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Show HfRAlO DAILY 12 UVSC ROUNDUP AM BRIEFING HicaiSaKKJLSiKTs-Knights- ON THE MR Haws honored lme h'k's Tylf Hiw has named the 2W7-0Utah Hoys Basketball llayer of Ihe Year. The award is given based on athletic and academic excellence. Haws is now a finalist for the Gatorade national award for player of the year. The junior averaged 20.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assist sn and 1.4 steals to lead the Knights to their second straight Class 5A championship. He hit a jumpshot to give Lone Peak e the win in a game in the state semifinals over Davis. He has mantined a 3.97 GPA and has participated bw-- Television e double-overtim- several community-servic- Men' First-roun- d , First-roun- d BYU Jones said. ESPN j " Second-roun- ; - All-St- Germans win world airs title, Kostner eads women TGC ESPN game d CBS CBS CBS - ;. Boston at Dallas L.A. Lakers at Utah Tennis Pacific Life Open Pacific Life Open Pacific Life Open All-St- Figure Skating :; TGC Basketball Tournament 10 a.m. games 5 p.m. games vs. Texas A&M 5:25 p.m. e game set foe tonight: The Utah High School Hockey game will be tonight at 7 p.m. at the Seven players from local teams are on the South team roster: Josh Patrick, Isaac Austin Strong and Ryan Kepo'o of state runner-uT'impanogos and Adam Brown n of Springville, plus goalies Spice of Timpanogos and Mark Gantt of Lehi. SPD GOTEBORG, Sweden Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany won the pairs title at the World Figure Skating Championships, completing a sweep of all the year's major titles. Savchenko and Szolkowy, also the Grand Prix and European champions, took ad van-tag- e of their hugely difficult routine to win the title, beating China's Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao by more than five points. Canada's Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison won the bronze. Earlier Wednesday, two-timEuropean champion Carolina Kostner edged reigning world silver medalist Mao Asada by the slightest of margins, a mere 0.18 points, to win the short program. Former world champion Kimmie Meissner, who is hoping a coaching switch can reverse a dismal season, was in ninth place. But Meissner was more than satisfied with the performance, punching the air when she finished! "Yeah, pretty happy," she said when she came off the ice, with a broad smile that belied her understatement. The women's free skate is ,; ; ; 10 p.m. EPSN2 6:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m. "' j; TNT TNT. . 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 10 p.m. FSN FSN FSN Hin-kle- Radio p e Men's College Basketball Dal-to- BYU vs. Texas NBA K Baseball 1160 AM 8:30 p.m. 1320 AM 6 p.m. 1400 AM 5:25 p.m. A&M ' - ; at Utah College Baseball Air Force at BYU L.A. Lakers Red Sox, A's resolve pay dispute FORT MYERS, Ha. Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boy-co- tt a nationally televised fans before leaving for Tokyo. "The players just stepped up and they did what I think was right," Boston bench coach Brad Mills said. Major League Baseball agreed to pay the managers, coaches and trainers on the trip $20,000 each from management's proceeds, a person familiar with the agreement said, speaking on condition of anonymity because details weren't announced. The Red Sox agreed to make up the difference to make the amount equal, and to pay some of the other team personnel making the trip, the person said. "It was a misunderstanding of what agreement was exhibition and Wednesday afternoon's flight to Japan for g next week's series against Oakland, upset that coaches weren't going to receive the same $40,000 payments negotiated for players by their union. A couple of hours later, all was resolved, and the Red Sox took the field one hour late for a 3 toss to Toronto before a crowd of 7,868. reached between Across the country in Phoeseason-openin- 4-- nix, Athletics players also considered a boycott. They didn't take batting practice and held five team meetings before following Boston's lead and decide ing to play. An Oakland split to the Los Ansquad lost geles Angels in front of 7,940 6-- 1 and the MLBPA," Red Sox president MLB Larry Lucchino said. "We said we would step up and make sure a second pool was created and would seek contributions from all parties." It was unclear whether Oakland would make additional payments to its staff. I Bonds still wants to play this year: Unsigned and thus far unwanted, Barry Bonds still hopes to play this year. "I'm not going to retire. I don't think that's going to hap- today. The German pair finished with a total score of 202.86, while Zhang and Zhang scored 197.82. Savchenko and Szolkowy are the first Germans to win the pairs title since their coach, Ingo Steuer, won with partner Mandy pen," he told MLB.com Tuesday. "I'm working out. I'm training. If my phone rings, it rings. If it don't, it don't. I have a cell phone. I have a Blackberry. They work. If something comes up, I'm sure they'll let me know. I'll come back in July if I have to. It depends on the circumstances." The slugger did get one of--; fer Wednesday, to work in media relations for a minor league team. The Lake affiliStorm, a Class-ate of the San Diego Padres, Woetzel in 1997. The women's competition was expected to be a showdown between Asada of Japan and South Korea's Kim winner of the Grand Prix final. But Kostner had a different idea The Italian has departed from her classical comfort zone with this year's short program, packing elongated spirals, tight arm spins with positions and big jumps between the opening shrieks and . Yu-n- released a tongue-in-cheestatement announcing that the club has offered Bonds "a k cushy Media Relations position (with slight pay cut from $ 19.3 million), full use of baseball fa- - ekising pmans of The Doors classic "Kklers on the Storm." She matched Asada's jumping ability with a huge triple-triplcombination. Her only error was a step out on ths landing of her triple lutz. Her score of 64.28 included the best technical mark of the night. Asada hit all of her jumps easily, seeming to hover momentarily above the ice before making her rotations. Her loop combinatriple tion, triple lutz and double axel were all gorgeous. But none of her elements received the highest difficulty levels something she said she'd have to study before the final long program. Asada's Japanese teammate, Yukari Nakano, was third with 61.10 points. Kim, who had to skip last month's Four Continents championship in her native South Korea because of a hip injury, is in fifth place, a little more than four points behind the leaders. Meissner said she purposely downgraded her Wolverines e split softball doublclieadcr DAILY ever-changi- combination to a to ensure a clean program. But she intends to toe loop do the triple combination in the free skate. The other two Americans, Bebe Liang and Ashley Wagner, were 10th and 11th, respectriple-tripl- e triple-doubl- e flip-trip- le tively. Tennis HERALD The Utah Valley bats got off . flip-trip- NCAA Men'g NIT initiatives and charity projects. I Auto Racing Formula One practice Midnight Figure Skating World Championshlops 5:30 p.m. Pairs, dance ; Goit ..; PGA WGC, CA Championship Noon 4:30 p.m. PGA, Puerto Rico Open Exhibition Baseball Major League N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto 11a.m. - ' ; d in and of course expanded t ilit culmle space w it h burcakK. unper and plasma TV;" "We just think the way he has handled the media w it h such grace over the years that he would be a perfect fit in our media relations department," Storm general manager Chris to a slow start but ignited late as the Wolverines split a double-headwith South Dakota State before on Wednesday, losing winning 13--5 in six innings. JC transfer Shelly Manuel came up big in Game 2 for the from Wolverines, going the plate with a double and four RBI. Heidi Stocks pitched well in both games and added a strong presence from the plate in game two, going g from the plate with the RBI, In Game 1, South Dakota jumped out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the top of the second. After Stocks retired the first four batters she faced, the next four came up with hits, including Stacey homer. Evans' thre-ru- n In the bottom of the fourth, Jessica Anderson singled and stole second to get into scoring position. Abby Bowcutt RBI single delivered a two-ou- t to trim the Jacks lead to SDSU responded with a run in the top of the sixth. Game 2 started in inauspicious fashion for the Wolverines as the Jackrabbits scored three ung runs. earned The Wolverines came back in the bottom half of the first and put five runs on the board. UVSC sent nine batters to the plate in the inning. Meghan Woodworth led off the frame with a single and scored when Cherylyn McGraw blasted a two-ruhomer, her first of the season. Stocks singled and Anderson was hit by a pitch to bring up Manuel, who smoked a two-rudouble, Manuel later scored on a passed ball to give the Wolverines a advantage. Woodworth and Alii Bram-we5-- 1 game-clinchin- 4-- Nadal rallies to beat Tsonga INDIAN WELLS, Calif. Rafael Nadal came back to win the final five games arid beat Tsonga on Wednesday in an intense, rematch of their Australian Open semifinal. Nadal, the defending Indian Wells champion, avenged his lopsided loss in Melbourne with a scrappy 7 (4), (3) victory in the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open. The Tsonga, who has vaulted from 212 in the rankings in 2006 to No. 17, upset No. 2 Nadal 2 in the Australian Open semis before losing to Novak Djokovic in the final. In other crowd-pleasin- g 7-- 6 6-- 7-- 5 6-- 6-- 6-- matches, Djokovic advanced 3 with a victory over 6-- 6-- Guillermo Canas; Tommy Haas edged Andy Murray and David Nalbandian beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-- 2-- 6-- 6-- v 6-- ; In a women's quarterfinal, Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Radwanska 64. 6-- first-innin- n n 5-- 3 ll started a second-inninwalks. rally with Stocks loaded the bases with a single and Manuel delivered again two batters later with a g back-to-bac- k single. Bowcutt followed with an RBI single. Magan Niemann led off the three-ruthird with a triple to left field and scored aBram-wel- l single. two-ru- n n 1 y The Daily Herald would like to recognize all those who participated in the 2008 Utah Valley Spelling Bee 3 Ik' V urn 'A-X- grader at The Ranches Academy, took second place. Isaac Skartedt (middle), of Lakeview Academy, was the 2008 Utah Valley Spelling Bee Champion. In 3rd place this year was Brianna Nelson (right), a 7th grader at Liberty Academy. McKay Johnson (left), 6th List of Participants American Heritage School Erika Brown, 8th Grade American Leadership Academy - McKennen Lamb, 8th Grade Art City Elementary - Chase Kimball, 4th Grade Canyon View Junior High - Michaela Nielsen, 7th Grade - Alex Carlson, Sth Grade Middle School - Lauren Pope, 7th Grade School Orem - Jacob Harris, 6th Grade Goshen Elementary - Sarah Heber Valley Elementary Hilkrest Elementary Ivy Hall Academy - Carson John Hancock Charter School Centennial Lakeview - Simon Arnerich, Deerfield Elementary Diamond Fork Jr. High Edgemont Elementary Ephraim Elementary - Chad Flake, 8th Grade - Gavin Grooms, Sth Grade - Katelln Anderson, Ephraim Middle School 6th Grade - Carson Sth Grade Johnson, 8th Grade - Christopher Webb Elementa7 - Sierra Davis, 6th Grade - Haley Gammon, Skarstedt, 5th Grade Academy-Isa- ac Liberty Academy Elementa7 - Briant Liberty Academy Middle School Oblad, 6th Grade - Brianna Nelson, 7th Grade - CamilleThomas, 5th Grade Lindon Elementary - Klacey Bybee, 4th Grade Mona Elementary School - Karalynn Jones, 6th Grade Moroni Elementary - Cay lie Purcell, 4th Grade Lincoln Academy Lee, 6th Grade Foothill Elementary Mountainville Foothills Mt Pleasant Elementary - Gab! Fowles, 6th Grade Freedom Academy - Jacob Eliason, 7th Grade Academy-Spen- cer Noah Webster Academy Mill - Lonnie McCulloch, 7th Grade - Ernest Rust 8th Grade - Jacob Lobrot, 3rd Grade - Katherine Luque, 5th Gradl Elementa7 Orem Oementary 8th Grade School Middle Oak Canyon Junior High School Old 6th Grade Gritton, 5th Grade Cedar Ridge Elementary Challenger Grade Bangerter,4th - Alex Soutas, - Jenny North Sampete Black, 4th Grade Plummer Family Reagan Academy - McKay Plummer, 3rd Grade - Hannah Paz, 8th Grade - Brady Red Cliffs Elementary Rock Canyon Elementary Rocky Mountain Middle School The Ranches Academy - Keasha Westridge Elementary Thompson, 6th Grade - Jared Peter Young, Wasatch Elementary OR? - McKay Johnson, 6th Grade Utah Home Education Network Windsor Elementary Black, 6th Grade - Jessica Tueller, 6th Grade - Aaron - Austin Crowder, 5th Grade 6th Grade Conrad, Sth Grade Prete, Sth Grade - Robert Hadfield, Sth Grade Thank You to the Scera for hosting the event. The Daily Hctald would also like to thank Kristine Widtfeldt, Kimber Jepperson, Unek Designs, Max & Cheese and Yoasis for 'contribution to the Bee. 1 |