Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February 1 2004 (iteSf 'floor Tribe Bucs DS)G®go end season on high note Several Aggies show improvement By Shawn Harrison sports editor By David Cordero sports writer ' It was just what both teams needed in their respective regular season finales Saturday night — a win PrestOn and West Side hit foe road and came up with big district victories The Lady Indians rallied in the fourth quarter The Lady to top Snake River 0 Pirates went over the hill to face Malad and came back with a 9 win field coach Gregg Gensel Utah State track was all smiles after his team’s performance at its lone home indoor ipeet of the season No school records were broken No athlete qualified automatically for Nationals It didn’t matter ' Ther Aggies took first in 16 of the 26 events Progress was made ‘They keep improving" Gensel said “That’s all you can ask” Several USU athletes had a nice land 44-4- 37-2- IRreplgirlslbasketballj afternoon inside the Nelson Invita-119-9 b house at the Wilson Motor tional Ryan Bruhn set a personal best in the weight throw en route to provisionally qualifying for Nationals Alana Geisler pole vaulted high enough to make ' the conference meet Amy Egan won the mile and led the 4x400 meter relay team to victory Nothing spectacular Just good progress ' “Both our women and fnen did great” Gensel stud “When you’re at home you want to show what good quality kids and alhletes we have” Along with Geisler several other USU pole vaulters turned in good performances Finishing behind Geisler’s 1 1 feet 97S inches was Amy Davis and Jennifer Brown tied at The men though not finishing as high were solid nd At Moreland Preston faced the Panthers with one goal — erase that goose egg in the district win column They did just that “It was a good win one we needoi” Preston coach Jeff Sessions said “We needed some momentum for the play-i- n game” The Tribe 7 in district 1 1 overall) will now head to Bear Lake Wednesday for a game with foe Bears The win-ner advances to the district tournament while the loser calls it a season Things woe looking good at the break for Preston asit held a 9 lead Then the Panthers (3-- 5 pounced Snake River threw a halfcourt trap at the Indians and the Tribe flinched Jhe Panthers scored 13 points in the third while Preston could muster just two free throws and found itself behind 7 heading to the final quarter “That halfcourt trap got to us we panicked” Sessions said “We tried to push Journal It was a tough quarter on indoor too hard offense for us” That changed in foe fourth And it started 9-- (1-- do-or-d- ie 25-1- 4-1- 5) 11-3- 75 ! 32-2- EK Aggie freshman Ashley Johnson competes in the women's meet Saturday at Utah State Johnson won the race and Matt as well Toone (14-- 1 1) placed fifth and eighth respectively Gensel said they seem to be taking to coach Joel Johnson — a three-tim- e Nationals qualifier 2001-0when he was competing for USU “The girls and guys are just eating up what Joel is teaching them” Gensel said “He knows what they need and they’re wanting to learn!” ' Bruhn in his second year as an Aggie after transferring from Clark College attained a personal record for the second straight week His LuceroHerald Journal' Utah State senior Ryan Bruhn competes in the weight throw Saturday Boys Scoring 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 8 8 ! 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Hayley Hansen SV 2 Alisha Gudmundsori L 3 Candace Buttars WS 5Trisha Cardon SV ' 14 t ' - 26 24 16 16 3 Libbie Linton L v-- ' Field Goals int Jbumal sports staff ' Wednesday proved to be a ratlin busy day for Logan’s Dani Bates' In the afternoon 'Bates participated in the Region 4 swim meet at Mountain Crest He helped lead the Grizzly boys to a convincing first-plafinish by winningeach of the four ' events he swam in V ' scbre'of 361 while the' ' final a Logan posted second-plac- e team (foe host Mustangs) finished a whopping 1 1 9 points behind the Grizzlies Afew hours laterBates was on Mountain ' Crest’s home basketball court —just a hop skip alidajump away from the pool — trying to help ieaid Logart to a victory over the Mustangs Unfortunately for Bates and the Grizzlies things didn’t turn out the way they’d hoped for on the court as the Mustangs won 45-3- 4 Bate who came off the bench finished with ' just three points in foe game but ended up play- jng a good portion of foe contest ' “It's incredible I don't know how he does it” said Kaden Comadena Bates’ teammate on the' baskefoall court “If you ask me it’s incredible On top of that he's like the best swimmer in foe state “ don’t know if anyone else I know that could do that He’s like Superman” Participating in two sports doesn’t seem to ham-p- a Bates’ performance in the pool or on the court El LufieioHefaid Journal ' “He’s been doing it for a long time” Logan Mountain Crest Inward Brent Pickett who leads the basketball coach Jeff Brimhall said That’s valley in scorings had a big week for the Mustangs Dam’s lifestyle it’s what he’s been doing It’s ' When asked about his new found fame from just the way he’s used to playing - “I don’t foe movie Roberts was nonchalant and went oo ‘ expect him to change his game or about 70 percent of the PHS studentbody ' ‘anything I don’t think it affects him at alL” "' Bates is currently second on foe Grizzlies in '"3 involved in foe film Howevo he I the experience V scoring averaging 103 point a game He leads his team in made with 13 vas a lot of fun” he said The director’s a ' nice i' giiy — so players and movie stars? guy — kind of a laid-bac- k Those who follow the Preston boys basketball the experiencreWas great"”--1 In additfon to Roberts! Allison Gamble and Ash--! team know senior center Marc Robots is a solid contributor on the hardwood but a fledgling actor? ley Jackson of the Preston girls baskefoall team Roberts was (me of many Preston are so included on the film’s closing credits The natives to appear as an extra in foe movie1 Ironically Indian center Shawn OUverson’s " is also listed in the closing credits even name which received recently “Napoleon Dynamite” rave reviews at foe Sundance Film Fetfival though he said he did not appear in the iqovie Then again he said he was originally slated to be Filmmaker Jared Hess who is a graduate of : one of the extras Preston High School is foe brains behind ' A rare streak ' V “Napoleon Dynamite” and foe majority of foe ' ' whi le It’s since foe Mountain Crest girls been a movie was finned m Preston to be foe in his Thanks to enjoyed winning streak—437days positive experiences ‘ ce 24’ 18 18 17 ' Girls ' 25 2 Hayley Hansen SV 3 April Hansen SV 4 Lydia Whitehead MC 6 Tonya Jensen SV 7 Trisha Cardon SV 8 Jenny Miller L ' 9 Erica Johnson P 10 Kirstin Buttars WS By The' Herald 103 103 103 Girls Scoring '4 streak and defense 104 Candace Buttars WS 1 ii UA'y ’ Brent Pickett Mountain Crest Pickett a 6rfoot-- 4 junior turned in games this week The Musscored 30 points arid forward tang grabbed' 7 rebounds as MC Split a' pair of region games this week c two solid : Candace Buttars West Side! senior scored 37 Buttars a two in points games this week for foe Pirates The valley's leading scorer at foe free--' among girls Went -- nt the pool to the hardwood Movie stars rare 158 143 118 116 113 106 Field Goals int Tyler Godfrey SV ' 2 Jake Bassett MC 3 Kelly Rawlings P 3 Kyle Heusser P 5 Danny Beutler WS 1 See HIGH ion B6 70-92- Malad’ ' The Mustangs did foil to make it three in a row Thursday dropping anotho close game this tiiiie to Box Eldo Baldwin proud of Harris Terrell Baldwin is known for verbally expressing love toward his players He isn’t shy about showing it for his formo Bobcats either “Ilove Nate” Baldwin said “He’s a great kid I love Nate 1 love There’s ho doubt about it him to death Man he'$ special” He is referring to of course Utah State sophoi more Nate Harris who is having a terrific season for foe 17-- 1 Aggies Having recently been named the Big West Playo of the Week it appears as though he’s picking up right where he left off in Smittifield As a three-yestarto for Sky VieWHoris received numerous accolades Among them he was named Utah’s Player of foe Year his senior season by Gatorade and the Salt Lake Tribune and Region 4 Playo of foe Year twice In his last force seasons the Bobcats failed to lose a league contest compiling a winning streak When asked about his former pupil Baldwin unabashedly gushes ' “He was a huge part of this program as a player and he continues to be a huge part of this program” Baldwin said “Every playo in tins program looks up to him They know his sUts foey know exactly what he does in each game ' We break down tape of Nate Harris on occasion! “I talk to him afto every game when he’s in V: town” fop coach continued “I always ask Nate’s opinion of what he thought of the game Every time he’s out here I get advice from him! ' “He's a great kid I love him Did I say I love him? I love Nate Harris Move this kkLIlove his brofoer (Brandon a current Sky View playo) too" " v Great defense Sky View usually plays solid defense but Fri- : : day was an exception ' Z '''! It was tremendous The Bobcats held Box Eldo to its lowest ofien-sive output of the year (42 points) and managed to shut down the Bees almost entirely in foe fust half They managed just l 5 points against the Cats ! “It wasrewarding to see hard work detenni-natio- n and effort pay off Baldwin said “Any timeyoiii can hold them fo l5 points i it obvi- ously givo you some momentum” A lot like Cameron Indoor Basketball fans tuning in to a Duke University hmne game cm TV will more than likely see two : things: Good A(2C basketball Blue Devil fons doing enuty things to iie foe foe as well as pump up tiieir own team Fans in attendance at both cf Mountain Crest’s boys home games tins past week v Logan and Bonneville at the ICON Activity Complex got a little taste as to who it might be like at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium thanks to some spirited cheen Ity foe Mustang pep squad -- Brent Pickett MC Kelly Rawlings P Shawn Oliverson P Ryan Doyle SV Kaden Comadena L Robert Bingham WS Chris Larsen P Jake Bassett MC Dani Bates L Bradey Monson MC Boys See GREAT on B7 25 From ! - with defense Sessions credited senior Teri ' Gregory with hitting the defensive boards and spatting the Indians Gregory and Sarah Klinke finifoedwifo eight boards cgch Clinging to a 38-3- 6 lead with less than two minutes to play Summer Maseuli drove in for a bucket and some breathing room Klinke cushion with also gave the Indians a four-poi20 seconds to play with a shot in the painL 64-3- ROUND ROUNDDALL 1 was the second best in school behind James in 2001 Parker’s 5 history He said he feels more comfortable with a sea- -' son under his belt and thinks his improved performance is linked to dial “It takes you a little time to settle in and really get all the benefits a program has to offer” Bruhn said “Your second year around you’re already in you’re familiar and you know what’s expected” throw 3) EN of LuceroHerald run during the Wilson Motor r 3000-mete- 4 Threes charigethe game so much astronomical what it does to the —r game especially if you make them" — Logan girts coach Bryant McKay altar Ns team made six treys ki a win B-b- all "! t-5 ( Soiudiqn Idaho city Heu decided to make a movie in its vicinity snd used as msny people from the community as possible “That was one of his biggest things is he want-e- d to give back to foe community” Robots said As far as Roberts role in foe movie he appeared in a high school prom scene andone of his fami-ty- ’s dairy pows made an appearance as Well ' exact ! t The Mustangs beat Logan oh Diesday' to string togefoef two wins in a row for the first time since Fd14 2002 It had been a stretch of 38 games MC had had a handful of close lossesbefore beating Roytty two then Loganby four “The foing is we’re getting there” Mustang junior Diana Nelson sauL - ar 45-ga- : ! : ’ See ROUNDoo B7 |