FOOTBALL IS A GAME OF IMMOVABLE OBJECTS AND IRRESISTABLE FORCES…BIG HITS AND SHAME FOR THE LOSERS AND ULTIMATE GLORY FOR THE WINNERS… PAPER FOOTBALL…IS NO DIFFERENT…EXCEPT FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I JUST SAID…AND TODAY I WITNESSED THE PINACLE OF PAPER FOOTBALL PERFECTION… ALREADY DOWN BY SIX…NICK “NO FOOT” SCHULTE TIES THE GAME WITH A FLICK OF HIS FINGER… “THE HANSOME ONE” COMES RIGHT BACK WITH A TOUCHDOWN OF HIS OWN…TWO HITS…THAT’S MONEY!... THAT DASHING YOUNG MAN SCORES AGAIN TO PUT HIMSELF UP BY 6…BUT HE CANT SEEM TO MAKE THE EXTRA POINT…THAT COULD BE THE END OF HIM… ON THE LAST POSSESSION OF THE GAME…SCHUTE SCORES TO TIE IT UP AND SO MUCH FOR NO FOOT…DRIVES THE EXTRA POINT HOME FOR THE VICTORY…HERES WHAT HE HAD TO SAY… WHAT A COMPETITION…IN MY OPIONION THE REALLY REALLY GOODLOOKING GUY GOT ROBBED…WELL THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR
THE 2005 FALL SEMESTER HAS BEEN FULL OF UPS . . . DOWNS AND CRAZY TURNS ALONG THE WAY…SO YOUR N-A-U LIVE SPORTS TEAM IS BRINGING YOU THE SEMESTER IN REVIEW… HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… OUR LUMBERJACK FOOTBALL TEAM LACKED LUSTER THIS SEASON… FINISHING WITH A RECORD OF THREE AND EIGHT AND ONE AND SIX IN THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE . . . SOPHOMORE RECIEVER KORY MAHR LED THE JACKS WITH 44 CATCHES FOR 482 YARDS AND NINE TOUCHDOWNS . . . FOR OUR LADY JACKS SOCCER TEAM . . . THE SKY WAS FALLING . . . THE BIG SKY THAT IS… AS THEY DOMINATED THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE UNTIL FALLING TO WEBER STATE FOUR TO ONE IN THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME . . . THE TEAM WAS LED BY CEE CEE ODERFER WHO HAD TEN GOALS AND SEVEN ASSISTS . . . LUMBERJACK VOLLEYBALL SAW SOME SPIKES AND KILLS . . . BUT IT WAS USUALLY THE OTHER TEAM DOING IT . . . THEY FINISH THE SEASON FOUR AND 19 WITH A RECORD OF THREE AND ELEVEN IN THE CONFERENCE . . . THE JACKS DID HAVE AN UPSIDE TO THE SEASON . . . THANKS TO ELLIE BUTTERFIELD AND KATY KNOWLTON WHO EACH HAD OVER 200 KILLS . . . COMPARABLE TO THE FLASH . . . JOHANNA NILSSON AND THE REST OF THE N-A-U CROSS COUNTRY TEAM BLEW PAST THEIR BIG SKY OPPONENTS AND THE REST OF THE NATION . . . NILSSON IS OFFICIALLY THE FASTEST FEMALE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER IN AMERICA . . . FINISHING FIRST AT THE N-C-DOUBLE-A FINALS . . . ON THE MEN’S SIDE . . . N-A-U FINISHED ON TOP OF THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE . . . BUT PLACED FOURTH IN THE MOUNTAIN REGIONAL AND DID NOT QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS . . . THAT’S IT LUMBERJACKS…THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE… CHECK US OUT NEXT SEMESTER…AND WE’LL HAVE ALL YOUR SPRING SPORTS COVERAGE . . . STAY CLASSY FLAGSTAFF . . .
WHILE EVERYONE ELSE WAS BUSY EATING TURKEY THIS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND… THE N-A-U WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WAS CARVING OUT POINTS AND PLUCKING VICTORIES... THE JACKS PLAYED TWO GAMES AS PART OF THE LA QUINTA INN & SUITES THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT… THE GAMES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ROOMY BUT THEY WERE DEFINITELY SWEET THE FIRST GAME SAW N-A-U TAKE ON CAL STATE FULLERTON… WITH N-A-U COMING OUT ON TOP 66 TO 61… N-A-U BATTLED MANHATTAN COLLEGE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME… THE JACKS STRONG DEFENSE LED THE WAY AS N-A-U DEFEATED MANHATTAN 65 TO51…COACH LAURIE KELLY AND SENIOR NICKY EASON WERE HAPPY WITH THE TEAMS PERFORMANCE THE N-A-U WOMEN’S NEXT GAME WILL BE THIS THURSDAY IN CEDAR CITY UTAH AGAINST SOUTHERN CITY.
THE WALK-UP SKY DOME WAS FILLED WITH DARK RAIN CLOUDS THIS PAST TUESDAY… THE N-A-U MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM POURED IN THREE POINTER AFTER THREE POINTER…FINISHING SIX FOR 13 FROM DOWN TOWN…EN ROUTE TO A 97 TO 47 POUNDING OF CAL MARITIME ACADEMY.. JACKS SENIOR GUARD STEVE SIR SANK ALL OF N-A-U’S THREE’S…FINISHING SIX OF SEVEN FROM BEHIND THE ARC FOR A TEAM HIGH 18 POINTS… THE JACKS HEAD TO DENVER COLORADO THIS THURSDAY TO TAKE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER….
JOHANNA NILSSON MUST HAVE BEEN WEARING HER P-F-FLYERS . . . BECAUSE SHE WAS RUNNING FASTER THAN THE REST OF THE N-C-DOUBLE-A AT THE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . IT WAS ALL JOHANNA AS NILSSON SET THE TERRA HAUTE COURSE RECORD… WITH A TIME OF 19:34 . . . NILSSON SAYS SHE WAS SURPRISED SHE DID SO WELL . . . AS A TEAM…THE LUMBERJACKS FINISHED 12TH IN THE NATION WITH THE HELP OF SOME EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES FROM NICOLE GELDEMEISTER AND KATJA ROSENPLANTER . . . AND OF COURSE JOHANNA . . . CONGRATULATIONS LADIES AND GOODLUCK IN THE INDOOR SEASON . . .
ITS NOT THE OLYMPICS…ITS NOT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS…AND NO ITS NOT THE PAN AM GAMES…WHAT IS IT?...ITS A YEAR LONG COMPETITION THAT REQUIRES DETERMINATION…ATHLETICISM…AND PROBABLY A FEW CUT CLASSES…. EACH YEAR FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES ON CAMPUS COMPETE FOR THE INTRAMURAL TROPHY…ONLY ONE FRATERNITY AND ONE SORORITY CAN TAKE IT HOME AT THE END OF THE YEAR… BY POPULAR DEMAND…I BRING YOU THE STANDINGS… FOR FRATERNITIES…DELTA CHI IS IN THIRD PLACE WITH 646 POINTS…PHI DELTA THETA IN SECOND WITH 818…AND IN THE LEAD IS PI KAPPA ALPHA WITH ONE THOUSAND 292… ON THE SORORITY SIDE…CHI OMEGA IS IN THIRD WITH 375…TRI DELTA IS IN SECOND WITH 476 AND PI BETA PHI IS HOLDING ONTO THE LEAD WITH 699 POINTS… TUNE IN NEXT SEMESTER AND WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE STANDINGS…
CHAMPION…ONE THAT IS CLEARLY SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS….AND AS IN THE MOVIE HIGHLANDER…THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE… AND THIS TIME…THAT ONE…IS OUR VERY OWN JOHANNA NILSSON… THAT’S RIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS…THE LADY LUMBERJACK IS BRINGING AN N-C-A-A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOME TO FLAGSTAFF… IN THE BACKDROP OF TERRE HAUTE…INDIANA…NILLSON SHOT OUT OF THE GATE AND LITERALLY RAN AWAY FROM HER OTHER COMPETITORS…BREAKING THE COURSE RECORD IN THE PROCESS… NILSSON FINISHES HER SEASON WITH A TIME OF 19 MINUTES AND 34 SECONDS… OVERALL….OUR LADY JACKS COME HOME AS THE NATION’S TWELFTH RANKED TEAM … AND FOR ANY OF YOU WHO’D LIKE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF OUR NATIONAL CHAMP…OUTDOOR TRACK STARTS IN THE SPRING…
UNLIKE A FIREWORK SHOW THE N-A-U FINALE ENDED WITHOUT SPARKS…THERE WAS NO BANG…AND THE ONLY THING THAT LIT UP WAS THE SCORE BOARD. N-A-U TOOK ON NORTHERN IOWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THEIR FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON THE JACKS PASSED FOR ONLY 98 YARDS AND RAN FOR A DISCOURAGING NEGATIVE 44 YARDS AS THEY LOST 41-TO-17. THIS ENDS THE N-A-U FOOTBALL SEASON AS THE JACKS HOPE TO USE THE EXPERIENCES GAINED FROM THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE FOR NEXT SEASON.
THE U-C DAVIS AGGIES NEEDED A HEART MONITOR TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THE N-A-U MENS BASKETBALL GAME SATURDAY NIGHT. N-A-U WORE THEIR WHITE JERSEYS AS THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON…KYLE LANDRY PROVED THAT LAST WEEKS MORGAN STATE GAME WAS NO FLUKE AS HE SCORED A GAME HIGH 15 POINTS. THE JACKS KEPT THE GAME OUT OF REACH AS THEY WENT INTO HALF-TIME WITH A THIRTEEN POINT LEAD…IN THE SECOND HALF UC DAVIS DIDN’T LOOK LIKE AGGIES INSTEAD THEY PLAYED LIKE CALFS AS THEY COULDN’T KEEP UP AND THE LUMBERJACKS WHO WON 78-TO-50. THE WOMEN’S N-A-U BASKETBALL TEAM DIDN’T FAIR AS WELL AS THE MEN AS THEY TOOK ON U-TEP IN EL PASO ON SUNDAY. THE JACKS BEGAN STRONG GOING INTO HALF TIME KNOTTED UP AT 32…EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS AND THE JACKS COULDN’T MUSCLE UP TO THE UTEP WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF. THE U-TEP MINERS CHISELED THEIR WAY TO A 68-TO-49 VICTORY. THE N-A-U WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL TAKE ON CAL STATE FULLERTON THIS WEEKEND.
I’VE SEEN SPEEDBOATS THAT COULDN’T KEEP UP WITH THESE GIRLS . . . WELL . . . AFTER THE ENGINE BLOWS OUT . . . NEVER-THE-LESS . . . OUR N-A-U SWIM TEAM TORE UP THE COMPETITION AT THE NEW MEXICO STATE DUAL MEET . . . N-A-U DEFEATED NEW MEXICO STATE 146 TO 91 IN THE HEAD TO HEAD MEET . . . GENERALLY MY PARENTS GET PRETTY UPSET WHEN I GET THREE C’S IN ONE DAY . . . BUT THESE THREE C’S . . . CASSIE LYONS . . . CORY COLLINS . . . AND CANDACE FA-HARDO TOOK IT TO THE HOUSE . . . WINNING TWO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS A PIECE . . . THE LUMBERJACKS WILL HIT THE POOL AGAIN ON DECEMBER THIRD TO TAKE ON NEW MEXICO AT HOME . . . IF YOU GO TO THE MEET JUST WATCH OUT FOR THAT SPLASH ZONE . . .
AS TONY DUNGY ONCE SAID?cYOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME?cAND THAT?fS EXACTLY WHAT OUR JACKS ARE DOING?cPLAYING TO WIN BABY?c OUR N-A-U FOOTBALL TEAM IS COMING OFF OF THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN?cLAST WEEKENDS GAME AGAINST IDAHO STATE?c AND ARE LOOKING TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING AGAINST THE NATIONS TENTH RANKED DIVISION ONE DOUBLE-A TEAM?cNORTHERN IOWA?c COACH SOUERS TALKS ABOUT THE TOUGH GAME AHEAD?c OUR JACKS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK ALL SEASON...BATTLING SOME TOUGH TIMES?cOFF FIELD DISTRACTIONS?cAND INJURIES ALL AROUND ?c COACH SOWERS SAYS THROUGH IT ALL?cTHE TEAM STUCK TOGETHER?cNEVER GIVING UP... FOR THE SENIORS?cSATURDAY?fS GAME WILL BE THEIR LAST IN A LUMBERJACK UNIFORM?cFOR N-A-U LIVE SPORTS?cWE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST?cGO JACKS
FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING THEIR THING?cAND I LIKE THAT THING THEY DO. F-H-S HAS DOMINATED THE COMPETITION THIS SEASON AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO TORMENT TEAMS DURING THE PLAYOFFS. THE FLAGSTAFF EAGLES TOOK ON BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN LAST THURSDAY?cIT WAS THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME THIS SEASON?c AND THEY LOOKED GOOD. THE EAGLES SCORED IN THE FIRST QUARTER TAKING A SIX-TO-NOTHING LEAD. IN THE THIRD QUARTER?cBRADSHAW MOUNTAIN TOOK OVER AND ADDED TWO TOUCHDOWNS OF THEIR OWN. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FLAG SCORED EIGHT POINTS SENDING THE GAME INTO OVER TIME?cFLAG TOOK OVER BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN IN OVER TIME SIMILAR TO THE WAY 50 CENT HAS TAKEN OVER THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?c FLAGSTAFF SCORED THEIR FINAL TOUCHDOWN DURING THE FIRST OVER TIME AND MOVED ON TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. FLAG WILL TAKE ON MINGUS TOMORROW?cTHE MINGUS MARAUDERS ARE COMING OFF A STRONG 55-TO-7 WIN AGAINST SINAGUA?cBOTH TEAMS ARE COMING OF GREAT WINS AND THE RE-MATCH IS SHAPING UP BE A GAME TO REMEMBER?c
THE DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER?cTHE LEAVES ARE FALLING?cTHE TEMPERTATURE IS DROPPING.... AND?cLOOK OUT?cITS RAINING THREE?fS?c.THAT?fS RIGHT?cTHE N-A-U MEN?fS AND WOMEN?fS BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON IS UNDERWAY?c OUR JACKS MEN?fS TEAM JUST RETURNED FROM SEATTLE WASHINGTON WERE THEY PLACED 7TH IN THE B-C-A INVITATIONAL BY BEATING MORGAN STATE 71 TO 51?c SOPHOMORE KYLE LANDRY LED THE LUMBERJACKS?c. SCORING A SEASON HIGH 18 POINTS?c.N-A-U JUNIOR FORWARD RUBEN BOYKIN JR. LEADS THE TEAM SO FAR THIS SEASON IN PONTS AND REBOUNDS?c. THE LADY JACKS BASKETBALL TEAM BEGINS THEIR REGULAR SEASON PLAY TOMORROW IN LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO AGAINST NEW MEXICO STATE?c.THEN WILL TRAVEL TO EL PASO TEXAS TO TAKE ON THE UTEP LADY MINERS MAKE SURE AND CATCH THE LADY JACKS THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK?cN-A-U WILL HOST CAL-STATE FULLERTON WEDNSDAY NOVEMBER 25TH AT THE WALKUP SKYDOME FOLLOWING THE ARMY..MANHATTAN CONTEST?cTHE TOURNAMENT WILL CONCLUDE THURSDAY?c.TURKEY DAY?c
PHI DELT VERSUS D-CHI . . . THIS AINT YOUR REGULAR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AS THESE TWO FRATERNITIES FOUGHT TO THE END IN THE INTRAMURAL FRATERNITY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP . . . IT WAS A CLOSE GAME THROUGH THE FIRST HALF AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND . . . UNTIL THE PHI DELTS BROKE THIS BARRY SANDERS BOOYA PUTTING THE GAME OUT OF REACH . . . ADDING A FEW MORE TOUCHDOWNS TO D-CHI?fS OPEN WOUNDS . . . PHI DELTA THETA WINS THE FRATERNITY CHAMPIONSHIP 30 TO 6. PHI DELT LOST A HEARTBREAKER LAST NIGHT TO THE INDEPENDENT TEAM?c TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE . . . CHECK OUT THE DOME TONIGHT TO CATCH THE ALL-UNIVERSITY GAME WHERE TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE WELL TRY TO REPEAT LAST NIGHTS PERFORMANCE AGAINST WRECKING CREW . . ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES . . .
N-A-U FOOTBALL COACH JEROME SOUERS HAS SAID ALL SEASON THAT HIS FOOTBALL TEAM WILL FIGHT TO THE END NO MATTER WHAT THEIR RECORD MAY BE?c.ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS?c.THE LUMBERJACKS STEPPED IT UP THIS WEEKEND?cEARNING THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN?cBEATING IDAHO STATE 42-28 ON SENIOR DAY AT THE WALKUP SKYDOME?c N-A-U RUNNING BACK RYAN WILLIAMS AND OH LINEMAN JACOB WOLFE WERE RECOGNIZED BEFORE THE GAME ON SENIOR DAY?cAN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THESE GRADUATING PLAYERS?c LETS ROLL THE HIGHLIGHTS?c.MURRIETTA THREW FOR OVER 250 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS?cAND ALEX WATSON PLAYED HUGE CATCHING SIX BALL FOR 158 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.. THE LUMBERJACKS AVOID GOING WINLESS IN THE BIG SKY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975?cAND HOPE TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM THIS SATURDAY IN THE SEASONS FINALE AGAINST 14TH RANKED NORTHERN IOWA?c..
RUN FORREST RUN!!! AND THAT?fS EXACTLY WHAT OUR LUMBERJACK CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS DID?c THE MEN AND WOMEN?fS TEAMS RAN IN THE N-C-DOUBLE-A MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST WEEKEND?c THE WOMEN ARE LED BY BIG SKY CHAMPION?cJOHANNA NILSSON?cAND TOOK THIRD PLACE AS A TEAM IN THE RACE... JOHANNA NILLSON SHOWED HER DOMINANCE WINNING THE MOUNTAIN REGIONAL WOMEN?fS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A TIME OF 20 MINUTES 39 POINT FIVE SECONDS?c JOHANNA ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE LADY JACK CROSS COUNTRY TEAM LOOK TO TAKE ON ALL COMERS AT THE UPCOMING N-C-DOUBLE A CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TARRA HAUTE INDIANA?c THE MEN PUT IN JUST AS MUCH EFFORT PLACING FOURTH IN THE THIRTY ONE TEAM FIELD?c MARTEN BOSTROM LED ALL N-A-U MEN WITH A TIME OF 31 MINUTES FIFTEEN POINT SIX SECONDS ON THE TEN K COURSE?c.BOSTROM FINISHED IN FIFTEENTH PLACE OVERALL?c THE MEN?fS SEASON, UNFORTUNATELY IS OVER BUT THEY FINISH AS THE BIG SKY CHAMPIONS?cGOOD JOB GUYS?c
AIR FORCE TOOK OFF AND LANDED ALL OVER THE N-A-U MEN?fS BASKETBALL TEAM SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON?c THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THREE GAMES FOR THE LUMBERJACKS?cWHO ARE TAKING PART IN THE BCA CLASSIC?cA THREE DAY TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. THE LUMBERJACKS CHOPPED THEIR WAY TO A 16-TO-6 LEAD AFTER GOING ON A 12-TO-NOTHING RUN?cBUT AFTER THAT N-A-U WAS SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE AS AIR FORCED MANNED THE BATTLESHIP AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME N-A-U TURNOVERS TO GRAB AN 18 POINT LEAD EARLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER?c. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WOULD BE A JENNIFER ANISTON?cBRAD PITT ENDING FOR THE N-A-U LUMBERJACKS AS ALL THEIR HARD WORK WOULD LEAD TO A DEVASTATING LOSS?c N-A-U?fS SECOND GAME AGAINST TEXAS-ARLINGTON WAS MUCH LIKE A BLOCKBUSTER SEQUEL?cSIMILAR STORY LINE AND A BAD ENDING?c THE LUMBERJACKS GOT OFF TO AN EARLY 15-TO-7 LEAD BUT AFTER LOSING STANDOUTS STEVE SIR AND RUBEN BOYKIN TO FOUL TROUBLE?c N-A-U COULDN?fT HOLD ON TO THE LEAD... THE LUMBERJACKS STACKED BRICK AFTER BRICK AS THEY SHOT 28 PERCENT FROM THE FIELD DURING THE SECOND HALF?c BAD SHOOTING?cTURNOVERS?cAND POOR DEFENSE LED TO A 68-TO-59 LOSS. WE MOVE OVER TO THE WOMEN?fS SIDE WITH A LITTLE MORE ENTHUSIASM?c THE WOMEN?fS BASKETBALL TEAM HAD AND EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST FORT LEWIS THIS WEEKEND AT THE ROLE ACTIVITY CENTER?c ALTHOUGH IT WAS ONLY PRACTICE?c THE LADY JACKS SHOWED SKILL AS KIM WINKFIELD LEAD THE TEAM TO VICTORY?c HOME COURT ADVANTAGE AND SOME AMAZING PLAY HELPED THE LUMBERJACKS JUMP OUT TO A 27 POINT LEAD?c N-A-U WOULD NOT LOOK BACK?cWINNING THE GAME 82-57 ...
FROM RUNNING TO SPIKING?cTHE N-A-U VOLLEYBALL TEAM FINISHED ITS SEASON THIS LAST WEEKEND?cBUT DON?fT SPIKE YOUR REMOTE QUITE YET?cCOACH CHRIS CAMPBELL AND SENIOR ELLIE BUTTERFIELD SIT DOWN WITH OUR OWN STUART HAACK AND GIVE US THE INSIDE SCOOP ON THIS SEASON AND ON WHATS TO COME?c
ALTHOUGH THE N-A-U FOOTBALL TEAM LOST LAST WEEKS HOMECOMING GAME?c AND ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN?c THERE ARE ALWAYS POSITIVES TO REFLECT ON?c LOOKING BACK?c THE JACKS NOW KNOW THEIR DEFENSE CAN PLAY WITH ANYONE IN THE NATION?c AS THEY ALLOWED ONLY THREE FIELD GOALS TO THE NUMBER FOUR RANKED MONTANA GRIZZLIES LAST SATURDAY?c THIS WEEK?cN-A-U TAKES ON CONFERENCE FOE IDAHO STATE IN THEIR FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON?c COACH SOUERS AND THE REST OF THE TEAM REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE UPCOMING BATTLE?c WIDE OUT SIMIRONE WADE TALKS ABOUT THE JACKS CHANCES ON SATURDAY?c IDAHO STATE IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE?c AND THE JACKS ARE LOOKING TO PLAY SPOILER FOR THE BENGALS CHANCES TO SNEAK INTO THE POST SEASON?c
BUST OUT YOUR OLD SCHOOL SUNS?f SHORTS?cLACE UP YOUR NIKES AND GET READY FOR THE LUMBERJACKS O5-06?f COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON. THE PRE-SEASON POLLS ARE IN?cWITH NO B-C-S MESS?cMEN?fS BASKETBALL IS RANKED FOURTH AND FIFTH IN THE COACHES AND MEDIA POLLS?cWITH THE HELP OF RETURNING STARTERS RUBEN BOYKIN JR. AND KELLY GOLOB?cTHE MEN HOPE TO EXCEED THEIR PRE-SEASON RANKING N-A-U STARTED OUT BY WINNING THEIR EXHIBITION GAME THIS PAST SUNDAY. THE GAME TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE AN ASTRONOMY CLASS?cSTARS SHOWED UP EVERYWHERE. RUBEN BOYKINS JR. MUST HAVE BEEN THE NORTH STAR?cLEADING THE JACKS TO VICTORY WITH 21 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS. THE WOMEN FAIRED BETTER IN THE PRE-SEASON POLLS?cPICKED TO FINISH SECOND IN THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE. WITH THE HELP OF ALYSSA WAHL AND KIM WINKFIELD?cTHE LADY JACKS HOPE TO CAPTURE THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE TITLE WAHL?cNAMED TO THE ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE TEAM LAST YEAR?cAND WINKFIELD?cWHO FINISHED WITH 121 ASSISTS LAST SEASON...HOPES TO RIP THE THREE?fS AND DISH OUT THE DIMES THIS SEASON?c. THE MEN?fS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY IN THE B-C-A CLASSIC IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY WHILE THE LADIES WILL PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME THIS SATURDAY AGAINST FORT LEWIS COLLEGE AT THE ROLLE ACTIVITY CENTER...WITH TIP OFF SCHEDULED FOR SIX FIFTY FIVE P.M.
OH WHAT?fS THAT? . . . YA I GOT YOUR WEEKEND SPORTS RUNDOWN RIGHT HERE . . . THE WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH N-A-U WOMEN?fS TENNIS?c AS THEY HEAD TO THE GOLDEN STATE WHERE THEY WILL COMPETE IN THE IRVINE INVITATIONAL . . . AND MAYBE CATCH SOME WAVES . . . NEXT . . . VOLLEYBALL ALSO TAKES OFF TO THE COAST TO TAKE ON THE HORNETS . . . THE LUMBERJACKS PLAY SAC STATE ON SATURDAY . . . DESPITE THEIR DISAPPOINTING SEASON . . . SENIOR ELLIE BUTTERFIELD WAS SELECTED BY E-S-P-N MAGAZINE TO BE PART OF THE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM . . . CONGRATULATIONS ELLIE . . . AND FINALLY . . . THE LUMBERJACKS SWIM AND DIVE TEAM JUMPES IN HEAD FIRST AT THE SUN DEVIL INVITE . . . STARTING ON SATURDAY . . . AND FINISHING UP ON SUNDAY . . . GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR LUMBERJACKS . . AND YOU CAN CATCH THE RESULTS OF ALL THESE N-A-U EXPLOITS NEXT TUESDAY AT . . . WHERE ELSE . . . N-A-U LIVE SPORTS . . .
WELL IT TURNS OUT OUR BASKETBALL TEAM IS A BUNCH OF EXHIBITIONISTS?c BOTH THE N-A-U MEN?fS AND WOMEN?fS BASKETBALL TEAMS WALKED AWAY FROM THEIR EXHIBITION GAMES WITH VICTORIES THIS WEEKEND?c ON THE MEN?fS SIDE?cOUR JACKS TOOK ON THE WESTERN STATE COLLEGE MOUNTAINEER?fS?c N-A-U PUT OUT A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT?c RUBEN BOYKIN SCORED 21 POINTS AND TEN REBOUNDS?c KELLY GOLOB RAKED IN 19 POINTS HITTING FIVE FOR FIVE FROM BEHIND THE ARC?cSTEVE SIR PUT IN HIS WORK WITH 15 POINTS GOING FOUR FOR FOUR FROM DEEP?cAND KYLE LANDRY CHIPPED IN TEN POINTS?c THE MEN OPEN THE SEASON AT THE BLACK COACHES ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT THIS SUNDAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THE LADY JACKS FARED JUST AS WELL IN THEIR EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST TEAM CONCEPT WHICH IS MADE UP OF FORMER COLLEGIATE STARS?c. N-A-U SHOWED STAR POWER THROUGH SOME GRITTY PERFORMANCES?c KIM WAKEFIELD LED THE TEAM IN SCORING WITH 15 POINTS AND ALSO ADDED FOUR STEALS?c MEGAN PORTER WITH 12 POINTS AND FIVE REBOUNDS?c AND FRESHMAN POINT GUARD SADE CUNNINGHAM PUT IN TEN POINTS OF HER OWN?c LEADING THE TEAM TO A 66 TO 60 WIN OVER TEAM CONCEPT?c YOU CAN CATCH THE WOMEN PLAY THEIR NEXT EXHIBITION GAME AT THE ROLLE ACTIVITY CENTER ON SATURDAY AT SEVEN. THEY WILL BE TAKING ON FT. LEWIS COLLEGE.
MY KIND OF PARTY INVOLVES GETTING WET?cSWINGING A RACKET AND GOLF CLUB?c SPIKING?cNO?c NOT THE JUICE?c. THIS IS YOUR N-A-U SPORTS WRAP. WE START WITH N-A-U VOLLEYBALL AS THEY TOOK ON IDAHO STATE?cLOSING IN FIVE GAMES. . . WHILE OTHER FRESHMAN ARE DEALING WITH SCHOOL?cGETTING HARASSED BY UPPERCLASSMEN AND BEING STUPID. N-A-U?fS LADY GOLFER ALI CARTER IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WINNING AND CAME IN FOURTH OVER THE WEEKEND. LI-HA AND DUCRAY BOTH WENT TWO AND TWO OVER THE WEEKEND IN LUMBERJACK TENNIS. . . N-A-U FINISHED SECOND AT THE SWIM AND DIVE COMPETITION AT THE LOBO FALL INVITATIONAL . . . THEY WON EIGHT EVENTS. AND THAT?fS YOUR FIRST EDITION N-A-U LIVE SPORTS MINUTE . . .
WE?fVE BROUGHT YOU FLAG AND SINAGUA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL?c. NOW IT?fS TIME TO SEE WHAT COCONINO HIGH HAS TO OFFER?c THE PANTHERS WOULDN?fT DISAPPOINT EVEN THOUGH THE GAME WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE. THE 4-A GRAND CANYON DIVISION CHAMPION FLAG HIGH EAGLES TOOK ON COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL IN A BATTLE OF THE EGOTISTICAL, ALWAYS RIGHT, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STARS. THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS AND LIMITED THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS LED TO A LOW SCORING FIRST HALF. COCONINO FINALLY SCORED A TOUCHDOWN IN THE THIRD QUARTER TYING THE GAME AT SEVEN. COCONINO THEN INTERCEPTED THE BALL AT THE 25 YARD LINE GIVING THEM GREAT FIELD POSITION. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONVERT AND THE PANTHERS HAD TO SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL. AFTER ANOTHER COCONINO TOUCHDOWN... FLAG HIGH TOOK OVER AND WON THE GAME 21-TO-17. THIS CONCLUDES THE REGULAR SEASON AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ALL THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE CAPABLE OF IN THE FUTURE.
COMING OFF A STRONG PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK?c THE JACKS FOOTBALL TEAM WAS LOOKING FOR SOME OF THAT MOMENTUM TO CARRY INTO THIS WEEKS HOMECOMING GAME?c LETS TAKE YOU TO THE DOME?c BEFORE THE GAME?c THE BAND STARTED IT OFF WITH A LITTLE MUSIC?c FORMER N-A-U STAND OUT AND CURRENT DENVER BRONCO PAUL ERNSTER SHOWED UP?c AND EVEN PRESIDENT HAEGER COULDN?fT RESIST HIS CHANCE TO STEP OUT ON THE FIELD?c THE TEAM CAME OUT FIRED UP AND READY TO TAKE ON THE NUMBER FOUR RANKED GRIZZLIES?c THE LUMBERJACKS DEFENSE WAS ON THE FIELD A GOOD PORTION OF THE GAME?c BUT IT WAS TIME WELL SPENT AS THEY STEPPED UP BIG TIME?c ALLOWING ONLY THREE FIELD GOALS THROUGH FOUR QUARTERS OF PLAY, AND ALSO COMING AWAY WITH AN INTERCEPTION?c LINEBACKER BRUCE BRANCH TALKS ABOUT THE JACKS SOLID D?c N-A-U?fS OFFENSE STRUGGLED TO FIND THE END ZONE?c DESPITE BEING ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY MOVE THE BALL?c A BLOCKED FIELD GOAL AND AN INTERCEPTION WERE BOTH RAN BACK FOR TOUCHDOWNS AND PUT THE JACKS IN A HOLE THEY COULDN?fT DIG OUT OF?c 11 PENALTIES PLUS THREE INTERCEPTIONS LED TO N-A-U?fS 23 TO ZERO LOSS?c COACH SOUERS TALKS ABOUT THE MISCUES THAT HURT THE TEAM?c N-A-U DROPS TO TWO AND SEVEN OVERALL AND WILL GET A CHANCE NEXT WEEK TO CAPTURE THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN WHEN THEY TAKE ON IDAHO STATE?cTHE JACKS FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON?c
OUR N-A-U LUMBERJACKS SOCCER TEAM MADE IT TO THE BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THIS WEEKEND . . . BUT LIKE MOST JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAM MOVIES . . . STARTED OFF WITH A BANG . . . BUT REALLY FELL OFF TOWARD THE END . . . LOSING TO WEBER STATE FOUR-ONE . . . N-A-U SCORED THEIR FIRST AND ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME IN THE FIRST MINUTE . . . WHEN CEE CEE ODORFER SENT A PASS ACROSS THE FIELD TO SARAH MANAKAS . . . WHICH MANAKAS HEADED IN TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE GOAL . . . FROM THERE . . . IT WAS ALL WEBER STATE . . . BIG SKY OFFENSIVE M-V-P ROCHELLE HOOVER SCORED TWO GOALS AS THE WILDCATS OVERPOWERED OUR LUMBERJACKS FOUR TO ONE . . . N-A-U WAS PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE . . . CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWESOME SEASON LADIES . . .
WHAT?cWAIT A MINUTE?cWAIT A MINUTE?cHOLD ON?c(luke runs into studio slaps down script..sharp intake of breath) AHHH?c.THIS JUST IN?c. HOLD ON TO YOUR CLEATS N-A-U?cOUR LADY LUMBERJACK SOCCER TEAM ADVANCED TO THE BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BY DEFEATING THE SECOND SEED SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS?c.. THE THIRD SEEDED LUMBERJACKS?c LED BY BIG SKY CONFERENCE NEW COMER OF THE YEAR CEE CEE ODORFER?c STUNG THE HORNETS TWO TO ONE?c THE JACKS PLAY THE WINNER OF THE WEBER STATE-EASTERN WASHINGTON MATCH SATURDAY AT ELEVEN. TUNE IN TO N-A-U LIVE SPORTS THIS TUESDAY FOR SCORES AND PLAYER INTERVIEWS?c
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL MATE? . . . I?fM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE N-F-L OR THE N-C-DOUBLE-A . . . I?fM TALKIN?f AUSSIE RULES . . . STUART HAACK HAS THE STORY . . . GOOD-DAY MATE . . . WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AUSTRALIA . . . YOU THINK OF KANGAROOS . . . BOOMERANGS . . . AND OF COURSE . . . THE CROCODILE HUNTER . . . BUT EMERGING FROM ALL OF THAT IS AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL . . . IT?fS SOMEWHAT OF A MIXTURE BETWEEN RUGBY AND AMERICAN FOOTBALL . . . THE COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES ARE IN FLAGSTAFF TO TRAIN FOR TWO WEEKS . . . MEDIA MANAGER CLINTON BOUN EXPLAINS WHAT EXACTLY AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL IS . . . IN CONTRAST WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL . . . AUSSIE RULES USES A LOT OF KICKING TO OTHER PLAYERS COMPARED TO AMERICAN FOOTBALL?fS OVERHAND THROW . . . AND THEY DO SO WITH AMAZING ACCURACY . . OBVIOUSLY FLAGSTAFF IS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO TRAIN FOR ANY SPORT . . . BUT BOUN TELLS US EXACTLY WHY THEY TRAVELLED HALF WAY ACROSS THE WORLD TO VISIT OUR SMALL TOWN . . .
ASK ANY N-A-U SPORTS FAN WHAT THE BEST PART OF HOMECOMING IS?c AND HOPEFULLY THEIR RESPONSE IS?c FOOTBALL. . . THE LUMBERJACKS WILL NEED ALL THE SUPPORT THEY CAN GET WHEN THEY FACE MONTANA THE NUMBER FOUR RANKED TEAM IN THE COUNTRY?c THIS SATURDAY?c THIS WEEKEND WILL ALSO BE A HOMECOMING FOR COACH SOUERS?c AS HE FACES THE TEAM HE USED TO COACH?c N-A-U?fS FOOTBALL TEAM IS COMING OFF A HUGE SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE AGAINST MONTANA STATE?c AND HOPE TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM BY CHOPPING DOWN THE GRIZZLIES CHANCES AT WINNING THE CONFERENCE. . . LAST WEEK?c RECEIVERS KORY MAHR AND ALEX WATSON SHOWED TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP AND HELPED JUMP START THE JACKS OFFENSE?c WIDE-OUT KORY MAHR TALKS ABOUT WHAT ITS GOING TO TAKE TO KNOCK OFF THE BIG SKY FRONT RUNNER. THE JACKS ARE PLAYING WITH SOME NEWLY FOUND CONFIDENCE?c COMBINE THAT WITH THE RETURN OF SOME KEY PLAYERS?c AND A ROCKIN HOMECOMING CROWD?c WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT ALL THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR A MAJOR UPSET. . . THE HOMECOMING GAME KICKS-OFF AROUND THREE P-M AT THE JAY LAWRENCE WALK-UP SKYDOME?cAND REMEMBER TAIL GAITING STARTS AROUND NOON.
AFTER A GRUELING OFF-SEASON?cOUR LADY JACKS SWIM AND DIVE TEAM JUMPS BACK INTO THE POOL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR AT THE LOBO INVITATIONAL THIS FRIDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE THE JACKS BEGIN THEIR SECOND YEAR IN THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE... AND HOPE TO IMPROVE ON LAST YEARS FIFTH PLACE FINISH?c?c?c?c?c. N-A-U?fS LADY GOLF TEAM WRAPS UP THE FALL SEASON THIS WEEKEND IN ARROLYO GRANDE CALIFORNIA AT THE CAL-POLY WOMEN?fS INVITATIONAL?c.THE LUMBERJACKS LOOK TO OUT-DRIVE THE COMPETITION FOLLOWING A STRONG PERFORMANCE AT THE SAN DIEGO STATE INVITATIONAL?c..
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE . . . DOUBLE THE FUN . . . WELL N-A-U IS DOUBLBING THEIR CHANCES AT THE N-C-DOUBLE-A MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BY SENDING DOUBLE TROUBLE WITH BOTH THE MENS AND THE WOMENS TEAMS . . . THE LUMBERJACKS ARE HEADING TO PROVO AFTER BOTH CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS DOMINATED THE BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY . . . ON THE WOMEN?fS SIDE . . . JOHANNA NILSSON IS FOLLOWING FAMILY TRADITION BY WINNING THE WOMEN?fS RUN AND THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. . . AFTER SISTER IDA NILSSON DOMINATED THE EVENT THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS . . . THAT?fS A QUICK FAMILY . . . THE MEN WERE LEAD BY SOPHOMORE JONATHAN CARDENAS . . . AND HAVE WON THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE AN ASTOUNDING THREE YEARS IN A ROW . . . AND TEN OUT OF THE LAST 12 YEARS . . . N-A-U CROSS COUNTRY HEADS TO UTAH NOVEMBER 12TH . . . CATCH N-A-U LIVE SPORTS FOR UPDATES ON OUR LUMBERJACKS .
THE VOLLEYBALL SEASON IS WINDING DOWN AND OUR LADY JACKS HAD A SPOOKISHLY GHOULISH WEEKEND?c LOOSING A PAIR OF HOME GAMES AFTER GETTING TRICKED BY PORTLAND STATE LOSING THREE GAMES TO NONE?c. THE JACKS TREATED THEMSELVES BY TAKING A GAME AGAINST EASTERN WASHINGTON?cBUT DESPITE PLAYING HARD IN THEIR FINAL HOME STAND OF THE SEASON?cTHE JACKS LOST THREE GAMES TO ONE?c..SATURDAY WAS SENIOR NIGHT AT THE ROLLE ACTIVITY CENTER?c HEAD COACH CHRIS CAMPBELL TALKS ABOUT HIS DEPARTING PLAYERS THE LUMBERJACKS HIT THE ROAD FOR THEIR LAST THREE GAMES OF THE SEASON BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY AT WEBER STATE
MOVE OVER N-A-U FOOTBALL?cTHE LADY JACKS SOCCER TEAM IS THE NUMBER ONE FUTBOL TEAM AT THIS UNIVERSITY?c THAT?fS RIGHT?cOUR JACKS ADVANCED TO THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AT WEBER STATE WITH A TWO TO ONE VICTORY OVER IDAHO STATE THIS PAST WEEKEND.. THE LADY JACKS ARE THE NUMBER THREE SEED AND WILL TAKE ON SACRAMENTO STATE THIS THURSDAY?c.THE JACKS WILL BE OUT TO HAND SAC STATE IT?fS FINAL RED CARD OF THE SEASON?c.LOOKING TO AVENGE AN EARLIER LOSS?cN-A-U FINISHED THE SEASON AT EIGHT AND NINE?cFOUR AND TWO IN CONFERENCE PLAY?c HEAD COACH ANDRE LUCIANO SAYS HIS LADY JACKS WILL BE READY?c TUNE IN TO N-A-U LIVE SPORTS THIS THURSDAY FOR GAME RESULTS
BOY WOULD I HAVE LOVED TO SEE COACH SOUERS HALFTIME SPEECH THIS WEEKEND AT MONTANA STATE?c THE JACKS FOOTBALL TEAM TRAILED 22 TO ZERO AT THE BREAK BUT CAME OUT WITH A CERTAIN SPARK WE HAVEN?fT SEEN FROM THE TEAM SINCE EARLIER IN THE SEASON?c N-A-U SCORED 22 UNANSWERED POINTS TO TIE THE GAME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT RAN OUT OF GAS AS THE BOBCATS WON IT ON THE LAST POSSESSION OF THE GAME 29- 22?c QUARTERBACK JASON MURRIETTA HAD A HUGE GAME... COMPLETING 30 OF 49 PASSES FOR TWO HUNDRED AND 79 YARDS AND TWO TD?fS?c?c MURRIETTA RETURNED TO THE LINE- UP AFTER SITTING OUT LAST WEEKS GAME WITH A SHOULDER INJURY?c. THE JACKS DEFENSE LOOKED A LOT LIKE THE STEEL CURTAIN IN THE SECOND HALF ?c FORCING FOUR FUMBLES AND ALLOWING ONLY SEVEN POINTS?c. COACH SOURS TALKS ABOUT HIS TEAMS IMPROVED PLAY?c ALTHOUGH A LOSS IS A LOSS AND THE JACKS MOVE TO OH AND FIVE IN THE BIG SKY, THIS GAME WAS A MOMENTUM BUILDER FOR NEXT WEEKS HOMECOMING CONTEST AGAINST CONFERENCE POWERHOUSE MONTANA.
THIS ONE GOES OUT TO OUR FOOTBALL TEAM?c WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A TOUGH YEAR AND GIVING IT YOUR ALL?cSO HERE?fS TO YOU AS WE TAKE A SHOT AT THE REST OF THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE?c THE SPORTS TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND WE DECIDED TO HELP OUT SOME BIG SKY PLAYERS WITH THEIR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES?c #1: eastern washington?fs Matt Alfred?c?hbone crushing lineman or crazy candy dispensing millionaire.?h #2: eastern washington?fs Matt Lathim?c?hSpeedy linebacker or torch chased random assembly of human parts.?h #3: weber state?fs Henry Lusk?c?hWide Reciever Coach or steroid abusing homerun king.?h #4 Portland State?fs Philip Brown?c work that camera Philip!!!...?hPortland state bruiser or heart throb idol?c #5 Idaho state?fs Will Yoder?c?hBig time tough guy?cor watermelon smashing maniac.?h #6 Montana State?fs David Siataga?c?hMontana state hillbillie or Harry Beastman?c #7 Montana?fs Pete Sloan?c?hbig bad lineman or truffle shuffling goonie!!!?h SACRAMENTO STATE WAS EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF A SUB PAR WEBSITE?cNO PICTURES... HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE GUYS?cGOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND?c
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON?fT KNOW?cN-A-U?fS CLUB SPORTS SCENE IS IN FULL SWING?c OUR N-A-U ICE JACKS SPLIT A PAIR OF GAMES OVER THE WEEKEND AGAINST METRO STATE IN DENVER COLORADO?c A CAR ACCIDENT?c THAT UNFORTUNATELY KEPT SEVERAL PLAYERS OFF THE ICE?c WAS A BIG REASON THE ICE JACKS LOST GAME ONE FRIDAY NIGHT 13 TO THREE?c N-A-U REBOUNDED SATURDAY NIGHT?c.WINNING GAME TWO FOUR TO THREE.... THE ICE JACKS RETURN HOME THIS WEEKEND FOR A PAIR OF GAMES AGAINST U-N-L-V?c. THE PUCK DROPS AT 9:30 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE JAY LIVELY ACTIVITY CENTER?c. THE BIG BAD NORTHERN ARIZONA LAND-SHARKS RUGBY TEAM?cTHAT?fS RIGHT?cRUGBY?c.IN FLAGSTAFF?c. THE SEVEN AND TWO LAND-SHARKS CAPTURED THEIR SECOND TOURNAMENT VICTORY IN ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND?c THE LAND-SHARKS LOOK TO MAUL THE SIN CITY IRISH IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA NOVEMBER 12TH?c.
DESPITE STRUGGLING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON?cTHE LADY JACKS SOCCER TEAM KICKED THEIR WAY TO CONSECUTIVE WINS OVER PORTLAND STATE AND NORTHERN COLORADO THIS PAST WEEKEND... MOVING INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE WITH A THREE AND ONE RECORD?cJUST ONE GAME BEHIND LEADER SACRAMENTO STATE?c. THE JACKS DOMINATED THE FIRST HALF AGAINST PORTLAND STATE BUT COULD NOT PUT THE BALL IN THE NET?c A LATE CORNER KICK PROVIDED A GREAT SCORING CHANCE FOR THE LADY JACKS BUT PORTLAND STATE GOALIE NIKI BROOKS STOPPED THE THREAT. LATE IN THE GAME?cWITH THE SCORE TIED ZERO-ZERO?c. N-A-U?fS STEFANIE SMITH FIRED IN THE GAMES ONLY GOAL?c. GIVING THE JACKS A ONE TO NOTHING VICTORY ON SUNDAY OUR JACKS ROUTED FUTURE BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOE NORTHERN COLORADO 3-0... THE WIN MOVES THE JACKS TO 8-9 OVERALL TYING A SINGLE-SEASON RECORD FOR WINS. CONFERENCE PLAY RESUMES THIS THURSDAY AS THE TEAM TRAVELS TO WEBER STATE
THE N-A-U FOOTBALL TEAM STARTED THE SEASON HOPING TO CONTEND FOR THE BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP?cBUT AS JAKE NOVY REPORTS THE JACKS ARE STILL FIGHTING TO STAY OUT OF THE CONFERENCE CELLAR.
IT?fS HOMECOMING TIME?c PRACTICE YOUR DANCE MOVES?cSHOW YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT?cAND GET READY FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME. THE FLAGSTAFF EAGLES STROLLED INTO THE DOME WITH CONFIDENCE AND HOPED TO CAPTURE A HOMECOMING WIN AGAINST THE WASHINGTON RAMS. PLAY 1: AARON RAN THE BALL WELL?cAS HE RAN DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD AND RAMMED HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. PLAY 2: SHOWING THE FIRST RUN WAS NO FLUKE RONNIE SHOOK AND JUKED HIS WAY FOR A TOUCHDOWN BREAKING TACKLES LEFT AND RIGHT. PLAY 3: JASON THEN SHOWED OFF HIS ARM ON A DEEP BOMB RIGHT OVER THE DEFENDER AND ADDING ONE MORE TOUCHDOWN FOR THE EAGLES. PLAY 4: FLAGSTAFF WON THE GAME 26 TO 16. IMPROVING THEIR RECORD TO 4-4 ON THE SEASON AND 2-0 IN LEAGUE PLAY. THE EAGLES TAKE ON PAGE AT HOME TOMORROW NIGHT AND ARE HOPING TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE QUAD A GRAND CANYON DIVISION.
THIS WEEKEND . . . IF YOUR IN THE MOOD TO SEE SOME BUMPS . . . SETS . . . AND SPIKES . . . HEAD OUT TO THE ROLLE ACTIVITY CENTER TO CATCH OUR LADYJACKS VOLLEYBALL TEAM?fS LAST HOME-STAND OF THE SEASON . . . FIRST SERVE IS TONIGHT AT SEVEN AS THE LADY JACKS TAKE ON PORTLAND STATE . . . AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY WHEN THEY DEFEND THEIR HOME TURF AGAINST THE GOLDEN EAGLES OF EASTERN WASHINGTON . . . SO SHOW SOME LUMBERJACK PRIDE AND SUPPORT OUR BLUE AND GOLD . . .