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Show DailyXHerald a | be WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY15, 2006 SPORTS EDITOR| Darel Dickson + 344-2555- ddickson@heraldextra.com OQ torino 2006 Lisety comes through for | 9 7 7 Netherlands Canada South Korea italy Austria Finland, 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 aggressive skiing and errors Miller and other favorites, Ligety Park City eae: by.clean, is an Olympic champion. upstages DQ’ Millerfor go it Howard Fendrich THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SESTRIERE,Italy — Not that long ago, Ted Ligety was everything Bode Miller is not: unknown, unsponsored, unaccomplished. Now,thanksboth to his own Miller still is not. “It’s great to be whereI am,” the ae-year-old Ligety said, his voice joarse,“but it’s unexpected,that’s tae sure.” Never before a competitor at a Winter Games, never before a winnerof any majorrace, Ligety produced two spectacular slalom runs to pull out the combined event Tuesdaynight, only the fourth time in Olympic history an American man has collected a gold medal in UVSC NOTEBOOK Alpineskiing. A few hoursbefore,it appeared Miller might win that medal. Fastest in the downhill portion of the threeleg event, he was disqualified after straddling a gatein thefirst slalom. Trailing far behind after the afternoon downhill, Ligety took a star turn underthe floodlights during the evening slalom.He was as consistent as a metronome,rocking smoothly back andforth, back and LUCA BRUNOAssociated Press. forth, smacking away gates with his orange gloves and black shin "Ted Ligety of the United States holds the U.S.flag as he celebrates after winning the gold medalin the men’s combinedat the Turin See LIGETY, C4 2006 Winter Olympic Gameson Tuesday. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPS AGAIN MATT SMITH/Daily Herald UVSC’s Adam Openshaw (11)hit .400 (6-of-15) with a homerun,six RBI, . adouble andscored three runsin four gamelast week. A MARIORUIZ /Daily Herald Payson’sKaitlyn Bateman,left, and Karlie Mangelsonfight with Lehi's Women record first DI road win Jessica Andersen (No. 23) at Tuesday’s gamein Lehi. Lehi silences critics, wins Region title NeilK. Warner DAILY HERALD UVSC women’s basketball coach Cathy Nixonis not going to ask Utah GovernorJon Huntsmanfor a special day. She won't ask the college for a ticker-tape parade, but that doesn’t mean Nixon doesn't havecause fora celebration. After losing 31 straight road games to Division I schools, UVSC picked up its first Division I road win in women’s basketball school history last week. “Any winis a good thingforus. This was oneof the goals weset, this is something we wanted to accomplish,” Nixon said.“I'm proud ofthe kids, they played well and it’s fun to see the rewardoftheir ‘d work.” UVSC held off Northern Colorado 75-73 on Saturday.It took a big night from a pair of freshman for the Wolverinesto pull out the win. Robyn Fairbanks scored 23 points on 11-0f-17 shooting and Hollie Beaman scored 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting. UVSC will have a chanceto put together a road winning streak when the Wolverinesplay at IPFW on March 1,but first, UVSC will host a three-game homestandbeginning with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday. Jared Lloyd Forall those whoscoffat preseason prognostication, Tuesday night provideda little more fuel for thefire. Thecase against the Lehi girls basketball team headinginto this season appeared daunting: The Pioneers were es PIONEERS 63Ththey werepicked to bring upthe rear in Region7. On Tuesday, Lehi proved once again thatallof those guesses belong in the wastebasket, earning es ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald Timpanogos’ Amy Weitzeil(11) struggles for possession of the ball against Mountain View's Maylene Ornelas(4) and Natalie Hall at Mountain View on Tuesday night. Mountain View won 68-50 to win the Region 4 win. Mountain View routs T’Wolvesto win Region4 title 7 Neil K. Warner DAILY HERALD Baseball ) Openshaw swinging a hotbat: Former Payson standout Adam Openshaw was one of the bright spots in UVSC's four-game series against Southern Utah over the weekend. The Wolverines were hoping to take three of four, but instead copethree of four to the ThunOpenshawhit .400 (6-of-15) with a home run, six RBI, a double and ‘three runs scored. Outfielder Nick Conner also came out of the box a hot bat. Hehit .500(7oti ata three “doubletaca?five Trial pitcher Kyle Beecher threw well in relief. He pitched just one win, went seven innings,allowed five hits, struck out four and gaveup just tworuns. Next up for UVSC is a series at Fresno State. coming off a sixwin season and OVINE up into a higherclassifica- y (queue BRUINS 68 T'WOLVES 50 Erica Eyestonesaidit all with smile. Whenshe banked in one of herthree 3-pointers inthe second quarter to give Mountain View a 36-18 with 3:45left in the first half, you had the feel- ing it was going to be Mountain View’s night. Mountain View's Maylene Ornelas looked like she was preparing for the NBA’s 3-point shootout, Michelle Harrison scored on an alley-oop layup —_and Vanessa Riggs kept finding open spots to shoot from inside Timpanogos’ zone defense, See BRUINS, C5 I dan, 2:30 p.m, Highland, 9:30 a.m. b Lehi vs. East, 11:10 a.m. > Bingham/Riverton vs, Fremont/ Dd Olympus vs. yore Crest/Box D Timpanogosvs. Taylorsville/Jor- Salt Lake Community College » Pyavveaten vs. Hunter, 2:30 » Brighton vs. Sp. Fork, 4:10 p.m. D Mtn. View vs. Taylorsville/Jordan, 6p.m. ‘ D Bingham/Riverton vs. Fremont/ | Davis, 4:10 p.m. Elder, 12:50p. . Bomneil/Bount vs. Payson, }0 p.m. paren VS. West/Highland, 4:10 p.m. } Murray vs. Woods Cross, 5:50'p.m. D Sky View vs. Cottonwood, 7:30 p.m. D Timpview vs. Mountain Crest/Box | Elder, 9:10 p.m. | Jordan/Keams, 6 p.m. D Skyline vs. Lone Peak, 7:40 p.m. 4A \ Davis, 7:40 p.m. Tuesday Salt Lake Community College | | D Layton/Clearfield vs. West Utah Valley State College D Bonneville/Bountiful vs. West/ Winningtheregion in myfirst yearas headcoach,it’s awesome.” Forthe players, the victory was Altogether,it proved to be too muchfor Timpanogos to deal with as Mountain View ran away with the Region4 title with a 68-50 win Tuesday night at Mountain View. “Patience. That's been the key wordforus all season. When Projected First RoundPlayoff Pairings the outright Region7 title with an emphatic 63-45 homewinover Payson. “It’s unbelievable,” Pioneer head coach Khalil Sikandersaid. “These girls played fantastic tonight. I feel it's a privilege just to have them. | \| sweetvindication for the perceived lack of respect. “Wecameintothis gamedetermined that the championship would be ours,” said senior forward Breezy Chandler. “Wejust wanted it so bad.It's great to know that weproyed everyone wrong.” Senior guard Kayla Burningham said: “No one wantedtolose. We knew that the region anda better roadat state wasontheline, Everyone had the heart to comeout andget the win.” Lehi did more thanjust earn the title; it also provedit has people readytofill the void when other teams are focused on stopping Burningham,Utah Valley's leading scorer. “The coachestold everyone they neededto stepupinthis game, Burningham said, “Payson played great defense on melast time we played so we needed othersto step up and they did.” The Pioneer super-scorer made only oneofher10 first half shots and went only 4-of-18 for the game. 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