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Show Inside Today Pro Baseball Pro Football B3 Scoreboard Weather B6 B8 Houston Comets' guard Kim Perrot, diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year, died Thursday at the age of 32. B3 B5- - SPORTS EDITOR: TAD WALCH THt TWO-A-DAY- THE FRONT ROW f ri t:': O jjAmericans rooting Lfor Garcia over u Woods just wrong Bl RAI D I LTQOLn) Tahi, Staley get crash course in Cougar football d V start by saying 1 have Let me against people from foreign coun tries. . Let's just get that out of the way at the beginning in case any doubts crop up later on. But I do have a problem when foreign athletes are getting more sup- f'.rinrt in tno ITS tKon tVioi A mijripon v counterparts. In particular, I'm referring to what ;.went down this past weekend at the PGA Championship in Medinah, 111. " "Most all of us saw or read about the duel between thrilling , Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, the ' two youngest players in the field. You can't help but be juiced about the potential rivalry between those two for the next couple decades. It may or may not happen, but it sure is tantalizing to ponder over. Woods claimed his second major, taking another step toward greatness. And Garcia established himself as a legitimate threat even though he's still a teenager. . final-roun- d BUT WHAT'S the deal with the crowd pulling for Garcia? I mean, we're in America, right? Don't we pride ourselves on rooting for the hometown heroes? On showing the rest of the world that American athletes are dominant in anything they care about? By the way, that explains why our men stink at soccer. No one really cares. Anyway, from what I saw and read, the galleries at Medinah were pulling for Garcia, who would like to be known simply as Sergio, a la Brazil's Ronaldo. First off, I don't understand why this kid has captured everyone's fancy. Sure, he has mad game, he's long, he's creative and he seems like nice enough of a guy. But seeing him bounding down the like a deer doesn't awake in me """some instinctual urge to pull for him. Vinn nrnnnH lilcp ' , Or wntfhirnr0 thp cniv -j r ne neeas an outnouse in a nurry arcer "every putt doesn't endear him to me. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Natalie Williams, the Utah Stem's top draft pick for 1999, may not stay in Salt Iake City after the season ends this week. The Utah-raisepower forward, who graduated from Taylorsville High, ha3 said she wouldn't mind "exploring her options." Williams signed a one-yecontract with the WNBA, along with her fellow players from the defunct American Basketball league. The who makes a base salary of $50,000 a year and is buying a house in the Salt Lake area, said she is not dissatisfied with the money or the struggling team that pinned its hopes on her. But she wants to be reunited with Lin Dunn, who coached By SCOTT TITTRINGTON The Daily Herald Ij.m PROVO Most incoming BYU freshmen are given three things during their first season of major college football: A playbook. A redshirt. A C-- Ql .' --M- ' - coach La Veil Edwards' ' J a her with the ABL's Portland Power and has been named coach of Seattle's WNBA expansion team. Williams has gone where she wanted before. Her original ABL contract stipulated that she could move to the Los Angeles area if a team formed there. The UCLA graduate was set to join the Long Beach expansion team, which folded before it began; she joined Portland instead. "Everything is premature right now," said Williams' agent, Fred Schreyer. "Certainly, part of Natalie wants to play for Lin Dunn, but she also likes Salt Lake." Kim Free, the director of operations for the Starzz, believes Williams who was just named to the U.S. Olympic team will return." "She has expressed to us she is happy here and I know she has a lot of options with the Olympic team to look into, but we're excited and planning for her to be back next year," Free said. hi v - what's arguably the top tailback tandem to set foot in Provo during 28-ye- tenure. "I think me and Fahu came into BYU knowing we would have to step it up a little bit," said Staley, a workhorse who was named Oregon's Player of the Year last fall while attending Tualatin 215-poun- 1 v promise that their scholarships will remain in place after a two-yea- r church mission. However, running backs Luke Staley and Fahu Tahi can count on the ball. getting something else Writh the offseason departures of Ronney Jenkins and Junior Mahe, there's 350 carries, 1,788 yards and 19 touchdowns to be accounted for by Cougar running backs. There's also a logjam of career backups fighting for playing time, which could result in big minutes for Sfri- bear that out. During his inaugural campaign back in 1991, Jamal Willis, the UZNj- cKtM" - - BRIAN FITZGERALDThe d High. "More than freshmen are usually asked." A look at the duo's predecessors in the BYU backfield would seem to RIMY. UXil'ST 20. Williams may have an eye on Seattle S L?LfD 12) Scott Bell DAILY Hit Daily Herald Here I come: BYU freshman running back Fahu Tahi takes the ball downfield during morning practice on Thursday. Tahi and fellow freshman Luke Staley are both expected to contribute immediately in the BYU backfield. school's leading rusher, totaled just 520 yards while scoring all-tim- e six times. The numbers were a little bit better for Jenkins in 1997, as he tallied 733 yards and 1 1 touchdowns on his way to WAC Freshman of the Year honors. However, both Willis and Jenkins had the benefit of watching an See RUN, B2 PREP FOOTBALL B- MORE THAN simply enjoying Garcia's game, the gallery at Medinah was clearly cheering for him over Tiger. One guy even told Tiger to slice his tee shot into the drink. ; That sounds like something you'd hiere from a "Happy Gilmore" audinot in a legitimate major. ence .if ! But even worse, it was representa tive of what I assume was an ! gallery cheering for a Spaniard over one of their own. What's next, BYU employing a U, tah grad as its president? Whoops, I mean ... ; But seriously, I'm all for giving love to everybody. We're all children of God, and everyone deserves respect. I In the sporting world, you wish no harm on the opponent (usually), but 3fou always go for the home team. That's what makes the Olympics so fun. WTe adopt individuals in each event and back them against whoever the rest ot the world puts up. Golf is no different. I highly doubt any American will.be pulling for Europe in next month's Ryder Cup. But somehow the people at Medinah had no problem rooting for Garcia. It doesn't matter how you personally feel about Tiger either. When it's an international event and it comes down to an American against a foreigner, we are as apple-piloving Americans to cheer on our compatriot. American-dominate- -- d , ; duty-boun- d e Scott Bell is Daily Herald. RCOPY a sports writer for The Timpview's offensive express will roll in By DARNELL DICKSON The Daily Herald PROVO Head coach Chad Van Orden has seen some pretty good quarterbacks at Timpview over the years. Kimball Christianson. Ryan and Bret Engemann. Josh Covey. When this year is over, they may all be looking up at Dan Southwick. senior helped The Timpview advance to the 1998 state semifinals, where a loss to eventual Class 4A champion Olympus ended its season. In just eight games, Southwick totaled over 1,800 passing yards and Timpview's pro-se- t, ' Ik-- progress. "I figure we're two or three weeks ahead of where we would be because of that camp," Van Orden said. "We really got a good look at a lot of guys down there." That may be key, because Timpview opens with a home date against Class 5A Orem. One of Southwick's primary targets will be junior Bryant Atkinson (6-200). Atkinson showed a unique ability to catch the ball in traffic last season and has put on 20 pounds i HCSj '5 J it . t 1 with hard work in the TIMPVIEW w.hr .. ' "There's no doubt in 1 J my mind Bryant is Dl o n 14 touchdowns. multiple-formatio- 4 '99 material," Southwick said. "I think he's going to dominate this year." Timpview will rotate seniors Joe LaFollette (5-155), Russell Wooley 165), Sterling Funk (6-175), Dustin Duckett (6- 0, 170) and junior Dane Church 155) through the other receiver positions. Church is a speed burner who had a very impressive summer, especially at the Southern Utah camp. - - - - ROBERT JOHNSON The Daily Herald That's the way we do It here: Timpview head coach Chad Van Orden, now in his 10th year at the school, instructs his team after practice ori Thursday. Timpview is one of the favorites in Class 4A. 8, n ! (5-1- offense should set up for Southwick more impressive numbers in 1999. Van Orden's teams have traditionally been slow starters, but that may have been taken care of this summer. Timpview spent a week at a full ' contact camp at Southern Utah University late in July, and Van Orden is very pleased at his team's r 1 1 11 inn n 0, (5-1- See TIMPVIEW, B2 Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. r 12: Region 8 13: Region 10 14: Region 12 15: Lone Peak 16: American Fork 17: Pleasant Grove 18: Payson 19: Provo Today: Timpview Saturday: Spanish Fork Sunday: Springville Monday: Timpanogos Tuesday: Mountain View Wednesday: Orem Aug. 27: Game Day |
