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Wildcats host Eagles before road gauntlet

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 7:03pm

OGDEN -- In the midst of Weber State's toughest road stretch of the season, the Big Sky Conference schedule makers carved out a pit stop for WSU at the Dee Events Center tonight.

Thursday night's win over Northern Arizona marked the first in a stretch where the Wildcats play four of their final five league games on the road, broken up by tonight's 7:30 p.m. game in Ogden against Eastern Washington. WSU will also be home for a non-conference Bracketbusters battle against UT Arlington on Feb. 18.

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Cheever is ultimate blue-collar snowboarder

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:51pm

PARK CITY -- As a World Cup snowboardcross racer, Jonathan Cheever has taken his share of spills over the years.

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Top of Utah outdoors calendar, fishing report

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:23pm

So is it February or May?

Whatever the calendar says, there is plenty to do out and about in Utah. Enjoy yourselves.

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Piggyback Bandit. Twenty-eight-year-old Sherwin Shayegan has a history of jumping on the backs of high school athletes.

'Piggyback Bandit' banned from Minnesota prep events

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Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 3:08pm

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- Minnesota is banning the man known as the "Piggyback Bandit" from high school games in the state.

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Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, pauses while speaking to the media at the Centre County Courthouse after a bail conditions hearing Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge sets May trial date for Sandusky abuse case

Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:54pm

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A judge said Friday he would decide soon whether to grant former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky greater freedom -- and visits from his young grandchildren -- while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges, but prosecutors countered that Sandusky's home is not a safe place for children.

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Crimson Club Hall of Fame to induct McBride, Van Horn, two others on April 23

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Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 1:51pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The University of Utah will induct two former Ute athletes and a pair of former coaches into the Crimson Club Hall of Fame on April 23 at EnergySolutions Arena.

Honored at the 2012 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Norma Carr (softball and volleyball coach/administrator), Bente Dahlum (skiing), Ron McBride (football coach) and Keith Van Horn (basketball).

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Girls basketball: Region 5 road teams find right mix

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Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:26pm

ROY -- Faced with an opportunity to move up the Region 5 standings, the Roy and Box Elder girls basketball teams didn't get the job done at home.

Region 5-leading Bonneville went on the road and used a strong defense to clinch the league title with a 50-39 win over Mountain Crest.

The Lakers (17-3, 9-0) led at every stop, holding the Mustangs' Karlee Kartchner to just five points. Region 5 teams have one game to play on Tuesday.

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Arizona State center Jordan Bachynski (left) blocks a shot by Utah guard Chris Hines, in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday.

Utes battle back, but drop fifth straight contest

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Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:11pm

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.

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WSU women continue downward spiral in road loss

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Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:58pm

CHENEY, Wash. -- The Eagles are on a roll, and the Wildcats didn't have an answer for it on Thursday night.

Senior forward Brianne Ryan knocked down 33 points, leading Eastern Washington to a 78-45 victory over the Weber State women's basketball team at Reese Court.

Ryan, who had 32 points in the first meeting between the teams in Ogden in January, is the Big Sky's leading scorer this season, averaging more than 19 points per game.

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Utah State forward Morgan Grim (21) takes a shot against Louisiana Tech guard Brandon Gibson (left) as Utah State’s Ben Clifford (1) looks on in Logan on Thursday.

Aggies get back on track with some home cookining

Rhett Wilkinson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:56pm

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.

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Girls basketball: Martin goes off to fuel Titans' victory

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:29pm

SYRACUSE -- For three years running, the Titans have been the flagship of Region 1 girls basketball.

With Oklahoma State assistant coach Bill Annan in attendance, Cowgirls signee Brittney Martin splashed in a season-high 31 points on 13-of-22 shooting Thursday and state 5-A runner-up Syracuse High clinched no less than a tie for its fourth consecutive league title with a 62-50 victory over the Warriors.

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Box Elder’s Shand Hardy (back) and Bonneville’s Hayden Jackman (front) wrestling during their 113-pound match in Smithfield on Thursday.

Bees, Falcons take home region wrestling crowns

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Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:20pm

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 following two days of wrestling at Sky View High School.

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Weber State’s Gelaun Wheelwright (10) and Northern Arizona’s James Douglas (1) scramble for control of a loose ball as Weber State’s Darin Mahoney (30) looks on in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Thursday. The Wildcats won 67-49 to improve to 11-1 in Big Sky Conference play.

Another happy homecoming for Wildcats

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:28pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- There's something about playing Northern Arizona that brings out the best in Weber State's Arizonans.

Phoenix product Byron Fulton had his second double-double of the year Thursday, coming off the bench to score 13 points and pull down 10 rebounds to help Weber State roll to a 67-49 victory over Northern Arizona at the Rolle Activity Center.

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College basketball: Utah at Arizona St., February 9, 2012

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Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 9:13pm

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RSL brings back four players

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Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 8:39pm

SANDY -- Real Salt Lake Thursday officially announced the return of four players -- MF Yordany Alvarez, FW Fabian EspÃndola, MF Ned Grabavoy and FW Paulo Jr. -- ahead of the squad's 2012 Major League Soccer campaign.

Financial terms for the deals will not be disclosed.

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