Section Saturday, February 14, 2009 ports Page 1 The Herald Journal Inside Aggies trying to clinch WAC title a league title. Will need to “I’m somewhat aware )//1-5-6;*);3-<*)44 of it,” said Aggie senior beat tough Gary Wilkinson, when RADIO: KVNU PROBABLE STARTERS asked about winning the Boise team 610 AM; KLZX Utah State ht yr ppg rpg WAC. “But Boise is a 95.9 FM; KFAN F 42 Tai Wesley 6-7 So. 12.5 5.8 By Shawn Harrison 1230 AM OR great team. We need to sports editor 1320 AM; KLZX F 55 GaryWilkinson 6-9 Sr. 17.3 7.5 just go and try to get a 105.3 FM G 24 Tyler Newbold 6-4 So. 10.0 4.4 win, which is going to Utah State: 24-1, 12-0 G 21 Jared Quayle 6-1 Jr. 12.5 6.0 BOISE, Idaho — When take a lot of effort.” Boise State: 16-7, 6-4 TV: KJZZ G/F 5 Pooh Williams 6-3 So. 4.9 1.9 Tip-off is set for 7 the Aggie men’s basket- Boise State ht yr ppg rpg ball team takes the court o’clock, and the game F 25 Paul Noonan 6-7 So. 11.0 3.4 can been seen on KJZZ. Roy proves no match for tonight at the Taco Bell 67=<) 0;<)< - F 43 Mark Sanchez 6-7 Sr. 12.5 7.5 Arena, it will be just A year ago, the Aggies MC in boys hoops...B2 C 50 Kurt Cunningham 6-9 Jr. 10.0 4.1 (24-1, 12-0) came to the another game. )<*71;-;<)< - G 12 Aaron Garner 6-3 Sr. 6.4 1.2 City of Trees needing a Utah State faces Boise Saturday — 7 p.m. G 11 Anthony Thomas 6-0 Jr. 9.0 5.0 * win to still have a chance Sports briefs State for its 26th regular At the Taco Bell Arena *assists per game season contest of the to tie for the WAC title. Ag men’s tennis 2008-09 season. While Western Athletic Con- It is the “next game USA Today/ESPN poll) The Broncos (16-7, 6- Aggie head coach Stew ference tilt will mean on the schedule,” but win, it would clinch the 4) were planning a big destroys MSUB Morrill and his players just a bit more for both there is plenty more regular season confer- party, and league com- missioner Karl Benson Utah State’s men’s tennis continue to try and take squads involved, and significance with the ence crown. A BSU vic- team swept Montana State- the one-game-at-a-time not because it is Valen- outcome. Should No. tory would keep its slim Billings 7-0 Friday at the approach, this evening’s tine’s Day. 21 USU (17th in the hopes alive of tying for See CLINCH on B6 Logan Sports Academy and Racquet Club. The Aggies improve to 2-3 on the season. UHSAA State Wrestling In singles action, sopho- more Jakob Asplund defeated MSUB’s Franco Valdez, 6-2, 6- 0, at the No. 2 spot, while fresh- man Jordan Barlow swept the Yellowjackets’ Brian LeSueur, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 6 spot. As close as it gets Fellow Aggies’ sophomore Bryan Marchant, juniors Amit Maharaj and Alex Payson edges Thatcher, and senior Mike Banks, all tallied victories in singles play as well. MC by 1.5 pts; Utah State continues action today, hosting North- SV takes 14th ern Arizona at 9 a.m. Admis- By Jason Turner sion to all tennis matches is sports writer free to the public. OREM — They didn’t have the Sports scores depth that the Mustangs and Bees did, but it doesn’t mean the Lions NHL didn’t have what it took to win a New Jersey 1, Boston 0 Columbus 3, Detroit 2 state title. Buffalo 6, San Jose 5, SO Florida 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO 4A Championships St. Louis 1, Chicago 0 Dallas 2, Vancouver 1 Payson needed to be darn near Montreal 4, Colorado 2 perfect on the third and final day of the 4A State Wrestling Tourna- On television ment in order to surpass Moun- AUTO RACING tain Crest and Box Elder, but the 11:15 a.m. Region 7 champions were up to ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide the challenge. Series, Camping World 300, at The Lions went an astounding Daytona Beach, Fla. 14-1 in the final three rounds and BOXING 8 p.m. that was enough to propel them in HBO — Champion Nate the closest three-team 4A competi- Campbell (32-5-1) vs. Ali Funeka tion in more than 10 years Friday (30-1-2), for IBF/WBO lightweight night at the McKay Events Center. title; junior middleweights, Sergio One extra pin and one extra Martinez (44-1-1) vs. Kermit Cin- Mountain Crest loss literally made tron (30-2-0); junior middleweights, Alfredo Angulo (14-0-0) vs. Ricardo the difference as the Lions finished Mayorga (28-7-1), at Sunrise, Fla. with 236.5 points to the runner-up CYCLING Eli Lucero/Herald Journal Mustangs’ 235. The Bees were 3 p.m. Mountain Crest’s Raider Lofthouse, right, escapes from Box Elder’s Koleton Hardy during their VERSUS — Tour of California, championship match in the 135-pound weight class Friday in Orem. Lofthouse won the match 5-3 prologue, at Sacramento, Calif. to claim his third title. See CLOSE on B4 (live and same-day tape) GOLF 7:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Malaysian Open, third round, at Logan fares well on second day Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (same-day tape) By Jason Turner fortable 283-200.5 lead over 11 a.m. sports writer 3A Championships Wasatch, while Uintah occu- TGC — Champions Tour, Allianz pies the third position with Championship, second round, at Fast forward to a year later said — propelling itself into Boca Raton, Fla. OREM — Last season and the Grizzlies did a com- the top five in the team stand- 140.5 points. 1 p.m. Logan struggled mightily on plete about-face. ings Friday at the McKay “We had a team meeting CBS — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach the second day of the 3A State Logan shined on Day 2 of Events Center. last night and we even talked National Pro-Am, third round, at Wrestling Tournament, and it the tourney — “We wrestled The Grizzlies are cur- about (last year),” Roundy Pebble Beach, Calif. virtually ensured the Grizzlies the best that I think we can,” rently in fourth place with 4:30 p.m. 7*&²/3*$6%62SHQ¿QDO would not finish in the top five. LHS head coach Bo Roundy 122 points. Delta has a com- See LOGAN on B6 round, at Kahuku, Hawaii NBA 6:30 p.m. TNT — Exhibition, Shooting Stars, Skills Challenge, Three- Heat send Thriller goes to Bears Point Shootout, and Slam Dunk, at Phoenix MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL McDade scores 23 for LHS 10 a.m. Marion to ESPN — Georgetown at Syracuse By Wade Denniston Memorial Gym. 11 a.m. sports writer CBS — UCLA at Arizona “That was one of the Noon greatest high school ESPN — Texas at Colorado Toronto GARLAND — What region basketball games 1 p.m. MIAMI (AP) — Shawn Marion’s a way to cap the regular that’s been played in FSN — Oregon at Washington season. this valley in a 1:30 p.m. most memorable play with the Miami Heat was his last. In a highly- Logan long time,” pro- ABC — Kansas at Kansas State boys basketball 2 p.m. Hours after Marion’s last-second anticipated claimed Griz- ESPN — Cincinnati at Pittsburgh dunk lifted the Heat past the Chicago matchup zlies head coach 3 p.m. Bulls, he was traded Fri- between the Jeff Brimhall. ESPN2 — Creighton at S. Illinois top two teams “You had two FSN — Stanford at California day to the Toronto Raptors 5 p.m. in exchange for Jermaine in Region 11 Bears 70, great teams bat- ESPN2 — Tennessee St. at O’Neal, ending a week- — and arguably Grizzlies 67 tling it out. We Austin Peay slong saga involving the two of the best had our chances 7 p.m. expected deal. in the 3A Classification and they had KJZZ — Utah State at Boise State NBA officials approved — the game lived up to theirs and it came down ESPN — Ohio St. at Wisconsin its billing and then some. to basically the last pos- (631²1LDJDUDDW)DLU¿HOG the swap Friday afternoon WOMEN’S COLLEGE by conference call, the Isaac Ericksen scored session. BASKETBALL Heat said. 20 points and Wade “But I can’t tell you 11 a.m. “I developed an unbelievable rela- Bronson had three key how proud I am of my FSN — Texas Tech at Nebraska tionship with Shawn,” Heat star guard baskets down the stretch kids, I just love them 9 p.m. Dwyane Wade said in Phoenix, where to lift Bear River to a to death. The way they FSN — California at Stanford battled and the way they RODEO he’s part of All-Star weekend. “You’re Photo courtesy of the Tremonton Leader thrilling 70-67 victory 6 p.m. Logan’s Jeff Manning drives to the basket over Logan on Friday prepared for that VERSUS — PBR, Express Clas- over Bear River’s Devin Mathews (15) and night in front of a stand- sic, at Oklahoma City See SEND on B2 Wade Bronson (4) Friday night in Garland. ing-room only crowd at See THRILLER on B4 B6 - The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Saturday, February 14, 2009 he’s learned to work hard,” Roundy said of Keckler.