They have all the latest styles. in They are located south of the Towne Theater Ephraim And the name of this great new store is... Lady Badgers drop 1st game in tournament By Ken Beazer The Lady Badgers ended their season with a first round loss to the eventual SWAC champion, The CSI, to on CSI from went Lady Eagles addefeat UVSC and SLCC to vance to the national championship in Miami, Florida. The hard-fougperformance by the Lady Badgers against CSI was not enough to stave off defeat. Playing their last game for the Lady Badgers were four sopho- 9 North Main 15-1- 3, 15-1- 2, 283-659- 9 E.N.U.F. 15-1- 2. ht Skechens mores. Tawnya Crumb, Becky Snarr, Kammy Pead and Nicole By Tricia Call The best laid plans can be thwarted by a four year old in 30 seconds flat! Last week, I had just labored over my the one you read, and computer writing two columns the one I had planned to sneak in its place to surprise my father-in-lafor his 76th birthday. had managed to save the first, but got called out of the room. When I came back, John was sitting up to the counter playing u itli m computer. As my face drained of color and my breath sucked in, John anticipated the worst and exclaimed. "But Mommy! I just had to write this story!" All that remained of my column on the screen was - uliliulxlil'iLXiluiluili')liJiiiuluJ'ifliliIpul'ililililil'iiTpq)tuittti56()tXXiiuxainili UhOh! was right. It wasn't until Saturday, that noticed a little file called "968" and took a look there was my long lost column, and my birthday prank on Max Call. So. sit back, pretend it's one week ago and read what you were supposed to read then... Shawn Bradley just moved from a team in Philadelphia thats having a rough time. The 76ers appear to lack the endurance that their name would suggest. I believe they would do well to take a page out of Max Calls book of 1 - life-lon- plays. g Max is a stickler for fair play. No personal fouls could be called on Max, though some players have pulled some intentional fouls against him. Max also doesn't seem to he leaves that up to others, lie's only conkeep score cerned with keeping the ball in play and for everyone to have an enjoyable time where possible. Max has spent his time in the game, even when he was sore or injured, tired or sick, lie's taken the heckling with the cheers and does his best to be a cheerful man. I Ie's the lowest paid player in the league, but he maintains a high quality performance so that we can enjoy watching the out. game, week He's gracious to his team mates, lie's respectful to others in the community who he feels are much more deserving of recognition than he. 1 Ie acknowledges the value that these players bring to the community and the service they perform. Max lightens our day with his warm sense of humor and ready smile. His sport of parody and truth is bestloved by those with a taste for lightening up. Of course, if you happen to be a telephone sales rep calling from New Jersey, especially on Monday or Tuesday, you probably wont think that he's so sweet. When I see an athlete continue past his "prime" of age 25, and people start thinking of that person as "old", have to wonder what theyd think of my father-in-lawhos still in the game, who still is a good sport, and still produces winning plays. Twenty years ago we were celebrating the of the Declaration of Independence. "The Spirit of 76 was a catch phrase for endurance, patriotism and ek 1 w liberty. Now Im taking that sense of endurance, patriotism and liberty to a more personal level. You see, Max Call is 76 today. So Im hoping I "endure the retribution I'm sure will follow for me sneaking in this substitute column from the one he edited and pasted up on the sports page. I'm also doing my patriotic duty" in letting you know its his birthday. And I'm sure taking a lot of liberty with my job. I guess you'll find out if I survived, if you find "From the Press Box" in this space next week! Weight Loss SWEEPSTAKES ynjon gay No galn.No pain. ST SEND: S.A.S.E. Maintaining a moderate weight may reduce your risk of heart attack. A Calvin Klein i i required HAWAII VACATION -to J.O.N. 749 E. 3300 So. 1 40.000 109, SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 84106 ettfaple Apa, Completely Electric Many other brands to choose from! 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