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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Carrick Felix scored 15 points, including a dunk with 47 seconds to play and a pair of critical free throws with 11.7 seconds remaining, and Arizona State held off Utah 57-52 on Thursday night, sending the Utes to their fifth straight loss and 11th in 12 games.

Their lone victory in that span was a 64-43 rout of Arizona State in Salt Lake City on Jan. 21. Trent Lockett had 12 points in his first game back after missing six games with a sprained right ankle. The Sun Devils had gone 1-5 in Lockett's absence.

LOGAN -- They are just days removed from the disappointing news that the career of star big man Brady Jardine is finished due to a foot surgery from an injury he sustained more than two months ago.

Starting center Morgan Grim was hindered the entire game due to that nagging foot injury that has restricted him all season.

SMITHFIELD -- As expected, the Bees and Mustangs battled for Region 5 wrestling supremacy.

And as expected, it was a nail-biter.

And perhaps as expected, the Box Elder squad had just enough extra in the tank to rise to the top followed two days of wrestling at Sky View High School.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The days are cold and snow still lines the mountains of the Wasatch Front, but for the Weber State University softball team, things are starting to heat up.

The Wildcats kick off their third season of competition this afternoon at Eller Media Stadium when they take on Kent State at 2:30 p.m.

"We're excited to play," Weber State coach Tina Johnson said. "We haven't played on dirt or real grass, so it'll be fun to play on a softball field again."

Dear Babe: I have a boxed edition of Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf." It is from 1957. -- Ron Erickson, Beaumont, Calif.

Dear Ron: Da Babe was scratching his head, trying to find a "boxed edition" of this Hogan's book, which apparently is a reprint of five lessons that first appeared in Sports Illustrated.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and that was the case this time around. Once Da Babe saw a photo of what you had, the clouds parted and the mystery was solved.

LOS ANGELES -- Drag racing's best return to Pomona, Calif., this weekend to kick off their season with the NHRA Winternationals.

In the sport's two elite divisions, top fuel and funny car, the racing is expected to be just as close as when it ended at the same track, Auto Club Raceway, last November.