Show ' ' s‘fV ' J Tuesday f V - rt V : '’ V ' t i ? s ‘'J ' j f October 21 2009 I ‘I - I Pagel The Herald journal st- - j " V i to start Insido climbing out of hole &ms f 8P°f-?- the — icmSmSYcoveLbrn I St B2 deal five-play-er I 5 Utah State spikers host UVSC tonight in elf-- - other are scheduled to in'tppem' sports i- i Yf 4 -- i " "Keep in mind flat we are in a Y now where we don’t have huno on the first ribio that comes £r WiU By Shawn Harrison ' sports editor 3 vekly press conference Critics have started to voice displeasure with the Aggies f "You are why are you Dennehv asked him- 1- -6 ?" Conference hunt USU is in the with five to league games play 7 "It is frustrating nobody wants to loseUSU linebacker Ne Putnam said The object is to win Tm still optimistic If we winthe restof our games and get some help we 81111 havc a at our goal 1- -1 It’s time to start climbingout That’s the message Utah State hcfootball coachMick Dennchy dehvered Monday dunng his ’ uie: "I can teU you we have not had - Y witchtothe Sun Belt in 2005 dqarture firom foe WAQtfie i rumors me fljnng again Sports briefs mgri’confinrrKT " fny fpKnll anA 'gymnastics The USU football :YY team is playing its first season in Omference while afl Sun I LaFrentz traded to Celtics in still members of Tbe I t ' : (Tl snnmaottuiii and Dennchy knows that - : We can be a lot more selective 7Y start working to get out" f when the opportunity lo be aligned The latest setback a 37-2- 7 loss at said" — "Aggie football is impor- - Every i ing our tails off and will continue to Utah State's women’s volleyball home- team concludes its tone-matc- h stand tonight at 7 in the Spectrum vs Utah faUty State College The Aggies (12-7- ) have won three straight heading into the contest against which is playing its first UVSC (5-season as a Division I program v USU is led offensively by Erin A V 9) Cartwright Zuzana Cemianska and Andrea Delsigne U:-7 v Cartwright a mkk&e blocker aver- : -- YY: : ages 464 kills (fifth in die Big West Conference) and 127 Modes (fifth) per :: game Conianska an outside hitter ? CV pounds 523 ldUs per stanza good for Y‘ V second in die conference Ddsigne die Y7 setter leads die Big Wst and is fifth in tY: die nation with 1383 assists a game Yv After die match with die Wolver- ines the Aggies will head to Moscow ' Y Idaho to play die Vandals in the first ' of three conference road tilts $i ' ?4' ’ -$ ' "e c VY ' i"' - Y:Y ' - Cartwright tabbed Big spy' West’s top player YYYpSAggie volleyball player Erin Yv Cartwright was named die Big West Conference Player of the Wfeek it was? announced bri Monday She also won v vUSU's Athlete of die Weelf award 1? Cartwright a senior middle blocker wbo propped at Mountain Crest led die Aggies to a 2--0 record last V week with wins against Cal State v Fullerton and UC Riverside The two Victories helped USU improve to 12-- 7 on the season and 4 in the Big WbsL V:U Against Cal State Fullerton 7' Camwightrcco kills (33) and digs (25) and hU 338 V AgainUC Riverside she hit a career--Y high J&67 with 17 kills and added eight (figs and three Mods For the week she averaged 625 kills 412 digs and 050 '7 Mocks per game while hitting 427 It is die third time in the 1 two v Y - 5: YMY' Y‘- Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes (31) to tackled by Oaldahd Raiders linebacker Napoleon Harris Monday night4 ' Y-- ' v Y S-- j -- Wrat Player erf die Week as she wrai die award twice during the 2002 sea- son It is also the ninth time indie last three years that a Utah Stale student-- V ? athlete has received Player of the Week honorsfixxntheBig West— the second time this season as Zuzana Ccmi-ansreceived die honor on Sept 1 ka Huot tied for 6th after first round of tourney Utah State's Cody Huot shot a par 70 Monday at the Country- wide Intercollegiale gdf tournament hosted by Cal Stale Norduidge in Simi Valley Calif and is tied for sixth place after die first round The Aggies are tied for 16di in the event after one of three rounds Huot who tied for third last week at the Boise State Bronco Round Up is just three shots behind touma-- 1 ment-leadUS Santa Barbara's Sean Meier who carded a par 67 20-tea- m KC stops Oakland’s potential game tying OAKLAND Calif (AP) — The confident Kansas City Chiefs wanted nothing more than to beat foe Oakland Raidas in decisive fashion They ended up holding on for dear life Monday night when a backup ' quarterback turned a potential shutout into a shootout Oakland’s Tim Brown was tackled on foe Kansas City 1 as time expired and the unbeaten Chiefs won their seventh straight game beating their bitter rivals 17-1- 0 Trent Green passed for 206 yards for Kansas City which tied a franchise record for consecutive wins But foe Chiefs had to survive a gutsy drive led by Marques Tuiasosopo who had thrown just six passes all season for the Raiders “I know my role is backup quarterback I folly understand that " Tuia last-minu- te Brown the whole time I thought that sosopo said “I go into each week prepared to play I’ve got to I can’t : if I just make a tackle and don’t afford not to It’s for games like this” worry about a pick he’s never going : to get into foe end zone" Tuiasosopo took over for injured Gannon bruised his right shoulder MVP Rich Gannon in the second ' in the final minute of foe second half He led two scoring drives and marched the Raiders (2-quarter then spent the sec-m- id from their own 6 with 1:47 half on foe sidelines Week 7 left to foe Kansas City goal nursing the injury which line on a drive featuring came from two vicious sacks by Shawn Barber two catches by Jerry Rice and several otha hard hits and a huge reception by Jury Porta Tuiasosopo also strugOakland even tried a ' gled before sparking the Chiefs 17 Raiders to an impressive fake spike to get in the end Raiders 10 fourth quarter The third-ye- ar zone but the game aided when Jerome Woods and Greg Wes- -' pro had just 69 yards passing in 1 entire the at Brown on career but was catch a his tackled ley for 224 yards in foe second half while time ran out “Tui wrote his name here today” “I guess he jqst sparked a fire in them but we put it out just in time” Porta said “I’m not surprised He’s Woods said “He was eyeballing Tim been sitting and waiting for the 5) 35-ya- rd 16-of--28 Marlins Monday's scores Kansas City 17 Oakland 10 NHL MIAMI (AP) — When Josh Beckett signed with the Florida Marlins fresh out of high school at age 19 he predicted he would game by the pitch in foe time he was 21 That didn’t happen It turns which is out he’s a why he’ll make his World Series debut at foe ripe old age of 23 NY Rangera 3 Florida 1 NY Islanders 5 Toronto 2 Montreal 2 Detroit 1 Vancouver 6 Buffalo 1 All-St- ar AHL Utah 1 tie late-bloom- er On television GOLF 6 pm TGC — Ceremony World Golf Hall of Fame Induction at St Augustine Fla (same-da- y tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 pm FOX — World Series Game 3 MY Yankees at Florida star pitcher to make WS debut tqnight in Game 3 NFL 1 at the 1 opportunity to present itself” Priest Holmes rushed for 123 touchyards and ran for a down with 4:57 left that gave Kansas City a 17-- 3 lead He also caught four passes for 50 yards The Chiefs gave Dick Vermeil a win in his first appearance on Monday night as ahead coach since his Philadelphia Eagles played in Miami in 1981 Vermeil has seen a similar tackle before: His SL Louis Rams won the Super Bowl four years ago when Mike Jones tackled Tennessee’s Kevin Dyson on foe 1 as time ran ouL Vermeil has a special connection to the quarterback who nearly ended the Chiefs’ unbeaten season: As a UCLA coach he recruited ’s father Manu who played defensive line fin: foe Bruins arid went on to an NFL career last-seco- nd Tuia-sosopo- Beckett eyeing another gem er San Antonio TD drive AP photo Martins pitcher Josh Beckett will start Game 3 of the World Series tonight vs the Yankees’ Mike Mussina With the series even the brash Beckett will start Game 3 on Dies- -' day night against Mike Mussina and foe New York Yankees The Marlins anticipate a strong showing by their young “TVo hits no walks and 17 strikeouts and we should be fine” right-hand- C Silr - er third base-ma- n Mike Lowell said Lowell exaggerated expectations only slight- ly considering Beckett threw a in his last qtart The Martins trailed 1 in the NL championship series when he saved their season by shutting out the Chicago Cute Can he duplicate that performance against New York? “You always strive for that” Beckett said “It’s not always going to work out like that but yeah I feel like I should go out there and do that again” Despite two rounds of victories during an improbable playoff run two-hitt- er 3-- foe Marlins remain so anonymous that in their clubhouse following Sunday’s game reporters had to ask each otha the names of players they were interviewing But Beckett has become a star He pitched well but lost in Game 1 of the division series against San Francisco and after blanking the Cubs he came back on two days’ rest to pitch four innings of relief and help Florida win Game 7 of foe NLCS “He looked like he had been out there for 10 years” Yankees manager Joe Tone said “He has really caught everybody’s attention not only with his stuff but' what he does with it” Tlie Marlins have been expecting big things from Beckett ever since they took him with foe second pick in the 1999 draft and signed him to a $7 million deal See GEM on B4 |