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Section Friday, ports November 13, 2009 Page 1 The Herald Journal Inside Aggies ready to begin the season Take on Weber here at Weber State if it AGGIE MEN'S BASKETBALL wasn’t for Stew Morrill.” today on road The Wildcat coach RADIO: KVNU spent 13 seasons as an By Shawn Harrison PROBABLE STARTERS assistant to Morrill, who 610 AM; KLZX Utah State ht yr ppg rpg sports editor 95.9 FM; KFAN also admits to having a F 42 Tai Wesley 6-7 Jr. 17.0 3.0 1230 AM OR hard time going against a F 35 Nate Bendall 6-9 Jr. 10.05 6.5 When the Aggies and 1320 AM; KLZX person he considers fami- 105.3 FM G 24 Tyler Newbold 6-4 Jr. 2.5 4.5* ly. But when the ball goes Wildcats take the court G 21 Jared Quayle 6-2 Sr. 14.0 5.0 tonight to open the 2009- Utah State: 2-0 (ex.) TV: None up at 7:30 this evening, Weber State: 2-0 (ex.) G 12 Brian Green 6-1 Jr. 5.0 1.5* 10 men’s basketball sea- Weber State ht yr ppg rpg both will be trying to lead son, there is one certainty. UTA H STAT E F 3 Kyle Bullinger 6-6 So. 6.0 5.0 their respective teams to a Neither Utah State head F 23 Franklin Session 6-2 Jr. 17.5 5.5 season-opening victory. San Francisco breaks skid coach Stew Morrill or AT WEBER STAT E C 45 Steve Panos 6-8 Sr. 6.5 8.0 “I’m not sure where vs. Chicago . B2 Weber State head coach G 1 Damian Lillard 6-2 So. 22.0 6.0* we are at ... there are lots Randy Rahe will log any Friday — 7:30 p.m. G 12 Nick Hansen 6-4 Sr. 21.0 4.0 of concerns and a lot of minutes of playing time at At Dee Events Center *assists per game Statistics based on two exhibition games. excitement as well,” Mor- Sports briefs the Dee Events Center. The rill said. “... Every game veteran Aggie coach want- can’t play. I’m older now, so I prob- “It’s going to come down to the is important. We will play Clemens moves ed to make sure a group of ably wouldn’t be better anyway. It’s players on the court, nothing between 30-plus games, so ... you media realized that. about the kids and how they play, not him (Morrill) and I, once you tip it would like to get off to a to throw out suit “Randy and I can’t about the coaches. It’s about whose up,” Rahe said. “It’s still a little odd good start, but we’re just NEW YORK (AP) — play,” Morrill quipped. “I kids play the best.” when I play coach and all the respect Lawyers for Roger Clemens was better than him, but I Rahe agreed. that I have for him. I wouldn’t be See READY on B4 filed a motion in Brooklyn federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by the pitcher’s former trainer, claiming statements that accused Brian McNamee of Third time, no charm trying to shake down Clem- ens were not serious. Joe Roden, one of the Second-half TOs attorneys representing Cle- mens, said the seven-time stop Mustangs’ Cy Young award winner, lawyer Rusty Hardin and others were not serious when championship bid they questioned McNamee’s By Jason Turner mental state and accused him sports writer of manufacturing evidence, the New York Daily News SALT LAKE CITY — Beating a pro- reported Thursday. gram with 14 straight postseason victories “They are part of the public and seven trips to the state semifinals in battle of words between the the last eight years requires darn near mis- two camps, and in no way take-free football. suggest to the average reader Unfortunately for the Mountain Crest that McNamee is actually Mustangs, a flawless football mentally unfit,” wrote Roden, performance was not a lawyer with Hardin’s firm. to be on a cold and wet The evidence referred Thursday night at Rice- to are used syringes and Eccles Stadium. 4A State Semifinals bloody gauze pads McNa- Athletic quarterback Thunderbirds 38, mee turned over to federal Trevor Brown rushed Mustangs 21 authorities. McNamee has for 201 yards and four said he injected Clemens touchdowns and Timpview’s defense with steroids and HGH over forced five second-half turnovers en route a period of several years, a to a 38-21 victory over Mountain Crest claim the former pitcher has in the semifinals of the 4A State Football vehemently denied. Championships. With their third straight round of four Sports scores victory over the Mustangs (10-2), the Thunderbirds (10-2) earned the right to NFL play for a fourth consecutive state title. San Francisco 10, Chicago 6 Timpview, winners of nine in a row, will NBA square off against Springville — a 29-21 Cleveland 111, Miami 104 victor over Dixie — for the 4A crown L.A. Lakers 121, Phoenix 102 next Friday. “I have to give it to Timpview,” MC NHL head coach Mark Wootton said while Florida 1, Boston 0, SO Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 1 addressing his team in the locker room. Atlanta 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 “They played a great game, and you did Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3, SO too. That wasn’t an easy game. We had a New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 1 lot of adversity, a lot of penalties, things Detroit 3, Vancouver 1 like that, that made it tough to really get Nashville 3, St. Louis 1 rolling and to really get momentum.” Montreal 4, Phoenix 2 Dallas 3, San Jose 2, SO As well as the Thunderbirds played, the Mustangs had their chances to seize On television momentum. Mountain Crest had it Eli Lucero/Herald Journal momentarily after putting together a 12- AUTO RACING Mountain Crest quarterback Alex Kuresa walks off the field after the Mustangs lost to play touchdown drive late in the second Noon Timpview 38-21 in the 4A state semifinal game Thursday at Rice-Eccles Stadium. To view ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint more photos from this event, go to www.hjnews.com. See CHARM on B4 Cup, practice for Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, at Avondale, Ariz. 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Turbin close to 1,000 USU’s ties Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, at Avondale, Ariz. Will be first Ag COLLEGE FOOTBALL to SJSU go 6 p.m. RB since ‘01 to ESPN2 — West Virginia at Cincinnati reach milestone GOLF way back By Wade Denniston 11 a.m. sports writer TGC — PGA Tour, Chil- By Craig Hislop dren’s Miracle Network Clas- For The Herald Journal sic, second round, at Lake Robert Turbin has the mark Buena Vista, Fla. in his sight. We have a little coaching genea- 2 p.m. Utah State’s running back logical interplay going on in advance TGC — LPGA, Lorena is just 68 of Saturday’s Romney Stadium Ochoa Invitational, second rushing match up of the round, at Guadalajara, Mexico Aggies and San 8:30 p.m. yards shy TGC — PGA Tour Austral- of reaching Jose State. asia, JBWere Masters, third the 1,000- Most obvious round, at Melbourne, Australia yard mile- is Kent Baer, 11:30 p.m. stone for a single season and Aggie team cap- TGC — European PGA he’s itching to get there. tain of 37 years Tour, Hong Kong Open, third “It would be pretty special,” ago and later a Eli Lucero/Herald Journal Hislop round (same-day tape) Turbin said. “Emmett White Utah State running back Robert Turbin carries the ball against USU assistant NBA was the last guy to do it.” Utah earlier this season in Salt Lake. Turbin is closing in on 1,000 coach, now in 5 p.m. White accomplished rushing yards for the season. year two as one of Dick Tomey’s San FSN — Utah at Philadelphia the feat in 2001, when the Jose State assistants. Kent has been a 6 p.m. former Ben Lomond High Turbin and White have ing me some of the tools and high-profile defensive coordinator at ESPN — Atlanta at Boston become pretty good friends. things for me to be better as I Washington, Notre Dame, Stanford, 8:30 p.m. standout rushed for 1,361 ESPN — L.A. Lakers at yards as a senior. “I’ve talked to him through- progress in my career.” Arizona State, Cal, Idaho and Utah Denver During his junior campaign out the season,” Turbin said, Turbin, a sophomore, has State. SOCCER at USU, White rushed for “and he’s really been moti- rushed for 932 yards and One of Kent’s coaching contempo- 9 p.m. 1,322 yards. He is the last vational for me and given me seven touchdowns this sea- raries at Utah State was Terry Shea, ESPN2 — MLS, playoffs, Aggie to rush for 1,000 yards a lot of advice about playing son. He would become who came in with Bruce Snyder’s Western Conference final, in back-to-back seasons since Division I college football and Houston at Los Angeles Roger Grant (1990 and 1991). being a running back, and giv- See TURBIN on B4 See TIES on B4 B4 - The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, November 13, 2009 never an easy thing to great job putting pres- do, especially when the sure on us with four Charm turnovers start piling people and they blitzed up.