Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 29 2004 “You’ve got to play with what you’ve got’’ Lionel Chalmers said “But it definitely added up" After Redick's trey Dcdrick Finn drove the lane only to have his shot swatted away by the 6-- 9 Williams Duhon sped the other way and missed again but Deng soared above the rim to tap in the rebound giving the Blue Devils lead with 1:55 to go a Duke Continued from B1 ' 0 MuskeThe seventh-seede- d teers had never been this far in the tourney and it showed in the closing minutes against d Duke With the score tied at 56 Duhon drove to the basket and missed but freshman Luol Deng grabbed the offensive rebound and passed out to U Redick who swished the that the Blue ahead for Devils put good with 2:55 remaining Xavier couldn’t overcome the loss of Anthony Myles its best inside player who fouled out with 12 12 minutes remaining' after scoring 16 points and grabbing 10 rebounds His absence was especially telling in the deciding minutes postseason-hardene- AP photo Duke's Luoi Deng gestures after cutting part of the net after the Blue to advance to the Final Four Devils defeated Xavier 66-6- 3 Continued from Both Song and Wie did ' nothing to diminish their status as stars of the future Song ended up with a 70 in final-roun- d pressure while' Wie shot a7 1 to finish four shots back in fourth place Wie though ' was never really in contention after Park took command with four birdies in a row beginning B1 Song gave herself a chance by making her three But she - ton who each pitched complete games Clint Raymond earned the other win fa the Mustangs at the three-da- y tourney- Baseball - Like Markworth and Hansen Howell expects Bonneville to contend for the top spot “(The Lakers) have some very sound pitching coming back (Tai Penrod for one)" Howell said “They’re gonna be a ' solid baseball team-"- ' Besides Bonneville and Mountain Crest Logan and Sky View should also compete for the region title: “I think it's going to be a real battle for the top four spots” Markworth sard Region play begins Wednesday at 3:30 pm with three doubleheaders among the six jeagiie teams Mountain Crest opens at Roy Bonneville visits Logan and Sky : View hosts Box Elder Continued from B2 “So to me they’re the team to beat Obviously because they're a valley rivalry and also because of tradition" Does Hansen agree with Howell's and Markworth's assessment of his inexperienced — at least on the varsity level — squad? ' go-3-- ' fight to the end and Pitcher of the Month Logan senior Braden Brown has done I did” the said “I was proud of myself” Karrie Webb closed with a 69 to finish thjrd two strokes back Park in her fifth year on ' tour came close to a major' title last year losing in a playoff to Annika Sorenstam in the LPGA Championship - “Only one team goes" Krzyzewski said “We’re fortunate to be that team” Xavier was just 10-- 9 at the end of January in danger of missing the tournament but turned things around after Chalmers went off on his teamloss mates following a put (Duhon) on and he became not hot” Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski said “The kid's a winner and I was glad to be able to ride his bus” - : nt 20-poi- nt Tech r f who’d been averaging 20 points in the tournament was held to 1 1 on shooting 1 Langford scored 15 on It was the Jayhawks’ first loss in a regional final since March 26 1996 when they lost to Syracuse “It’s disappointing but that’s how it is” Langford said “We knew they don’t automatically put you in there We'll go back take care of our wounds and get ready for next year” Though Georgia Tech was seeded one spot better it came into the game as an underdog The Jayhawks had the experience and the momentum hav- -' ' ing won their fust three tournament games by 22 points 4-o- f-l Continued from B1 but they couldn't get him off ' the ground as the impromptu ' mosh pit bopped around The Yellow Jackets will Oklad now face homa State on Saturday in San Antonio' “A lot of basketball teams across the country are close on the court but off the court they go their separate ways” said Isma'il Muhammad who took ' the charge in overtime that gaye Keith Langford has fifth foul “This team we all stick together and do things together “We’re very close on the court and off the court and I think that contributes to our second-seede- an outstanding job through the first seven games for the Grizzlies The senior righthander has' won two of the team's five games and leads the val- -' ley in innings pitched (150) strikeouts (19) and shutouts (1) Frown carries a 1 40 ERA and has thrown one complete game ' Outstanding Slugger of the Month While many players throughout the valley have begun the season on a strong note thisawaid goes to Preston’s power success” hitter d Kansas (24-could do little but watch the Cody Spradlin is hitting 333 through ' the first five games of the season for the Georgia Tech lovefest with Indians Of his five hits four have been disappointment denied a third home runs — two just this past week straight trip to the Final Four But these Jayhawks didn’t including a grand slam against Box Elder in Preston’s home opener play like a Final Four team Spradlin leads the Indians in RBIs with They shot 40 percent from the nine arid is tied for the team-hig- h in runs floor and turned the ball over scored at six 15 times Wayne Simien Fourth-seede- ' ' at George Washington The Musketeers won the Deng had 19 points and was Atlantic 10 tournament — endnamed the MVP of the regional Williams also came up big Scoring Saint Joseph’s perfect sea- victory — ing 12 points to go along with 13 son with a rebounds and five blocks and kept things rolling in the Xavier (26-- 1 1 ) failed to NCAAs They knocked off become the first team since LSU Louisville in the opening round in 1986 to reach the Final Four upset No 2 seed Mississippi State 89-7- 4 to reach the round by knocking out the top three ' virtuDuke is seeds in a region a of 16 then made it to a regional al lock when it gets to this point final for the fust time with a 79-7- 1 1&-in to win over No 3 seed Texas improving regional ' ’ No" Hansen said with a laugh “Not right now I feel like we're going to haye a good solid teairi But Bonneville! believe is going to have a pretty g(xd team ''We're just not sure about our pitching We' re just riot real experienced''' That may be so but Mountain Crest did at the Snow Canyon Tournament this past weekend in St George and got good billings frtjm Matt Flygare and Kyle Harnil- - Playing with sore ribs Duhon Song and played steadily but could not take advantage of a number of birdie chances on the front side and was never really a threat Wie ninth here last year finished fourth “I just promised myself whatever happened I would ‘ didn't expect Park'to miss ‘T wasn’t really disappointed when it went in because I Iclt like I couldn't have done nt “The tip-i- n basket was one of the greatest plays we’ve had all year’’ Duhon said Justin Doellman finally scored for the Musketeers their first basket in nearly 4 12 minutes but Duke closed it out at the free throw line Redick hit a pair So did Duhon the only prominent holdover from Duke’s last national championship team at the ninth hoie Wie began the daytwo shots off the lead held by Park and anymore" Song said' Park five-poi- finals under Krzyzewski The Blue Devils will be seek- ing their fourth national title at the Alamodome next weekend scored just six points but was a stopper on defense Chalmers led Xavier with 17 points but made just six of 16 shots His backcouit partner Romain Sato was held to 10 points on shooting Much of the time Duhon was the guy in their face “Whatever player was hot I 9) ’ ‘ They even had a domeful of fans playing just five hours away from their campus in Lawrence Kan As if that wasn't enough the Yellow Jackets were play- ing with a gimpy Elder Elder who averaged a team-hig- h 158 points severely sprained an ankle in Friday night’s regional He started but was limping and couldn't run close to full speed IT S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PICK THE WINNERS & WIN! 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