Show ’crF tf tS The Herald Journal tf' 'B i Logan Utah Wednesday October No contest: Brave but beaten Buck’s best Buck (UPI) who directed the Montreal Expos to the fifth best record in baseball Tuesday was named National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America Rodgers 49 led the Expos to 1 a immark a provement from the previous (Andres) Galarraga and (Neal) season Montreal was not elimi- Heaton gave us the big hits and nated from the NL East race the big wins we needed to keep until the final week of the from going on long losing streaks When we got by that season He was the only manager with the addition of Raines and named on all 24 ballots in voting (Bryn) Smith we started to by the BBWAA Two writers snowball” The bullpen also earned from each NL city participate in the balloting special praise "The bullpen was the most Many observers predicted a r finish for the Expos in consistent thing all year” odgers’ third season During Rodgers said “They were outthe the Expos ref- standing from the first day of used to free agent out- the season until the last They fielder Andre Dawson and were a big question mark in a traded away ace reliever Jeff lot of peoples’ minds when we Reardon Outfielder Tim Raines traded Reardon but the combisat out the first month of the nation of bullpen by committee was outstanding” season before signing After losing their first five Expos General Manager Bill ames and dropping to Stoneman was happy for aines returned and the Expos Rodgers “He deserves the award” flourished The Expos finished just four games back of the St Stoneman said "Heck he was Louis Cardinals in the NL East our Manager of the Year all Voting was based on five along” Stoneman Is in the process of points for first three for second and two for third Rodgers renegotiating the last year of finished with 92 points to easily Rodgers’ ' contract which runs outdistance Roger Craig of San through the 1988 season Francisco with 65 points and FREE AGENTS Whitey Herzog of St Louis with Cleveland Indians outfielder 54 Davey Johnson of the New Brett Butler led a group of three York Mets had three points and players who Tuesday filed for Jim Leyland of Pittsburgh had free agency Also filing with the Players two Hal Lanier of Houston won Association were New York Mets first baseman-outfieldthe award in 1988 Lee Mazzilli and Ed Vande was the Rodgers cleaning a reliever who pitched his at in home Berg garage Orange County Calif when he learned last season with the Cleveland Indians before being released of the honor Fifteen players have filed for “Every time I get to thq top of free agency since Monday the the my garage phone rings” he told UPI "So if I sound out first day players were allowed of breath it’s because I just to begin the prbicess Twelve players including took a couple of boxes up to the New York Yankees relief ace top of the garage I'm very happy and I’m proud of my Dave Righetti filed on Monday More than 100 players are staff — the group that really put this thing together for us in eligible to file this year inMontreal?’ cluding Philadelphia third baseman Mike Schmidt Detroit said of the Rodgers chemistry the team was important in the pitcher Jack Morris and Atlanta outfielder Dale Murphy solid 1987 finish Over the last two years free "We had a bunch of guys who have had difficulty agents genuinely pulled for each other Arbitrator and really were interested in changing teams one another” he said "It was Thomas Roberts recently ruled the type of chemistry I haven’t club owners conspired to demarket in seen for a while They gave me stroy the 1985 by not pursuing players 100 percent cooperation They worked as hard as they could to from other teams Another arbitrator is cup be a good ball team because we in spring training rently considering a grievance starting were not” by the players’ union claiming The first 40 games of the owners conspired similarly in 1986 season were critical Butler a seven-yea- r veteran "That's when we kept from 295 with nine home runs and said hit getting buried” Rodgers fGuys like Tim Wallach 41 RBI in 1987 Rodgers sports writer Like the ancient Greek the philosopher Diogenes Utah State volleyball team seems to be on ceaseless searching mission They also are seeking honesty — honest 91-7- relief from what setter Stephanie Maurer described as a "hurtful” situation Tuesday the Aggies lost again their seventh straight defeat 2 to Idaho State at the Spectrum The Aggies on the are wobbly at season "I’m just a little bit afraid 3-- 6-- 17 customed team to lowing the 17-1- ac- 5 15-- 3 re-si- 10-1- 5 thriller "It’s not as hard to lose as it was at 14-1- 6 15-- 8 the begining I’d like to be able to say it’s just another loss we’ll get it next time but it’s not It’s hurtful to 8-- me" Surely the Aggies have played well In several matches during the downward spiral ana two of these defeats to Colorado State and Brigham Young were against nationally ranked teams But Tuesday as with many of the matches a valiant comeback fell short against the bigger Bengals who have rolled over most of their opponents in posting a record this year 24-- 7 The Bengals earlier edged the Aggies in Pocatello 2 It's just something that athletes and coaches have to go through” said USU coach Steve Carlat “You’re not : always going to be winning all the time You'll have strings of losses and strings of victories but you can't : change your purpose and focus "If we had a major breakdown personnel-- wise : or system-wis- e I'd have to reassess what we're trying to ' do But I don’t think we’ve : had that I think our systems are successful we just need to be more consistent about doing them” Idaho State coach Jim Chemiss was quick to point : to conditions at USU "If the people here are s reconcerned with cords they ought to give him the money to recruit and get the kind of players that they can compete with” he said er 3-- ‘ : - Amy Olsen and the Aggies battled back but fell short and he has turned them into a really fine team” After a tight battle in the first game which saw a series of momentum changes end in favor of the Bengals : the visitors jumped ahead early in game two behind the o punch of Margaret Smith and Chris Ford at the net one-tw- win-los- A quick three-gam- e blowout appeared to be in the making as the game ended quickly on a Smith slam But the Aggies who’ve "Steve is working with players that have been overlooked by other colleges 3-- Tuesday against Idaho State shown a propensity to make things tough for opponents before fading broke open a 0 tie by reeling off five consecutive points on the strength of Jane Reynolds' blocking and smashes Game four was a struggle in which the locals deficit to rallied from a finally knot things at two games each Sheryl Swain Kelley Bailey and Reynolds put down some nifty sets by Maurer to lead the comeback The persistent Bailey had two drives blocked 10-1- see-sa- w 13-- 9 Mustangs repay Bobcats brace for big Bears battle By RaeAnneThayne sports writer HYRUM — It could be a fight to the finish for the Region 5 volleyball title and there is sure to be a battle for second place Mountain Crest and Sky View are both in the icture after the Mustangs downed the visiting 1 5 obcats 15--3 Tuesday The two local now tied 1 in their are volleyball powers rivalry but both teams have lost to the charging Ogden Tigers 4 The Mustangs now have a region record of 2 and Sky View is now 3 the "This virtually gives Bear River (now in now the driver's championship They're seat" said Sky View coach Cal Jensen : Mountain Crest will have to keep the momentum as they will meet the Bears on Bear 12-1- 15-1- 1-- 4-- 6-- 5-- 7-- 1) River turf Thursday "Thursday’s a real critical match" said Mountain Crest coach Lauren Keller "Since we've played all of these this is the second time r teams we’ve been the team we’: has a really good o in the midale of the court so we've been jvorking on that” Sky View will meet Logan Thursday at Logan Varsity match time is 6:30 mat- This was the second Mustang-Bobca- t match first the quick and fchup Sky View made 2 4 2 Oct on They by winning crushing couldn’t pull it off Tuesday though "It was a close one said Mountain Crest assistant Gayle Mills "It was really a tough - 15-- match" 15-- - Sky View lost the first one in part due to rr 13-ga- off-seas- losing” said Maurer fol- in - NEW YORK By Dan Pambianco that we’re getting 28 1987 Prep volleyball Jensen said "The first game our was mental After that we put that Eroblem and got into the game I think we did nerves good job and played very well" The Bobcats came back to win the second game and almost captured the third as well "We had a lead in the last game we were ahead I think 10-- 3 and then we missed five of our next seven serves You just can’t score when you don't hit serves On the third game I think we missed 12 total serves" Jensen said The Mustangs also had problems serving in that game "There were about six serves in a row of ours that went into the net" Keller said She said most of the serving errors resulted from pressure "That third game was just a really intense game We had a rally at an So the next important time and it was point was really critical” Keller said the crowd reaction contributed to the Mustang win "The crowd was really into the game too and since it was our crowd this time it was nice” A big part of the win for Mountain Crest both coaches said was Jenny Quinlan the junior starter for the Mustangs "We were winning the third game big" Jensen said "Then Jenny just took charge She saved the win for Mountain Crest She played a super game She got going and said 'Hey we’re not going to lose'” i 12-1- before placing a third attempt and the game out of the Bengals' reach But that was the climax as far as the Aggies were concerned The Bengals stiffened in the final game reeling off six unanswered points to finish things off many of them on Aggie errors The spikers head out on the road for consecutive matches against UTEP New Mexico State and New Mexico the latter two High Country Athletic Conference contests Ega free-age- nt Sports report c season Nov Aggie cross country Utah State will run in its only home cross country meet of the year Saturday beginning at 10:45 at Birch Creek Golf Course The Aggies will host High Country Athletic Conference foes Utah and Brigham Young on a course that is mostly flat except for a steep hill near the mark Utah's Kris Ryan won this race a year ago posing a time of 19:153 Ryan returns with the L'tcs this season but is expected to be challenged by teammate Celsa Bowman as well as Angela Cook of BYU Sandra Checketts was USU’s top finisher last year placing fifth with a time of 20:003 Christ! Chidester was sixth in 20:12 Checketts is running unattatched this season after using all of her college eligibility but Chidester remains an Aggie leader USU will also host a citizens race Saturday event open to all area runners as a for the track team Registration starts at 9 am with the race getting underway at 10 am Entry fee is $6 with a and $3 without Runners will use the same course the cross country teams follow For additional information about the citizens race contact the USU women’s track office at two-mil- e fund-raisin- g 750-205- 8 1 Blue and White Area basketall fans will get their first look at the 1987 Utah State team Nov 9 when the Aggies d play the annual Blue and White scrimmage The game will tipoff at 7 pm at the Logan Recreation Center Admission is 35 a family $1 for adults and 50 cents for children The Aggies return seven of last year’s top eight players and all five of the original starters along with several junior college transfers Utan State will open its regular intra-squa- 27 at Utah Logan freshmen Logan’s freshman football team wrapped up it season with a 3 record scoring wins over both Sky View and Mountain Crest and dropping a pair to undefeated Bear River Team members included Scott Robinson Brandon Christopher Robert Thomas Mike Palmer Marc Poulsen Kevin Bethers Jeff Willis KC Mitchell Kenny Sorenson David Duce Brandon Jenkins Kirk Hansen and Quinn Ranson Other players included Matt Archibald Eric McAllister Justin Morrill Eric Bodrero James Needham Vatana Leuk Will Hopson Brent Johnson Kirt Hunter Adam Wray Jeremy Mohr Mike Rich John Jensen Jesse Sweeten Brett McEvoy Brett Herd Ryan Field and John 5-- Cook The team was coached by George Duersch Gary Dunn and Larry Comadena City basketball Logan men’s city league basketball is open through Saturday with games scheduked to begin Nov 9 Teams can compete in one of four leagues: National open to teams with no more than two former college players American open for teams with no former college players under 35 Industrial open to teams sponsored by area businesses with no former college players and under under 35 and ot There are no restrictions on former college players over 35 Games will be played on weeknights except Industrial which will play on Saturdays For additional information contact the Logan Recreation Department at 752-32- |