| Show SPOR' Sports Editor 625-426- 1 wwwstandardnet Standard-Examine- r Obituaries Business Life Saturday March Lessens from veterans Region play under way Bear River’s Noe Silva (left) and Morgan’s Lee Batty battle for possession of the ball during Friday’s Region 1 1 soccer game at Morgan High School See prep soccer roundup 5B Grizzlies beat Wolves Tonight’s game Golden State at Utah - Andrei Kirilenko is young and he’s not from around here but he knows his NBA history He knows what an opportunity it is playing alongside Karl Malone and John Stock-to- n - and against the likes of Michael Jordan He also knows those opportunities won’t last forever so Kirilenko Stevenson he’s trying to soak up all he can from them now 7B grab postseason spot 7 pm Delta Center (FSN) staff SALT LAKE CITY Unbeaten Utahn close 5B to another NCAA title Playoff party By TOM McEACHIN Standard-Examin- Wrestling record GOLDEN STATE Young Jazz players learn from the best 232002 ton and Malone and Jordan they are among the greatest players of the century” That’s why when the Jordan tried to “Maybe it’s the last year school Kirilenko Thursday for him (Jordan) or maybe for night at the Delta Center the Karl and John Stockton and I Russian rookie must listen and learn and look was a willing student because it’s a good experiSee JAZZ4B ence” Kirilenko said “Stock- - Till I 1 Indiana 104 Miami 94 Toronto 94 Cleveland 80 Philadelphia 96 Boston 91 Charlotte 106 Orlando 92 NJ 108 Milwaukee 84 Portland 109 Chicago 93 Seattle 112 Houston 82 LA Lakers 94 Detroit 82 tSPORTI SHORT Haskins backs Utah assistant BYU battles tradition ' ALBUQUERQUE NM -Utah assistant Dick Hunsaker is the right man for the head coaching job at New Mexico former Texas-E- I Paso coach Don Haskins said Friday “He would be an excellent choice” Haskins said during a telephone interview from his home in El Paso Texas “I would take Dick Hunsaker in a second” Hun-saker- ’s name is among several mentioned as possible candidates for the New Mexico job vacated by Fran Fraschilla’s resignation last Sunday As the search continues each day seems to bring a Former new Chicago Bulls coach Tim Floyd was the top candidate but he told New Mexico he isn’t interested Neither apparently is Creighton coach Dana Today’s games Oklahoma (304) vs Missouri (24-12:30 pm 1 Indiana (23-- 1) vs Kent State (305) 5 pm Both games on CBS 1) - Ducks front-runn- buck ’Homs Altman New Mexico athletic director Rudy Davalos reportedly also has spoken with UC Santa Barbara head coach Bob Williams Texas’ rally falls short vs Oregon Hunsaker an assistant to Rick Majerus at Utah could not be reached for comment Friday Haskins coached at UTEP for 38 seasons during which the Miners won a The Associated Press Wis - For MADISON more than 39 minutes Freddie Jones was an afterthought in Oregon’s offense With a spot in the final eight on the line Friday night the senior guard wanted the ball in his hands Jones’ layup with 28 First-ye- ar BYU coach Jeff Judkins (left) watches guard Amy Lewis throw a pass during practice last week in Ames Iowa Cougars hoping to feel at home vs Volunteers sec- onds left lifted the second-seede- d Ducks to a 0 victory over the Longhorns who had trailed by as many as 13 points in the Midwest Regional semifinal Until the final sequence Jones had just two points -- 16 below his average But dribbling the ball just inside halfcourt as time wound down he waited until there was space in the lane before driving for the winning shot The Associated Press 72-7- - Tonight’s game With two victories already at Iowa AMES Iowa BYU (24-8- ) vs Tennessee BYU (27-4- ) 5 pm might be the closest thing to a home team in the women’s (ESPN) NCAA Midwest Regional Now if the Cougars can No 11 seed to reach the just get a little home team-typ- e women’s regional semifinals support they’d feel even upsetting sixth-seede- d better They’re about to play by IoFlorida and third-seede- d Tennessee and figure they wa State last weekend need all the help they can get See BYU3B BYU became just the third State’s Hilton Coliseum BYU’s Erin Thom (left) and Stacy Jensen watch their teammates See DUCKS2B practice on Friday in Ames Iowa State star Nembhard lighting up CBA scoreboard Ex-Web- er about a little reader How Butch Zampedri of Ogden watched a couple of Continental Basketball Association games in Fargo ND recently and reports that former Weber State great Ruben Nembhard continues to light up the scoreboard for the Beez Nembhard is averaging 218 points per game Layton Cub Scout Troop 3S3 got a surprise visit a few weeks ago when Olympic bobsled medalist Doug Sharp visited their troop meeting in late February Sharp a chiropractor and member of the US Army encouraged the Scouts to work hard on their goals He also taught them the bobsled cheer Another reader called to ask what a Billiken was SL Louis University’s mascot - a billiken - was a good luck Fargo-Moorhea- er d Former Ogden High tennis ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees for standout Hayley Hawkins was 2002 The others are bareback champion recently named Utah State athlete of the week Hawkins won the deciding Clyde Vamvoras bull rider Gary match in USU’s 4--3 win over Weber Leffew calf roping champion Jake Two other USU athletes State McClure specialty act performers Nick Onaindia and football Dobbs well and as as Sisler player Quail Jay volleyball player Heather Olmstead-wertrick rider Edith Happy Connelly named to the National Strength They will be inducted on Aug 10 in and Conditioning Association Colorado Springs Colo teams The honor is for charm that was popular during the Tidbits work in the weight room hard early 1900s One might describe it as combined with academic The Pete Suazo Athletic part Grinch part chipmunk A local achievement and community Commission which licenses and sportswriter thought the football involvement and other unarmed boxing coach at the time a man named regulates said earlier Utah in During the Winter Olympics combat events Bender looked like a billiken and this week it had received inquiries Sprint held an online contest for the named the team Bender’s Billikens from a boxing greatest US skier of all time The regarding a The mascot has been in place ever Mike Tyson-Lenno- x promoter winners were Tamara McKinney and Lewis match since Phil Mahre The Commission said neither Chris1 J Miller is executive Beaver leads 2002 inductees sports fighter has applied for a boxing He editor of the Standard-Examinlicense and that the board would or can be reached at 1 Joe Reaver professional rodeo’s weigh the merits of an application all-ticmiUeTstandardnet earnings leader headlines the just as it would any boxer e er 625-426- national championship in 1966 and became one of New Mexico’s biggest rivals Haskins said Hunsaker meets Davalos’ preference to hire someone who has experience as a Division I coach Hunsaker was the head coach at Ball State from 1989-9- 3 and spent most of last season as Utah’s acting coach after Majerus left the Utes to attend to health problems and his mother’s cancer “He’s an assistant who has been a head coach” Haskins said “He was the head coach (at Utah) for a year He’s a tough kid I like him” TAKE A TICKET Local sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 6B ON THE AIR 1 1 am - 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