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Show 201 Wednesday, February 9, 2011 ' " 77 SPORTS DIXIE SUN -- ' 5- Super Bow! win puts Rodgers with Favre who turned the post route into by MARK CRAIG ' MCT -- longer a matter of . whether Aaron Rodgers can Favre as sunply replace Brett packers quarterback. Now, it's whether he will a matter of as an surpass him one day iconic figure in the NFL's most stoned of venues. Hamstrung by injuries to key and several dropped players Packers leaned on passes, the Rodgers in his first Super It's no r- - outplay two-tim- e champion Ben Roethlisberger m outlasting the Pittsburgh Steelers and winning Super Bowl to ;lope r Bowl XLV. leas put everything on his shoulders," Packers coach Ichke McCarthy said. "And he did one expletive of a job." Rodgers wasn't perfect, but he was clutch. He completed n passes for 148 yards and a touchdown. Two of his three touchdown Steelepasses came following "We rd mu aal- - third-dow- 'in 3 10 the Tithe rs turnovers. He never turned the ball over and threw for 304 yards. ' sieg; play that failed the 0 on came Steelers with less than six minutes left and the Steelers holding momentum after scoring a touchdown and two-poiconversion to make it a three-poiBut the third-and-1- 52 ithe ter- - nt nt )lay Steelers unleashed the vaunted blitz that's buckled and battered many a quarterback over the past 40 years. Rodgers calmly unleashed a perfect pass to Greg Jennings, Hie le not ecu- DSC - op- - BY 1 Hie gave the dat bas- - of cur- dfor ill will womens basketball team up a plethora of points to Canyon Universitys Murphy for a second time this season, but this time the Antelopes got the win. Muiphy scored 38 points during the game as No. 12 GCU picked up a 79-7- 1 win against No. 10 Dixie State College. The loss for the Red Storm created a three-wa- y tie for first place in the Pacific West Conference with Hawaii Pacific University and GCU. The biggest downfall for the Red Storm came in the department. DSC toned over the ball 36 times, which led to 30 points for ball-contr- ol tun' iajor ill b 5SIg- - GCU. Head ame- coach Angela Kris-tens- en You Dbvi like we had plenty of chances to win that game but I feel ran e kidney earn continued from page 4 oW : be'1 nt participating, he attended "lasses, all of which he would f the Pass. idaj didn't know he was you'd never know he Was," teammate James Harris sa'd. "He never seemed e 2 U U Ton' "If you S1CE rm down." ills' faded to When re n iron na vel1 of cVi'f of f the trA orth- eA testing Jordan's family find a compatible kid-to- y donor, Walter volunteered to be tested. He passed the first stage in December, a second in early January. More tests followed to confirm the match, Most of tire anxiety came bee,:ause it was a waiting game," Walter said. "I had ade up my mind it was something I wanted to do. My ggest fear was I wouldn't be able to do it." Ae Deacons were 30 min-Ut- hito their first practice es of J Rodgers pounced again. Overcoming Nelson's third drop of the game and a sack in the red zone, Rodgers completed three of five passes. He converted two third downs for 58 yards and an touchdown to Jennings that made it an 1 1 point game again. Nelson, who had nine catches for 140 yards and a touchdown, had a catch on third down because Rodgers went right back to him after the .mV V u U Vf TZ--: 1. . NFL championships, a fourth Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl winner and Rodgers the game's Most Valuable Player award. Rodgers, 27, is tire same age Favre was when he won his first title in Super Bowl XXXI, but Favre didn't win MVP and didnt win another Super Bowl. "I told (Packers General Manager) Ted Thompson in 2005 he wouldn't be sorry about drafting me," Rodgers said. "I told him in '08 (when Thompson traded Favre) that I was going to repay their trust and get us this (Super Bowl)." The Packers took a 14-- 0 lead with two touchdowns in 24 seconds. from the Facing third-and-- 4 Pittsburgh 29, Rodgers spotted Jordy Nelson in man coverage and threw another perfect strike for a touchdown over great atmosphere for our kids to play in, and hopefully we learn from this loss. Sophomore guard Chanel Maxey, an integrated studies major from Anaheim, Calif., echoed Kristensens thoughts. As a team we beheve that we were not defeated by Grand Canyon as much as we were by ourselves, said sophomore guard Chanel Maxey, an integrated studies major from Anaheim, Calif. We made mistakes on our own that set us back a bit. Sophomore forward Johnna Brown led DSC in scoring with 20 points and added 1 1 rebounds, and senior forward Breann Hill came two rebounds away from a finishing with 10 points, 1 1 assists and eight rebounds. The Red Storm took the lead with 14:54 remaining in 0 triple-doubl- was frustrated with the tonovers. team 1 big-time- ." just made some mistakes down the stretch, she said. It was a RICHARD BRIGGS Sports Editor Samantha when 13-ya- rd -- M 38-ya- rd 4 3 fll 'I e, 11-1- the first half, and they got tire spring when Walter, who doesn't typically carry his cell phone to practice, got the call. He was a match. Walter told Wake Forest athletics director Ron Welhnan he wanted to donate his kidney to Jordan. Wellman immediately offered his support. Walter, the father of children ages 8 and 11, had already talked with his wife, Kirsten, and other family members about his decision. "They were certainly stunned, I guess. It was out of left field," Walter said. "Once they got past tire initial shock there was nothing but support." On the day he told Wellman, Walter called his baseball team together and told them what was happening. For a moment, tire players sat quietly. Then they broke into applause. "It was like, is this really happening?" Harris said. If everything goes according drop. Although Rodgers and Favre won their Super Bowls in their sixth seasons, Rodgers did it in his third season as a starter while Favre did it in his fifth year as a starter. After three seasons as a starter, Rodgers leads Favre in completion percentage (64.5 to 62.5), passing yards (12,394 to 10,412), touchdowns (86 to 70) and fewer interceptions (3 1 to 5 1 ). He also has a better record overall (31-2- 2 to 28-2and in the postseason (4--1 to ). And, oh yeah. Super Bowls (1-- 0 to "I'm very proud of Aaron," Thompson said. "Even though he's done so much, he's still just kind of getting started. (c) 2011, Star Tribune. Courtesy of McClatchy Tribune Information Services. 14 w w 24 o Q tzkJw Aaron Rodgers took home the Most Valuable Player award after beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl. Rodgers got the Favre monkey off his back with the win. tire top of a backup comerback because of more injuries to fast No. 6 seed from tire NFC who was in the game because of an injury to a starter. On the next play from scrimmage, defensive tackle Howard Green, who was signed in October, hit Roethlisberger as he was throwing. The resulting wobbler was intercepted by safety Nick Collins and returned 37 yards for a touchdown. The Packers would have a hard time holding on, mostly key players. Comerback ahead by as many as 15 points. Thats when Muiphy led the comeback for GCU. The Antelopes reclaimed the lead 58-5- 7 with 8:06 to go in the game thanks to a layup by Murphy. DSC tied the game at 65 with 3:58 remaining after a layup and free throw shot by Brown, but missed shots and turnovers led to the Antelopes pulling away in the end. We knew Grand Canyon i was not going down without a fight, Maxey said. In the end we just couldnt pull through with a win. Maxey said its a tough loss, but she noted the importance of not letting it affect the teams play during its upcoming homestand. I think it will make us stronger as a team, she said. Well have to play hard and hopefully get five wins before we head out to Hawaii. The Red Storm return home on Thursday for tire first of five to win a Super Bowl. Tire Steelers never led, mostly because they turned the ball over three times, and the Packers made them pay with 21 points. After a second-quartinterception by Jarrett Bush, Rodgers went for 4 1 yards, including a 2 1 yard touchdown pass to Jennings in which he somehow threaded the ball into a crowd of three Steelers near tire goal Charles Woodson and receiver Donald Driver were injured and didn't play tire second half. Nickel back Sam Shields also missed a big chunk of the -- 3-- 3. consecutive home games. The Dominican University Penguins are the fust team DSC will face during the homestand. We as a team are really excited to be playing back at home on our court, said senior guard Shayla Martinez, a business major from Las Vegas. I hope to see more fans at tins game. We take it one game at a time, so we are really excited to see our hard work pay off. The Penguins are currently in seventh place in the PacWest. Academy of Art University comes to Bums Arena on Saturday. The Urban Knights are right above tire Penguins in sixth place. DSC fell to No. 3 in the West Regional Rankings last week. Tire regional rankings are what decide which teams qualify for tire postseason no matter where they finish in tire national rankings. The regional rankings are released Wednesdays on ncaa.com. 1) er game. It's only fitting tire Packers persevered. They started the They put 15 players year on injured reserve, including six starters. They sneaked into tire playoffs and became the suffers against GCU; falls into Grand she big-gam- first-quart- er game. n, 21-1- Roethlisberger, one of the best e quarterbacks in NFL history, to go for a touchdown when he got the ball back at his line with 1 minute 59 seconds left. "That ball down the middle of the field to Jennings," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. "That's Tire Steelers' hopes of a seventh Super Bowl title disappeared on tire Pittsburgh line when Roethlis- berger threw incomplete on third and fourth down. That gave tire Packers a record 13 33-ya- rd aid Jclei line fora 21-- 3 lead. The Steelers closed to 7 and had tire ball to start tire fourth quarter. But running back Rashard Mendenhall lost a fumble when he was hit by Ryan Pickett and Clay Matthews. a critical 3 1 yard gain. That led to a field goal, forcing 3 - way tie for No. ,u ' ' vwr A, a jy j ;4 V A i vwz v t ' ' A .A 5 t J,j1 ; Senior guard Shayla Martinez, a business major from The Red Storm Las Vegas, sets up to shoot a faltered against the Antelopes. to plan, Walter will be with his team Feb. 18 when tire Deacons open tire season at LSU. r i ; Barring complications, Walter is a few weeks from doing the things he enjoys such as running, playing with his kids, playing golf and coaching third $ . r V: i base. He knows living with one kidney has risks but chooses not to dwell on them. "You can't plan for that," he i V It L ri t 5 said. "It's like telling yourself you can't leave the house because you might get hit by a A A mim. car." Walter also understood what Jordan faced if he didn't find a matching donor. "I drink it's everybody's first goal drat Kevin have a normal life, he said. Forget baseball for now. If he gets back on dre field, tirat's anotirer story." (c) 2011, The Charlotte Observer. 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