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Show B Scoreboard B3 B Financial Markets B5 B Business B7 &- The Daily Herald 14 Saturday, March 8, 1997 rases owe 3 AF gym roir Dick Htttmnn ! -J Will Utah Valley We're all still on the hook When filleting a fish, you don't want bones. The bones bug you. And if you hurry or get careless w ith the fillet knife, you can ruin the meat, even cut yourself. And bad meat means a less than satisfying dinner. Dressing out a nice trout could parallel the BYU administration's search for a basketball coach the past two months. President Merrill Bateman is wasting few of his organization and leadership skills in searching for the right person to permanent ly replace Roger Reid. His knife is honed, the edge sharp. And Bateman doesn't plan on spilling any blood, especially his own. on this important hire. While the selection may not satisfy all quarters of Cougardom, when Rondo Fehlberg stands before the cameras and mikes and introduces Mr. Right, be assured that no bone will be left unplucked. You wouldn't want it any other Q f teams own state hoops world? By STEVE CAMERON Sports Editor But the marquee matchups are the two championship games, and each Kxks intriguing. American Fork (16-7- ) labored all year in the shadow of Region Four glamor clubs Brighton and Alta. but AF has used the combination of sheer muscle and a roll to put itself in position for the schxI"s first title since 1979. It won't come easily: Bountiful (19-4- ) unleashed an array of presses and flustered favored Brighton into 21 turnovers en route to a 64-5- 5 semifinal victory on Thursday. "I can make this really simple." American Fork point guard Toby Christensen said. "If we beat their press, we win. If we Title night. SALT LAKE CITY And a chance for Utah Valley teams to cap a magnificent prep basketball season. Rugged American Fork attempts to bully its w ay to the Class 5A championship this evening against quick, pressing Bountiful. Then No. ranked Provo seeks to finish a storybook year in the Class 4A finale by dispatching East. The game tips off at 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Center, with Provo and East scheduled to get it on at 8:30. Both games will be carried on KISN radio (570 AM). If American Fork and Provo can turn in the big double, the 996-9- 7 season would truly become a bonanza for Utah County. Mountain View's girls already have wrapped up an undefeated year with another 5A title and Lehi's boys did the same in the 3 A tournament last week in Cedar City. There's more: Payson's girls finished second to Olympus in 4A, and both Mountain View (5A) and Payson play today in games at the Huntsman. boys consolation-roun- d has seen its army of underclassmen Mountain View grow up by leaps and bounds while winning three tournament games. MV faces West Jordan (15-8- ) at 10 a.m. Payson ( 9 ). which rebounded from a heartbreaking at :20. quarterfinal loss to East on Monday, play s Olympus ( late-seas- full-cou- 1 -- don't, they win." Christensen w ill need another great game for AF to survive Jake Shoff. Jon tonight, and his hulking frontcourt mates Schaak. Mike Boice and Ryan Slater must convert opportunities whenever the press cracks. 1 on Wednesday. Coach Craig Dairy's troops remember all too well how they scored an emotional v ictory on a preseason trip to Hawaii, then one-poi- (See STATE. Page B2) 1 1 8-- J On the other side. Bountiful could have its hands full with American Fork's relentlessly physical play. AF pounded Alta into submission around the basket during a 60-3- 7 thrashing Thursday night. As for the 4A final, Provo (21-2- ) must aVoid a letdown (19-4- ) its OT after East triumph over Murray thrilling against (9-1- 1 3-- rt American Fork's Toby Christensen drives past Alta's Nick Crosby Thursday night. American Fork's ability to break Eountiful's press could be the key to tonight's 5A state title contest. Cards send packing By TAD WALCH The Daily Herald COEUR d'ALENE. zi inviters, do things with hand-mad- e tations, tablecloths, charts, graphs, centerpieces, a song, long prayers, memorized script and ax ikies. This is one of those Relief Society jobs. In other words, thorough. Secrecy is absolute. Confidentiality is so important, one com- L r 95-S- 4I-7- mittee member recently reiterated nt signing date Related story, Page B3 "The homecourt advantage K big." said guard Phil IX'Graffenried. who 21 poiniv "We scored a game-higjust played them down at our house and they were a different team." h AN o j 'jyj ' TV--7 11 f -- Lm ' W. Tiny Christianson Gymnasium was stuffed to the ratters only 14 seats in the l.4u0-sea- t gym were left unsold. "The tight confines of this arena UVSC is to their advantage." coach Jeff Reinert admitted "Thev take adv antage of the smaller floor and they attacked us. - CV- (See UVSC. S ; . f K Daily Herald photoMatthew R Smith r. a done deal months ago. the administration is doing its homework and nothing would be all that surprising. One search committee member is on record as saying the media will be shocked when the new coach is announced. At the least, just like a good fillet, you have to be impressed w ith the table setting. From the trail to the tale... Please pass the tartar sauce. We have fish to fry. a Daily lleiahl columnist. ami iter u ni;tilar sfuirt 3. He mil he miched at Dick Humum is 344-25- 5 Utah's Van Horn does it again! last-gas- 72-7- NEW MEXICO 4 Sm.th 2 8 (24-7- ) Shids 4 8 13 Thomas 2 9 5 8 9 Long 6 6 23 Saturday Men a championship TCUl21-Hv- s cln Sl'l oi) 2i Ham 4 13 Onev2-'O 3 3C p m ScnoT.sten 6 1an 04 Ulan 0 : 8 Van Horn 5 15 0 0 10 Doac 2 Jacsor 0 0 0 McTau-s2 loM'S 0 Jonnsen ' 2 ' Hansen Jornson Me.co 33 35 Ne LOng35 One, iMctav sh Ue S;no'ven Doac M sis .'. Sant.ago 1 15 6 ' 72 S'vds 9 22 STnomas V Monica Hansen Reixijnos New Menco 26 iGt 12 n.O"q 3; Ulan 12 Ne tei-cco tl Ulan U -'i 464 gcvs-- G osonl-Ca'on Van Horn rouwa son 6i U'an 38 (Van Horn iQ' Ass ,Ca'on V er 4. Ta! Icjis No Ve-u- - TCU 64 Tl'LSA 59 Texas Christian never figured LAS VEGAS to be among the handful of WAC teams to make the NCAA tournament. Then again, the Homed Frogs never figured to win the WAC tournament. Both scenarios became a real possibility after TCU. suddenly a team on a hot streak, 64-5to move into the final of the upset Tulsa WAC tournament. "If we win tomorrow melu we're there. 9 That's the only wav I know we're in for sure." TCU coach Billy fubbs said. "Nobody's even been talking about us as a bubble team. If we win. thev can't deny us." 9 in The Horned Frogs, who were only conference play und lost by 44 points at home to Tulsa just last week, built up a nine point second half lead and held on to win their third straight tournament game. "If they're going to take anybody from the WAC it might as well be us because we're hot right now." Tuhbs said. Prince Fow ler made two free throw s w ith 5 seconds left as TCU escaped with the win to advance to Saturday 's final against No. 3 Utah. TuNa (23-- 9 1. meanwhile, will have to await its fate at the hand of the NCAA selection committee after a game in which it shot only 31 percent. "We had the opportunity to settle that issue for ourselves by competing for the championship but since we didn't do that we have to lead it up to the selection committee." Tulsa coach Steven Robinson said. -- !ES"N KAUS'OAUi 8 p in Utan Woman's championship vs naa" i2i-6- i Utah t24-- Gioson 57 2 totals H2l : of quarPaul Shoemaker prepares to fire a pass during drills Friday afternoon at BYU. Shoemaker is a key player in this year s version terback derby as the Cougars opened spring drills Thursday. Also vying for the coveted starting position are Kevin Feterik and unior to fill other key starting slots by the end of spring practice. college transfer Riley Jensen of Snow. The Cougars will also be seeking Keith Van Horn pulled LAS VEGAS ( AP) w inning shot in as many p off his second to give No. 3 nights Friday, hitting a Utah a 0 victory over No. 14 New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference semifinals. Van Horn, who tipped a missed shot by Andre Miller back to himself in the lane, was perfect again, with the ball sailing cleanly threw the net at the buzzer. Van Horn's shot came only a few feet out from the same basket where he tipped in Miller's lob pass at the buzzer a night earlier to beat Southern Methodist. And it came after a dreadful night for the All America candidate, who had only eight points before making the w inning shot. advanced" to Saturday's final Utah (25-3- ) Christian. Texas against If not for a traveling call on New Mexico's Kenny Thomas with 34 seconds left. Van Horn might not have had a chance for his second night of heroics. Thomas had the ball and a clear path to the basket when he traveled. Utah then played for the last shot, with Miller driving the land with just a few seconds left. His shot bounced off the rim and Van Horn it and tipped it to keep it alive, then grabbed the with went up winning jumper. Paj-- Lott wins NCAA title is the second Wednesday in April. Commitments need to be tied up within the next two weeks. Two key consultants to Bateman on basketball affairs. Lynn Archibald and associate athletic director Pete Witbeck. have been hospitalized in recent weeks. While Archibald is working out of his home and is doing relatively well w ith his fight against cancer, lie has good and bad days. W itbeck has taken an extended leave to recuperate from a medical problem following a sore back, but he's recovering well enough to participate in meetings and decisions. It's all serious. It's There hasn't been an operation like this on campus since the days of Ernest L. Wilkinson. While a selection could have been Idaho Utah Valley learned a sunk lesson on the homecourt advantage Friday, in the losing to North Idaho. semifinals of the Region IS junior college basketball tournament. The Wolverines won the tournament last year at home, and destroyed North Idaho a week ago at the McKay Center. '"the public won't know" three interview. times in a When a decision is made, an almost instantaneous press conference could follow. letter-of-inte- BBttfrnrngtekiQfili Daily Herald photoBrian Winter k THINK OF the way LDS men usually do meetings w ith cold chairs and bare tables and a lecture. Now think how womenfolk, specifically those Relief Society sis- The v I UVSC 1 coach, and doing it w ith expediency. That sequence could allow Bateman and his associates to make a decision with confidence and pull the trigger quickly and efficiently alfhis fish lined up for processing, the big one on the hook. In any event, it should be soon. Recruiting is reaching a critical point this next week. Junior college tournaments are under way and trips to the national JC talent show in Hutchinson are right around the corner. ,r ...... Quarterback derby promise, this is one hire like no other hire. EVEN IF two or three of the four are approved, it gives Bateman a lot of flexibility in naming a new i 2A Results, See Page B2 way. This might happen if President Bateman uses a unique approval process w ith the board of trustees. Say four final candidates' names are submitted for approval with appropriate backgrounds and files. A request could be made for the board's approval of all four. '"" R TCU 12 Davis 0 0 28 Burns 64 Jones 7 Jonnson 0 Totals TULSA (23 9) 2 We' 0 Penn 3 4 15 0 0 2 oe- Tu.aii. 2 2 0 l 14 2 llth-plac- s 30-2 Gend'on 5 Mainonaari 4 Bennen J C'dwtorfl 2 Coipv 2 n 7 59 0 Tola!!. 0 Cunningham 0 G 'ltn 2 0 Fow"m joais-T12 Gendrnn 4 8 2 Tulsa Burks ISeals Johnson 49 Fouled mil None Rehoumn-TC- U C'awiord0-- l Tnomoson 16 (Jones 9l Tulsa 12 IWaiker 131 Tu'sa 40 (Bu'tm 121 Assnts-TC- U 16 14 TCU Tulsa Total touis Soa's Ind. INDIANAPOLIS. BVU's Tiffany Lott is a world record holder. She's now an NCAA champion, too. Lott. who set a world record in the hurdles two weeks ago at the WAC Championships, won that same event at the NCAA in Indianapolis Championships Friday, running a 7.31) in one ol the heats, a new meet record. In the finals, she ran a 7.42. beating Lacena Golding of Auburn (7.47 1. Both times were well off her world record time of 7.30. but good enough to win. It was also Lott's fifth citation. "We are very proud and excited for Tiffany." BYU coach Craig Poole said. "She has done great things for BYU." Melissa Teemant also earned e status with an in missed mile She the finish the final round by one position. Other BYU women at the meet. Courtney Pugmire. Melinda Hale, and Kristal Berendsen. did not make finals in their events. The BYU women were in fifth place after the first day of competition (five events) with 10 points. Louisiana State leads with 20 points. In men's events. BYU's Felix Andam and Leonard Myles-Millfailed to make the finals in the run. Andam was eighth in his heal in 6.35 and Myles-Mill- s was sixth in his heat in ft.27 Ru'n 20 Ihomnson 4 9 4 11 Sais3i I |