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Picture this. The bleachers are 18 inches behind the court’s boundaries.

Fans are screaming, standing from the bottom row to the top across an entire wall. A couple dozen of the most ram-bunctious, obnoxious, yell-so-you-lose-your-voice school pride aficionados highlight a student section already teeming with ear-popping volume. These are the kids that are voted “Most School Spirit,” the ones who drive across the state over snow-ridden passes for district championship games, the ones whose parents shake their heads at in tempered embarrassment even though they smile when they remember their own teenage rowdiness in the same gym. But it’s a gym that has a maximum capacity that barely reaches 400. The 60-year-old regional championship ban-ners are torn and frayed. The hardwood needs to be polished. The bleachers’ pale yellow and maroon, 1960s-era seats are bleached out and fading. The gym reeks of old age. When it’s empty, it’s depressing. But on game night, it comes alive.

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It appeared Century had the game well in hand and went into cruise control in the fourth quarter. Preston had other plans. Down by as many as 21 points in the final period, the Indians rallied to make it close. But it was too little, too late as the Diamondbacks held on for a 77-69 win Tuesday night at Century High School. “I think we were a little re-laxed and we have to take care of the ball better,” Century head coach Cody Shelley said. “They were scoring with the clock stopped. I don’t know how many three-point plays they had, but there were a lot. That’s not good. We have to do some work on that.” Preston was able to get to the basket and draw fouls all night. Junior center Kyle Lords had five attempts to complete three-point plays as he finished the night with a team-high 24 points. “Kyle had a real nice second half,” said Preston head coach Tyler Jones. “We were able to get the ball to him and he was able to make some plays.” Century led 13-8 after the first quarter and 33-20 at half-

time. What looked like a blow out in favor of the Diamond-backs turned into a close affair thanks to foul trouble. The Diamondbacks’ two big men, Damon Leach (14 points) and Alex Ruffridge (five points) fouled out in the fourth quarter with 2:04 and 1:31 re-maining on the clock, respec-tively. The Indians then scored eight unanswered points to

close out the game. “I think it was two teams that came out in the second half and played very aggres-sive,” Shelley said. “We just didn’t adjust very well. They were calling it tight and we didn’t adjust. We fouled a lot. We were in foul trouble all night. It’s a young season, but we have to do a better job ad-justing.”

“(The referees) tried to keep it under control, but both teams were really aggressive,” Jones said. “It was a combina-tion of that and us playing until the end that made it a close game.” Junior guard Malek Harwell led Century with a game-high 26 points. Fellow junior Grant Foulger added 11 in the vic-tory. “Grant and Malek shot the ball very well tonight,” Shelley said. “The bigs had their spots where they would start a fast break or get a board and put it back.” Shelley is happy to have the win, but is looking forward to seeing his team improve. “We’re not playing our best right now, but it’s still good to get a victory at home,” he said. “Preston is going to think of that as a moral victory because we have to go to their place. We have to play much better than we did tonight. “The pieces are there. To get it to gel and to be at our best, it might not happen this week, but it’s all there. We have high expectations.” Jones says the Diamond-backs earned the win. “You have to give Century credit,” he said. “They’re a great team. They have the size and good guard play. They were the better team tonight.”

Austin Smellie scored 19 points for the Indians while RJ Harris added 17.

Century (1-1, 1-0 4A 5-6 District) hosts Idaho Falls Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Preston (2-2, 0-1) will host Marsh Val-ley Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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SALT LAKE CITY — The band stood silent, patrons sat in their seats and the sparse stu-dent body remained mute. But the quiet Jon M. Hunts-man Center didn’t seem to bother the Bengals. Whether Utah and its fans were stuck looking ahead to Saturday’s game against rival BYU or the Utes just disre-garded Idaho State, the Bengals grabbed their attention. ISU (3-3) built a 15-point first-half lead only to watch Utah (8-1) whittle it away and the Utes held off the Bengals 74-66 Tuesday night in front of 8,138 in Salt Lake City, Utah. “We didn’t bring anything in the locker room. We left it all out there on the floor,” said Idaho State head coach Bill Ev-ans. “I’m really proud of them. I think they did a really great job. If we compete like that for the next 30 games or so we’ll be in good shape.” Idaho State was sizzling hot in the first half, shooting 14-for-27 from the field, and that included five bombs from the 3-point line. Tomas Sanchez had 12 of his 19 points and was the best player on the floor. Using the

dribble, Sanchez squirmed his way to the rim for layups and he drained long-distance jumpers and two 3s. Idaho State, which entered the game second in the nation averaging 11.4 steals a game, forced eight Utah turnovers. The shooting and opportunistic defense spelled a 15-point Ida-ho State lead (35-20) with 3:27 left in the opening half.

“We knew we had a chance against these guys, and we wanted to come out here from the beginning of the gate and just step up on ’em,” Sanchez said, who also had five assists in 39 minutes of game action. But all the good vibes of the opening 20 minutes faded away as Utah exerted its will in the second half. Where Sanchez burned the

Utes in the pick and roll early, Utah blitzed screens after half and forced Sanchez to pass. Plus, Utah heated up on the perimeter. The Utes sank 11 3-pointers and shot 50 percent from beyond the arc. Dakarai Tucker entered off the bench and had all 12 of his points from 3s. The player responsible for dragging Utah back from the

deficit, though, that honor goes to Jordan Loveridge.

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Utah SportS InformatIon Utah’s Delon White (55) attempts to get past Idaho State’s Andre Hatchett (15) Tuesday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The Utes rallied in the second half to down the Benglas 74-66.

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Century’s Tyler Holm (13) cuts through Preston’s Kyle Lords (33) and Preston Hobbs (1) on his way to the bucket Tuesday night at Century High School.

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Coffee pots: The key to jumpstarting your dayI’m not a

collector but, I guess

I do have mul-tiple numbers of the same outdoor items. I can semi-rationalize that you may need a few of the same things. For instance, I need two backpacking tents for me and my daughter, one for quick two to three day jaunts and another for week-long elk hunts. So that’s four. With that said, I thought it’d be a fun topic if we did an article on coffee pots. There’s something magi-cal about the outdoors and coffee isn’t there? They go together like a hand in a glove. Dipping a pot of water out of the river is a morning ritual. Throw it on the fire and soon it’s ready to get you jumpstarted for the day. No camp would be complete without a banged up coffee pot on the fire pit would it? So if coffee is a necessary ingredient to camp life, ob-viously any old coffee pot won’t do. It takes a special one. I used money off of my first bull riding winnings

to buy wood to build my first camp box. For Christmas mom and dad gave me some utensils to fill my box. One item was a white enameled cof-fee pot. As I’ve gotten older my

collection expanded. I like a small coffee pot when backpacking. You can use it to sterilize drinking water, heat water for oatmeal, backpack-ing meals and of course for your morning coffee. If I use it to heat drinking water I set the pot in the river to cool down before transferring it to my water bottle. The next necessary cof-fee pot will be the one in your camp box. A medium sized one works best for me. Years of cooking over a fire or your old Coleman stove will blacken the pot and deposit black smoot on your plates. Therefore I wrap it in a plastic grocery sack when it is going into my camp box or my backpack. The third pot you ought to have is a big one for large groups. Otherwise you’ll be refilling and heating your

pot every two seconds. I bought my big one years ago when I had some elk hunters flying in from Geor-gia. Over time you’ll grow attached to your old pot. The one I keep in my camp box is one Dad had in the old farm house. We’d sleep in it in the winter when up there building fence as kids. Long after Dad died I was digging through the old, fallen down house and found it. I had to use a radiator clamp to keep the handle attached. Be careful when putting a hot pot into the river to cool off. Once I didn’t let mine cool down enough and the glass bulb on top shattered. In fact, I don’t have but maybe four bulbs left. They all get broken or lost. I wish they’d design something else for the bulb other than glass. So you can see, it’s im-possible to narrow it down to one coffee pot for all of your outdoor needs. Do you really need eight? OK, maybe not. But what am I supposed to do when I’m exploring around a cabin in the mountains and find an old coffee pot? Throw it in my backpack of course!

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Boys BasketBallBonneville 53, pocatello 41

The Pocatello Indians hung around Bonneville for the first two quarters, but couldn’t stop it in the third as the Bees ran away with a 53-41 vic-tory. “They got out in the transition and got on a roll,” said Pocatello head coach Joe Green. “Those are one of the runs you want to weather and slow down. We just couldn’t put a run together (and) couldn’t get any stops for four straight minutes.” Pocatello (1-2) hosts Rigby Thursday.

HigHland 58, twin Falls 56

A last-second Twin Falls bucket didn’t fall, and the Highland Rams escaped with a 58-56 win over the Bruins. Stefan Gonzalez put up a game-high 30 points for the Rams. Highland’s Kyler Manu was second for Highland with 10. De-spite struggling from the free-throw line late in the fourth quarter, the High-land defense held firm. “They stepped up,” said Highland head coach Chris Frost. “They played great defense at the end to hold them off.” Highland (2-1) hosts Skyline Thursday.

BuHl 55, american Falls 36

American Falls couldn’t get much going until the

second half, but Buhl already had the game in hand as the Beavers fell to the Indians 55-36. Still, the progression is there for American Falls head coach David Ething-ton. “Our scoring is always nice and spread out, and that’s nice,” he said. “You don’t have to just shut

down one player to keep us at bay.” American Falls (0-3) travels to Aberdeen Fri-day.

calvary cHapel 50, sHo-Ban 44

Sho-Ban put together a monster third quarter, but it still wasn’t enough to get past Calvary Cha-

pel. The Chiefs mustered 13 points in the first half and saw themselves in a deep hole. But head coach Juan Rodriguez believes the nerves are gone. He was impressed with the second half that saw Sho-Ban throw up 31 points. “We played really slow and inexperienced that

first half, and they just grew in two quarters,” he said. “We have a real-ly young, inexperienced team. They have a lot of potential.” Sho-Ban (0-1) heads off to play in the Jackpot Tournament Friday and Saturday.

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teton 31, snake river 30

The Panthers came out strong, scoring 14 in the first quarter, but couldn’t keep the tempo up as Teton squeaked past Snake River 31-30. A three-point third quarter for the Panthers spelled their downfall, but an 8-for-18 statline from the charity stripe was the back-breaker. “We had opportunities underneath and oppor-tunities outside,” said Snake River head coach Rich Dunn. “We couldn’t get any of them to fall. We didn’t settle down enough to make the shots from the free-throw line.” Snake River (3-3) trav-els to Shelley Thursday.

rockland 43, raFt river 28

Powered by Savannah Farr’s 12 points and Mesa Farr’s 12 rebounds, the Rockland Bulldogs took hold of Raft River and never let go in a 43-28 victory. It was a well-pre-scribed dose of revenge after the Bulldogs fell to Raft River earlier this season. “I think we just came out defensively with a lot of determination,” said Rockland head coach Vern Nelson. “We did a good job. We made some baskets and got a good start offensively.” Stefani McClanahan had 11 points and six steals. Rockland (5-2, 2-0) travels to take on North Gem tonight.

wrestlingpocatello 54, skyline 34

98: Ty Root, POCA, forf. 106: Kade Smith, POCA, forf. 113: Anthony Baca, POCA, pinned Jake Cole, SKYL, 3:03. 120: Luke Kirby, POCA, pinned Drake Rasmus-sen, SKYL, 1:15. 126: Ryan Myers, SKYL, pinned Logan Olsen, POCA, 1:14. 132: Jess Nielsen, POCA, pinned Zachary Vogler, SKYL, 4:30. 138: Cameron Loper, POCA, pinned Austin Foster, SKYL, 1:26. 145: Samuel Joerger, POCA, forf. . 152: Cordell Robbins, POCA, forf. . 160: Chase Lincoln, SKYL, maj. dec. Gasum Quoi, POCA, 10-2. 170: Keith Dixon, SKYL, pinned Porter Johnson, POCA, 0:29. 182: Christopher Zumaya, SKYL, forf. . 195: Chris Reinhart, SKYL, pinned AJ Elrod, POCA, 3:16. 220: Taylor Kolbet, SKYL, forf. . 285: Alex Iszler, POCA, pinned Derrick Winburn, SKYL, 1:05.

pocatello 39, idaho Falls 36

98: Ty Root, POCA, pinned JD Seay, IF, 2:48. 106: Kade Smith, POCA, forf. 113: Anthony Baca, POCA, dec. Bridger Car-penter, IF, 9-5. 120: Luke Kirby, POCA, dec. Brody Hardy, IF, 5-1. 126: Baerett Nelson, IF, pinned Logan Olsen, POCA, 2:16. 132: Kaleb Kenney, IF, dec. Jess Nielsen, POCA, 6-3. 138: Cameron Loper, POCA, pinned Walker Erikson, IF, 3:21. 145: Kade Thompson, IF, dec. Samuel Jo-erger, POCA, 3-0. 152: Cordell Robbins, POCA, dec. Braxton Hardy, IF, 10-6. 160: Brady Kenney, IF, pinned Gasum Quoi, POCA, 5:26. 170: Terrell Payne, IF, pinned Porter Johnson, POCA, 4:23. 182: Jaymin Anderson, IF, forf. 195: AJ Elrod, POCA, pinned John Patton, IF, 1:43. 220: Nick Madsen, IF, forf. 285: Alex Iszler, POCA, pinned Marcus Clay, IF, 1:09.

skyline 48, century 26

113: Spencer Parker, CEN, dec. Jake Cole, SKYL, 4-5. 120: Drake Rasmussen (SKYL), forf. 126: Ryan Myers (SKYL) forf. 132: Tristen Cottrell, CEN, pinned Zachary Vogler, SKYL, 0:17. 138: Joe Bal-lard, CEN, pinned Austin Foster, SKYL, 0:38. 145: Paul Romrell, forf. 152: Edward Prince, CENT, tech fall, Anthony Vielma, 1:27, 15-0. 160: Chase Lincoln, SKYL, forf. 170: Keith Dixon, SKYL, forf. 182: Christopher Zumaya, SKYL, forf. 195: Kasey Humphries, SKYL, pinned Mateo Gonzalez, CEN, 2:54. 220: Rodolfo Cortz, SKYL, forf. 285: Derrick Winburn, SKYL, pinned Ben Semons, CEN, 0:48.

idaho Falls 60, century 18

98 pounds: Hunter Rubeno (C) pin JD Seay, 1:30; 106: double forfeit; 113: Bridger Carpenter (IF) pin Spencer Parker, 2:25; 120: Brody Hardy (IF) by forfeit; 126: Baerett Nelson (IF) by forfeit; 132: Kaleb Kenney (IF) pin Tristen Cottrell, 2:31; 138: Joe Ballerd (C) pin Walker Erickson, 5:07; 145: Kade Thompson (IF) pin TJ Romrell, 3:23; 152: Braxton Hardy (IF) pin EJ Prince, 2:49; 160: Brady Kenney (IF) by forfeit; 170: Terrell Payne (IF) by forfeit; 182: Jaymin Anderson (IF) by forfeit; 195: Mateo Gonzalez (C) pin John Patton, 3:47; 220: Nick Madsen (IF) by forfeit; 285: Ben Semons (C) pin Marcus Clay, 1:02.

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Preston 8 12 20 29 — 69

Century 13 20 22 22 — 77

Preston — Preston Hobbs 1 2-5 4, Kyle Slade 1 1-1 3, RJ Harris 4 8-11 17, Austin Smellie 8 3-5 19, Riley Moedl 0 0-2 0, Derek Fryar 1 0-0 2, Kyle Lords 9 6-9 24.

Century — Malek Harwell 8 6-10 26, Grant Foulger 4 0-0 11, Leo Behrend 1 0-0 2, Shane Rominger 2 0-2 5, Tyler

Holm 2 8-9 12, Austin Ferguson 1 0-0 2, Alex Ruffridge 2 1-1 5, Damon Leach 7 0-0 14.

Bonneville 53, pocatello 41

Bonneville 14 12 27 10 — 53

Pocatello 12 9 12 8 — 41

Bonneville — Biggs 3, Hostert 4, Smith 3, Lords 2, Simmons 11, Stutzman 17, Davenport 19, Smith 4.

Pocatello — Gardea 8, Nielsen 2, Pear-son 5, Whaley 6, Musetti 4, Reichelt 10, Burtenshaw 2, Pollard 2, Neville 2.

Highland 58, twin Falls 56

Highland 18 15 11 14 — 58

Twin Falls 13 9 21 13 — 56

Highland — Frazier 1-2 0-1 2, West 1 0-0 3, Gonzaelz 11-17 5-5 30, Stevens 2-3 0-0 4, Hansen 1-1 1-2 3, Harding 2-7 2-6 6, Manu 2-6 5-8 10.

Twin Falls — Leon 1 2-3 4, K. Meyerhoef-fer 1 0-0 3, C. Meyerhoeffer 4 0-0 11, A. Meyerhoeffer 5 3-4 17, Jardine 6 1-1 17, Manning 1 2-6 4.

Buhl 55, american Falls 36

Buhl 17 9 17 10 — 55

American Falls 4 6 13 13 — 36

Buhl — Eckert 6, Torge 2, Lively 7, Juker 2, Loveless 7, Kad. Crossland 27, Kas. Crossland 4.

American Falls — Torres 4, Woodworth 3, Longoria 6, Ostler 5, Rowe 4, Lasley 3, Nelson 11.

calvary chapel 50, sho-Ban 44

Calvary Chapel 10 15 13 12 — 50

Sho-Ban 6 7 20 11 — 44

Calvary Chapel — W. Tracy 16, E. Man-ley 6, Hayes 19, Hewatt 2, Poletti 2, Madison 6.

Sho-Ban — Aragon 3, Evening 8, Drake 4, Osborne 2, Adakai 3, Larkin 2, Jordan 21.

madison 63, Blackfoot 36

declo 56, aberdeen 29

girls BasketBallteton 31, snake river 30

Teton 7 8 11 5 — 31

Snake River 14 8 3 5 — 30

Teton — Kaufman 3, Abbott 4, Mason 6, Arnold 2, Rammell 7, Smith 9.

Snake River — Goodwin 4, Shelley 6, Goff 5, Baldwin 2, Crumley 3, Bair 6, Lund 2, J. Goff 1, Mortensen 1

rockland 43, raft river 28

Raft River 6 7 6 9 — 28

Rockland 11 10 9 15 — 43

Raft River — Tuckett 6 1-2 13, Schumann 0 2-4 2, Whitaker 3 1-4 7, Baker 2 2-3 6.

Rockland — Stefani McClanahan 5 1-2 11, Tiffani Lee 1 1-3 3, Caitlynn Miller 0 1-2 1, Mesa Farr 3 2-4 8, Cierra O’Brien 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Glenn 1 2-3 4, Cortney Peterson 1 0-1 2, Savannah Farr 5 2-2 12.

sho-Ban 65, calvary chapel 10

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Filled with passion, the small and dinky gymnasium gets as bright as the Staples Center during Game 7. The plywood panels reverberate the cheers with every shot made, and the crowd reacts as if each basket is a game-winner. In the eyes of those small, winter towns where December means prep hoops, these are the places where basketball is born. The court is shaped by town-to-town contests that have a different feel than those rivalries carved into NBA lore like the Lakers and Celtics. The ceilings are low and lights are burned out, but it all factors into the atmosphere that gets a crowd to quake. These places are absolutely packed. The max capacity sign is shunned as people stream in and fill the gym like sardines in a tin. There may not be many people compared to those big schools, but there doesn’t need to be when someone is trying to concentrate on finding the right opening on an inbounds pass and a wall of screams is right behind them. There’s a certain majesty that en-

compasses a tiny gym at a tiny school like this. As a student, I’ve been to both extremes when it comes to school size. More people may have cared in the giant school, but there was a higher percentage at the small school. Everyone at tiny Lake Roosevelt High School in tiny Coulee Dam went to basketball games. Everyone. Not everyone went to basketball games at giant Millard North High School in giant Omaha, Neb. That seems to be the difference right there: The attendance of a crowd relative to the size of the school. Because small schools generally have small gyms. Small gyms are usually too small, causing it to rip at its seams with fandom. That adds up to an atmosphere hard to replicate. That isn’t to say those bigger places aren’t valid. You don’t have to be a ge-nius to determine more fans equal more mouths. More mouths equal more shout-ing. And more shouting equals more noise. The dynamic of a small gym is strange and difficult to explain, but it’s hard to deny. Maybe it’s more of a per-sonal experience. Maybe there’s more emotion. Maybe I’m totally wrong. But to me, a crowd of a few hundred who barely fit is a heck of a lot more fun than a crowd of a few thousand with room to spare.

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Loveridge hit 10 of his 14 field goal at-tempts, including four 3s, for 27 points in 40 minutes. The Bengals had no answer for the sophomore from West Jordan, Utah. “He’s a good player,” Sanchez said. “He can shoot 3s, he’s good at driving and he just found a way to get open and knocked them down.” Utah took its first lead of the second half with 12 minutes to play, but the Bengals never went away. At one point, freshman Justin Smith flew in from the baseline to swat a would-be floater and it led to a Chris Hansen layup where he drew the foul and knocked

down the free throw to cut Utah’s lead to one. In the end, though, Loveridge and the Utes just made more plays. “I don’t have any excuses,” said senior guard Andre Hatchett. “They came out and they wanted it a little bit more. I felt like we died a little bit toward the end.” Utah shot 58 percent from the field and held Idaho State to 34.5 percent shooting in the second half and 42.9 percent for the night. Hatchett had 15 points and eight re-bounds. Hansen finished with 14 and Jef-frey Solarin chipped in eight points and eight rebounds. “Basketball is a game of runs,” Evans said. “You have to play two halves, not one. I’m absolutely proud of my guys. I have no qualms.” Idaho State stays in the Pac-12 and trav-els to Washington Saturday.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert threw all the inside body jabs Tuesday night. Paul George finished it off with the knockout blow. Together, the Pacers’ devastating one-two scor-ing punch did it again to the champs. Hibbert finished with 24 points, George made two big 3-pointers dur-ing a 15-point second half scoring spree and Indiana rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to take

Round 1 against Miami 90-84. “It was fun, a real in-tense game,” George said. “Both teams were playing at a high level. You could see an urgency to win this game tonight.” While Indiana extended its franchise-record home start to a perfect 10-0 and took a three-game advan-tage over Miami in the early chase for home-court advantage, this was no ordinary regular season game. During pregame me-dia availability, Indiana’s

Lance Stephenson said this game felt like a champion-ship matchup. Two of Mi-ami’s big three, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, tried to downplay that sort of talk by explaining this was not a win or go home night. The hometown fans didn’t care what the Heat thought. They were already in postseason form, boo-ing loudly at the officials, chanting “He’s a flopper” on some contestable foul calls and eventually ser-enading Miami players with those familiar chants of “Beat the Heat.”

Pacers rally to beat Heat, 90-84

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It all starts with Austin Ferguson. The Century linebacker doesn’t focus his eyes on the opposing quarterback be-fore the snap. He doesn’t steal glances at the running back. He doesn’t care if the opponent is running a two-tight end set, trips receivers or dual wing backs. He’s reading the guards. “The guard never lies,” Ferguson said. An offense will run counters, bootlegs and play actions to fool a defense into go-ing one way or the other, leaving a man unchecked or missing an assignment. It’s the wool over the eyes. The illusion. It’s up to Ferguson to see the wizard through the curtains. The guard. “You can tell it’s a pass just by his drop,” Ferguson said, “or if it’s a run he’s usually coming at you.” It should be pretty simple. If the guard drops back in his stance after the ball is snapped, the defense can expect a pass. If

the guard pulls to the outside around the tackle, it’s probably a sweep in that direc-tion. If the guard charges forward, expect a fullback or a tailback to follow. But the truth is, it isn’t that simple. And Ferguson has made mistakes. “The first half of the season, I messed up quite a bit,” he said. “But once Burley came, we just started clicking.” Burley was Century’s opening act. It’s the mile marker halfway between two towns. The first town is where Century’s first four games reside, which culmi-nated in a heart-wrenching 21-19 loss to

Rigby and a 1-3 record. The second town is where the awakening of Century’s de-fense, six straight wins and a postseason push live. Following the Burley beatdown, Cen-tury’s defense allowed seven points to Jerome, Bonneville and Preston, eight to Pocatello and six to Twin Falls. Quite the turnaround considering the spastic start to the season. But, when scrutinized further, the change the D-back defense has gone through isn’t anything too dramatic. The coaches believed in the team and its scheme. It just needed some fine-tuning. “From the first half to the second half, we haven’t changed a whole lot,” said Century head coach David Spillet. “We really believed in what we wanted to accomplish and what we wanted to do schematically. We didn’t push the panic button. ... But there were some details we were missing out on.” So the defense hammered out the little things. The nails protruding from the planks were now flush with the wood.

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Century defenders swarm tackle a Skyline player in their game earlier this year at Holt Arena. The Diamondback defense has held opponents to an average of 5.8 points its last five games.

Century’s defense has swarmed opponents en route to the state semifinals“We’ve played With each other for a couple years noW, so We can all trust each other to do our jobs. We really knoW What We’re supposed to do.”

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On a main road near where I live someone ran over a squirrel last week. Poor guy was just laying

there, and since no one moved him his carcass slowly became a flat, squashed mess as vehicle after vehicle applied tire to fur. This week, that squirrel is nothing more a dark stain on the street. A grue-some story, I realize (especially for me considering how I’ve used this column in the past to write about how much I detest gory movies) but I bring up that four-legged furry animal to ask a question. How in the world did the Century Dia-mondbacks not end up like that squirrel, a flattened pancake on the road to the 2013 high school playoffs? Not to belabor the point, but remem-ber where the D-backs stood four games into the year? They were 1-3 and any hopes to reach the postseason meant they needed to not only win the rest of their conference games, but they had to rely on outside help. September was a miserable month for the Diamondbacks. After losing a heartbreaker to Rigby 21-19, Century had to rely on the Trojans to roll through the rest of their confer-ence slate. Can you imagine rooting for your enemy? That’d be like an ant buying stock in Magnifying Glass Incorporated. To make a long story short, Century did what it needed to do, and October and

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The days of playing frosted cupcakes is over for Idaho State men’s basketball. ISU opened with an exhibition game Nov. 4 against NAIA opponent Dick-inson State and the Bengals cruised to a 97-54 final. And last Saturday they whipped Evergreen State, another NAIA opponent, 99-62 in Reed Gym. It’s the third time in the last decade that Idaho State did not begin its season versus a major Division I opponent. In head coach Bill Evans first year in Pocatello, the Bengals were in Logan, Utah, against Utah State (a game they dropped 56-48). For 2013-14, however, ISU had the Geoducks. It was the Bengals’ opportu-nity to run up and down the floor, score in bunches and, in general, manhandle a physically inferior opponent. And they did. Idaho State shot 51 per-cent from the floor, hit eight 3-pointers

and drained 17 more free throws than Evergreen attempted. ISU led by 20 at the half and rumbled to a 37-point victory. But after the game, Evans was upset. Idaho State had been sloppy on of-fense, coughing up 17 turnovers, and al-lowing Evergreen to score 62 points is a problem for a squad that bases its iden-tity on defense, defense and defense. Getting after a team in the locker room following a lopsided win is about stomping out any potential problems today so the issues don’t linger in the future. “If you don’t stand up for some

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Pey-ton Manning is taking a beat-ing.

The Broncos' offensive line is battered and his right ankle is throbbing.

And now here come the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs, leading the league in sacks.

Fans in Denver would love to put a Brink's truck around their hobbled quarterback for Sun-day night's showdown pitting the divisional rivals who have combined to go 17-1.

They might be surprised, however, to hear Jack Del Rio doesn't share their affinity for the concept known as "max protect."

That's where a tight end and a running back are kept in the backfield to help the five offen-sive linemen keep defenders from reaching the quarterback. The strategy sacrifices options in the passing game to deny the defense pressure on the passer.

In Denver's case, it could keep two of their most produc-tive players in tight end Julius Thomas and tailback Know-shon Moreno from doing what they do best.

Adding another tight end to the mix would sideline Wes Welker. Like both Thomas and Moreno, Welker has nine touchdowns so far.

Moreover, heavy doses of "max protect" could actually lead to more hits on Manning.

"Ironically, that's the natural way to start (thinking) is to pack more in," said Del Rio, Denver's interim head coach.

"But quarterbacks are actu-ally hit more often when you pack them in. And they're hit far more often in maximum protection. In fact, one of the times he was hit Sunday was on a max protection and the tight end got beat."

When a team packs players in to provide the QB more se-curity, linebackers occupy the rushing lanes and are closer to the quarterback.

Keeping extra protectors in the backfield also opens the possibility of more defenders crashing the quarterback's pocket of protection, disrupting his throws.

So, the high-scoring Broncos will stick with their spread of-fense, which in turn spreads the defense.

"More people doesn't ensure

that he's not going to get hit. I mean, he's going to get hit some in the flow of the game. That's just how it is," Del Rio said. "And I think we do a very good job. I think our guy gets hit less than most, and that's going to remain a focal point for us."

Manning has taken some nasty hits over the past month, beginning with one from Jack-sonville's Jason Babin, who wasn't whistled for a low hit on Oct. 13.

The following week, former teammate Robert Mathis put two big hits on him, and Man-ning missed some practice time with a sore right ankle that next week.

Manning might be limited Wednesday or even miss prac-tice altogether after aggra-vating his high ankle sprain Sunday when defensive end Co-rey Liuget dived at his ankles in the closing minutes of Denver's 28-20 win at San Diego.

Manning limped through the closing minutes after that hit.

The Broncos asked the league to look at that hit, con-tending it was late and low and should have drawn a flag. An NFL spokesman, however, told The Associated Press on Tues-day the league determined the hit was clean.

In a conference call with Denver media on Tuesday, coach John Fox declined to confirm that he brought up the

issue with the league himself while he recovers from heart surgery in North Carolina.

"Well, we're not really al-lowed to discuss anything to do with officiating. I can say that I did communicate with somebody at the league office," Fox said.

Fox said he watched the game from his home, but had to turn away at some points lest his blood pressure get too high.

Surely, Liuget's hit was one of those moments.

"Yeah, I don't know that I want to get into specifics," Fox said. "I'll just leave you with the thought that there was a few and that could have been one of them."

He wasn't alone in his con-cern.

"Of course, I hold my breath," teammate Shaun Phil-lips said of seeing Manning so slow to get up. "He's our bread-winner."

So far, Manning has fum-bled seven times and lost five of them, in large part due to the loss of three-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro left tackle Ryan Clady to left foot surgery in September.

Clady allowed just one sack in more than 1,100 snaps last season, which he parlayed into a $57.2 million contract on the eve of training camp.

His replacement, journey-man Chris Clark, whose only

career starts before this sea-son came at jumbo tight end during Denver's short-lived Tim Tebow era, stepped in as Manning's new blind-side pro-tector in Week 3.

Since then, Manning has been sacked a dozen times and hit 27, and in three straight games, Clark has allowed Manning to be sacked and stripped from the blind side.

"I hate these fumbles, but they are all when I'm throw-ing," Manning said. "I'm conscious of protecting it when I'm in the pocket but all of them have been while I'm throwing. I haven't quite figured out how to not fumble when they hit you while you're throwing, that's a tough one."

Figuring out how to keep the Chiefs, who have collected 36 sacks, from getting to the quarterback has proved a dif-ficult task for Kansas City's opponents.

One way or another, the Broncos will have to tighten things up Sunday night.

"We're definitely on high alert wanting to protect our quarterback," Del Rio said. "We didn't do as well as we can (at San Diego). We've got an even greater challenge coming up this week with a team that's sacked quarterbacks more than anybody in this league. So, I'm sure that will get plenty of attention."

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It was time for the Diamondbacks to lay it down. It began when Andy Whittier scooped up a loose ball and took it 24 yards for a score against Burley. Call it the catalyst for the blinding onslaught of defensive touchdowns. Against Pocatello on Nov. 1, the Diamondbacks’ defense scored four times, including two Connor Moon fumble returns for 59 and 51 yards. The other two came from Tyler Holm’s pick six and Bren-den Flores’ fumble rumble. It didn’t stop in Century’s opening play-off matchup the next week against Twin Falls. Holm returned not one, but two inter-ceptions for touchdowns. So what’s with the defense? Where did this come from? “Disciplined football,” Spillet said. “They’ve all really bought into the fact that practice isn’t over once we’re done on the field.” That means film — a lot of film. It’s why Ferguson is able to see what he sees. It’s why the defense can sometimes deter-mine what the play is by simply seeing the way the offense lines up and what it does presnap. “One of the plays, coach already told us about it a few times — to be aware of the play,” Holm said. “We all knew it was com-ing. We knew the exact routes and every-thing.” Now the defense is flying around and things are good; Things are fun. Players are held accountable by their teammates because they know the guy next to them is dependable, and they usually make the stop. “We’ve played with each other for a couple years now, so we can all trust each other to do our jobs,” said senior linebacker Reece Ravsten. “We really know what we’re supposed to do.” With all the scoring going on around him, though, Ravsten hasn’t had the opportunity to get in on the action. There haven’t been balls fumbled his way, nor wayward passes thrown in his direction. Sure, he picked up a blocked punt and scampered into the end zone, but that’s special teams. He wants to join the D-back defensive touchdown club. “I would like one to join a lot of the kids on our team,” he said with a smile. “But that’s all right though.” Like Ravsten, the Century defense aches to score. It’s a ravenous craving that only intensifies with each trip into the end zone. Like Ravsten, the defense yearns. “We’re always hungry,” he said.

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November have been magical months. The defense got nasty, giving 5.8 points a game in their final five games of the year (after allowing up 22.75 in the first four), and really made a statement against Po-catello with four defensive touchdowns. They backed that effort up with two interceptions returned for points against Twin Falls. The D-backs smothered the Bruins star running back Jacob Johnson who entered that quarterfinal playoff game seeking his school’s all-time rush-ing record. Since I moved to Pocatello in August of 2012, people told me Century’s class of 2014 was the class, a group of young men with the talent to propel Century to a 4A playoff run. Before 2013, Century hadn’t been in the playoffs since 2004. But this group of seniors, comprised of guys like Austin Ferguson, Shane Rominger, Scott Kuhn, Remy Lambson, Logan Fackrell, Mason Spillett, Reece Ravsten and others (I could go on and on with 31 seniors listed on the roster), had the goods (i.e. talent) to put the D-backs into the postseason. And after Century nearly beat High-land in its opening game (a loss that’s looked better and better considering what the Rams have done since), the possibili-ties seemed endless. But I keep coming back to September, the ugliest month of the year for Century football. Three losses in four weeks. Yet, with head coach David Spillett leading the way, the Diamond-backs stayed confident. “That’s one thing that didn’t happen to this group of kids. They continued to believe in what we were trying to do, in what we were telling them,” Spillett said a few days before Century manhandled Twin Falls. “They never lost the faith.” They never lost the faith and a cupcake game against a Burley squad — who the D-backs romped 49-0 — served as an adrenaline shot straight to Century’s beating heart. They’ve ripped off six-straight victories and now host Bishop Kelly in the state semifinals Friday night at Holt Arena. In about a month and a half, they went from looking like road kill to standing on the precipice of a state championship. That’s an unreal turnaround. It’s too bad for D-back opponents everywhere that they didn’t take advantage of the time Century lay on the road lifeless and beat-en to finish them off. Maybe Century was only making like a possum and playing dead.

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thing, you’re not going to be very successful in your life,” Evans said. “I believe in some things, and if they don’t do them they’re going to get it.” By “it” Evans is referring to a firm stare and a few words in regard to what did not go well. By Tuesday, though, the Ben-gals had moved on. “My memory isn’t very good. It’s one of the things the Lord blessed me with, a short memo-ry,” Evans said. Now Idaho State takes its 1-0 record on the road to play Ari-

zona State (2-0) Friday night at the Wells Fargo Arena, and the Sun Devils are a different kind of opponent. ASU point guard Jahii Car-son is one of 15 players on the preseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson Award, given annually to the national player of the year. And, as expected on a Pac-12 team, there’s tal-ent, size and athleticism all over the Sun Devil roster for a team picked seventh in the preseason poll. But Idaho State is approach-ing it like another game, which it sort of is. The Bengals have ASU Friday, San Francisco Monday and CSU Bakersfield Nov. 23, all part of a three-game road trip before the Ben-gals host Carroll College in the first week of December.

Arizona State is the first of three Pac-12 squads Idaho State faces before Big Sky ac-tion begins in January. “Everybody’s going to, be-sides us, expect us to go in and get blown out,” said senior ISU guard Tomas Sanchez. “So if we can go in there and try to steal one and keep it competi-tive, we’ll be happy with that.” And they want to avoid a game like they had with Oregon last December. ISU went to Eugene and the Ducks rolled to a 42-point victory. The outcome had a negative effect on the Bengals’ confidence that lasted beyond the trip west. It struck deep. A similar loss to the Sun Dev-ils and suddenly a team that won six games a year ago isn’t so sure this year’s squad is any

different. “If we don’t play very well then it’s right back to, ‘same old thing,’” Evans said. But Evans does not expect a result of that nature. ISU flies to Arizona State with confi-dence. “I’m going to approach the game like we’re going to win the game,” said junior forward Jeffrey Solarin. “That’s what our focus is in practice. We’re going out there to win the game. If that school is going to pay us to come play them, we’re going to take their money.” NOTES: Idaho State is 1-2 all-time versus Arizona State. ISU beat ASU back in 1957-58 72-68. ... Idaho State and Arizona State last played in 2008. The Bengals lost 90-55.

GreGory Bull/APDenver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, left, holds his leg after being injured while playing the San Diego Chargers as teammate running back Knowshon Moreno, right, talks with him during an NFL football game on Nov. 10, 2013, in San Diego.

JAy CohenAP Sports Writer

CHICAGO — Andrew Wig-gins soared toward the hoop as Jabari Parker made one more attempt to stop his fellow fresh-man star.

No such luck. Wiggins owned the end of Parker's impressive homecoming.

Wiggins scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, outplaying Parker down the stretch and helping No. 5 Kan-sas knock off fourth-ranked Duke 94-83 on Tuesday night.

Parker, a former prep star at nearby Simeon High School, had 27 points, nine rebounds and three steals in a spectacu-lar return to his hometown. But it was Wiggins who made the biggest plays in the final min-utes of a taut thriller between

two storied programs.Wiggins drained a stepback

jumper to give the Jayhawks an 85-81 lead with 1:33 to go, and then had a fast-break dunk while being fouled by a trailing Parker. Wiggins held his arms out and yelled after the big dunk, delighting the raucous crowd at the United Center.

Ellis finished with 24 points and Wayne Selden had 15 for the Jayhawks (2-0), who went 27 for 35 at the foul line, com-pared to 16 of 28 for the Blue Devils. Wiggins also had 10 rebounds despite battling foul trouble for much of the game.

Kansas scored 17 of the final 23 points after Rasheed Sulai-mon made a jumper for Duke that tied it at 77 with 3:50 left.

Amile Jefferson had 17 points for Duke (1-1), which dropped to 7-3 in the all-time

series against Kansas. Rodney Hood scored 11 points.

MiChigaN state 78, keNtuCky 74CHICAGO — As the buzzer

sounded and his Michigan State teammates raced onto the court to celebrate, Gary Harris held his index finger aloft. No doubt about who’s No. 1. For now, at least. Branden Dawson tipped in a miss with less than six seconds left, and the No. 2 Spartans hung on for a 78-74 victory over top-ranked Kentucky and its latest cast of phenoms in the first game of the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. “We want to be No. 1 at the end of the season,” Keith Ap-pling said. “Not the beginning.” Keep playing like this and the Spartans (2-0) are sure to

be in the conversation come the end of March. Kentucky, too. After trailing by as much as 13 in the second half, looking like the freshmen most of them are, the Wildcats (2-1) showed why there’s so much hype surrounding them. Julius Randle almost beat the Spartans single-handedly, scoring 23 of his 27 points in the second half and making a jumper with 42 seconds left that cut Michigan State’s lead to 76-74. But Dawson tipped in a miss by Denzel Valentine, and James Young missed a 3-point-er at the buzzer. “You got guys crying in there, which is a good thing,” Kentucky coach John Cali-pari said. “I want it to hurt like that. I knew this would get their attention.”

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Football is more than just which team wins. A lot of times, it’s about which person wins. And right now, Derek Schultz is winning. Highland’s Schultz has just one catch on the season, a quick screen pass that didn’t gain a yard. For someone who’s playing football for the first time in his life, that’s a pretty big deal. But for someone battling cerebral palsy? Even bigger. Schultz has battled the condition his whole life. It’s a very mild form that may affect his movement and balance, but not his heart. “It’s all about how far you can go,” Schultz said. “The sky’s the limit in my case. Nothing is impossible.” Schultz has never been one to sit around. But when he was 3, his steadiness was an issue and his mother had to carry him. It wasn’t until he began physical therapy that Schultz became more active. “When you’re born with this type of dis-ability, you have to walk constantly,” he said. “You can’t just sit down and do nothing.” It’s this mindset that helps Schultz through the days. For him, those days are normal. He goes to school and plays foot-ball. His first year on the team, Schultz has quickly progressed as a ball player.

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day one and where he is today, he’s im-

proved 100 percent, and it’s amazing,” said Highland head coach Gino Mariani. Initially, when Schultz first expressed interest in joining the team, Mariani was worried. But Schultz wanted to play, and his mother encour-aged it. Schultz cleared his physi-cal, threw on a helmet and shoulder pads and became a football player, where he was immediately welcomed by the team. “He fits in,” Mariani said. “He’s one of the guys.” Being one of the guys comes with getting some flack — just like everyone else. Some friendly jabs and mischievous banter circles every football team between both players and coaches, and in Schultz’s case, it’s no dif-

ferent.“What was that pass I c a u g h t ? ” S c h u l t z said to

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practice. “ T h e

pass?” “Yeah.” “Throw it to Derek. Please don’t drop it.”

“Good one Gino!” Schultz shouted at his coach. “He always

gives me crap. That’s how you know they love you, though.” On the sideline of Highland’s practice field when the team was running through game prep, Schultz was always quick to dish out his own good-humored teases. “Throw it harder!” he shouted to his quar-terback as Schultz ran routes. Over the course of the season, Schultz has gotten to watch as the Rams won both thrill-ers and blowouts. He hasn’t just learned

what it’s like to be part of a team. He’s learned how far he can push his body. And his progression? It’s pointing up. “If you sit on the couch every day, you’re going to have problems,” Schultz said. “If you stay active, you get some motivation in you, you’re going to have a healthy lifestyle. It’s true for anybody.” Mariani has learned a lot, too. “You might have certain limitations phys-ically in life, but it doesn’t hold you back from your dreams,” he said. “If you have a

dream that you do something that’s physi-cally challenging, like football, don’t set it aside (and say), ‘Hey, I can’t do it because I have this disease or I have this physical limi-tation.’ He’s out here working hard, doing the best he can and he’s succeeding at it.” Schultz caught his first pass against Twin Falls Sept. 13. For him, it marked a signifi-cant milestone in both his development as a football player and as someone battling his condition. “It was the best feeling in the world catch-ing that pass,” Schultz said. “Nothing’s greater.”

As someone who deals with the most mild form of cerebral palsy, Schultz knows there are teenagers his age that suffer more severe symptoms, and he has a message for them: “Don’t let it stop you. Keep going. It will get better,” Schultz said. “Trust me.”

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