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Show WEDNESDAY, 4 - DIXIE SUN Mens b - ball conquers University of v v.V ! V. . v v , . vi ;At . A . r A HP k I Y t ,1 Ol IL- - v-"- " u Dixie never relinquished that lead. Dixies defense was great in the last 3A minutes. They held the Vulcans to one contested shot each possession, which were off the mark. Dixie Freshman forward Dalton Groskreutz, a business major from Santa Clara, said Dixie just stopped playing their game at the start of the lit. a VA f -- vr 'v "Y Freshman Dalton Groskreutz, a business major from Santa Clara, finishes strong with a dunk in the closing seconds of a Dixie win. Dixie State will play Grand Canyon University on the road Friday. of Hawaii-Hil- o Vulcans B ERiKDORN Going into the half, 87-7- 8 Dixie Sun Sunff Writer on Saturday, Dixie led by 14 points, pulling off their sixth win but that lead quickly disThe Dixie State of the last seven games at appeared only six minhome over the last utes into the second half. College mens basketball team beat the University Hawaii-Hil- o month. opened the Hawaii-Hil- from o kept getting the offensive rebound. Sanchez, a business major from Ogden, said the defense played great the last five minutes of second half. When we came out the second half we didnt do what we do best, Groskreutz said. We went away from what we do and kind of started playing their game. We were not running the offense very well, and thats when they went on their run. Groskruetz started the game with nine points in the first seven minutes and with 12 seconds remaining in the game had an emphatic breakaway dunk. The Vulcans led 76-7- 1 with 4:14 left in the the game. We saw that it was coming down to crunch time and head coach Jon Judkins called a timeout, Sanchez said. We have a lot of experience on the team, and when it gets down to it we have players who step up. Dixie connected on 80 percent of their free throws, going 16 of 20. Junior guard Adam Ross and Sanchez combined to make seven of eight free throws within the final minute to close out the Vulcans. The Vulcans had three players in double figures for the night: John Smith (23 points, three game, but Dixie quickly took back the lead when senior guard Ryan Sanchez knocked down a with the next possession, and then scored again with 2:35 left to tie the game at 76. rebounds), Bryan Ngo (20 points, one rebound) and Jay Damaestri (13 Sophomore forward P Hawaii-Hil- o Tom Whitehead made a layup to give Dixie the lead with 1:27 to go, and second half with an 18-- 3 run that gave them a 49-4- 7 lead with 13:37 left. Over the next 12 minutes neither team led by more than five points and exchanged leads 13 times throughout the night. JANUARY 2l7 points, seven rebounds) The leaders for Dixie were Sanchez (27 p0jnts nine rebounds), Groskruetz (14 points two rebounds), and senio guard Ben Hartman (10 points, nine rebounds) Dixie remains in second place in the Pacific West Conference with 0 league record and overall record, a 2-- a 7-- 6 fell to on the season, going in the Pacific West Hawaii-Hil- o 6 Conference. Sanchez said the team is going to have to step up their game after play ing the last seven games at home to keep their winning stretch going or the road. Its going to be a littl, different on the road; u( dont have the home crowd cheering us on, he said. Were going to have to play better defense with it being a Jordan H Un'iversit BVTt conference game and the road. We just have do everything a little bei on Dixie to TheD ter. Dixie will play Grand Canyon University on Thursday and Friday night in Phoenix. Both games can be heard live on KDXU AM, or you can watch the games streamed live College on dixieathletics.com. hrah am Pr: BY." 89t Dixie Starting Dude Ik National Football Women League also known as No Fun League BY BROCK BYBEE Dixie Sun Staff Writer The Dixie State BY ERIK DORN Dixie Sun SUfT Writer The 2008-200- 9 NFL season was one of the best ot all time and Jpiobably one of the most expensive for defensive players as well. Getting hit is a part of football, is it not? I knew that when I played football in middle school. The NFL is making it nearly impossible for a defensive player to do his job today. For example, the most fined player, Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen, was fined $75,000 for some questionable hits this season. I am a big fan of football and love watching games from the 60s. 70s and 80s. Players like Ray Nitschke, Jack Lambert and Dick "Night Train" Lane are known as some of the hardest hitters of all time. These guys would not make it in the NFL today because of how they played the game. Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu said it best in an ai tide titled "Polamalu says NFLs fines for hits moi c about money, not player safety" on Oct. 17, 2008 on espn.com: "When you see guys like Dick Butkus, the Ronnie Lotts, the Jack Tatums, these guys really went after people. Now, they couldn't survive in this type of game. They w ouldn't have enough money They'd be paying fines all the time, and they'd be suspended for a year after they do it two games in a row. It's kind of ridiculous. "I think regarding the evolution of football, it's becoming more and more d flag football, touch," Polamalu said. "We've really lost the essence of what real American football is about. I think it's probably all about money. They're not really concerned about safety." NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the guy who put these fines and rules in place, is one of the biggest jokes to ever grace the NFL. He has turned the National Football League into the No Fun League. He said he is trying to protect players, but the more fines that are dealt, it looks like it is more about money. When Goodell first took over I was happy about how he cracked down on antics, but he has taken it too far. Fie is a hypocrite; he treats players differently. For example, he gives Adam "Don't Call Me Pacman" Jones chance after chance even though he continually gets in trouble with the law, but when it comes to other players he will suspend them for their first offense. One of the most ridiculous fines was when Seattle Seahawk fans were chucking snowballs at the New York Jets as they were leaving the stadium. Defensive end Shaun Ellis picked up a huge chunk of two-han- ld see NFL page 5 . College womens basketball team defeated the University of Hawaii-Hil- o Vulcans 6 Saturday at home at the Burns Arena. The victory was the fourth in a row and seven out of the last eight games. The win also kept the DSC women undefeated in league play in PacWest competition. The DSC women tipped off the game on Saturday afternoon and got down early to the Vulcans. Their offensive play seemed to be struggling as they were down by 10 five minutes into the game. However, throughout the first half the DSC women fought back and finally tied it close to halftime, and then took a three-poilead at the break. "I think we came out a little timid in the beginning," said freshman guard Shanae Vaifanua, a business major from Hurricane. "Those girls were definitely bigger than us, and it was kind of intimidating." Coming out of the locker room, the DSC women began to work on a press that caused turnovers and helped them secure the victory. Going on a 36-run and causing 9 turnovers in the second half, the DSC women extended their lead to a 87-6- nt full-cou- rt dominate Vulcans half, getting our jitters out, really helped us start to play our game," Vaifanua said. Senior guard Deney Phommabout, a business major from Sandy, said the key to their success seems to be consistency. "As soon as we started pressing in the second half, got a few steals, got a few baskets, thats how we did so well," Phommabout said. The DSC women outscored the Vulcans 3 in the second half to finish with an 6 on the victory night. With the win, the DSC women improved to on the year, 0 in the PacWest Conference. With the loss, the Vulcans dropped to 2 51-3- 87-6- 8-- 5 2-- 2-- on the year in the PacWest conference, 4 overall. Phommabout led all scorers, coming off the bench to score 24 points on the night, going 9 from behind the arc. Vaifanua added 21 points as well, and junior forward Tanya Clark scored points in the win. Eileen Pineda was the leading scorer for the ' Vulcans as she dropped in 23 points in the loss. It wasnt just the overall 33 forced turnovers that made the difference Saturday against the Vulcans; the DSC women also out rebounded 7-- 6-- 1 1 The Vulcans allowed eight Hawaii-Hil- o 51-3- 4. total offensive rebounds, compared to the DSC omen s 87-6- 6 womens 27 on pints see pranks; the 28-poi- nt 72-4- 4, midway through the second half. "Going into the second nig Ingraha sti gated night long," Vaifanua said. "We picked up om defense really well in second half. Pressure our game, and we forced them into it to get the Tucson, the culpri pranks ag f her and is win." The DSC women will be on the road Thursdaj and Friday when they take on Grand Canyon Shes humor; si le co Angela K Ingraha ability fo and s ca nays University. They will several then return home on Tli ere Monday and face Notre ones Dame de Namur dont kr University on Jan. 26 about all 27 at the Burns Arena. fasten "Its going to be a pranks he tough game being on Pretty mi road, but hopefully we Jessie. be can stay focused and But wh prepared," Phommaboai ketbal'l, h said. ness. to ttle ac the Nu guard ' A, per Jl 2D fading s 09poin A Ch game Knsten ffensive l Jling ;tre effective i. 7 ' fans. M'V Gooden fj, I A buUdid wuld in 8 j V I Sng to A J 1 real ly have bac Gommi ss ; . i ' habui tok ove et nd ,ol i 1 margin, pi with son "We're a team that to run up and down all 1 1 hit infield Monday hilftime cked "uld hi Jessica Rodgers, a sophomore elementary education major from Covington, Wash., hordes, looks for an opening in Saturdays game against Hawaii-HilDixie improves to l'vuld uc the regular season. o. 8-- 5 paused ai |