Show 'V ' ' ' 's f 'I 1 v:w- rB4— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday October 4 2003 -- Continued from B1 Art Erickson said After completing ' ? passes for 99 yards and no die in opening interceptions Hunsaker connected on attempts in the secjust ond half The loss ended up being particularly painful for MCs senior quarterback who was literally knocked out of the game with just over two minutes left While running for a first ' tom Hunsaker was sand-- V r wiched in between three Logan defenders and was knocked unconscious Taken off the field on a backboard Hunsaker was sitting up by the end of the contest but was on his way to the hospital for preon his back cautionary “I think he's going to be OK" Erickson said But can the same be said of the Mustangs who will likely need to defeat Roy and Sky View over the next two weeks to qualify for the state play- offs? Although the Mountain Crest defense didn't surrender a first! down to the Grizzlies ‘ until the final two minutes of -: still first half Logan the capitalized on big plays to put the ' S tangs in a hole the hosts f y-hal- P 'y X-ra- ys last year who was turned into a receiver this year" Ellis pointed out "But he can still would never get out of "Those ate the types of things that are even more appointing than having a team come out and just ram it down your throat1! Erickson said Fblfowing a ' 28-ya- rd goal by MCs Solomon Smit Logan took its first leadjust prior to the end of die first quarter on Ellis' first score Hunsaker tried to hit Brady Sayama with the short screen‘ pass but the attempt was and the ball ended up in die' left flat with no one in the throw" With 1:42 left in the second quarter Logan took over the M ball at Its own line f 'i and aided by two MC penal-- ' I ties drove 76 yards on 10 :j plays for the score Despite ' being undercut by cornrback Solomon Smith in the end V x zone Ellis managed to haul in a high pass fromtylacey from ' 24-ya- - f rd r : 60-ya- rd : ' r-':"-'-' s : '' usu v Xontinned from as well The junior settled a pass from Siena Smith just box and outride of the beat Matador keeper Jen " Jasper to make the score 2-- 0 "We've been working on crossing and it paid off" Cairns said Anqfoer thing that prid off for the Aggies was team depth as both Blacquiere and Haws came off the bench for USU All in all the Aggies used 1 8 players against CSN — depth that will prove invaluable later in the season Haws said "I think it will be really good because we're going to go to California and some of Continued from B2 and Mustang Elisabeth Ellis If any one championship matchup was fraught with any additional intrigue this was the one After all the two players had split three-s- et epic battles in the regular season with Ellis' victory over Welsh on Sept 9 being Sky View's lone individual region setback ' Friday's match was no dif-ferent as both players looked to take the initiative charging r tered v most ' said "With depth on foe bench it means people can get a break and go back in fresh" Depth that is even more evident with the return of Lacy Gustaveson The Hyrum native was back on foe field Friday for die first time since breaking her right arm against Idaho State on Sept 7 "Oh I'm excited" Tracy said "(Lacy's) such an awer some player and she creates so much for us" Tracy scored her third goal of the season in the first half -to give the Aggies a advantage Nicole Feuz assist- ed the senior on the play 1- -0 the net on almost every short ball Unlike the other two matches however this one did not go three sets although it certainly appeared to be heading that way ts Facing two against her in the second-s- et tiebreaker Welsh induced two Ellis errors to even the score Two points later at an overhead smash would give the Bobcat the tide 6-- 4 set-poin- 7-- 6 ' (8-- 6) "It was really and I was really nervous but I pulled it off" Welsh said "It feels great to win" While Welsh picked up her for a touchdown and a 38-- 3 1 lead with 25 seconds to play USU would force Hail Mary overtime with a pass on the final play of regulation from Jose Fttentes to Chris Stallworth In OT the Aggies scored first The Lobos converted a fourth down and also scored but a missed extra point gave USU its lone win over a bowl team in 2002 45-4- 4 "I don't expect this gaifle to be any different than last Saturday's against New Mexico State or any different than last year's game up there (in Logan)" New Mexico head coach Rocky Long said Last Saturday the Lobos ended a ' three-gam- e skid with a 24-1- 7 win over the other Aggies of the Sun Belt Conference — New Mexico State New Mexico scored 17 prints in foe third nerve-wracki- ng ' 3 '' I ' ' 'J1' Led by KC Winslow the Logan defensive line played inspired football as well ' stacking up six sacks with three pushing Mountain Crest back ou range ' jf Vf aparade!V!' "Our made some big guys hits in the second half" Anderson said1 Kaden Comadena came up big late in the third quarter snaring a Hunsaker pass promptly and politely return- ing die ball to Macey and the Grizz offense "It was just a great team i 66 1 Ithinkwegot into their heads in the second half and then we just ’ V put them away" - Bobby Winder : effort" Comadena said Comadena did it again in the fourth quarter and had another shot at a Hunsaker moments pass in the waning of the game ‘ "Let's just say I was trying to knock it down" Comadena ' Logan linebacker Winslow and crew really stepped it up in the second half by shutting down die run and applying pressure to Hunsaker whenever die Stangs On the Mustangs' final drive of die contest Logan's Nyman reeled in a Brady Zimmerman pass to put out any fire dial might have been left in the triedtopass Stang offense Logan's Winder had guaranteed the Grizz would be back after losing a close one to Bonneville last week— turns he was right "I think we got into their heads in die second half and dim we just put diem away” Winder said "Once we get rolling I dont think we can be stopped" Winslow said ' Meanwhile Logan's seccontinued ondary playing smash mouth football drilling any receivers who dared venture across the middle and covering tightly any receivers if not for some fancy footworiL He managed to connect with receiver Brandon Thompson five times for 56 yards but it appeared as though ’! die team only sparingly tried (o go to its star ing y The excel in to appeared tight end Tanner Cooley (1 catch 6 yards) evidenced by foe Bobcats' 106 rushing yards on Bonneville (3-- 0 got on die board first 20 carries in die first half Brad Singer led Sky on a scamper by Paul Archuleta just View wifo 73 yards on 11 touches as the team 9:09 into the first stanza Sky View forced the ' sV: rushed for 152 in the contest Lakers into a early in the series Yet they passed far only 81 yards on 18 but quarterback Tai Penrod threw a little flare out to running back Turner Jugler who took it attempts and were horrible on third and fourth " 33 yards into Bobcat territory downs V" On the first play of foe next Bonneville Hence the scoring apathy "Pass protecthm we struggled with" Chrisseries Penrod went deep to Kurtis Fisher (3 tensen said "When Teddy got time we had : receptions 90 yards) for 61 yards and a touchdown people open" f v" After those two scoring drives the Bobcats' as there is Stokes as mobile a signal-callheld the Lakers to 165 yards the rest of foe in die region was sacked five times and could ' " ''' ' : have been dropped on several other occasions n way ':‘r and a heavy-foote- d offensive line that left Stokes running for his life on almost every pass play were the cause of Sky View's undo' : O-li-ne ng 6-- 1) third-and-- 11 ' - : ' er Dropped passes wide receivers taking off befe die txall is snapped procedure penalties i those teams are in good shape and I think our team's in good shape too but when we get ' put there we need tq b able to run dimn into die ground!1 she Continued from B1 I ' : V Wild 32-ya- rd 4-- (1-- ' -- running outride routes Ben Buttars WinderKaden Comadena and Cam Nyman ' consistently handed out crushing hits like they were passing out dollar coupons at dashed 55 yards for the touchdown putting die Grizz up 7-- bone-jarrin- first-and-g- : y ' it-i- n r 1 ' ' “ v-- V Third down: Run play stuffed Fourth down: With the ball at die 2 quarterback Ted Stokes dropped back to pass had trouble locating an open receiver then fired an Continued from B1 incomplete pass into a crowd of players All told it spoiled a decent defensive perforOpportunity wasted As the Bobcats hung their heads after fiitter-mance as Sky View fell to die Bonneville 20- football contest 4 2 Friday night in a Region ing away six points the Lakers celebrated 'v "After die first four minutes of the game our heartily' defense played extremely well" Bobcats coach ' Bonneville linebacker Mauro Lobato who had three sacks on the evening had a simple Perry Christensen said "Our offense moved the end the ball but they couldn't get explanation for the defensive stop "Heart" he offered "Thafs all it is" zone"'’-Thafs not to say Sky View 2 region 3 Trailing 13-- 0 toward the end of the second from the overall) didn't have any but no (me could argue quarter Sky View had that the visitors couldn't execute when it mat- -' line — a golden chance to get back into-' Eyreyonereallysteppeduplt was just a real solid team i vicinity V "I didn't hear a whistleso I started slacking off a little bit at first" said Ellis who picked up the ball and took it 55 yards for the touchdown "I think (the Stangs) thought it was going to be a dead play but it wasn't so I just ran foil speed picked it up and went" A pair of Hunsaker-to-Mar- k Watterson connections led to a pair of touchdowns for the Mustangs in the second quar- ' ter but Ellis also scored two more times before the end of the first half Utilizing a play implemented just this week Macey threw a swing pass out to tight mid Branden Brown who then fired a prefect strike down-fie- ld to Ellis for a touchdown pass "Branden was a quarterback the game First down: Run play gain Second down: Run play stuffed Continued frrom B1 r : ‘ ' VV-effort" Logan's defense forced ' thrtt turnovers sacked Mustang QB Tanner Hun- sakdr six times and scored sevn points But the real story was the timing Each ouL'-seven yards Mustang drive that looked V as if it would give them an "That me hut” said Ellis who had the wind knocked out edge was thwarted by a big of him as he landed back- play from the Logan :'j defense-'wards on his head While Macey was trying to Jason Larsen also pulled in ' six passes for 71 yards for the get settled on offense die Grizzlies who bounced back ' Grizz defense was busy delivg out-- : hits sending ' from a rough Macey-les- s ering the Mustangs an ominous ' ' ing against Bmneville last week warning — dont come our "The first half I was a little way —end effectively buying some time for the offense to timid" Macey said "But the second half I just told myself get organized "Our defense just feeds off that I had to play beateach other" Grizz linebacker is better than "Nothing Bobby Winder said "One ing a rival on their home field" guy gets a big hit and then another and it just keeps For the Mustangs their missed opportunities "just going-- " boils down to losing one more In the first quarter Hunsaker time" Erickson said dropped back looking to toss a quick out but die pass sailed Despite the loss MC runhigh and turned into a wild ning back Wyatt Grantham scramble for a backwards lat- carried the ball 15 times for 124 yards while Watterson eral Logan defensive back ended up pulling down six Roger Ellis quickly closed on the ball scooped it then passes for 102 yards Bad u 'Oi'S v”1 V "kt ' - - ’ exercises and made it back ahead of schedule Early estimates were that she'd be able to play in August In April Continued from she saw action in the team’s final ' Tall people have a smaller spring tournament margin of error when it comes But it did take some pleading on to lifting — particularly in mather part ters of the back The "I begged to shag balls Roth figures she I to chip balls oyer and begged emphasized weight the net — anything I could repetitions over tech- do to be part df foe team" nique and paid dearly for it Roth said "It wasn't my Aggie "It just takes one time favorite part of my career volleyball' where you're not paying but we have a good (medattention completely and I just ical) staff and they kept me where tweaked it wrong" she said "Now I needed to be They didn't let me I know: form first" do too much but just enough to Though she couldn't fight fruswhere I felt involved tration she didn't sulk Roth "It was very nice" ' El LuceraHerald Journal underwent vigorous rehabilitation r ' has plenty to smile about She which consisted of a heavy dose of USLTs MicheUa Haws (5) leaps over CS Northiidge's Jenny now abdominal work and core strength Vargas during their game Friday afternoon Roth : Qi ' first region championship — riie had been in two previous finals — teammates Anna Alexander and Megan Clis-sosecured ld back-to-ba- ck titles A winner at No 3 singles a year ago Alexander was victorious in the only non-Sk- y ViewMountain Crest final as she surged to a 0 1 lead over Logan sophomore Muriel McGregor before preat foe No 2 vailing 0 6-- 6-- 5-- 6-- 4 spot "Just believing in myself and trusting my strokes pulled me through" she said "That's my whole game right there — quarter to rally for the victory and forced five turnovers in the game USU also ended a three-gam- e losing streak last Saturday against Louisiana-Monro- e with a 28-1- 0 win The Aggies who had been averaging 2553 yards through the air went to the ground attack rushing for 201 yards Running back David Fiefia led foe way with a 142 yards and two scores career-hig- h on 25 carries Quarterback Travis Cox also got involved with 34 yards on 10 carries and aTD Cox passed for 121 yards on attempts Dennehy would like to control the ball tonight but die Lobo defense has been tough to run on New Mexico is 17th in tire country against the run allowing just 852 yards a game "Our biggest challenge is for our offense to come out and play like they are capable of playing and doing it die whole time" Dennehy said Especially against the Lobos who have recorded 15 sacks and forced 11 turnovers confidence in one word" Clissold picked up her second straight No 1 doubles title teaming up with Kallie Olsen to defeat a very-gam- e MC duo of Danelle Williams and 7-- 5 Christy Bams 7-- 6 (7-"I thought Danelle and Christy had a lot more confidence than I was expecting" Clissold said "They came out really strong and were playing hard It's the best match all (region) season for us" "I had so much fun" Olsen added "I love Megan as my 4) partner" If winning is the equivalent of having fun SVs No 2 dou They are just wild and crazy (on defense)" Dennehy said of New Mexico "They blitz from every possible angle Ifs organized confusion We've got to be able to run the ball get rid of the ball and throw it We just can't turn it over and put our defense in bad spots" There is the fact that foe Lobos are giving up 303 yards a game to the pass ranking them 1 12th nationally Cox and company need to be ready to exploit that fact but be aware of the various blitzes Cox has already been sacked 16 times this year "We have played some great teams but we don't want to give up those sacks" Aggie offensive center Aric Galliano said "We have got to keep plugging away We know we ' are going to get better" Twelve different Aggies have caught passes this year Stallworth leads die group with 18 catches for 249 yards and a score Injured tight end Chris Cooley has also caugfe 18 balls bles tandem of Bergendi Hatch and April Hansen have had a lot of fun this season The duo improved to a perfect 20--0 6-prevailing in a hard-foug4 2--6 6-- 1 win over MCs Kate Foust and Emeri Daines "I think we came into (the season) not really knowing what to expect feit we just kept our momentum going and I think that helped us a lot” Hatch said Said Hansen: "We w ere able to play well when it counted and eventually win” Bobcat freshman Sarah Godfrey also prevailed in a tightly-contestmatch overcoming a ht ed "They are the most complicated g oriented football team Tve ever tned to defense" Long said of USU "They shift in motion It makes it every single snap almost impossible to have any extra stuff on defense or be complicated on defense and we are a complicated defense It makes it very difficult to prepare and we didn't play very good defense against them last year" USUs defense will face an offense that has struggled the past three games especially foe past two The Lobo defense bailed the offense out in last week's win New Mexico will probably tty and run the ball with running backs DonTrell Moore (77 yards a game) and DD Cox (738 yards a game) Quarterback Casey Kelly can also tuck it and run as can back-u- p signal-callKole McK-ame- y who replaced Kelly last week in the second half Long has said Kelly will start The Lobos have been efficient formation-changin- er 5-- 6 deficit in die first set to defeat Mustang Allison 6--3 in the Bingham 7--6 (7-No 3 singles final "It made me feel like I could take the match because if I could get back from that then I could get back from anything" she said Coming back from a deficit is actually what Logan did as a team With Roy's victory over Box Eldef in the third-plamatch in No 1 doubles the Grizzlies overtook the Bees for third place Box Elder had a 23-1- 9 edge ip region points heading into the tourney love-3- 0 3) ce when they reach the red zone scoring on trips inside their line Fifteen of opponents' those scores have been TDs New Mexico will complete its nonconference schedule against USU Will the Lobos be looking ahead to Mountain West Conference play? That certainly was the main discussion earlier in the week during the conference call when Long fielded questions about the league i and Colorado State Dennehy was happy with how his team prepared for New Mexico after its fust win There are a few down notes as the Aggies may be without two defensive backs Starting strong safety Mike Rosencrans (fourth on team in tackles) has had a stiff back and is questionable today while backup safety Ross Luna took a stinger last week and has not fully recovered Wide receiver Raymond Hicks (hip pointer) will also miss this game 17-of-- 20-ya- rd |