Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday October 26 2003 r B3 -- Bucs earn eMe bid Indians come up short By Jeff Hunter sports writer PC)CATELLO Idaho — The Preston and teams both got off to slow starts in a pair of state play-i- n matches Satur H r West' Side volleyball v! day afternoon But yrtiite the Indians' sluggish beginning-proved to be fatal the Pirates managed to put it $ behind them and earn a trip to the 2A Idaho State Writeyballlbumament this week in Lewiston "I don't know what it was but we were way way slow” WS coach Chris White said after her team rallied back from deficits of 14-- 5 and r 0 in die first game to sweep Butte 4 rm 26-2- 24-225-1- 25-2- 5 3 "We just didn't start out like we normally da" Neither did Preston which was thumped by South Fremont in die first game and played £ t t i After dropping the opening game the Tribe rebounded in Game 2 behind the serving of from behind die remainder of the match defensive specialist Brittapy Rounds who fired "We were a little bit slow we weren't moving our feet as much as I would have liked and they up three aces to keep Preston out in front The Indians trailed throughout die third had a couple of good hitters” Tribe coach Stacy 5 Comeau said following the Indians' 3 game then once again turned die tables on 15-in Game 4 South Fremont and led loss to die Cougars 9 5 But with a trip to the state tournament in "We played alright we just didn't play great It Coeur d'Alene on the line Preston fell behind seemed like we were a step behind on everything" 10-- 4 Just a year removed fiom winning the 3A right off the bat and never fully recov-ere- d A late spurt highlighted by a successful state championship Saturday's loss brought a back-roattack by Ashley Jackson wiled die Preston and the for sudden end to die season before a hitting error faces of near- - Tribe to within 14-shock showed on die the the victory Indians the all Cougars gave promptly ly ' "I know the girls are upset" Comeau Watching fiom die stands die Pirates and declared "And I'm not happy about this game ' their fans were a bit taken aback when their but I'm not overly disappointed either neighbors to the west went down "Man I was surprised" White declared "I think they did well They're a good group 25-1- 21-2- 25-1- t P of girls" Preplvolleyball 19-2- wire-to-wi- 12 re w ' 12 tear-stain- m 19-1- ce See STATE on B6 Ags face another key match today worn Aggies put 49ers away in 3rd period By And shortly afterwards the Bucs were sur-prised to find themselves also in danger of going home with a loss West Side failed to ' Record its first kill until they were down 14-- 7 in the first game1 and after battling back to pull within 8 quickly allowed the northern Pirates to reach game point "Things were kind of shaky" sophomore ter Darcie Olson admitted "I don't know what it was I guess we just didn't get off the bus i quick enough again" Fortunately for West Side it managed to get back up to speed before it was too late Kills fiom Candace Buttars and Bo Cobum and a pair of Butte hitting errors tied the game at then another miscue suddenly brought the Pirates to game point "They're a lot like us they really are" Cairns said "I think it's going to be two good ’ teams going at it" Two teams with a lot of V' Jason Timor sports writer ! ‘ xI j ‘M from halving identical records VUSU gave itself an additional including four league victo-- ! confidence boost in its 2--0 victo-- v ' ries apiece — and each know ’X ry over Cal State Hdlertori on : thow crucial today's contest is if Friday In theCSF game the'-- ! they want to be one Of the four ‘Aggies clicked on all cylinders in ’A-: schools' to qualify for £ j ! i - X V h beating one of the Big X West's elite teams foe B WC Tournament!- - K SSI ' ! "It was beautiful out X lv"Qne win with these there because every- two teams makes a huge I thing came togrther'V- ( difference at diis point trf : the season so I expect X Aggie soccer v Cairns said "Everyttung v : we've for been themtocome readyto working take it to us" Aggie head coach V came together Hopefully we I : can do the same against River- Headier Cairns said "And I !'side i- expect us to do the! same" In order for USU to be suc-- v But the similarities between cessful against UCR it must the two teams do not stop at bloonung programs fighting to ! be aware of the Highlanders : remain in the upper echelon of team speed and play the ball to its towards in space a little the Big West Neither the Aggies (4-l- -l in quicker Cairns said' Today’s match will feature Big West 105--1 overall) or : Ut two have of foe Higftlandms (4r2 first--”:coaches in foe BWC in a dominant go-t- o player as year head Coach Cairns and many teams in the league do UCR’s VeronicaCyBrien' but that has hardly mattered e Before coming to UC River- Team depth becomes even ' O'Brien foe Western was more important at this point of Athletic Conference Coach of V the season and both of these' squads have it USU regularly v foe Year while at UTEP in rotates 17 or 18 players a ' ' ' "Veronica's a great coach game — four of those have and just a year pf experience scored at least three goals For UC Riverside a third- especially from the freshman to sophomore year is a year of year Division I program its s' unmatched major growth" Cairns said of depth arguably in the Big West In the High- a Highlander squad that features nine sophs landers 2-- 0 road win at Idaho ' USU seniors Amber Tracy on Friday Jessica Armel and Angela Reling found the back Ally Clegg Shaylee Wilson and Kami Kelley will see their of foe net giving UCR an home careers come to unreal 16 different goal-sco- rAggie ' an end today ers on the season j -- HH 3) beenwaiting a jongt A4'"rve time to (a penalty-fregame' and you know thafs probably die difference between a win !!£f and a kiss for us" Crossley said "You give that team a $ e) opportn--! couple of power-pla- y nities and maybe that game l ‘1 has an entirely different look" ': But thanks to die ability of & both clubs to keep their cool :f LBSU didn't draw n penid-t- y ' as well — the game didn't X have a "different look Mitch MascaioHerald Journal 'r ' C Advantage Utah State as it- Aaron Burred center and Robert Hashimoto try to get control of the puck In front of the KUtahState’s dominated the possession o : goal while Long Beach State goalie Mike Bergman defends Saturday night i:V battle fiom the second period the on after opening game a ' centage going and eventually Schapmire's goal seemed to : like that" Webber said "Yoii little on the sluggish side have to put that aside and just il comes through' wake up the Aggie defense recorded I LBSU focus on the game and that’s which was stingy from then U$lTs relentless pressure ' three of the' game's first four ' what I was trying to do in the off in a hurry in die third on In fact USUs back line paid shots but it was die Aggies when Nick Haase gave in third period" allowed one has only period goal who woujd take die early lead the Aggies a 2-- 1 lead just 30 ' USU the hand last two games: On other the on a counterattack goal by seconds into the period Aaron "They aredoing awesome" peppered the LBSU goal at BrandonLang added an insurance Burrell r- -- especially in the sec"It's like will said Webber every Lang was die recipient of a ' when he rebounded his third ond and are goal behind-the-nup they giving periods game et nice pass from ' own miss at the 7:36 mark! fewer and fewer shots" Despite taking 14 shots in Jacob Guttormsen giving ' A lot of Utah State's offenthe second stanza the Aggies TheAggie "D" would go USU a 0 lead at the 13:39 sive themselves deadlocked found allow in shot on to one pressurecan be credited only maik of the first period thie its dominance in faceoff sitto second at the and seven second the Niners It didn't take entering period ' uations! The Aggies had a intermission in the a third than Other as however answer to long like we were Webber glove Save oh a Matt "It seemed Todd Schapmire scored on a i Schultz shot late in the third fast break less than two mindepartment getting all kinds Of shots but the the Niners On later utes woe play Schapperiod they weren't going in" Cross-le- y ' "I think that our faceoffs mire received a pass fiom are coming along" forward said "For some reason unable to create any danger' Pete Kotowski and made a was not Roberto Leo said "It's still ous scoringopportunities it just going tonight uncontested ran on USU "I've never had a game into the net like it normally early in the season so well would But you keep that per where Tye faced so few shots goalie Chris Webber just keep working on it" U 5' (1-4-- 1) 1- -1 - a Singh in LAKE BUENA VISTA Fla (AP) — Vijay Singh thinks about winning the PGA Tour money title just about every minute thathe’s not on the golf course When he walked off the 18th green Saturday afternoon in the Funai Classic at Disney the goal never seemed more within his reach y tie for the Singh was in a Golf ' Tiger Woods whom he trails by $171239 was nowhere to be found ' “You can’t ask for a better position” 69 left him said Singh whose tied for the lead with Scott Verplank Stewart Cink and John Rollins at - 18-un- 198 14th Adding to Singh’s advantage is that he plans to play next week in die $48 million Chrysler Championship in Tampa Woods is taking that week off If everything goes well for Singh he could clinch the money title before the g Tour Championship “I’m not dunking about the money title when I’m out there” Singh said “I just go out and play When I goto deep at night it’s in the back of my mind When I wake up it’s there It’s a goal to me to do it” The first step is to win for the fourth time of the year and there’s plenty of work left Adding to the drama across the street from the Magic Kingdom is that every- -' one atop the leaderboard has something riding on the final round Cink who had a 66 is Na 41 on the money list and is trying to get into the top 30 for the Tour Championship at worst the top 40 to make it back to the season-endin- lead “I’m leading going into the last day but it’s going to be a battle tomorrow" he said “I just have to keep my head down and keep playing” Woods stumbled on the back nine with three bogeys in four holes and shot 71 leaving him six shots behind in a tie for tie at Funai four-wa- y four-wa- - ( v -- ! up a single infraction on tbor 49ers 1 way to a 3-1 defeat of Long Beach State With the Victory USU (4-- If picked lip its third straight win and went over the 500 mark X for die first time diis season Ct ! - ' 1 '! HOCKEY J(i ‘ 5-- UTMISTCrcfg!£P : 'y Utah State has a chance to : ! a perfect 0 at home in go ' conference games with a win After all both schools are V today The Aggies have enjoying breakthrough sea-' sons after being projected to already ensured themselves of finish at or near the bottom of I the first winning season in the the Big West Conference program's history" y: T Both teams are a tie away Perhaps more importantly' ? astheiv£ rh '£ : Aggies NORTH LOGAN— Ever since Jerry Crossley took over die helm of die Utah State hockey club one of the things he has always preached is avoiding penalties at inopportune times -ii His team took that to heart Saturday night at the Ice Center '& i Utah St hosts UCR on senior day -- Masters He thought he was doomed when his tee shot came up about 8 inches short of ' clearing the lake on the 17th Cink took a big risk by splashing it out of the muck but he got it onto dry land and walked off with a bogey “I was thinking that I’m coming back to the tee I’m making 6” Cink said He finished with a 40-fobirdie putt ot of itself” iV- - f ' Preston runs wild in thrashing of BL Pirates enter state as By top-rank- er A x: -- 10-5-- 2) Jason No 1 seed Prep football' 11111107 sports writer and a share of the lead Verplank winless since the 2001 Canadian Open js 27th on the money list and was hopeful of earning enough money at Disney to clinch a spot in die Tour Championship and skip next week’s tournament in Tampa The former NCAA champion fiom Oklahoma State desperately wants to be in Norman Okla next Saturday to ' watch his Cowboys play the Oklahoma Sooners “My No 1 focus is to win the tournament” said Verplank who had three straight birdies to start the back nine and - shot 66 “The other stuff will take care Rollins (67) is 43rd on the list in die same position as Cink David Peoples had a 69 and was at 200 Davis Love IQ also in the tunning to win the money title was poised to join the leaden until he drove into the left rough on the 18th hole Worse yet he chunked a chip short of the green — it traveled a mere 16 feet— and took double bogey for a 69 to finish at 201 Love had not made worse than par all week until that hole X It was do or die time to the Preston football team when it traveled to Montpelier Idaho Friday to play Fifth District nemesis Bear Lake With Preston's victory over Marsh Valley and Bear Lake’s two-poiloss at Snake Rivera week ago foe winner of Friday's game would move on to the state tournament with the loser seeing its season come to an end : nt The Indians chose option one improving to 0 on the road in the process) ' 4-- Led by an unstoppable running game foe Tribe surged out to a 2CM) halftime led en route to a 41-- 6 thrashing of the Bears "We just came together" first-yehead coach Lynn Smith said in a phone interview Saturday "Everybody had written (my players) off because they had to learn a new system but now we're playing well" And just in foe nick of time as Preston now faces Teton (7-in foe first round of foe 3A state playoffs With Teton's loss ar 1) to Shelley — a team that also ' defeated foe Indians — the Indians now get a chance for redemption vs the Redskins The Redskins eliminated the Indians (5-- in the second round a year ago But unlike last season Preston will get to play Teton at home Kickoff is set for Friday at 7 pm at Culler Field "It can’t get any better" Smith said "The kids are 3) 1 excited Last night just showed what they can do" Preston certainly showed how potent its offense could be Friday as the Indians picked up a whopping 460 yards on the ground Senior quarterback Kelly Rawlings also added 92 yards through the air Thanks to what Smith called a dominant performance by his offensive line both Mac Jones and Todd Parker ran wild against the Bears Jones and Parka combined to rush for nearly 400 yards "Our offensive line was See WILD on B6 f ' -- i V ’s |