| Show Section Saturday September 28 Page! The Herald Journal Inside Aggies head north to battle old rivals By Shawn Harrison sports editor BOISE Idaho — It’s been two years but the last time these two schools hooked up there were 104 points scored and 1236 yards of offense Could that happen again this evening when visiting Utah State (1-meets Boise State (2-- 1 ) at Bronco Stadium? Maybe but probably not Both head coaches have heaped plenty of praise upon the other’s offense Aggie coach Mick Dennehy rattled off a list of Bronco names on offense that he remembers from the 2000 meeting in which Boise State won 66-3- 8 to clinch 3) Lakers lock up region victory B2 over the Bobcats Sports briefs Grizzly golfers still tied with rival Royals - In an attempt to break a tie for fourth place and determine Region 4's final state tournament qualifier the Logan and Roy golf teams met up at Eagle Mountain Golf Course in Brigham City Friday Eighteen holes later the Grizzlies and Royals were still tied after each came in at 309 “Isn’t that crazy?” Logan coach Roger Wilson inquired “It was a the final Big West Conference title and a berth to the Humanitarian Bowl ' Boise State coach Dan Hawkins was not running the show here the last time Robinson’s departure thins out USU backfield — Page B2 but is quick to point out that Aggie quarterback Jose Fuentes is back Fuentes passed for 509 yards (the second most in school history) Hawkins called the USU offense “explosive” See AGGIES on B4 Utah State at Boise State pint Saturday at Bronco Stadium none KVNU 610 AM KVFX 945 FM WAC 1 overall Botsa State Record: Utah State Record: 1 3 overall Series Record: Boise State leads 4 5 0-- 0 6-- Last Meeting: 2000 Boise State 66 Utah State 38 Lae Vegas Una: Boise State by 19 Kay Matchups: The Aggie defense most be aware of where Bronco RB Brock Forsey s at all of the time Forsey leads Boise Stats in rushing (299 yards) and receiving (15 catches 155 ypnte) USU'i D needs to put some pressure on 08 BJ Rhode who will be starting for just the third dm in his career The Aggie offense must sustain some drives and keep the ball away from the explosive Bronco offense RB Richard Watson wdt get his first career start after rushing for 33 yards on 12 carries this year USUs offensive line must protaclQB Jose Fuentes and open some holes tor Watson or it could be long day Aggie Notes: QB Jose Fuentes (6485 yards) needs 103 yards to become USU's career WR Kevin Curtis (1929 yards) needs 142 total offense leader passing Tony Adams receiving yards to move into 8th place on the USU career ksL He also needs 10 receptions to USU ts 9 in its last 10 night games and is 1965-- 1 in move into 7th tor career receptions Tonight's game' wX be just the games played during toe month of September since 1979 second time in the last 17 games the Aggies have played on artificial turf USU committed tour penaMas last week against Iowa season-lo- w The Aggie D has allowed a measly combined six points in toe final quarter of ihe last three games USU has not produced a e stretch in 1996 lOOyard rusher in four games the longest streak since a Rivalry Friday M© (oQflbD Zim leads heck of a match” During the regular season event at Eagle Mountain both teams also tied — with 331 totals Joey Wolford led Logan with a 72 while Toph Peterson (76) David Lee (80) and Bryant Jensen (81) also contributed to the Stangs to four TDs jGrizzlies’ final tally Wilson said it has yet to be determined how the latest tie between the two teams will be settled The state tournament is slated for Oct 8-- 9 at Wastach Mountain State Park in Midway By Wade Dennlston staff writer About the only thing Ryan Zimmerman didn’t do for the Mountain Crest Mustaqgs Fri- - ' day night was play defense In his most complete game of the season Zimmerman passed for 309 yards and rushed for 120 more to lead the Mustangs to a 28-1- 4 victory over the Logan 111 Grizzlies at Friday's scores ’ AL Toronto 5 Detroit 2 Boston 6 Tampa Bay 1 NY Yankees 6 Baltimore 2 Cleveland 8 Kansas City 3 Mountain Crest Crimson - ' Oakland 3 Texas 2 Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox Seattle 7 Anaheim 6 12 innings football 1 between the two rivals since they met on Nov 9 2001 in thc4A state semifinals at Romney Stadium a 37-3- 4 win by the Mustangs “Ryan played extremely Moun- well” said second-yea- r tain Crest coach Art Erickson “He calmed himself down did- n't take big sacks (and) put ourselves in position to win" Zimmerman who completed passes accounted for all of the Mustangs’ touchdowns Atlanta 3 NY Mets 1 1st game Atlanta 7 NY Mets 4 2nd game Montreal 4 Cincinnati 3 11 innings Florida 5 Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 2 St Louis 1 Arizona 8 Colorado 6 Los Angeles 1 San Diego 0 (10) San Francisco 2 Houston 1 On television Vv- - 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NTRA thoroughbreds Futurity MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CNBC II am FOX — Regional coverage TBA 2pjn FOX — Regional coverage TBA ' teams teams By Thomas Manning staff writer The loss of Riley Olsen at Bonneville last wedt loomed large in many ways Friday night when the Grizzlies hosted Mountain Crest First of all Logan lost a great quarterback and a leader who was consistently posting big numbers week in and week ouL Second the Grizz lost a solid receiver with Ben Macey’s move to quarterback And final ly the Grizz defense suffered as well losing Macey one of Logan’s but defensive backs to focus totally on offense Despite only taking a handful of preparation snaps during the week Macey looked poised against the Stangs and coach Mike Favero seemed pleased “For a kid that has only played quarterback for three days and going up against the defending state champions he had a great game” Favero said Macey caught Mountain - i MORELAND Idaho — With all the hype surrounding Friday night’s huge conference clash between the Preston Indians and the Snake River Panthers there was an element missing Sure there was die talk about Snake River’s win streak and about its potent offense that averages 45 points per game There was talk about me Indian defense and their caught hint on the first game” Behind Macey Logan moved the ball well Macey threw for 141 yards with one touchdown pass and he showed great speed as well running for 99 yards on 14 carries ATVr' v But like last week turnovers again hurt die Grizz Macey’s EK See MACEY on B4 LuceroHerald Journal Ben Macey drops back to pass Friday against Mountain Crest The junior threw for 141 yards: keep Wto© aft bay panratilhieG's By Korden Wray Special to The Herald Journal Crest’s attention too “He’s going to do fine” MC coach Art Erickson said “It’s probably a good thing we three shutouts this year In to the fact the build-ugame seemed to be the Preston defense shutting down the Snake River half and holding Prestpn to 47 fust-ha- lf yards as the Panthers held on late in the game to win their 46th straight 7 over offense the Indians “Not much has been No one however said about our defense this seemed to talk about the Panthers defense year but we have a great defense” Panther head That is not until FriIndiana 30 coach Tom Harrison said Panthers 17 day night “It seemed like we rode Snake River’s defense die defense in the first half and it set the tone of the game early forcing four Indian turnovers in the first carried us through the game) We p Preston football 30-1- “ ft came up with some big turnovers ' early and were able to put sonic on the board” points The highly-toute- d game was actually a game of quarters The Panthers owned the fust two quarters behind their stingy defense and potent offense Panther nose guard Eddie Sommercom got die defense going as he blocked a Preston punt on their fust series Panther corner's Thad Truman fend Dewey Driscoll See TRIBE on B4 - 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