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By Kent Larsen
Sports: More Football Injuries and Benchings
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The last Mormon baseball player did appear in two
post-season games last week, but with the elimination of the St. Louis
Cardinals from the playoffs, our coverage of Mormons in baseball has ended
for the season. Meanwhile, the few Mormons in professional football have
been hit by more injuries and benchings, leaving the most interesting
performances among Mormons in football in the coaching. Hockey coverage is
also getting up to speed, and although Mormon News learned that one Mormon
player has been released.
Dave Veres' performance during the playoffs was good, even if it just
covered one inning spread over two games. Veres struck out one, walked one
and gave up one hit, but no runs. For the season he ended up with a 3.70
ERA, 3 wins, 2 losses and 15 saves in 71 relief appearances.
In football, San Francisco's Derek Smith, who has the best record for a
Mormon defensive back so far this season, was injured, keeping him out of
this past week's game and leaving former BYU back Rob Morris as the best
Mormon defensive back. In addition to Smith's injury, the Lions' Ty Detmer
was benched, after another poor performance, as the Lions went back to their
initial starter, Charlie Batch. Also benched last week were the Ravens'
Edwin Mulitalo and the Raiders' Junior Ioane. But while the coaching by
Mormon football coaches may be more interesting, the Mormon coaches aren't
doing that well. Head Coaches Andy Reid and Dave Campos are 2-2 and 1-3
respectively, and the best performance is from the Green Bay Packers, whose
assistant coach, Darrell Bevell, is LDS.
Meanwhile, hockey players Aaron Gavey and Steve Konowalchuk both have three
assists in the first five games they played. Assistant Coach Brent
Peterson's Nashville Predators goalies have given up 10 goals in 89 shots on
goal, 11% of the shots on goal.
The golf tours are close to ending their seasons, and Mormon News has added
the player's rank on the money lists to our listings. The PGA Tour's Jay Don
Blake was the only Mormon golfer who played that made the cut in last week's
Invensys Classic, while Senior PGA tour golfer Bruce Summerhays finished
tied for 35th in the Transamerica.
Mormon News' Sports statistics is also moving to Tuesdays, instead of
Mondays, to accomodate coverage of Monday night sporting events. The NFL
includes Monday Night Football with the previous week.
[If the listings below aren't clear, try looking at them with a mono-spaced
font, such as courier - Ed.]
Baseball
Major League Baseball
The regular season has ended, and only one Mormon baseball player was in the playoffs last week. However, the St. Louis Cardinals, Dave Veres' team, was eliminated this week in the playoffs, ending our coverage of baseball for this season.
Pitchers:
| (MH) Dave Veres | RP | St Louis Cardinals |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| YTD | 73 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3.65 | 66.7 | 58 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 62 |
Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:
Scott Eyre RP Toronto Blue Jays
Ryan Jensen SP San Francisco Giants
Minor Leagues
All Minor League Seasons are now over. However, we are still
interested in identifying Mormon players in the minors, especially
those at the AAA level. Also of interest are those playing in foreign
leagues, such as Japan and the Venezuela winter league. Here are the
minor league players we know:
AAA
Minors
- Banks, Brian Catcher Calgary Cannons (Florida Marlins)
- Perez, Santiago CF Portland Beavers (San Diego Padres)
- Secrist, Reed 1st Base Nashville Sounds (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:
- Nate Tebbs SS Richmond Braves (Atlanta Braves)
- Ron Wright 1B Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
- John DeSilva SP Las Vegas 51s (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Jeremy Lambert SP Memphis Redbirds (St Louis Cardinals)
Basketball
NBA
The NBA's season preseason games began October 5th. Regular season begins October 30th.
WNBA
The WNBA's season has ended for 2001.
Football
NFL
Quarterbacks
| | G | GS | Att/Comp | Yds | TD | Int | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 18/15 | 149 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| YTD | 2 | 2 | 60/37 | 361 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Germaine | Kansas City Chiefs |
| | G | GS | Att/Comp | Yds | TD | Int | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mitchell | Cincinnati Bengals |
| | G | GS | Att/Comp | Yds | TD | Int | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Offense
| Greg Clark | San Francisco Forty-Niners |
| | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | Injured - Hamstring |
| YTD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Heap | Baltimore Ravens |
| | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | Injured-Ankle |
| YTD | 2 | 1 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Lewis | Philadelphia Eagles |
| | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 4 | 4 | 16 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Manumaleuna | St Louis Rams |
| | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Itua Mili | Seattle Seahawks |
| | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | RushAtt | RushYds | RushTD |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 5 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Offensive Line
| David Dixon | Minnesota Vikings |
| Edwin Mulitalo | Baltimore Ravens |
| John Tait | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Kyle Turley | New Orleans Saints |
Defense
| Marcus Bell | Seattle Seahawks |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brant Boyer | Cleveland Browns |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 5 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hall | Atlanta Falcons |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| YTD | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Hoke | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Ioane | Oakland Raiders |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Morris | Indianapolis Colts |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 4 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek M. Smith | San Francisco Forty-Niners |
| | G | GS | Tkls | Solo | Assist | Sacks | Int | Fumb |
| This Week | Injured - Knee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Special Teams
Punter
| Lee Johnson | New England Patriots |
| | G | GS | Punts | Yds | TB |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 4 | 155 | 0 |
| YTD | 5 | 5 | 24 | 1045 | 3 |
Kicker
| Owen Pochman | New York Giants |
| | G | GS | FG/FGA | XP/XPA | Kicks | Yds | TB |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 0 |
| YTD | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1179 | 2 |
Coach
| Andy Reid | Philadelphia Eagles |
| | W-L | Yds | Plays | PassYds/PassAtt | RushYds/RushAtt | Possess | Pen | Yds |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 1394 | 265 | 925 | 142 | 469 | 109 | 02:04:54 | 25 | 189 |
| George Henshaw | Tennessee Titans |
| | W-L | Yds | Plays | PassYds/PassAtt | RushYds/RushAtt | Possess | Pen | Yds |
| This Week | 365 | 69 | 223 | 26 | 142 | 41 | 00:36:33 | 12 | 117 |
| YTD | 1129 | 251 | 748 | 135 | 381 | 105 | 02:00:14 | 27 | 289 |
| | W-L | Yds | Plays | PassYds/PassAtt | RushYds/RushAtt | Possess | Pen | Yds |
| This Week | 386 | 73 | 175 | 28 | 211 | 44 | 00:36:45 | 3 | 22 |
| YTD | 1275 | 289 | 578 | 129 | 697 | 154 | 02:20:34 | 20 | 155 |
| Darrell Bevell | Offensive Asst | |
| | Yds | Plays | Pass | PassYds | PassAtt | RushYds | RushAtt | Poss | Pen | Yds |
| This Week | 391 | 60 | 331 | 34 | 60 | 24 | 00:32:35 | 6 | 29 |
| YTD | 1906 | 320 | 1363 | 167 | 543 | 146 | 02:46:39 | 23 | 150 |
We're trying to confirm that the following are Mormon:
Knorr, Micah Dallas Cowboys (Utah State)
CFL
The CFL season began June 20th. We still have identified only two
Mormon players!
Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, and
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Linebacker Sefa O'Reilly is LDS.
While we are compiling a list of Mormon players in the CFL, that
league doesn't make available player by player statistics.
We have also identified the following possible Mormon players, based
on the 2001 Rosters:
- Rob Hitchcock, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
- Trevor Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
- Kevin Alexander, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
- Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
- Josh Cochran, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah
- Neal Fort, Montreal Alouettes -- BYU
- Chad Folk, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
- Profail Greer, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah State
- Errol Martin, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
- Morgan Welch, Toronto Argonauts -- Weber State
- Brandon Dyson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers -- Utah State
College
NCAA - Division I
We plan to begin limited coverage of NCAA Division I football players
and coaches who are Mormon. Here is a list of the players OUTSIDE OF
UTAH we have identified to date. Many of these come from H.B.
Arnett's "Cougar Sportsline," with the assistance of Mormon News
subscriber Brent Romney:
- Brittain, Brad TE Arizona
- Feula, Vince DL Arizona
- Fraser, Keoki DL Arizona
- Fraser, Keoni DL Arizona
- Brittain, Grant TE Arizona State
- Fulton, Skyler WR Arizona State
- Miller, Matt WR Arizona State
- Niko, Damien OL Arizona State
- Pace, Tom RB Arizona State
- Unck, Mason LB Arizona State
- Wallin, Kurt DT Arizona State
- Wolfgram, Jared DL Arizona State
- Gustaveson, Josh Cal
- Jensen, Mark K Cal
- Lupoi, Tosh DL Cal
- Hoover, Adam QB Cincinnati
- Flores, Jeremy P/PK Colorado
- Kay, Russell LB Colorado State
- Porter, Guy DB Colorado State
- Findlay, Garren OL Georgia Tech
- Ilaoa, Nate WR Hawaii
- Peters, Hyrum DB Hawaii
- Peters, Leonard DB Hawaii
- Tafuna, Sione OL Hawaii
- Dunn, Marc QB Kansas State
- Brinton, Spencer QB Michigan
- Probst, Jake DL Michigan
- Weathers, Brad OL Mississippi State
- Bingham, Ryon DL Nebraska
- Brown, Manaia DL Nebraska
- Fonoti, Toniu OL Nebraska
- Johnson, Cody OL Nevada
- Kretschmer, Chance RB Nevada
- Fife, Jason QB Oregon
- Line, Scott LB Oregon
- Loftin, Ryan LB Oregon
- Casper, Cameron OL San Diego State
- Thompson, Tyson TE San Diego State
- Hunter, Tommy TE South Florida
- Blackhurst, Cooper DE Stanford
- Chambers, Kirk OT Stanford
- Giles, Scott OLB Stanford
- Heitman, Eric OL Stanford
- Leonard, Matt DL Stanford
- Schindler, Greg Stanford
- Coffin, Junior DL Washington
- Kava, William OL Washington
- McLaughlin, Derek P Washington
- Stevens, Jerramy TE Washington
- Ena, Tali QB Washington State
- Belshe, Matt QB Wyoming
- Gough, David OL Wyoming
- Merrill, Peter, DB Wyoming
- Ralph, Brock WR Wyoming
- Rollins, Josh DL Wyoming
- Stansbury-Ieremia, Ed UCLA
- Bair, Brandon OL UNLV
- Palepoi, Anton DL UNLV
- Parkhurst, Matt OL UNLV
- Parkhurst, Scott LB UNLV
Coaches
- Afoa, Ulima Assistant Coach San Diego State
- Chow, Norm Offensive Coordinator USC
- Crowton, Gary Head Coach BYU
- Holmoe, Tom Head Coach CalState
- Leach, Mike Head Coach Texas Tech
- Mallory, Rick Offensive Line Memphis
- Uperesa, Keith Offensive Line USC
Hockey
NHL
| Gavey, Aaron | C | Minnesota Wild |
| | GP | G | A | PTS | SOG |
| This Week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| YTD | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Konowalchuk, Steve | LW | Washington Capitals |
| | GP | G | A | PTS | SOG |
| This Week | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| YTD | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Coach
| Peterson, Brent | Asst Coach | Nashville Predators |
Coach Peterson's responsibilities cover penalties and goalkeeping, and the statistics listed are team statistics that reflect his responsibilities.
| | GP | PIM | MAJ | MN | MC | SOGA | GA | SV |
| This Week | 2 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 41 |
| YTD | 4 | 61 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 89 | 10 | 79 |
Len Barrie, formerly of the Florida Panthers, is now an unrestricted free agent.
Soccer
WUSA
The WUSA's season has ended.
Golf
PGA Tour
| This Week | Invensys Classic at Las Vegas | T70 | 70-68-71-71-75 | $8,910.00 |
| YTD | Entered 29 events, made cut 19 times | Ranked 116th | $409,156.19 |
| This Week | Invensys Classic at Las Vegas | 0 | 73-73-72 | 0 |
| YTD | Entered 22 events, made cut 6 times | Ranked 208th | $60,826.33 |
| This Week | Idle | 0 | ----- | 0 |
| YTD | Entered 24 events, made cut 15 times | Ranked 133rd | $340,994.03 |
| This Week | Idle | 0 | ----- | 0 |
| YTD | Entered 13 events, made cut 5 times | Ranked 216th | $47,607.66 |
Buy.com Tour
| This Week | Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development | 0 | 69-71 | 0 |
| YTD | Entered 19 events, made cut 16 times | Ranked 13th | $170,137.75 |
Playing on Exemption
| This Week | Invensys Classic at Las Vegas | 0 | 72-72-70 | 0 |
| YTD | Entered 3 events, made cut 1 times | | $11,400.00 |
Senior PGA Tour
| This Week | Idle | 0 | ----- | 0 |
| YTD | Entered 3 events | | | $6,568.50 |
| This Week | Idle | 0 | ----- | 0 |
| YTD | 0 | | | 0 |
| This Week | The Transamerica | T35 | 74-70-70 | $7,995.00 |
| YTD | Entered 32 events | | Ranked 19th | $861,336.57 |
* Mormon News has enough information to make it likely that this athlete is either Mormon or has Mormon heritage. But we have so far been unable to confirm this suspicion.
(MH) - Mormon Heritage - This athlete is either an inactive LDS Church member, or has Mormon heritage.
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