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Show THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Page 6 Sunday, May w Mi 13, 1984 A full Sports report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events Wins 44th Provo Open Costello Puts on Dazzling Putting Display By ROD COLLETT Associate Sports Editor In golf it's called winning, but if the police were to investigate how former BVU golfer Barry Willardson lost the Provo Open two of the last three years, they would call it theft. On Saturday, one of Willard-son'- s at BYU, Tom Costello, stole the show and the tournament out from under Willardson to grab the $1,200 first prize at Timpano-go- s Golf Club in Provo. Costello's "modus operandi" to winning or approach his first major pro tournament was simple: he birdied eight of the last 10 holes he played on the shortened, par-6- 7 course to card a last round 61. That total of gave him a three-da- y 191 and a two-shmargin over Willardson, who turned in a last round 68 for a three day ... , Jf r ' I - ot total of 193. Willardson painfully remembers two years ago when, play- ing with Billy Casper, he watched as the was grass yanked from under him when Casper chipped in on the last two holes for an eagle-birdi- e finish to edge him by one shot. But the 1984 Central Bank Provo Open was more than one man outgunning another. It was a phenomenal putting display by Costello who seemed to "will" lie ball into the hole. The last day started with Willardson having a three-sho- t lead over Timp assistant pro Roy Christensen. Willardson while Chriscarded tensen had rounds of Close behind was Nevada pro Bob Betley at John and Costello Evans at looming at the same figure with Costello started out Saturday by bogeying the first two holes and it quickly looked as though he would not be a factor. x ' ' ' vr rv - ' ' ' Costello had lots of reasons to smile Saturday eight of the last 10 holes for Provo Open title. birdie and went to four under, three shots behind his former teammate. While Willardson 67-6- holes parred through 14, Costello parred 11, birdied 12 with a curling putt, parred 13, and then reeled off birdie putts of 12, eight, 40, two and on the last five holes to pull away from the field. And what was Willardson's reaction to Costello's finish? "It was a lot better to not see it happening," said Willardson. "It was worse two years ago when I played with Casper. I was playing with him when he chipped in twice on me to win by one shot." But Willardson is not bitter, though he seemed a bit dazed by what Costello had done to him. "I still won $1,000 and now it's on to the U.S. Open quali11 30-fo- ot Costello maintained his rather mundane round until he ninth got to the long par-hole. At this point he still trailed Willardson by four shots at On nine, Costello was short 5 two-unde- r. of the green with his second shot. He pitched brilliantly and almost holed it out for an eagle three. One birdie and back to three under par. Now it was the last nine holes and one of the great shootouts in Provo Open history. Willardson drove far left on No. 10. He pitched the ball too hard, but it hit the pin and fell one foot away. Now Willardson is seven-undeCostello needed a birdie to stay within striking distance. Costello sank a at No. 10 for a second straight fying at Oakridge Country Club and then I'll hit the road to play in a few other events." Costello, meanwhile, was especially jovial about his win and the chance to get a little recognition by his peers. r. American Fork Rallies to Take 3 A State Title By TOM CHRISTENSEN Herald Correspondent LAKE CITY Travis Hansen pitched and hit the American Fork Cavemen to the 3A state baseball championship Saturday night at Derks Field as the Cavemen downed a stubborn Orem squad 7 in eight innings in the final game. n Earlier, the Tiger forced a deciding game with the unbeaten, favored Cavemen by beating American Fork 7- -. In that final game, Hansen hit a single up the middle with none out in the bottom of the eighth to score Sean Hackford. who had reached base when the Tigers' first baseman dropped his pop fly. g Besides his hit. Hansen came on in relief of starter DeMar Beck in the fifth inning and shut down the Tigers, who were leading 4 at the time. Hansen sent the Tigers down in the top of the eighth. The Tigers appeared to be in control of the final game, leading 0 after one and a half innings and up 5 going into the bottom of the seventh. But Brock Knight led off with a double off Orem reliever Mike Gammall, Brad Slater walked and John Swenson hit a two-osingle to tie the game and force the extra innings. The Tigers' 0 lead came on a Brad Eagar RBI single in the first and three A.F. errors in the second. Orem forced the second game - SALT 8-- once-beate- game-winnin- 7-- 5-- 7-- ut v; I Uic by winning -- o son. They got two more in the third on three consecutive singles and an Orem error. Meanwhile, Orem could manage just one run on an RBI single from Brad Eagar in the top of the third. But the Tigers came back to tie things in the top of the fourth. A Caveman error, a single and a walk loaded the bases for the Tigers, then Richard Lamoreaux waited out A.F. pitcher Brock Knight for a walk to bring in one run. A John Mackay hit to the shortstop was mishandled, scoring two more and suddenly it was American Fork failed to score in the the bottom of the frame and Orem came back to take the lead when Jim Hoyle got a big, two-osingle to score Steve Rob- erts. II A.F. 021 2U0 2 hvdns GdminHl and 17 and Kagdr beck Hansen '5. ' Kubinsun haur fowler AK Sorensen, Klidsun ORtM Wl A.F K2 Mil 312 1 t I 7 II Knight kind of recognition I deserve," he bantered. "But I am surprised my putter came to life today. The first two days gave no indication I would even be a factor in this tournament. But I decided to get on the stick and lay aside my personal problems and play the best I could the final day. It more than paid off," Costello explained. Costello, who was a freshman golfer with Willardson at BYU about eight years ago, will return to Alpine Country Club to practice. He's an assistant pro there. He is eligible to play 10 Tournament Players Series events (second tour tournaments) in 1984. Individual Results: Tom Costello Barry Willardson Roy Christensen Reid Gocdliffe John Evans Bob Betley Scott 195 totals Geroux Keith Clearwater Robert Eduardo Herrera Meyer 197 totals Brad Hansen John TayVance Christensen 199 totals lor SB AK. 2 13 2 Huuver ana tddi Knight and Kubintun Hwver L Knight Kubinwn. Sorewn tagar AF. Knight - i . ,v.' ""'1 ' Lfu ""4' ' J' ' "H' Phil Shurtleff Photos Current BYU ace Robert Meyer blasts out of a trap on No. behind Costello. 10. He finished at 197 or six shots Women Stage HCAC Comeback When BYU javelin ace Cathy Zuniga, a 9 senior from Ogden who is majoring in physical education, receives her first coaching job she will probably stress the importance of mind over matter in competition. 5-- nisi gome t-- Danger-fiel- d By MARION DUNN Herald Sports Editor 1 140 110 the Kodney V . of Utah. I never get the Y situation after losing to the Cavemen 21-- 3 Friday. And it looked bad for the Tigers after the first three innings, as American Fork took a lead. The Cavemen scored two in the bottom of the second on an RBI double by Chad Robinson and a g single by John Swen- OREM "I'm he birdied - Saturday afternoon Zuniga broke her own High Country Athletic Conference record and her own personal best mark the javelin 167-- as the BYU women captured the HCAC Track and Field Championship in BYU Stadium. Just a week ago Cathy threw the spear to top the BYU set in 1980. record of Saturday she jumped the school record and topped her conference record of 141-- 7 set last year. "I got everything going today," she said afterward. T have been lifting weights but lately I cut back on that and was mostly doing mental practice. Just wanting to do it helped me do it." 2 161-le- 157-1- 1 Cathy's throw exceeded the qualifying mark of 162-and is about five feet short of the Olympic Trials qualifying disNCAA 0 tance. The Cougars scored 184 points and were followed by New Mexico, 131; Wyoming, 126; tie Utah State, CSU. 56. and Utah, 34. final round of the conference meet. Wyoming went into Saturday's final 17 events leading with wins in two of Friday's three final events. Kathy Romsa won the heptathlon which was held Wednesday and Thursday. Friday Grace Apiafi of Nigeria gave the BYU coach Craig Poole shared coach of the year honors with Wyoming's Jeff Fuller and New Mexico's Mike McEachen. The Lobos' Barbara Bell was a quadruple winner taking the 100 and 200 meter sprints and running a leg on the winning 400 and 1,600 meters relay teams. Cowgirls a win in the shot put Her teammate Shannon Vessup was a' tripie winner in the 400 intermediate hurdles and the two relays. Bell beat BYU's Angela Bridge-ra- n in the 100 and 200 when the BYU runner was slow getting out of the blocks but was gaining at the tape in both dashes. The weather was hot and there was little wind for Saturday's Apiafi tossed the shot while Jones' best was beating out BYU's defending champion Julie Jones. The Cougars' Janell Neeley gave BYU a win in the 10,000 meters. Neeley trailed New Mexico's Kelly Champagne. by one stride through 22 laps, then moved ahed with laps to go to win easily. Her time was 37:14.52. 47-1- 1 47-- That gave Wyoming 33 points to BYU's 24. It changed in a hurry Saturday. After 10 events the Cougars led with 106 points to 83 for the Cowgirls and the issue wasn't in doubt. BYU runner Jill Holiday, who had already qualified for the NCAA, didn't go for time, iust a win in the 5,000 meters. But going into the last lap she broke from the pack and turned on the juice winning by at least 50 yards. Her time was 17:23.12. "I didn't run fast. I let Champagne set the pace to experience different speeds and strategy. I decided to sprint the last lap to see how much I had left." Asked if she had anything left at the tape following her sprint, she said, "I had nothing left." Aisling Molloy was a double winner for the Cougars taking the 1,500 meters and the 800 meters. She said she used the 1,500 as a workout but felt she had a good stride coming down the stretch. In the 800, Molloy held back in third place until shortly after the start of the second lap, then passed the leaders to take the lead on the far turn. She hit the tape in 2:08.09 ahead of second place finisher Denise Pidcock of Utah State. BYU's Laurie Dew won the high jump at 5-- 7. Cavemen Repeat As State 3A Soccer Champs By STEVEN A. ROBERTS Herald Correspondent In a repeat perRIVERTON formance of 1983, the American Fork Cavemen, behind the powerful foot and head of senior center-fielde- r Robert Edwards, dominated the Jordan Beetdiggers to take the championship game in the state soccer tournament, Saturday. Edwards struck quickly, scoring all three Cavemen goals in the first half on assists by Orlando DeAlmeida. Nate Birchall, and Steve McGhie. - Caveman coach Larry DeMer-rit- t was pleased but not surprised at Edward's output: "Robert has always come through for us when it counts." The quick start was part of the game plan put together by whose team had lost in the first round to the same Beet-digger- s. "I noticed in the last two games they played that Jordan was slow to start and if you jump on them early, you've got them. When you get off to a 0 start it 3-- quickly demoralizes the other team. It has to have an effect." The Cavemen also dominated the first half defensively, keeping the ball in Jordan's half of the field the majority of the time and sweeping away the few long passes that did manage to come through. In the second half, American Fork continued to push the ball up the field. Again it was Edwards who was in the middle of the action. From the right wing, he threaded a pass to teammate Mark Olstraff and caught Jordan's goalkeeper out of position for the easy score. Jordan's only goal came on a free kick, but the excitment was shortlived as the Cavemen quickly went back to work. "At one point in region play, we were one game from the cellar and people were saying 'Well, they were good last year.' This victory is sweeter because the depths we came from were greater." Although this year's, state championship meant a lot to the Cavemen, DeMerritt would not compare it to last year. |
