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Show SPORTS Howards energy helps fuel DSCs success JANUARY 14, 2009 jSPAY; ard DIXIE SUN - 5 ketball team, suggested the idea of him taking up tire sport, so he tried it out and loved it. He played football, basketball and baseball throughout or SCaPed i, Hgu i umorbu ' Draper, high school, and when it came to deciding which one he wanted to play in college, he decided basketball is what he enjoyed the most. Basketball has always taught me to never give up, Howard said. If you want '"gators n the :nce 1 ' bu, al Ptoed nated to y membr urn something bad enough you have to keep trying. A transfer from Western has for 40 aid DSC an t r about j - The d is stuff the 1 & y sci nusei Wyoming Community College, Howard was recruited by head coach Jon Judkins and assistant coach Jake Schroeder, which is how he ended up playing for DSC. Howard currently has a 6 record with the DSC team with quite a few games 6-- he alhgt j itiallyi :d into ih s to look forward to. Cl Currently sporting a black s eye from a recent basketball game, Howard, like many theyie Nick other athletes, said the coma Howard, junior integrated studies major from Sandy, is having a great season so m the petitiveness of basketball is iraveraging 7.9 points and 3.9 rebounds a game. Basketball has been Howards ne sourct what he enjoys most about ivorite sport since fifth grade because it taught him to never give up. iraumsc the game. wouldn't it withbe is what studies from WHITNEY ROBERTS Sandy, major jy racks I dont really get nervous Dixie Sun Lifestyles Editor out the help of has been playing basketball t. The!; d before a game, he said. I since he was in fifth grade. starting center he This season the Dixie State like the competitiveness of Nick Howard. His football coach, who also allit ollege basketball team the sport and having to rely Howard, a junior integrated coached a super league bas 1959 He 215-poun- the the ethu late pra stionsa age, easily added her to the All PacWest first team. However, senior Dabney McIntyre and senior Haley Schumers should look to carry some of the load this upcoming season after both of their incredible efforts last season. Both Schumers and McIntyre batted an explosive .371 and .367, respectively, their skills also bringing in the postsea-sd- h BROCK BYBEE Sun Staff Writer PY ut ghost' Dixie student leadin', Dixie State College The on and i. tomens softball team, an up and down n, will begin its full After n 1 V sea-i- n le finishing 16-- 27-2- 3, 8 PacWest conference, the taet is set on moving to the n the Dp f NCAA-eligib- the coming weeks. in I home first their first NCAA-eli-gib- and taking m accolades. Schumers, a pitcher3B last seaearned double-honoFirst son as an Second and Base Third Team Team Pitcher. Last season Schumers also struck out an 162 batters on le season. The year will to be led by their new head coach, Beth Collett, who will k taking over the leading spot from interim head coach Tiffany Burt Im excited to be here, Collett said. rs the year. Being recognized last year gave me the confidence to try and do that again, said Schumers, a business major from Plain City. I want to try and be the best. I dont want Its my first head position, and I think are going to be great igs fas year for us. Collett has been down the coaching Nad when it comes to softball ence. She was a nd phy starting first T 3Ut she ; pic of South from 1992-9following her graduation, she naained in the dugout and kg coaching at Texas Tech University in 1998. She then IEtumed to her hometown of University ies. - suck- Penn., where she 1 We're showing up every to u want t0 compete for a onal championship here, saidOur players are We and )f esting year. With that comes a lot of excitement and enthusiasm, she said. It is a really good blend of new players and returners, and theyre ready to do whatever it takes to win. of Pittsburgh as an head coach. ere looking to be consis-- d here s already getting ready right now, and everybody is practicing hard, trying our best to get better. Collett said the eight new players will make for an inter- Fniversi'y b reccf ,arbied Rowing up every day e "Ss every day. usec,Sn'a 0u d look-- s When Howard averages around per game, and his always making people laugh. Howard said he has a great team to play with and looks forward to the rest of the season. Our team gets along real- ly well, he said. Im looking forward to our team doing well in our conference and just playing hard and competing in every game we 10 points teammates said his immense amount of energy is what gets them all riled up before a game. Guard Bowie Jeffs, a senior integrated studies major from Castle Dale, said play. . . . And ladies, hes even single. come along. 'ms season the DSC ,afl! "0mens softball team will - Itllss "te production of last offensive powerhouse arli Jones, whose dommant Home runs and 55 RBIs k" die team, as well as her bounding .434 batting aver- - Ever since the inception of the BCS, there have been arguments against it, and clearly it hasn't done its job of determining a national champion. In 2004, the Utah Utes became the original bowl busters, going undefeated and winning the 2005 Fiesta Bowl over Pittsburgh. They did not get the chance to play for the national title. In the 2006 season, Boise State went undefeated and then beat Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. They did not get to play for the title either, even though the team that won it, Florida, had one loss. Hawaii also went undefeated but was emshed by Georgia in the 2008 Sugar Bowl. Then there is this year. The Utes went undefeated again and simply flattened Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. They still got no national title even though the national champion had one loss. If ever there was an argument to change the BCS, it's now. The problem is, according to an article on USA Today.com titled BCS officially headed to ESPN starting in 201 1 by Tom Weir and Michael Hiestand, , Shurtleff said in the same It's not about brag- ESPN bought the television rights to broadcast the BCS bowls from 2011 through 2014. There will be no change at least until then. I applaud Shurtleff for trying to look out for the teams in his state; he was even in attendance at the Sugar Bowl. But aren't there big- - . ger and better things you could be doing as the state's attorney general? The BCS will never change because everyone involved is making too much money off it. The guys getting money have no reason to change, even though deep down, I think they know it is unfair and flawed. I was listening to ESPN radio and heard one of the commentators says that reforming the BCS is like world peace: Everyone wants world peace and prays for it, but it will never happen or come to pass. Get used to the BCS; it will be around for a while, and you and I can complain about it to our grandchildren and possibly our greatgrandchildren. If there is one thing we are good at, us sports fans, it's complaining. So strap in because it's going to be a long and bumpy ride with the BCS. u, in lion. i ; sylt V . -v i- , . r--J I r a non-BC- those little things, the Lit.' all' investigating the Bowl Championship Series for violating antitrust laws. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff feels the BCS puts schools that are not members of automatic bid conferences at a competitive and financial disadvantage. According to an article found on ESPN.com titled Utah AG: BCS may violate antitrust laws, put out by The Associated Press, there are many complaints about the current system that crowns a national champion of college football. Under the current contract, conferences without automatic bids to the BCS, such as the Mountain West, get $9.5 million for having its teams available to play. If one of these conferences has a team get an bid, it receives an additional 9 percent of the BCS revenues. In contrast, the conferences with automatic bids receive $18 million. When a second team from those conferences qualifies to play in the BCS, that conference gets an additional $4.5 mil- ging rights. It's a multimillion dollar hundreds of millions business where the BCS schools get richer S and get poorer. With Utah going undefeated and not getting even a shot at the national title, while Oklahoma and Florida, each with one loss '"'i10 contnbute, doing the gut player-coache- article: with that everyone is nin Utah's attorney general announced last week he was 35-1- program at the sec BY TYLER ROBERTS Dixie Sun Sports Editor II Pioneer the Division I ports she now being a fully active NCAA Division II team has been a slightly up and down one. After bringing in an record at the 2 incredible D-plateau their first season two years ago, and then finishing second in the PacWest Conference last season, the DSC womens softball team is looking to return to their dominant form as they have been in the past. Were looking to win a lot more games this season and hopefully win this conference, Schumers said. Were 6. a'jurgh, ised to go backwards. The transition from competing at a junior college level to three-,r00- k baseman for Carolina 30k . basketball court, and he knows how to get rebounds. Nick has so much energy; I would say it is his No. 1 quality... but all the energy drinks he drinks could also probably be a contributor to that energy as well, Jeffs said laughing. He is always a Monster drinking (energy drink); thats probably the funniest thing he does. . . he always has one. Jeffs said Howard exerts just about as much energy off the court as he does on the court. He is just a great guy and a lot of fun to be around, he said. He is always looking for something to do and head coach leads Utahs attorney general womens s softball team to investigate BCS system remainiii. i game. I eat Subway before every game, he said. I get the chicken bacon ranch every time and cookies; my order never changes. I sometimes drink energy drinks before each game, but my coaches dont really like that. On the subject of coaches, Howard said he admires the way he has been coached. Our coaches are he said. You can talk to them off of the court and joke around with them, and you know they are always there for you. But when it comes time to practice, they do what needs to i be done for us to play well. Howard brings a lot of movement and energy to the New reveafcj ors, on teamwork. Your teammates cover you and then you help them out as well. Because of his quirky game day routines, the employees at Subway can expect to see Howard in their store every time there is a ar s ' a communication major from Sophomore Nellie Hardy, last week. St. George, works on her batting at practice season its for opener The softball team is getting ready on Feb. 6. apiece, played for the title, it has brought the arguments against the BCS to the ' r II Utah wide receiver Freddie Brown runs past an Alabama defender. Brown had 25 yards receiving against Alabama, helping the Utes win the Sugar Bowl 31-1- 7. |