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Show I SECTION SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, SPORTS EDITOR Darnell Dickson I 344-255- 2008 ddidcsonOlwraldextra.com 5 OREM OWLZ ' j. ' Neil K. Warner ' : DAILY fans, Lopez helped Orem beat homer Casper W with a in the first inning that proved to be the key of the game. 1 thought it was important for come out and jump on them. We were able to get to them In the first inning and fortunately for us that was. enough runs, said interim manager Brent DelQuaro, who is filling in for manager Tom Kotchman (on family leave). Something Ive noticed lately is teams are , : HERAID, : Pioneer League managers should hold a conference calL Subject when do you intentionally walk Orem Owlz third baseman Roberto Lopez? The seventh inning? The eighth or maybe the ninth?., '' How about the first inning? It Just may be time to buck conventional baseball wisdom. - Thats how hot Lopez bat has become..' ; Saturday night in front of an overflow crowd of 4,285 . . : ,;- Lopez went going right after him (Lopez). with Theyre being aggressive with three RBI on the night and him. Hes got home run runs in raised his average to a sizzKng games. .402 for the season. He now Hes got good pitches has 12 home runs and 58 RBI in to hit and hes just ... Kgames-- - '". I was just trying to put the been in situations ball in play in try to drive k where they have to somewhere. It just happen to pitch to hirn A lot : erf credit goes to the be my pitch and I drove it out;1 It was a changeup that he left people who have been getting on in up It was the same pitch I hit 3-r- back-tobac- , k - . 'i .? rv.-.'.' . I '' i tf' ' i - . front of him with (Ivan) Contreras and Perez and guys at the bottom hfthe lineup getting on base and getting in posit ivef or him to drive then in last night so it feels good, Lopez said. I dont want to focus on the numbers or any- thing. ! just want to go about . Orem Owlz second baseman Ivan Confrere CMMMUCaDlyHaraM left, readies far the See OWLZ, D4 ball as Casper's Tyler Massey slides safely into base Saturday. 2008BBIJINGOI.VMPICS QQ$ 1 T7 .,Y. , f. .V Ji .i'k .. aNDVWONaAMOCMadPlMS USAs Logan Tom (IS), of Soft Lako City, attempts to s pike . f' . over SheiUa Castro of Brazil' during the womens volleyball final at the 2008 Beijing : OlympicspnSaturday.:. . - .women i WE GAZETTE Kim Gass served BEIJING out of bounds. Lpgan Tom twice got a mouthful of volleyball and couldn't find her touch. When four painful points were over, an improbable run also ended. The U.S. womens indoor Volleyball team was undersized, overpowered and simply outplayed Saturday in a 3--1 loss to Brazil in the match gold-med- See relay teams, womens basketball add to United States gold count i N'il- : 'r I r 5 A ; gold-meda- . (T : Jaime Aron .THE ASSOCIATE . . PRESS ' ' Damell Dickson . . . front-runne- . . . After eight months, it's ft-nally here I'm pumped. So says BYU linebacker David Nixon, so say we alL It seems like forever (248 days, but who's counting?) since the Cougars walked out of Sam Boyd Stadium with a 6 win over UCLA in the Las Vegas BowL BYU fans have been . entertaining themselves by speculating on everything from Max HaQ's helmet choice to who the Cougars would play 1 . - . . is here. BYU will open with coach Bronco) Northern Iowa in six days. ' Mendenhall calls (Scott To follow along with head coach Bronco Mendenhall's : Johnson completely ; like to make (BYU DALVHERAU) f- - . ' BYU FOOTBALL . : . 2 h 4x400-met-er philosophy, trustworthy, and the guy continues to hold off challengers. . 17-1- in a BCS bowl game. College football analysts have talked (and wrote) themselves blue In tbefacebrrakingdown.what might happen in 2008. Finally, college football i we'd a dean break from Fall Camp 2008. So, on to the superlatives I Fall happen because BYU spreads the ball around. But hes prov-- . en he can make big plays. I Fall Camp Defensive MVP: Jr. CB Scott Johnson One of my favorite moments of fall camp came last week. The offense spent a couple of Camp Offensive MVfc Sr. WR Michael Reed .. With Austin Collie rest-- . ing his stress fracture, Reed was Max Hall's Na 1 option through fall camp. When he was a freshman, Reed said he wanted to lead the league in receptions. Don't think thatH ; . . 2008 . ASMLEV See COUGARS, D3 RANSCCUMV Hersld defensive back Scott Johnson, right goes through a tackling drill during practice on Aug. 16 at BYU in Provo. BYU . Pimi relay Olympic Medals Table ended up far enough ahead to throw a celebratory punch and . scream, YesPbeforecrossing BEIJING Sanya Richards the line. It didnt make up for a dif-- , took the baton for the final lap ferent set of U.S. women drop-pin- g of the l,600Hneter relay with the U.S. in second place. Three the baton in qualifying for turns later, Richards remained the sprint relay, but it did keep several strides behind, yet an-- , alive a streak of going home other disappointment looming. with at least one relay gold at Then, she made her move. everyCHy mpics since 1984. There was far iess drama Richards steamed through ... ERIC OAVAHOMtad Pibm the fourth and final turn and in the men's version which USA players CappiePondexter, front, .. caught the r was to be expected considerheadTma Thompson, left and lisa Lesfie, in the ing the U.S. went ing into the stretch. The Rus400. With those guys on board, sian trader looked at the sta- right celebrata their win over dhim monitor to see Richards Australia in their women'i gold the Americans won in an medal basketbaU game at the 200 $ closing on her, but couldn't do See OLYMPICS, D3 Beijing Olympics on Saturday. anything about it. Richards ! D2 VOLLEYBALL, Atthe Daily Herald's press time, the USA men's volleyball, led Game 3 15-1vs. Brazil after both teams split Games 1 and 2 of the men's volleyball l match. For more ' information on the match, see' Monday's sports section: skinof-their-teet- I: caMrate winning thegold in the women's 4x400-met- er . al Going for gold : m : during the athletics competitions ln the National Stadium at the 2008 Beijing Olympics pn Saturday. ' . . tir .' MAJW JL TEJWILLAHOCiarad United States' Aliyson FcAx, Mary Mneberg, Sanya Richards and Monique Henderson from left, '. uSA j ' vd l Brian Gome . te; ' Gvenl Medals in 2008 Games Through 2 of 12 medal events Saturday |