Show The Herald Journal) Logan Utah Friday Home “I’m definitely having fun It’s a lot different than dub more of a team atmosphere It’s fun to do stuff for the team” Kohler has turned in the best score on balance beam vith a 9875 Com is pleased with how well his young team has performed so far — 50 percent of the routines USU has competed have been by freshmen There will be a few upgrades on routines for tonight’s meet but the Aggies are not going to take any risks “We need to stay healthy” Com said “We still have two Continued from B1 confident and comfortable at home” The Aggies have had success on the road posting two scores over the 194 mark with a high of 19415 coming at California It was more than a month into the season last year before USU posted a score that well away from the Spectrum- “Four freshmen have not seen' the Spectrum but we are - excited to come home after three weeks on the road” Aggie head coach Ray Com said “We handled ourselves This crew is very well looking forward to performing in front of a home crowd” Martin and fellow freshman Gretchen Goerfitz will com- pete in all four events for USU tonight This will be the third meet with Martin in foe ail- around while this w: II bo Goerlitz’s debut “I like to do all four events”' Goerlitz said “I’m looking forward to this meet being more exciting louder and more energy to help us" huge months of collegiate gymnastics” The Thunderbirds come to town after turning in a 19395 in thdr last outing Southern Utah is led by sophomore Rachel Turner who in each has set a career-hig- h nd meet this season She has a high of 3870 USU leads the overall series The Thunder with SUU 32-1- 0 birds have been able to pick up a few wins against the Aggies the last couple of seasons “The last few years South-eUtah has had our number” Com said “I talked to coach (Scott) Bauman (Thursday) morning and he wants to con-m Goerlitz has competed on ' three events in every meet and leads the team with high marks on vault (9825) and is tied with sophomores Ashley Barr and Liesel Kohler on the floor exercise (985)Last week at Boise ‘State Goerlitz would have went 3905 but her uneven bars routine was an exhibition ‘Gretchen was extremely nervous for the fust meet but ' Pirates Show four so it’s not a big deal '' tinuethat” ' Continued from ends of the court At the end of the first quarter the scoreboard read 21-- 1 in favor of the Bucs “I was really pleased with how we came out and played tonight” Ralphs said “I kept harping on the kids that I didn’t want them to lose focus because of the big lead I wanted them to play solid and to play smart and 1 thought we did that” Grace never recovered or even threatened to recover after the demoralizing inaugural period Grace’s Dustin Ackerman led all Grizzly scorers with eight points in a losing effort Meanwhile West Side continued to roll throughout the game with both Danny Beutler and Ralphs dumping in the second half increasing the Grizzly pain “I thought the main thing was that we got off to an early start” Beutler said “If we get off to a good start we usually “He took good shots within the offense” Pratt said “When they’re going that’s win the game” Becks tead and Bingham led all scorers with 16 and 10 points respectively Bingham sat on the bench a good portion of the game due to foul trouble great” They were for foe Rawl ings’s-Thecombined for 3 i die in first half giving points the Indians (6-- 0 in district 15-- 0 overall) a 40-2- 5 halftime lead It was a fast-pacgame early with Preston and Marsh Valley (3-- 3 10-trading jumpers The Tribe were up 20-1- 6 in the second quarter before going on a 15-- 3 run to lead by 16 They never looked back Preston’s advantage was never less than 1 1 the rest of the way as it cruised to a win ed 5) Huskies Continued from B2 e The Huskies defending NCAA champions made a compelling case to return to the top of the polls for foe second time this season Connecticut was No 1 until Jan 5 after losing at home to Duke two days before two-tim- J that has diminished each meet since” Corn said “She is going to be fine' I think it’s going to be interesting to have two freshmen in the all- alound competing for the first time in the Spectrum" ' Martin has competed in the in two meets with a high score of 3875 She rested her shoulder a little last week Martin has the best score on the uneven bars (990) “I don’t realize I do all four” Martin said “I train all four It’s my job to compete all nd ' - : ' ' V Continued from B2 ' asset at the stale competition considering a big portion of points come from second third fourth and fifth place finishes The Grizzlies’ success has- n’t come without a price Logan swimmers have sacri- ficed ample hours swimming battled sickness waited out injuries and trained at 20000 feet No the Grizz didn’t trav-el to the Himalayas to work out Instead they trudged over to Alpine Orthopedics which is located in the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital and took put in a revolutionary training technique called Intermittent Hypoxic training What exactly is Hypoxic “ training? ' “A training system which ' simulates breathing in high altitudes” Ken Lester said “The body is stimulated to grow red blood cells which are responsible forddivering ' oxygen to their muscles Hie result will be increased oxy- gen flow to the muscles which will increase theswim- mers strength and endurance” The technique is fast becoming more and more popr' ular Tour De France champion LanceArmstrong and world record swimmer Ed Moses along with many other prominent athletes have taken ' advantage of foe positive effects involved with this unique method of training “Athletes breathe through oxygen masks on an interval basis” jjester explained “Breathing with oxygen for five minutes on and then five miiuites off for 50 minutes day Each day the oxygen levd is adjusted to reflect a higher altitude Once the swimmers : - reach ' an altitude of 20JXX) feet j foe levd is stabilized in order T' to complete the training”' Has intemrittant Hyopic training helped foe Grizzly swimmers? WeH Logan waylaid most of ita challengers during foe -regular keason and for foe first - time in school history foe V v Grizz swept region But Logan’s biggest test will be this weekend when foe Griz-zlihope to be crowned kings ' and queens of foe mountain es Bl Continued from B1 V-- IOSOIIMllt415-7J2-4ttosDiH-n- 6i 7 nm lUlCabfcMtllUNVnHSM t over its rival The fact the Indians didn’t let up is impor- tant considering the last few ' times out they seemed to lack sufficient urgency throughout “The last couple of games it seems like we’ve had our lulls but tonight we had to get up because we knew they’d give us a good game” Kolby ' Rawlings said “It seemed like everything was going for us tonight” ' ' Added Kelly Rawlings: “We figured it was time to start off hot instead of waiting and putting it off to the second half” Defensively the Tribe stayed focused throughout rarely allowing an easy bucket to the Eagles The visitors marie six on the -- of their eyening (one-thifield goals) and made severid rd “This is the best I've Seen play this year" Ten- nessee coach Pat Summitt said “They were just a lot ' tougher than us They got the loose balls! We need five peo-pie on the floor that are com- peting at a high level and intensity We have some play- ers who need to decide when they’re going to do that” This was only the third Tennessee meeting was ranked No 1 The February-- 6 2004 — B5 shots with a hand in their face Dustin Guthrie led Marsh Valley with 14 points followed by Homer Potter’s nine and James Galloway's eight! Cornell-boun- d Shawn Oliv-erso- n added 10 points for Preston including a pair of dunks Together with twins they accounted for 90 percent of rim-rattli- theoffeiue: The Indians will try to remain undefeated Saturday when they host Soda Springs When asked what it feels like to have a target on his team’s chest Pratt grinned shrugged his shoulders and said “Super So be it We’re going to keep doing the best we can" ' If that means getting 50 from the Rawlings twins a bullseye seems near ' Huskies' regular-seaso- n ry in 995 knocked thelady Vols from the top spot and the schools have been fighting to be the best women's program victo-the- m 1 ever since Tennessee was able to defend its top ranking in 1 998 when it finished the season undefeated and won the NCAA title Connecticut has been ranked No 1 in 1 l 'matchups against the Lady Vols ' |