Show n s S1 t v f ? ' H’ f '' i v“ ' S 'V V‘V ‘V '! i f - 'V v S ’V v4- 'V r v- f’ T" 4' s ' if1 j I t I " tit J 1 ’ '’ "U - h - - J’ March Wednesday Sports snapshot 1 'v - AP photo Edmonton Oilers defenseman Janne Niinimaa left celebrates with center Boyd Devereaux after a goal by teammate Alexander SeHvanov in the third period of the Oilers' 1 victory over the Cotorddo Avalanche Tuesday at Denver' ' f -- - ' ‘V- : - ': : “t ' " ' ‘'--- r i&iu f!T ' ' ’ ' y'' V V r & ' The Wildcats continued to give the No: 1 seeded Bobcats a tight game until the final quarter when ? 'V j j i!' m - : ence showed as the Bobcats strug- gled to adjust to the big gym and playoff pressure ' “I was pretty nervous”w Bobcat ' HaU said Eric guard - “We all came out nervous We ' were a little anxious and antsy”: Harris said'-- ' v Woods Cross took advantage of Sky View finally’ blew diem away and won 1 “You just feel fortunate to come away with a win” Sky View coach Ibnell Baldwin said "Woods Cross is a good team We knew that com-m- g in VJ Bobis Harris die only Although cat starter that is not a senior be is also the only Bqbcat with any state playoff experience The inexperi 54-4- : - “: ” r j ' £ 'ini Pages easy score while the Bobcats' watched most of diem flatfooted 10-1- v - 'VA:-'£"- j$& 2000 how dangerous they could be For one of the few times all season Nate Harris lost the opening tip and within seconds the Wildcats’ sophomore guard Brock Beck split two defenders and sliced through die lane for an OGDEN — Sky View knew in the first 20 seconds of its game on Tuesday that Woods Cross was better thm dieir 2 record indicated The Bobcat played the Wildcats a team they had never played before in the first found of the 4A state playoffs and they learned quickly V r - 4A state basketball By Pick West sports writer L '£'! yy:x:- v Tha Herald Journal Logan Utah y 'f 'f ry’ r i " ) ’ ' - tyi See CATS on Page 91 3-- y Sports briefs Brown named Aggie Athlete of the Week r Utah State basketball player Tony Brown is USlTs athlete of the week after a local media panel vote Brown a sophomore from Hynun Utah led the Aggies to a of wins last week Utah State defeated New Mexico State and North Texas on the road Christy Denson gymnastics Lance Thurston track Rebekah Thomley track and Kelly Warner softball were also nominated Ag gymnasts ranked Utah State moved into the Top 23 gymnastic rankings Tuesday Based on Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) the Aggies are at No 22 now with a 193855 RQS Aggie senior Christy Denson is 19th in the with a 39070 all-arou- nd RQS Denson is tied for first in the nation on the uneven bars with Alabama's Natalie Barrington with a 9910 Denson is also 29th on balance beam (980) sod 47th on floor i exercise (9825)' j V j J -- U 'USU' freshinan Kftsfeh Blobmi i afLiv i 3fthifl aH4roaud (38855) $ The Aggie team ranks 20th on vault (48520) 15th pn bars (48850) and 24th on beam V -- r I in Maansnfllstllrt Jsumal Logan's Neil Etherington covers his head during the dosing minutes of their state playoff gmrie against Bountiful Tuesday in Ogden (48255) Saturday's scores NBA PhKadeiphia 106 Dallas 87 Indiana 115 Detroit 105 Toronto 87 Chicago 80 ‘ Orlando 103 Seattle 94 Phoenix 100 Cleveland 93 San Antonio 93 Miami 69 Charlotte 92 Minnesota 87 Sacramento 1 12 Vancouver 87 LA Lakers 90 Portland 87 NHL Ottawa 5 Boston 3 Toronto 4 Atlanta 0 SL Louis 3 Philadelphia 2 New Jersey 2 Nashville 1 Edmonton 3 Colorado 1 Vancouver 1 Los Angeles Anaheim 4 San Jose 2 1 By Lance Pitcher sports writer Tournament Logan’s futility was teaching new heights But with 5:45 left in the second quarter of their 7 first round loss to Bountiful at the 4A State Tournament Peterson gathered in a nice feed from Kurds Loveland sod scored The junior’s made field a led collective goal sigh from Logan fens parents and players but it was too late Even with its four points (Peterson started the second 63-3- OGDEN — Matt Peterson Logan thanks you With little more quality-varsit- y time than he can count on all his digito Peterson ended a nightmarish scoring drought After failing to score a single field goal during the first quarter Tuesday of the 4A State -- ESPN — Syracuse at Notre Daime NBA BASKETBALL SdOpjn FSN — Utah at Detroit NHL HOCKEY tangs exited the state tournament after just one game thanks to the ' Plsyson Lions 72-6- Spun ESPN2 — Carolina at Phoenix 3 ' Bpjn ESPN2 — America’s Cup finals if necessary at Auckland New Zealand WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL IdOpjL - Iowa State at Texas Thursday 7ajn TGC — European Tour Dubai Desert Classic first round at Dubai United Arab Emirates (same-da-y tape) 11:30 am ' TGC — Buycom Tour Mississippi Gulf Coast Open first round at Gulfport Miss 2 pm USA — PGA Doral-Ryd- er Open first round at Miami 3 pm TGC— LPGA Takefuji Classic first round at Kaitua-KoHawaii MNch MascaraHarald i Today's qweto "It doesn’t seem real The older 1 less real it will be I might §ethe only person from South Dakota ever elected Jhat’s a weird thing” — Sparky Anderson jon being elected to the Baseball Haa of Journal Mountain Crest's Corey Monson goes to the hoop Tuesday night at the Dee Events Center in Ogden Q percent) and grabbed about every rebound there was (they outrebounded Logan in the 8-- 3 See GRIZZLIES on Page 7 Free throws and some crucial offensive rebounds proved to be the difference as die Region 6 Lions get to roar on this first day of March “We feel fortunate Mountain Crest is a good basketball team" Payson coach Dan Lunt said “We did a great job from the line I thought the kids did a great job free-thro- w v ‘ - i " Thursday Pleasant Grove vs Payson 1 f i pjR i t Provo va BonnevBe 2:40 pm Lone Peak vs BounttuL 5 pjn Sky View va Timpvtsw 6:40 ? - tf" i’ ' : hit 14 oflS The Lions (14-from die foul line and the only miss came with six secoods to y Payson was 9 of 10 at die in the fourth quarter 8) would be a good team they played a good game to beat us” The first six games on the tournament became doubledigit affaire but not the last n two The Mountain contest was die closest Crest-Psyso- Quaterflnals at Water State Dm “It’s tough when you lose but we played as well as we could” MC coach John Nielsen said “I don’t think we could have played any better than we did tonight We knew Payson Tuesday Sky View 54 Woods Croat 41 Tknpview 60i Cyprus 33 Lone Peak 43 Fremont 33 Bountiful 63 Logan 37 Provo 54 Boa Bdsr 33 BomsvWa 54 Murray 33 Payson 72 Mountain Great 63 Pleasant Grave 56 Olympus S3 - loss 72-6-3 until the nightcap when Pleas-- ant Grove upset top-rank- ed Olympus 56-5-3 Region 6 had five teams in the tournament and all five advanced Tuesday In my opinion Region 6 is the best league in the state” Nielsen said See STANGS enPage 9 i Morrill: UI’s Farrar not far off the mark I I I By Jeff Hunter sporta writer : na Fame Logan’s 4A BOYS S1ATE BASKETBALL First round at Water State OGDEN — March came in like a lion for Mountain Crest It doesn't happen very often but it did Tuesday night at the Dee Events Center on the cam- pus of Weber State The Mus- 7 pm GOLF crumbled The press Logan Grizzlies handed the ball over 23 times during the game as a weary coach Kelly Bennett could do no more than yell “pass the balir (13-- 9) By Shawn Harrison sports writer 8 pjn ESPN — Duke at Clemson -- turned on the (16-- 6) Mtn Crest falls from tourney with MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL FSN the Braves five-seco- nd tie On television SAILING When they did it was fumbled and stolen When they didn’t die Grizz viola- were called for tions Bountiful was putting on a show and Logan was shagging balls The Braves hit 60 percent of their field goals in the first quarter (to quarter with a single free throw and Dm Bennett hit a free throw in the first) Logan’s game was over It was over with 3:53 left in the first really Bountiful's Jeff Jensen 16 and scored two of bis game-hig- h Stew Morrill seemed downright giddy as he pulled the folded piece of paper out of his sweatpants n Facing about a reporters and writers Tuesday afternoon prior to the weekly Big Blue Luncheon Utah State’s head basketball coach couldn't wait to read from the press release prepared by the University of Idaho for Thursday's game against die Aggies half-doze- “Coach (David) Farrar says (of Utah State) ‘It’s a beatable team — not necessarily by us but by someone Folding the paper back up Morrill declared “I agree and I have all along We can get beat any night out and I think : I 1 that is what David is saying” ' “I’m lets worried about pats on the It seemed rather odd to hear a back than 1 am Idaho and Boise State" he said ' coach be so thrill4 with what anothN ! er coach might perceive to be a slap in the face but Morrill was clearly delighted to have someone of authority backing him up With each victory winning during the Aggies’ streak expectations have grown and Monill is probably a little concerned that USU fens are starting to make plans for the Final Four when there’s still a couple of regular season games left to play 14-ga- I i Of course Monill probably doesn't mind die pat on the back given to him by Farrar later in the Vandals' press ' "J ' release “A championship team has a coach's philosophy and a team philosophy nod they happen to be the same” Farrar said “When they get sideways they work and foss and do : Sm mark m r(t i I K |