Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday September 9 2002 victim ready to run Top of Utah Heart-attac-k almost 60 years old Amell has always worked to be in good physical shape For years he played basketball but when he heard of a friend running a half marathon Amell tried running 13 miles around his neighborhood to see if he could do it Amell soon asked Miyasaki if he could train with him for a full marathon "He was starting to run and I'd already done a few marathons and he had an interest to run so we became runnihg partners" Miyasaki said The two friends would get up before dawn every morning to run While Miyasaki had the experience and had completed several previous marathons Amell had a little more ' speed In his first marathon Amell difficult the recorded a 3:38 time on By Rick West staff writer Most people believe that exercising will help them live longer Bruce Amcll of Sugar City Idaho doesn't just believe in exercise — he knows personally that exercise can save a ufe It saved his when he suffered a heart attack while training ' Now Amell and running partner Kevin Miyasaki are planning to run the Top of Utah Marathon to prove that Arnell has completely recovered attack from his “I wanted to prove to myself that I could come back that I wasn't a quitter and that everything was ok" Amell said Nobody would ever accuse Amell of being a quitter Even though he is key in 3-- 0 defeat ' - -- v 'fesr - 7i 1 ' jr L Tl ' - ' j v' v? V1 r J $4 yJv ' of Eagles By Julie Ann staff writer - ' i' of staying in shape — notjustforthej next marathon but fen life Preston girls snare a pair By Wade Dennlston staff writer Coburn said "She also being a midfielder is supporting the defense really well “She's just really under- - j standing the game” Preston dominated from the get-g- o despite the fact Teton found die back of the net first 13 minutes into the ' ' - Playing a pair of matches only about 13 minutes apart didn’t seem to bother the Preston girls soccer team Satur- i day match Maseuli gave the Indians their first goal at die mark and Jensen put Preston in front for good a minute later Maseuli and Murdock accounted for all the Tribe’s goals in their second match against the Diggers Murdock scored Preston’s first goal 13 minutes into the first half off an assist from Maseuli who later had a goal of her own to give the Indi- ans a 2-- 0 lead at halftime "The beginning of the sec- ond game against Sugar we came out blazing” Cobum said The stats prove it as the Indians tqpk seven shots to the Diggers’ two The second half was a dif-ferent story however as Sugar-Sale- m pressured the Preston goal with seven shots finally scoring with 12 min-utes left to cut die lead in half "The second half was scary” Cobum said "They came out with a lot of inten- sity in the second half and my girls were dead tired” some tired Indians when they got home from Sugar City Idaho but they returned with a pair of victories — their first of the season In its first game of the day Preston doubled up Teton 2 then shook off fatigue in its second contest to drop 1 host LOGAN —A win is always nice but a shutout is even bet- ter For the Utah State women’s soccer team it was twice as nice when it came away with a 0 victory over Eastern Washington Sunday at Bell Field The win followed a e tie tough Sacramento against Friday State "To have UTAH STATE SOCCER a shutout is really big for us” coach Jen 4-- 3-- 2-- Sugar-Sale- m Against the Redskins Mindy Murdock led die way with a for the Indians Summer of goals pair Maseuli had a goal and an assist while Annette Jensen also scored to help Preston out to a 4--1 lead at intermission “They were very tough It was tougher than the score Tribe looked” second-yecoach Todd Cobum said "Teton is a very physical team I was kind of happy to see that because I wanted to see my players play aggressive which they did” Coburn was especially pleased with die play of Maseuli a junior ip her first season with the soccer team "She’s really starting to Understand the outside — passing long passing wide” double-overtim- (2-1-- 0) Kennedy ar Croft said of the Aggies (2-1-- 1) "We want to continue on that path That’s what I’m very pleased with the fact that we had a shutout is really great" Nearly as important as the shutout was the contribution by the Aggie bench against the Eagles Croft said the players coming off the bench had a large ' impact in the game particularly Kami Kelley Kelley a transfer from Weber State said she is still trying to adjust to her new team but feels once she gets more playing time she’ll become a major contributor "I’ll be able to show what I’ve got and help this team up front a little bit" she said Her contribution to the team officially began Sunday as she recorded her first goal as an (0-4-- 0) Aggie With USU already leading 2-- 0 off goals by Charlsie Harr ris and Lacey Poulton Kelley received a pass from forward Claire Schend and and drilled it past Eagle goalie Kristen Parnell with 10:08 left in the game "It was a really nice ball from Claire” Kelley said "She just hit it through and I with the was oneron-on- e goalie and I hit it past her" Croft was impressed with the five minutes of play from Kelley and compared her to Poulton By Wad Dennlston staff writer Utah State's Amber Tracy (25) goes after the EN LuoareHerald Journal ball with Eastern Washington's Sarah Larson during the Aggies' 3-- 0 victory over the Eagles Sunday afternoon She said they are both hustle players who have a lot of impart on the pace of the game! "They just outrun people” Croft said "They may not be as technical as everybody else out there but they cer-le tainly people and power things in They are both strong players in that way” Said Poulton: "I can see it I think both of us just go for field but I just by to get whatever I can on it” Poulton screed the Aggies’ second goal of the game at the 37:14 mark in a rather unjque situation EWU’s Katie Grothkopp replaced by Parnell with 34:08 left in the game called for the ball from one of her defenders Unable to touch the ball on a kick back Grothkopp tried to kick the ball out to her teammates but most skilled player on the was unsuccessful The ball bounced off Poul- - out-hust- -- it Obviously I'm not the NFL Continued from B1 their way back into the win column in John Fpx’s coaching debut John Kasay the only original Panther mi the roster kicked a field goal and Wesley Walls a mem-bof Carolina's 1996 team that went to the NfC championship touchdown game caught a pass from Rodney Peete as all (he scoring came in the first half Dolphins 49 Lions 21 At Miami Ricky Williams rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns in his Miami debut Jay Fiedler threw three touchdown passes and the Dolphins won their opener for the 11th : et 20-ya- rd Williams carried 20 times scored on runs of 1 and 2 yards and set up another touchdown with a second-longe- of his career st Chargers 34 Bcngals 6 At Cincinnati Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes led a drive blocked downfield on a reverse and bowled over a Cincinnati tackier during a scramble leading San Diego to a win: in his first NFL start The record-settin- g passer from Purdue completed 13 of 19 passes for 160 yards and made gritty plays : on a 9(Wegrce afternoon LaDainian’Tomlinson had 114 yards on 21 carries and one of the NFL's toughest run defenses of tire last few years clamped down on Corey Dillon who got only 10 yards on nine carries Colts 28 Jaguars 25 At Jacksonville Peyton Manning threw for three scores — two to Qadry Ismail and one to Marvin Harrison — to lift Indianapolis over Jacksonville its new division rival for 211 Manning went 95-ya- rd 27-ya- rd 37-ya- rd j j j j Tribe boys split run the yearinarow j Marathon But even if he doesn’t qualify for Boston Amell now knows the value Sure three may have been Groashans j minimal” In two weeks Amell will be racing in the Top of Utah Marathon for the first time He is coming to Cache Valley with two goals: to prove he has fully recovered from his heart attack and to qualify for the Boston usually do" As soon as his doctor cleared him Amell started running again But he knows he'll never be the same One reason is he takes beta blockers for his heart that impede the amount of running he can do Instead of push Bench play the (down "He’s highly competitive It’s hard but he’s very grateful" Miyasaki said “He's more aware of his body now than before But he eats very carefully and exercises very hard so he does all he can to keep the risk tun "When I was recovering one of the things I longed for was to go on a long run” Amell said laughing "I would dream of running for three hours on a Saturday morning like we statoooti 0D®&©n) ing the pace Amell now has to slow Miyasaki was devastated over nearly losing his friend and training partner His grief was aggravated every morning as he ran — alone — past his friend's house where Amell was recovering For Amell part of the trial of the heart attack was not being able to and hilly Mesa Falls course “He was extremely fast Always when we trained he's always a good step ahead of me" Miyasaki said "Before his heart attack he was the big drive trying to go faster" One day the duo were training in the Hart Fieldhouse at Brigham Amell was Young University-Idah- o usual and air than more for gasping Miyasaki noticed he was pale Miyasaki told his friend to sit down and rest but Amell knew something was horribly wrong Amell was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with a major heart attack "The doctor felt it was his (physical) condition that saved his life?’ Miyasaki said "When he goes in for checkups he’s a legend with the doctors for what he’s been able to do" i ' 19-of-- ton’s stomach and rolled into the net Croft described the goal as all hustle on Poulton’s part and Eastern Washington coach George Hageage agreed "Hats off to the player who pressured it” he said “That’s all it takes” Poulton described the goal in a single word —r pain She said she was just hoping to get a piece of it and when she realized the ball rolled in she was excited yards and Edgenin James rushed for 99 yards on 26 carries in his first ’ appearance since a knee injury last October Titans 27 Eagles 24 Steve McNair threw for a touch- - ' down and Eddie George scored on a run with 3:09 remaining as' Tennessee rallied to beat Philadelphia The defending NFC East champions had two chances in the final 3:03 but the Eagles went on their first possession On the Eagles’ last possession rookie Carlos Hall sacked Donovan McNabb for the third time knocking the ball loose and Titans end Kevin Carter recovered with 1:12 to go Bears 27 Vikings 23 At Champaign Jim Miller hit David Terrell on a touchdown pass with 28 seconds left as Chicago scored twice in the final 6:13 and stunned Minnesota in Mike Tice’s debut as the Vikings head coach three-and-o- ut rd The Preston boys soccer team picked up its first win of the season on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Arimo Idaho After dropping its opener this past Wednesday die Indians defeated the Teton Redskins 1 Saturday as part of a doubleheader at Marsh Valley Preston was edged by the Sugar-SaleDiggers 3 in its first game of the day Michael Cole led the Indians with a total of five goals in the two matches "He did a good job” Indians coach Doug Higley said of Cole "Of course he’s our main man up front so we’re hoping he’s scoring a lot” The Diggers led 1 at halftime Both teams traded goals in die second half 9-- -- 4-- m (1-2-- 0) 2-- The Bears trailed by 10 early in the final period After Miller hooked up with Marty Booker on a pass to set up Anthony Thomas’ TD run Chicago trailed by just ' three with 6:13 to go Broncos 23 Rams 16 - At Denver Brian Griese threw for 34-ya- rd 202 yards and two touchdowns and led Denver on a drive for die deciding score Griese was for 56 yards on the winning drive capping it with a touchdown pass to Ed McCaffrey that put the Broncbs up 23-1- 3 with just under six minutes left St Louis ’ Marshall Faulk die league MVP in 2000 had a career-hig- h 14 catches for 91 yards but had just 19 yards on 10 carries Kurt Warner was fbf 315 yards but didn’t have a touchdown was sacked three times and threw an interception Texans 19 Cowboys 10 At Houston rookie quarterback 71-ya- rd -4 23-ya- rd 41 “For some reason we didn’t start well” Higley said “We were a little bit sluggish and slow We just didn’t play well the first half Then we came alive in the second half and we did much much better “We actually dominated die game we had 20 shots on goal to their 10" Brad Kelley had the other Preston goal in the eontesL Against Teton Cole led the Tribe’s attack with a hat trick but five other Preston players scored including goalkeeper Brandon Heaton Higley said the field the Indians were playing on was a shorter one so when Heaton punted one from his end of the field die ball found its way to die the other side of the pitch The Teton keeper came out too far and the ball bounced over his head and into the goal i David Carr came out heaving throwing a touchdown for his first completion then hitting Corey Bradford for a touchdown early in die fourth quarter to beat the state rival Cowboys in the first game in franchise history The Texans became only the second expansion team to start 0 Minnesota did it in 1961 beating die Chicago Bears in a battle of division 63-ya- rd rivals Carr was for 145 yards with two touchdowns and an interception He also was sacked six times while playing behind a line that was missing three starters to injury Dallas running back Emmitt Smith ran for 67 yards cutting his margin to catch Walter Payton for the career rushing record to 473 yards Dallas quarterback Carter was for 131 yards and an intercep tion 10-for-- 30 31 |