Show I Page 14 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 14 1996 USU football ready to kick off spring season ule this fall By Shawn Harrison sports writer The 1996 football season is about to begin That means spring football Utah State will kick off its spring campaign Tuesday on the practice fields by Romney Stadium Workouts on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays arc set with scrimmages on Saturdays Spring drills will conclude on Friday May 10 with the annual spring game in the stadium at 6 pm With 35 lettermen returning including 14 starters (4 offense 8 defense and 2 specialists) the 1996 season should be better than last year's 4--7 overall record The Aggies did win four of their last six games all Big West Conference contests to finish in a lie for second in the league at 4--2 Head coach John L Smith is excited about the start of his second season at USU But don't ask him about the sched “I don't even want to talk about the schedule" Smith said “With the exception of when I was an assistant at Washington State this is the toughest schedule I've been involved with “The road schedule is quite demanding with trips to Southern Miss Oklahoma State and Texas Tech I honestly believe this is the best home schedule our Utah State fans could ask for with Utah BYU and Nevada" Those three big road trips just happen to be in a row The Aggies will be in Romney Stadium for six games this year ce including the season opener Aug 31 against instate rival Utah The next weekend Cal State Northridge comes to Logan Other home games include Brigham Young (Oct 4) Idaho (Oct 26) North Texas (Nov 2) and Nevada (Nov 9) But first some questions have to be answered this spring Two areas hit by graduation are at linebacker and offensive line Kenyatta Green (96 tackles last year) and Markell McCain (85 tackles) are starter gone from the defense Two-yeDavid Gill does return to anchor down the position The senior had a school record 168 tackles in 1995 Senior Spencer Waggoner has been moved to the rover spot from free safety to replace McCain Gone are starters Robert Holmes (20 starts) Novich Hunter (two-yestarter) and Travis Guiney from the offensive line The two starters returning are senior Troy Kema and junior Brandon Dyson and Dyson will miss the spring drills with a shoulder injury The addition of junior college transfer Mark Rommel should help Two other Aggies that will miss spring with injuries are junior defensive lineman Chad Lyman (knee) and sophomore running back Ernesto Ramos (shoulder) The Aggies have plenty of strengths starting at running back With Abu Wilson getting another year of eligibility ar ar Smith couldn't be happier Wilson rushed for 1476 yards and 15 touchdowns throwing for 2774 yards and 12 TDs Senior Matt Wells is listed as his backup The defensive line has beefed up Senior Danilo Robinson and junior Ben Gotland Demario Brown provide quality depth “Abu Wilson has all the tools to be an impact player in the NFL" Smith said “Abu will have every opportunity to be as good as any running back in the country He is the complete package as a runner pass receiver and blocker “Our running game should be a strength this fall Our depth at running back should be as good as any team in the country” combined for 16 sacks in 95 and are joined by a healthy junior Whiter Fiefia and JC transfers Adam Jones and John Latu “Teams won’t push us around like they did a year ago” Smith said “If we stay healthy we have a chance to be pretty good up front "Danilo Robinson is the best defensive end in the Big West Conference He continues to get bigger stronger and faster Vfe’d like to move Danilo around a little this fell to make him even more disruptive” The kicking game is solid with Micah Knorr and Nathan Morreale The seniors have been sharing the punting and (dace-kickiduties since they were freshmen “I truly believe we’ll be better at every position in 1996” Smith said Fans will get a chance to see this Sophomore Melvin Blue JC transfer Thaddeus Variance and freshman Wide receiver should be another strong position despite the loss of d holder Kevin Alexander (1400 yards on 92 catches) Leading the way will be be seniors Shawn Turner school-recor- and Aaron Frazier joined by JC transfers Nakis Jenkins and Steve Smith Patrick Mullins returns at quarterback The senior started all 1 1 games last year ng week Miami football player killed J CORAL GABLES Fla (AP) — A University of Miami football player and a woman were slain Saturday in a campus apartment attack Marlin Barnes 22 a reserve linebacker for the Hurricanes and Timwanika Lumpkins 22 were killed in a “double homicide” police said They were found in the apartment at about 7:30 am when a student discovered his dour was blocked by a bloody body Police said Barnes had sus- tained trauma but did not elaborate The woman was found in an adjacent room wounded and in critical condition She was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where she died Police Detective Tony Carvajal said he did not know the method motive or Metro-Dad- e weapon used He said the woman didn't appear to be a student A black Explorer Barnes had borrowed was parked behind the three-stor- y apartment complex with two slashed tires Police had covered the license plate University President Edward “Tad'’ Foote called the murders “an unspeakable tragedy “When young people die it's a terrible terrible loss" he said Foote said the slayings had shaken the school and said a rumor hotline had been set up to calm fears “Our students are strong good Mitch MaacanVHarald Journal s Sunbathing wasn't working out Saturday but Aggie soccer players Mika BrencNey and Neal Obray did enjoy stretching out in the snow at the High Roee Field Snowflakes were about the only things that got by Aggie goalies this weekend as the Utah State Men's Soccer ' Club swept its own (odd) tournament 4-- 0 The Aggies nearly whited out Utah Valley 1 in Saturday's championship at the High Rise Field thanks in large part to former Mountain Crest Mustangs like goalie Brent Anderson Obray and Benson Wallace Obray and Wallace drove home scores in Saturday's second half The Club gets serious in the Fall and meanwhile frolics in the Spring At leest ” that was the plan — freezes was more like it Saturday Celebration in the snow 3-- - USU’s Wilson named Scholar of the Year by Science Dept By Mike Ingraham sports editor “I usually compete better when there’s more competition” Wendy Egbert said everybody” squad the senior from Jerome Idaho Counselors were brought to became the season’s first Aggie automatic campus to calm students and qualifier to the NCAA Championships Foote said Miami football coach Butch Davis said "losing a member of the football team is like losing a member of your own family" Davis said the 0 junior a native of North Miami was named the most improved player of spring 6-- 220-poun- d Saturday's stupendous hammer throw of 180 feet 5 inches guarantees her an invitation to Eugene Ore May 28 and whisks her all the way up to fifth in the national rankings But it only placed her third at Provo behind BYU1 Dawn Ikbla who won with 185-1- 0 and Amy Christensen whose 180-- 5 was a shade better than Egbert's So what? A look at her year — she started out at 154-- 8 then progressed to Ndeti aims for fourth straight title in Boston BOSTON (AP) — Cosmas Ndeti and Uta Pippig have a more pressing centennial ro cel- ebrate before the Summer Olympics They say repeating their victories Monday in the 100th Boston Marathon is an even bigger goaL Ndcd will try to become the first marathoner to win four straight Boston races while Pippig is favored to win her third consecutive race over the hilly course from the western suburb of Ilopkinton to downtown Boston Boston which serves as that country’s trials for the Olympics being staged in Atlanta 100 years after the modem Games began in 1896 Sammy Lelei a Kenyan who ran the second-fastemarathon in history at Berlin last year and 1995 runnerup Moses Tumi also of Kenya are among Ndeti ‘s top rivals st Lelei said his primary goal in Monday’s historic race is winning a spot on the Olympic team rather than fin- "This is bigger than any ishing first Pippig of Ger- other race in the world” Ndeti said “It’s the hardest marathon ever the most famous maretbon in the world This H very special because it's the 190th anniversary” About 3800 official runners — around four times the previ-w- ? field — are expected to begin crossing the starting line at noon Monday Thousands of unofficial runners vCl follow Ndeti is among a la rpt group of Kenyans competing st - - !- -c ' Egbert’s automatic for NCAA Championships people” Foote said “But this Nobody’s arguing not after Saturday has been a terrible shock to when spurred by Brigham Young’s bomb security was sharply increased ft many disagrees “1 think many people say Gh the Olympic! arc the greatest ” Pippig said "For me this race is more impor- tant than the Olympic! because there is so much history It’s Boston It'S the old- est race It’s the oldest marathon on Earth” John McDermott cf New York Cfty won the fra Tvxfc Marathon in 1897 tn 2 lours 55 minutes 1C eeco&K and last week to 179-1- 0 — sugthat Wendy watchers stay tuned gests That Anderson won in only 4999 says Everyone's a Wilson fan these days especially in USU's Science Department While almost everyone seemed to be Those hats not blown away were tipped to which has named him Scholar of the Year! slimed by stupid weather — “we had Egbert’s hammer throw and to that of “J'Dce is without doubt the most outthree seasons in an hour and then went teammate Justin Dudek All he did was standing undergraduate student with whom through it all over again “ said Aggie actually win with a throw of 175-- 9 seven I have been associated in my academic inches in front of BYU’s Corey Ncddo assistant Curtis Collier — Egbert created career of more than 20 years” said profesher own climate and it was hot The dreadful day did not spoil La Donna sor Reed Warren “He is a class person add She finished second in the shotput with a Antoine's drive — she spun to a season's will accomplish whatever goals he sets for season's best 45 feet and second in the disbest 2388 in the 200 meters Marion himself He is one of those types who cus at 153-- 5 18 inches off her personal best Meyer’s pole vault of 10 feet was a winner unfortunately comes along only so rarely” Her throws through the awful weather and Karen Lutz's javelin stayed airborne The senior from Pocatello maintains a 40 grade point average in biology with £ave the day some decency and five wins Cor 138-- 1 feet for first place including one by Logan’s Greg Anderson Egbert's two silvers were augmented by minors in chemistry and Portuguese He in the 400 meters supplied some sparkle second (daces from Amy Larson in the long will graduate in June summa cum laude But for the most part the Aggies “got jump (18-- 5 feet) and hurdlers Jane Marthe next stop will be the University of shall (1412 seconds a personal best in the Utah medical school thrashed” in Colliers term The men finished fifth and the women third BYU and 100) and Brian Dopp (1469 in the 110) A GTE Academic Wilson Montana State placed 2 in both competiLarson also contributed a third in the has also earned the USU Superior Student tions scoring 253 points and 112 in the 100 (1234) as did Shelley Grupe in the Scholarship the USU College of Science women’s events to USU’s 88 400(5974) Scholarship the Christensen Memorial BYU men hit 229 MSU 107 Ricks ColScholarship and was named Phi Kappa Phi Meanwhile in Eugene Ore J'Dce Willege 58 Weber State 55 and USU 48 Distinguished Scholar e Southern Utah men scored 25 Utah 20 son was having a day himself clocking a Wilson is a All Big Wat selection and Utah Valley zero personal best 3:49 in the 1500 meters A in cross country and it goes without saying academic Aggie women were followed by Ricks day? The Big West's defending 1500 champ that he has earned 49 Utah Valley 16 Utah 12 Southern senior is having a year and all signs point to honors the past three years In 1995 he was a great life for the future Dr Wilson Utah 8 and Weber State 3 USU’s Male Big West 170-1- 1 something about the crazy conditions an 1-- two-tim- Scholar-Athle- te Red Wings not content with record DETROIT (AP) — Their 61 wins are the most ever for an NHL team in a regular season Yet the Detroit Red Wings and their fans will feel cheated if the Stanley Cup doesn’t return to the Motor Gty for the first time since 1955 It is s fact of life in the NHL phia Flyers but they won’t be able to equal Montreal's record of 132 points in a season Even if they win their final game the Red Wings will finish one point shy of the Canadiens’ mark “We feel good about it” says coach Scotty Bowman who also coached those dominant Montreal that regular season games don’t count for very much The label of greatness only gets hung on teams teams “It’s a record but once Sunday goes teams don’t even remember where they finished” Right All anyone seems to remember is what happened in the playoffs That is why a cloud Cups with Edmonton and one with Pittsburgh “But we don’t Nobody can forget what that win the Cup It has been 41 years since Detroit did that “We’ve got a great team here” says Paul Coffey who won three rank with the others until we win a Stanley Cup” Coffey scored two goals Friday night as the Red Wings rallied from a 3--1 second-perio- d deficit to surpass the 1976-7- 7 Montreal Canadian with their 61st victory his year For the purist however even that feat comes with an asterisk The Canadiens played an 80-gasc sfsscs The Ped Wings dose out an 82-ga- season Sun- day at Dallas The Red Wings tied the NHL record of 36 home wins in a season set by the 1975-7- 6 Philadel has hung over this entire season hap- pened last year when Detroit had the best regular season record yet was swept in four games by the New Jersey Devils in the finals “Last year's finals was a humbling experience for this team” Red wings captain Steve Yxennan says “As a result we’ve been able to keep things in perspective and not get caught up in filings” It scema almost a shame that the Red Wings can’t enjoy their little dance through the record book Yet they seem to accept their situation In fact some of the players are as vocal as their critics when it comes to tbe importance of winning in file plsvoffs AP photo Detroit Red Wings Sergei Fedorov left Kris Draper and Vladinfr Konstantinov ceWrcre Draper empty net goal to Detroit a 5-- 3 win over — fie CNcego Biacfcbawfcs Friday rug I - |