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Show SECTION 2)aittHcralfr THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008 SPORTS EDITOR I Darnell Dickson ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 5 A BOYS TE11 71 TIS Experience times two Loong brothers lead Knights into 5A state boys tennis tourney 5A Boys Tennis Jared Lloyd DAILY HERALD In 2007, Lone Peak's Spencer Loong and his younger brother Tyler both reached the boys tennis semifinals in No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, with Tyler making it all the way to the finals. State Tournament I When: Friday and Saturday I Where: Liberty Park, Salt Lake City meet will begin I Notes: The at 8:30 a.m. on Friday with the two-da- y With the 5A state tournament semifinals and finals taking place on coming up this weekend, both boys Saturday. are hoping to at least repeat that success and believe that they can do more. that gives you confidence to do well. "Having state experience is huge," said Spencer Loong, a senior. "It's reHopefully we'll have similar results, if ally been good for me because having not better." But they'll be doing it with the roles reversed. This spring, sophomore Tyler took over the No. 1 position while Spencer moved to No. 2. . "I put in a lot of hard work this summer to get better," Tyler explained. "I played in a lot of matches, which gives you more experience." For many, watching a younger sibling take a higher position on a team could be very hard to deal with. And while Spencer admitted it was difficult sometimes, he believes it's worked out well. See WESTE3RII OOEJP JZl IL.aZM GAME4 I LAKERS JAZZ 98 109 GAJA1E5 LAKERS AT JAZZ LAKERS AT JAZZ Friday, 7 p.m. TV: KJZZ, ESPN TV: ABC Pi if LIL I I JAZZ AT LAKERS Wed., May 14, TBA Sunday, 1:30 p.m. B6 GAME 6 LAKERS AT JAZZ Fri., May 16, TBA if necessary GAME 7 JAZZ AT LAKERS Mon., May 19, TBA if necessary necessary O Q JOHN Press RAOUXAssociated Detroit Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince, left, tries to stop Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis from shooting during the first half in Orlando, Fla,, on Wednesday. Cold shooting in first quarter puts Jazz too far behind o o i in Game 2 loss THE rr-- r - a 1 WW "T 9 fit tSfCMiJtJLS A&'i1mJSJfiF JL'J XLMJ.Z3 V11 MT INKERS LEAD SERIES 2-- 0 GAME 3 GAMEl 5A TENNIS, CRAIG DILGERDaily Herald Brothers Tyler, right and Spencer loong of LontiPeak will be competing in No. and No. 2 singles, respectively, at the 5A state tennis meet this weekend. Lewis'33 ASSOCIATED PRESS helps Magic Kobe LOS ANGELES 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists after receiving his first MVP award, and the Los Angeles Lakers 0 beat the Utah Jazz on Bryant had O rout Pistons 120-11- Wednesday night to take lead in a the Western Conference Travis Reed 2-- THE Online For a full game story of Game The Jazz got off to a slow start in the game, falling behind 8 after one quarter. 2 between the From there, Jazz and the Utah cut lead to single digLakers, go to its on several heraldextra.com occasions and to five with less than six minutes to go, but the Jazz couldn't finish the rally. The series shifts to Utah for 33-1- 2-- PISTONS LEAD SERIES, 2-- 1 they suffered a tough injury. guard All-St- Bu-lu- MARK J. TERRILLAssociated Press Utah Jan's Paul Millsap, right, shoots over Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom in the first quarter of Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference semifinal series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Blame It On The Rain X j ( S Games 3 and 4 on Friday night and Sunday. The Jazz had an NBA-bes- t 374 home record this season, but one of the losses was by 11 points to LA. on March 20. Bryant received his Most Valuable Player trophy from NBA commissioner David Stern in a' brief ceremony before the game. Derek Fisher, who played for Utah last season, added 22 points, Pau Gasol scored 20 and Lamar Odom had 19 points for the Lakers. . PRESS Rashard ORLANDO, Fla. Lewis was due for a breakout game. It couldn't have come at a .better time for the Orlando Magic. Lewis, Orlando's big offseason acquisition, scored a career playoff-high 33 points and the Magic beat the Detroit Pistons 1 1 on Wednes day night to gain a little momentum in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Detroit still leads the series 111 ORLANDO though DETROIT 86 semifinals. Llore ASSOCIATED i. ' See MAGIC, B4 HIGH SCHOOL TRACK Bruins' Kittel sets state pole vault record m ' Weather forces postponement of Region 7 track meet Let's trY Jt a9ain Jordan Christiansen HERALD CORRESPONDENT CRAIO DILQER, Daily Herald right laughs as her teammate Spencer Carter, left, attempts to braid her hair while passing the time waiting out a thunderstorm that delayed the Region 4 track meet on Wednesday. After ovvr an hour of hoping the storm would let up, the meet was rescheduled ahd will get under way today. Lone Peak High School's Kim Johnson, Chauncey strained his right hamstring early in the first quarter and didn't return. The Pistons were hopeful he could play in Game 4 Saturday in Orlando, but planned to him again today. Lewis was shooting 36 percent from the field in the first two games of the series, including He's got every pole vault record at his school. The other region competitors look up to him. Now, Mountain View enior Bobby Kittel is a state record holder. After years training in his backyard pole vault pit, Kittel vaulted to a record 16 feet, 1 inch, smashing the old Region 7 mark by a foot and claiming the highest overall 4A state pretty dedicated to what he Mountain View coach Mike does and a hard worker. It's Hunter describes Kittel, his nice when good things happen to someone who deserves it." dad and his brother as being According to Kittel's re"totally nuts" about pole vault. In front of his family, friends search on the Internet, Kittel's and coaches at Mountain View jump is 1th best in the counon Tuesday, Kittel did what he try this year. As for the rest of the Realways knew he could, achieving the record on his third and gion 7 Outdoor Track Chamfinal try. pionships on Wednesday at "It's one thing to say you're Timpview I ligh in IVovo, the term "heal" was strictly going to do something, but thon to go out and do it," Hunt- a technical term. A thunderstorm postponed the majority er said of K it t el's feat. "He's outdoor mark. thunderstorm postponed the events the first-daof the Region 7 track meet on Wednesday. The meet will resume today at 2:30 p.m. at A majority of y Timpview High School. 1 cuMH to of the events scheduled for the first day of the meet, as only the two events girls and 3,2(K)m boys runs, were completed. l.OOO-met- See .susscr-spr'T- r f TRACK, J( |