Show n PCAA champs await regional event Keepin' up By Gary Jones Special to The Herald Journal Will the bells of St Mary’s ring out Joy for Utah State University or will the death knell sound on the Aggies’ hopes of gaining a berth in the NCAA postseason playoffs? "We'll be waiting by the telephone for the score" admitted USU Athletic Director Laden Andersen who wiU be in Shawnee Mission Kan Friday Saturday and Sunday as part of the NCAA tournament selection committee "There’s no getting around it" Andersen reveals "How we do in that game at St Mary's will probably mean the difference We're already the best independent in the west but a win Friday would probably sew it up" In all 32 teams wiU be given Invitations to participate in the NCAA playoffs Of that total 17 conference champions will be given automatic berths while another 15 bids will be extended to teams The group includes independents and conference runnersup at-lar- at-lar- Record just a part In Moraga Calif Friday evening USU’s Aggies will be attempting to push their 1977-7- 8 season record to 214 Of the nation’s 25 listed major independents the Aggies stand eighth on the basis of won-lo-ss record through Monday’s games record is considered the factor After the wen-los- s involving difficulty of schedule will then became relevant Some members of the press have already questioned USU’s schedule Prior to the 1977-7- 8 campaign this writer whs' equally apprehensive about the Utag schedule which included 17 home games But the opponents have done quite well to strengthen the quality of the - LOS ANGELES Calif Utah State University’s Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship wrestling team is using three days to rest and recuperate prior to Friday's opening round action in the NCAA Western Regional Championships According to USU Coach Bob Carlson the Aggies did not compete against Cal Monday by mutual agreement in order to allow both teams to give minor injuries and tired tired wrestlers plenty of recovery time prior to Friday “We really needed the rest" Carlson told The Herald Journal this morning “We have quite a few minor injuries and I felt it would be too much to ask for Jie kids to have a meet Monday after last weekend's tournament “Fullerton also had quite a few injury problems so the cancelling of the meet was a mutual agreement between coaches We also would have had to meet weight Monday and Tuesday which would have drained the kids Welgh-i- n on Thursday Carlson also indicated that the will seeding sessions and weigh-in- s take place Thursday at Fullerton State the site of the tourney The Aggies used Sunday and Monday to tour the Los Angeles area including Disneyland and the television set of CPO Sharkey starring commedian Don Rickies “He's incredible” Carlson explained “Our team was in the first row so he went to work on (Steve) Kyriopoulos and (Mark) “Rickies asked Harris a question and Harris who doesn’t talk much anyway just nodded his head From then on Rickies just said ‘we really got a dummy in the crowd ” The team had planned to tour Universal City Studios but heavy rain in the Los Angeles area kept the Aggies indoors much of the time Association was not without its brilliant moments The SCRA won a total of 17 races over the two days to bring home the revolving trophy for toe most races won by an individual association The Utah championships are run in divisions with tone averages over the season determining in which division each team will compete The Skyline group sent 13 teams to South Jordan this year with the 13th team running Association as a for the Heber-Kama- s Terrell Gibbs and Dennis Hunter served as the fill-i- team SCRA racers won seven division fill-i- n n ‘ - 18-1- 95-5- 25-1- fifth-rank- 12-1- defend its Western Athletic Conference 73-7- - 84-8- 75-7- - - 13-1- s 80-7- 13-1- - 80-7- 13-1- 5 Friday DENVER — now 10-1- and coach has resigned 7 2 in Denver USU won 8646 in Iogan and MONTANA STATE now 6 and tied for sixth in Big Sky USU won 7 in IOgan 3 I’OKTLAND STATE now and possess nation's leading scorer Freeman Williams USU dominated 11347 in Portland MONTANA — now 19-- 7 and Big Sky champs Entering BSC tourney USU dominated 8948 in 82-7- - 93-7- 10-1- - 15-1- Iigan Big 8 tourney on By United Press International It will be a real scramble to see who gets to Kansas City quicker Friday night for the semifinal round of n tournament — Jack Hartthe Big Eight man or the ticket scalpers Hartman the coach of Kansas State directed his Wildcats to a 4 victory over Oklahoma Tuesday night in a first round tournament game to set up a scalpers’ delight in Kansas City — a fourth meeting rival Kansas this season against bitter cross-stat- e who have beaten The Jayhawks Kansas State in all three previous meetings this season earned their semifinal berth with an easy 82-66 triumph over Colorado "As I ha ve been saying since our last meeting” Baid Hartman ”1 was hoping to get another shot at Kansas We all are We are anxious and happy to have the opportunity to go to Kansas City” In the other semifinal game Nebraska will meet surprising Missouri The Comhuskers posted their 21st win of the season the most bya Nebraska team in beating Oklahoma State 7143 while since 1920 Missouri registered the only upset of the night in ousting second place Iowa State 6543 Regular season champion Kansu has already whipped Kansas State this season in Kansas City at the Big Flight Holiday Tournament 6742 in Ijiwrence 5642 and In Manhattan 7543 post-seaso- 52-4- fifth-rank- ed - wrestling title BYU ranked No 9 in NCAA the latest wrestling ratings will be after an 11th WAC crown in the 1978 conference 83-7- - meet BOBCAT GUARD Robbie Nielson heads toward the hoop as he drives the lane against Viewmont In Tuesday night’s Region One playoff game In Roy Nielson scored 13 points to help Sky View post a 65-- the Vikings assuring the Bobcats of fifth place in Region One nnd an automatic berth In the State championships (Herald Journal photo by Doug McCullorh) 62 victory over '4-- sports writer ROY — Combining balanced scoring with a near perfect second half performance the Sky View Bobcats defeated Viewmont High 6541 here Tuesday night in a playoff game for fifth place in Region One basketball The Bobcats had to come from behind in the contest that determined who will go directly to the state tournament next week as the region’s number five team and who must face a second playoff with the sixth place team from Region Two Hence Sky View with its win Tuesday will go into the state tourney next week as the fifth place team from Region One and must face Bingham the Region Two's champ and a team that earlier beat Sky View in November 6444 Until late in the third quarter the only lead Sky View held over the Vikings was at 64 early in the first quarter With three minutes remaining in the first half Sky View trailed 9 but came back to dose the gap to 5 before going into the halftime down 2827 Todd Stevens led the Bobcat return with eight second quarter points as only three Sky View ball players could find the hoop during the quarter It appeared Sky View was looking forward to an early end to the season at the outset of the second half as Viewmont opened its largest lead of the contest 9 with just over three nine points and led minutes left in the contest when Sky View turned the tables on the Vikings Sky View finished off the third quarter streaking Viewmont 182 to like a naked sprinter even the game at 48all Bruce (juayle's 8footcr with 12 seconds on the dock knotted the game for the first time since early in the first quarter From then on Sky View did not cool off for another lead four minutes as the Bobcats ran up a nine-poiat 6041 Over a seven minute stretch Sky View the Vikings 214 as Stevens who hit four consecutive outside Jumpers and Cordell Olsen led the way offensively “Todd Stevens shot real well from outside tonight” 26-1- 26-2- 47-3- what would have been a game-tyin- g Sky View's lance IJndley converted two free throws with 12 seconds left to ice the win Undley who finished the game with only si x points spent most of the night thinking defense as lie drew the assignment of holding down Viewmont's Cory Hanks The big Vikings finished the game with a team-leadin- g 16 points but only tallied three in the half second key “We Just worked our tails off inside trying to 3top Hanks” Swan said “And lance IJndley did a great Job” When the two teams met one week ago at Viewmont Hanks paced Viewmont with 18 points in a 6640 Viking win Stevens led four Bobcats in double figures with 16 points while Olsen pitched in 15 Robbie Nielson Sherman Kirk added 10 added 13 and inside-ma- n eight of which were vital second half points Sky View was able to manage a respectable 48 percent mark from the field hitting on 25 of 52 shots after connecting on only 10 of 28 in the first half In the third quarter behind Stevens Kirk and Olsen the Bobcats hit 10 of 14 shots in running up 22 (mints out-scori- out-scor- K' fiytt J w? by quarters 61 65 72 14 61 17 70 Viewmont Nielson 4 5 $ 13 Olsen 6 3 4 IS Stevens Sky View (6S) 64 4 16 Lindley 7 2 7 6 Kirk 50 0 10 Qunyle 2 I 7 5 Sky View 13 18 - 14 11 - 480 ( 25 57) FT 887 (IS 17) FG Viewmont (61) - Miller 23 4 7 Curtis 50 10 Hess 511 Yates 4 0 08 Honks 72 516 Thacker 33 39 FG - 384 ( 25 65) FT - 611 (II IH) Turnovers Sky View II Viewmont 12 Total fouls - Sky View 17 Viewmont 16 Fouled out - Miiler Yales 1 -- n Jolicouer 2410 Division 10 — (first place) Smith 2424 Division 12 — (first alace) Karren-JoMadsen 2414 Curtis Brent e Sky View girls and Friday Saturday at Colorado State University a game high ifl points to lead the Roy Royals to a 4839 playoff victoryj over Sky View’s Bobcats here Tuesday in Region One High School Girl’s Basketball action j Darci Anderson and Tammy Eck scared 14 and nine points respectively to pace the Bobcats who needed the team win to claim fifth place in Region One and secure a berth to the Utah State Championship Tournament Nancy iChristiansen's Bobcats must now play the sixth place team from Region Two for a remaining state tourney berth The opponent and game time or date is not known ‘4-- ROY 49 SKY VIEW 39 Score by quarters Roy Sky View Roy (49) — Hansen 9 6 1 0-- 2 5 17 S Smith 12 Frew 6 1 3 IS 16 12 7- -49 13 — 39 Jones 6 14 13 0 Ewing 0 Freestone Day Orosco 00 00— Totals: 209 1149 View (39) — Anderson 6 2 6 14 Little 3 6 Sky Whiting 3 0 36 Cartee 1 0 2 2 Eck 3 3 4 9 Neeley 1 00 2 Christensen 0 0 0 0 Me Bride 0 0 0 0 Dahle 0 0 0 0 Herrera 00 00 Erickson 00 00 — Totals: 17 5 1 4 1 1 1 3-- 0-- 0-- The Cougars crushed Utah and Utah State last week and then picked up the seven-poiwin over OSU upping their dual meet record to 134 “I'm pleased with the outcome LAKE PLACID NY (UPI) last week” said Davis Cindy Nelson the "Oregon State was our national women’s downhill and combined alpine ski best match of the year" champion says she’s disappointed her sport has Davis will be taking entered the age of specialization Nelson a veteran US Ski Team member Tuesday four defending individual added the two titles to her already impressive trophy into the champions weekend meet Sam case but voiced concern over the course skiing has taken Orme at 118 pounds "It's sad to say but this is becoming a day of John Mecham (142) she said "The boys are already specialization" Brad Hansen (167) and that They're already special in slalom or doing heavyweight Gary downhill events” Peterson Nelson who captured the downhill crown by almost 15 seconds — even though she was stlsfied with her performance — won the combined title as a result of her second and fourth place finishes in the national OKLAHOMA CITY slalom and giant slalom The winner of the men’s downhill was Karl (UPI) — Iowa remained 23 a US Team member from Greene Anderson the atop collegiate in Maine but the combined champion in the men's wrestling teams Billy Taylor of Orchard based on division was 18year-ol- d rankings - the margin But after Viewmont's guard Jim Miller missed Scot Johnson 2347 Division two — (first place) Farrell l Ransom 2344 Division three — (second place) Scott Wilkinson 2411 Division four — (second place) Pat Fisher 2364 Hoggan-JohDivision five — (first place) Kelly Melton 2410 Spackman-LynDivision six — (first place) Roger Trevor Cantwell 2434 Division eight — (first place) Dwight Norman 2361 Division nine — (first place) Joe Smith-Va- Nelson not pleased said Bobcat Head Coach Gary Swan postgamp “But then they all played well” he said of his charges After holding Viewmont to only two points in the first four and one half minutes of the fourth quarter the Bobcats fell off the pace allowing Viewmont to close the gap to 6341 with :45 seconds left in the game Viewmont forced three consecutive Bobcat turnovers converting each to scores in narrowing SKY VIEW 65 VIEWMONT history of the championships Next Friday and Saturday the Colt Futurity and Derby races will be run at Tremonton Kent Robison and Brian Yeates will again represent toe Skyline group trying for their second futurity win On Saturday Feb 18 Robison and Yeates ran their team in the Payson Futurity and claimed top honors with a tone of : 1901 seconds SCRA winners at the Utah State Championships were as follows: Division one — (fourth place) Herm-Ki- nt Cats gain state spot By Doug McCulloch titles two second place trophies and one fourth place trophy It was the best SCRA showing in the seven-yea-r suffer setback Colo FT COLLINS (UPI) — Following a 8 upset of Oregon State Brigham Young coach Fred Davis says it looks like his team is in good shape to two-overti- O ’ Cougars chase title 15-1- 84-7- N Jim Dreyer Harris is reportedly recovered from a strained knee but is entered in what Carlson considers to be the toughest weight class in this weekend’s meet SOUTH JORDAN — Cutter racing was at its best this past weekend here as 12 teams from 11 associations gathered for the 1978 Utah State Cutter Racing Championships Shawn and Dean Hadley representing the Wasatch Slopes of Ogden won the coveted Utah Championship title Shawn Hadley drove his team to the fastest times on both Saturday (2288 seconds) and Sunday (2314 seconds) But the Skyline Cutter Racing - - er (24-10--2) Special to The Herald Journal Following is a rundown of USU's hoop opposition this season and their current status: COLORADO STATE now 174 but third in WAC USU won 8846 in Logan CSU won on last second shot 6342 in Fort Collins now 214 and PCAA champion FRESNO STATE Also nation’s top defensive team holding opponents to 534 points per game USU won 6840 in Logan - (20-18- er SCRA racers strong renew of opponents E (19-18- 4) (26-11- 4) 0 schedule And the authenticity of Brigham Young’s double- overtime win over the Aggies in Provo will always be questioned by those individuals who witnessed the officiating (?) in that game There was no way the Aggies were to win that game - Aggie champions “The top two wrestlers in each weight class will go on to the national finals" “That’s what we’re Carlson explained week” for this shooting Also representing the Aggies in the John regional event will be Steve Weight Wilson Steve Duroe Mark Harris (2844) and 44 y MIDWESTERN STATE now 2 and top seed in NAI A playoffs starting Monday USU won 5 in Logan WISCONSIN-PARKSIDnow 0 and also top seed in district NAIA playoffs USU won 7348 in Logan WEBER STATE — now 174 aid entering Big Sky Conference tourney USU lost 9 in overtime at Ogden but won 7445 in Logan now 9 and Coach Ron Ekker WASHINGTON fired USU won 8862 in Logan now 7 and tied for fourth BRIGHAM YOUNG in WAC USU won 9149 in Iogan but lost poorly officiated game 8544 in Provo UTAH — now 214 and second in WAC with NCAA bid likely USU won 1 in Salt Lake City but lost 6 in overtime at Logan FAIRLEIGH-DICKSOas NCAA now 8 Division II team USU won 7844 after Utah which originally set up schedule beat them IDAHO STATE — now 16-- 9 and in Big Sky playoffs USU won 3 in Logan and lost 1 i in Pocatello in two poorest games of season now 184 and third behind JAMES MADISON Commonwealth and Georgetown in EGAC Virginia Southern USU won 102-6- 6 in Logan NEVADA-RENnow 184 and second in WCAC USU lost 7344 in Reno BOISE STATE — now 3 and in Big Sky playoffs USU won 2 in Boise 0 and third best inAIR FORCE — now 0 in IOgan USU won in west dependent ST MARY'S now 1 and sixth in WCAC USU in Logan and play in Moraga Calif won 82-7- (24-11- 4) as the other possible (20-14- 13 home-and-aw- district Carlson also looks to Joel Sindelar at 177 pounds and heavyweight Kyriopoulos Bench carries an overall record of 18 wins losses and no draws into the regionals He is 844 in tournament action and 1844 in dual meets Freshman Tracy Moore is considered by Carlson as a possible champion at 118 pounds "I think Tracy will possibly be the second or third best freshman we've ever had at USU” Carlson added Carrying a 264-- overall mark Moore is 14-in dual meets and 1240 in tournament Harris 16-2- 33-2- -1 tournaments 150-pou- 27-ga- A Senior Bob Erickson at 158 pounds is also considered by Carlson as a top Aggie hope for an individual title His season mark is record in which includes a 4 now “I don't think we can win it team-wise- ” Carlson admitted "but we could be the second best team there We’ve beaten everybody else in previous meets" Freshman Marty Bench USU’s hopeful may be a questionable entry "He has a muscle pull in the back of his shoulder We’ll try him and see how he looks but we don’t know right now” slate In all USU has 20 individual teams on its schedule and seven of those schools figured into the Aggie slate on a basis Of the 20 schools 15 currently have whining records while Just five possess losing records Combined USU’s opponents have 296 wins against 226 losses That figures to a 568 winning average It should also be noted that of the six USU losses three came in overtime games and another on a last second shot at the buzzer And the Aggies did support its own abilities by handing five of the six teams to which they had lost setbacks by splitting the factor Nevada-Ren- o was the rally team appearing once on the Aggie schedule to hand USU a loss The other five losses came from teams appearing twice on the Aggie home-and-awa- Erickson looks strong O pre-region- al State-FuUert- a little more “This way the kids can eat a little bit and build their energy back up” Carlson continued "We’ll workout today at El Camino action Gary Fisher of Cal Poly is considered his top challenger Carlson looked to Cal Poly of San Luis Obispo as the early team favorite in this weekend’s regionals The field will Include the six PCAA teams (Utah State San Jose State Long Beach State Fresno State and Fullerton State) Portland State Cal Poly-SLNevada-La- s Vegas and Hawaii Junior College and go hard Wednesday to start getting the weight back down" 4 3 Iowa leads tournament potential and released Tuesday by Amateur Wrestling News The rankings were made in advance of this weekend’s NCAA con- tournaments ference which will qualify teams for the national meet The rankings: 1 Iowa 2 Oklahoma State 3 Iowa State 4 Wisconsin 5 Oregon State 6 Lehigh 7 8 State Arizona Oklahoma 9 Brigham Young 10 Kentucky Minnesota Syracuse 14 Penn 13 State Cleveland Stale Poly Stale 11 12 Missouri 16 15 Cal 17 Louisiana 18 Michigan 19 Princeton 20 Park NY Phil Mahre 20 from White Pass Wash winner of the men's national slalom and giant slalom didn't enter the downhill "It’s hard to race for just the combined title” Nelson admitted however "Its very diffcult to train for each event the three races are so different I find I always do my downhill training first and when I get halfway decent at that then I start thinking about giant slalom and Elalom” Nelson a from Lutsen Minn was clocked at speeds of 78 mph while whizzing off the 6008-foo- t course to win her second national cham pionship in a time of 1:4714 Teammate Maggie Crane from Plymouth NH finished second in 1:4862 Third place went to Holly Beth Flanders of Candla NH in 1:4913 In the men's event Anderson outdistanced his nearest competitor by 39 of a second to win his first national championship It was the first time he had skied this year without a back brace following a training accident in Europe New York state police radar timed him at speeds over 83 mph on the fastest course part of the 6550-foo- t The competition was held at Whiteface Mountain the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics MMMWMIMaW tjkfwgs Ti K 5-- - ' |