Show ' Delta pilots PAGE C8 BUSINESS Hotel becomes first with diamonds pay cut OK gAall Ski e resorts opening early takt Zribunt FRIDAY Nov vomit 12 '2004 S C wirsAitriLtau ( ill) NCAA Women's Soccer C2 S 11) 'CP N84 C4 ( SANWA SWEEPS CY YOUNG VOTING Baseball AMES' CS loss IN OFFENSE SPUTTERS Cl College Footkall Scoreboard Cl 'Pe t I COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Crowton keeps focus on football to 3e tme rJpw© g(DocIL Cottonwood's win over Brighton highlights day of upsets BY PAT MC Pv Sub bAe BY JAY 1)KEW Mesa hike PROVO — One victory away from a winning season a feat that could silence legions of detractors Gary Croton is imoring the controversy that SW ilto arotind his prvgrani The Brigham Young footteall coach only has eyes fur the New Nlexico Lobos 11 NOthing else matters f 70 as he has preached all x4N n 1 sea-soexcept the '4'1474' next game It prolkibly is wise Croviton has main- - Cmy Creep lrzbute '' It didn't snow in (My a Dem- 11"1 ocrat wasn't ektied governor of Utah and the price of gasoline won't drop with a holiday approaching But something almost as unimaginable happened Thursday at ItimEcckl Stadium: The Cottonwood Colts made it to the Class SA football championship game CLASS 5 A SI MO Air latolav 4 0r ''A f v 1 19 t0041 I BRIGHTON l The Colts arguprogram in the ably the worst state for most of the 1990s and early years in this century used an opportunistic defense and several big plays to stun the previously undefeated and heavily favored Brighton Bengals in a semifinal The suburban Salt Lake County school in its 35th season will play for the state title at 130 pm next Friday against a team also on an improbable run Davis "I feel like we just shocked the world" Cottonwood's Zach Wade said Wade's interception near the line in the Cottonwood last minute was Brighton's fifth turnover and sealed the deal for Colts Pans just as a rainbow was breaking through the ckmds west of the stadium "That" said Cottonwood coach Tom Jones "was just once-awfu- t s" 5-- ' ' tir:: 0 - 14 V le u 4 '4') 1 See CROWTOK C6 -- 4 v s' (Z1 r -- --' et ‘1r ---- icarl co - km a - to— i ( I lap rtaa) 4 i 1 1 (1 0 1 t v e f s i i FILMOCISIC4) - BYU's gymnastics - before becoming a doctor t t I 2003 2004 48 BYU 5-- - Y is fine with By WODRAS KA SIM take Triinmt ILYA 19-1- Lif wan n BY 'ugly' 0 line ilLamortul Iht Sall Lake Inhunt the Bengals win over 4 Davis and Cottonwood Class state title game Who would have thought that at Brigham Young of ever would describe it but the facial hair being sported by each of the Cougar Oen sive linemen and their coach can best be characterized as porn staches They have that kind of greasy a Chatsworth sketchy studio kind of appearance to them Either that or they look like a bunch of Denver cops That is not the intended effect The lip hair is all about unity and brotherhood and toughness If it just happens to be cheesy and unsightly too — "And it is" says one school spokesman "ugly moustaches on ugly men" — well so be it When first-yea- r offensive line coach Jeff Grimes arrived in Provo from Arizona State before spring drills started N()body In Short 5-- Davis is in the final for the first time since 1994 Skyline failed to earn a Diving over the right side of Davis' Possible? Davis a team that continually has Bryan all expectato )ns defeated surpassed if few a had that Farlya very thought Skyline 131 Thursday in any would have thought CLASS 5 A WAIF NAL overtime putting the Darts possible back in August DAVIS 13 into next Friday's Class "I saw the line and said 7I state title gam against Cot- 'We're going to the state SKYLINE tonwood whi '4 defeated Kariya ovummt championship'" Brighton 1914 1:ickoff for said the title game is 1:30 pm at the Uni- Yes the Darts are which sets up of Utah's another unimaginable matchup: a stadium run was set up by Kariya's from quarterback a pass play Davis' Bryan karlya celebrates after Zack Olsen to Tim Grasso on second touchdown storing the down In overtime against Skyline Sm DAVIS C3 big line into the end zone final berth for the first time since 1994 5-- Sub Lake Mining Young celebrates with gymnasts team for eight years 5--7 BYU IMMINIMEll L—---re''N----- Inside Bear River runs all over Cedar City in Class "II lq size was a huge factor Plus he was KunT KKAGTHORPE Poe Sall Iuke Triburot When he lived in Salt Lake City he was Just one of six children his mother packed into a station wagon and drove to the gym every day after schix)I Yet siomething must have distinguished Guard Young from the others considering he was the only one who pursued the sport all the way to the 2004 Olympics "Ills SIM was a huge factor" explained his mother Carol 'Plus he was good" and having grown to 0 good" CAROL YOUNG Mother of gymnast Guard Young back In pounds town as one of the stars of the V Woo( 2004 Tour of Gymnastics Champions appearing tonight at the Delta Center A member of the US men's team that claimed its first team medal (silver) in 20 years Young is featured with 1 120 Young Is Cottonwood's defense steals spotlight Pine View quarterback takes aim at ID record PAGE C3 See MONSON For past columns by Gordon Monson visit http:vAtAvsttrIbcomimonson ' 4 i 11 - ' (2 t i 1"i ' C6 More online - women's champion Carly Patterson and others in a show billed as more than Just a demonstration "It's a gymnastics celebration" he said "It's unlike anything I've ever been a part of" Just the same Young always has ken involved with the sport His lack of height limited his athletic options but he credits gymnastics for giving him an identity that kept him from ever worrying about his size That's the message he's sharing this weA in several stops at schools and gyms encouraging children Into to launch themselves See YOUNG 3-- semifinal game-winni- Young coached BA) GORDON MONSON Rice-Eccle- s ss father Wayne 121 2002 1 Defense leads Davis over SkYline -0 k:t t9 I ens 66 ------ t Ath- Louisiana Tech -- FILANCIPM -3--' Olympic team in 1998 10) -- k:---- Young won a silver medal with the US 9-- Z !'l prepsports gymnast :'1'4m P Brighton quarterback Taylor Gleave scrambles to escape Cottonwood's Tyler Hutchings during the Colts' Guard Young who grew up in Utah is a Louisiana Tech l! 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