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Show Page Co - THE "I don't even know what exasperated means.'" New England running hack Dave Meggett when asked it he was exasperated at the Patriots' I 3 start. CONTEST WINNER Wayne Firvnegan of Orem is this week's w inner of The Daily Herald's Football Contest. He missed only one game but had to win on the tiebreaker over one other entrant. He received gift certificates" rom Christensen Chevrolet and Park's Sportsman and two tickets to a BYU basketball game. He also qualifies for the finals and a chance to win a trip for two to San Diego and tickets to the Holiday Bowl from Murdock Travel. American Fork coach Davis might have made the understatement of the year Monday when he said, "the next two weeks are awful important to our ballclub." The Cavemen are the Knight top-rank- ed 5A football team. They are 0 in Region Four play and 6-- 0 overall. Wednesday they play at No. Brighton. 0 and L Thev then close their season bv 4-- 3-- FOOTBALL Hawaii quarterback Glenn Freitas was named Western Athletic Conference offensive player of the week Monday for scoring victo0 30 points in Hawaii's 58-3- over UNLV. San Diego State strong safety Julius McChristian was named defensive player of the week, and Utah kicker Dan Pulsipher was the week's special teams player. WAC officials said. Freitas. a junior from Waianae, Oahu. ran for four touchdow ns and threw for another. McChristian. a sophomore from Rialto. 14 tackCalif., had a career-hig- h ones nine unassisted les, including as San Diego State beat Nevada. 30-2He also had a tackle for a loss and an interception for 28 yards and a touchdown. Pulsipher, a junior from Carlsbad. Calif., kicked fields goals from 42 and 52 yards and was 4 for 4 on extra victory points in Utah's 34-2- 1 Paso. over Texas-E- i Mike Cofer, who made only four of nine field goal attempts this season, was released Monday by the Indianapolis Colts. Cofer. signed as a free agent in April, played six seasons with San Fran- 7. BASKETBALL Kevin Gannett, the first player in more than 20 years to be drafted out of high school by an NBA team, agreed to terms with the Minnesota conTimberwoives on a three-yea- r Garne'tt, 19 The tract, averaged 25.2 points. 17.9 rebounds. 6.7 assists and 6.5 blocks last season for Farragut Academy in Chicago. retireThe ment of journeyman center Tree Rollins is on again. Rollins, 40. who came out of retirement to off-aga- in Brighton is fresh off its upset of Orem. Game 17-1- 6 time Wednesday is 7 p.m. "Nothing like having a big one on a UEA short week." said Kniaht. Games are Wednesdav because of the annual teachers' convention break. "Coach Lynn Freestone has a reputation as a really tough defensive footbail coach." Knight said. "Their defense is usually built around active linebackers and it looks like it is again. Offensively they have a good ground game. I think you could characterize that team as solid kids on both sides of the ball. You're not going to get something for free." Knight said he doesn't expect any big surprises and won't pull any either. "We haven't been too stereotyped offensively! this vear," he noted, pointing out the Cavemen completed four parses in a win over Pleasant Grove and 27 in last week's win over Mountain View. The key. he said, is an avoidance of mistakes. "Neither of us can afford to make mistakes that give the other guy good field posi- tion." Another Region Four game to willbring Jordan tl-2. Mountain View for a 7 (0-- 3, to offense for victory no-hudd- le The no-hud- offense and the Buffalo Bills are very much alive. "That's the offense we shine on. That's the offense I love. That's the offense that carried us to four Super Bow ls in the past." Jim Kelly said Monday night after he drove Buffalo to the winning field goal in the vicclosing seconds of a 22-1- 9 the over Cleveland tory Browns. ). Buffalo which had little success Irving a more conventional approach at the start of the season, spent most of Monday night's game in the its trademark durhurry-u- p a four run of ing straight Super Bowl appearances that ended last year. Kelly looked as comfortable a ever, particularly when it mattered. Starting at his own 26 with the game tied and less than four minutes to play, he hit Russell Copeland with a pass, then let Thurman Thomas take the ball into field-gorange with runs of 4. 4, 8 and 18 yards. The was Thomas' longest of the AP Photo season. field onds left in the game to beat the Cleveland Browns The drive set up Steve Buffalo kicker Steve Christie boots a out of the hold of Chris Mohr with five sec- - 22-1- 9 in the NFL's Monday night game. goal Christie for a attempt, which on this night was anysaid. "Obviously I was very week. Kelly performed the best taverde said. "We took some thing but a sure thing. Christie with the second of any quarterback who has pleased shots. We need to be more conhad already missed a chance." sistent offensively and put played against us. He's very try. attempt and an extra-poiKelly, who came into the a leader. He just did some scores on the board." much and his first chance at the wingame hav ing hit on less than 42 Buffalo ran up 406 yards of everything right." ning kick also sailed to the left. percent of his passes, completThe Browns, though, also total offense, more than enough ). But the Browns ed 27 of 34 for 256 yards, trying had their moments. Derrick to suggest that their to worry him. called timeout including touchdowns of 14 is Alexander electrified the sellthey call it the before the Bills got the play off. yards to rookie Justin Armour back for good. out crowd of 76.21 w ith a and that gave Christie another in the first quarter and 41 yards "I can't see why it can't do punt return for a touchto Andre Reed in the fourth. opportunity. more for us this year." Kelly down in the first quarter, and He nailed it. with five secThe pass to Reed with 6:30 said. "We kept slicking in Teslaverde Vinny played onds left. left should have 'iven Buffalo another solid game, going 8 of ihere. We kept moving the foot"I always used to hear about a 20-1- 6 lead, but Christie 34 for 224 yards. ball, and sooner or later we Brooks Robinson being the missed the extra point. The were going to get it down 'here Stover missed a Browns capitalized, tying it at greatest fielding third baseand into the end zone. I can't field goal try. but made four man." coach Marv Levy said. 19 w hen Matt Stover kicked his others. see why it can't do more for us "I saw him play once, and he fourth field goal on their next this year." Teslaverde was on target at made three errors that day. possession. least three times with passes to Well, this was Steve Christie's That set the stage for the The Bills lost linebacker the end zone, but they were I Brooks Robinson day. Bills' winning drive. Mark Maddox in the second either dropped or knocked "We were prepared for it guess." quarter to a knee injury that away at the last second. Christie's reaction was not Browns (the "We threw a couple passes Levy said he feared could be exactly exhilaration. defensive end Rob Burnett serious. Maddox was to underat them, but just couldn't get it "I'm verv relieved." he said. "We practiced for it all go an MRI lodav. across the szoal line." Tes- (3-1- 20-ya- rd al 33-yar- d 33-ya- 22-ya- rd Orlando Magic two seasons ago. will hang up his jersey and retain his assistant coaching duties, the (3-2- le team said Monday. Rollins, who averaged 1.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 51 games last season, is fourth on the NBAs blocked shot list with 2.542 and eighth in games with 1,156. He joined the league with Atlanta in 1977-7- 8 and also played for Cleveland. Detroit and Houston. Jeff Johnsen of Murray, a guard who led 4A in scoring with a average last season, has verbally committed to play at the University of Utah next season. Johnsen told Ute assistant Jeff Jud-kin- s Monday that he will sign with the University of Utah during the November early signing period. but Johnsen was has narrowed his choices to BYU and Utah. "I was talking to someone from BYU or Utah almost every night leading up to this." Johnsen said. "There were a million reasons to chose either school. Mainly Utah seemed like the best opportunity for me. They are going to be really good the next few years. I couldn't pass up a chance to be on some great teams." Johnsen said he will serve an LDS Church mission after his first vear. 69-ya- rd 43-ya- rd highly-recruite- GOLF James Stahl ot Cincinnati deficit on the 12th hole to beat Rennie Law of Tampa. Fla.. 2 and on Monday in the final of the 41st U.S. rallied from a GOLF: ot (Continued from Page C5) 2-- she hit her driver into trouble. "It was a lot of fun to play in it." said Hansen, a first-tim- e participant. "But I'm not a big fan of match play." Fairbanks controlled the front, up lead, then taking an early That winning 8 and 9 to go gave him the edge in the overall match, but Kern came back and made the battle for the final point interesting. The two men were even at the 18th tee. As they prepared to hit their final drives, the owner of a nearby home fired up a staple gun and filled the air with an incessant hammering sound. It stopped just as Fairbanks hit his drive. He I I Senior Amateur Championship. Law won three straight holes to lead with six to play, take a but bogcyed four of the next five holes. Stahl. who earned exemptions for the 996 and 1997 U.S. Senior Opens, had a birdie, three pars and a bogey in the final five holes. 2-- 1 BASEBALL rules caused a Baseball's speed-u- p in not a big times, game slight drop g one. The average lime of a 2 was season this game hours. 54 minutes, down three minutes from July 27. the last day rules took before the speed-u- p effect. From then until the end of the season, the average time was 2:51. nine-innin- SSzBt I lUoadoy t 5 30 p.m. Beach volleyball (ESPN) 6 p.m. Baseoall playoffs (NBC Channel S, KSL 1160 AMI ROCKIES: (Continued From I'iircCS) 2) duel tonight at Coors Field in the opening game of the division series, which the Rockies reached by winning the NL w ild card and which Atlanta gained by winning the NL East title. Rockies left haiuler Lance Painter ). whose only start this season was a solid per2 formance in a victory over Atlanta on Sept. 2, gets the nods in Game 2 here Wednesday night against Tom Glavine ( (3-0- g 2-- 1 ). Wednesday 10 a m. Rodeo (PSP) 2.30 p.m. Bicycle motocrou (ESPN) a 1 iiMinnyjwtfiatfV n mmmmjmgmmMmm fta. iwiiaii "I think I got Curtis mad at me." Dahlberg said. "I was p on the front, then Curtis came back with a vengeance winniim 10. 12 and 13 to draw close ." Still. Dahlberg calmly Swift and Saberhagen are scheduled to start Games 3 and 4 in (his scries, if it goes bcst-of-- 5 0 closed out the match. "They sav this is the best team thev've had." Dahlberg said. "That motivated us." Fairbanks said the team format motivated him. The 995 Winter-champ- s and Governor's Cup winner said. "When you're playing a team event, everyone's relying on you. You just have to hit ii. chase that lar. The Braves will throw John Smoltz in the third game but. rotation, sticking to a three-mawill come back with Maddux in the fourth game. Boiled down to its basics, the series matches the NL's best pitching staff against the NL's best hit-ti- n team. The Braves (90-54- ) led the NL in ERA. complete games and strikeouts this season. Maddux compiled a masterful 1. 63 ERA and w on a major-leagu- e record 8 road decisions in a row in his bid for a fourth straight Cy Young award. Glavine had a 3.08 ERA and Smoltz a 3. 8 ERA. Colorado (77-67- ) counters with a batting order that led the league in average (.282). runs, hits and n five-innin- 6:30 p.m. Water jknng (ESPN) 7pm. Tennm (PSP) 7 p.m. Boxing (USA) 7 30 p.m. Oywnaatic (ESPN) 10 30 p m Moturrycle racing (ESPN) 1 a m, Tennii (PSP) eventually rammed home a five-foputt to win the back nine. Utah came into. the day's play needing 13 points for a win. Chris Dahlberg of Ogden scored the clincher with a 1 victory over Curtis Maynard of Phoenix. it. men hit it again. "Domm actually played more solid than I did yesterday. He just couldn't get a putt to fall." Fairbanks added. That malady continued for Domm Monday as Erik Nielsen of Tucson beat him "I was putting really good today," Fairbanks continued. "I focused on this Nelford swing patterned after former PGA golfer Jim Nelford) I've got going." 3-- 0. Utah team captain Keith Hansen had the broadest possible grin as he discussed the v ictory. "This is special because Ari- zona brought its best possible team." he said. The Arizona squad included the world s champion, a U.S. Amateur finalist and the two top d Pub-link- women in the state. home runs (200). Left fielder Dante Bichette had an MVP-calibyear, hitting .340 and leading with 40 homers and 28 leacue the RBIs. Bichette. Larry Walker. Vinny Cast ilia and Andres Galarraga only each exceeded 30 homers the second time in major league history that a team has done that. Glavine shut out the Rockies here 0 on June 6. but the two teams are just as likely to engage outin slugfesls. such as the come Willi by the Braves on Sept. 2-- 9-- 7 13. "In all my years of playing." Braves first baseman lied McGriff said. "I've found that good pitching beats good hitting most of the time. But we've still got to score some runs ourselves. "But." Hansen continued, "this we've fielded too." The Shootout alternates is (he strongest team between courses in the two states. The home team has won each time. "I don't know how to explain it." said Arizona's Bill Camping of Phoenix, the Publinks finalist. "I think the cold weather in the morning favors you guys. I couldn't feel the club for six holes." Hansen had a plausible explanation. "We've got a tight-kngolfing community. It's easier for us to pair players. Our pairing and chemistry tend to be a little more it natural." Each Arizona win has been bv four or fewer points. The Utah wins have ranged from this sear's high of 6 points to a low of "This ballpark is almost like Field or Fenway Park. Crazy things happen. You can score a lot of runs here." Wrigley SEATTLE: is winners in the Region Four tennis finals Monday. Sanderson claimed the No. t victory singles title with a over Brighton's Loni Kuhn. It was the fourth region title of Sanderson's high school career. She finished with a 41-- 1 record in four years of region play. Taylor and Theobald won the No. doubles title with a victory over Brighton's Rebecca Harkness 4-and Becca Hunter, Brighton won the other three matches in the finals. At No. 2 singles, the Bengals" LauraLee Oswald defeated Orem's Lauren At No. 3. Bergeson Brighton's Amee Evans downed the Tigers' Ashlee Berge At No. 2 doubles, the Bengals' Elise Ekstrom and Cindy Church downed Mountain View's Sarah Whitehead and Jaime Mitchell, 1 7-- 5, 6-- 1, 6, 7-- 6. 6-- 1. Brighton won the region championship with 77 points. Orem, was second with 58, Mountain View third with 44 and American Fork fourth with 32. The title is determined by a combination of the outcome of region duals and the championship tournament. . Z Orem will be taking its entire; team to state. Both doubles teams Eliza Ashton and Leslie Stratum and Jessie Call and Krista Whitaker placed third to qualify. The top four at each position qualify. Other local qualifiers include Mountain View's Heather Scott and Paige Mitchell and American Fork's Tanya Nelson, Natalie Bird and Andrea Zurick. The state 5A tournament will be at Salt Lake's Liberty Park on Oct. 13 and 14. REDS: (Continued From Page C5) starting shortstop by manager Tom Lasorda on Sept. 2, and helped the Dodgers win 17 of their final 23 games to w in the NL West title by one game over Colorado. Larkin and Fonville will both,, be at short and bat second for their.;; respective teams tonight when the Reds and Dodgers meet in the divisional opener of a best-of-- 5 series at Dodger Stadium. playoff Pete Schourek (18-3.22 ERA) will pitch for the Reds against right-handRamon Martinez (17-3.66 ERA). Cincinnati will use another lefthander. John Smiley (12-3.46 ERA) against another Los Angeles r, Ismael Valdes (13-l- f, 3.05 ERA). Wednesday night in Game 2. also at Dodger Stadium. r, Still another Dodger Hideo Nomo, who struck out and beat the Reds the only time he faced them, will likely match up with another Cincinnati lefthander. Dav id Wells, in Game 3 at Riverfront Stadium on Friday night. If fourth and fifth games are necessary, they will be played in Cincinnati on Saturday and Sunday. The Reds are playing in the postseason for the first time since their World Series-winnin- g team of 1990; the Dodgers lor the first time since 1988 when they won the Series. Left-hand- er 7. er 7, 5, risiht-hande- right-hande- e against a guy like that in a season, and he has his game, you are in trouble." The game was scoreless until Seattle's Vincc Coleman hit an RBI single in the fifth inning to make it I 0. The Mariners broke open the game in the seventh when shortstop Luis Sojo's bases-loade- d double aided by pitcher Mark Langston's throwing error turned into a four-ruplay. "My motto is to keep the team in (he game as long as possible," " Johnson said." one-gam- (Continued From Page C5) He commanded the ball very well, lie made good pilches with his breaking ball. "That's why he (5-1- Orem's Molly Sanderson and Mountain View's duo of Sarah Taylor and Jenna Theobald were By CHUCK MELVIN AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND - p.m. game. Many other teams in the area will play games. Perhaps the most intriguing pits a teams. 5A's pair of No. will be at 4A"s Tim-pvie- w ) Skyline 4-- 2 at 7 p.m. Other games around the area include Provo at Viewmont. Lehi at Spanish Fork. Pleasant Grove at Highland and Morgan at No. (in 3 A) Wasatch. All begin at 7 p.m. for everyr League wars resume week. one next Orem girl claims 4th region title nt for the player-coac- h 5-- Orem on entertaining No. Oct. 13. So. the Region Four championship is on the line. But. as important!, seeding into the state tournament is at stake. The top two finishers in league play earn home field advantage in the first two rounds. With time running out, Bills turn ry n, 3, 1995 By BOB HUDSON Assistant Sports Editor The Daily Herald NOTABLE QUOTE serve as a Tuesday, October DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, IS 2 and strikes out nearly 300 every vear. He is one of the premier pitchers in our game." centerfielder Jim Angels Edmonds said: "You get up -- n i |