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Show SPORTS 8 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH DIXIE SUN Jazz to practice at DSC Sidelines NFL: MNF: 'Boys outwit 'Skins in season training camp practices in the DSC Burns Arena beginning Oct. 5. The Jazz decided to come to St. George when an exhi bition game in Moscow was canceled due to security threats. DSC Athletic Director the overall years when the 14 Cowboys defeated the Washington Redskins Monday night Raidors Gannon out with broken neck ALAMEDA, Calif - Rich Cunnon might lose a second straight season to inury. Gannon eventually returned to the sideline, but not the field, Sunday after suffering a helmet hit by Derrick Brooks. MLB: Dixie heat melts Snow College Exactly 33 years after the Washington Senators played their final game, the nation's capital might learn on Thursday that maor league baseball plans to return next season. Several baseball officials said Monday that the most likely day for an announcement that Washington, D C., has been selected for the future home of the Montreal Expos is Thursday, although there was a slight chance the timetable could be moved up. Three words. Complete. Utter. Debacle. That describes the latest outing by Dixie State College's defending national champion soccer team. The No. ranked Rebels ) handed Snow College a hefty whipping at Hansen Stadium last weekend, defeating the Badgers The Rebels' win came about a week after they decimated Paradise Valley 16--0 in Arizona. The Rebels were gunning , from the taking more than 50 shots at Snow's goal while allowing DSC d e (9-0- 14-- get-go- net-mi- n the field. DSC midfielder Katie O'Connell scored two goals, and 13 other Rebels also notched scores. O'Connell scored in the 16th and 34th minutes of the contest. As the score became increasingly lopsided, the Rebels used the game as a chance to hone their skills and tighten up chinks in their armor. Julee Russell took a Katie Deever pass and scored at the outset en route to a 0 first half that was marked by goals from Jenny Nicholson, Tilly Sine, Heidi Bushman and O'Connell. 7-- Rachel Eckholdt made DSC's team last year after never playing soccer in high school. She showed her capability in the second half, scoring in the first minute of the period. The Rebels went up 0 in the second half when Blair Jorgensen took a dish from Rebecca Peterson and found nothing but net. Kristm Larson expanded her resume, notching a goal and an assist to Whitney Welch in addition to her usual defensive prowess. Amanda Dabb added insult to injury in the 86th minute, dropping a long shot past Badgers goalie Talhe Mason, 9-- squad narrowly loses at College of Southern Idaho V-b- all Wild card race tightens for Giants, Astros The Giants lead the Astros by just a game in the wild-carstandings, and while these two contenders hammer away at each other, the Cubs - a half game behind the Giants, a halfgame ahead of Houston -will be playing fourth place Pittsburgh. The Astros have a forthcoming series in St. Louis next week and as the third team in the front! unning pack, they cannot really afford to lose ground over this three-gamseries. der Andrea Hoo'en to pick daisies on the other side of BY BRAD PLOTHOW Dixie Sun Sports Editor 1 Expos moving to D C. 3 The Utah Jazz are coming to Dixie State College. The Jazz will hold its pre- drama Hill Pare ells beat Joe (abbs in their first meeting m L BY KAILEE HEGER Dixie Sun Staff Wnter ANDOVER, Md (AP) -Richie Anderson threw a halfback option pass for a touchdown, and safety Tony Dixon bliled for two of the Dallas Cowboys' five sacks Even so, they were big L. players I f BY BRAD PLOTHOW Dixie Sun Sports Editor Dixie State College's volleyball team fell just short of nabbmg a redeeming conference win vs. College of Southern Idaho last weekend in Twin Falls, Idaho. The Rebels lost to CSI 16-3- 31-2- 30-2- 21-3- 15-- 9 about one week after DSC came within two points of defeating second-rankeCSI at an Arizona tournament. e loss. Despile the Rebels coach Jeff Parker said he was pleased with his team's play "To go up there and almost beat the No 2 team in the d five-gam- nation, we re good,' Parker said. "We were very close. We re just not getting it done the traditional way. We re doing it with good defense and good serving." The Rebels' constants were scrappy defense and serving, but their wins tended to revolve around their collective hittmg percentage. In DSC's best win, game two, the Rebels hit .333, followed by a mark of .286 in their game three win. In contrast, DSC hit just .050 in game four and .105 in the final matchup. I thmk they (CSI) hit .333 as a team, and we hit .171," Parker said. They've got so many big hitters. They just hammered the ball, but we served well and we dug the ball.' The Rebels recorded 59 digs to CSI's 83. DSC rallied from an 1 deficit in the final game to get within three points of CSI's lead, but the GolQen Eagle stayed the surge. Tiffany Morrill led DSC with 14 kills and a .286 hitting percentage. Breena Bonnett added 14 kills, and Brooke Adams was close behind with 11. Setter Tara Fish notched three aces to her sole serving error, and she dished 45 assists. 8-- Dexter Irvin said: (This was a good option for the team, so here they come. It's good for the college and the community anytime you" can get positive exposure The team will practice twice a day while working around the colleges practice schedules. Tickets to come and watcl open practices will be sold at the Cox Auditorium. Information regarding exact times and dates was not immediately available. Steven Bringhurst, dean of continuing education, said this will bring in little money for the college, but rather be an event the com munity can come to campus to support. We want them here, he said. ic h A w if )f So bi rh !0 Mi le )n oi 0 )e ol in es er ce ai Shaq slims down BY MITCH LAWRENCE KRT News Services NEW YORK ShaquiUe O'Neal stepped up on the scales last week and saw a number he hasn't seen in more than a few years: 334 By Shaq's count, he's already dropped 26 pounds since his final days as a Laker. Thanks to a twice-a- day cardiovascular regimen, he's in his best shape in years. And he's not finished. His goal, he's told friends, is to drop another nine pounds by the time he reports for his first training camp in Miami next week. A leaner, meaner Shaq is going to clean up this season. But it's not just becaus he's motivated by the way his Laker career ended. j ; - j r r |