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The Herald journal Insido dreamof mine” By Shawn sports editor The quarterback leaves behind quite a One of the bat football 'athletes in - legacy at Highland V “He has rewritten : Aggia footbail Idaho has verbally committed to sigri V all of our passing - with Utah State come early February records here school” Ranis 7 our at School’s Cole Highland High coach Gino Mariani said' Nielson plans to come south from He holds about every mark there is Pocatello arid become an Aggie at Highland in the passing depart“I’m really excited to be able to : ment Some of Nielson’s records have the the chance to play Division e I football” Nielson said “That is the include: passing 452 has level been a and yards passing 3282 always highest ' ‘ single-gam- single-seaso- n Streaking Pirates pick up thiid B2 straight victory ' V NFL Sports briefs : ' ' yards career passing 6480 yards arid career touchdown passes 69 “He’s got great arm strength and is v accurate” Mariani said “Men- - V tally he is further along than most i kids He reads defenses well and is Very mobile In my opinion he has - : the total package Cole is the bes( ': I've coached” Nielson was a two-yestarter under center leading his team to state championship in 2002 The 7 Rams reached the title game again ar this year but fell toCentennial 14 Highland was 21-- 21- with Nielson 3 : at quailerback '7 "He got us back to the state title game but we didn't finish it” Mari'! ani said 175 -- pounder credited The his coach and the system at Highland in helping him jput up big numbers ' jl Nielson was the 5A Idaho Player of the Year in 2002 and the Offensive - tv 1 SeeQBonB7 : Saturday Mt Union’s record streak snapped SALEM Va (AP)— John season Gagliardi’s record-breakin- g ended perfectly too with St John’s as the Division III national champi ir on 7 The Johnnies snapped Mount " Union’s NCAA-recor- d winning streak with a 24--6 victory Saturday in the Amos Alonzo Stagg ' Bowl giving their coach his first national champi- v : onship since 1976 it’s my year” Gagliardi “Maybe said after winning his fourth national championship in SS years asa coach 5 lat St John’s “You can’t hardly beat it” he -- 77 said“The thing about these playoffs is only one team wins it all and we've been losing a ton of times to ' the eventual champion It’s going to be kindof nice to see how this is” Gagliardi passied Eddie Robinson as the career victories leader among college coaches earlier this season and improved to overall1 'Mount Union (13-- had won three consecutive Stagg Bowls and 109 of its last 110 games ButStw John’s intercepted four passes ' :' ' returning' one 100 yards for a score'' arid got&g'Gmtributions from most ''fvaluable player Blake Elliott to 7 deprive Purple Raiders of an eighth national title in 1 1 years : 55-ga- ' : i ap photo ’2 ' Minnesota linebacker Mike Nattiel (59) wraps up Kansas City' fight end Tony Gonzalez after a short gain - - Big win for 414-114-- 11 1) ' MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —The Min- - v nrisota Vikings gave a big boost to their " postseason hopes and their confidence playing the part of a desperate team' 7 perfectly on Saturday! Onterrio Smith ran for i 46 yards ami three' touchdowns' and Randy Moss V caughttwo of Daunte Culpepper’s three ' sening passes in a 45-2- 0 victcxy over the frustrated Kansas City Chiefs APpho whose chances for home-fiel- d advantage' conversion was knocked down : throu'gh lhe AFCplayolfs Tampa Bay's Brad Johnson (14) reacts after Ns pass for a game-tyin- g dealt a blow! Week16'r ‘It was huge for 'our psyche huge for oiri sea- son'” said Culpepper ' - whocompleted 20 of 29 a passes for 260 yards and V 7 one interception "WJ : B Minnesota which Week l6 Atlanta (4-l- ): pass with 27 seconds remaining 7 with opened tlKasoh ' 'Which lost Vick ' X “I just did a good job feeling the i straight wins and is ChSs 2p 7’' 7 outside the J1 first for ! protedion beating my guy Tx : : halfnow a 9 moved v ' and getting iipfield quick arid was jgyT: games with a the in Green of NFC Bay able to get in Brad Johnson’s 7 ! 7 'gamehead ' broken right leg! Jr " '"'22' i North race: 2 5 : :V said Dan Coach “It felt great face” Hall 'We 7 “If rite want to keep playing into Janu-- " " Reeves was fired because it Wasn’t like just barely a ' : ary we needed to corne ouf With a win” : ' Fia! tip It was like one of those total lldayagoand (AP)Miciwel'-Vic- k TAMPA said Vikings free safety Brian Russell FiCQn30 : the Falcons were : 7 Volleyball rejections” who iritercepted Trent Green twice relished the rote of spoiler Buccaneers 28 ’ With the Bucs trailing 30--7 coming off a 38- Moss playing with a puffed-oAfro ' “It feels' grteri” the Atlanta loss to Indianapolis in their debut goirig'into the fourth quarter 7 protruding from his helmet had seven ' quarterback said under interim coach Wade Phillips: Johnson threw three TD paSses in teatchesfor 111 yards after letting Vick and the Falcons beat : with Vick iri the lineup' But an 11 last the minutes 30-2- 8 including Tillman rookie Charles the Chicago rip Saturday to end Tampa Bay ' thme’s always hope Jameel Coqk that ball away from him in the end zone last the Buccaneers’ hopes of over- 1 third-yeThe pro threw for 19 gave Tampa Bay (7-- a chance to'' - week on the deciding play of the Bears comfrig injuries the jettisoning of and two touchdowns against : send itintoovertime yards 13-1- 0 and r ! other 77:'i' victory: Keyshawn Johnson r a Tampa Bay defense that shut have on nuroer- But as “1 knew he was going to play well as they just to repeat as Super Bowl s’ him down twice last year The ous other occasions this season the 'soon as 1 saw the hairdo" said Min- 7 champions defense did its part too ’ !! nesota coach Mike Tice who pumped 7 defending champs couldn’t make “For us to dome down here and intercepting four of Brad John- one more play to get over the hump '! his fiist atthe crowd several times’ ' knock them out of playoff Con- son's passes and scoring once “You can talk about all the : throughout the gairie “It didn’t matter' tention was big fOT Us Thal was A furious Tampa Bay rally fell ' ' we him tout” who covered today’’ injuries and distractions our goal all week —if we can’t shot when Travis Hall batted down go they can’t go” conversion Johnson's two-poi' It’s been a miserable season for '''SeeBIG6nB7See OUT on B7 Saturday's scores Beehive basketball : BYU 86 Weber State 65 " S Utah 60 Long Beach State 59 "-7 Atlanta 30 Tampa Bay £8 Minnesota 45 Kansas City 20 New England 21 NY Jets 16 "'V:--NBA V"’ 7 New York 103 Atlanta 92' New Orleans 94 Memphis 89 7 Cleveland 95 Chicago 87 7 Milwaukee 92 NeW Jersey 87 L A Clippers 115 Dallas 105 7: V Seattle 115 Denver 106 sC' ’ Phoenix 102 Houston 87! j Minnesota 102 Indiana 50 7 ! San Antonio 101 Portland 91 :' 7 '' i 7 : - : Bucs fall to Falcons won’t v-'- defend-titl- - NHL C '' “ ' 7 Manchester 3 Utah 2 -' '3 ! ‘ : ut - ( ' -- Carolina 2 Boston 1 Philadelphia 3'NY Islanders 1 Ottawa 3 N Y Rangers 1 Toronto 4 Montreal 2 ' Atlanta 7 Pittsburgh 4 7 Dallas 2 Tampa Bay 1 ' ' Phoenix 1 St Louis 1 tie Minnesota 5 Columbus 2V ' Nashville 1 Detroit 0 :7' 'Vancouver 3 Edmonton 0 Colorado 3 Los Angeles 3" fie"V- - - -- V ar 8) ns Fal-con- 7 On television 22 nt -V ' i pm KJZ2-U- St John's ' : at Detroit' tah NFL 7v- 2 ' v-'- 7v77:7 Jr 7 : -- PROVO (AP) — Rafael Arau: ' jo scored 23 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Mike Hall scored a career high 22 in Brigham Young’s 86455 win Sat- uiday over Weber State: ' Kevin Woodbury added 13 points and Luiz Lemes tied his career best with nine assists for the Cougars (7-l- )i who remained unbeaten at borne i The Wildcats (54) wme : paying without leading scorer and rebounder Slobodan Ocokoljic who missed the X ‘ game withthe flu John Hamilton scored 18 and 7 ' pm iUa mi V' Qmm nLitiim rianctsco 81 htilnil rnRaaBjnia pm— 60ESPN Denver at Indianapolis B 1- pjn- NHL' 'v - 7 v - 7 7 ESPN2 — Philadelphia ' 7 77 : t: ' 7 77 7-'7- ' ' - af Atlanta 7 : SI0INa77-'7-'-::'- 7 " Jpjn''-7CBS— Moguls' Big Air and : FreeSkiing at Lake Placid NY (same-da- y tape) WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7v Ilajn FOXSN— Stanford at Texas Tech 1 pan KPN2 — Big 12 vs SEC Tennessee at Oklahoma BeehiveJI basicetlsall Chsi-leng- e - Lance Allred had 15 points for Welter State which was domi- ' -- V’ ' ! (32-for-5- 5) Center V : 7-- V : and Troy GoodelL ' - See UTES on B7 - ' e v i1 r T ' : V mm 1 — - ' !' : -1 Hall’s previous career-hig- h was 19 against UtahValley State on Nov 29 Lemes also Dec 6 in a" had nine assists win over Oklahoma State ' Weber State SALT LAKE CITY (AP) 19 Kim Utah No scorers Smith and stopped Shona Thotburn The Wildcats didn’t count bn Mandie Little’s performance 7 Little had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Kelsy 15 points arid seven added a season-hig- h Stireman 7' steals in No 19 Utah’s 5l-3- 8 win Sahirday bver Weber State v 'v'7 “They were reially physical defensively right 2 fiom the start and that got me fired up to play " 1 sbbts'and'1 hard” said Little who made had five of her rebounds on the offensive end to v lift the Utes (7-- 3) to their 21st consecutive home AP photo ' 7 vvictory BYLTs Rafail Araujo dunks In front of Weber State's Patrick Danleyleft V riated inside without Ocokoljic The Cougars outscored the Wildcats 44-2- 2 in the lane and oulrebounded Weber State 31-2- 5 including 22 offensive boards 7 ! ' BYU also shorti8 percent from the field while for the the Wildcats beating 15th time in 15 games at - : 7 ' on beat Wildcats WeberSt Y buri : 7 CBS — Cincinriati at St Louis FOX -- NY Giants at Dallas 7 ' Tech V NBA:7:7V 77 v 11 aos 7 - ' 7' FOXSN — v 4 pjiw-- ' : MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL r- c -- |