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Show r SECTION DoilusSHerald FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER9, 2005 SPORTS EDITOR | Darnell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com NFL: Season Opener 30 Patriots | 20 Raiders PATS BEGIN WITH WIN ‘SANDY KING/EIU Photographer Eastern Illinois senior center Pascal Matla looks for someonetoblock. Panthers , can boast | Holland’s very best Seniorcenterhails from soccer-loving ~ country of Holland |, | Jason Franchuk DAILY HERALL As a teenager, Pascal Matla didn't need to look long or hard to realize soccer wasn'tin his future. It's Holland's main sport, but the kid bigger than everyone in his family — mostothers PLAYER in the country, PROFILE (forthat matter — saw that he had to find somethingdifferent. Therearen't many 6-foot-5, 309-pounddudes running around World Cupfields, are there? So Matla, a senior center for Ce EasternIllinois, set his sights on the American versionof football after discovering the sport through the NFL Europe program at 17 years old. He met someplayers WINSLOW TOWNSON/Associated Press who commended him basically for beinga “big kid” and encouraged Oakland Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson,left, tries to tackle New England Patriots tight end Ben Watsonduring the first quarter on Thursdaynight. him to give it a try. Brady throws two touchdownsas Patriots open Super Bowl defense with win See MATLA, C4 Dave Goldberg) THE ASS What they're saying Justlike BYU, Eastem Illinois is in fullmnode preparation for Saturday's game. Here's what they're saying about the Cougars in Charleston, lilinois. Patriots beat Oakland 30-20 Thursday night, holding Randy Moss,the Raiders’ newstar, to onebigplay, a 73- loss ofinside linebackers Tedy Bruschi and Ted Johnson. ThePatriots, whoalsolost coor- FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England’s quest for an unprecedented three straight Super Bowl victories New england’s 35thwin in 39 gamessincethe start of the 2003 yard touchdown catch. dinators Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel to head coachingjobs, led Patriots didn’t lose: Tom Brady and seasor was an odd one all offense at the start, mostly defense after in- by Brady of 29 yards to Super Bowl is in good hands with twostars the Richard Seymour. termission. One key early adjustment Brady threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns and Seymour made a game-turning defensive play as the was inadebythe Patriots, switching, from their traditional 34 defenseto a 4-3tohelp fill the gap caused by the to Moss, who at 6-foot-4 simply went over 5-8 TyronePoole. Anderson alsocaughtafive-yard touchdown pass with3:04left set up byRandal Williams’ block of Josh 17-14 at halftime on touchdown passes Miller's punt. But Moss was called for offensive passinterference on the MVP Deion Branch andfive yardsto newcomer Tim Dwight. Thatoffset atwo-yard TD pass by Kerry Collins to tight end Courtney Anderson on the game’sfirst series and the bomb two-point conversionplay That wasn't Moss’ only mistake. He also droppeda short first-down See PATRIOTS, C4 Size, age of HIGHSCHOOLFOOTBALL BYU players Bruins-Tigers rivalry hasn’t lost its intensi a concern for Panthers Reclassification hasn’t doused competitivefire betweenthese teams Jared Lloyd DAILY HERALD ___ Brian Nielsen” JOURNAL GAZETTE/TIMES-CCCOURIER (LL)) Thirty-one of Brigham Young’s football players are married. They haveeight children with six more on the way. Up next Sixtytwo of the Cougars, 59 percent of the roster, are returned misSaturday sionaries who Eastem tiinois Have served full- ipm.,Tv:ksi time, two-year missions for the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 21 countries. “We're facing a mature group,” little less than 11 months ago, Mountain View and Orem met on a sog- | | gy field at Tiger Stadium to determine | | who would win the Region 7 crown. The Bruins overcame the mud and a late Oremlead,driving the length of the fieldin the final minute to knockoff the who seemto be snake-bitten. andfieldgoal blocked andloses to Orem74. The result gave both teams a share of the region crown,along with Lone Peak.It was a high honor,particularly for a Mountain View squadthatstarted tesoe 04. has changedin the worldof highech school football since that October evening. Orem andthe Bruins are in different regions anddifferent classifi- Rivertonreturns a flukie fumble for a touchdown and gets the benefit of a bogus personal foul penalty to gift-wrap a touchdown. American Forktries to give away a 28-7 lead, but can't doit. East misses an extra point. BRIAN wren Herald Orem lineman Ryan Freeman, above,participatites in practice drills in Augu: Freeman and teammateZeke Wily are two of the top linemanin the Wiuie and cations. But don't expect tonight's gameat See RIVALRY, C3 will lead the Tigers against the Mountain View Bruins tonight. © WWAW.HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE f ll around the county | hear the samething from teams Timpanogos hasan extra point league-leading Tigers, 7-6. See PANTHERS, C4 Zuketakesall the credit for eams’ problems ‘ \ LonePeak thought 24 points would be enough to beat Timpview withits defense, Normally,it would | See ZUKE, C4 |