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Show 199! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 THE SUN Volleyball Does Well By Stephen Vincent Sports Editor 5tvmcent77 The (hotmailconT Volleyball team took on some of teams. The Rebels scored victones over Eastern Utah. Phoenix, and Alban, Tex. Most of Dixies losses came against Top 20 teams. They were eliminated from the tournament by national power Ricks College. ley lley na lie ege lar- - d DEFENSE, continued from page Coach Kenny Tonks was very pleased with his teams performance. He thinks it is probably the highest a Dixie College team has finished at the tough UVSC tournament. Outside hitters Sarah Moore and Natalie Kidman played very well for the Rebels. It was their play that helped the Rebels to advance as far as they did. They were able to place despite not having Cordelia Palepoi, the sister of Dixie football star Anton Palepoi. The volleyball-payin- g Palepoi, who is expected to be one of Dixies top players this season, suffered a e sprained ankle before the tournament. Although Tonks is hopeful that she will be ready to go this weekend when they grade-thre- e 8 Sophomore linebacker Josh Vranes said that one of the team goals coming into the game was to hold the Apaches to less than ready. the toughest competition in the nation and walked away with 5th place tie out of 1 1 I at UVSC face College of Southern Idaho. Howevethe doubts she will be Speaking of CSI, Tonks said one of the highlights of the tournament was when Salt Lake Community College defeated the Eagles. It was the first time CSI had lost a match in six or seven years. Tonks said the play on all three courts stopped at the end of the game. And everyone cheered SLCCs accomplishment. The Rebels played, among others, Utah Valley State College, Snow, and Sait 100 yards rushing. Tyler got nowhere close gaining a mere 27 yards on 38 carries. The Dixie defense just played with all out heart. At one point, when the Apaches h were in the midst of their effort, the 180-lProctor got chased down by the 309-lSiavii. That one play symbolized the intensity of the Dixie defense. Dixie's front seven lived up to its billing as the team's area of strength. The defensive backfield- - one of the teams question marks. also played big. Brigham, a safety, had a fumble recovery and an interception. Sophomore comerback Cody Weight added two more picks one of which sealed the victory. Weight also had one of the hardest hits of the game. Apache runningback Olan casually went up for a pass on Tylers last offensive possession. Out of nowhere, Weight appeared and sent Coleman flying with a hit. Coleman dropped the d which would have gone for a pass first down. The defense also lirrUted Tyler star Robert Ferguson, who will he playing for Texas A&M next year, to just three catches for 44 yards. Ferguson, who also carried the ball once for a three yard loss, was pretty much a last-ditc- Lake. The team perfonued well, despite not being very experienced. The tournament was a Round Rohm tournament. Each team played eight games. With superpowers CSI and SLCC there, wins were hard to come by and Dixie finished with three wins which was good enough for sixth. They advanced to play Ricks. They won one of the three games against the Vikings. The Rebels will face Treasure Valley and CSI this weekend. The Rebels managed to avoid CSI at the tournament this weekend, ioi which "Ionics said he was grateful. Bur they will have to be on top of their game d .is weekend. Maybe they can be like SLCC and get the upset. bone-crushin- g much-neede- -- non-facto- r. All of this was very satisfying to the defensive players. Vranes felt the difference was the defensive line. Palepoi, however; deflected the praise, and focused on the defenses strength as a whole. Im just one of 1 1. 1 had no doubt in my team," Said Palepoi While the defense thrived, the offense struggled, especially in the first half. for two yards at one Hampton was point in the half when he was relieved for one series by sophomore Doug Smith for one series. After Hampton was once again inserted, he played much better. He completed 9 of his last 13 attempts for 120 yards. His main target was Ware, who finished with 6 catches for 66 yards. Also having a big game was sophomore Chris Anderson, the teams punter. On his first punt, he chased down the errant snap, eluded two defenders, and got off a punt. He would punt nine times three of the punts going for over 50 yards. He also threw completed a pass for a gain on a fake punt, which was called hack because of an ineligible receiver. The only player who could have broken that pass up was our center, said Dixie Coach Greg Croshaw of the fake punt. Croshaw was very pleased with his teams performance. To play a team of that calibre and make that many mistakes and win, you can be as good as you want to he, Croshaw said. d d 1 VINCENTS VIEW lire i in od is he Baseball Needs to Keep Current Teams By Stephen Vincent Sports Editor stvincent77( lintmail com Recently, Sports Illustrated reported that a group of Major League Baseball owners were forming a committee to look into the possibility of shutting down four fian-chise- s. )U k. le s s J The article named the four franchises that would most likely be shut down: Montreal, Kansas City, Minnesota, and Oakland. The teams are all struggling financially which is why baseball is consid-- j enng pulling the plug on these franchises. Part of the thinking behind this movement is that baseball's talent pool has become diluted with too many substandard players. But if that is the case, then baseball should have thought about that before it chose to add four teams earlier this decade. The folding of baseball teams is a terri-- i ble ide- a- so bad you would almost think the umpires union thought of it. Especially when you look at the four teams they've selected. Three of the teams in danger of getting the ax have a rich historical tradition. The A's have been around forever, and were the team of the 1970s with Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, and Catfish Hunter playing for them. The Twins were the team of Kirby Puckett. And the Royals were the team of George Brett. "How do you shut down the team George Brett played for," Alan "Gozer" Mulliner said (just o you know that I have a credible source here, I'd like to point out that Gozer's sister, Lindsay, is a soccer play here at Dixie College). Between 1985 and 1991, these three teams won four World Series titles. Shutting down these franchises would be a great shame. It would also turn off fans who are just now coming back to baseball. This comes at a time when baseball should still be wooing fans, not disappointing them. The answer to baseball's financial problems is to give these teams a real chance with a salary cap. It works in basketball and football. Why not baseball? The salary cap will give small market teams a real chance. Let's be honest, if it weren't for the salary cap in the NBA, the Jazz would not be competing for the NBA title. In fact, if the salary cap were not in place, the Jazz most likely would have left Utah for a bigger market years ago. Another argument against shutting down existing franchises is that some teams who are struggling now may emerge later as a big draw. One owner explained that if this idea was suggested ten years ago, two of the teams that would have been considered would have been the Indians and Braves. Those two teams are now two of the most financially secure teams in the league. The league is only just exploring the option. 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