Show Section Thursday August 15 2002 Page The Herald Journal 1 Garcia wants to chase Woods Insido Uttle League team headed to B2 Cooperstown Sports briefs Aggies receive votes in volleyball poll Utah State’s women’s volleyball team is ranked 36th in the country according to the USA TodayAVCA preseason coaches poll as the Aggies received 47 points Defending national champion Stanford Cardinal is ranked first with 1610 points USU returns three starters and six letterwinners from last year’s team that went 20-1- 1 on the season and in the Big finished in fourth-plac- e West Conference with a 12-- 6 league mark The Aggies ended the 2001 season ranked 21st in the country after advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament “It is very encouraging for us to be receiving votes after all of the talent we tort from last year’s NCAA Tournament team” Fuller said “We have a lot of questions to answer heading into the season and being ranked 36th is probably a realistic position for us to be in” The Aggies will face five teams that are ranked in the preseason top-2- 5 in Long Beach State (5) Pacific (12) Utah (13) UC Santa Barbara (20) and BYU (23) CHASKA Minn (AP) — When the world caught its first glimpse of Sergio Garcia he was a nicknamed “El Nino” who pranced down fairways and took on Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship when it seemed no one else would Three years and millions of waggles later Garcia has shed both the nickname and some of his youthful exuberance One thing hasn’t changed — as the PGA Championship gets underway he still doesn’t love drat major championship he came so close to stealing from Woods at Medinah in 1999 “It’s unfortunate because you want to win as soon and as many as you can but that’s the way it goes sometimes” Garcia said You’ve just got to keep playing along and keep working hard and trying hinder next time That’s what I’m doing" That’s precisely what Garcia has done so far this year finishing in the top 10 in all three majors with and going Woods in a losing effort in the final round of die US Open By Shawn Harrison sports editor head-to-he- ad Indeed he seems posed to break through and become the rival Woods still doesn't have “I know my chances out there I know what I can do” Garcia said Tuesday after a prac- tice round “I know that if I’m playing well and I’m doing what I have to do I can beat him” So far that hasn’t happened although Garcia has had his two-a-da- ‘ See GARCIA on B2 AP photo Sergio Garcia waits to putt on the 18th green at Hazeltine National Golf Club on Wednesday during the final day of practice for the PGA Championship FeNx 2-- DENVER (AP) — Following a prolonged search delayed by the withdrawal of four candidates the Denver Nuggets will name assistant Jeff Bzdelik as their new coach next week a team source said Wednesday The source who' asked not to be identified said Bzdelik likely will be introduced during a news confer- race on Monday The hiring was first reputed by The Denver Post in Wednesday’s editions Considered one of the league’s top defensive minds the Bzdelik served as an assistant for six years under Miami Heat coach Pat Riley ’ 3-- s Wednesday1! core AL Crest coach Steve Saunders said of Felix “When you talk about hand-ey- e but I guess it’s foot-eye coordination she’s got it better than anybody I’ve ever seen" Felix definitely showed it 23 minutes itUo the first half against Northridge when she took a pass from Kera chi die left wing and easily put it part Knights goalkeeper Lynsi Roberts for a 0 lead Then with under 10 minutes to go in the contest Kera and Felix again teamed up to give the Mustangs (2-some added insurance “The forwards always show” Kera said of her two assists “They always are where they need to be So it makes the midfield’s job easy” 0) SeeMConB4 in By Wade Dennlston staff writer NL Houston 4 Chicago Cubs 3 Florida Colorado 0 Atlanta 1 San Francisco 0 Los Angeles 5 Montreal 2 St Louis 7 Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 1 San Diego 6 NY Meta 2 Arizona 7 Cincinnati 2 Mitch MaacanVHerald Journal Mountain Croat forward Cm Cioebie and North ridge's Melissa Rose fight for the ball during Wednesday's game In Hyirum The Mustangs beat the Knights 2--0 Pioneer league Medicine Hat 6 0 ' See AGS on B2 Stang duo enjoyed Oakland 4 Toronto 2 Cleveland 6 Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 6 Minnesota 5 (14) NY Yankees 3 Kansas City 2 (14) Texas 1 1 Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 12 Seattle 5 Anaheim 5 Detroit 4 Sait Lake 14 Sacramento 6 HYRUM — The Ffclix-Baushow continued for the Mountain Crest girls soccer team Wednesday Only this time it was Kera Baugh with all the assists while Naomi Felix provided all the scoring in the Mustangs’ 0 preseason shutout over the Northridge Knights “I thought our team played with a lot of heart” Baugh said “If we keep playing with a tot bf heart we’ll go way far” In Mountain Crest’s seasonopening 2 overtime victory over the Clearfield Falcons Tuesday Kera-’- little sister Anna had two assists and a goal while Felix found the back of the net twice including the golden goal five minutes into the extra session Felix a junior has scored 80 percent of the Mustangs’ goals this season As a sophomore in 2001 she led the team with 15 Tve never coached anybody that takes the ball out of the air better than she does" Mountain gh Denver to name coach ys scores both goals By Wade Dennlston staff writer i PCL Things are not perfect on the Utah State football practice field Perfection takes time Aggie head coach Mick Den-neh- y just hopes there is enough time before the Utes come to town Aug 31 for the opener USU put on the full pads for the first time Wednesday as the grueling Aggie football continued “I am very satisfied” answered Dennehy when asked about the team's progress so far “But we can't afford to slow down The bottom line is we've got to get our team ready for an awfully big HYRUM —One reason the Mountain Crest girls soccer team will enjoy a successful season in 2002 will be the play of sisters Kent and Anna Baugh The duo recently returned from overseas where they trained for two weeju The experience gained m Europe should definitely help the Baughs as they by to help lead the Mustangs to their second straight Region 4 title Kera and Anna joined Sky View’s Emily Campbell and Ldgan’s Lindsay Nuttall in England as part of the ‘86 Olympic Development Program (ODPJ team sponsored by Snickers See DUO on B4 Ogden Missoula 12 Provo 10 On television ' I - By Wada Dennlston staff writer golf Noon' TNT— PGA Championship fleet round at Chaska Minn ' : r 1 y pm ' 1 ESPN — USGA US! Women’s Amateur Championship quarterfinals at Scarborough NY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 10 am ESPN —Ban Diego at NYMets lUi ' S0pnv' TBS— San Francisco at Atlanta' i Bpjn ESP-Pree- Oakland at eason Tennessee Spjn v WNBA ' V Y ESPN2 — Playoffs Eastern Confer1 Charlotte at Washington I ence semifinals game ' ' ESPN2 — Playoffs Wertem semifinals game 1Loe Angeles at Seattle Coin-feren- Team In a recent article found onthe front page Of the Salt Lake Tribune’s sports section it was brought to my attention that “Turn” an American Legion squad from the Salt jjltf area was disqualified firoiq attending week’s Westerp Regional in Las Vegas which beginstoday News of this brought a smile to my face but Team should have beed disqualified long before they cheated their way to this year’s Legion state ' championship ' Southfield Aztecs coach Vic Bingham agreed' ?' “I thought it was the right thing to do but I thought it was the right thing to do before die tournament” Bingham said Y v ' Mountain Crest Mustangs skipper Stephen Hansradoein’t evrathwk : - ' deserves the crown “i don’t think they should he ' able to call themselves state cham-this pions” Hansen said “It’s unfair toward all the other teams that were in the tournament “They didn’t get a fair chance of winning the rtate toumamenL” The problem with Tfeam this year was it included players from several different highschools They even had a kid who played right field for Salt Lake Community College this part season Under Legion rules a team cannot exceed 4000 in combined enrollment If you look at the enrollment fig- - r ures for grades 10-1-2 from Tay- - : lorsville (2091) Jordan (2224) and Copper Hills (1792) based on Oct 1 2000 you get a combined enrol)-- ‘ mratof6107 Because of that three Tehm V play- ers — Jordan's Ryan Strunk and Sam VamDykra and Copper Hills’ Ddtek Job —were rutod ineligible forthe 'semifinals and finals state ' Didn’t matter Team still bttw away the two opponents they faced includ- ing Helper 12-- 2 in the title game Saturday at Oquirth Park in Kearns Team should never have been ' ' allowed to keep playingidtef you know what hit the fan Those games they won should have been forfeited to die losing teams' Better yet Ifeam shouldn’t have been allowed to play in the postseason Bingham tried to bnng Team’s ineligibility up with state baseball commis- sioner Bbb Ferran before the tourney began but it basically went to no avail “I confronted him with it the night before the tournament (Aujg l'at the) coaches’ meeting” said Bingham who' also mentioned the irieqting is mandatory for all icoaches to attend “I confronted him with that that night because we had them (Team) ' j the next day” Yr : What did Ferran say? “He said that they were legal because they did not have an American Legion team at their schools” Bingham said But that’s not what the rule states The' Aztecs have been in existence for 10 years and for a lot bf those seasons they have had Preston play-er- a on their team y- The last two years Tribe hurkr 1 ' Kellen Hansen has been an Aztec Smithfield never hes to worry about being oyer because Preston’s v- See TEAM on B4 |