Show f I 1 B2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday October 17 2003 Vi I visaing SJSU ? x'y ' $ w L " '' JShSm ' Four Bear Lake girls lead the pack Hashjmoto scores four goals II By Jason TUmer sports writer ti j o j : ' - L ft ’ some cycling down on that offensive zone and developing some plays deep in die zone NORTH LOG AN— When and that’s kind of what got us the Utah State and San Jose started" State hockey clubs have faced As dangerous as the speedy off in die past die games have Hashimoto was on the attack generally been of the Thursday's game was a bal- variety anced team effort for USU One would have had a hard with six different players find-in- g time believing that Thursday the back of the net night at the Eccles Ice Center Goals by Dave Langlou as the Aggies scored nine Nick Haase (two goals two ' goals in die first two periods assists) and Hashimoto gave en route to a 10-- 1 dndibing of the Aggies a 0 lead at the f the Spartans end of the first period — a "This is die first game we've period in which USU outshot had in quite a while in which SJSU 20-we actually won all three periWhen die Spartans were : ods" USU head coach Jerry able to direct the puck on Crosslcy said "We won a frame Aggie goalie complete game Chris Webber was up UTAH STATE tonight' to the task finishing HOCKEY Yes the Aggies (1-die game with 26 did jacking up savesAggies 10 their first regular sear However it t Spartans son victory of the V was a bitter-sweyear in die process contest for Webber who spent It certainly didn't take Utah his first two seasons as San State very long to start con--: State's netminderTwelve necting well on die attack as or 13 of his former teammates forward Robert Hashimoto saw action for the Spartans in scored on a pass from Scotty game he said Friday's '' f John at die 13:20 mark of the ' "It's really hard becausefirst period giving USU a 0 and still friends they're my ' ' ' v advantage they still love me and I still Unfortunatdy for die Spar-- : love diem" he said tans diey would see way too v: o There was no love lost on I much of No 87 as Hashimoto the ice however as die would light SJSU up to the Aggies screed five more goals tune of four goals in the second period includ- "We were just clicking ing a Hashimoto slapshot toniit Hashimoto said of from just outside die blue line his success "I just got lucky Frustration boiled over for on those goals but hey we V the Spartans in the third peri- j were all frehng iL" i od when defender Nate Panek Clicking on offense indeed deliberately upended Guttorm--' as the Aggies picked up assists sen just outside of the SJSU on all but two of their goals'crease with three minutes to including four screes in which go in the gametwo players notched assists The Aggies will return to Forward Jacob Guttormsen action today when they travd to four of BYU to jday the Plovo fce Cats racked up a game-hig- h diem "We're going to take this: yCA "That’ s just what we've V win and go right at BYU and been wreldng on" Crosslcy hopefully take it to them" said- - 'WeVe been working on Webber said tightly-contest- ed Mitch MaacaraHerald Journal : as the girts cross country race gets underway Thursday afternoon in Preston : ETCflUD teams finish races proved why it has yet to lose in district competition this v year as the Bean coasted to the overall wip by placing five runners in the top 10 — stacking up a mere 18 points The Lady Indians were the closest to the Bears as they took second with 48 points "We're shooting for the : v state title this year and I think we have a pretty good shot at it" Bear Lake coach Don Golding said'''" v Leading the charge for Bear Lake was Katie Eborn as she crossed the finish first with a time of 2001 Ebom received plenty of support from her teammates as Shera-ly-n Tribe in ' : 2nd 4th f et w - 1-- Davidson Ryld AmeU '' : Melissa Timothy and Natalie Crane all finished within die Idaho and Mitch MaacaraHerald Journal VL northern c ' "4 Bear Lake's Dallas Ebom crosses the finish fine in record time to top ten ?‘I''"I Ve been really impressed Utah to?K win the boys race Thursday afternoon In Preston a a ?:' withour girls and the way the annu- finished self and Price as Eborn of Bear Lake set a al multi- 4 they've handled die pressure" they a team earl and st&fi second and third respectively Golding said''' seemed not only"-- " Shuler crossed die finish line Despite the mighty Bens T’ conwith time win 16:23 so in The of and to but do Price v a to impressive performance Pre-seconds followed ston performed well and were 20 suit fashion home team didn't win but later V vincing ( by far the second best team Snake River ended up takran well taking as it took sec?:$V Even with Keane Shuler ing first with 46 points while on Thursday finishing ahead' ondpf Bear Lake and Preston came of third place Soda Springs and fourth in the boys race' f Malad's Trevor Price apply ' in at fourth and fifth places : by nearly 30 points Preston's "We did as well as expect- ing some pressure Ebom won in convincing fashion by Preston's Adam Beardall ed" Smith said Mallory Wheatly grabbed J ' course record the Indians' to the be dtird place while teammates The temperature was cool breaking top f proved and the sun was setting as runner as he took sixth place widi a time of 16:03 Kassidee Campbell and Tami Shuler managed to put with a time of 17:20 runners headed west at the : Kindred did their part finish- In the girls race Bear Lake v ing seventh and eigfidr start of the hoys race Dallas Ysame distance between hiinH £y over l: Preston cross country ' southern f taeetff: ' O'v N r - ' ' yr 2) - PRESTON— The condi- v - : tions were perfect at Preston's Golf and Country Club — perfect that is for a cross r country meet Indians coach King Smith and Preston's cross country ?§ team welcomed six teams from all V' v 9 : By Thomas Manning sports writer ' 4-- 1 ' -- ’ : - t a L - j 1 " : rfjlS s'' ‘° I' l r ' up ' Preston sweeps BL ' By Jeff Hunter sports writer 'PRESTON: — Normally one of Pre- ston's most deadly sluggers Ashley Jack- son found herself with a rather rare : opportunity to set during the second die match Bear of Indians' against game Lake And the senior middle blocker made the most of it From all the way across the court Jackson delivered a perfect set to outside hitter Haley Porter who ptompdy ripped it through the Bears' defense for one of Preston's most thrilling kills of the night "I set in practice sometimes" Jackson said "But I'm tall enough that they won't let me set because we've got no height" While Bear Lake might have had a height advantage Thursday it was the Bean who came up on the short end of the score Preston prevailed over its long23-1- 9 23-2- 1 time rivals 23-2- 0 to comBear Lake of first season the sweep plete in — by most estimates — five years 'v ' "Our block was great tonight and that's the same thing we did over there (in Montpelier) Preston coach Stacy Comeau said "They've got a couple of ' really good bitten and we pretty much shut 'em down" According to Comeau the victory finish for the secured a sMond-plac- e Indians (5-- 3 in Fifth District 18-- 7 over-- " all) in league play Preston will open the postseason on Oct 21 at Snake River in a district tournament featuring unbeaten Marsh Valley Two of the Tribe's three league losses came against the Eagles while the third was a forfeit vs Snake River triggered by the use of an ineligible JV player "We're gonna get Marsh Valley" Comeau predicted "Yep we're gonna get 'em and everybody else" After defeating Malad 8 1 3 Thursday in Dayton the West Side Pirates are also the second seed in their district tournament West Side (6-- 2 and the rest of 4A Fifth District will play at Grace on Oct 2 ' - ' 23-1- 23-1- 23-2- 0) first-pla- 21-2- ce setter Darcie Olsen starred at the serving ?stripe and Candace Buttars owned die net with 11 blocks The Indians had similar blocking sue- - cess against die Bears while Jackson and fellow middle blocker Kendra Larsen still managed to rack up nine mid 11 kills : respectively despite facing a triple-bloc- k on nearly every attack "They have some big girls" Jackson said of the Bears "You just have to try and go around 'em and go to comers That's the main thing" As is their custom this season die Indians also served with great effect Paced by Larsen's three aces the Tribe fired up eight aces while committing just two service errors Conversely Bear Lake totaled just two aces at Preston's expense "We passed great" Comeau noted "We dug some things tonight that we haven't been digging lately against other teams" Thanks to five lulls from Jackson and a 3 spurt Preston broke away from an 1 tie to claim the first game The Indians then rebounded from an early 2 hole in the second game to build a 4 ' advantage before a late swoon The final game was the closest of die three but the Tribe stayed in control throughout die contest even after briefly falling behind midway through Three kills — including the match clincher — from freshman sub Brittany Foster helped secure the victory ' ’ 9-- 11-1- 7-- "When the team plays with the intensity that they're capable of I know that we're gonna win that ballgame” WS coach Chris White said of her Pirates "At district if we pick the intensity up and stay on top of our game and we can beat anybody" Tammy Uigaese and Bo Coburn each had nine kills against the Dragons while 22-1- Mitch MascaraHerald Journal Preston's Ashley Jackson hits the ball over Bear Lake's Thursday night McGrady too much for Jazz Roddick Matt Harpring scored 19 points on shooting from the field for the Jazz (3-Harpring also pulled down nine a team-hig- h nine rebounds Andrei Kirikenko and Sasha Pavlov added 10 night from the McGrady who shot points each from the line The Jazz were playing their second field and scored five unanswered points midpreseason game in SL Louis Utah way through the fourth quarter to played the Indiana Pacers on Oct 23 1995 and lost 0 in front of 14541 give Orlando a 4 lead in front of fans a crowd of 12779 at the SavvisCen- 90 Magic Orlando used a 15-- 9 run in the first ter Jazz 86 six minutes of the third quarter to take The Magic never led in the first half a 3 lead and held a brief lead in the third Utah used a 0 run to regain the lead at quarter in the first preseason game between 4 die teams heading into the fourth quarter Drew Gooden scored 20 points for Orlando The Jazz led 9 at halftime before being ejected at 5:43 of the fourth McGrady and Gordon Giricek each scored 14 quarter points in the first half for Orlando ST LOUIS (AP)— Tracy McGrady scored 27 points and the Orlando Magic snapped a four-gam- e preseason losing streak with a 90-8- 6 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday 1) & 13 78-7- one-poi- 9-o- f- 11 nt 89-8- 54-5- 13-1- 66-6- 44-3- MADRID Spain (AP) — Andy Roddick’s winning streak ended with a stunning 7-- 6 (3) 6-- 2 loss to unseeded Nicolas Massu in the third round of the Madrid Masters on Thursday Roddick die US Open champion let the first set slip away after leading 5--2 then had his powerful serve broken twice in the second set He ended die match by double-faulti“The one thing I didn’t do that well today was the serve” Roddick said "Besides that I played OK He returned well” It was the American’s first loss since Tim Henman beat in upset by Massu i rc i 20-mat- ch ng Katie Keetch Preston The Indians swept the Bears him in the semifinals at Washington DC in August “Clearly this was one of the best matches in my life” said Massu a Chilean ranked 21st in the world — 19 spots below Roddick After one backhand passing shot dpwn the line by Massu Roddick applauded with his racket "He played a great match” Roddick said "A couple of points I thought I had him and he came up with shots that were too good” In the tiebreaker Roddick’s ace gave him a 2 edge 3-- before Massu won five straight points Massu broke Roddick to lead 0 in the second set then won his own next two service games at love World No 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero edged fellow Spaniard Felix Mantilla 6 (2) 6 (0) in the last match of the night It ended well past midnight with several thousands fans still in the Rockodrome Arena Earlier Wimbledon champion Roger Federer Sebastien Grosjean Paradora Srichaphan and Younes El Aynaoui eliminated American opponents in straight sets to reach die quarterfinals 2-- 7-- 7-- V " |