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Show 6 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Wednesday SPORTS Men's Basketball Thursday Women's Basketball Swimming & Diving Utah @ Air Force 16° / 9 a.m. 26° / 3 p.m. 3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. PT Palm Springs, Calif All Day Albuquerque, N.M. All Day Oklahoma City conditions & weather from utahskiweathercom Packed powder and moguls / Mostly sunny TODAY'S SKI REPORT 16° / 9 a.m. 26° / 3 p.m. Brighton Canyons Swimming & Diving MWC Indoor Championships MWC Championships Oregon & Fresno State All Day Oklahoma City 7 p.m. Huntsman Center Track & Field Softball MWC Championships Air Force @ Utah 6:30 p.m. Air Force Academy Alta www.dailyutahchronide.corn 21° / 9 a.m. 32° / 3 p.m. Deer Valley 21° I 9 a.m. Snowbird 32° / 3 p.m. 16° / 9 a.m. Solitude 26° / 3 p.m. 17° I 9 a.m. 27° 3 p .m. SOCCER New recruits bring balance to soccer Foc3F8Avu___ No-msa), Bryan Chouinard ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Scalley honored by rivals.com After what some are calling the strongest recruiting class in Utah's history, rivals.com has honored Utah's Morgan Scalley as the nation's top non-BCS recruiter, as well as one of the top 25 recruiters in the country. Scalley is beginning his third year as Utah's safeties coach but earned the honor in only his first year as Utah's recruiting coordinator. Scalley made his presence known in the Houston area, where he was able to bring in recruits such as Archie Muniz and wideout Terrell Reese, who was rated as a Rivals top-25o receiver in the country. In all, Scalley was responsible for bringing in five three-star recruits and one four-star recruit in a class that rivals.com ranked as the best non-BCS class in the country. Not only was this year's signing class ranked as No. 32 in the country, it was also the highest ranking a Mountain West Conference school had ever received by the website. Kelsey Price In the field, the signees are ton, Colo. Percie Allen from Sandy, Lexi "Each of the seven field Krantz from Salt Lake City, players has tremendous athNine new players—four Harley Spier from Lehi, Jen letic gifts, whether they are from Utah—have signed with Ericson from West Sacramen- fast, powerful or some combithe U women's soccer team for to, Calif., Stacy Fujikuni from nation of both," Manning said. the upcoming fall season. Moorpark, Calif., Leslie Muir- "All are capable of playing "We would like to officially head from Santa Cruz, Calif., welcome the class of 2014 to our and Jenny Hutton from Little- See SOCCER Page 7 Utah soccer family," said head coach Rich Manning. "This group is athletic and versatile." Although the team is only losing three players to graduation from the 2009 season, Manning said he believes recruiting is an essential compoPercie Allen Jen Ericson Stacey Fujikuni Defender Midfield Midfield/Defender nent of the team composition Sandy, Utah West Sacramento, Utah Moorpark, Calif. for this fall. Brighton HS Christian Brothers HS Moorpark HS The recruitment class is a Utah Force Capital Boca Jrs/San Ramon Shock Real So Cal balanced mix of both offensive and defensive players that will complement the relatively young roster from last season. Two goalkeepers, two defenders, two midfielders and three players who play both attacking Hallie Koeppen Lexi Krantz Jenny Hutton and defending positions make Defender/Midfield Goalkeeper Forward/Midfield up the Utes' class of 2014. Littleton, Colo. Eagle, Idaho Salt Lake City, Utah Skyline HS Dakota Rush HS Eagle HS "We wanted to find players Colorado Rush Les Boise Impact Black Premier with good overall skills and a sense of the game while also bringing in more talent at goalkeeper," Manning said. "These players are joining a young team that is working hard and growing every day. We are Leslie Muirhead Cheyanne Mulcock Harley Spier looking forward to having this Midfield Goalkeeper Defender talented group join us as we Lehi, Utah Santa Cruz, Calif. West Jordan Utah get together in August." Bingham HS Lehi HS Harbor HS STAFF WRITER De Anza Force Utah Avalanche Coaching staff adjustments MIKE MANGUM/The Daily Utah Chronicle Utah safeties coach and recruiting coordinator Morgan Scalley has been recognized by rivals. corn as the top non-BCS recruiter and for helping secure the strongest recruiting class in Mountain West Conference history. Head coach Kyle Whittingham has made a handful of minor adjustments to his coaching staff this offseason, starting with former tight ends coach coordinator Dave Schramm. Wide Jay Hill. Hill, who has overseen Utah's receivers coach Aaron Roderick has tight end for the last two years, will been promoted to co-offensive coorbe moving back to his original posi- dinator and will share play-calling dution of cornerbacks coach, which he ties with Schramm. held from 2005 to 2006. He will be With Schramm overseeing the moving after the departure of former quarterbacks, former Ute and Sugar cornerbacks coach J.D. Williams, who Bowl MVP Brian Johnson will be in is now at UNLV. Taking Hill's position his first year as quarterbacks' coach as tight ends coach will be former quarterbacks coach and co-offensive See FOOTBALL Page 7 Utah Avalanche HOCKEY SKIING Jake Bullinger No. 4 finish a mixed bag for Utah skiing Rollercoaster weekend ends 2-1 first, goalie Oliver Freij allowed only one power-play goal in BYU's final 24 shots. Throughout the third period, the teams appeared to be at a stalemate. The deadlock was broken when team captain Mike Vrtis scored the winning goal with 2 minutes 15 seconds remaining. "We knew all game that if we get the puck to the net, they're going to start going in," Vrtis said. "We knew they'd come when we actually needed it." Although the Utes enjoyed triumph after the BYU win, they were subject to despair the following night. Their first game against Montana State left a bitter taste in the mouth of all in attendance. Utah was outplayed in every observable aspect of the game and fell 6-2 to the Hellcats. "I thought it was pure laziness," said forward Andrew Reed, who scored the first goal of the game. The Utes scored their two goals on 55 shots, a paltry 3.6 STAFF WRITER The Skatin' Utes came away with two wins out of three games last weekend, but they were unable to do so without testing their composure. Utah's marquee game was against BYU on Thursday, and it was the highlight of the Utes' weekend. The 5-4 victory marked the second win against BYU in as many games. This win came in nearly the same fashion as the thrilling game in Provo. Once again, the Utes found themselves down 3-1 to their rivals, but they were able to claw back and get the victory. Instead of the first-line stars who saved Utah, it was the supporting cast who brought the Utes out of their hole. Forward TJ Smith and defensemen Kevin Dieterle and Charles German scored goals in the second period to tie the game at four. After letting three goals trickle past him in the ii own. ■ 0-14i - Knicks Name See SKIING Page 8 The Skatin' Utes pulled out a close win over BYU last weekend, with Mike Vrtis scoring the go-ahead goal with barely more than 2 minutes left. The Utes finished 2-1 for the weekend. scoring percentage. "We have a habit of scoring first, but we don't have a habit of pushing that momentum forward, and that's brutal for us," said goalie AJ Boldan. During Utah's drought, Mon- _:, r i Utah Kentucky Tennessee Nova ' -I- Syracuse New Mexico „Alk, 'IA—A.41.4i l■ y v See HOCKEY Page 8 TANER PASAMEHMETOGLU/The Daily Utah Chronicle NEW ErICII . tana State scored six goals, with four coming from forward Mike Allport. "We didn't play with a purpose to get the job done," said For the fourth time in six meets this season, the Utah skiing team finished fourth. The Utes competed this past weekend in the Nevada Invitational. Colorado took first in the invitational, with New Mexico and Denver rounding out the top three. Junior Eva Huckova earned her first of two podium finishes on day one of the invitational, where the Slovakia native tied for second in the giant slalom with a time of 2 minutes 4.41 seconds. Although Huckova excelled, the men's alpine team struggled to find a rhythm, with no skiers finishing in the top io. "We had some great performances today and some that were not so great," said director of skiing Eli Brown. With the second day of the invitational came another podium finish for Huckova, who finished second in the slalom with a run of 1:26.49. Huckova's second podium finish of the weekend brought her total on the season to a team-leading five podium finishes. Huckova wasn't the only Ute to record a top-five finish on day two, as Best of Week 6: Ben Buttars 11-5 Wyoming N BA ASST. SPORTS EDITOR BASKETBALL BIDS Week #7: Feb. 26-28 N CAA Bryan Chouinard 5 WIZARDS Wizards Rockets Jazz Nuggets Contact Circle all of your selections and submit sheets to Union Room 318 by 5 p.m.Thursday. Featured Staff Pick: Paige Fieldsted m-5) ■ LOSAAGELES suns Lakers Suns —, ,„41,,,,, '11W la BYU @ AM rf , Ale rip,v1,1 L or ,.., . i ,,_,i7 Texas Texas A&M Boston C. Georgia Tech UNC CHICAGO BULLS 4C't'S. oa MIAML MEAT Spurs Heat '4' Magic Bulls 41%g @ )1 Pours . ME Wake Forest Michigan St. OWN b. „,„f) VP Pacers Hornets Tiebreaker: Pick the final score of Wyoming p Purdue Ng,80 _ @\ II Ng PC) Mays TimberwolvesThunder @ Utah Winners announced everyTuesday, but just because you win Basketball Bids doesn't mean you can convince the Jazz to trade Boozer. Staff Records: Jake Hibbard 64-32, Paige Fieldsted 63-33, Bryan Chouinard 61-35, Corbin Godfrey 57-39 and Ty Cobb 55-41. |
