Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 28 2003 IMHy Cats can’t overcome large deficit win for us” It certainly wasn’t an easy victory for Frank and the Bears although the game appeared to be headed in that direction early ' on - ' With a game under its belt Bear River was the aggressor from the T he Bears attacked opening lip-othe basket early and often scoring buck- four of their live ets on determined drives in the ' ' )aint and also went to the free--' hrow line five times hitting four The athletic Bears also wrecked ' tavoc on the defensive end in the first stanza as they cut off the pass- ing lanes en route to seven first- - Jason Turner sports writer By SMITHHFID : Aloiofpco- pic do not hclicve in moral victories but if anything were to ever qualify us one the Sky View-Bea- r River boys basketball game might have been just that for the Bobcats Alter playing a sloppy turnover-laden first half Sky View gave Bear River all it could handle before' its season ovner falling Wednesday night at Bobcat Gym But not before nearly overcomdeficit eariv in the ing a 32-1- 6 56-54- in third quarter "If they throw in the towel I throw in the towel’’ SV coach Ter“I don’t think rell Baldwin said these' guys will ever quit It’s just " ' not iii their character" Nevertheless Sky View's altitude wasn't enough as the Bears were determined not id start alter falling get off loan to Mountain Crest Tuesday in L never-say-d- U-- Hyrum ''': - : Journal Sky View's Tyler Godfrey Hies over Bear River's Reggie Shaw ff first-quart- ie quarter er steals': ‘'That’s what won us the game” Frank said of his teams 16 take- ( vuways As for Sky View it looked like a ' squad that was playing its first game With five new varsity starters the Bobcats racked up a whopping IS turnovers in the first ' half and trailed 30-1- 6 at the break "I don’t know if we were ner-- vous or overanxious or what” Baldwin saidWhatever it wasi the Bobcats r ’ Thanks to a solid night from the field Bear River shot23-of-4- 5 the Bears were able to pick up what point guard Brady honk called a big road victory "It’s definitely nice bv’cause we're not used to losing” said honk a star receiver on the 3A championship football team "We didn't want to start our season on a losing streak sr lhiswasu ginnl :Miri:h MascaroHwaki : 2 ' ' - ' See SHORT on lift Mitch MascaraHerald Journal : Sky View faiward Kavic Merrill tries to take a charge from Bear River guard Brady Frank Wednesday night Merrill was called for a foul on the play Prep rivals A square off Mississippi shuts out MSU ' ' c ' STRKVUltiMiss ' (AIM— Kll Maiming arid Mississippi sent Mississippi Stale couch jaekie Slk‘rrill into retirement w ith his worst Egg Bowl lovs ever Manning threw for 260 '’T hursday' night in the KXHh 'meeting between the Mag &£ ' jh Austin AUSTIN Texas ( AP) — In high ' school Vince Young and Reggie MeNeal were two of the best quarter-buck- s in the country guiding their teams to the 2001 Texas state playoffs Two years later dw are on similar but in a much bigger arena paths ' Young is now the starting quarterback for No 6 Texas and MeNeal leads Texas A&M-- ' The rivals meet Friday in College Station with the Longhorns’ Bowl (Championship Series Sherrill completed 13 seasons at Mississippi State blit was just in the filial three auikk Sheni ww ' '' 8-- 27 73-75- -2 : Mississippi State couch in decades to consistently beat Missl doing itseven J '' 'times in his firstil seasons berth'-T“'an- : ! d": in position Texas (9-- 2 b'l Big 12 to secure its first BCS bid with a victo- need a win to ry The Aggies salvage a disappointing season under ' coach Dermis Franchione ( " With their aMlity fo run and pass j : loses to Arkansas on Fridajf J Rebelsso easily dismantled m Baton Rouge v Sherrill's Bulldogs! 1 or Sherrill and the Bull- bteMiss butguined the ’’ : 1 season dogs f2vt0 7) the: Bulldogs 35£l92 Kevin ended with a ktxth straight Fant playing his last game for Mississippi State whs lopidcd loss Since the 60-- coach amnninced year-bl- d fin 9 I yards his retirement on Oct 7 The previous largest mar- the Bulldogs haye bi?ett ' gin of victory fin Ole Miss 'out scored 267-3- 7 against Sherrill’s teams Was le received a long lotul 13 Thohufout was the ’ : the from ovation first against the Rebels standing ' : was: fans he when Bulldogs Bulldogs since 107 ' 1 intriHluccd before the game Manning and his lei's- - : But by the fourth quarter iuan Trophy candidacy took ! most of the d funs:' a beating in n loss to LSU -- 28 1 ’ rain-soake- reniainiug in Sctjt bield were rooting for the Rebels ' find-ye- ar Mississippi Stats quarterback Kevin Fant (16) tossas a shovel pass as Mississippi linebacksf ' Spence defends during tbs first quarter Thursday night taiget against the Tigers but was jmpeccablc with his passing in a steady -- at times driving — rain against the Ipviiy Bulldogs He passed fin mure yards 1211) m the first half against Mississippi Stale' than he did in the entire : game against LSU (200) us the Rebels built a 24-- 0 lead t)nly two lost fumbles by t- : LP ' Manning in Mississippi State territory kept the game from getting com- pletely but of hand early Manning found Tremaine Turner in the back of the end one for a scwe late in the first quarter and got a lot of help from backup tight end Lawrena’ TD puss Lilly bn an in the second quarter Tm mobile and play similar styles’’ MeNeal wtut a Parade Magazine 23-ya- rd Young wax : rd out of struighiuftcrvnding a mini-slum- p The Associated Press By Belfour nuide' '31 saves allow- -' ing only Ilya Kovalchuk's NilL- loading I7ih goal T luirsday night in the Toronio Maple 1 cals’ tvet the Atlanta Thrashers ' Kovalchuk'scored with 1:26 left ' to bring ihc Tin ushers within 2r I but Owen Nbiim scored his second goal of the game 27 seconds lulcr io seal Tomitio ihirif straight wjn streak matching a seuson-hes- t Darey Tucker had a goal and an assist for the Maple locals Atlanta w hich IvikI its I ranchise-bcwinning streak sniipoed against Oniiwa on Tuesday night dnipped its second straight at home Ivd st four-giui- w 3 Senators 2 ()T Markus Naslund scored 4:13 into overtime lb lift Vancouver past Ottawa Vancouver’s Dun Cloutier made 3 saves including a pud stop to roh Zdcnb C’huru :50 into over- (’anui-k- s 1 1 ' time for his KHhh NHL victory Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips hit the crossbar with less thun u minuic left in regulation The Canucks won their second : k mud in slreuk Montreul Tucsiliiy losing Vuncouvcrblcw a when IVter SchuefcrandJason Spezu scored 3 1 seconds apart lute in the second period Daniel Sedin und Mike Keane : also scored for Vancouver Avulunche 6 Flames 5 TX'rek Morris scored ut 2:24 of overtinw helping Colorado snap u c I losing stretik Adam Fftote Milan I lejduk Joe ' Sukic Teemu Selunne und 1’ravis Brigley ulso scored forthe Avalanche whorullied from 1 und 2 deficits before blowing leads of 4-- 3 und 4 Andrew Fercncc scored til 1 :33 of the third to tie it 3 und force overtime Brigley scored ut 3:53 to give Colorado a 4 leud Oleg Suprykin hud two gouls und Sheun Donovan and Jordan Leopold also sieorcd for the Humes who had won three straight Coyote ft Kings 4 Ladislav Nagy scored a curecr- best three goals to leud Phoenix over Los Angeles Nugy also had an ussist for it - five-gmn- e 2-- te - 3-- 3-- 1 3-- 5-- four points Branko Radivojev'ic and Shane r : wo-gum- cureer-hig- h an pffen- - : TTT L htradc's sive player of the year MeNeal was Young was the Texas Class 5A player of the year The Longhorns would have gladly signed MeNeal The Aggies would have been happy to snap up Young “We thought they were both great players’’ Texas coach Mack Brown said “I think in either case it was a deal that our staff and their staff said to both of them ’We like you’ They picked more thun we did1 MeNeal cut short the recruiting blitz by committing to A&M and former coach RC Slocum in the summer of 2001 Young kept Texas waiting until afier the season Young and MeNeal first met that season to pose for a newspaper photo- graph but have never met on the field Young lost in the state semifinals to the team MeNeal beat in the championship game the Aggies and with By signing : the two Longhorns guaranteed their burgeoning rivalry would eventually move to nutional TV Young is seeing his first action this season after redshirting as a freshman! MeNeal mennwhile made an immedi- ate impacUeading the Aggies to an upset of No 1 Oklahoma last year with four touchdown passes McNcal's sophomore season hasn't gone quite as well The Aggies have their first losing season since 1982 and they lost their last two games to Oklahoma and Missouri by a Combined score of 122-2- 2 MeNeal was benched in the second half against Missouri Young's star is rising at Texas After starting the season as the backup to Chance Mock he took over after a 63- 13 loss to Oklahoma and has led the Longhorns to five straight wins all-sta- Belfour comes up big in Maple Leafs’ win Avalanche break Young and MeNeal were recruited two years ago by coaches wound the etxihtry MeNeal only nibbled at the baited ' question of who’s belter going to say hie just like he is to going say he is’ MeNeal said "Obviously we’re alike We're both AP photo Toronto goaHn Ed Belfour (20) makes e save s gainst Atlanta right winger Shawn McEachem right with Vyacheslav Kozlov (13) canter waiting for a rebound Doan also had goals and Doan and Daymond Langkow hod two assists each helping the Coyotes snap a e losing streak TV son Nash added an empty-ne- t goal with 37 seconds Jcft Phoenix’s Sean Burke made 39 three-gam- ' — ' |