Show Section Friday September 27 : Pagel — The Herald Journal Broncos are still loaded on offense Inside ' Forsey and Swillie both key for Boise State By Shawn Harrison sports editor ijg tiiATlU ' 1) an Sports briefs USU women's tennis opens season at BYU Carolyn Larsen Haley Hawkins and Jill Smith aD tasted victory as Utah State's women's tennis team opened its fall season at the BYU Invitational Thursday in I¥ova Laisen won both a singles and doubles match at the invitational which featured players from BYU Utah Weber Stale Boise State and Colorado State Larsen and Hawkins the sophomore duo defeated Utah's KastelerfZyndzo 6 Earlier in the day in a match between two Aggies Larsen defeated Caroline Pollock in consolation play in three sets 4--6 6-- 2 10--6 Also in consolation play freshman Jill Smith defeated Utah's Rachel Adler 7-- 6 6-- 2 Both Smith and Larsen will play in consolation matches today and the HawkinsLarson duo will play in the next round of the doubles competition ftifr lj 3) It's been two years since Boise State and Utah State have hooked up on the football field but the Broncos haven't changed a lot There are a host of familiar names especially on die offensive side of the ball for Boise State (2-Gone is quarterback Bart Hendricks but back are running back Brock Forsey receivers Lou Fanucchi Jay Swillie and Billy Wingfield and offensive linemen Scott Huff and RdbVian "They still have a great nucleus that are seniors now that were sophomores two years ago" USU head coach Mick Dennehy said "It's an unbelievable amount Boise has done a good job of reload- Ryder Cup set to begin play B2 today at The Belfry Diriwiddie who had a xa great year in 2001 passing for 3043 yards and 29 touchdowns But he will not be ) r1 L starting against the The Aggies (1-suf- caller signal junior fered a broken ankle ' midway through the second quarter against Arkansas as he was getting sacked for the sev- - enthtime Senior BJ Rhode will get his third career start under center on Saturday at Bronco Stadium He is 0 as a starter having guided Boise State past Rhode has thrown for 446 yards 3 Wyoming on pass attempts including two TDs and two interceptions "They haven't changed a lot" Dennehy said"They've had a couple of weeks to prepare get healthy I think we'll see a similar game plan Idaho (a 1 win) Rhode is a good 2-- 33-1- 40-of-- 60 - rst ing" 38-2- The Broncos had a bye last weekend Following in Hendricks' footsteps was Ryan Boise State's biggest offensive weapon is Forsey He has rushed for 299 yards and a pair of scores He is the leading receiver having caught 15 passes for 155 yards and another TD "Brock Forsey is an Emmett White-typ- e of a player" Dennehy said "He has the ability to run the ball and catch the ball and can return kicks We've got to do a great job of knowing where he is at at all times" Fanucchi and Wingfield both have caught 12 passes each While the defense may not have a long list of familiar names there is still talent on that side of the ball The Broncos lead the Western Athletic Conference in scoring defense (23 points a game) total defense (allowing 3487 yards) and rushing defense (143 yards) "Quintin Mikell is about as good of a player as we will play against at the safety spot" Dennehy said "I think they are an outstanding defensive football team "The bottom line is they are a very good pro-gram We will have to come ready toplay" - High school volleyball ft®® tiooaMnl ws ets a scare 8-- ' Jazz ink both Padgett and injured Lopez — The SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Jazz have signed injured point guard Raul Lopez to a three-yecontract Jazz vice president Kevin O’Connor announced ar Thursday- - The Jazz also veteran forward Scott Padgett to a one-ye-ar Indians grab pair at MV contract Lopez a 2001 first round draft pick from Spain initially injured his knee after playing four games for Madrid’s Spanish League team in 2001 He returned to finish the season but reinjured the knee in an exhibition with the Spanish National team in August In a statement released by the team Lopez said he was happy to finally join the Jazz “Although I’m very disappointed with die injury surgery will allow me to enjoy a long career in the NBA” Lopez said Padgett recorded his best NBA 2 season in with a career-hig- h 500 points scored as well as in scoring average and career-higrebounds 2001-200- hs Thursday's scores AL Chicago White Sox 3 Boston 2 Anaheim 10 Texas 5 Oakland 5 Seattle 3 (10) Toronto 5 Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay at Yankees ccd rain Cleveland 8 Minnesota 4 Kansas City 7 Detroit 2 NL Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cube 0 Montreal 4 Florida 3 NY Meta at Pittsburgh cod rain Atlanta at Philadelphia ccd rain St Louis 9 Milwaukee 1 ' Arizona 4 Colorado 2 Loe Angeles 6 San Diego 5 On television BOXING ESPN2 — Champion Cruz Carbajal vs Danny Romero (43-4-1- ) for WBO bantamweight championship atARxiquerque NM COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 pjn ESPN2 —Texas Tbch at New Mexico' GOLF r' USA -- The Ryder Cup first match day at Sutton Coldfield England (same-da- y tape) 2 (MIL ESPN — PGA Tour Texas Open second round at San Antonio MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL g pjn IBS —Atlanta at NY Mets 8:30 pm ESPN — Houston at San Francisco or Seattle at Anaheim C f JV staff writer HYRUM —Although the Mus-tangot stuck on match point for an entire rotation in its match against Sky View Thursday night Mountain Crest coach Lori Karaghouli wasn't worried After all she'd already survived a much bigger scare earlier in the day Thursday morning standout middle blocker Jessica Crosbia showed up at iVvVi gs Sisv1 a W DAYTON — West Side struggled early and Malad capitalized giving the Pirates a brief scare But after a timeout called by coach Chris White the Pirates ' settled down and i -- Karawuli’s dominat- ed winning three games in a row to capture the 21- - powder-pu- ff football game her leg had collided widi that of another girl and she had tomaU of the ligaments in her ankle "At first I thought she was just kidding But she just kept going" Karaghouli recalled "I got really quiet and was almost in tears" Then to add injury to injury starting setter Candace Gunnell walked into the office with a bandage around her head supposedly due to a severe head injury "I was ready to die" said Karaghouli who later found out the injuries woe part of an elaborate prank by her senior class "Now I'm ready to kill them" Unfortunately for die Bobcats they were the ones that ended up suffering the most Thursday as the Mustangs routed their rivals 13-- 7 13-- 7 "Mountain Crest did a great job of keeping die momentum on their side" SV coach Malayna Knowles said "It just felt like we woe always back on our heels" i 4 See STANGS on B2 1621-- Pirates 3 Dragons 0 6 victory over the Dragons 21-1- 7 Tm very happy with that win" White said "Overall they were able to shake off their mistakes better than they had in the past" Malad had die Pirates on their heels early in the first game The Dragons behind the solid play of Sabrina Daniels jumped out to a quick lead The Pirates missed sets punched the ball into the net ami failed to cap- italize on scoring opportuni- - 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When the score reached 9-- 3 White had seen enough and called timeout Brent StavensHerald Journal with Sky View setter Natalie Otveraon Thursday night as teammate Kara Singleton lends a friendly hand from behind Mountain Crest's Melanie Pearce (6) Jousts on "I just told them that it was ridiculous and that they needed to pick it up" White said the net See WSonB4 highlight Region 4 tilts tonight MC-Log- an Stangs Bucs top Malad By Thomas Manning staff writer office door on crutches sporting a brace on her one of her ankles Crosbie told her coach that while standing on die sideline during Wednesday's Griz? looking for By WM Dennlston staff writer (22-11-- 1) Sun before cruising V V-- By Jeff Hunter ed 8pjn 9 HYRUM — (hie of tonight1! storylines between Mountain Crest and Logap will be the matchup of quarterbacks Ryan Zimmerman will be starting in his 3 1st consecutive game for the Mustangs and is 21-- 9 as a starter Until last week's loss at Bonneville the Grizzlies also had a solid signal-call-er But senior Riley Olsen went down with a broken leg in the 26-2- 0 loss to the Lakers on Sqrt 20 and is probably out for the season Olsen was tied for the state lead in touchdown passes with 13 Despite the fact Logan will be without tire services of Olsen Moun first league win tain Crest coach Art Erickson still expects a tough battle between the two Cache Valley rivals "They're gonna be well coached" Erickson said following the Mustangs' practice on Wednesday "I think (Grizzlies) coach (Mike) Favero is gonna put together a game plan that's gonna put his kids in position to win" A victory is what both teams need if they don't want to fell to 0-- 2 in Region 4 play Mountain Crest lost its region opener Sept 20 at home to Box Elder 37-3- 4 "When you play five region games every game is important" Ertekson said "If you're you don't want to go Every region 1- -1 1- -2 See LEAGUE on B4 No longer a joke Bobcats out for respect By David Cordero toaff writer ent things to say and do this year The Bobcats have given them no choice Sky Vidw at 1 is off to its best start since 1986 when it began the 'season 1 The bobcats have already quadrupled last year's win total and 1 SMITHFIELD — Last year the wisecracks weren't all that subtle Community members classmates — even teachers got into the act It had something to do with Sky View not having a formidable football squad "All these teachers last year would ask 'are you going to win tonightT" Bobcat junior Tanner Copley said "You'd say 'yeah and they'd say 'sure sure whatever' "Students would hassle you You'd walk down the halls and hear Sky View football sucks' People would even draw it on the walls" Those folks are thinking of differ 4-- 6-- have scored more points (130) in five games than in ill of 2001 Yet Sky View (1-- 0 Region 4) will face its toughest test of die year when it plays Bonneville (1-tonight at 7 at Bobcat Stadium The Lakers are 4-- 1 overall and are ranked No 2 in the state 4A classification by the Deseret News Headlining Bonneville is quarterback Jason Budge who is tied with 0) See BOBCATS on B4 3 |