Show Grizz Three for the playoffs: Are the ’Cats cold? By The Herald Journal There’s football fever in Smithfield these days and Sky View Head Coach Jan Hall hopes his Bobcats catch it After a win founded on desire last week over Mountain Crest the 'Cats are hoping to recapture the spirit that has carried them to a surprise second place Region 5 finish and into the state playoffs Friday's first round pits the 'Cats against Granite High School of Region 6 Game time is 1:30 pm at Sky View able to do the same this time” he said Hough said the Mustang practices this week have been “as mellow as possible" The coaches are trying to keep the attitude relaxed and loose in hopes of improving the mental condition of the team “We're trying to change our psyche in practice not try to kill them or yell or whatever” he said Mentally the Panther team which carried home the state crown three years ago is ready Holtry said “We have a real positive attitude about football at West It's traditionally been one of our strong sports” he said The recent loss to Murray hasn't affected that attidue “We a good game but just Slaved turnovers" he said The one thing Holtry is concerned about is the size difference "I think they’ve got us on size We just have fair size we’re not overly big but I think we have them on speed We "I'm a concerned because we appear to be just a little bit flat after our emotional win last week" Hall said "You can’t just hope that the attitude changes at the kickoff because sometimes that's too late" Granite which finished the season with a region record of brings an offense different from what the 'Cats have seen this year "They do a real good job of running the dive option with have 3-- 3 split backs" said Hall “It's similar to Ben Lomond’s wishbone but it's a little different twist We're just going to have to pursue well on defense to counter it" An improved passing attack as seen at Hyrum will be led by uarterback Scott Elliott with eff Nyman Jonathon Howell and Wade Lindley on the receiving ends The backfield duties will once again be shared by Chris Simkins Ryan Larsen and Shane Kohler "Our line blocked better last week than it has all season" said Elliott "They were smaller than Mountain Crest but they sure controlled them" The defensive unit is anchored by Kohler at linebacker and James Fundark in the line Sky View comes into the contest with some minor injuries among the reserve corps but the starting unit remains intact MOUNTAIN CREST AT WEST Those who make it to West High School Friday to watch the Mountain Crest Mustangs take on the Region 6 Panthers can expect to see a real running game both teams say Kickoff time for the state championship playoff game is 1:30 pm in Salt Lake City The weather forecast is ugly and if conditions are gruesome the running plan both teams favor could make Friday’s altercation dirty slippery and hand-to-han- d "I think it's going to be really close" said west head coach Holtry "I don't know to favor one team over the other For both of us the pass is probably secondary and the weather is going to possibly be stormy That could make it Don interesting" Mountain Crest and West are similar built along lines Mustang assistant Curt Hough said and both will be gunning for the win "I think you're going to see two very comparable teams" said Hough "Both teams have had some bad luck over the course of the season They have some punishing running backs and we have some punishing running backs For a first it’s going to be play-of- f game ’ exciting he said West is second in its region Mountain Crest third although both sport 2 records The Panthers lost only to the Murray Spartans two weeks ago Jordan earlier and in the season The Mustangs once undefeated have had two painful losses in a row both the consequence of lackluster play The first was to Bear River m what was billed as the Region 5 championship contest Then the Mustangs went out and fell again this time to archrival 7-- top-rank- ed Sky View "The last two games we've had some problems" said Hough "Since the UEA break the kids haven't been their best mentally I honestly have no idea how they're going to play I couldn't even predict the outcome" Hough said "We're just going to go with what got us this far We really came alive last year in the play-off- s and I hope we'll be girls gallop to third backs" By Dan Pambianco sports writer SALT LAKE CITY Meghan Nelson and the Logan girls' cross country squad scampered to a stirring e finish at the state 3A finals Wednesday while the Sky View Bobcats nailed down fifth place for the second consecutive year at Sugarhouse Park The Mountain Crest Mustangs third-plac- State both boys and girls teams with eighth and seventh position finishes respectively Timpview as expected took top honors in the boys' team competition followed by surprising Region 5 champion Ben Lomond in second The girls’ championship went to Judge which placed five runners in the top 20 Kristie Brown of Provo was the individual girls’ winner in 18:50 on the 31 mile course and David Spence of Timpview won in One of those running backs to watch for will be No 29 Siope Hafoka Another strong player on the Panther roster is the Gary Perkins quarterback ‘They’re two of our best” Holtry said LOGAN AT JORDAN 15:53 Nelson not only turned in a Logan coach Perry his team Christensen season-bes- knows second-ranke- d Jordan will score points when the two schools meet in the opening round of the state playoffs Friday (2:30 pm kickoff) The Grizzlies just want to make sure none of those points come easil- score Tim RasmussenHerald Journal Birthday boy As an Aggie rooter Robert Shin (above is riding high) unsurpassed so no one was surprised when the lad turned up at USU's football practice Wednesday to spread the good news: He's a year older than he was Tuesday As luck would have it the band also drummed itself onto the field to jazz up a team already radiating razzmatazz Then when some balloons flew by well everyone just had to party 8-- No By United butts champ loses Press International Jorge Vacs of Mexico earned a majority decision over Lloyd Honeyghan of Britain Wednesday to win the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation welterweight titles in a match cut to eight rounds because of an injury The referee stopped the bout in the eighth because of cuts suffered by Vaca in a clash of heads Ringside doctor Gerry Carp ruled Vaca could not continue so referee Henry Elespure of the playoffs anything can the United States asked the three judges to happen We have a chance to do submit their cards for the first seven rounds some great things Judge Chuck Hassett of the United States and "It’s as if we're starting Bob Logist of Belgium favored Vaca Hassett over" the Grizzly coach said scored it Malcolm and Logist had it "I expressed the idea of re- Bulmer of Australia ruled in favor of commitment commit yourself Honeyghan not just for one week but for Honeyghan who suffered his first professional four weeks I don't want them loss was penalized a point for the collision of while Vaca thinking 'Oh we've been doing heads His record dropped to this for so long' and get dis- improved to "I think he won it" said Honeyghan who couraged" Christensen said he would like constantly switched to a southpaw stance and to mix Logan's running and often looked sluggish “It was close it could passing games but he believes have gone either way I thought I was beginning the Grizzlies will have a better to come on but I kept hurting my (right) hand chance if they keep the ball In Every time I threw it I hurt it and I couldn't the air throw it again That's why I went southpaw" Said Mickey Duff Honeyghan's manager: "If "I think the passing game he the referee had decided not to deduct that point could be the difference said "How well we execute the for the accidental butt it would have been a passing game would allow us to draw" do some things with the run They’re going to be out to stop Hearns the run" Thomas Hearns who has won world champiLogan's main running threat onships at weight classes from 147 to 175 pounds Bobby Pendleton was held to tonight chases the missing piece to his plan of e under 100 yards last week for becoming boxing's first champion Hearns is an favorite to defeat Argentine only the second time this season He has been nursing a Juan Roldan at the Las Vegas Hilton and win title pulled hamstring this week and the vacant World Boxing Council didn't practice Wednesday but "This is the big one for me something I've Christensen said the senior been dreaming about for a long time" Hearns tailback should be ready Fri- said “A lot of people wish they could be in this day position — not only to win four titles but to win Christensen switched three or two or even one Few men have ever quarterbacks late in the game made it to this point and I'm proud of that last Friday pulling Scott "The condition that Thomas Hearns is in this Palmer for Todd Wilson fight cannot go 12 rounds" Palmer however will return Roldan 30 agrees the bout will not go the this week as the team's No 1 distance QB "Thomas won't make it past the fifth round" "We needed a change at that he said in Christensen the point game" Hearns first realized he might win four titles said "Scott s our quarterback a as welterweight champ in 1980 He lost but Todd's ready to come in his welterweight title to Ray Leonard in 1981 but if we need him" again Boxing 3) 67-6- 6 67-6- 5 67-6-5 31-1- -0 held the WBC junior middleweight title from 1982-8- 6 and defeated Dennis Andries for the WBC light heavyweight title March 7 A crowd of about 9500 is expected at the Hilton's outdoor area for the closed circuit TV bout Also on the card Bobby Czyz will defend his IBF light heavyweight championship against and Michael Nunn and Charles Williams Darnell Knox meet for the North American middleweight title Hearns 29 previously held titles in the welterweight junior middleweight and light heavyweight division and is one of 10 boxers to hold pro championships in three weight classes Henry Armstrong Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran failed in tries to win fourth crowns 43-5- -1 four-tim- 8-- 5 160-pou- Gasoline Green A boxer who fought heavyweight champion Mike Tyson last year took over a gas station and was arrested while selling gas to motorists and pocketing the cash police said today Mitchell Green 30 who went 10 rounds with Tyson in 1986 before Tyson was champion was arrested Wednesday night and charged with robbery and grand larceny police said boxer drove into a Mobil gas The station in Queens and told the attendant Noor Akhunzada to fill his car’s tank attendant tried to When the collect Green refused to pay and threatened to beat him police said The frightened man fled from the station and telephoned police Green remained at the station pumping gas and collecting money from motorists police Blaisdale Rapichin56th Mountain Crest also ran the meet at less than full strength as No 1 runner Kurt Kotter competed with back and knee injuries suffered in his other role as a Mustang football player "Considering Kurt’s condition we're very happy with our finish" said coach Mark Applegarth “We’re young and we ve got a lot of potential so I’m optimistic about next year" Kotter led the Mustangs with a 35th place finish in 17:06 and was followed by Hal Dean in 36th Brett Campbell 39th Kurtis Parker 58th and Aaron Nielsen 67th The MC girls in their first state appearance were led by Michelle Nielsen in 26th sister Naiomi a recent addition to the team in 31st Theresa Parker said in 37th The attendant returned to the station to see a cab driver paying Green for gas with a 8100 bill He yelled to the cabbie that Green did not work there and the driver snatched the money back police said Green allegedly became enraged and punched the cabbie in the face as a police car pulled into the station to investigate The heavyweight ha with the law Police arrested Green and charged him with drunken conduct Sept 6 when he bridge toll In August Green was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled Tamara Larsen 64th ( champion of Ben Lomond Grizzly junior Ann Watson nabbed the 12'h overall position and Brigeta Nelson held onto 23rd despite several injuries Molly Sanchez turned in a “gutsy" race according to coach Ron McBride to take 28th and Kirby Houghton completed the packin30tn “Brigeta had tears in her eyes as she finished” said McBride "It took a lot of heart for her to come out and help the team like that" “Meghan ran a real smart race working her way up from about 13th at the mile mark" he said “For a freshman to finish fourth in the state is quite an accomplishment" Injuries and illness played a part in the final standings to the detriment of the local harriers Dalian Godfrey No 2 man for Sky View most of the season and No 1 for them at the region meet was unable to compete because of a cold "We probably lost about 30 points without him running" said Bobcat coach Bob Henke "but the rest of the boys did well especially Jay Stoker (21st overall)” Rounding out the 'Cats' top five were Mike Andersen in 19th Phillip Rawlins 26th Valente Soto 45th and Chris Michelle that" Christensen 3-- performance defeated region y- 1-- t placing fourth in 19:09 but also says we know said “We can't let them have anything cheaply We have to make them work for the points” Jordan is 1 against Region 5 teams so far this season opening the season with a win over league champion Bear River ana suffering its only loss of the season at Mountain Crest The Beetdiggers 1 easily took the Region 6 crown "We are outmatched physically" Christensen said 7We know we have to play extremely well but the players are going into it playing really high 1 think we might have the emotional edge" The Grizzlies finished a disseason last appointing 5 (2-week with a 33-- 8 loss to Bear River sending them into the playoffs as the fourth place team from the region “We had a meeting after the Bear River loss” Christensen said "We talked about this being a new season and the fact that if you put it all together in x-coun- try placed some good running "They’ll -F- reshman Kim Brady 42nd "I'm so excited for our to finish seventh in their state meet" said Ai "They have really L how to work together team" Logan’s Jeff Richards peting as an individual na 33rd overall and was d followed by teammate McEvoy in 38th both placl the top third of the 105 ru field and |