Show B2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday October 22 2003 Logan lives it take it West Side bests Malad! loses to Grace at district tournament In the third game of Tues- day’s match against Mountain Crest the Grizzlies trailed the but still Mustangs22-1- 7 managed to rally back to win j - St’ change for us She’s a really great coach and she’s totally changed our mindset’’ ' the contest PP)'r-- f By David Cordero sports writer I ' Utah Valley Stale College is ‘ in the first year of its transi- tion to Division I competition Few if any opponents circle '£? a the Wolverines on their sched-ule and call it a big match v ' So you can excuse die Utah " State - ' I :Aggiesfor UTAH STATE not getting VOLLEYBALL — up for their Agglea 3 r Orem foes WotverineaQ especially when they have bigger things on their Mountain Crest (4-- 4 meanwhile now has to accept the fact that its string of eight straight region titles is about to come to an end 6) V ' Conversely! in the fourth ted “Unless something really game Logan owned a 22-1- 7 e ‘ weird happens-th: let than rather But advantage But with bqlhSky Stangs do to them — and View (6-- 2 21-what they had done Logan Elder Box the the to Stangs volleyball winning on Tiesday Grizzlies quickly ' things would have to closed out their rivals i “If we have to be flat for a with three straight get really really weird match let’s be flat for this one title Instead the legion to complete points ? and let’s be good on Saturday 27-2- 5 is likely to come down : the 25-1- 4 20-2- 5 in Idaho” USU coach Burt match at 25-1- 7 to up Logan's victory Fuller said “That’s where our Box Elder on Thurs- - v Such is the differs a? ei LucerxVHecald Journal ’ focus really lies But it’s no' Grizzlies 3 day andor the Bees’ ence between the not 1 View next visit to new-loo- k Mustangs Mountain Crest’s Kindra Romney (16) attacks a set between Logan blockers Kirsen Brady (6) and Sly (in h good week'':'--- '?&?In four won at the dash 4 Anderson Rebecca and Grizz gam IheRegion Tiesday night Grizzly Gym Logan way) Still the Aggies had no In the meantime Logan gets new-loo- k v (in p bad way) Mus- behind 5-- 1 in second game die £ problroM withthe Wolverines' to enjoy its first region sweep A Grizzlies in tire fust game it to within 15-1- 1 j but ttianks to Their 3-- 0 win (30-2- 4 30-2- 0 six straight serves from Tiffany of the Stangs in nearly a sure seemed like iL Logan Just a year removed from a Stangs started to battle and ' X30-19) Tuesday at the Spec- Morrill and a slew of Mountain 9 eventually broke away from an r opened up a quick 2 lead campaign Logan (6-- 2 in v decade: ' was trum 18-114-was awesome” “That match the tie closed rompleted in just an Crest errors Logan to even up the 8 9 behind the play of middle ' overall) finds Region 4 : hour and 20 minutes Vf 10-“We’re declared 3 a Collins 0111 with run at Anderson with a a Rebecca blocker first for itself tied game apiece game place Crest also 'V who racked up three blocks “That’s whan we really V1 fighting team and we don’t two matches left to play $$ But vja it pretty? v “ I think it’s because of Tfeva give up because we want it die Game 3 well Outy if you fancy service n’t play well was the first and a kill during die hosts’ appeared to have : — other more than most at hand before in out noted any ?'' stalling eariy (McUne)” setterMeghan game” Karaghouli 7) : ' j h' 8“8 e:ufor tanpf:riv- 8-- : auige:'£ Heatonstuffsspenalfekickwith& minutes remaining in contest erful kick to make die a mere two scree into the second minutes i By Thomaa Manning f sports writer r — PRESTON boys 'soccer had its ups and downs all season but when j half' “I just put it aQ on die line for my team” J P h Chavarria said Marsh Valley thenral--Jlie- d to laundi a fcw''-'iv": own but ' 'P' attaca Brandon Lyon said “We’ve come full circle Indiana : in a year You can’t say enough about these again the Indians hung q’ cgi tough defensively Led boys diey’ve fought and fought” V yV Holt Charlie U was all about defense in the first half as by Carpenter and Stetson Gleason die Tribe was successful in protect- -: neither team seemed to be able to get mudi going offensi velyAnd when you talk about ing its fragile lead But then a huge Preston mistake was defense Preston’s sweeper made with only minutes remaining in the Mark Holt must be mentioned Holt dominated defensive (day clearing balls game The Indians were called for hands with his head feet knees and shoulders Holt’s right in front of their own goal Preston’s physical play has been a constant for die Tribe keeper Brandon Heaton suddenly became the sole protector of the Tribe’s slim lead as all year and on Tuesday he once again proved the Eagles readied for a penalty kick to be an extremely valuable asset y feel“I knew he was going to stop it” Lyon district is the best champions “Bring said “That might sound cocky but he’s ing in the world” Holt said The Tribe actually placed a ball in the always stepped up in big games” Marsh Valley’s Brock Nisson lined up for die in net first the half but Eagles’ goal would be nullified by a controversial offside die shot and then let it fly as soon as the whistle sounded but Heaton proved to be call And so it was back to the defensive melee as die two teams literally tangled for up to the task by diving and quickly sucking the ball into his chest hire a vacuum the remainder of the half “I was hoping it would be a nappy shot” In die second half it looked to be more of Heaton said “I’ve always felt like I’ve had the same tough defensive play until die Tribe mounted an early charge on the Marsh pretty good reaction time so I figured I d wait and see which way he went” Valley goal With the ball rolling around The Indians now move on to state like a pinball inside the box Aaron Chavar- dtion coerced next week in Buhl into with it the net a powfinally ? :: - " ' 0? i y - ' yi r ’ $-£- red-head- ed : O LuceroHarald Journal A Marsh Valley player (26) jumps a little early while trying to head the ball against Preston during their game in Preston The Indian boys won and are headed to the state tournament for the first time compe-Tuesd- ay Indians’ defense impenetrable Gamble scores early team holds lead rest of the way By Thomas Manning sports writer Mindy Murdock have led Preston scoring all season and without the dynamic duo the Indians would have never been able to take a shot at the district PRESTON — In the district finals on Tuesday the lady Indians’ soccer team screed early against Snake River and then played solid defense for 76 minutes protecting their lead and winning the district vulnerable 1- -0 title “We’ll take it we’ll take it” Preston coach Todd Cobum said “Snake River has come a long way I knew this game wouldn’t be a blowout It never is in district play” El LucereHeraM Journal Preston's Jaycee Rawlings left and Snake River's Talia Cotant chase after the ban during their game Tuesday Preston’s tough forward Allison Gamble sent the Panthers a message minutes into the game as she won several skirmishes before finally taking a shot and scoring to give the Tribe a 0 advantage “She (Gamble) is just tough” Cobum said “If there’s not a college looking at her — I have no idea why” Gamble has lit up opposing teams all year - and plays with a rare toughness that no team has seemed able to match Gaftible and Indians 1 Panthers 0 title “It feels great to win district” Gamble said “Before the game I thought this is our big chance and we better take advantage of it” “I third! it’s awesome to win district” Murdock said “All we had to do was not let it go to our heads that we’d beat them before” But on Tuesday Murdock was hampered by a back injury and Gamble was forced to elevate her play Gamble knew what had to happen and played with a relentless intensity- ! Gamble did have some help though Jaycee Rawlings played with unbridled energy and helped keep the Panthers on their heels most of the game Butina game defense is key And the tribe defense led by Summer Maseuli Alesha Lowe and keeper Kacie Thompson played amazingly While Snake River’s defense was slowly bring worn down by Gamble Rawlings and Annette Jensen Preston’s defense seemed to be getting stronger and stronger as the game went on Each team took turns shooting and early in the second half one defining question seemed to be on everyone’s mind — would the Tribe defense crack? The answer would be an absolute no In fact the whole team refused to crack The Tribe maintained focus and aggressive play and seemed to smell the victory in the wan- ing moments of the game “I thought our offense and defense played great” Coburn said “It was a total team effort" Preston will travel to Buhl next week for state competition which begins on Thursday and runs through Saturday 1- -0 3 ' - |