Show i - r- 7 - Section -- 'if' ' Thursday October 16 2003 The Herala Journal ( Red Soil ©Ml? 7 j' Fish complete comeback lings of the baseball world 7 the Chicago Cubs could write now” Marlins manager Jack McKeon said a twisted raiding like this And only a team like die v7 Destiny? Fate7 The fan in Florida Marlins could make it : Game 6? Whatever The Cubs were unable to end seem so cruel v their long strange Given one final chance to beat the 7V7:" drought because MVP Ivan Rodriguez demons of their past v' Miguel Cabrera raid and the Mariins the 7 f these remarkably Cubs couldn’t get it 7 irirr done Keny Wood ! 7 rcscnt Mariins won 2003T " — their third straight failed to hold an early ' lead and Wrigley game to clinch the National League pennant Field fell silent as Florida : “Nobody expected us to be capped its stunning NLCS AP photo in the World Series” comeback with a 9-- 6 win in said and Florida Ivan catcher Game 7 Wednesday night1 closer Rodriguez right Rodriguez “The Cubs were America’s Ugueth Urbina celebrate the Martins' 9-- 6 win over See FISH on B3 the Chicago Cubs to win the NL pennant favorite I think we’re the dar-- v CHICAGO (AP) — Only Aggie sophomore making an a B2 impact on' ' 'S' ''s' ? D-ii- ne t ' : 7 r "7 Sports briefs 77 poll puts Mid-maj- or Utah State’s men’s basketball team is ranked 14thin the country according to the first Collegelnsid- - ercom mid-maj- or poll top-2- 5 - f-T- Utah State at No 14 r - ’ released Wednesday Gonzaga is ranked first in the country while UC Santa Barbara is 11th : “Any preseason recognition is positive but it is more of a reflec-- 1 tion on past successes” said sixth-yehead coach SteW Morrill “The reality of die upcoming season is that we haven’t proven anything yet but we are excited to get started”- : Utah State returns three starters and seven Ietterwinners from the' f 2002-0- 3 team that wpn the Big West tournament championship recoded wins in school his- the fourth-motory with 24 and advanced to the " NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons - v Utah State opens the2003-0- 4 Js reason on Fri Nou 7 in an exhibi- tion game against Global Sports at the Spectrum at7:05 pnt The Aggies open the regular season on 7 FrL Nov 21 at home against Fort Lewis College v NEW YORK (AE) — Tliese resilient Red Sox keep rallying just in time Down by two runs and nine outs from ending their reason they're one win : from returning to the World Sraies for the first time in 17 years V 7 Better still they’re : one win from finally knocking off the v New York Yankees i And it all comes down to Game 7 on Thursday nighL r Roger Clemens vs Pedro Martinez for the American League -- r '7 - - 7 'pennant' ' J “The gods of baseball wanted to see this happen” Boston’s Kevin Millar said after the Rod Sox won 6 Wednesday and forced these two old foes to the limit in the AL championship series’ David Ortiz tied it with a single and Johnny Damon drove in the 9-- run-$cori- ng See PLAY on B4 Valley football ar - st - ' : West Side spikers fail ' to GraceV- tie forfirst - West Side had hopes of putting its stamp on a district title Wednesday night but Grace bested the Pirates8-- 25 20-2- 5 15-1- - at 3 Dayton to leave the two rivals in a tie for a first place with one match' left to play “After die game! told them ‘Look around we only have eight : players and we have to dig down deeper sooner and play harder’” WS coach Chris White said The Pirates (5-- 2 in Fifth District who wrap up the reg- ular season tonight against Malad rebounded from losses in the first two games with a dominating per-formance in Game 3 West Side’s good play continued through the fourth game and into a 1 lead in Game 5 before things started to go ' south “Theii we just gptcaught on our heels and let up” White said “We let them beat us in our own gym”! Bo Coburn led the Pirates with 13 kills Tammy Uigaese added 12 finishers and Candace Buttars totaled 1 1 blocks and seven kills ' ' 4-- ' Eli - Mountain Crest quarterback Brady Zimmerman tries to avoid getting sacked by Hunter's LuceraHerald Journal Jake Kerouac during their game Wednesday night ' i By Steve Pence sports writer HYRUM — The Hunter Wolverines’ 9 win over Mountain Crest Wednesday night seems like a blowout on the surface but everyone on hand witnessed a gutsy and hard fought football game Mountain Crest played its best two quartos of the season in the first half of the shootout Unfortunately for the Mustangs Hunter was able to stay within striking distance after a rocky first half and physically controlled the ball and the game in the second During warmups anyone could see there was an obvious difference between 4A Mountain Crest and 5A Hunter The average Hunter player 69-3- Wednesday's scores ALCS ' Boston 9 NY Yankees 6 NLCS V Florida 91 Chicago Cubs 6 NHL " Phoenix 2 Florida Boston 2 Dallas 0 Los Angeles 4 Ottawa 3 1 : i On television COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5:30 pm ESPN — Clemson at NC State T was well over 200 pounds while three quarters of the Mountain Crest players 7" would be lucky to weigh that much soaking wet — in all their equipment What you couldn’t see dur- ing warmups was the size of the Mustang players’ hearts and how determined they were to leave everything on the field on Senior Night at Mustang Field Brady Zimmerman’s first half performance had the Mustang faithful grinning ear to ear remembering the good ol’ days of his older brother ' Ryan under center in a Mountain Crest uniform The younger Zimmerman rolled out surveyed the field and proceeded to pick apart the Wolverine secondary “They were undefeated with their heads way up we really felt We could beat therti tonight” Zimmerman said The sophomore quarterback hooked up with his receivers for four touchdowns giving Mountain Crest a 1 lead at halftime Zimmerman finished the game with 33 completions 396 yards and was able to tack on six more points before the clock ran out Mountain Crest’s defense also came out in force in the first half The Stangs D forced three play-by-pl- ay : 33-2- ’ - ' See STANGS on B3 t Grizzlies mauled Turnover troubles 1 ESPN2 —Air Force at Colorado State GOLF 7:15 am TGC — European PGA Tour HSBC World Match Play Championship 2 pm USA — PGA Tour Chrysler Classic of Greensboro first round MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 pm FOX — Playoffs American League championship series Game 7 Boston at NY Yankees NBA 8:30 pm TNT — Preseason Cleveland at LA Lakers NHL 5:30 pm ESPN2 — Colorado at Minnesota By Thomas Manning sports writer Logan (5-- Logan football appeared lethargic and unemotional as Skyline rushed up and down die field at will Skyline running back Ian SALT LAKE CITY — The Logan Grizzlies traveled south on Wednesday to take on the mighty Skyline Eagles in a game ' non-regi- on Unfortunately for Logan the trip to Salt Lake can be summed up in one word — wasted The Grizz were never in the game mentally or physically taking a 46-- 7 pounding from the Eagles “Fortunately it wasn't a region game” Logan coach Mike Favero said “We didn’t play hard We came out and were very very sloppy” Eagles 45 Grizzlies 7 4) Galanisand - quarterback Mitch Reid combined fra nearly 200 of die Eagles’ 342 yards on the ground as they ran through holes die size of trucks — See GRIZZ on B3 By David Cordero sports writer Sky View football ' I TAYLORSVILLE -- The offense Sky View went up agaqtit wasn't dynamic Taylorsville didn't try any gadget plays reverses and rarely went deep There is one thing the Bobcats could team from the Warriors though How important it is to keep the ball Sky View gave it back to the hosts six times while greedy Taylorsville went without an interception or fumble as the Warriors scored twice in the fourth quarter to prevail 13-- 7 contest Wednesday in a non-regi- on The defense played awfully well” Sky View football coach Perry Christensen said “But six turnovers that was it” Such a shame Warriors 13 Bobcats 7 considering the Bobcats held Taylorsville to 74 yards total offense heading into the fourth quarter Simply stated the Warriors didn't come close to reaching paydirt the first See TROUBLES on B3 a |