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Show agiMreca 6A Tuesday' September 4, 2001 , By KRISTINA KONTCAS ; Sports writer Thfcre must be something with the lucky sevens that keeps kill- ing the Cougars, but continues to add wins to the Dinos record. For those who dont rernem-- :' her lastyears prescason game opposing Union,' or quarterfinals' ' game in the state playoffs, which was once, again facing the Cou- gars, the scores were 43-- and 38-7: ; " On Friday night, many people ' ; . . : 7 witnessed, the Union Cougars be come pity for the Carbon Dinos as they added another feat to their record, with the score of 247. I keep telling the team if you work hard all weck,y6u will like tyc end results! The results this week, was a win, commented coach Troy Moyriier. At the half the score was 1 .with scoring from John-Bo- ; ; ; 8-- 0, : b. DAmbrosio JWjth an eighteen yprd ruri and asevphtecn yard run from Eric Vigor! In the second half. Matt I lough had a seventy-fiv- e yard punt which was really big for the team, stated coach Peacock. Itwasjust a matter of time before he would break one, said It took him three , Moynier. games.but I knew be would. .In the third quarter, Jamal Lewis had a sixteen yard ran, ending the Dinos scoring for the game..'. ... Carbon kept Union from soor- ing Until the near end of the : . , , - . v : Tw ' ' v , V V. . rc-tu- rn ;. '. . . : fourth quarter when Luke McCurdy went for a thirty yard : ran, scoring a touchdown, and Josh Olsens kick made an extra point for the Cougars. We can control the ball rewe have ho problem well; ally with, that, commented Coach Peacock. Defensively, Union didntmake a pass, and they had two interceptions. In the passing. game, Jari Jorgensen made five completions out of seven attempts. for -twenty-thre- e yards! y.y, Vigor led the team in rushing,'1' with () carries for 64 yards and Perry Laulu with three carries ;, and 47 yards! DAmbrosio had six carries and 47 yards rushing; opponents having been Emery a The Dinos. total for Friday couple of weeks ago. In other Region 8 games nights game was 243 yards total North Sanpete beat Wasatch, 20-7- ; rushing. is now2-- l on thesea Lehi beat Payson 42-t- k Dixie . Carbon son, exactly where they wcne last beat Emery 33-In a reaLsurprise Delta beat year at this time, only then their only, loss was. to Payson instead Cimarron Memorial ofLas Veof Uintah. The next home game gas 35-2-5, shocking aschool that will be Friday against Whsatdi at V is three times larger, not to men5:00 p.m. a team that is 0-- 3 at tion, that they were the Nevada the present time with one cl their State champions last year.:. . ' . v'-- . ...'I r S - . - .VY ' . i" M off. Thellpioii player was .'.A'-- ? t 'j.X'C'.i -' " V; I " : . ! the Cougars 27-- 6 ' V if t ittake much difference as Carbon destroyed in a contest between Region 8 and 10 teams on Friday, v 1 . Qsn3A rsnUns Tkam ; Delta 2. Snow Carbon 3. Lehi 4. North Sanpete 5. JudgeMem. : . ; i point after touchdown as one of fe game bfflfcals look iwMMilJ.Mis. .. ' ; W 1. 0. -- Lv . 1 1 I 1 2 3 3 ByRICHARDSHAW Sports writer ? ; . !V 0, This years home run race be tween Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa is a good example of how things change. . . 0 : point, nor that Kari Malone is the best power forward to every play the game. Everything can be argued, but those are some pretty sure bets. ; , Then they began talking about Shaquille ONeil and that he was the best center ever, that Jasoq Kidd was the best The other day I was read-in- g an article about Mark For fortyyears Roger Marris Eaton in the Sporting News. held the home ran record and They have a column called suddenly in me year two players ! Where are. they now- and break it, andone, Mark McGwire Eaton was featured j hits seventy htxnc runs. Two years ; ! Eaton owns later we have two players, one of ' jxMtttguatdevmyproducedand a ; Presently very well known and profitable ; wiuch was the other player trying !; that Gary Payton was the best . restaurant in Salt Lake and will te break that record back on a shooting guard of all time.-- . soon be opening a French respace that will probably set an- -. v I laughed at them over these taurant as we! Most of usbere - other record. picks. Not because they were in Utah know who Eaton is ' One of the tbiingtl old timers wrong, because in this type of andwhathehasbeendoingthe ;. m sports tend to do is tocompare endeavor everything is ahvays last few years. Beside the resplayers they loved in the past conjecture, but because these ' taurants he also is involved in to the present day players (I dont so railed experts could hardly various charities and does a lot hire foe word ntedern because remember great players from of color commentary on die at foe time any player isplaying the 80s like Magic Johnson v Jazz games on television. he is a modern player), Today and Lariy Bird and they cer. Eaten came literally out of people say baseball is diluted with tainly didnt even know who nowhere in the early 1980s te too many teams and not enough Robertson, Russell,, Cousey, become one of the most respecquality players, so that foe very Chamberlain, West or Elgin tive defensive players sinceBill good players look that much betBaylor were. They didn't know Russell of the .Celtics. He. ter. Some of them claim that is the name Pete Maravich or foe transistioned the Jazz from reason it has been so easy for the magic moves of, Earl the. Pearl Monroe, They had never being a bottom rung team to home ran records to fall. ' : being one of the best in the! 4. I think that is bunk, 1 have. heard pf Walt FTazier or even NBA; in the early' days he players from foe past that I lore, the ultimate Celtic himself, ' played with Adrian Dantley, .but I have no illusions bow they. Jdin Havlicek. Yet they judged who if you saw him play, you wouldstandupinagame today. . the quality oftodays game with know how often he wanted and For instance most of foe bas-- limited knowledge.. got the bail. That all began to - ketball stars from my youth Ihavr leamednevertojudge change when Darrell Griffith would probably be good or maybe sports by their present ortheir came and then when Stockton cven great players today, but the . past While there are payers toand Malone came it really reverse would be true too. But the day that may one day rank as : NBA was a very different changed the team entirely. league, great, only time will tell that ; Just imagine the Jazz at the than it is today and not just the Jordan was an aberration in e number of teams. The rules that ' sports; his legend, his skills, to height of the era in the late 1990'swith a big changed howfoingsworked, par--. accrtainextent his luck and the guy like Eaton in the middle; 1 ticularly those that wete incorpomedia machine driving his sucthink Jordan may well have rated when theABA and foe NBA cess superceded what Usually had at least two less titles in merged in foe would happens in sports. Only a few his portfolio. But age and time have pnfoably made it so Wilt players attain this during their take a toll and all great players ; Chamberlain would have been athletic careers; Jordan, one day leave the game they less dominant and players like Gretske, Ruth, Namath, kwe, 5'. Jerry West and Oscar Robertson Ali, Petty or Borg.. What was of most interest would have had more impact on There are a few more, but not ' . to me was his comments about the Court play. . - . many.. how the NBA has changed I remember a few years ago I Tlie point is that we must since he played. To me that .. was working with some young know the past to appreciate the only seems like yesterday be--' men and we began to talk abodt present; we must also consider cause I am turning into an old . A couple ofthese that at different times, differ-- : guy and what happened a long ; guys told me they were experts ent skills are relevant te win- -' time ago in the NBA for me is on the NBA and began to talk 18-a lot different than it is for about how todays players were so By foe way, can you provide ; someone in their twenties, for powerful and foe best that had foe first names of the athletes instance.1 .. ever been produced in the list above, what sport '. We all know Now I didnt totally disagree they played and which decades games change with time, and with new types with them. Its hard to argue with they impacted? of players coming along it is ' the statement that Michael JorIts a part of knowing about dan is the single best player who sports and the influence the always figured that games past every played foe game up to this has had on todays game. - : : - . . .' - : .. ! Jc&h Greenwood (10) brings down a Cougar as Perry Lauhi (36) closes in on the ;ptey. Cartxm took their third victory bom Union in the last two years in the game. . moves to CSI v and I will miss them sorely. Beach was the head coach at Sports writer the College ofEastera Utah for ! ?A friendly and familiar face , two seasons prior to landing an Iwfll . great : College of Eastern assistants position at Weber ate in 1997.' CEU posted a 28-- 5 I a h ' mark during the 1996-9- 7 seasmi Basket-Ba- ll Beach's second as head coach. fans His first Eagle squad registered 'iw!h e n a 23-- 8 record He became the J y first coach in CEU history to win ome to By RICHARD SHAW , wards'. Joe Devance, Nick Enzweiler and Leonard Owens to El Paso in recent years. Costello was a second team C selection in was UTEPs ! the Scenic West AihletfcConferr race. College ofSouth- - . We are extremely happy for f' n Idaho. . Guy and his family, said UTEPs head coach; Jason ' Rabedcaux said. He Jplay the was given Golden the opportunity to take what is Eagles regarded as the top junior college this win-- .. head coaching position in the fcr! country! It was a difficult deciPaso sion for him, but one he couldnt ; University of Texas-E-! hs&istarit basketball coach Guy afford to pass up. Beach, formerly the head coach Guy was highly instrumen'at CEU, has resigned to accept tal in getting this program on its the head coaching position at the feet. the. last' two years, ' College of Southern Idaho. Rabedcaux added He will be f, I'm going to miss the people missed and we wish him well. at UTEP and especially-lh- e Beach spent the last two years people in El Paso, Beach said working with UTEPs perimeter n'vc never been anywhere with players. Beach has helped bring such quality people. My family guard Eugene Costello and for T highest-scorin- g newcomer in 33 years. Enzweiler rated fourth in the WAC in three-poi- nt shooting percentage as a true freshman. Owens was the Miners most ver- -, satile player last season. Beach was the top assistant at Weber State, his alma mater, during file 1997-9- 9 campaigns. He ! . .. . Pete,-Hoga- - . : . . . - . . 7 '!.." Beach was well liked by the faculty and students at CEU in his years there as both an assis-- . tarn to Ronnie Stubbs and as the head coach. Beach and his wife Helen, were two of the couples members of the CEUfaculty and Staff. Helen worked in the counseling center and later became the head of student advising when Mary Helen Powell retired. , mid-197- 0s . 76-7- 9, Stockton-Malon- : helped the Wildcats to a 25-- 8 mark in 1998-9including a 4 upset ofNorth Carolina in the firsttound of the NCAATbur--namen- L . i. and 2000-0-1, - : All-WA- J . yet the -- lL . " . . , |