Show 12— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday Decemoer 20 1984 USU lightweight comes on heavy By Tedd Prokepis was sidelined by many injuries making him an inconsistent sports writer starter After a strong The Utah State University freshman season he was wrestling team is off to a fine expecting great things from start and one of the main himself but the Injuries reasons is Cordel wouldn’t leave him alone After Andersen from Preston wrestling to a 3 season his freshman year Andersen saw In their last outing the USU action just 22 times as a sophomatmen dropped in on a national tournament in more finishing 16--6 AnDuring the Las Vegas They stayed to fight dersen to labored his keep into 12th forcing themselves this and around time strength the for an ever place highest has fulfilled all expectations Aggie outfit in a competition With the Hawaii featuring the nation’s best excursion on the horizon he Andersen however rose all stands 13-- 2 the way to fifth pinning the “I wasn’t that surprised at country’s fourth ranked my start this year because I grappler in 1:10 of the first knew that I could do it” said round Andersen “I was a little discouraged "I was really pleased with my fifth place finish in the last year but so far this year tournament" said Andersen “I the going has been great I just felt real good about the way I take one match at a time and wrestled all weekend It made hope for the best I think maybe me feel that I could wrestle with the biggest change I have made overall is my mental condition the best” No one begrudges Andersen before a match I am better his status or the resulting surge prepared mentally which is of confidence He's due very important” As a sophomore Anderson Aggie Head Coach Bob 126-poun- 22-1- 40-tea- m off-seas- post-Christm- as Pete SchroppHerald Journal Cordel Andersen's riding high as is his Utah State wrestling team Carlson has nothing but praise for his team captain “Cordel was the freshmen athlete of the year for us” he said “He wrestles with great aggression and has a very big heart He never quits and he’s always looking for a way to beat the other guy” With his start Andersen can’t be blamed for thinking about honors but he’s keeping his dreams in check an “It has been a dream ever gives me a little more incentive since I have wrestled in college because I have always been in to become an All- - American the shadow of my big brother” When Carlson was asked You have to finish in the top eight at the NCAA tournament about Andersen’s chances at this at the end of the year to become becoming an one year he responded quickly “Cordel has as good a chance as “My older brother Brad was ranked number two in the any one I have ever coached to become an nation last year as a “You need two things though at BYU but he lost in the first round and it blew his to become an chances for that honor That Carlson continued an an er “You need to have a lot of luck in the sense of injuries You need to have a good draw in the tournament Because if fighter you get a strong-ranke- d on the first pick and lose then its all over as far as being an I know Cordel has the talent and the fight to become an All American and I also know that if he stays an healthy he will have an excellent chance” Demons driven down the Cougars fire up By United Press International 7 was dissected by No 1 Georgetown last weekend on national television Western Michigan expected to go nowhere Conference this season in the is of more modest stuff The Broncos went the year before last season and In Provo forward Timo Saarelainen scored a 77-5- In the biggest upset so far this season Western Michigan rocked the No 5 Blue 4 Demons in Kalamazoo Mich winning on two foul shots by Pete Hansen with 16 seconds left This was the first game for DePaul since it 65-6- 89-8- 1 night to win over UCLA in nonconference college basketball Saarelainen who had 16 points at halftime helped push BYU to a late first half lead over the Bruins UCLA was led by Reggie Miller Mid-Americ- na 4-- 22 22 points Wednesday game-hig- h lead Brigham Young to a 3 with 17 points and Gary M a Ion con with 16 points UCLA took an early lead but used numerous turnovers overcome a big rebound disadvantage hand the Bruins their third defeat in games BYU evened its record to 4 at halftime BYU led 15-1-3 Cougars the to and six 4-- 48-4- 2 Bobcats battle Alta one of Beehive’s best forward John Day By Betsy Cooper sports writer Sky View Bobcats take on what is sure to be one of the season’s toughest opponents Friday The Alta Hawks favorites for the crown fly into Smithfield Friday at 5 pm Although the Hawks are just 2 sluggish Sky View will clearly have to work hard to rebound from the first home loss of the season Tuesday to Box Elder “It’s going to be hard to play after losing Tuesday” said Sky View Coach Alan Wamsley The had varying success against taller teams beating Viewmont in the season's opener but later losing to Bonneville The Bobcats have relied on their guards Chuck Elliott and Brad Johnson to push the pace leaving the opposition scrambling Even when the other team gets a chance to set up a defense the Bobcats show an accomplished passing attack slinging the ball back and fourth until they find a man open Coach Long hasn’t seen the Bobcats play but he is known for his multiple defenses “We like The Prep basketball 6--2 4-- A 3-- “With only two days of practice the kids will have a hard time getting up for the game” The Hawks are bringing a tall team to the Sky View court with two 2 guards Travis Clark and Troy Long the son of Alta Coach Myron Long and younger brother of USU football player Darrin Long The team will also have 4 6-- 6-- Bobcats have to play a pressing game and a runnning game” he said “We run a variety of defenses including a combination trap” The Hawks’ two losses came against limpview by four points and against crosstown rival Jordan by two Alta won the Elko Nevada tournament beating out three teams from Nevada The Hawks are favorites to win the state championship The Bobcats are in for a tough bout and will have to play a tighter game with better shooting than has been on view recently pre-seas- on 4-- A Where the roller coaster will stop no one knows By Greg Jones special correspondent - the real team please stand Will up? DAYTON West Side basketball 70-5- Pirate coach Neil Fuller cannot be blamed if he is heard muttering these words over and over again after last week’s roller coaster ride After starting the season with lopsided losses to Preston and American Falls the Bucs seemed to be on their way back with a rout of North Rich And when the Pirates stayed even with powerful American Falls most skeptical West Side fans would have to admit that the team showed signs of improvement Then came the Bear Lake game on Friday night and it's back to the drawing board for Fuller and his West Side charges as they struggle to find that winning formula prior to the opening of league play in January “I thought we played exceptional defense against AF" offered Fuller “We’ve got to play with the same intensity every time we take the court to win" The Pirates played the taller Bears straight up until halftime at Montpelier before faltering in the third quarter and seeing Bear Lake cop a 5 win “The kids seemed to run out of gas in the second half” stated the Pirates coach “The good effort Thursday night against American Falls and the road trip to Bear Lake seemed to take their toll" Despite the loss Zayne Fredrickson and Stacy Moser continue to play well scoring 21 and 12 points respectively The Jekyll and Hyde kids from Dayton will get two more chances this week to discover their true identity as those larger 2 teams continue to show up on the Pirate schedule g The Marsh Valley Eagles fresh from an upset road win over previously ranked Shelley visit Dayton in a rare afternoon contest A-- high-flyin- Friday Because of the Holiday Bowl Friday evening the varsity game has been moved up to 5:15 pm with the J V contest scheduled at 3:30 pm The Eagles are the only fifth district team that does not have a losing series record against the Pirates over the past seven years Since 1976 the two teams have split 14 games each winning seven The Bannock country crew will be heavy favorites to take the upper hand in the series Friday however as they have several returning starters from last year’s squad Led by seniors Happy Ditton and Lance Frazier along the front line and Brian Merrill in the backcourt the Eagles will look for another road breakthrough Marsh Valley coach Coy Pratt refuses to take the Pirates lightly “We watched West Side play a fine ball game against American Falls” says the cautious coach who lives up to his first name “West Side has the capability of beating anyone in our district on a given night” Saturday night the Soda Springs Cardinals will be in town to play the first of two games against the Pirates Returning only one starter from last year’s team the Cards were thought to be cannon fodder for the Pirates on their home boards But coach Gerald Jolley has his young team progressing nicely thank you 6-- Soda showed improvement last week as they lost a two point thriller at Grace to the same Grizzly team that devoured the Cards earlier in the season by a 30 point margin Jolley is proud of this year’s team despite their 4 start “This team had to overcome a lot of obstacles early” says the Soda coach who also serves as principal of the high schooL “For not being able to practice or play in our own gym and being as young as we are I think we are coming along relatively welL” The Cardinals have had to play all of their home games so far this season at Grace because of construction work on their gymnasium As for the Pirates Fuller hopes for more consistency “We need every player to contribute and play Right now we have players who can shoot the lights out of the guy in practice but seem to tense up in a game We need to relax and play our game” All eyes will be on the battle underneath between Greg Bergholm of Soda and Fredrickson Both players lead their respective teams in scoring and rebounding 1-- Valley preps should stand pat By Dale Bublitz sports writer West Side High School will probably continue to play an 3 schedule in spite of a recent recommendation by the Idaho High Activities Association to drop the Pirates to a smaller 4 designation That's what West Side Athletic Director Neil Fuller told West Side School Board officials during a this week's board A-- A-- meeting A-- A-- A-- being an 2 school 4 schools have According to Fuller enrollments up to 149 students an 5 school from 0 from and A-- A-- Meanwhile Logan Mountain Crest and Sky View officials can also breathe a deep sigh of relief as the Utah High Activities Association will not change the classification of those three schools Region 5 will remain as it has been for the 1985-8- 6 season despite rumors of a breakup “The association reviews the designations every three years and make recommendations” said Fuller “Once again they have recommended that West Side be dropped to 4 but that doesn't mean we next year We’ve gone through will be this before and I don't anticipate any A-- A-- 4 changes” three or four other schools petition and get the classification they want without any problems” The closest example of a petitioning school is Soda Springs a school with 285 3 students and an designation The Cardinals petition every three years to play an 2 schedule Fuller asserts that West Side with 145 students is closer to being an 3 school than Soda Springs is to He explained that all it would take to negate the proposal was a letter of petition to the association The letter would have to be received by the time the Association meets Jan 30 “I just can't see any problem is retaining our A-- 3 classification” said Fuller “Especially when you see that A-- 3 150-37- A-l- ’s are over 376-80- A-2- ’s 800 “The association will allow you to petition up in classification” said Fuller “But it won’t allow a team to petition to move down in designation” said the positive elements of 3 far outweigh any remaining in justificatione for descending to 4 The lone reason for moving down to 4 is that the school may find itself short of Fuller A-- A-- A-- boys “There’s always a chance a class would have only 15 or 16 boys” said Fuller “While I've been here we've been fortunate enough to have enough usually about 4 boys in a class” He told the board that economics and the interest in longtime Pirate rivals are the main reasons for playing an 3 schedule 21-2- A-- 8 “Most of the teams close to us are 3 schools and that closeness is what generates fan interest and rivalries" he said "I'm sure our followers would like to see us play the nearby schools" Meanwhile the 4 schools are scattered as far away as Clark County High School located on the Montana border He added that travel time and expense make it more enticing to play an 3 schedule A-- A-- A-- “We’ll write our letter of petition and probably be approved to continue to play in the A4 classification" said Fuller “1 can't see our petition being denied” In Utah Marion Tree director of the Utah High School Activities Association announced plans had been approved and would be in place for the 1985-8- 6 year But Tree said the changes would not affect the three Cache Valley schools and that Region 5 would remain the same The most noteworthy changes would oe in Salt Lake and Utah Counties where American Fork Mountain View and Orem would join Alta Bingham Brighton Hillcrest and West Jordan in Region 2 Kearns and Taylorsville moves to a Region 4 that now consists entirely of schools from the Granite School District After a distastrous three-yestay in Lehi will return to classification ar 2-- 3-- A A I |