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MTSU men's tennis fell 4-0 to No. 71 Boise State on Friday afternoon at the Blue Gray Classic. Victor Melo and Matthew Langley fell to Vincente Joli and Filipp Pogostkin 8-3 to begin the doubles point. Then Richard Cowden and Shaun Waters lost 8-6 to Jeff Mullen and Harry Skinner as the Broncos took a 1-0 lead in the match.

The doubles point was disappointing, and we missed a few opportunities to win   -David McNamara

 

It's time for Grizzly football to go big-time. University of Montana athletic director Jim O'Day should move aggressively to take Grizzly athletics to the Western Athletic Conference. UM is NCAA Division I in all sports except football, so football would be the only sport having to add scholarships and an assistant coach.  

Boise State gymnastics coach Tina Bird expected senior gymnast Taylor Jacob to get emotional Friday night at Taco Bell Arena. It was the final home meet for Jacob, who has been on the team for five years, overcome a serious injury that reduced her role and competed this year while attempting to complete a master's degree in one year. Instead, Jacob was calm, focused and rock solid.  

Boise State junior Kirk Smith, the top seed at 184 pounds, will face No. 6 Maxwell Askren of Missouri. They've never met, Smith said. The finals in Omaha, Neb., begin at 5:30 p.m. MDT and will air on ESPN.

I just want to take the whole atmosphere in and try to enjoy it   -Kirk Smith

 

The Coyotes took two from Bethany University of California on Friday, winning 4-0 and 1-0 at Wolfe Field. Ben Rosen tossed a complete-game shutout in the opener and logged a game-winning RBI hit by pitch in the bottom of the seventh to win the nightcap. BOISE STATE MEN'S GOLF: The Broncos sit in 12th place, 22 strokes behind leader Eastern Michigan.  

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We are very proud of Luke Babbitt . This is a very hard award to achieve and for him to be our first Academic All-American is a great accomplishment for Luke and for our program   -David Carter

 

Senior Jayson Ness guaranteed himself All-America status for the fourth time when he won in the quarterfinals Friday morning at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Qwest Center. The Gophers' other two quarterfinalists, Sonny Yohn at 197 pounds and heavyweight Ben Berhow, lost their quarterfinals. The morning session has quarterfinals and two rounds of consolations.  

Idaho's Forgotten War- The world premiere film screening of Sonya Rosario's documentary film about the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and Amy Trice , who on September 20, 1974 declared the last official American Indian war on the U.S. Government, and was the only woman to do so in the country's history. Drumming and singing starts at 6:30 p.m., opening prayer and film introduction at 7 p.m., film starts at 7:15 p.m. Following the film is a panel discussion featuring Alice Trice and other female tribe leaders.  

Boise State Assistant Coach Bob Gregory is getting re-acquainted and stepping into his new role. Gregory comes to Bronco Nation football by taking a step down in position as the defensive coordinator at California. That may seem like an odd move, but he has a pretty good reason why.

It's a lot different than it was eight years ago. The talent is much better, no offense to those guys. But I'm excited to work with these guys. It's a good group   -Bob Gregory

 

Middle Tennessee performed well against No. 38 Notre Dame in its opening match of the Blue Gray Classic but the Irish pulled out the win late in the match. Left Photo: Junior Kyle Wishing teamed with junior John Peers to defeat the Irish's No. 61 Steven Havens and Casey Watt 8-4. Sophomore Richard Cowden and freshman Shaun Waters fell 8-3 to David Anderson and Daniel Stahl to open doubles play.

I have to give a lot of credit to John and Kyle. They beat a ranked team and that is huge for Kyle. It’s the first win over a ranked player in his career and it shows him he can play with these top players. I am very proud of his progression the last three years and he is playing with a lot of confidence right now. What he is doing in doubles is impressive and John, who is a great doubles player, has really helped Kyle with his game and his confidence   -David McNamara