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Show THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HarkTheHerald.com), Provo, Utah, Thursday, May 16, 2002 Page B2 BASEBALL Players anticipate August strike date Continued from Bl and it's catching. They decided to have fun and play their guts out." In the nightcap, Provo took a 3 lead into the fifth inning. But Springville, which Moore called "the best hitting team we've faced," rallied for four runs with two outs. Aaron Jensen hit an RBI double and Dan Bulow followed with an RBI single. Craig Stringham relieved Wright and walked a couple of hitters. Then Jesse Wheeler cracked a single up the middle to score two and give lead. Springville a Bushman came in and walked Dustin Ercanbrack to load the bases but struck out Zac Erekson to end the inning. In the bottom of the fifth, Provo took advantage of a Springville throwing error to tie the game, then grabbed the lead on a sacrifice fly by Nate Edwards. Provo added a couple of insurance runs in the sixth. Bushman scored Nick Johnson on a fielder's choice and Stringham brought home another run moments later with a perfectly executed drag bunt. "Craig did that on his own," Moore said. "He came to me and said, 'Hey, Skip, if they're back on defense can I drag?' I told him to go ahead and that was a huge insurance run." Bushman got Springville in the seventh to got inning. Provo has been here before: Two years ago, Jake Chrisman's pitching powered the Bulldogs through s bracket into the the state championship, where they forced Lone Peak into a second title game before losing. Star pitcher Clay Barnes was a sophomore on that team and pitched Provo to a semifinal victory over Span- - By RONALD BLUM 6-- AP Sports Writer ') bases-loade- d 7-- 6 one-los- SOFTBALL Continued from Bl ScoviUe earned the win for Pleasant Grove. She wasn't perfect, but was plenty good enough as she gave up just two hits and struck out two. "Scoville hit her corners just perfect," P.G. coach Jeff Wilson said. "We've been working a few pitches for this game, and she just hit it when we asked her to." Mountain View's only run came in that fifth inning. Kirbi Jacobs' two-osingle scored Costin for a 0 lead. But then the Vikings got going. Jones lost her perfect game in the sixth when Chelsea Sondrup singled to center. Jones recovered to get two strikeouts, but Becky Gwilliam and Jenni k Thurston knocked RBI doubles that led to a three-ru- n inning for the Vikings. Thurston, P.G.'s shortstop, also had a good game. In addition to her RBI double, Wilson said that Thurston led a tough defense. "Thurston's come a long ways," Wilson said. "She had a lot of line shots out there, ut 1-- back-to-bac- NETS Continued from B 1 quarter defense. This game was no foul-marr- ed differ- ent. "The fourth quarter seems to be our time," said Nets center Todd MacCulloch, who had a big putback basket after a Kidd steal. "When it comes down to six minutes left, five minutes left, we're going to do a good job defensively. We were able to take them out of what they wanted to do. Then, we just get it to J and he has enough energy left to turn it up." The game changed in the Nets' favor after Baron Davis fouled out going up against Collins for a defensive rebound with 5:36 to play. "I don't think I fouled him," said Davis, who finished with 13 points. "The call was made and it turned the game around." Charlotte's next field by goal was a f j X t I v ' ; ( I V DAN LLNDThe Daily Herald Gotcha! Springville's Dustin Laird tags out Provo's Bryce Ayoso as he slides into third base. ish Fork that year. "It's ironic how everything's working out the same way," Barnes said. "We've been playing good defense and everybody is pitching well." Moore has Barnes for eight innings and No. 2 defense, including a dazzling starter Jeremy Burning-ha- not worried. "Well have a couple of more surprises," Moore promised. 10 4: Erekson's homer in the fourth inning propelled Springville to a victory in the one-lo- ss bracket and eliminated Mountain MOUNTAIN CREST three-ru- n and a lot of long throws, and she held 'em good. "Our defense all the way no around was good and that's what errors we've been trying to get all year long." Despite taking the loss, Jones gave up just five hits and struck out 10. The victory was vindication for the Vikings, who had dropped their two games to Mountain View earlier this season. "Fm still on a high," Scoville said. "Our bats came through. We just had a solid game tonight." The Bruins play Murray at 10:30 this morning. The winner advances to the title game to face Pleasant Grove, setting up a possible rematch. ELIMINATION GAMES 4, LONE PEAK 0: Makenzie Holt got the win on the mound for the Royals, who scored two runs in the first inning, then blanked the Knights to ROY advance. Jessica Marshall hit with two singles in a losing effort for the Knights. FORK MURRAY 6, SPANISH Mikell Johnson had an RBI single in 2: the sixth inning for the Dons, then scored on an error, bringing Spanish Fork to within four. It was too little too late, though, as Murray held on for a victory. David Wesley with 20 seconds to play. With the officials calling 22 fouls in the final quarter and 77 in the game, the Hornets managed to stay alive in the fourth quarter as Lee Nailon and Jamaal Magliore alternated trips to the foul line. Two free throws by Magliore gave the Hornets an 6 with 5:18 to play. Kenyon Martin then made one of two free throws to cut the lead to two points and Kidd, who had 13 assists, set up Kerry Kittles for a with 4:39 to go. The next play might have sealed the fate of the Hornets, who are moving to New Orleans next season. After Wesley brought the ball upcourt and threw a pass to his left, Kidd reached out, got a hand on the pass and stole the ball. MacCulloch scored on a putback, and the Nets were ahead New Jersey scored seven of the next nine points. 89-8- catch by shortstop Germaine two runners on. In the seventh, Roy's Shayden Bertagnolli singled, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error. He scored on Nick Payne's fielder's choice but Ayoso got Tyler Kay to pop up to end the game. in the fourth inning with m for seven with possibly three games to play, but he's SPRINGVILLE Crest, which tied with Roy for the Region 4 regular- - season championship. Mountain Crest (18-7- ) got to Springville starter Jesse Wheeler early and had a 4-- 2 lead after one inning. But Wheeler settled down after that and finished with a Erekson also tripled and was with three RBI. Dustin Laird and Bulow were both for Springville. LATE 1: In the day's first game, Ayoso and Roy's Travis Kester engaged in a pitcher's duel. Kester allowed just one hit Nate Germaine's leadoff double in the first inning and Ayoso allowed just two Roy singles. Provo scored both of its runs on sacrifice flies. Ayoso plated Germaine in the first inning and Edwards brought home another run in the fourth. Ayoso, meanwhile, shut down Roy with seven strikeouts and good PROVO 2, SOCCER ROY - - 2, SKY VIEW 1: At Highland on Tuesday, Danny Adamson scored seven minutes into overtime to send Lone Peak into the semifinals for the first time in school history. Adam-so- n headed in a pass from Dallas Zurcher on the game-winne- r. Jared Johansen scored the other goal for which will play Box Lone Peak (14-2- ), der (13-4- ) at Juan Diego Catholic High School today at 2:30 p.m. LONE PEAK Player unhappy with Masters' age limit The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. Gary Player says he is dis- appointed about Augusta National's decision to set an age limit for play in the Masters. The new rule revokes the lifetime exemption that had been in place for past champions, replacing it with a maximum age of 65. That means next year will be the last trip to Augusta National for Player, a three-tim- e Masters champion. Player already is 66 but was granted one more invitation. Player said he probably would not return to Augusta National after next year, even though past champions will be invited back for the week's festivities, including the champions' dinner. "You cannot be bitter in life. I learned that from my Nelson great Mandela," Player, a native of South Africa, said Wednesday. "But they made a prom HARMON Continued from Bl ence," Woolley said. Black also credits his goalie coach, Jason Pratzke, whom he called awesome. So, today, just after lunch, Bonneville will attempt to make the championship finals. The Lakers are good as any team in the state and Woolley believes they're the toughest the Bruins have faced NEW YORK With no labor agreement in sight, some baseball players think it is inevitable that the union will set a strike date for August. "That's really the only thing we can do," pitcher Mike Stanton, the New York Yankees player representative, said Wednesday. "It's not a situation where we have a lot of options." Union officials told player agents at a meeting in New York on Tuesday that the staff is considering if and when to set a strike date, two agents said Wednesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Union head Donald Fehr, who told players during spring training to prepare for missing their last two or three paychecks, is to hold a similar meeting with West Coast agents in Los Angeles on Thursday. "Before everybody reacts or overreacts we've got to remember that there's been no strike date set," commissioner Bud Selig ise to us that we could play as long as we wanted to, using our discretion. "I planned, on playing another three years and now, all of the sudden, they say you can't come back after next year. That's not keeping your word, not keeping your promise." Player, who was preparing for the Senior PGA Tour's Instinet Classic on the Tournament Players Club at the Jasna Polana course he designed, believes some past champions took advantage of the lifetime exemption and played long after they should have quit. But he doesn't think Augusta National should hold that against him. "I will say there were some who abused it," he said. "The committee should have said that you can come back only if you complete 36 holes. If you withdraw, then you can't come back. But they shouldn't take it out on all the others. It's not like I can't get around there anymore." all year. But something's happened in Utah County of late. In Orem, it's Shutout City. Mountain View's defense has grown hair. Does Bonneville have the razor to shave it? Well see. But they'll have no shaving cream. This one's going to be rough all the way. 9. Continued from Bl an assistant for McGown in 1991. His son, Mike Jr., played for BYU last season. As far as other candi- Rutgers-Newar- k. Former BYU players Hugh McCutcheon and Troy Tanner, along with current Pepperdine coach Marv Dunphy, were on the list of names suggested by UC-Sa- McGown. Darnell Dickson can be reached at or by at ddickson heraldextra.com 344-255- 5 BYU Continued from Bl matic berth to the NCAA tournament, which goes to the tournament winner. "We need to be playing our best baseball in order to sweep," BYU coach Vance Law said. "But that is the kind of baseball you want to be playing at the end of the season. Eve if things don't work out for us this weekend, it may not matter for what the seeding is. There is so much parity in our league, it doesn't make much difference." 4.89 Jeff Mousser (8-ERA) will start tonight's game. Friday night's starter hasn't been determined, but Saturday's will be Paul Jacinto (2-- 7.06). After tonight's game, the Cougars and Lobos play again Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. All three games will be broadcast on KOVO960AM. One thing the Cougars will certainly do this weekend is set a new baseball attendance record. Already this season, 20,579 have watched the Cougars in 13 games, an average of 1,583. BYU drew 17,378 in 14 games (1,241 average) last season, 38th best in the country. "If we have any hope of playing in the NCAA postseason, we are going to have to win our tournament next week," Law said. "We are playing well offensively, but have made some bad plays at times on defense." 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Peterson won a men's national championship at Perm State and Small-arou- DO coached the Utah State women before moving to New Mexico. Larsen, who has a BYU degree, has also sent an application to Provo but said he had not been interviewed. He has also coached VOLLEYBALL go-ahe- 92-8- said Wednesday night. "The industry's had three or four decades of all this stuff, and nobody knows better than I do how tired people are of it, so I'm hopeful that we can use the coming months to solve our problems. I'm very hopeful." For now, the union is trying to play down the possibility of a work stoppage, which would be baseball's ninth since 1972. "The executive board has not yet considered whether to set a strike date," Fehr said. "We hope not to have to do so." The consideration of a strike date, first reported Wednesday by The New York Times, is of little surprise. 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