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Show Q DAILY 3 a a a &@ & HERALD 1 TODAY 4 AFL Nashville at Utah 7pm. Friday, March 10, 2006 TODAY Delta Center COLLEGE BASKETBALL : a = es bask Il coach Kansas State fires ee DALLAS — KansasStatefired basketball coach me. I couldn't skate clean,” Asada said. “I do not un- Auto Raci the Big 12 tournament derstandreally what happened to me.” i Athletic director Tim Weiser said Wooldridge needed to get the team into the NCAA tournamentto keephis job. Byfinishing 15-).: following a 73-65loss eee eae Nextel Cup qualifying World Baseball Classic Puerto Rico vs. Cuba to Texas Tech, that wasn't going to happen, so he Pstee, “The expectations nior worlds before, Asada lost crucial points as the juniorrules requireat least a double jump coupled with another double. In the free program, Asada missed a triple axel and a triple Lutz. “Todayis the worst performance of the season for ae Television cats’ season ended with a lossin the first round of peels U.S. vs. South Africa wereprettyclear,” Weisersaid. Golf “We wantedto be in the NCAA tournament. We nae 230 p.m. Midnight tam. Singapore Masters Barton Creek Challenge a personal best with some powerful twists andelegantfoot sequences,finished with 135.14 points. “My overall performance was good,but it could have been better. I’m happy withthirdplace,” ZuKowskisaid. ESPN2* ESPN weren't going to make any decisions.” LEGA,MasterCardClassic 2 be the game, 'hentold theteam at their hotel. He returnedto the arenato discussthe decision at a news 7am. Noon TGC TGC ra Ta Big Ten, OSU vs. Penn St._ 10 a.m. Wooldridge went 83-90 over six seasons. He took over a club coming off a 9-19 season, gotit to 14-14 in his fourth season then had winning records each ACC, Dukevs. Miami 10am. ESPN ESPN2 morning temperatures plunged to 40 degrees be- Pleasant Gove 309 0 — 15192 East O10 Emr ara Water Waive’ and White WP-Smin LPWarner28-ickenach PG), Waker) Turley (PG), Chrstensen (PS), Wills (PG). HA-Walker 2 (PG) low zero. But Paul Gebhardt of Kasilof chose this spot to regain the lead he gave up to Montana musher Doug Swingley on Tuesday when Gebhardt’s sled slammed into a tree and he temporarily lost his dog team. Swingley, a four-time Iditarod winner, was first to arriveat Cripple early Thursday morning, chased by five teams during the 60-mile trek from the abandoned gold mining town of Ophir. Next into Cripple was DeeDeeJonrowe of Willow, who twice has finished second, and John Baker of Kotzebue, who has finished in the top 10 every year since 2001. Gebhardt was sixth into le. But while other mushers were hunkering downfora longrest, he departed with 15 dogsafter a 5 ¥2-hour rest. A 4-year-old dog in Noah Burmeister’s team died Thursday,raceofficials said. Burmeister carried the dog,Yellowknife,in his sled into the Rohn checkpoint Tuesday.The dog was flown to Anchorage and died in a hospital. Tests were being doneto determine the causeof death. FIGURE SKATING SOCCER ACC, N.C, St. vs. Wake For. 12:20 p.m. ESPN2 Patriot Leaguetitle game 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Big East semifinal 5 p.m. ESPN ACC,N.Caro.vs: Virginia__5 p.m. ESPN2 pointsorless, including consecutive one-pointlosses to Texas and Oklahoma. While Weiser thanked Wooldridgefor leaving the MWC, SDSUvs. UNLV 7 p.m. wasn't good enough. Big East semifinal 7:30 p.m. Wooldridge never got the Wildcats higher than seventh in the Big 12, never won morethan one ACC, B.C. vs. Maryland 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 _f30 B.C. vs. 7:30 ig FSN program better than he found it, he madeit clear that WIZZ _EPSN gameat the league tournament and never madethe 22-7230 NCAAtournament gamesincereachingthe regional Radio NCAAtournament or even the NIT, K-State hasn't been in the NCAAfield since 1996 and hasn't won an finals in 1988. “Weappreciate whatJim andhis staff have done,” Weisersaid. “But, as most of you know, this is a bottom-line profession, We havehigh expectations for all of our programs. Wehad hoped by taking the time wehadthat things would turnoutdifferently, but they have notandit’s time for us to moveon.” Weisersaid a nationwide search would begin immediately, with former South Carolina and Vanderbilt coach Eddie Fogler assisting him. Having gone through a similar processin the fall after the retirementof football coach Bill Snyder, Weiser said he hopes things movequickly — but he won't rush anytl MWC,BYU/Utah vs. Wyo > Dixie tops Mountain View action Thursday. Jordan McKim was 2-for-3 for the Flyers. Mourainview 060 920 2 — 452 x — 713 W-Demas LPM: 28:0sen MM MeKin » Juab5, Page(Ariz.) 2: At the Cactus Classic tournament, Harrison Black drove in the run that proved to be the gamewinnerin thetop of the seventh as the Waspsopenedtheir baseball season with a victory Thursday. Kyle Callaway wentthe distance for the win onthe mound,giving up just fourhits. ab gay ocr 2 — $91 = 342 20 Page WP-Cataway LP-Menely 28-Hansen Joswest P) » Pleasant Grove15, East 3: At Salt Lake City, Devin Walker hit two homeruns and drovein seven runs as Pleasant Grove wonits opener Tuesday afternoonin five innings. Every Viking starter scored a run and as a team they pounded four different East pitchersfor 19 hits. Justin Smith pickedup the win. Hestruck out four and allowed three hits in four innings of work. Men's Coll Basketball BYU/Utah vs. Wyoming 10 p.m.1160/700 AM Kim winsfirst S. Korean gold at worlds Asada,a strong favorite comingintothe junior worlds, missed on twoofhertriple jumps and finished second, whileChristine Zukowskiof the United States was third. “T still cannot believe today that I am in first place,” said Kim, who scored a personalbest of 177.54 points. The 15-year-old Kim skated to the tune of Paul Williams' “Papa, Can you Hear Me,” landingfivetriple jumps,including a double axel-triple toeloop-double toeloop combination. She also hadplanned triple loop,butultimately replaced it with a double axelafter attemptingit in her warm-up. Asada, who cameinto the championship considering a quadruple jumpafter becoming thefirst woman to land twotriple axels in a program just overtwo months ago, foundherself trailing after the short program The15-year-old Asadatried to becomethe first woman to successfully completea triple axel-double loop combinationin the short program of an international championship, but managed onlya single loop after executing the triplejump. Although nobodyhadever landed triple axel combinationin the short program ata junior or se- : ] e e eight innings, improved hisrecord to 4-1 and had his perfect gamebrokenup in thefifth inning of Game 1 when UCR’s shortstop committed an error with a 3-0 lead. Simmons’ nohitter was broken up an inning later when Cougar catcher Casey Nelsonsingled just inside the right-field line. “BYU'sonly otherhit in the opening game cameoff a pinchhit single ona high chopper to second base by Blake Crosby. BYUlefty Patrick Wells, now 13, tooktheloss after going five. innings. Inthe nightcap, Adrian Molina gathered two of BYU's four hits, Cougar hurler Jesse Craig (0-5) was tagged with the loss after holding the Highlanders at bay throughseveninnings, including fourinningsretiring UCR in order. Inthe eighth he surrendered aleadotfddouble to Jaime Pedroza, who scored off a double by Brett Bigler for the game-winning run. LONDON — Thousands of English soccer fans headingto the World Cup in Germanywill have some company — prosecutors ableto build legal cases against hooligans. . British police will work in Germany with pros- ecutors whowill gather evidence that can be used in English courts. British courts refused to impose travelbans on disruptive fans based solely on convictions in Portugal at the 2004 European Championship. “Wewill use evidencecollected in Germany to makesure any English fans who cause trouble there will receive a football banning order whenthey return home,” Nick Hawkins, the chief crown prosecutor for soccer issues, said Thursday. “This initiative solves the legal complications which prevented action being taken against trouble makers returning from previous tournaments abroad.” Nearly 80 British police officerswill also be at the tournament. British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said negotiations with German authorities on security during the tournament began twoyears agoin a bid to ensurethereis no repeat of the violence England fans caused at the 2000 European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands. “These are unprecedented measures thatreflect the government’s commitment to ensuring that this year’s World Cupis a positive experience for the anticipated 10,000 traveling England fans and for the host nation,” Clarkesaid. E Volleyball to UC Irvineafter the 2004 season, adds poweroff the three of the Cougars’ four runs. “Overall we played well to- hotter. The Anteaters have wonaschoolrecord llin a row,including Tuesday’s “We'vehadsteady play and when we're down, this team is pretty calm,” Speraw said. “We don’t day,” said BYU coach Gordon 30-21, 30-27, 30-25 sweep of get flustered too often. bench. D BYUsoftball: At Stanford, Calif., Brooke Boyce-Humbert pitched a three-hit shutout and BYU extended its season-high winning streak to five witha 4-0 victory over Middle Tennessee Stateat the Stanford Classic. . Boyce-Humbert struck’ out five and walked none. The win is the third for Boyce-Humbert in herlast three appearances. Duringthat stretch she has only givenuponeearnedrun. [ane Le'itook care of the of- Eakin.“It was windy and cold but wehit the ball well and Brookepitched a great game.” The Cougars(15-5) got some early hits but were unable to get any runs across until the third inning, when Le'i stroked atwo-run double and Paige Paramore had an RBIsingle. In the fourth inning,Le’i got BYU'sfinal run with an RBI single to score Krystle Cham_berlain, who got aboard on a buntsingle andstole second. BYUplays Miami (Ohio) and Pacific today. f D BYU women’s tennis: At Norman,Okla., the No. 22-ranked BYU women’stennis teams pulled out the win 4-3 over Oklahoma,extending their overall record to 9-4. “It was horrible weather so we couldn't practice until just before the match,” said coach Craig Manning.“It was the first time weplayed outside all season andit seemed as if alt forces of nature wereagainst us, but wedid the best we could despite theo egesees Cougars got out to an Lay30 jead, bat unfortunately lost the next three matches.It came downto the last singles match of Olga cheva, Boulytchevawas trailing 244 in Game 3, but won four straight games to win the match (7-5, , 6-4), BYU won the doubles point. Other singles winners for BYU were Lauren Jones (6-3, 6-4) and No. 8 Penn State. Inthe 11 wins, UC Irvine’s game recordis 33-3. “UC Irvine is very good,” Peterson said. “You can see on video they're legit. They’re very consistent hitting the ball and they hit it for a real high percentage. They haveleadersin every major category there is in our league andin the country. “I think they've had some very good recruiting the last three years, and now those guysare juniors. They have a good coach who coaches the junior national team and he andhis staff coach a lot of clubteams in ifornia. “That whole combination makes them very good.” The big guns for UC Irvineare 6-foot-7 junior opposite hitter Matt Webber (4.54 kills per game) and junioroutsidehitter Jayson Jablonsky (4.31kills per game). But Peterson said the players around those two. have improved as well, and that’s what has made pues successfulin the elaine middle Hocker AaronHarrell is the nation’s leadaa locks(1.35 kills per game), as is teammate David Smith (1.15 bpg). Former Cougar Steffin Rangel D Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be reachedat 3442555 or by e-mail at ddickson@heraldextra. com. Read his blog at blogs.heraldextra. fensive production, knocking in Anastasia Surkova(6-2, 6-3). (6-5 Sr.), whotransferred comDarnell. Er The Stitching Corner Inc. ; Generations of Sewing Experts 631 E. 1700S. Orem # 801 426-6900 \ ' ! WHOSE NATIONAL PASTIME IS THIS, ANYWAY? Ti first clue is the color of the telephone thatrings.It’s the red one, shoved deep betweenthe bolster cushions of the sofain the commissioner's office. Reserved for congressional subpoenas andreally,really bad news. Bud Selig lopes to the far corner andlifts the handset. He is wincing. “Hello?” “Mr. Commissioner? Buck Martinez calling from the World Baseball Classic. We've got a potential disaster brewing.” “Buck, how are things at ESPN? You'restill employed there, right? You'renotcalling about Barry Bonds I hope, because I'll be hon- est: Last night I picked up that ’Shadows of Shadows’or what- evertitle those pesky reporters slapped on that book — andit put meright to sleep. I know people are screaming for an investiga- tion, but there’s way too much to get through. I mean,I’m a student of history andall, but just before I drifted off, I actually thoughtI British officers to join German police at World Cup Continued from C1 BYU ROUNDUP eae > ESPN a majorinternational skating event. ST. GEROGE — Kim Demasstruck out nineto lead Dixie past Mountain Viewingirls preseason softball RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A __10 p.m. LJUBLJANA,Slovenia — Kim Yu-na upset defending champion Mao Asada of Japan on Thursday to win the women's crownat the World Junior Figure Skating Championship — South Korea'sfirsttitle at PREP SPORTS perfect game by UC Riverside lasted through four-plus innings in the opener Thursday andthe * Highlandersalso claimed the nightcap over BYU's baseball team,7-3 and 2-1. UCR improved to 11-8, while BYU fell to 3-11. Game 3 between the two teamsis scheduled for this. afternoon, weatherpermitting. The doubleheader cameabout because of projected bad weatherfor Saturday. James Simmons, who went CRIPPLE, Alaska — Iditarod dog teams on Thursday rested in trenches.of snow, among black spruce on a frozen swamp at the halfway point of the more than 1,100-mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome. Manyleading mushers chose to take a mandatory 24-hour rest at the isolated tent checkpoint of Cripple, deep in Alaska’s westerninterior, where Big Ten, Wisc.vs. Indiana_12:20 p.m. ESPN of the last two seasons. Although this year’s club won twofewer games. they beat top rival Kansas for the first timesince 1994 and lost nine gamesbyfive IDITAROD Front runners reach halfway point ee ae Pa Champions, AT&T Classic_4 p.m. TGC Men’s College Basketball Basketball conference a Asada scored 153.35 points. Zukowski, who earne eae __SPD ee thoughtthe prospects were very good. That’s why I continurd saying tot il ourson was over we Weiser brokethe newsto Wooldridgefollowing . Jim - Litke 3:30 p.m. ON THE AIR Jim Wooldridge on Thursdayshortly after the Wild- PAGE Prep baseball “4 | Orem vay at Pleasant Grove <3 We've played some great teams and made some great comebacks,andthat’s been pretty keyfor us. “Onearea of our game that has really improved overlast year is our defense. We're digging lot ofballs and getting some transition points out of that.” BYU counters with Holmes, whois fifth in the country in hitting percentage (.471) and sixthin blocks (1.49). His jump serve has also improved overthe past several matches. Nielson is averaging 13.69 assists per game, whichleads the country. Cala, who sat out the first eight matches of the _season,is averaging 4.00 kills per game andhitting a robust .497, “BYU is pretty impressive, that’s for sure,” Sperawsaid. “They're bigger than weare, more athletic and more experienced. They've got some good servers, they’re big at the net and Nielson runs a great offense. BYU is far and awaythe best team in America right now.” Selling your homeis not a do-it-yourself project. REALTOR * Thelatest in BYU Sports online 3 was reading a study ofthe East German Olympiclabs or some- thing.” “Excuse me,sir. But I’m not calling from ESPN,or about anything Bonds-related. This is about Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. We'rein deep trouble.” “Back up there for a moment, Buck. The world what?” “Thatlittle tournament you and DonFehr put togethertosell morelicensed ballcaps to the Taiwanese. Anyway,I’m not sure if you remember, but I’m managing the U.S. team and after welost to Canada ... “Whoa, Buck, slow down.For a second,I ‘thought you said welost to Canada.” “Wedid, sir. That’s why I’m calling. Welost 8-6 because they hadoneguy,a sparepart in the Red Sox organization,play like he was Johnny Damon.And then another guy, some kid from Class A, pitcheslike he’s Roger Clemens.” “But don’t you hayethe real Johnny Damon? And Clemens and A-Rod andJeter?” “Yeah,well, fat lot of good that did us Wednesday, sir. We'restill a team that plays for what's on the backofthe jerseys, not the front, and now the stat geekstell meMexicohas to beat Canada by 10,240 or 2-1 Thursdaynight, or maybe it’s the other way around. But either way, my guysare getting headaches trying to do the mathand ontop of that, we might haveto beat South Africa or get eliminated. So I just I figured you'd want a heads-up.” “South Africa has a baseball team? Fascinating. I thought they only played cricket. What a world. But tell methis, Buck,are the Springboks, or whatever they call themselves, any good?” “Withall due respect,I thought that was your department, sir. We just figured we'd mow down whoever woundup in frontofus.” “Exactly. Whose national pastimeis this, anyway?” “Our, sir. Or it used to be. But since we might not even makeit out of the preliminary round,I thought you might want to give the spin doctors a headstart on all that bad pub,” Thecall-waiting feature on the red phone beeps. “Buck,hold a minute. Somebody’s on the otherline.” Selig pushes the flash button, crosses his fingers and winces a second time. “Congressman Davis? “No, Bud. Don Fehr.” “Thanks goodness. We'rein hot water, Don.This World Baseball And Wayne Gre suit up! His wife didn’t even y en a bet! And westill lost!” “That s basebail, Bud. Stuff hap“But couldn't weput ina new: rule that says every one of Canada’s runs is only worth about fourfifths of one of ours,kind of like the dollar?” “Too late for that now. But what's the big deal? So what if we get eliminated? My guys would love a couple of extra days off. Plus, wasn't marketing the game tothe rest of the world the whole “Yeah, well some idea that turned out to be. 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