Show ' I I B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday August 30 2002 Grizzlies heed south Red-h- ot ' executed well “Riley is a tremendous athlete” Favero said ' But as good as the Grizz offense looked in the first half against the Bears it sputtered as much in the second half punting five times and failing to find the end zone Logan's offense exploded in the first half for 188 total offensive yards and four touchdowns — compared to a lowly 23 total offensive yards and no touchdowns in the second half So with a road trip to Orem just around the comer there was some legitimate work to be done this week in practice According to Favero the Grizz worked on penalties and blown assignments this week as they turned their sights on the Tigers ' “We had good practices this week especially defensively” Favero said The 5A Tigers who are always tough at home will be a better test for the young Grizzlies and will likely run the option on offense and play a 4-- 4 on defense By Ttiomas Manning staff writer Are these Grizzlies for real? Logan heads south today to find out when it takes on the Orem Tigers The Grizz are packing some serious heat — heat in the form of a smoking offense that put up 188 first half yards and 28 points along with a stifling defense that scored eight points and made the Bear River offense look like a Mighty Mite team in ' Logan’s season opener last Friday night Riley Olsen and the Grizz offense spent most of the first half against Bear River rehearsing scoring plays — reaching the end zone over and over again all the while taking good care ' of the football which was especially pleasing -to head coach Mike Favero 1 was pleased we didn't have any turnovers" Favero said on Wednesday ’Olsen Who looked like a seasoned veteran ran well passed well and most importantly c® daft© Hewitt Agassi “They’ve got some good players” Favero said After losing to the Grizzlies last season the Tigers will undoubtedly be looking for a little revenge and a good start to their 2002 season The Grizzlies will be strapping it on without Allan Bumingham and Andrew Hyde Hyde who went down early in the Bear River game is out for the year “He’s gone for the season he tore his ACL and MCL pretty bad” Favero said Offensive lineman Allan Bumingham will also be watching from the sideline with a sore hamstring he injured this week in practice starter and a key comBumingham a line will be tough offensive to Logan’s ponent to replace This may be an area the Tigers try to exploit Running back Dallas Larsen who limped off the field late in the Bear River game is described as being “fine” and will play two-ye- v i y ‘ 'V f S V i 7-- i ' i m 4 j’’ Continue froth B1 (6) and pass breakups (6) He i is on die watch list for die Bronco Ngur4ki and Rotary t Lombardi awards The Ute secondary is strong wed Junior free safety : Antwoine Sanders was second in tackles (78) and led the team with four interceptions last year Two of them came v ' against USU last’ yean - “Antwoine Sanders ift my I opiniofi is one of the top safeties I have seen since! have been at Utah State? Dennehy said “Their corners are very solid too” : VI :i A V 1 £ y jVJ 'e 'ji W J ' t T V A y We just moved on ” e Williams the defending Open champion improved her 2002 match record to 36--6 — she’s 3 against sister Serena — with a 1 2 defeat of Alicia Molik 1998 winner Davenport wrapped up heir 4 2 victory over Petra Mandula in a match halted by rain Wednesday night at 2 in the second set and 1997 champion Hingis eliminated Antonella Serra Zanetti 0-- 6-- 6-- 6 6-- 2-- ' Seles won th? US Open in 1991 and 1992 and had the fans firmly behind her as she worked her way out of a big deficit to construct a 6 7-- 6 (3) 62 win over Barbara Schwartz whq was two points from victory at 5--5 in the debreaker’ ' “It was a great feeling at this stage of my : career ” Seles said “The crowd pulled me " through tonight1 could have lost without 6-- 4 6-- 1 Dennehy iaidT really loVe what they do defentively” j While the defense is grabbing all the attention Utah head coach Ron McBride feds his offense will cany its share of the load Gone are veteran running backs Dame on Hunterand Adam Thte but back is senior Marty Johnson who rushed for 95 yards against die Aggies last year before suffering rib injury ’ : c ' Una’ Underdog ’! : OREM 13 Logen Mountain Crest : FREMONT - -- ilffl BEAR RIYER Sky View L BonnevMe 9 WEBER 14 PLEASANT GROVE Box Eldar ROY Rich Home team railing Includes three additional record for afl high school points YbaMo-dat- o '13 -- games: 268 : r ' v's ' - 1OlympuBJvLfga4 VTJ 2 Mountain Crest '3Tknpvisw 4 Logan 5 Box Elder L r v- ' 835 79A Grosshans HYRUM —An unexpected guest appeared Thursday at Box Elder’s girl’s tennis game against Mountain Crest — the wind “The wind wasn’t too cool but that’s all right” Mustang doubles player Elisabeth Ellis said Ellis along with tier partner Natalie Rounds won the No 1 doubles 63 64 over Box Elder’s Cariy Coleman and Tara Parsons en route to a 5-- 0 Mountain Crest team victory The win for die No 1 doubles team was an important one especially since they were the only Mustangs to win Wednesday at Davis High “We were kind of nervous because we came off a big win yesterday” Ellis said “We were kind of worried about it" It wasn't an easy win for the duo though Rounds and Ellis said they both need to work more on their saves The wind also challenged the Bees “The wind was a little difficult here” Box Elder coach Keith Mecham said “It’s the first time where my gitfs have played where the wind is really blowing” It showed The biggest struggle for the Bees’ came when they simply needed to place the ball Better ball control could be critical for the ' team down the stretch Mecham stud “We’ve got to get to the point Hire Mary Austin where she can put it” he said ' Austin an example for her team and everyone else in Region 4 came away with her predictable 6-- 0 61 win over the Bees’ Kami Richards Described by Mountain Crest coach Dale Swan w an solid player competition for Austin in the region this year looks : AP photo i' Ueyton Hewitt returns a shot against Noam Okun Thursday at foe US Open Junior cornerback Arnold Palmer the fastest player on the team has suffered from a lower abdominal strain but is listed as prbbable ’There are no weaknesses When it comes to die University of Utah’s defensive personnel” u - r4trv’f ' ’ ijt ":1ysr H':-- 1" two-tim- 1 63 to reach the third round of a major for the fust time Hewitt beat Blake in five sets at the 2001 match tainted by US Open in a second-roun- d remarks the Australian made that were perceived as racist Hewitt demanded that linesman Marion Johnson be removed after calling two foot faults Blake and Johnson are black “Look at him mate” Hewitt said to the chair umpire referring to Johnson: “Look at him and tell me what the similarity is” Hewitt later said “similarity” referred to both faults being called bv Johnson ‘We put it behind us the next dsy in die locker room” said Blake who won his first career title last week in Washington “Since then I don’t think we’ve really talked about it — In ALL CAPS) ‘ ' His path grew significantly easier Thursday With Kafelnikov Moya and Michael Chang all losing Agassi is the only Grand Slam champion left in his quarter of the draw No 13 Roger Federer who beat Chang 63 6-- 1 6-- 3 is the top player in Agassi’s way until die semifinals ' — and Federer’s never reached a major's final four Hewitt’s 6 (7) 6-- 4 61 victory over Noam ’ netters d you” (Homs' teams By Julio Ann staff writer Yevgeny Kafelnikov lost to Dominik Hrbaty and French Open champion Albert Costa was knocked off by Wayne Ferreira Action didn't get under way until 4 pm five hours late forcing postponement of all scheduled doubles matches and creating a logjam of stars on court Jennifer Capriati was up first at Arthur Ashe Stadium and sei the tone with an easy victory despite nine double faults With Agassi’s wife Steffi Graf and 10-month-ol- d son Jaden watching in the stands he beat Justin Gimelstob 6--0 6-- 1 6-- 1 in 66 minutes to move into the third round Agassi who won the Open in 1994 and 1999 had 27 winners to six for Gimelstob “It’s nice not to spend more (time) than you need to” Agassi said “You’re glad you’re not him You're glad that it’s not happening to ' garnet blow by Box Elder NEW YORK (AP) — Once the raiii stopped the routs were on Andre Agassi got his work 'out of the way quickly Thursday So did fellow US Open champions Lleyton Hewitt Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis Even Gambill produced a lopsided Carlos Moya score upsetting ninth-seede- d Monica Seles meanwhile had to rally from a set down to get into the third round Other than Gambill’s 6-- 3 victory his first over a top-1- 0 player in 2002 the surprises were rather limited: fourth-seede- Friday’s Mustang 'fflfi el ’ r ' ftL Parry's Power Guide is a weekly computer ranking aystem based on a fonnuta created by - Noland Pany Whan ratings of opponents are compared a favorite can be detsmilned' ( ar - cruise to wins after downpour ifislESt? “I really like our1nuuiers” McBride said “The team is healthy so I’m looking forward to see how we execute? Junjor quarterback Lance Rice if 163 as a starter He threw for 2086 yards and 16 touchdowns Senior receiver 1 Josh Lyman was second on ' the teanq in receptions last year with 36 for 382 yftrds and five TDsv a team-be- st Three starters are back on the offensive line1' " Spedal feams has been an ' ' adventure the last few yean Senior Brian Lewis wifi start at punter for die second year and will also handle kickoffs Place4dcker Ford Hall is nursing a strained quad questionable' There could be a possibility their help I came out flat” Capriati hopes to add an Open trophy to the ' three Grand Slam titles she’s won in Australia and France in the past two years But she’ll need to serve better than she did in ousting Tina Pisnik 4 62 Capriati had all those double faults — “It’s obvious they’re an annoyance” she said — was broken three tiqies and won the point ’ just 33 percent of the time on her second serves Still her biggest flub of the day came bn a news conference question that had nothing to do with the match Instead it was a query about Title IX federal legislation mandating equal opportunity for women in college sports The law marked its 30th anniversary last month Capriati’s reply: “I have ho idea what Title': IX 6-- nd slim ’ “I’m not sure that we have anyone in our region that is going to give Mary too tough of a matchup” Swan said “She’s one of our hardest working players areal good example We’ve got to get into same of the 5A ‘ competition to get some good matches for tier” Another Mustang who did well Thursday wasNo 2 singles player Krystal Anderson A senior who recently moved from doubles to singles Anderson defeated Bee McKell Jeppsen 1 61 “I felt pretty good Ilhought my serves' were a lot better than they have been" 6-- See 'NETTERS on B4 the Utes may lode past the Aggies Fdfowing the trip to Logan Utah then faces three yardage (1415) in 2001 He Bowl also set school records for straight Championship Conrinned from B1 Series teams Indiana comes most games (6) and is named after former to Salt Lake Gty then the v most receiving games Utes travel to Arizona and No NFL standout Fred Bild- (9) and most consecutive i nikoff Last year Curtis was 13 Michigan games (6) ron the list1 and was one if 10 “He1 wre added late hut year McBride won’t be over- semifinalists LSlTs Josh i lookingUSU (to the Biletnikoff watch list) Tknow if we don’t play our Reed who led the NCAA in becauseof the start he had and best that will be a problem for receiving yardage won tiie : the people we played" Den- iwaid'-''--us” McBride said “Utah nchy uuL is “He is very very deserving v Qatid will see his first State traditionally an V of being on there USU head action of 2002 Saturdaywhen extremely tonh game for us coach Mick Penpdiy said Utah cranes to town for the Thegames are always very “He had a great year (in 2001) season opener He caught 11 competitive Since they and had great statistics He is Aggies)arenotinaamfer-- r passes for 171 yards and a ence I thinkdie instate the most productive guy back toudidown in his Aggie debut games take on added signifi-last year against Utah K wu along with (punter) Steve cance That’s where they can Mullins” the brat debut by a USU make their mark’! 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