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Show Friday. May Sports Field! 9 report and on winners, commentary - Page THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, mt losers and coming events Playff Domination Continues SeVem 1? elf foir A full 16. 1986 Cekks Hammer Milwaukee Seeoind By FREDERICK WATERMAN Leg of - UPI Sports Writer Tcrople BALTIMORE (UPI) The principals in Saturday's 111th running of the Preakness shrugged at the results of Thursday's draw. "Are all the gates going to open at the same time?" asked D. Wayne Lukas, trainer for the entry of Badger Land and Clear Choice. "If they all open at the same time, there is no advantage in a small field." Small it will be when the second jewel of racing's Triple Crown goes off at Pimlico Race Course. A field of seven will vie for the $411,900 first prize in the $534,400 race. finishBadger Land, fourth-plac- e er in the Kentucky Derby, drew the outside post. Clear Choice, making his Classics debut after breaking his maiden, drew the No. 3 slot. The Lukas entry is the second choice in early betting. Ferdinand, winner of the Run for the Roses and the favorite to become the 24th horse to claim the first two Triple Crown victories, drew the No. 5 slot. The chestnut grandson of Northern Dancer drew the rail in the 9-- 5 . Derby, but was closed out early and dropped into last place. Veteran jockey Bill Shoemaker cut his mount to the rail in the stretch, and rallied Ferdinand to victory. Despite his horse's circuitous route after his last start from the rail, Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham would have preferred the No. 1 hole. "I wanted to go from the inside, but the middle of the pack is fine," he said. "With only seven horses, there shouldn't be all the bumping there was in the Derby. Snow Chief, the Derby favorite, drew the No. 2 position. "I love the post," said trainer Mel Stute. "He's inside, and I've always heard the track is fastest on the inside. I won't have to run over there to get that spot." The speed horses are considered to be Snow Chief, who dropped to 50 lengths off the winner after taking the lead in the Derby," Clear Choice and Groovy.- Tlie draw is good news for Lukas and Badger Land, considered to be the stronger of his two colts. 6-- 1, 7-- , But Lendl, who romped past Itaappears to ly's Paolo Cane be hitting his stride. Noah, the defending champion who downed Sweden's Kent Carls-so- n was to play Diego Perez of Uruguay. Perez, 24, staged the biggest upset of the day Thursday by beatd Joakim Nystrom of ing Sweden Wilander beat Andrei Chesnokov of the Soviet Union to earn himself a clash with Libor Pimek of Czechoslovakia. Becker crushed Mexico's Leonar3 in his match. He do LavaUe faced Spain's Emilio Sanchez in the quaterfinals. ( AP) - 0 n fifth-seede- 7-- 6-- 42-2- 1 C Mul-vane- Mexico, third baseman Chris Schultis of Utah, outfielders Steve The Celtics, winners of all seven meetings this year between the teams, improved their playoff record to 1 and season mark to 9-- 76-1- Boston did not trail in the contest, jumping out to a 12-- 5 advantage in the opening minirtes with Bird, Ainge and Johnson each scoring 4 points. Milwaukee trailed by as many as 13 in the third period but rallied to 5 in the fourth quarter, Terry Cummings capping a 0 run with an jumper at 6:08. Boston answered with, a pair of free throws by Johnson and an By BOB HUDSON Herald Staff Writer - SPRINGVILLE Timpview and Provo lead the Region Eight track meets after the first day of competition Thursday. Timpview's boys scored 36 points in the first five events to lead Provo (33) by three points. Provo's girls have 23 points in three events while Uintah has 19 points. Today's finals began this morning and were expected to finish late this afternoon. Timpview's boys had just one champion in the five events completed Thursday. Dave Spence won the' 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:13.7. The Thunderbirds picked up 20 points in the event as Joel Sybrowski finished second and Andy Clegg was fifth. The Thunderbirds, Uintah and Boston's Bill Walton, who has come off the bench to spark the Celtics all season, looms large in this photo as he blocks Sidney Moncrief's move to the basket. 99-9- 9-- Boston, which has not lost at Boston Garden since Dec. 6, recorded its 38th straight home jumper by Parish to restore the margin to 8, and Milwaukee had lost its best, last shot. , iqji"',T'f','. ' LA Gary Cooper Sparks of New Mexico and Eric Pharris of Air Force, catchers Phil Williams of Hawaii and Lance Wilson of Wyoming, designated hitter Nick Riesgo of San Diego State and pitchers Mike Erb of San Diego State, Joey Vierra of Hawaii and Matt Harr of San Diego State. Provo appeared to have uie uest chances at the boys' title following Thursday's preliminaries in the dashes and 100, 200 and both hurdle events, often earning two of the seven spots in the finals. Provo's Cheryl Benson won the girls' 1600 meter run in 5:31.29 to lead her team into first place after Thursday's finals. Christine Hess finished fourth in the same race with a time of 5:42.67. Dyana Adamson and Shelly Payne 'placed second and sixth, respectively, in the shot put to account for Provo's other first day points. Julie Zellstra won the shot put and placed third in the high jump to put Uintah in contention for the title while Lila Fugal and Fran Meason placed first and fourth in the high jump to lead Pleasant Grove's assault on the crown. t triumph, including three in the Hartford Civic Center. The Celtics are 47-- 1 in home games this year. Hillcrest, Alfa Return With Titles By MARION DUNN Herald Sports Editor Timp Boys, Provo Girls Top Region Track List " A I team," said Parish. "None of us are afraid tu lake the big shut. That's what I like about this club." Brieham All-WA- C ; 5 122-11- Young outfielder Gary Cooper was named the Western Athletic Conference's baseball player of the year on Thursday and San Diego State Coach Jim Dietz was named baseball coach of the year. The two were selected by the league's head coaches. Cooper, a senior, also heads the baseball team, his. 1986 third straight year on the team. He hit .418 and led the WAC in home runs, runs scored, hits and RBI. Dietz coached San Diego State from a 8 start in the WAC's Western Division to 15 consecutive victories, the division title and then the championship of the WAC tournament. The Aztecs are overall heading into the NCAA regional next week. Others named to the y team are first baseman Mike of Wyoming, second basemen David Willes of Brigham Young and Tod Crosby of Hawaii, shortstop Glen Russell of New for the Milwaukee Bucks, out 2. The Boston Celtics took a lead Thursday night in the 1 deseries, winning a cision that bore little resemblance to their triumph in the series opener. The Bucks trailed throughout, but pulled within 4 points midway through the fourth quarter before succumbing to a final Celtics surge. "It's not demoralizing," said Milwaukee's Craig Hodges. "We played better than we did last game. We've got to keep our heads together and concentrate." Teammate Alton Lister said, "It was a gallant effort, but they made the big plays. We'll have to do better at home." The series shifts to Milwaukee for Games 3 and 4 this weekend. All five Boston starters scored at least 20 points as the Celtics over-cam- e the Bucks' double-teamin- g tactics with superior bail movement. "One time I looked up and I had three guys coming after me," said Boston's Kevin McHale. "I felt like Custer and the Indians w.ere coming after me. Robert (Parish) and I had to resign ourselves to just moving the ball around quickly if we didn't have a shot." Gary Cooper Gets Nod As Player of the Year DENVER 2 who found solace in avoiding Blow- 6-- 6-- 3-- Loss "We've g6t five weapons on this This year, the 7-- of the od. Frenchman suffered from a debilitating attack of viral hepatitis. 6-- 2 three-quarte- last year's Wimbledon. 6-- Game UPI) Larry Bird led Boston with 26 points, Danny Ainge had 23 points, Parish and Dennis Johnson had 21 each, and McHale added 20. Johnson's total included a from court on a pass attempt late in the first peri- At Italian Open in i Eastern Conference finals became Leconte Will Face No. 1 Seed Lendl Henri Leconte, ROME (AP) the elegant but erratic French lefthander, looks like the only outsider who can stop the top four seeds in the Italian Tennis Open from taking the four semifinal berths. The Frenchman faced Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl, the No. 1 seed, on the center court today in what was widely expected to be the tightest semifinal. ' - Mats Wilander of Sweden, Boris Becker of West Germany and France's Yannick Noah, seeded second, third and fourth, respectively, all play unseeded players in ' their quarterfinal matches on the clay courts at Rome's Foro Italico. Leconte, seeded seventh and ranked 15th in the world, knocked Miloslav Me-- . ; out Czechoslovakia's 5 cir Thursday to set up his meeting with Lendl. He beat Lendl BOSTON . Hillcrest and Alta swept the Region Two boys and girls track and field crowns respectively Thursday afternoon on the Mountain View field, but Orem's amazing junior. Cathy James and Mountain View's versatile Jill Fulton Swaney were the individual stars. James broke "her state discus record for the third time this month as she twirled the platter idea of how good her effort was. It is also the seventh best throw in the country by a 'high school girl this year. The national high school record for the discus is 183-1but 1, ferT ... Vs p ex fr v- - - Cathy's personal coach. Bill e BYU shot Berg, a putter, predicts she will boost her record to the 170s next year. A highlight of the boy's battle was the 'personal duel between one-tim- w1 Mountain View's talented 147-fe- In the state meet a year ago the Orem star set the record with At Weber this a toss of 143-1spring she equaled that toss. In the BYU Invitational she boosted She broke her record to that record with her effort Thursday. Swaney, who was married recently, gave her new husband several things to' cheer about, winning the 100m hurdles, the 100 meter dash and the long jump, plus a second place finish to American Fork's Marney Brems in the 200 meter. Brems finished in a time of 25:56. Brems also won the 400 meter dash. In the boys meet, Hillcrest walked away with the championship scoring 158 points to 108 for runnerup Alta. Orem finished third with 90 points followed by fountain View, 60; Brighton, 51; West Jordan, 43; American Fork, 25, and Bingham, 3. Alta had almost as easy a time in the girls events scoring 152 points to 113 for second place Mountain View. American Fork was third with 83 points. The rest of the scores: Orem, 54; West Jordan, 32; Brighton, 25; Hillcrest, 22, and Bingham 4. The 4A state championship will be held 'next weekend at Weber State College in Ogden. Based on the improvement she has shown in her recent outings, James might reach her next goal in the state meet.. .tossing the discus 150 feet. "Right now, that's my goal," she said while waiting for the senior hurdler Tom Andrus and . 144-1- f i liju 7 i ' A Sgj Mm I & If ( Ftfu fi v J Hill-crest- Dale Parson. Anderson also helped the Tigers' 4x100 relay team finish first. The Tigers got one more first place when Roger Ridd raced to victory in the 800 meter. Marc Kallas of Mountain View won the boy's long jump at Other top girls' performances included American Fork's Stephanie Trane, who won the high Mountain View girls jump at finished second, third, fourth and, sixth in the high jump in this order, Becky Braithwaite, Sherrl Mitchell, Kim Snarr and Anale Gibb. Mountain View's Jenny Johnson added a first place in the 800 meter, edging out American Fork's Nicole Keller, who won the 3200 meter Wednesday. 21-1- Dennli Pallerson I'holo Orem High's Cathy James set a new state record Thursday in the discus with a toss of 147-- in Region Two Track. 8 official measuring of her state record toss. "Actually, I threw it 153-in practice the other night so 1 know I can get it." 8 Her record throw of 147-- would have given her second place in the recent HCAC college champi- onship at BYU to give you an 8 's Scott Urban. Going into the regional meet the two young hurdlers had met twice bef ore in the 110 highs and had split. Urban beat Andrus in the highs and the 300 intermediates Thursday, but the Bruin ace said, "today wasn't the big one. Next week is the big one. State is the meet where it all counts." In the highs Thursday, Urban got out of the blocks quickly while Andrus hit the first three hurdles to cost him valuable time. "He came out in a hurry and I hit the hurdles. I thought I was going to fall," Andrus said. For the boys, Orem speedster Tyler Anderson swept the 100 and 200 meter events in great style. He put on a great burst of speed in the final yards to win the 200 in 22:53 in a duel with Hillcrest's 5-- |
