Show 4B Fnday March Staard-Examir- f 1991 1 PORTS wrap up a magnificent month By DENNIS LARSEN Siarxla'a Enaioer staf SALT LAKE CITY — Since February is a month for lovers the Salt Lake Golden Eagles would have to be enamored by their play over the last 28 days The Eagles put the gift wrapmonth by blastping on a ing the East Division-leadin- g Kalamazoo Wings Thursday night in Acord Arena to run their winning streak to three games Had Salt Lake not dropped a 6 overtime decision to the Muskegon Lumberjacks on Feb 22 Thursday night’s victory 13-0(- 1) 7-- 1 7-- would have tied the Eagles’ franchise record for consecutive wins — 15 “Fifteen (wins) in a row sure it’s on your mind But we made a positive out of a negative You have to take care of your own end first" said Golden Eagles’ Coach Bob Francis Salt Lake employed the philosophy on Thursday as seven different players — Sergei Priakin (3) Tim Sweeney (10) Todd Harkins (10) Kerry Gark (14) Bryan Deasley (23) Rich Chemomaz (30) and Kevan Melrose (6) — scored goals in the share-the-wea- lth of the Eagles’ second straight rout Wmgs On Tuesday the Eagles soared past the Wmgs 3 “We worked hard the first period and the bounces came our way The chances we had we capitalized on Sometimes the work ethic is there but the results aren’t The encouraging part was that we generated a lot of offense and still got along defensively" said Francis “Kalamazoo displayed a good work ethic in the third period You don’t have that kind of record on talent alone" 7-- “We’ve had four defensemen Salt Lake moved for seven weeks and we’re very within three points of ) second-beWe’re a hurting hockey tired reIHL’s the having cord which currently belongs to team with only nine forwards and it’s been wearing on our the Wings The Eagles also pulled within 12 points (93-- 8 guys Salt Lake has 22 guys and 1) of the leading we’ve got 16 “We’re making mental mistakes Peoria Rivermen who were idle and getting outmuscled We’re Thursday The Wings dropped their secgetting some people coming back ond straight and are 3 in their and we have five quality players who have played in the NHL last six games “Salt Lake is better than we are Early in the season we had comright now They outplayed us for petitiveness within practice to see the second straight game no w ho would get to wear the game doubt about it" said Kalamazoo jersey and we don’t have that See EAGLES on 6B Coach John Marks 38-22(- 5) SIDE LINES (84-81- st 42-20(- 0) West-Divisi- 3-- A charitable Sting? Salt Lake soccer team given it foundation to 6B non-prof- Aggies road woes Once again Utah State suffers Big West setback 5B away from Logan Team steals drama Southern Mississippi blazes to 26-- 0 lead against Southeastern Louisiana 10B Basketball sb NBA Miami 100 Detroit 98 New Jersey 98 Milwaukee 93 New York 100 Spurs 93 Atlanta 117 Portland 109 L A Lakers 121 Denver 108 LA Clippers 83 Houston 80 Sports Shorts golfer tied Ex-BY- U for Doral Open lead MIAMI (AP) — Former Brigham Young University golfer Keith Clearwater along with Rocco Mediate Jim and Hallett Chip Beck all shot 66s to share the lead after the first round of the Open tournament Mark O'Meara Dan Forsman Tom Purtzer Billy Ray Brown Billy Glasson Wayne Levi and club pro Greg Cerulli were a stroke behind the leaders With greens softened by a series of showers scoring was unusually low on the Blue Monster course at Doral n More than half the field broke par Doral-Ryd- er 144-ma- Rarick in front of Kemper Open WAILEA Hawaii (AP) — Cindy Rarick sRBf a CLYDE MUELLERStandara-Examine- r Box Elder's Tonya Stokes (5) battles Bountiful players Allison Drown and Kim Reimann for an airborne basketball during Thursday’s State Girls Tournament action at Murray High 68 for a 3-- A two-stro- Bears bury Region 5 rival Tigers Bees eliminated By JEFF SIMON Standard-Examine- r 3-- A staff MURRAY — Bear River High held Region 5 rival Ogden to just nine second-hal- f points Thursday night and moved into the State Tournament semifinals with 9 a victory over the Tigers to highlight girls action being played 3-- A 56-2- at Murray High School In Thursday’s other area game Bountiful eliminated Box Elder 60-4- 8 in a consolation clash It was the eighth straight win for the Bears who swept their last six Region 5 games It was also the third win for the Bears over the Tigers this season Before Thursday’s loss the Tigers had won four straight Bear River will take on Emery High School tonight at 6 in the championship semifinals with the winner advancing to the finals on Saturday The Tigers will now play Springvillc at 430 3-- A pm in a losers’ second-roun- d den” The Bears led by six after one quarter at 9 when guard Shan-n- a Stevens hit a three pointer at the buzzer Stevens led all scorers with 17 points Sister Chalyce Stevens had 13 and Tina Hunsaker 10 more for the Bears Laurel Castle had points for Ogden and Mary Giles nine “We played pretty good defense” Williams said “We covered the inside play I thought Tina Hunsaker played well un- bracket battle “I thought Bear River came to play” Ogden Coach Phil Russell said “You can’t score nine points in a half and expect to win Our shots just didn’t fall and we didn’t get any offensive rebounds’’ 0 at the The Bears led just half The game then got ugly to start the second half as both teams scored just four points in the third quarter Ogden did not score until just two minutes rederneath” mained in the quarter Bear River steadily built its Bountiful 60 Box Elder 49 bulge and then the Bears closed ‘By DALE BUBLITZ staff out the game with a 2 run as free Bear River hit Once again the tortoise beat throws in the final three minutes the hare “I know my girls get uptight This time the competition ing Bountiwhen we play Ogden" Bear volved the Coach Farrel Williams said “I’m ful girls basketball team and 15-- 1 1 26-2- Standard-Examine- 17-- ll-of-- slow-movin- Rarick Kemper Open golf tournament Daniei carded a 68 for a 136 total Brandie Burton HEATHER STONEStandard-Examine- Janes Geddes and Karen Davies were at Katie r Bear River assistant coach Kris Norr (right) and BR player Kelsey Nelson cheer the Bears on from the bench in Thursday’s victory Girls Tournament over Region 5 rival Ogden High in State 3-- A quicker Box Elder The Braves eventually prevailed For three quarters the speedier smaller Bees held their own against the taller Braves They outhustled outjumped and frustrated their second-roun- d opponents “That is how we have to play to be successful” said Box Elder Coach Mary Ann Esplin “Every time we walk out on the court it seems like we are much smaller than our opponents and have to play hard to win” adThe Bees held a slim three quarters vantage through That lead quickly disappeared however when the Braves fig 40-3- 9 ured how to use their height to their advantage They pounded the ball inside to Nikki Hanni and Jenny Gardner and those two accounted for 14 of Bountiful’s 21 fourth-quartpoints That finished the Bees who suddenly were unable to find the basket Box Elder went without a basket until Tonya Stokes buried a jump shot two minutes into the final quarter By then Hanni and Gardner had given the Braves a er lead Bees’ freshman Laura Baird hit successive the last one coming with 4:55 left in the 45-4- 2 three-pointe- rs game Those two shots brought See GIRLS on 6B 3-- A 10-da- y 10-d- ay forward Blue Edwards The contract was subject to Brown passing a physical in Detroit where the Jazz take on the Pistons tonight “We don’t have much practice time coming up" Utah Coach Jerry Sloan said Thursday “He’s a guy who might be able to come in and adjust to what we’re trying to do a lot quicker" “He’s a scrappy type of guy He really hustles" said assistant coach Phil Johnson Brown from Arkansas spent five years in the National Basketball Association playing for Indiana Chicago New Jersey Edwards prained his left ankle early in the third quarter of win over Golden Utah's 118-10-3 Blue Edwards He could be out of lineup for three weeks with sprained left ankle Houston and Milwaukee He al- so has played for Ohio Kansas City Grand Rapids and Albany of the Continental Basketball Association He played in Europe this season before joining the CBA’s Albany Patroons on Feb 22 In three games with Albany he 153 points and 46 Slate on Wednesday His ankle was placed in a cast Thursday and team doctors expect him to be out of the lineup up to three weeks Guard Jeff Malone traveled with the team to Detroit but his Mastatus remained lone injured his back in a game earlier this year against San Antonio The Jazz are beginning a road trip that will also take them to Detroit Philadelday-to-da- y seven-- game phia Orlando Washington cago New York and Chi- Antonio Their next home game March 13 against Boston San is ke Women’s Edwards hobbled by injury Five men provided Weber State fans contract Jazz sign journeyman pro Tony Brown to so many memories SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz have signed veteran pro Tony Brown to a contract to sub for injured nd lead over Beth Daniel in the always worried I can never have a big enough lead against Og- GIRLS TOURNEY two-rou- total of 134 and a By DALE BUBLITZ Standard-Examine- staff OGDEN — For a few hours on Thursday the ballroom of the Ogden Park Hotel was transformed into a walk down memory lane The walk took 200 people back to some of the glory days of Weber Slate athletics Their inspiration was provided by five men who had a hand in shaping the Weber State sports scene The names were synonymous with Wildcat success — Sark Henry Owens Bruce Collins Bruce Larson and Mike Gove Each assembled credentials making them eligible to be the third group added to the Weber State Athletic Hall of Fame Arslanian set football coaching standards that succeeding Weber State coaches have sought to match: the winningest coach in two school history shared Big Sky Conference championships and no losing seasons in the eight years he guided the Wildcats' football fortunes “Sark was the hallmark of W'e-bState football" said former WSU Athletic Director Gary Crompton “I never met a coach that was able to keep his cool under pressure was better prepared or was a better motivator than See FAME on 6B (50-26-- 1) er Peterson Dawn Coe Deb Richard and Lori Garbacz were another shot back to escape another NCAA run-i- n UNLV LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV's legal counsel said he has been assured by the that the university's undefeated team will be able to finish its season without any players being suspended for rules violations Bradley Booke said reports that four players — Larry Johnson George Ackles Evric Gray and Bobby Joyce — might be suspended for a game because of incidental hotel bills incurred during recruiting visits were the result of a misunderstanding He said in a prepared statement that the NCAA legislative services staff will meet today to determine if there was a violation committed and if so could list the players as ineligible Booke however said he has been told that the NCAA would then immediately restore the eligibility of the players NCAA Take a Ticket Girls basketball: State Tournament at Murray Springville vs Ogden 4:30 pm Emery County vs Bear River 6 pm NCAA basketball: Boise State at Weber State 7:30 3-- A pm Sports Quote “Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game — Sen Bill Bradley J a former New York Kmcks player — The Associated Press |