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NFL draft preview: cornerbacks

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 8:00pm

This cornerback class features better quantity than quality. Teams will be able to find good values between the third and seventh rounds. Morris Claiborne and Stephon Gilmore are expected to go early, and there could be a dropoff before the next corner is selected.

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Roger Reid announces retirement at SUU

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Last updated Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 6:40pm

CEDAR CITY -- After almost forty years of coaching basketball, Ccach Roger Reid has announced his retirement as head basketball coach at Southern Utah University.

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T-Birds win 3-game series with Wildcats

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Last updated Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 8:51pm

CEDAR CITY -- The Wildcats' bats cooled down a little, as the Weber State softball team lost two out of three games against in-state rival Southern Utah on Saturday and Sunday.

Weber State (4-9) earned a 6-3 victory in the day's first contest, and then took a 13-4, five-inning defeat in the second matchup at Kathryn Berg Field.

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Wildcats set to tangle with Thunderbirds in softball

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Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 4:28pm

CEDAR CITY – The Weber State softball team will take its red-hot bats on the road again this weekend for a three-game series with in-state, and future Big Sky Conference, rival Southern Utah.

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West roundup: Thunderbirds can't keep up with Jackrabbits

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Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 11:58pm

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Nate Wolters scored 31 points and South Dakota State won for the 10th time in its last 12 games, defeating Southern Utah 66-56 Saturday night.

Wolters hit 10 of 16 shots from the floor and was 11 for 13 at the free-throw line. The junior guard has surpassed the 30-point mark four times this season and is averaging 21.3 points per game.

Griffan Callahan added 10 points for the Jackrabbits (19-6, 11-2 Summit).

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Wolverines remain perfect in Great West Conference play

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 12:02am

OREM -- Isiah Williams scored 26 points and Utah Valley remained unbeaten in the Great West Conference with an 81-58 victory over New Jersey Tech on Saturday night.

Holton Hunsaker added 19 points for the Wolverines (13-10, 3-0 Great West), who have won six straight. Geddes Robinson had 12 points and 18 rebounds, and Keith Thompson scored 11 points.

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(RICK EGAN/The Associated Press) BYU’s Charles Abouo (left) collides with St. Mary’s Gaels guard Matthew Dellavedova at the Marriott Center in Provo on Saturday.

Cougars no match for Gaels

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 12:45am

PROVO -- Perimeter shooting was a strength for BYU earlier in the season.

Now it has become a weakness for the Cougars.

St. Mary’s experienced no such trouble knocking down shots from the outside.

It proved to be the difference for the Gaels in earning an 80-66 victory over BYU on Saturday at the Marriott Center.

St. Mary’s shot 7 of 18 from the perimeter while limiting the Cougars to just 2 of 13 from the 3-point line.

It is part of a prolonged drought from the perimeter for BYU.

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(JIM URQUHART/The Associated Press) Utah State guard Preston Medlin dunks against Hawaii on Thursday in Logan.

Aggies overcome physical Warriors

Rhett Wilkinson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:29am

LOGAN -- Coming out of the inbounds play, Hawaii's Zane Johnson promptly smacked Utah State point guard Brockeith Pane into the press row, causing a replay TV to take a fall and Pane to have a closer-than-anticipated meeting with the advisor of the Utah State University newspaper.

For guard Preston Medlin, it didn't matter. After all, his team's two-game losing streak, halted with a 77-72 win over Hawaii Thursday night, hurt a lot more than any pain inflicted by the Warriors.

"They're definitely as physical as anybody we've played this season," said Medlin, who led all scorers with 25 points on 13 of 14 shooting from the free-throw line. "We expected that all week. They are pretty tall and pretty wide."

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Southern Utah University to discontinue baseball following 2012 season

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 3:54pm

CEDAR CITY – Southern Utah University’s intercollegiate baseball program will be discontinued following the 2012 season, it was announced Friday. The University’s Board of Trustees approved the action in its regular meeting following a recommendation by its athletic sub-committee.

The University’s pending move to the Big Sky Conference, coupled with the need to redirect resources to add men’s tennis, precipitated the decision to eliminate baseball, SUU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Ken Beazer said. The Big Sky does not sponsor baseball but requires the addition of men’s tennis as a core sport for the 2012-13 academic year.

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Gauchos no sweat for Cougars in Provo

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 11:55pm

PROVO -- Matt Carlino scored 22 points and Noah Hartsock 21 to guide BYU past UC Santa Barbara 89-75 on Thursday night.

Brandon Davies added 17 and Charles Abouo 16 for the Cougars (10-3), who won their second in a row. Carlino also had six assists.

Orlando Johnson and James Nunnally scored 22 points apiece for the Gauchos (5-5), who dropped their third straight. Jaime Serna added 12 points and Kyle Boswell 10. Johnson had a game-high nine rebounds.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)
Weber State guard Damian Lillard (1) dunks the ball over Southern Utah forward Jackson Stevenett (21) at the Dee Events Center in Ogden on Saturday. The Wildcats won 84-66.

Wildcats bounce back, throttle Thunderbirds

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 1:41am

OGDEN -- It could take some time before the new-look Wildcats are completely comfortable with their smaller lineup, but they handled their first test without too much stress.

Damian Lillard tossed in 31 points and just missed his second straight double-double as Weber State defeated Southern Utah 84-66 on Saturday at the Dee Events Center.

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Weber State University forward Byron Fulton (25) takes a shot over Southern Utah University forward Tyson Koehler (33) Dee Events Center in Ogden on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner

College basketball: Weber State vs. Southern Utah, December 10, 2011

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, December 10, 2011 - 11:28pm

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Short-handed Wildcats hope to bounce back against T-Birds

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 9:48pm

OGDEN -- Weber State's last in-state contest did not end well.

The Wildcats' 94-66 loss to the BYU Cougars was over by halftime Wednesday in Provo and Weber State coaches and players tried to erase all memories of the game before they left the Marriott Center.

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SUU's Osborne, Farr earn Great West honors

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Last updated Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 7:53pm

CEDAR CITY -- For a little icing on the cake of Southern Utah's second straight winning football season, the Thunderbirds swept the four Great West Conference Player of the Year awards in voting among the conference coaches, announced Tuesday.

Brad Sorensen was named offensive player of the year, Tyler Osborne earned defensive player of the year honors, Austin Minefee was special teams player of the year and Brady Measom was named rookie of the year.

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Weber State women finish 29th at NCAAS

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Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 4:21pm

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Weber State's women's cross country team finished 29th out of 31 teams at the 2011 NCAA Division I women's cross country championship on Monday at Terre Haute, Ind.

The Wildcats were led by sophomore Amber Henry, who finished 46th overall in a time of 20:35 over the 10,000 meter course on the campus of Indiana State University.

Henry just missed earning all-America honors. The top 40 runners in the field were accorded that honor.

"Amber missed earning all-America honors by less than five seconds, but she is just a sophomore and next year she will be even better," said WSU coach Paul Pilkington. "What really excites me is that we have everyone back next year. It was good for our whole team to come here and experience what the national meet is all about. It gives them experience and knowledge about what it takes to compete at the highest level and I know this group will work hard the next 365 days to compete at that level."

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