Show Section Friday Septembers 2002 Pagel The Herald Journal Inside led VIC 1 by No T Fresh f f ' ' ‘V v V' x w 'I $ visit Ags doubles V 1 Sports briefs Aggie game on TV Utah State's football game against Idaho State will be televised live on HDNd on Saturday at 7:05 pmT1ie game will be available on channel 199 on Direct TV The game is free but is available only to those with HD receivers Announcers for the game are Kent Rupe and Chris Tunis w mv "j HYRUM — The Mountain Crest No doubles team has been injury-plaguthe last few matches Elisabeth Ellis’ hip became sore following a rain delay last week against Sky View and her partner Natalie Rounds rolled an Mountain Crest Mkit Wednesday Mustang girls soccer records B2 another shutout By Shawn Harrison sports editor Grosshana By Julie Ann staff writer MWH MU ed girls tennis in practice But after a slow start the girls put their ailments aside and came away with a 5 1 tory Thursday over 7-- 4 Bengals Si 6-- Logan’s Headier MfaMlk 4— - H:- ' r ! - &£& - r ' Mitch MascaroHwald Journal Mountain Crest's Natalie Rounds right returns the ball as Logan's Heather Gould looks on during their No 1 doubles match Thursday hi Hyrum The Mustangs won 0) bye gives us an excellent opportunity to add to what " we've already done" What the Bengals did was get off to a positive start Idaho State used four running backs who rushed for 257 yards on 46 carries Two quarterbacks saw action each passing for a touchdown Nine receivers caught pauses On defense the Bengals allowed 310 yards but picked off three passes including one returned by true freshman Chaz Brewer for 30 yards and a score On special teams ISU Olympic bobsledder celebrates once again ' : LAKE PLACID NY — Vbnetta Flowers Olympic gold medalist in bobsled and her husband Johnny Flowers are proud new parents of twin hoys “I experienced the best feeling ever giving birth to my boys” Vbnetta said “It tops the Olympic gold medal I won in Salt Lake City” Jaden Michael and Joiden Maddox were bom on Aug 30 in Birmingham AL “I was so happy to be able to wit- ness this miracle andcatch it all on tape" Johnny said “It’s hard to believe that her body will be able to recover without going through months of physical therapy Anybody willing to give birth should haveno trouble strapping on the helmet and riding down the track at 80 miles per hour This experience has opened my eyes to many things and has given me a new respect for mothers We are grateful they are in good health and cannot wait to take them home” ? v‘' VV'-'- ' - blocked a field-goattempt and averaged 198 yards a punt return al sr 'illVIU’p Ui4 : NEW YORK (AP) — The San Francisco Giants won their coin flip against the Los Angeles Dodgers on advanTTiursday for the home-fiel- d need a to if playoff break a tage they tie in the NL race d 4) wild-car- Mitch MascaraHerald Journal The Sky View volleyball team celebrates a point on their way to beating Logan Thursday night 1 5-- 6 1 5-- 7 ' Thursday's scores al” Chicago White Sox 5 Kansas City Boston 6 Tampa Bay 3 Texas 7 Seattle 3 NY Yankees 7 Baltimore 3 Cleveland 5 Minnesota 4 Anaheim 7 Oakland 6 1 nl NY Mats B Montreal 2 Philadelphia 6 Florida 1 Cincinnati 15 Chicago Cuba 12 Houaton 6 St Louis 3 Colorado 7 Los Angeles 1 San Francisco at San Diego lata Pioneer league playoffs Provo 5 Great Falls 4 1st Game : Great Falls 3 Provo t 1 AUTO RACING 9:30 pm ‘ ESPN2 — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SKverado 350 at Fort Worth Texas (same-da- y tape) BOXING 7pjn ESPN2 — Lightweights Julio Diaz (24-2-vs James Crayton at Las Vegas GOLF i (33-15-- 2) 7ajn ' TGC — European PGA Tour Ger-man Masters second round at Cologne Germany 11am PAX— Senior PGA Tour RJR Championship first round at Clemmons NC 1pm i ESPN — PGA Ibur Pennsylvania Classic second round at Paoll Pa 2:30 pm TGC— LPGA Safeway Classic first round at Portland Ore MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ' Spjn Atlanta at Florida TBS— ‘ 6 pm ESPN — SL Louis at Houston or Chicago White Sox at NY Yankees (5 pm coverage) 1 after beating them so easily over die weekend” In that clash at Northridge’s tournament in Lay-to- ri the Grizzlies cruised to a 15-- 0 15-- 8 victory But Logan’s serve abandoned them in its first Region 4 match of the season While Sky View racked up six aces while committing only one service error the Grizzlies managed only two aces against eight service miscues Their service errors were really noticeable especially the second game” SV coach Majayna By Jeff Hunter staff writer ' Having had its way with the rival Bobcats last weekend at a preseason tournament the Logan volleyball team was understandably confident heading into Thursday's rematch' Or was it overconfident? ' Bobcats 2 Grizzlies 2nd game On television 0) Mustangs and Pirates pick up victories Sky View volleyball It’s 1 T think maybe we went in with a little too much cockiness” Logan coach Jodi Coats declared after her team’s 15-- 6 15-- 7 loss to Sky View on its home court “You might say we had a bit of a big head back: turns 20 By Thomas Manning staff writer pre-eve- Scott Moninger is the fastest thus far in LOTOJA history with a time of 7:26:00 in 1996 Faster riders will finish within hours but some riders may be on their bikes up to 17 hours The oldest rider to participate was 71 years old and toe youngest only 14 the racers will have to climb to 7000 feet navigate winding roads brave toe hazards of traffic battle fire position and placement with other riders fight off toe urge to quit and of course tolerate whatever Mother Nature may decide to dish out which in the past has included snow as well as rain The race will begin at 6:30 am with more advanced riders leaving first The other racers will leave in intervals and staggered departure times are determined by specific cyclists’ racing classifica-tions The final departure will be 8-- 10 nt recre-ation- al : played in itsfirst outing calling them “polished” ' Dennehy expects toe Ben- gals to pass more Saturday than they did in their opener True freshman running back Rory Carrington rushed for 94 yards on 19 carries while See SPIKE on B2 LOTOJA who participated in LOTQJA’s maiden voyage in 1983 Said Chambers: To celebrate The LOTOJA Classic returns on our 20th year we are gearing up for an incredible event We expect Saturday “LOJOTA is an annual tradition more riders more spectators and for most of our riders” LOTOJA more event support than ever race director Brent Chambers said before We’re hosting a in a press release “Racers of all dinner to welcome our riders to abilities — professionals Logan and have secufed a spectacular hall at Teton Village for our cyclists young and old — come from across the US to ride Sunday morning awards ceremoLOTOJA It’s die unique nature of ny LOTOJA is evolving into a ' multi-da- y our event and the commitment event and offers a stundedication and it demands that ning conclusion to the Rocky Mountain cycling season” keeps cyclists coming back year after year After 20 ypars the word The race is 203 miles and is the ' V1 ' is out" longest single day USCF sanctioned cycling race in toe United According to Chambers the 20th annual race which begins in States The course winds through states (Utah Idaho and ends three Logan (Sunrise Cyclery) and in Jackson Hole Wyo (Teton VilWyoming) and provides plenty of raw challenges fire participants lage) will draw more than 700 who hail from eclectic backcyclists this year easily surpassing last year’s mark of 570 racers and grounds and come in an assortment of ages and sizes the total nine of dwarfing cyclists “Idaho State is an up and coming team in the Big Sky Conference" Utah State head coach Mick Dennehy said “Larry Lewis and his staff have done a wonderful job I think they are a very good football ' team all over the field” Dennehy is not blowing V smoke This will be the third trip south in as many years for the Bengals ISU beat the and Aggies in 2000 (27-2held a 27-- 0 lead last year before USU rallied for a 28- 27 win “If we walk into this game thinking that we have a cake walk on our hands we are going to have to fight for our lives like we have the last couple of years” Dennehy said “I think we have got to approach this game just like we do every big game we play in” What took place in the Western Montana game can be misleading Dennehy said the Bengals “didn’t show their hand” against the NAIA school The Aggie coach was impressed with how ISU — mm m Giants Angels win flips See FLIPS on B2 iv ' a The SeeMConB4 set” said Rounds about her ankle “I 5rl win after bye ” Bengal head coach Larry Lewis said Til take those percent- - did have a couple (of good shots) out there but I didn’t play as good as I know I can play” Rounds said she expects her ankle to Gould and Terena Hunt As a team the Mustangs (1-defeated the Grizzlies 4-- 1 in the first region contest of the year “It really slowed us down that first Idaho State had the perfect season opener The Bengid football team played a bunch of athletes (57) won big (48-- 7 over Western Montana) and gained 511 yards of total offense But that was two weeks ago Idaho State had a bye last weekend Take a look at the percent- - : See FRESH on B4 BIBECK LOTOJA race route (203 miles) Tefon Village Efst afonl 650 n Jackson I Hole bffttffon 7000 ft at 7:40 ajn - - |