Show Municipool expects overflowing field Bridgerland meet to boast It ii as if the week's thaw has freed swimmers in Utah and Idaho from their blocks and sent them all flooding into Logan's Municipool Well so much the better for local entertainment for the more than 300 swimmers competing in the Bridgerland Open Friday and Saturday promise some inspiring performances When the waves at last die down sometime Saturday night the host Logan Aquatics Club may have the wherewithall to purchase a needed time clock their coach Doug Maughan will be wringing wet from his first competition between present there will be some perhaps many lost in the foam Before they splash down it may be appropriate to point to one swimmer as a representative for who knows how many others Come to think of it perhaps he represents no others How many swimmers after all began only in September and here in January find themselves in full competition? Forrest Clementson age 8 for one Maughan introduced young Clementson to the backstroke in September: he takes his mark Saturday morning obviously unencumbered by stale bad habits grown petrified with age Other locals to watch this weekend include Mike Wilkinson Geoff Morse Joe Pitkin and Holly and Claire Nighswonger In fact the 300-plu- s Bridgerland: McDonald's and Logan City the sponsors will be floating in good will and the Cottonwood Heights Club of Salt Lake City will in all likelihood have won the competition This last development should post no problem for Valley fans After all it could be one of their own once removed claiming top tumors Former Logan High School swim coach Jim Taketa is presently the propeller for highly successful Cottonwood a club that Is has liquid assets beyond water With more than 300 swimmers of all ages 20-tea- m Holly and Sunny Lambson of Cottonwood in the 4 year-olcategory will be of particular interest with Lambson playing the favorite Admission is free to the extravagansa It all begins Friday 2:45 pm with the 1650-yar-d (66 lap) race At 5 pm 200 and 500 yard events begin in freestyle and individual medley Saturday 8:30 am swimmers up to age 10 will compete in relays backstroke breaststroke medley and freestyle At noon 2 4 year olds year olds and open competitors will have the pool all to themselves if such a luxurious phrase can be employed 13-1- 11-1- d 13-1- The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday January 26 1984 at Fullerton UC-lrvi-ne A A PC tops play tonigh t By Steve Stout sports editor PCAA roundup For once Utah State University's basketball team can sit back and watch the rest of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association squads battle among themselves The Aggies and San Jose State draw byes tonight setting the stage for a Saturday night battle between the two in San Jose Of tonight's four conference games the one expected to draw the most interest involves the e teams league’s second and 1 in PCAA (14-- 3 overall Cal State Beach loser a at Long play) surprising last week plays host to surprising (8-- 7 And if that wasn’t enough the Titans turn right around Saturday to host the league's Vegas (16--1 kingpin No 6 rated Nevada-La- s Fullerton can take comfort in the fact that last year it dealt then previously unbeaten Las Vegas its only PCAA loss of the season in third-plac- State-Fullert- on 5-- UC-lrvi- ne 5-- 2) 7-- Fullerton New Mexico State (8-- 7 winner of its last five games in a row (four straight in the conference) including an upset of Utah State last week also leaves the confines of its own Pan Am center for the first time in five games when tonight it visits sliding Fresno State (11-- 5 a loser in its last three PCAA outings 4-- 2) 2-- 3) The Rebels of UNLV fresh off a slim triumph over Fresno Sunday travel to Santa Barbara (6-- 9 and Long Beach State 0 goes on the road to cellar-dwellPacific 6 to round out conference action In losing at Long Beach last week the Titans were without the services of 6 Tony Neal the league's best rebounder with an 83 average in 15 games Fullerton still possesses the top scorer in Leon Wood who sports a 240 average overall and 230 in conference play The Rebels who outscore opponents by an average of 17 points a game while leading the conference with an 874 ppg mark rely on balance with Jeff Collins and Ed Catchings doing the bulk of the scoring Both are averaging 155 points an outing Utah State (3-- 3 66) and San Jose (2-- 5 have both been experiencing difficulties since the conference season began but the Aggies appear to have shaken the doldrums of a k Christmas layoff and slow conference two-poi- nt 1-- 5) 2-- 4) (5-1- er 0-- (2-1- 6-- 0) two-wee- start Sky View eyes best shot yet “Never bet against the home team” goes a basketball cliche and that may be worth remembering concerning Friday’s 7:30 pm matchup between Sky View and Ben Lomond in Smithfield Although winless in the region or perhaps because they have been beaten three straight times the starving Bobcats with center Jim Loveland coming off a 23 point performance at Ogden figure to be all tooth and claws against the unpredictable 2 Scots But if the cliche offers comfort to Bobcat fans it is best ignored by the rest of the Cache Valley Everyone else is in enemy territory: Mountain Crest at Bear River Logan at Ogden Preston at Marsh Valley and West Side at Malad The Utah games begin at 7:30 pm the Idaho at 8 Whether or not the home court advantage applies in Bear River depends on the point of view The Bears are 4 on their own court but their losses have come against quality teams Ogden Orem Timpview and Box Elder Developments definitely not in favor of the Bears are injuries this week to two inside players who might otherwise be employed in fighting off Funk Cam Allen and Jared Miller are both ailing placing more of a burden than ever on 3 Darren Didrickson 2-- 1-- 6-- At Ogden the Grixzlies will be up against what Logan Coach Larry Comadena calls “a physical team with Mark Heslop” The physical part of the Tigers is located underneath while the sharpshooting Heslop can be found almost everywhere “We don't know if chasing him will pm Of the away matchups those at Garland and Ogden pit 1 teams against each other with first place in Region 5 at stake The Bears will be working to deny Mustang center Randy Funk “that second or third shot We doubt if we can stop him from taking the first’’ said Coach Webb At the other end of the court the Mustangs figure to be chasing Jeff Anderson who last time out against Ben Lomond scored 36 as the Bears beat the Scots UPI A long work” said Comadena “They’ve gotten used to 2-- thaL” way down the landing area below this ski the gate of the leaves jump jumper at Malo Polje in Sarajevo Yugoslavia The jumper was one of many practicing on the 70 and jumps in preparation for the 1984 Winter Olympics The jumping competition begins Sunday Feb 12 (70 meters) and Feb 18 (90 meters) in what is traditionally one of the winter Olympics' most exciting events The Winter Games officially open Feb 8 with the opening ceremonies but the ice hockey competition gets underway the previous day Saturday Eyeing Still slapping themselves over their third quarter lapse at Mountain Crest the Grizzlies are also heartened by the strong Bobcat showing against the Tigers Comadena figures that the consistently strong Logan rebounders will “hold their own” at Ogden and is wishing upon his star Thorne that the Tigers will take on n the Grizzlies man-to-ma- 73-6-8 ’Heels deliver own State of the Union Fred Lief UPI sports writer By NCAA College basketball’s State of the Union address was delivered in Chapel Hill NC Wednesday night And this much is clear: No 1 North Carolina is stronger and more secure than at any time this season Few at a victory in Carmichael Auditorium would take issue as the Tar Heels pounded No 17 in an Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference game to run their record to “I certainly didn’t expect it" North Carolina coach Dean Smith said of the rout “It’s the best we’ve played this year" The Tar Heels let their two Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins inflict the initial damage before the bench got in its licks Jordan finished shootwith 21 points ing) and Perkins with 20 points and 11 rebounds For good measure Kenny Smith added 14 points Brad Daugherty 12 and Cecil Exum 11 North Carolina led at the half by 18 and by as many as 41 in 100-6- 3 15-- 0 (10-of-1- 4 basketball from its previous close decisions over Virginia and Duke “I don’t think in terms of Coach Smith said being “I hope we will continue to improve There’s so much mental to the game of basketball There’s no team that’s going to be undefeated” ” Wake Forest's starting guards Delaney Rudd and Danny Young sustained foot injuries during the game Kenny Green and Chuck Kepley each finished with 14 points “It looks like we came over to watch Noth Carolina play” said Wake Forest coach Carl Tacy “It was a loss and nothing but a loss” In other Top 20 games No 2 DePaul defeated 50-3-9 and No Princeton 10 battered Florida State Louisville 95-7-1 DePaul At Rosemont 111 withstood poor foul shooting to Seo NCAA on page fall Ag last minute switch by Utah State wrestling coach Bob Carlson may have surprised Wyoming but it didn’t stop them as the Cowboys took advantage of two A 7 Wednesday Aggie forfeits to win in Laramie night Noting that Cowboy 190 pounder Joe DeCamillus was relaxing on the Wyoming bench anticipating an evening off because of the Aggie vacancy at that weight Wes Carlson abruptly pulled Smith out of his class and sent him in to ambush the cold DeCamillus Alas for the Aggies the ploy was foiled DeCamillus quickly warmed to the task and outpointed his lighter opponent 3 Although USU had come through with wins in the evening's first three matches and Coon collected a pin in heavyweight the finale forfeits at 167 pounds where Jim Bauwman nursed injured ribs and at 177 pounds were too much of a handicap Steve Ross deserved Aggie a better or at least easier 100th career match It might be said that the Aggie in the senior who went into Laramie PCAA 1 in duel meets and 21--5 overall met his match in Lonnie Currier coming away with a 1 draw In Wyoming the Aggies 8 may have already met the best of the Mountain 24-1- the second half — a turnaround 15-0- Sports reiport b wrestlers 11 er 9-- JL 158-poun- 4-- 0 8-- 1-- 3-- Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Tournament scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Ft Collins Colo Ross will be going after his second title and Coon after his third Carlson also had hopes for Cordell Anderson and Todd Steidley who has been having his troubles of late losing most recently at 142-pou- 126-pou- Laramie 8-- 0 Gymnasts on road er 5-- 4 - Alain SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Lemieux was involved in every Montana score Wednesday night as the Magic beat in Central the Salt Lake Golden Eagles action Hockey League Lemieux' and two assists help Montana build a 1 lead early in the final period before the Golden Eagles fought back to close within one Two days earlier the Magic defeated Salt Lake as Lemieux played the hero’s role by scoring the g goal The loss dropped Salt Lake to 5-- 15-30- -3 Part of rivalry By United Utah State gymnasts meet their most severe challenge of the season tonight in Seattle when they take the floor against a 17th ranked University of Washington team that has surpassed the peak reached Monday by the Aggies The Huskies Dec 28 hit 1789 in the Aloha Gymfest while the Aggies ranked 14th Monday rose to 17805 against Denver University Saturday the Aggies are up against seventh ranked Oregon and 10th ranked USC at Corvallis Ore OSU has scored a 18035 Jan 14 but have since lost The Trojans with their top national bars champion Sucy Kellams hit for a 1771 in a loss to UCLA Eagles fall The two teams will Montana is now play again Saturday night in Montana 4 hat-tric- k 5-- game-winnin- 18-25- -1 Press International Kootenai County authorities are trying to figure out how to prevent further fighting between Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint high school students who after a recent basketball game engaged in a brawl that led to five arrests "It (the fighting) started years ago” Coeur d’Alene High School Principal Jerry Walseth said “That’s the history between the two schools it’s part of the rivalry” Walseth said he had a plan to prevent further fighting but declined to reveal what would be done Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three Coeur d'Alene students and two Sandpoint students after last Friday's basketball contest Sheriffs Lt Bob Steele said about 200 students gathered at an arcade to fight but deputies stepped in and ended the brawl All five youths arrested were released to the custody of their parents One Coeur d’Alene student was hurt in the ruckus but the extent of his injuries was not known Discliplinary action will be taken against the arrested youths school authorities said |