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BYU blows out Wyoming, 52-0

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:57:43 GMT

LARAMIE, Wyo. (ABC-4 Sports) - Max Hall threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns in just over two quarters, and No. 25 BYU won its sixth straight over Wyoming, 52-0 on Saturday.

BYU (7-2, 4-1 Mountain West) recorded its first shutout of the season and second consecutive against the Cowboys. The Cougars beat Wyoming 44-0 last year.

Hall now has 28 career wins, one behind the school record held by Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, who played at BYU from 1988-91.

Against Wyoming (4-5, 2-3), he was 20 of 22 and had TD passes of 44, 2, 79 and 15 yards. He completed passes to seven different receivers before taking a seat midway through the third quarter.

It was the most lopsided loss for Wyoming since 1985.

Cougars receiver McKay Jacobson, who missed the previous four games with a hamstring injury, caught three passes for 100 yards, including the 79-yard TD score.

Harvey Unga rushed for 85 yards before limping off the field early in the third quarter.

BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said Unga's injury was not serious and he could have returned to the game.

But that wasn't necessary with the game so one-sided.

The Cougars outgained the Cowboys 543-225. The closest Wyoming came to scoring was just before halftime when it drove down to the BYU 7 but time ran out in the half.

Freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels was 14 of 23 for 108 yards for the Cowboys.

It was the third time the Cowboys have been shut out this season under new coach Dave Christensen, a former offensive coordinator at Missouri who was hired in December to revitalize the Cowboy's offense.

Jazz forward Kyle Korver putting on coat drive

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:00 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah Jazz forward Kyle Korver is putting on a coat drive for charity.

The coat drive takes place Saturday when the Jazz play the Sacramento Kings at EnergySolutions Arena.

Fans are encouraged to bring new coats with the tags still attached.

The coats will be donated to the Utah Dream Center and Salt Lake Education Foundation.

For every coat donated, a voucher will be issued that admits two people into a postgame autograph session with Korver, who will sign complimentary photos.

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High School Football Scores - Quarterfinals

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:47:14 GMT

High School Football Scores - Quarterfinals

3A Playoffs
Wasatch 48, Bear River 32
Juan Diego 28, Cedar 3
Park City 21, Delta 14

4A Playoffs

Dixie 24, Bonneville 14
Timpview 57, Spanish Fork 22
Springville 16, Woods Cross 12
Mountain Crest 48, Highland 7

5A Playoffs

Davis 17, Pleasant Grove 9
Alta 37, Cottonwood 13
Hunter 45, Lone Peak 37 (4OT)
Bingham 38, Syracuse 3

Lobo soccer player suspended indefinitely

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:53:11 GMT

PROVO, Utah (ABC-4 Sports) - University of New Mexico head women’s soccer coach Kit Vela announced today that junior defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely for her actions in Thursday’s match against BYU in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Championship in Provo, Utah.

Effective immediately, Lambert is prohibited from participating in all team practices, competition and conditioning activities. As a junior, it is unclear whether or not Lambert will be able to resume activities with the team next season.

On Wednesday, Lambert was seen punching BYU's Carlee Payne in the back, and she pulled BYU's Kassidy Shumway to the ground by her ponytail. Lambert also kicked a ball into the face of another Cougar player. Lamber was eventually given a red card ejection.

“I am deeply and wholeheartedly regretful for my actions,” said Lambert. “My actions were uncalled for. I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation. I take full responsibility for my actions and accept any punishment felt necessary from the coaching staff and UNM administration. This is in no way indicative of my character or the soccer player that I am. I am sorry to my coaches and teammates for any and all damages I have brought upon them. I am especially sorry to BYU and the BYU women’s soccer players that were personally affected by my actions. I have the upmost respect for the BYU women’s soccer program and its players.”

“Liz is a quality student-athlete, but in this instance her actions clearly crossed the line of fair play and good sportsmanship,” said Vela.

“Liz’s conduct on the field against BYU was completely inappropriate,” said UNM Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs. “There is no way to defend her actions.”

BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe also released a statement, saying he was satisfied with the way Krebs promptly handled the situation.

Real Salt Lake wins, advances to conference finals

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:59:00 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final with a 3-2 victory over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Thursday night.

The victory, combined with a 1-0 home win Saturday, gave Salt Lake a 4-2 aggregate win in the two-game series. After setting an MLS record with a 24-game home unbeaten streak, Columbus finished the season with three straight losses at home.

Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the reigning MLS MVP, gave the Crew a 1-0 lead with an improbable tally off a 56-yard free kick in the 19th minute. The ball bounced just outside the box and passed inches beyond the reach of diving goalkeeper Nick Rimando.

Schelotto scored again in the 35th minute. He intercepted a pass from Salt Lake defender Robbie Russell and redirected the ball to teammate Emmanuel Ekpo.

Ekpo returned the pass and Schelotto wrong-footed defender Jamison Olave before curling a low, hard shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the right post.

That gave the Crew a 2-1 cumulative lead, but it was short-lived. In the 37th minute, Morales scored an opportunistic goal following questionable defending in front of Columbus goalkeeper William Hesmer.

Moments before the end of the first half, Crew captain Frankie Hejduk was whistled for hauling down Salt Lake's Fabian Espindolainside the penalty area. Findley drove a penalty kick into the leftside of the net as Hesmer dove to the right.

Andy Williams scored in the 74th minute to Salt Lake additional breathing room.

In the 85th minute, the Crew's Robbie Rogers sent a pass into the penalty area that second-half substitute Jason Garey headed toward the goal. Rimando made a leaping, fingertip save for one of his eight on the night.

In 2008, Salt Lake played in the Western Conference final, but will compete this year in the Eastern finals due to MLS playoff seedings.

Boozer comes alive in Jazz win

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:35:01 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC-4 Sports) - The boos that the Utah Jazz heard early quickly turned to cheers of "Booz!"

Carlos Boozer and the Utah Jazz finally put on a show worth rooting for, beating the San Antonio Spurs 113-99 on Thursday night.

The Jazz ended a two-game losing skid and undid a little of the damage done in an embarrassing loss two nights before.

"We played a lot harder," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "I was proud of the way we played. Everyone was involved, trying to help each other and give us chances to win."

Boozer, who had been struggling, finished with 27 points and 14 rebounds and Deron Williams also scored 27 and added nine assists in Utah's first win over San Antonio since April 2008.

Andrei Kirilenko added 12 points and six assists and rookie Wesley Matthews scored a career-high 12 points for Utah, which improved to 2-3.

Mehmet Okur and Ronnie Brewer scored 10 apiece as all five Utah starters scored in double figures.

"Everybody was active, especially from the defensive end," Okur said. "From the first second until the 48th [minute] everybody was active. That's the way we've got to play every night."

The Jazz shot over 55 percent in the first half and cooled off only slightly in the second, going 19 for 38 in the final two periods.

"We've got to finish off games like we did tonight," said Boozer, who finished 12 for 20 from the floor. "We needed to play a full 48 minutes of basketball and that's what we got tonight. Prior to this game, we hadn't done that."

Tim Duncan had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Tony Parker had 21 points, but scored just four in the second half as the Spurs couldn't overcome the Jazz's shooting.

DuJuan Blair scored 14 and Manu Ginobili had 11 points for the Spurs, who gave up a season-high 60 points in the first half.

"We've got a lot of work to do to become a good defensive team and Utah obviously took advantage of that tonight," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They are always an aggressive club and they do a great job of fighting for 48 minutes."

The Jazz were coming off a devastating loss at Dallas on Tuesday, when they blew a 16-point lead and allowed the Mavericks to come back and win with a 44-point fourth quarter.

Utah smothered any comeback attempts the Spurs had and ended a four-game skid to San Antonio.

"We just did a good job of executing tonight," said Williams, who made 11 of 19 shots. "We stayed within our offense. We got good shots and we got stops when we needed them."

Utah was up by 10 at halftime and only let the Spurs get as close as eight before pulling away and protecting the big lead this time.

Boozer was shooting just 35 percent entering the game and was booed when he missed his first shot early in the first quarter, but quickly won back the fans with a couple of hustle plays. Boozer tied up Duncan and forced two jump balls in the first quarter, then carried Utah with his offense.

Boozer also had two steals, both times swatting the ball away from Duncan in the lane and had three assists and two blocks.

"They got the momentum going early on and got rewarded for their physical play," Duncan said. "We knew it would be that kind of game."

The Jazz led 93-80 after three and survived a brief lull before pulling away again.

Duncan got San Antonio back to 97-86 on a putback, but Paul Millsap answered with a layup and Boozer hit a shot to put Utah back up 103-88. After Michael Finley went 1 for 2 from the line for the Spurs, Boozer stripped the ball from Duncan to start a fast break, which Matthews ended with a layup to put the Jazz up by 16.

Jazz getting tired of same problems

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:55:26 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC-4 Sports) - The Utah Jazz are off to their worst start in seven years (1-3), and if the losing continues, the team is wary of possible chemistry issues.

"We have to stick together," said Carlos Boozer who is shooting 35 percent so far this season. "We can't fall apart. You know when you start losing a little bit, some guys go different ways on different teams. The good thing on this team, is that we stick together so we'll have a chance to fight back and win."

Head coach Jerry Sloan just wants his team to be tight on the court. "There's a lot of people who don't like each other when they get off the floor," Sloan said. "But when they get out there, they have to be together in order to try to win."

In their three losses, the Jazz have been outscored by 57 points in the 4th quarter. They were torched for 29 points by Dirk Nowitzki in blowing a 16-point 4th quarter lead in Dallas on Tuesday. The Jazz have struggled defensively, and they are getting a little sick of being asked about it.

"It's just up to us to get out there and do it," said forward Paul Millsap. "I'm tired of talking about it. We just got to get out there and do it, really."

Boozer says the team isn't concerned about any potential distraction. "We just got to keep playing ball. Not worry about anything else, not worry about the rest of the stuff that y'all write about and talk about. Just stick together as a group of guys."

Asked if it's time to panic, Mehmet Okur said, "No, it's too early to panic."

But the way things are going, it may be time soon.

Wynn ready to become starter

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:33:41 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC-4 Sports) - Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham is going to keep it a secret who his starting quarterback is until just before kickoff this Saturday against New Mexico. But it certainly appears true freshman Jordan Wynn is going to get the call. Wynn took almost all the snaps with the first team at practice, and is expected to become the new starting quarterback, replacing Terrance Cain.

"Obviously, we're not releasing it yet," said Wynn. "It's a little different, but me and Terrance are preparing exactly the same."

"We're a team," said Cain. "We can't be selfish. Whatever is best for the team, that's what we gotta do."

Whittingham is hoping the quarterback controversy doesn't affect either player's attitude. "Nobody likes to lose their job," said Whittingham. "But we expect out of Terrance what we got out of Jordan when Jordan was on the sidelines. He was supporting Terrance and being a positive factor on our football team."

Wynn replaced Cain last Saturday against Wyoming, and led a 2nd half comeback. Trailing 10-3, Wynn completed 9 of 14 passes for 82 yard's and his first career touchdown pass as the Utes rallied past the Cowboys, 22-10. Cain was 7-1 as a starter, but struggled to move the offense during the Utes last two victories against Air Force and Wyoming.

The fact that Wynn and Cain are such good friends doesn't make the situation any easier. "It would be better if we hated each other," said Wynn. "But with both of us friends, it makes for an interesting relationship."

The Utes host the Lobos this Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium at 4:00 p.m.

Hunter's hat trick leads Grizzlies, 5-2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:00 GMT

WEST VALLEY, Utah (ABC-4 Sports) - The Utah Grizzlies (4-2) defeated the Idaho Steelheads 5-2 Wednesday night at the E-Center. Dylan Hunter recorded a hat trick in the win as the Grizzlies won their third-straight game. The Grizzlies went 3-8 on the power-play.

Utah never trailed in the contest, leading 1-0 in the first period, following a power-play score from Dylan Hunter at 6:26. Idaho added a power-play goal of their own 4:01 later and 1-1 was the score at the first intermission.

Hunter added a five-on-three power-play goal 1:35 into the second to give Utah a 2-1 lead before the Steelheads evened the score again at 9:12. After goaltender Parker Van Buskirk denied a Mathieu Tousignant penalty-shot at 12:16 of the period, Dylan Hunter was awarded one at 14:30 and finished off the hat trick as he ultimately scored the game-winning goal. Vlady Nikiforov scored unassisted at 16:25 to finish the three-goal period and give Utah a 4-2 lead.

The Grizzlies killed off a 4:32 shorthanded situation to start the third before AJ Perry scored a power-play goal to give Utah a 5-2 lead at 9:37.

Van Buskirk (4-1) stopped 27 of 29 shots for his fourth-straight win. Captain Ryan Kinasewich added two assists in the game for Utah and now has 16 points in the team’s first six games.

The Grizzlies and Steelheads rematch Friday at the E-Center. Face-off is again scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Jazz collapse in Dallas, 96-85

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:52 GMT

DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki scored a club-record 29 of his 40 points during a frantic fourth-quarter comeback and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 96-85 on Tuesday night.

Nowitzki broke the franchise record of 24 points in any quarter set by Mark Aguirre against Denver on March 24, 1984.

Dallas was down 72-56 after Utah's Wes Matthews hit a layup with 9:51 left. The Mavericks then trailed by 13 before Nowitzki's three-point play triggered a 19-6 run capped by his layup with 2:41 remaining to tie it at 83.

Nowitzki's inside basket on Dallas' next possession put the Mavericks in front for good, 85-83 with 2:05 left. Carlos Boozer's basket with 3:49 to play had given the Jazz an 83-78 edge, but Utah wouldn't score again until Boozer's hoop with 35 seconds remaining.

Nowitzki left to a standing ovation with 28 seconds remaining.

Deron Williams scored 22 points and Mehmet Okur added 14 points and 14 rebounds for Utah.

Jason Kidd had 19 points for the Mavericks (3-1).

Nowitzki went 12-for-22 from the field, 15-for-16 from the foul line, and added 11 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Dallas was able to follow up on victories over the Lakers and Clippers in a two-game weekend trip to Los Angeles with its first home win.

Williams had 12 third-quarter points as the Jazz ended the quarter with a 22-6 spurt for a 67-52 lead.

Utah was up 37-35 after a tough first half for both offenses. The Jazz shot 34 percent from the field and the Mavericks hit 32 percent in the opening 24 minutes.