Show Section Saturday September 7 2002 Big Red a lot for Aggies to chew Inside Pagel - — The Herald Journal Utah State at Nebraska 8 pm Saturday at Mamorial Stadium TVJtidkK NoneNU internet KVNU 610 AM KVFX 945 FM Nebraeka Record: overall Big XII Utah State Record: 1 overall Series Record: Nebraska leads 0 Last Meeting: 1991 Nebraska 59 Utah State 28 Las Vbgas Una: Nebraska by 30 0-- 0 2-- 0 0-- ' 6-- By Shawn Harrison sports editor OMAHA Neb — It has been exactly 11 years since Utah State traveled east to face a nationally ranked Nebraska Serena vs Venus is US B3 Open women’s final It’s team Stingers finish Hawks OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lou Pote held the Oklahoma Red-Haw- See AGGIES on B5 0) ks candidates against each other USU Kay Matchups: The biggest pits two WR Kevin Curtis (6 catches 96 yards) win most tkety be covered by Nebraska CB DeJuan Groct (2 interceptions) Aggie OT Jim Newton (23 straight starts going in) wM also havq his hands ful with Huskar DE Chris Kelsay who is listed as one of the top at his position in the country USU P Stave Mullins and the punt coverage team must also be on its toes Groce returned two punts for touchdowns last week and has three in his career The Aggie defense must keep an aye on Husker 08 Jammal Lord who leads the team in rushing Agate Notes: QB Jose Fuentes (6074 yards) needs 32 passing yards to move past Brent Snyder (6105) for second place and 153 yards to move past Tony Adams (6226) to become USUt career passing leader Already the career completions leader with 476 Fuentes needs 22 attempts to beoome the sWime USU passing attempts leader (Snyder WR Kevin Curtis (1629 yards) needs 169 receiving yards to move into 10th with 874) place onto USU career KsL This wi be fust his 13th career game lor the Aggies: USUb 13 oflansiw drives last week inducted one field goal 10 punts one interception and one Four freshmen played on the defensive line in the season opener ended on downs: against Utah Including John Chick Ryan DeQuMettes Michael Gatos and Jake Stewart their Big Red team Today’s contest will be the 250th cori- secutive sellout at Memorial Stadium Kickoff is set for 5 pm MST “Nebraska is known as a powerhouse” USU safety Jamar Glasper said “Year in year out they’re in the top ten or top five That definitely hypes you up You don’t - Little has changed — at least here in Nebraska There is a new coach as Frank Solich enters his fifth season as head coach after 19 years as an assistant to legend Tom Osborne who coached die Huskers for 25 seasons And the No 9 are a bit higher in the Comhuskers (2-- Sports briefs : rankings this time but they still run the option roll up huge offensive numbers have great speed on defense go to a bowl game every year (at least the past 33 consecutive years) and the fans love hitless for most of the game as the Stingers advanced to the Pacific Coast League champi- onship series with a Friday 1- -0 Friday night lights victory on Friday's scores Big 5 football BYU 35 Hawaii 32 AL Boston 7 Toronto 2 Anaheim 6 Baltimore 3 NY Yankees 8 Detroit 1 Texas 9 Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 6 Oakland 0 Cleveland 9 Chicago White Sox 7 Seattle 14 Kansas City 7 ' NL 11 Florida Pittsburgh Atlanta 5 Montreal 0 Cincinnati 5 Milwaukee 3 (12) PCL playoffs Oklahoma 0 Pioneer league playoffs Ogden 6 Provo 5 - 5:30 pm TNT NASCAR Winston Cup Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond Va 10 pjn TNN — ASA at St Paul Minn (same-da- y tape) BASKETBALL pjn 8 pm HBO — Ronald Wright (43-3-vs Bronco McKart (45-3-Roy Jones Jr (46-1-vs Clinton Woods (32-1-COLLEGE FOOTBALL 0) 0) 0) : 10 am ESPN — Texas A&M at Pittsburgh ESPN2 — Illinois at Southern Miss un NBC— Purdue at Notre Dame 1:30 pm ABC — Alabama at Oklahoma ESPN2 — Stanford at Boston CoRege FOXSN — Fresno St at Oregon 3 pm CBS— Miami at Florida Spin FOXSN — San Diego St at Colorado 5:45 pm ESPN — South CaroHna at Virginia 6 pm ESPN2 — North Carolina at Syra- -' cuse 8:15 ' FOXSN — Colorado ' TN n t doi“ 'x £ Sky View football ('X''1 mage passing the ball 1 jf ta i J$f ' : ' ? Mi ?(' r St at UCLA f'l "' 1 tV Bobcats 28 and not '17 v UtesO folding defensively in the second ty N In short the Bobcats did everything right Sky View shut out Uintah Friday night 284 at Bob- cat Stadium to run its record to 2-- 1 — doubling its win total from the 2001 campaign “In terms of overall performance it might be the most complete game we’ve played offensively and defensively in quite a while” Sky View coach Perry Christensen said It’s almost impossible to overstate that At halftime the Bobcats had 223 total yards — 112 passing and 111 rushing A season ago they would have been hard-preyamassing that in an entire game They also had a 14-- 0 lead — almost unheard of in recent Sky View football i' history Even more rare: die ed ' pm ft vW V ? " - ' V‘"- l half NBC — FIBA Work! Championship for Men semifinals teams TBA BOXING 11 ' u of scrim- AUTO RACING 0) Arvrv SMITHFIELD — What transpired on the field was last year turned upside down This Sky View team was inating the line On television 2:30 Mi - By David Cordero staff writer St Louis 11 Chicago Cubs 2 Colorado 7 San Diego 3 Los Angeles 3 Houston 2 San Francisco 1 Arizona 0 1 Sky View runs off with 28--0 V" shutout 0 NYMets 7 Philadelphia 2 Salt Lake 5 ''Pi"! v i- i- ' i i j y vv! - ‘V Y Brent StevensHorald Journal Sky View running back Adam Skabelund racked up 121 yards on 22 carries Friday night against Uintah ' offensive line dominated All told Sky View rushed for 175 yards on 38 carries and passed for 163 Holes made in die past by the line would have made it difficult for a skinny man running sideways On this evening yqu could drive the team bus through it Vdam Skabelund was the primary beneficiary of this escort service as he ran for 121 yards on 22 rushes the field 66 yards on eight Accident brings early end to Mountain Crest’s game at Tooele — A1 Logan tripped up by Titans — B2 plays to score on its opening drive Christiansen found Tanner Cooley (four' catches 67 yards) for a 19- -' ’s yard gain to set up first touchdown a two-yaburst about six minutes into the contest In the second quarter Skabelund found paydirt again this time with perhaps even Ska-belund- Quarterback Jake Christiansen also enjoyed the great protection he was sacked only once and threw for 154 yards on passing “That’s what makes it happen for us” Christiansen 13-of-- said “In the past we didn't have an offensive line and without it you can’t do anything “This year it’s different and it’s nice” Sky View set the tone early as it marched down rd See CATS on B3 GOLF Noon ' Bulldogs tie up West Side 8--0 CNBC — Senior PGA Tour Kroger' Senior Classic second round 1:30 pjn ESPN — PGA Tour Canadian ' Open third round MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL am 11 ’ FOX — Regional coverage NY Mets at Philadelphia Jbr Cleveland at Chicago White Sox 2 pjn FOX — Regional coverage Houston at Los Angeles or Arizona at San :-- By Rick West staff writer 3 0 i V Francisco1 5 pjn TBS — Montreal at Atlanta r TENNIS 9 am CBS — USTA US Open men's semifinals at Flushing NY 6:30 pm CBS — USTA US Open women's championship match at Flushing NY TRACKS FIELD 11 pjn ESPN2 — Golden League at Berlin (delayed tape) i -- t: ISTAF West Side football stronger Ririe team for four quarters but an ' interception set up a short drive that pu the only points on the scoreboard Despite getting just five first downs the entire game Ririe defeated West Side 0 The Pirates are now ' DAYTON — Some losses hurt worse than others The ones that sting the most are usually when your team outplays its opponent it’s a big game Bulldogs 8 like homecoming or Pirates 0 This was one when your team muffed a when in chance the final the old adage game good scoring “defense wins ballgames” didn't minutes six-pl- ST ay 8-- ftV 'w i Ifi V si idtftMi V A - El LucmoHerald Journal Riites Tyler Frscker (24jgete tackled by West Side's Mitch White rtfltitb game In Dayton The Bulldogs blanked the Pirates 8-- 0 during Friday 1- West Side suffered from all three scenarios Friday night The Pirates outplayed a bigger holdtnie t See BULLDOGS on B5 |