Show Section © Saturday September 21 2002 Pagel The Herald Journal Inside X3 o sets sights on USU upset of Hawkeyes By Shawn Harrison sports editor o Keeping a close eye on Major B2 League Baseball Sports briefs TOU marathon today V-- r o 7 0 e a game on the ground Iowa is led by RB Fred Russet who is fourth in the country with 153 yards s game He dd hurt his shoulder Iasi week The Hawkeye offensive line is big and physical so the Aggie line wd need to use its speed to avoid being pancaked USU 300-yar- d k may go to the air since Iowa's D has allowed passing games The Aggies are averaging 251 yards through the air Aggie Notts: QB Jose Fuenles (6286 yards) needs 302 yards to become USlTs career WR Kevin Curtis (1878 yards) needs 193 total offense leader passing Tony Adams receiving yards to move into 8ttv place on die USU career list He also needs 5 receptions to P Steve Muins has recorded at least one move into 10th for career receptions d punt In 14 consecutive games and his average of 93 punts a game ranks first in the counky USU has scored in five straight quarters This wH be coach Mick Dennehys 100th Three offensive scoring drives have been 80 yank this year aid game as a head coach fast At Nebraska it took USU four plays and 1:11 minutes against Idaho Stale took one play and :1 8 and tour plays and 1:14 Jwetve different players have caught a pass 1) 4) See USU on BS A & :? r: ? r f 40 pm Saturday at Kinntck Stadium 0-- 0 1) Today there is no room for error school leaves Playing another big-tilittle room for miscues like penalties Iowa -- ESPN Regional KVNU 610 AM KVFX 945 FM Iowa Record: Big Ten 2--1 overall Utah State Record: 2 overall Serlee Record: Iowa leads Last Meeting: 1957 Iowa 70 Utah State Vegas Line: Iowa by 22 Key Matchups: The Aggie defense wW have their work cut for ttwn They rank 109lh in rush defense and face a Hawkeye offense that is ninth nationally in rushing with 262 yank So what about this shootout? Iowa (2-has been suspect against the pass at least over the first three games of this season In and Miami of wins over Akron (57-2and a loss last week to Ohio (29-2cross-sta- te rival Iowa State (36--3 1 ) the Hawkeyes have given up exactly 1000 yards through die air (3333 a game) times at o: dropped balls and missed assignments “We are going to have to step up and continue to improve and play as close to error free and as well as we can if we are going to give ourselves a chance” USU head coach Mick Dennehy said CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa — Could today's football game between Utah State and Iowa turn into a shootout? It has the makings for just that if And there always has to be an “if” That “if" is whether or not the Aggie offense is clicking It sputtered big time in the opener showed life against Nebraska and last week ran smoothly at The Top of Utah Marathon is scheduled to begin at 7 this morning at Hardware Ranch and finish up at Merlin Olsen Park The first 100 to show up at the finish are to receive a souvenir pin which replicates the medallions runners are to receive Top five finishers in each category will receive trophies and winners will get a monetary prize as well The Herald Journal will have 'complete coverage in Sunday’s paper including times of all the finishers scores Friday's " us Utah State : S AL Boston 4 Baltimore 2 NY Yankees 5 Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 11 Toronto 7 Cleveland 6 Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 10 Minnesota 2 Anaheim 8 Seattle 1 Oakland 4 Texas 2 J ig it'- - t ' Kir i s (t NL Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 4 Montreal 6 NY Mets 1 Philadelphia at Cincinnati ppd rain Florida 6 Atlanta 2 San Francisco 5 Milwaukee 1 St Louis 9 Houston 3 Colorado 9 Arizona 4 San Diego B Los Angeles 4 On television AUTO RACING Mounain Crest linebacker Luke Lofthouse Brent StevensHprald Journal in Hyrum secures the first of his two fumble recoveries against Box Elder Friday night 10 am TNT NASCAR Winston Cup "Happy Hour Series” final practice for Heroes 400 - am 11 TNT — NASCAR Busch Series Heroes 200 at Dover Del 1:30 pm ESPN2 — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series John Bdy and Billy's Craftsman Truck 250 ' 8 pm ESPN2 — NHRA qualifying for Nationals at Memphis Mid-Sou- th COLLEGE FOOTBALL 10 am ESPN — Utah at Michigan ESPN2 —Arizona at Wisconsin 10:30 am FOXSN — NC State at Texas Tech 1:30 pm ABC — Regional coverage Notre Dame at Michigan State Virginia Tech at Texas A&M BYU at Georgia Tech or Colorado at UCLA CBS — Florida at Tennessee ESPN — Ohio St at Cincinnati 4:30 pm FOXSN — Fresno State at Oregon State 5 pm ESPN2 — Southern Miss at Alabama TBS — Southern Cal at Kansas State 5:45 pm ESPN — Boston College at Miqmi 8 pm FOXSN — Wyoming at Washington GOLF 11 am - PGA-WG- C ABC American Express Championship third round 1 pm NBC — LPGALadies European Tour The Solheim Cup day 2 3:30 pjni CNBC — Senior PGA Tour SAS1 Championship second round JUIAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 un FOX — Regional coverage NY Yankees at Detroit or Florida at Atlanta 2pjn FOX — Regional coverage Houston at St Louis or Anaheim at Seattle SOCCER 2 pjn PAX — WUSA Game at Portland Ore TENNIS All-St- ar llpjn ESPN2 — Davis Cup semifinals doubles match US vs France Stun Mustangs at home Grizzlies By Wade Denniston staff writer - “It’s the little things that got us fundamentals We just didn’t play the way we usually play and it cost ' us the game” HYRUM — For the second conGraves was one of eight Box secutive week the Mountain Crest rushers in the contest that ran Elder a themselves Mustangs dug wild all night long hole against a high-qualiMountain Running back Beau Crest opponent Herbert led the Bees’ And just like they did at football ground attack with 167 Skyline on Aug 13 the out the came on yards on 18 carries HerMustangs bert began the game's losing end of a thriller Jed Graves’ 50-yascoring when he took the' touchdown run with 1 :02 opening kickoff and rumbled 92 yards for a in led the remaining game touchdown the Box Elder Bees to a 37-3- 4 Box Elder (1-- 0 4-37 Bom the over victory 34 328 yards accumulated Mustangs Mustangs in the Region 4 carries 44 on teams at rushing opener for both seconis bock” a R Field Miller “(Herbert) good Lynn d-year Mountain Crest coaCh Art This was the first meeting between Erickson said “You’ve gotta credit Mountain Crest and Box Elder since diem They ran the ball they did the two teams met in last season’s what Box Elder does! 4A state championship game “It’s pretty tough” Mustangs “Unfortunately tonight we couldn’t outscore them’’ senior defensive lineman Brendan The Mustangs very nearly did Smith said of the homecoming loss “All the work we put in First home though 'Railing 24-1- 0 at intermission game in front of our crowd lose QB game to 14-poi- nt ty Lakers By Thomas Manning staff Writer rd ' 1) “““ : T- - WLe-'- r -a ’v ' s It C1 - Brent StevansHerald Journal found1 the MC’s Ryan Zimmerman going tough against the Bees Friday ' Mountain Crest came out on fire in the second half See BEES on B3 Cats continue to impress By David Cordero ' staff writer i Sky View football i standings “The defense came through” Sky View coach Perry Christensen said “They wpre opportunistic they stiffened when (Roy's) offense got in Cur territory and made ROY — After scoring 45 and 28 points against Kearns and Uintah the last two Fribigplays days the Sky View Bobcats were only able to sustain one legitimate touchdown drive "They won it for us” Their other two scores were gift wrapped by Holding a slender 7-- 3 lead with about 10 minutes remaining Sky View’s offense faced a the defense Bobcats17 third-and-from its own 25 Jake ChrisAnd without the two interceptions that set x9 Royals tiansen threw a pass that came off a receiver’s them up Sky View isn’t 0 in Region 4 play hands and into the waiting arms of Royal defensive back Despite having only 98 yards of total offense die Bobcats escaped Roy Friday night with a 17-- 9 victory Dusty Putnam his second interception of the contest The win improved their record to 4-- 1 overall and put them — at least for now — at the top of the region See CATS on B5 15 Logan faltered after senior quarterback Riley Olsen went down with a broken ankle! There was 7:03 left in the second — quarter when Logan theunimagin- football able happened Olsen was pressured and spun to get away when four Lakers awkwardly twisted him to the ground Logan fans held their breath He tried to get up but as soon as he stood he motioned to the sideline for help Later Would reveai a break in his ankle “He’s out for the year” Coach Mike Favero said after the game Add the loss of Riley to four turnovers — off of which the Lakers scored 20 points — and you see v why the Grizz went down 26-2- 0 in what was still a hard-fougbattle Bonneville was first to draw blood scoring from one yard out on a Jake Cooper run Logan retaliated though marching — X-ra- ys i ht See QB on B3 I 1' |