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Show Page C2 - THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Sunday, May 15, 1994 kins Game to spice Provo Open week Ctips NOTABLE QUOTE B " That i ne ' s not the re for 1 decoration. You're supposed to use it." Phoenix backup guard Danny Ainge, talking about the NBA line, which he uses often. BASEBALL Tickets go on sale Monday for the Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championships which will be hosted by BYU. The Cougars, champions of the WAC Eastern Division, w ill host the winner of the WAC Western Division (San Diego State, Fresno in a best State or series beginning Thursday. Thursday and Friday's games will be at 3 p.m., followed by a p.m. game on Saturday, if necessary. The winner of the WAC Championships secures an automatic berth into the NCAA Regionals. Tickets for individual games are $4 for general public ( $ 0 for a tournament pass) and $2 for students ($5 tourney pass). General admission tickets go on sale Monday at 9 a.m. at the Marriott Center Ticket Office. They can also be ordered by phone ,ai378-BYU- l (2981). There is no reserved seating. The 2 A, 4 A and 5 A state baseball tournaments start Monday at three different sites. The 4A tournament w ill be played at Ken Price Park in Murray. Tooele and Pleasant Grove will open the tournament at 1 1 a.m. Spanish Fork will play Murray at 4 p.m. Other games include Bear River vs. Cyprus at 1:30 and West vs. Woods Cross at 6:30. The 5A tournament will be at Salt Lake City's Franklin Quest Field. Bingham will play Mountain View at 1:30 p.m. and Orem will meet Skyline at 6:30. Other games include Hillcrest vs. Viewmont at 1 1 a.m. and Taylors-vill- e vs. Alta at 4. The 2A tournament will be at Spanish Fork. Manti will meet Grand at 1 p.m. and Gunnison will play Millard at 3. 1 1 B The Salt Lake Buzz beat homestanding Las Vegas 7 Friday in Pacific Coast League action. 9-- TRACK & FIELD B. Mountain View's Shauna Rohbock, who set a meet record in the heptathlon at the BYU Invitational and won two championships in the state 5A meet Saturday, and Spanish Fork's Jared Scott, who won the decathlon at the BYU Invitational and one championship in the 4A meet, have been selected as athletes of the year by the coaches in their respective classifications. Joining them in that elite circle were James Parker of Northridge, a double winner in the 5A boys' state meet, and East's Rosy Gardner, who won three events and set three state records in the 4 A girls' meet. H Sean Ma ve of Provo, a former BYU performer, won the 400-metrun at the Modesto Relays Saturday. Maye ran the distance in 46.22 seconds. er FOOTBALL B With their home opener less than four months away, the Los Angeles Raiders still do not know where they will play. The team has not indicated whether it will play in Los the earthquake-damage- d Angeles Coliseum, and season-tickholders were told Friday that their renewal notices hadn't been mailed yet because the club was "waiting on the Coliseum." The Raiders, who open at home against Seattle on Sept. , pledged recently that their season-ticknotices would be mailed by the end of April, but the process remains on hold. Raiders officials did not return telephone calls Saturday. et 1 1 et Sunday 10 a.m. Volleyball, U.S. vs. Greece (PSN) 11 a.m. NBA Playoffs, Hawks at Pacers (NBC Channel 2) 11 a.m. Senior PGA, PaineWebber Invitational (ESPN) 11 a.m. Auto racing (TNN) 11:35 a.m. Baseball, Braves at Mets (TNN) Noon, Auto racing, Indy 500 time trials (ABC Channel 4) Noon. Eye on Sports, gymnastics, bicycling (CBS Channel 5) 12:10 p.m. Baseball, Marlins at Cubs (WGN) 1 p.m. Auto racing, International Race of Champions (ABC) 1 p.m. Auto racing, Indy 500 time trials (ESPN) 1 p.m. College baseball, SWC tournament (PSN) 1 p.m. PCL baseball, Salt Lake at Las Vegas (KISN 570 AM) 1 p.m. NBA Playoffs, Rockets at Suns (NBC) 2 p.m. PGA, Byron Nelson Classic (ABC) 2 p.m. LPGA Championship (CBS) 2 p m. AutO racing (ESPN) 3 30 p.m. NBA Playoffs, Knicks at Bulls (NBC) 4:30 p.m. Soccer, U.S. vs. Armenia (PSN) 4:30 p.m. Drag racing (TNN) 6 p m. Baseball, Blue Jays at White Sox (ESPN) 30 p.m. Women's tennla, Italian Open (PSN) at Nuggets 7 p m. NBA Playoffs, (KJZ2 Channel 14, KISN 570 AM) 1:30 p.m. College baseball, Cltmson at Georgia Tech (PSN) 10 p.m. Stanley Cup Playoffs (ESPN) 10 p.m. Sports Cavalcade (TNN) Jan Monday 10 a.m. Tennis, American Red Clay Championship (PSN) 11 a m. Tennis, Italian Open (ESPN) Noon, Tennla, American Red Clay Championship (PSN) 4 o m. Auto retina (ESPN) 4 p m. Sportsfalk (KISN 570 AM) By DICK HARMON m , iMUJM'WJJii W'Wit.iMMiJiifMiftUjFP iiinuijajiifaa.il lipjUlu J UllJUUIiUJUum wusjajnuj. WP "" Jffl"W".'Jl.W"."U Herald Sports Editor The countdown has begun. You'll know when you see it next week on promotional spots on KUTV, channel two. Preliminaries for the 55th Novell Greater Provo Open will kick off with a TV commercial, a spinoff of the popu- lar McDonalds Larry Jordan motif who can Bird-Micha- el make the most challenging shot? On this TV commercial, trumpeting the Provo Open, will be Mike Reid and Keith Clearwater, members of the PGA Tour. They'll be sirens for the upcoming Skins Game in conjunction with the Open on Monday, May 30. And they'll be challenging each other at who can deliver the most challenging shot: Off a sprinkler head, through the sand, off the rake, up the hill, etc. This will prove to be the Mother of all Skins games ever staged in the state of Utah. For the first time ever, four members of the PGA Tour who rank among the top 130 d money winners will go for a Utah audience. X Keith Clearwater Dan Forsman Forsman ranks No. 61, having pocketed $122,241 in earnings. Clearwater ranks No. 65 with tournament." The tournament has a commitment from these PGA Tour players to reappear for five years. "Every year we're going to make it a little different. We may not have the same format or people involved. We may try to get some NFL quarterbacks to team with the PGA Tour pros and have a team skins. Those are fun formats and attract attention." Next year Golightly is talking about some national exposure. While this year's Greater Provo Open will receive regional atten- - tion through its tie with KUTV, ESPN has expressed an interest in the skins portion of the event next year. The skins game kicks off the week of the Greater Provo Open. There will be a Tuesday ladies tournament with a purse, plus a sponsor's tournament and regular before the tournament propro-aper. KUTV, one of the founding sponsors, will saturate the market with promotional spots on the skins game beginning next week. Golightly is anticipating the largest "We felt like this was something which would add vitality and head-to-hea- excitement to the tournament," As of this week, this skins game has some of the very best. Blake, a former Utah State player from St. George, ranks No. 46 on the PGA Tour money list, having earned $162,000 already this year. said Gary Golightly, the tournament's executive director. "There is no doubt having this skins game and bringing in these great players, who are Utahns, will bring notoriety and prestige to the I (Continued from Page C 1 ) 4:03.94. Logan was second in 4:04.84 and East, behind Gardner's strong finish, took third in 4:07.06. Springville struggled Tim Ijlk''' ffi "Our anchor Carrie Caron, a little sophomore went out too fast and tried to stay with Rosy," noted Springville coach Melanie .cD Sppy rw: XwH i?-.- . see how the pros handle the course." KUTV will broadcast the tournament during prime time, with a feed directly from the golf course with Bill Marcroft and Karl Tucker doing the commentary on-a- ir . The 6-0- all-Ut- ah Parsia-Ande-so- 'rivals downed cross-tow- n David Ord and Robbie Ord of Pro- 6-- 2 vo and Wilkins-Garre- tt beat Springville's Greg Graves and 6-Daniel Wright 6-In the singles competition, Timpview had semifinalists in all three categories. At No. 1 singles, 3 Richard Losee lost in the 6-- 3, East finished with 56 points. 52. 1 played East Bay will be anxious to Olympus Titans beat Timpview in two of three singles finals to eke out an 18-1- 6 team win at the 4A state tennis championships Saturday at Liberty Park. Olympus netters won all. three singles finals, and a duo from Pleasant Grove denied Timpview its other shot at an individual state title in the No. 2 doubles: The Vikings finished third in the team standings with nine points. Fourth was a tie between Logan and West with seven. Provo tied for 10th with three points and Springville '. 7 was 12th with two. Pleasant Grove's Brandon Welkins and Brian Garrett won the state title at No. 3 doubles with a ,. 6-- 1 win over Timpview's ZaZa Par-si- a and J.T. Anderson. No. 3 singles was an County affair n in the semifinals, as year." 1 -- 1 golf fans. Anybody who has Olympus nips Timpview for net title "We only lose two girls from this team, so this could be a good learning experience for us," Barker said. "I think this was our best team unified effort ever. Everyone pulled through. It was not just one or two stars doing it. This should show the girls w hat we can do next Springville had Logan has 5116. And, Juab took second in the 2A boys' meet. Beaver won with 113 points. The Wasps finished with 93 Vi. Saturday Juab had two champions, .Jason Johnson in the pole and vault with a leap of Jason Ricks in the javelin with a throw of 1 7 . Jared Baxter ( 55-and Aaron Coray (149-3- ) finished third and fourth to give the Wasps 2 1 points in that event. North Sevier won the 2A girls' title with 136'2 points. Beaver was second with 110. Pine View blitzed the competition in the 3A girls' meet, scoring 137 points to Emery's 103. And, Emery sneaked past Cedar City 101-9- 8 to claim the boys' 3A crown. Pine View had 92 and Delta 85 Vi in one of the closest races of the day. Individually, there were enough great performances to keep any rabid track fan satisfied. First of all, Gardner powered to a 10:24.78 clocking in the 3,200.; She smashed the listed state 4A record of 10:52.24 which Mountain View's Amy Allen set in 1992. Her 800 time of 2: 12.73 was better than the 2: 13.40 set by Alta's Kris-te- n Aure in 1985. crowd at a golfing event in Utah County. "To date, we've had the Senior's Tour event in Park City and the Nike Tour event at Riverside. But this is a local event that we believe will be a good draw for SALT LAKE CITY home in eighth at 4: 14.23. won). m 3sjF ; TRACK: Barker. "And that's tough." Despite the disappointment of not winning when her Red Devils had a realistic shot, Barker was upbeat. "It's wonderful to get a trophy. I never count us out although we only placed second at region. I told the girls to remember cross country (last fall when they Jay Don Blake Mike Reid $117,193 in winnings. Mike Reid is ranked No. 128 after pocketing $48,000. at - 2. 0, 6-- 2, 6-- semifinals to Jordan Butler of Woods Cross. Olympus' Corbin Archer beat Butler in the finals, At No. 2 singles, Timpview's Brandon Badger beat West's Andy 6-Miller in the semifinals, but lost to the Titans' Dan Morgan in a marathon final match, 6-- 4) 6-- 2, 3, 3, 3-- 6, 6-- 2. Ji At No. 3 singles, Timpview's David Harrison eased past Taylor Cook of East in a long semifinal But Dan match, 6-- Mhi 1, Herald PhotoPatrick J. Krohn Mountain View's Becky Perry hugs American Fork's Rishann Nielson after they ran the at the state 5A track and field championships Saturday. Perry was fourth; Nielson seventh. 300-met- Skyline's Susan Taylor did Gardner one better. She won the 5A title in 2:12.41, establishing a new 5A and overall state mark in the process. And the list goes on. Utah County athletes who won 3A championships included Lehi's Chad Hud-fiel- d in the 100 (1 1.23), Wasatch's Scott Hendrickson in the 800 (1:56.34), Lehi's Missy Brown in the ihot put (34-- 1 1'2) and Was atch's 1600-metrelay team of Brett Lloyd, Trevor Jolley, Aaron Mitchell er and Hendrickson (3:26.05). er hurdles 400 and the 800 as a sophomore. Champions in 5A included Rohbock in the javelin and the long Thomas in the jump 1 with team(38-shot put VA) mate Lori Henry second (36-- 1 ), Orem's Eric Crow in the high and American Fork's jump 1600-metrelay team of Suzette (17-10V- Timpview's Mike Strauss, who won the 1600 (4:24.02), and Springville's Angie Todhunter, w ho won the 400 (57.21) were the 4A champions. Todhunter successfully defended the title she won last year. She won both the (6-1- 0) er Beardall, Jamie Hall, Rishann Nielson and Melissa Jensen (3:56.76). 6, 6-- 4. Summerhays of Olympus, who had an easy semifinal win (6-got past Harrison, 5 , 2 . In No. 1 doubles, Pleasapt Grove's Paul Beagley and Nathan Cottle made it to the semifinals 1 before losing to eventual Aron McEvoy-jaschampions ' Mike Miller of Logan. 0, 7-- 7-- 6, 6-- 0) 6-- 6-- - Shaq top endorser : - NEW YORK (AP) Orlandi) Magic center Shaquille O'Neal Is projected as the top sports endorsement property of 1994, followejl by figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Pacers make most of their turn to chow down By MIKE BRUTON r Newspapers This can be INDIANAPOLIS summed up very simply: Each game is feast or famine for both teams, and Saturday it was the Indiana Pacers who chowed down. Naturally. It was their turn. Each of these NBA semifinal games between the Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks have been like a with no jabs allowed, prize fight just roundhouse lefts and rights and g body punches. it was the Pacers who Saturday landed the most haymakers as they beat the Hawks, in front of 16,545 at Market Square Arena. Just 48 hours before, it was the Hawks who had KO'd the Pacers, at the Ornni, holding Indiana to the fewest points ever in an NBA playoff game. Knight-Ridde- - breath-robbin- 101-8- 92-6- 9, 1, The win Saturday makes the the 96-8- 5 upset of the Hawks in Game 1 in Atlanta look exceedingly large, as the teams play here Sunday in Game 4. "All year, Atlanta has bounced back after having tough games," said Indiana coach Larry Brown. "I want our guys to enjoy today but Pacers' to remember that tomorrow's game is going to be the hardest they've ever played." There was much to enjoy Saturday. The Pacers never trailed after ' jumping out to a 4 lead. The Hawks managed to nibble their way back into the game, coming within two points of the Pacers before the first quarter ended. But that was the high point of their day. After that, a slow collapse began. points at the half They trailed by and played progressively worse as the afternoon wore on. 1 1 1 6-- The Pacers, shooting 50.6 percent from the field, were smooth on offense, and their ability to finally 'establish Rik Smits down low even made Reggie Miller's continued poor shooting a moot point. , Smits led Indiana with 27 points. "We allowed him. to get to the block too many times," said Atlanta coach Lenny Wilkens. "You can't just let people take their posir tion . Today we did . " . In the first two games of, the series, Jon Koncak, Andrew Lang and, at times, Kevin Willis, played Smits aggressively, pushing him away from the basket. Andit worked. Indiana's 4 center .hit just nine of 28 shots in those 7-- games. ? After taking some advice from Miller, Smits shot himself out, of his slump Saturday. "The pressure has been on him this series," said Miller. "People were getting on him. I whispered in his ear, 'Don't worry, big fella.' " but it Not exactly deep stuff worked. apparently The Hawks, who haven't shot well this series, were abysmal. Mookie Blaylock, the man who steers the Atlanta attack, was a virtual hitting just two of eight shots from the floor and turning the ball over six times. non-entit- y, Danny Manning scored 13 points, but seven of those came after the game was all but over. "Danny has been tremendous, and Mookie has been phenomenal," said Brown. "Mookie (in Game Two) had the best game I've ever seen in Atlanta. We did a good job on both those guys today." Willis scored 12 points in the first quarter and then took a siesta, sleepwalking and scoring just points the rest of the way . "We're just waiting for tomorrow now," said Willis. "Welre here for tomorrow, and we'll be ready to play." It was precisely that attitude that Indiana brought to the arena Saturday. The Pacers didn't just lose;to Atlanta on Thursday night; tlwy . were savaged. So the Pacers were ready to ruln-bl- e, and rumble they did. "They had sent us a messager.jn Game 2," said Brown, "and I fylt we needed to ." oar-selves- 10-poi-nt As the Pacers began to pull away, the frustration showed ftself in Blaylock, who was cited witfr a technical foul with 3 minutes, i5 ' seconds left in the first half. -- 7 .v f tyo ( |