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By Kent Larsen

Sports: Injuries Take Toll on Football Players

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- A couple of Mormon football players will miss the rest of the season due to injuries. Greg Clark of the San Francisco 49ers has a problem with a hamstring while the Baltimore Ravens' Todd Heap has an ankle injury. Elsewhere, baseball's Jeff Kent had his best week in a while, and subscribers have identified a total of three Mormon hockey players ahead of the start of the season this week.

After a disastrous start with the Detroit Lions the previous week, LDS quarterback Ty Detmer had an off week as the Lions didn't play. The other LDS quarterbacks, Joe Germaine and Scott Mitchell are backups. Chad Lewis remains the best Mormon player on offense, including a great week Sunday where he scored two touchdowns for the Philadelphia Eagles. On defense, former BYU star Rob Morris is living up to his reputation, grabbing 7 tackles last week (2 solo), raising his total in three games to 20.

In baseball, Kent hit two home runs and captured 5 RBIs while earning a .476 batting average for the week, again nearly putting his average for the season at .300. Unfortunately, the Giants still face a tough road to make the post-season. Among pitchers, the Giants' Shawn Estes turned in the best starting performance, with a 2.57 ERA over 7 innings and a win, while the Cubs' Kyle Farnsworth gave the best relief, giving 4 innings of no-hit baseball over 4 games. But the other pitchers gave mediocre performances, or, as in the case of Jason Johnson, Omar Olivares and Dave Veres, over 9.0 ERA work.

In golf, former US Amateur champion Jeff Quinney, using another of his seven byes, tied for 41st in the Texas Open, earning a share of the purse in a PGA Tour event for the first time. He also bested Jay Don Blake (T51) and the other Mormons on the PGA tour, who were all cut. Richard Zokol on the Buy.com tour tied for 11th at the Inland Empire Open, while Bruce Summerhays tied for 51st in the Gold Rush Classic.

Meanwhile, Mormon News subscribers report that at least three Mormons are playing in the NHL: Len Barrie of the Florida Panthers; Aaron Garvey of the Minnesota Wild and Steve Konawalchuk of the Washington Capitals. In addition, Nashville Predators assistant coach Brent Peterson is LDS. Coverage of NHL statistics begins next 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

Position Players:

McKay Christensen

CF

Los Angeles Dodgers

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
YTD	30	52	6	16	1	7	3	12	0.308
Minors	85	330	61	89	8	28	35	63	0.270

Jeff Kent

2B

San Francisco Giants

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	6	21	3	10	2	5	5	2	0.476
YTD	152	579	79	173	21	96	63	92	0.299

Pitchers:

* Brandon Duckworth

SP

Philadelphia Phillies

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	1	1-0	0	5.68	6.3	5	4	4	2
YTD	10	3-1	0	3.2	64.7	51	25	23	26

(MH) Shawn Estes

SP

San Francisco Giants

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	1	1-0	0	2.57	7	7	2	2	0	8
YTD	26	9-8	0	3.75	158.3	146	73	66	77	108

Kyle Farnsworth

RP

Chicago Cubs

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	4	0-0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	2
YTD	73	4-5	1	2.74	78.7	60	25	24	29	102

Mike Fetters

RP

Pittsburgh Pirates

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	2	0-0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
YTD	52	3-2	7	5.76	45.3	49	32	29	26	37

Roy Halladay

SP

Toronto Blue Jays

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	1	0-1	0	4.26	6.33	8	5	3	2	3
YTD	16	4-3	0	3.46	96.3	95	41	37	25	88

Jason M. Johnson

SP

Baltimore Orioles

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	1	0-1	0	9.95	6.3	9	7	7	4	2
YTD	31	10-12	0	4.01	191	188	105	85	74	110

* Omar Olivares

RP

Pittsburgh Pirates

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	2	0-0	0	9	2	3	2	2	0	0
YTD	45	6-9	0	6.71	110	123	87	82	42	69

(MH) Garret Stephenson

SP

St Louis Cardinals

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	0	Out For Season
YTD	0	Out For Season

(MH) Dave Veres

RP

St Louis Cardinals

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	2	0-0	0	13.5	1.3	3	2	2	1	1
YTD	68	3-2	15	3.88	62.7	56	29	27	26	57

(MH) Jaret Wright

SP

Cleveland Indians

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	BB	SO
This Week	Out for rest of season
YTD	7	0-0	0	6.52	29.0	36	23	21	18

Coaches
Iorg, Garth 1st Base Coach Toronto Blue Jays

Need Information:

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

Brian Banks

Catcher

Calgary Cannons (Florida Marlins)

Santiago Perez

CF

Portland Beavers (San Diego Padres)

Reed Secrist

1st Base

Nashville Sounds (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Need Information:

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 begin October 5th. Regular season begins October 30th.

WNBA

The WNBA's season has ended for 2001.

Football

NFL

Quarterbacks

Ty Detmer	Detroit Lions
	G	GS	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	1	1	42	22	212	1	7	2	5	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	2	1	7	73	0	0	0	0

Chad Lewis	Philadelphia Eagles
	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	4	43	2	0	0	0
YTD	3	3	12	101	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Itua Mili	Seattle Seahawks
	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	3	2	2	21	0	0	0	0

Offensive Line

David Dixon	Minnesota Vikings
	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	3	3

Edwin Mulitalo	Baltimore Ravens
	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	3	3

John Tait	Kansas City Chiefs
	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	3	3

Kyle Turley	New Orleans Saints
	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	2	2

Defense

Marcus Bell	Seattle Seahawks
	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
YTD	3	1	6	5	1	1	0	0

Brant Boyer	Cleveland Browns
	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	0
YTD	3	1	11	10	2	0	0	0

Travis Hall	Atlanta Falcons
	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
YTD	3	3	8	7	3	1	0	0

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rob Morris	Indianapolis Colts
	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	7	2	2	0	0	0
YTD	3	3	20	8	6	0	0	0

Derek M. Smith	San Francisco Forty-Niners
	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	2	2	18	13	7	0	0	0

Special Teams

Punter

Lee Johnson	New England Patriots
	G	GS	Punts	Yds	TB
This Week	1	1	5	175	1
YTD	3	3	15	666	2

Kicker

Owen Pochman	New York Giants
	G	GS	FG	FGA	XP	XPA	Kicks	Yds	TB
This Week	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	216	0
YTD	3	3	0	1	0	0	10	622	2

Coaches:

Andy Reid

Philadelphia Eagles

	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	Poss	Pen	Yds
This Week	276	60	145	28	131	30	1.02116898148148	10	81
YTD	954	204	664	113	290	79	3.06653935185185	17	131

George Henshaw

Tennessee Titans

	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	Poss	Pen	Yds
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	579	129	387	76	192	47	2.04074074074074	6	65

Dave Campo

Dallas Cowboys

	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	Poss	Pen	Yds
This Week	242	62	61	30	181	30	1.02049768518519	6	50
YTD	658	158	280	74	378	80	3.05208333333333	13	104

Darrell Bevell

Offensive Asst

	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	Poss	Pen	Yds
This Week	383	70	308	39	75	31	1.0246875	6	45
YTD	1193	202	779	98	414	100	3.07353009259259	13	95

Cut since last season/draft:
Andersen, Jason Miami Dolphins
Ofahengue, Tevita Arizona Cardinals
Olsen, Hans Indianapolis Colts
Pupunu, Alfred Detroit Lions
Unutoa, Morris Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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 California
Jensen, Mark K California
Lupoi, Tosh DL California

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

Ross, Ethan WR Houston

Dunn, Marc QB Kansas State

Brinton, Spencer QB Michigan
Probst, Jake DL Michigan

Weathers, Brad OL Mississippi State

Bowen, Jake LB Navy

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

Mailo, Faaesea OG USC

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

The NHL is currently playing preseason games. Regular season games begin October 3rd.

Mormon players we know of:

Barrie, Len	LW	Florida Panthers
Garvey, Aaron	C	Minnesota Wild
Konawalchuk, Steve	LW	Washington Capitals

Coach

Peterson, Brent

Asst Coach

Nashville Predators

Soccer

WUSA

The WUSA's season has ended.

Golf

PGA Tour

Jay Don Blake

This Week	Texas Open at LaCantera	T51	69-69-71-71	$7,020.00
YTD	27			$366,646.19

Keith Clearwater

This Week	Texas Open at LaCantera	0	72-76	0
YTD	20			$52,986.33

Dan Forsman

This Week	Texas Open at LaCantera	0	75-72	0
YTD	23			$340,994.03

Mike Reid

This Week	Texas Open at LaCantera	0	72-70	0
YTD	12			$35,007.66

Buy.com Tour

* Richard Zokol

This Week	BUY.COM Inland Empire Open	T11	64-68-69-69	$8,712.50
YTD	17			$167,437.75

Playing on Exemption

Jeff Quinney

This Week	Texas Open at LaCantera	T41	69-68-72-69	$11,400.00
YTD	2			$11,400.00

Senior PGA Tour

Billy Casper

This Week	Idle	0	-----	0
YTD	3			$6,568.50

Johnny Miller

This Week	Idle	0	-----	0
YTD	0			0

Bruce Summerhays

This Week	Gold Rush Classic	T51	73-74-66	$3,412.50
YTD	30			$805,341.57

* 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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