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Show SECTION iDnily&iHmilfi FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, SPORTS EDITOR rv . i . . I Darnell Dickson 2008 ddkksonOheraWextra.com 344 2555 j, HIQH SCHOOL FOOTBALL- - SIDELINES Evry Friday leading up to each of BYlTs 12 games this season, the Daify Herald . will provide a closer look at whats happening with the Cougars' opponent it jT O' . r , if ; ? ' .. ' . y. MATTHEW KTNCVnia MMartoo Court Northern Iowa bead coach Mark Farley lookf to the Koroboard cu Delaware scores a touchdown late in the second half of a second round NCAA, division I Football Championship game on Dec. J, 2007. . . .. CaAMMUERQaNy Herald Pteasant Grove's LtSean Wikox (5) runs past his cheering teammates as he speeds ahead of defense for a touchdown during a game against Provo on Thursday., . . ; BYU,No.Iowa V. v'kiU girdbs Bulldogsscored Evafcwbhratheycould i v : . w : Jason Frandwk' : It's so easy to point, out their differences. Recruiting, roster depth, stadium size the Sal ; goes on. Yet Northern Iowa's Mark Farley and BYUS Bronco Mendenhall, ' with no personal con-- . nection except theyll '., meet Saturday in each teams season opener,' could probably sit on a .front porch with aglass of lemonade and feel a lot in common. They're a team that knows how to win, they expect to win, Mendenhall said of the Football Championship Subdivi-r ' sion (formerly called Division outlet that; is ranked No 4 to start V PAA.Y HfHAU) this season by a panel of coaches-The- re very y ; . wed coached. 1 think i, V coach Farley has done a lot of things there that I can certainly learn from hi establishing consis-- , tency tiver time, which is the ultimate goal Each coach is at home, at a place hea adored for a long time. And each has brought back the winning ways Mendenhall, beginning his fourth year, has gone , 11-the put two seasons and 28-1- 0 overall. Farley, who also grew up. S' foot-game- - . f Miles from junior quar-The answer came on a cru- - .. cial play that turned the tide In , terback Matt Griner . to give Provo the early favor of Pleasant Grove. Facing ; lead. responded with ' I dont know if touchdowns of their own to extinguish the we came out ready to day Viking head momentum of Provo and rolled to the 49-1-3 PL. GROVE 49 coadi Dale Sampson victory. PROVO lake your hat off to Things didn't start j;,. well for the visitors as the Bull-- i Provo. I dont know if anyone dogs recovered an earfy Pleas improved as much as they did ant Grove fumble and turned it from last week to this week. into a touchdown pass They gave us a handful early to senior wide receiver Anthtxiy tonight. ; a 7-- 0 ' . : ' : 24-ya- from the Provo 24--. fouth-ond-- 3 yard . line, Sampson' decided to gOfoTjt. We were down seven points and I thought about the kick, but I decided we. needed to build confidence, hie said. Last week we didn't make those plays in the . red zone sol went to the guys and said, got to have 'hey,-we'v- - See VIKINGS, C7 . remain . 2 See NO. IOWA, C5 COUG All KICKOFF NORTHERN IOWA AT (16) BYU Saturday, 4 p.m. ' 7- r . , Radio: KSL V-- . always have that snappy come--' back at the exact moment that. , its needed.AH too often, the 7-- ' best retorts dont come Until long after they would do any good. The Pleasant Grove football ; team proved Thursday night at Provo that great answers aren't " just useful in conversation s. also come in handy in ' 1160 AM, 102.7 FM r h i No sense beating myself up because j blew the Orem have been accused of being too negative; ,j Viewmont game last week or why get down on You know what you might ' ; be right.. myself bkause I didn't see Lone Peak shutting out I think I will take your advice..', No sense beating myself up be- . Bountiful. Think positive! f think I ran, I think I can; cause I blew the OrenVViewmont game last week or why get down on myself because I didnt see or two, but theres no way you Lone Psaks shutting out Bounti-- . No, the glass is half full; ' can hang with me for the entire fuL' Pleasant Grove almost upset Think positive. contest, Timpview.; ' ' I think I can, I think I can. I like this positive stuff. Im hopeful it will be up and Now let fne try it out this week. running next week. Until I can Hey wasn't it me that said Lone ftak would finish second in Some ofyou have noticed that .: unleash my amazing prognostica' tion skills, here are this weeks ... Region 4 and the Knights were ; we have been having technical contest the with team? Thats winners. difficulty my surprise See, even when Im wrong Im actually better for you because See ZUKE, C7 right. you might get lucky for a week .. I s Jsf's - Introducing a potent new high school sports Web AK Its: Check out the ; Daily Herald's upgraded high school sports report at prepralty.heraldextra.com. On the Web site, you can: I CHECK out the latest ; scores '' I viEW team footage of your : : . . . nftlhemtn. On the Web - . I CHAT with other fans on our forum v I SCOPE out the top performers in the Valley . ' COLLEGE FOOTBALL ' runs wild for Weber State in win to one touchdown. the associated mess - OQ5EN, Utah Trevyn Smith ran for four touchdowns as We- - . her State opened the season with 505 yards of offense in a 62-- 6 win over Montana Western on Smith scored on runs of 14, 8 and 2 yards as the Wildcats buDt : up a 356 halftime lead. He added , a touchdown in the third quarter and finished the game with 68 yards on 15 carries. He also caught four passes for & yards. ) The Bulldogs ended the first half with their ony score ; as Garrett Graves found Derrick Phiff on a scoring pass. Montana Western, an NAIA at- school, missed the extra-poitempt.. Montana Western was close to scoring in the first quarter, but Fluff lost the ball and Linehan picked up the ball and ran all the way for the score. ; Cameron Higgins completed passes for 256 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats during three quarters of work. He hit Marcus Mailei on a 8yard scoring pass early in the thinl (0-1- han returned fumb!e96 fi yards for a montana-touchdown at the end of the Brst quarter far the Wildcats, who held the Bulldogs WEBERST. 62 - nt of 32 and 35 yards for Weber State while Brendon Doyle, who relieved Higgins, complied 5 of 7 passes for 63 yards, including a touchdown pass to Justin Schwartzbauer. .HnuHoouT8undAanr Waber State defensive end forin Uncham raises Ms finger as he runs from Montana Western players to scon VfWd a 99-yar- d touchdown on Thursday. The Wildcats won, 62--d |