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Show DAILY HERALD , Sunday, September 7, 2003 TODAY . r0"3AY TUESDAY Soccer SUUatBYU 5 p.m. Prepvolleybafl Provo at Lone Peak Pioneer League Playoffs ProvoatOgden 4pjn. if- H()RSE RACING - ; "Comparable to the stripper that's running for rJncshzft arises to OXTT3BAXR ' governor in California." vfctcry in Woodvsrd TV Lou Hortz ' Mineshaft reNEW YORK turned from a summer vacation with a smashing victory in the $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday, ' In his first race since a dominating win in the Suburban Handicap on July 5, Mineshaft was back in fine form. Without much urging from jockey Rob-b- y son Aibarado, the of AJ. bidy seized the lead on the final turn and beat Hold That Tiger by 4 14 lengths. Piiizienwnt was third, followed by Northern Rock and i Thompson Rouge. Mineshaft, with six wins and two seconds in eight starts this year, not only moves to the head of the handicap division, but stamped himself as a Horse of the Year contender along with Atari and Medaglia iTOro. The South Carolina coach talking about his team's chances of beating No. 1 5 Virigina. The Gamecocks beat Virginia 31 J on Saturday. Crown says he's not respected ss adviser COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hall of Famer Jim Brown insists he's not being treated with respect by Ohio State in his role as adviser to suspended tailback Maurice daratL Brown said Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger was dismissive of him. "When I am being respected - 16-1- "' Photo BOXING SANCETTAThe Associated Press celebrates her victory over Kim Clijsters in the U.S. Open final Henin-Harden- ne Henin-Hardenn- ne h Henin-Harden- to reach No. 1 without a Grand Slam title. She was tentative all night, with 30 unforced er- - ' rors in the first set alone and a final total of 40, e. twice as many as fiThe past two US. Opens had nals, and either Serena or older sister Venus had won each of the previous four championships. But both sisters missed this tournament. I Agassi ousted, Roddick into final: Racket bag slung over his shoulder, Andre Agassi briskly walked out of the locker room and through the hallsof Arthur Ashe Stadium to the VIP parking lot. He piled into a silver car and drove off at 4 p.m., about 24 hours before the start of the U.S. Open men's finaL Agassi won't be back for that, and he wont be No. 1 any longer, either, after losing his semifinal and the top ranking to Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 64, 6- - at LA. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN Champions, Kroger Classic Canadian Open 11:30 a.m. 1p.m. ESPN WalkerCup 2 p.m. ABC Noon Noon 2 p.m. ESPN2 9 p.m. ESPN2 ' Auto Racing IRL in Joliet, TGC III. NHRA, Mac Tools U.S. Nationals American Le Mas in Monterey NHRA, Mac Tools U.S. Nationals ABC NBC ' Women's, U.S. vs. Mexico 11 a.m. Sven ERFURT, Germany Ottke kept his IBF and WBA super middleweight titles, winning a close decision Saturday over previously undefeated Mads . Larsen of Denmark. Ottke, now 32-successfully defended his WBA crown for the 19th time. Volleyball AVP Las Vegas Shootout 1p.m. NBC 11a.m.' USA 2 p.m. CBS Tennis U.S. Open U.S. Open ESPN ':' - . Memorial's Pat Smyth (15:58.66) and Timpview's Robert Finicum (15:58.94). They were followed by Mountain View's Keller . (16:05) and Horton "At the start of the race I decided to just go out and run my race," Strickland said "There's a lot of people in Utah that start out fast. I had a plan to start taking off on the second mile and it worked for me I took the lead on the first lap, and I broke away going on the downhnL Our team is ranked third m the nation, and I think if we continue how we're training, we'll be fighting for first." Bowen, in her second year of cross country, finished third at state last year and looks to chal(16.-09)- lenge Mountain View's Heidi MagiH for the state championship. "I always try to take it slow at the beginning and work my way up," Bowen said. "IVe been working on hills, and I like to pass people on the hills. There were a few Mountain View girls and a few Pleasant Grove girls that I wanted to stay up with." Although Magill and Heather Houle didn't compete for Mountain View, Bruins coach Dave Houle has also noticed how much closer teams like Timpano-go- s, Timpview, Orem and Pleasant Grove are to his teams. "In the girls race, the Bowen girl is really good," Houle said "Pleasant Grove is running really well as a team, Timpanogos is running well as a team. We're running fairly welL You can see it's more spread out, it isn't just a wave of one school There were about 10 schools represented in that first pack. "But if you look at the pack, it's a lot of Utah County kids. Something's happening in the valley that's different than in Salt Lake. The girls have to face each, other every meet and they just get better and better, and most of the races are won by Utah County kids. The running down here is a lot more competitive." Results, CI Wilson leads BYU volleyball past St. Louis THE COLLEGE ROUNDUP DAILY HERALD kills and 10 blocks to lead UVSC past Washington State 1 at the . 3032, Hampton Inn Classic Alina added 14 kills and 19 digs. UVSC lost to Utah in its first 30-230-2match, UVSC soccer At Ogden, UVSC and Eastern Washington played to a 2 tie after two overtimes. Taylor Cracroft and Nicole Averett scored for UVSC Averett's goal tied the game in the second half to force the overtime periods. 23-3- 30-2- 6, was making his exit, a younger American, Andy Roddick, was in the process of digging a twcnset hole in the second semifinaL To the delight of the crowd and, no , doubt, CBS executives, Roddick came all the 38 aces to way back, pounding a career-hig- h beat No. 13 David Nalbandian of Argentina 6--7 6-6A (4), 36, "I'm pumped. I came here so many times when I was younger, and I cant believe I'm actually in a US. Open final," said Roddick, the 2000 junior Open champion. Whfle Agassi FOX ESPN Ottke retains titles first-plac- Henin-Hardenn- 3,m,64. 2:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Soccer Once the final cross country runners hit the finish line at the Utah County Invitational on in Pleasant Grove, one fact had become apparent. The gap that has separated Mountain View's nationally ranked cross country teams from the remainder of Utah County schools isn't as wide as in years past. Mountain View's boy's team continued to perform well, with Steve Strickland (first place), Jared Keller (fourth) and Chad Horton (fifth) all finishing in the top 10 of the final standings. e finish by Lone But a Peak's Katie Bowen and top-fiv- e finishes by Pleasant Grove's Tawny Parks (third) and Amber Gleason (fourth) showcased how good Utah County schools have become. Strickland (15:35.48) finished 23 seconds ahead of Judge . ne FOX Golf . Sat-urd- ay Henin-Harden- CBS Utah County dominates Inyitational THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMY ESPN2 6p.m. 11a.m. 11a.m. WNBA Playoffs, Sacramento Hall of Fame enshrinement Jockey Gary Stevens, aboard Fly To The Wire, returns to the paddock area after finishing second to Excess Summer, ridden by fellow HaU of Famer Julie Krone, in the El Cajon Stakes oh Friday. It marked Stevens' return to racing less than three weeks after he was injured in a spill during the Arlington Million. Brian Hassler - TBS WGN Basketball AP HERALD CORRESPONDENT Justine 11a.m. Noon WFLFootbaH Denver at Cincinnati Minnesota at Green Bay Chicago at San Francisco Oakland at Tennessee wins U.S. Open title NEW YORK In the wee hours of Satur- - . day morning, a dehydrated Justine Hemh- - . Hardenne was sitting on sftable in the. trainer's room at the US. Open, getting intravenous fluids before heading to her hotel to sleep. Late Saturday afternoon, she was on a practice court, trying to gauge whether she was fit . enough to play in her first U.S. Open final a few hours later. Oh, was she ever. oppoTaking full advantage of an error-pron- e hit all the right nent, a resilient shots and beat No. to wm her second Grand Slam title of the year. "I Ve always been a great fighter," said "I always Owugrit the first win in a Grand Slam would be the most important one, but this is amazing." She fought off two set points in the first set of the final, but otherwise was in controL Of course,, that was nothing compared to the 10 times she was within two points of losing to Jennifer Capriati in their thriller of a e semifinal the night before. trailed 53 in the second set and 5--2 in the third, and Capriati twice served for the match. "Justine just played a great match today," Oysters said "She was just too good, especially after playing that great match against Jennifer last night the best match I've seen all year." won nine Against Oysters, of the last 10 games and broke serve six times, including in the last game, which ended with a dean volley winner . : It was a rematch of the French Open final, which Henirttfardenne also won in straight sets. She nxved up tot career-higNa 2 in the rank-frig- s, sliding past the injured Serena Williams. StU, isnt exactly a household name m the United States A representative of the main tournament sponsor called her "Christine while presenting tte check during the cocourt pcstmatdi ceremony. Qijsters stays atop the rankings, despite falling to W in major finals the only woman i Pittsburgh at Atlanta Cleveland at Chicago White Sox N.Y.Mets at Philadelphia do the job I'm supposed to do by a mother and son and they are giving me that respect, then and I respect other people's 1 opinions," Geiger said before doggone expect to be respect3 No. 2 Ohio State's ed by an athletic director," victory over San Diego State. "I don't Brown said. "When you have the power to destroy a kid's life, wish to elevate or denigrate or you have to be gracious in your do anything else." Geiger said Ohio State's reinvestigation." sponse to several pages of Oarett, one of Ohio State's top players during its run to the NCAA allegations against national championship last seaQarett is nearing completion. He declined to specify when the son, is suspended from the team while the NCAA and the univerreport would be sent. sity investigate his behavior off the field. CROSSCOUNIRY Geiger said Oarett was suspended because of allegations of BYU wins bivfctional accepting improper benefits and for misleading investigators. He The BYU men's and women's said the university has been cross country teams opened e working for the past two weeks their seasons with on a response to "several finishes in the BYU Alumni Invipages" of allegations sent by the tational on Friday in Provo. NCAAtotheschooL The defending national chamBrown said Geiger was actpion BYU women's team dominated the 5K race. The top six ing like a "slave master in an ESFN.com story earlier in the Cougar women finished with week. 32.1 seconds of each other. Lisa "I think Andy Geiger wants Antonelli was first (15:42.1). to start a revolution. He is actUVSCs Ayisha Inusah was seventh. ing like a slave master. If Andy In the men's four-mil- e Geiger wants to act nice God, race, then this ballgame is over," BYlTs Bryan Lindsay finished Brown was quoted as saying. first in 20:13.3. UVSCs top finisher was Marcos Arbuckle, who Geiger shrugged off Brown's comment. was 18th. v "I do what I think is right. I Results, C7 fT Henin-Harden- STATION TIME BasebaH Henin-Harden- ne Henin-Harden- ' EVENT -- first-plac- FOOTBALL 630 p.m. Ma SPRINGFIELD, Former Provo High standout Kim Wilson posted a career-hig29 kills to lead the BYU women's volley-- : 30-2ball team to a 3032, 30-2-2 victory over St. Louis on Saturday at the SMS Dr. Mary Jo Wynn InvitationaL Later in the evening, host Southwest Missouri State topped the Cougars Wilson also collected 13 digs, for her first career double-douband a h 30-2- 1, 30-2- 0, "It would be great to go one step further." 30-2- 0, 8, 30-2- 6. le 30-1- career-hig- five aces, while hitting .522. She was named to the alkour-name18 kiDs 15-1- Al-hi- er nt team. April Varner added and Lauren Richards had 65 assists, eight kills, five digs, three blocks and one ace. Varner led the Cougars in the game against Southwest Missouri with 10 kills. Lindsey Met-ca- lf had 18 digs. I UVSC volleyball: At Salt Lake City, Kassidy Brotherson had 16 30-1- 9, 1. 2-- Smallest PGA player comes up big at Canadian Open THE GOLF ASSOCIATED PRESS - HAMILTON. Ontario The PGA Tour's smallest player came up big Saturday in the third round of the Canadian Open. Hidemkhi Tanaka, the animated Japanese player who stands 5foot-- 6 and weighs just 132 pounds, shot a 67 highlighted by an eagle on the 17th to take a twoetroke lead par-over four players into the final round Tanaka bit a &wood from 258 yards within 6 feet on the 550yard 17th to set -' up the eagle. He also had six birdies and five bogeys, the last on the difficult 18th, 203 on the hilly to finish at Hamilton Golf and Country Oub course. - 5 R0UKDUP "That was great with a lot of birdies, but with the wind, little misses turned into bogeys," Tanaka said through a translator. "I was trying to be patient today because I knew there was going to be tomorrow left." Secondround leader Charles Howell mthreeixitted the 18th green for a bogey and an eveniw 70, teaving him two strokes behind along with Tom ftr-nic- e Jr. (65), Brad Faxon (66) and Fred Funk (68). Bob Tway (66) was three strokes back, and Vijay Singh (65) matched Steve Allan (69) at 3 under. 1 thought today played the most dif ficult it has all week," Howell said. "It's getting interesting. It should make for a heck of a final round." Tanaka, who marks his putts with a Canadian $2 coin, the first five greens, holing binhe tries of 5, 8, 10 and 13 feet on Nos. and also made a birdie putt on No. 8 and a from just off the green on 16. He has used the ludcy 'loonie" for ' the last seven years. ; one-putt- 2-- 40-fo- ot er TmccmringonittcTKrrowhesakl K Based in Newport Beach, Calif Tanaka is in his second full season on ' the PGA Tour after winning nine times on the Japanese tour. "I felt that I had to come to the United States to get to the next level" he said "I'm small in stature. I want to show the kids and smaller people, not only in Japan, but all over the world, that if I can do it, anyone can do it I onry have a waist, and there's not many professional golfers with a h waist" Masters champion Mike Weir, attempting to become the first Canadian winner this evert since Pat Fletcher r in 1954, shot a 70 to top an group at 2 under. "I still may have an outside shot," Weir said "I did start to hit some good 28-inc- h 28-inc- eight-playe- sbcattheendlcanbufldfromthat. The wind totally switched around a few times and fooled me." I Onmpions Tour: At Maineville, Ohio, Gil Morgan shot a Sunder 67 and increased his lead in the Kroger Classic to two strokes. Doug Tewell's 66 moved him into second place with a 36hote total of 134, one stroke ahead of Graham Marsh (67) at the 7,064yardTPCat River's Bend I LPGA Tour At Tulsa, Okla., Karrie Webbsrrt a 69 and took a three-strok-e lead after two rounds of the John Q. Hammons Classic. Webb, who has not won a tournament this year, was at 6un-d134 after 36 holes at the Tulsa Coun-tr- y Oub. Christie Kerr, who also had a was alone in second I European Masters: At Crans-Sur- Sierre, Switzerland, Eduardo Romero e shot a 67 and took a lead over Ernie Els after three rounds of the European Masters. er secorid-round6- 9, two-strok- Cool, Quiet, Comfort. VETERAN EX-IR- S AGENTS ft TAX PROFESSIONALS ONrwMiMlhthilS-SltoiarPMnteanthDalv-VMttiGunnl- Sprinkler Systems "Within your means & beyond expectation"; 1 MPrUAMirAI AHthartad Free Tax Setttttmnt Analysiss Confidential bttrvfew In Our Local Offk ' fMNi COO-377-97- 20 077-401-91- . 966 N.U53V. . 225-610- 7 Oram : - IMrtorrtt mom Fra m "hulder" Report: "How to End IRS Piobtonu Foravwl 11 www.jkharris.com fci m mmMim wnvmtf." Dm Wat -- Harm ft Company-- Provo (475 OfTices Natiorrwkte) |