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Show 1 Paee Q THE DAILY HERAIJD, Provo. Utah, Wednesday, October 11, 1995 if&5 4PV Clips NOTABLE QUOTE "I think it's the first time since starled playing football that I've throve n a TD pass on the last play to win a game, so this was extra special. It took me a second to realize. what had just happened. 1 was By ED WERDER Dallas Morning News I stunned." Denver Broncos quarterback John Eta ay after hitting Rod Smith on a 43- - ard pass ,o end the game and give Denver a 1 win over Washington. ,18-3- BASKETBALL The Cleveland Cavaliers on rookie cenTuesday signed ter Charles Claxton of the University of Georgia. Claxton. who averaged points and 7.2 rebounds at Georgia, was a second-roun- d pick by Phoenix in the 1994 draft. 50th overall, but returned to school for his senior year. In only two years in the NBA. Chris Webber has been traded tw ice, gone through three sets of contract talks and feuded w ith his coach. At the ripe age of 22. Webber is ready to help his new WashBullets teammate, ington Rasheed Wallace, avoid similar pitfalls. "Everybody has a lot to . ot 1 1 IRVING. Texas Coach Barry Switzer has made it clear the Coware playing tackle football boy this week, i'his confuses the already uncertain issue of whether cornerback Deion Sanders plays this week. Sanders is the premier cover cornerback in the league, a defensive play maker who intimidates quarterbacks and should change the downward spiral the Cowboys" pass defense has taken recently. Sanders made his last interception for the San Francisco 49ers in his last appearance. That was in the Super Bow l against the San Diego Chargers team the Cowboys meet Sundav. But Switzer said Tuesday ICO! U- - :.. I,,,, UUI Chargers appear a bad matchup for a cornerback overcoming surgery, and that mavbe somebody other than Stan Humphries should be provided the chance to throw Sanders his first interception in a Dallas uniform. "It's not the style of offense for him," Sw itzer said. "He's a cover guy. He doesn't need to be in there offense. against a three tight-en- d We didn't bring him here to tackle Natrone Means." Despite that. Switzer said Sanders' health and performance in practices this week will be the overriding factor in whether the play s against the Chargers. Sanders, w ho is listed as doubtful, continues his recovery from arthroscopic surgery performed Sept. 25 on his left ankle. While the coach called the Oct. 29 game against the Atlanta Falcons more probable for Sanders' return to football, he considers this week possible. "It w ill be great if he feels 100 percent, steps up and says he could play," Switzer said. Switzer 's concerns about the Chargers seem legitimate. But from a different perspective, the conservative Chargers and their unknown power-runnin- g receivers could be the perfect low-pressu- re opponent for Sanders. The 1994 Defensive Player of the Year. Sanders has been inactive for almost nine months and knows his performance will be measured contract. against his have been The Cowboys preparing their secondary for him $35-milli- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the NFL has taken an indefi- - Ci iK six-yea- r. S59 million deal. Fal-do- Glavine also threw four double-plapitches. They epitomized, d hitters stvle. Tease with fastballs inside and get them out w hen they try to pull change-up- s away. All four double-pla- y y right-hande- grounders came against WOLCOTT: (Continued from CI) Dally Herald PhotoJenmler Spanish Fork's Jamie Barney, left, slams the ball down between the blocks of Timpview's No B 7. 'ae Summerhays. ' Rain forced the cancellation '.of the third round of the Ldean Ihalfedlt Women's Invitational in Redmond. Calif. The BYU women's team was third going into the final round. . No. ranked Spanish Fork remained undefeated with a -- 15-- 15-1- 0 victory 7. over Timpvievv in Region Eight girls' volleyball Tuesday. Provo took care of and Payson Springville's Red Devils evened their leacue record bv edging Pleasant Grove Meanwhile, in Region Four, it 15-- 15-- 4 13-1- 5. 6. 15-- 1 15-1- 3. 1 Orem over Alta View over 15-and American Brighton 15-15-In Fork over Hillcrest 15-Reeion 10 it was Lehi over Park 15-- 6 15-and Wasatch Citv 14-15-over Uintah At Pleasant Grove, the Red Devils, who have been up and down all season, had an up evening. Both games were close all the way through. Springville's Jennifer Kirby got an early kill to put the Devils up 0 in the first game. However, it was No. 15-1- 0; 15-1- 1 Mountain 6: 4, 9, 17-1- 5. Heidi Sorenson, center, and Amanda Vair- gardson. The Dons kept their perfect record IIS h 1. 1. 2-- Boren served three aces. Pleasant Grove remained one to three points ahead on good net work by Valerie Hamann and Meredith Dodini. But. three shots by Kirby kept the Devils close. Pleasant Grove had a 6 lead until Nicol McCarty served four straight points (the longest run of the night) to put Springville ahead. While Hamann had five kills for the Vikings. Kirby and Sarah Harper equalled that for the Devils 2 to run the score to Springville. Jennifer Jensen put a shot down for Pleasant Grove to tie the score for the last time. Abby Hjorth tipped a shot over the defense to the for victory away put Springville. In game two. Jensen served an ace and Dodini dinked one in for a 0 Pleasant Grove lead. But Hjorth had an ace and Rachel Pen- 9-- 13-1- 3-- r FOOTBALL Ricky Sanders, a veteran receiver who has not played this season.' was waived Tuesday by the Miami Dolphins and said' he may retire. Sanders. 33. had been declared inactive for each of the first five games this season. He has played for Suocr Bowl championship teams in VCwhington in 1987 and 1991. .' Wadnaaday 30pm Bowling (ESPN) Baseball Piayortt (ABC Channel 4) 6 pm Boning IPSP) 10 30 p m Motorcycl racing (ESPN) Thursday - 2 p m GoM. L.lt Vga ESPN) p m NHL. Pengjina at ;(tSPN 4 p m NFL. , . golf. Vblvo SO Fwtoni at p m Pnp toorbali. 570 AM) Lagands Invitational Reber gets Rama (INT) West at Cyprus rod got a dump and an ace to knot the score. Harper put away three shots to help Springville to a 3 lead. However, the Vikings came back to tie it at 9 when Jensen and Dodini had a block and a kill each. A kill by Hamann tied the score at Springv ille took the lead for good on a big block by and Melinda Jackson Amy Stradling. The Vikings were unable to return a Kirby serve to end it. Harper led the Dev ils with seven kills while Kirby had six and Hjorth five. Hamann topped all hitters with 12 kills. Dodini added seven and had five blocks. Springville improved to 3 while Pleasant Grove is in league play. At Timpvievv, the Dons got 12 kills from Melissa Bingham and 10 from Abby Peterson. "We had very good ball control tonight." said Dons' coach Ruth 7-- 9-- 1. 3-- MARINERS: UVSC kudo two-gam- e I knew the 'pen was going." Wolcott said. Bases loaded, no outs, top'of of the AL playthe first. Game offs Tuesday night against Cleveland was only 13 pitches old. and already the Mariners were in a severe jam. "If you only give up one or two runs, you're doing well." Piniclla said later after an improbable win. Here were the Indians, who led the majors in batting, scoring and home runs, ready to break it open. Here were Albert Belle. Eddie Murray and Jim Thome, eageriJo unload. "1 was like. 'Please, pletw.e throw a strike,'" Wolcot saidw'ili S was definitely Ann Roach. Spanish Fork improved to 0 while Timpvievv slipped to At Payson. the Bulldogs kept pace with the Dons, improving to Tina McNaughton had 17 kills for the Lions, who are At Alta. the Tigers remained unbeaten despite Kari Elggrecn's Aha is 4-eight kills. Orem is 6-- 2-- 4. 5-- 8-- 0. 4. At Hillcrest. Heather Black had seven kills and Melissa Richer 19 assists as the Cavemen improved Hillcrest is to At Mountain View, the Bruins' team effort w as enough to keep the Bengals winless. Mountain View is 2 w hile Brighton is At Park City, the Pioneers improved to 2 while the Miners slipped to 0-At Uintah, the Wasps overcame a 13-- 7 deficit in the first game, then steamrolled to their second game victory. Wasatch is 2 while Uintah is 7-- 5-- (Continued from CI) And they played like it last night, bailing out the admittedly Each month, the UVSC Athleta selects Department ScholarAthlete of the Month. The nervous Wolcott with several fine defensive plays. The highlight was second baseman Joey Cora's diving stab that ended a bases-loade- d threat in the first inning. selection is based not only on the player's athletic prowess, but also hisher citizenship and performance in the classroom. The Athlet' of the Month for September is Stacie Reber. sophomore outside hitter for the women's volleyball squad. Reber had an outstanding month for the Wolverines. She helped the team start overall and a get off to a 0 mark in Scenic West Athletic "They just played outstanding behind me," Wolcott said. "When nothing was clicking, they really helped me out." But Blowers and Sojo prov ided the most critical aid, connecting off Martinez when the rest of the 4-- 5 Stacie Reber She had last the classroom. grade-point-avera- tcr. a 3.64 semes- - Mariners' potent lineup struggled to get back on track. For Blowers, it was a chance to redeem himself after the dismal showing against New York. With two out and Buhner on 0-- 5-- 4-- 3-- 4. first after a walk. Blowers connected deep to center field on a I fastball from Martinez. It wasn't a fastball that got Martinez in trouble in the seventh, g although that's what the Sojo was expecting. "I was looking fastball, but he came in with a sinker," Sojo said. "But if you're looking fastball, you're usually in good shape to hit that pitch. I was just hoping to make contact." Actually, Sojo was just hoping to reach the plate. Zcro-for-- 2 at the lime, he fully expected Manager Lou Piniclla to bring in a pinch-hitte- r. -- light-hittin- ''Anything could hive i swung. "I think as much as anythlijg. we were a little impatient." rfiijli-an- s manager Mike Hargrove sfjid. Wolcott. put on the Marinvjs' postseason roster only Monduy and making just his eighth major league appearance, ran the cHijiH then struck out a swirtgijig to Belle on a high fastball. j For the first time, the fans lij.it! something to really cheer ul$ it. and they let loose. "It got me pumped up," Wolcott said. i Still, there was trouble.'vvl'p stepped the menacing Murray 4 a career .413 hitter with the VMcs loaded, one of the best marks ev er. Murray tried to make seething happen right away, tooind instead hit a foul pop on the first pitch that third baseman Kkc v Blowers caugln No time to relax, though. Next was Thome, who hit .314 with 25 home runs. Thome locked into his Iqlt handed stance and fouled the fjrst pitch. He hit the next pitch squarely, but second baseman Joey Cra dove to his right to field the oie-ho- p . 2-- 2. t grounder, it a lot of times I would and have underbefore, stood it," Sojo said. "I kept looking and looking, but he didn't do it. Il was nice to get the chance to get (he big hit." and threwjut Thome from his knees. Wolcott paused for a momSSto watch the completion of the JHy. then ran off the mound asSSie Mariners rushed from the diSQut to greet him after the greJJJst escape in franchise history. FiffTto meet him was Randy Johnson, who patted the rookie on the Chjst as other teammates gathered around. Wolcott, who began the seas m at Double-Port City and even went 2 for Seattle, nevjer had it easy. But cajoled by catel er Dan Wilson on die mound aid counseled by Johnson in t ie dugout. Wolcott managed 10 ma ke it through a career-hig- h sev;n innings. A ly 3-- "He's done ! nerve-wrJcking- he said. "We coulff je blown out." gotten Wolcott began the grimacing Belle with a ball. Rather, tit would' ve been a ball, but Bele. w ho hit 50 home runs this seaSlijn. chased a slider and missed. It'ivjas the first time the Indians 3uul 1 ic Conference play. Reber is in her second year at UVSC. In addition to achieving on the court. Reber fares well in in a 1 2-- B.aclihawks intact, beating the sweep. Grigg rem ains unde didn't take long for the Vikings to take their first lead as setter Christi By CARL WALTERS Special to The Daily Herald v , ( 2 -- ; d right-hande- hitters. -- Momn (PSP) sin- r. 's marriage to his wife Gill was in trouble. The accounts focus on Faldo's relationship with Brenna 'Cepelak. who is on a golf scholarship at Arizona. "Nick and I are very' dear friends and we share a passion for golf." Cepelak was quoted as say ing. Asked if the relationship went beyond golf, she said. "That's a very personal question. I'm not going to comment." According to the reports, the two met during the Northern Telecom Open in Arizona nine months ago. The two have shared "candlelight dinners" together. Cepelak has accompanied Faldo to other tournaments and he frequently telephones her at the house she shares with fellow students, the reports said. The stories said Faldo. 38. did nqtliide the fact that he is married ami has three children. A friend said Cepelak had begun copying Faldo's manners. "She changed her putting stroke so it w as identi-- . cal to his. She even began walking the same way as him." Last month. on the eve of the Ryder Cup. ' tabloids reported that Faldo asked his adv isers to work out the cost of a divorce settlement. The figure was $15 million. The BYU men's golf team Cwje up seven shots in the final round Tuesday but still finished 'tied, for fourth place at the Nike Northwest Classic in Corvalis. Ore. Host Oregon State shot a team total ; 879 to win the event, while UCLA ; finished second. BYU's team score was 885. For the Cougars. All-- 1 WAC player Todd Pence shot a closing 71. w hile Will Huish had a Other final rounds scores for BYU were David Summer-hays- ' JS.onnie Damon with a 76 and a Sana decides to consider the contract a deal. The dispute would five-yethen be transferred to the NFL special master for a ruling. tors in th follow previous "tabloid reports suggesting that 11am Jones said the NFL Plavers Association wouid appeal on behalf of Sanders if the league , sday's papers, ' pro-rate- is Nick Faldo's friendship w ith a University of Arizona golfer has attracted the attention of the British tabloids. The stories, featured in Monday's and Tue- ,5'1pm $12.99 million signing bonus the Cowboys paid Sanders d against ahe should be five yers over Dallas salary cap The seven. Cowboys than rather could be charged $1,855 miljion for-thannuallv over seven years million over fhe; $2,598 bonus or gle. The Reds were hitless in their with i uuneis in next seven scoring position. That included douBret Boone s inning-endin- g ble play grounder in the fourth,-When Larkin led off the sixth with a double. Glavine struck out (iant and finished the inning wyji Benito Santiago's double-pla- v grounder. When Hal Morris led off the seventh with a double, GlaviLV ran thro;, h the bottom three GOLF : is (Continued from CI) scored on Ron Gant's infield The gold, silver and bronze medals awarded at the 1996 Summer Olympics will look a lot like the Olympic medals that have been banded out for more than six decades. Atlanta Olympic officials till' Tuesday unveiled the design of the front of the medals for the "96 Games. It includes the same ele- ments that have appeared on Olympic medals since 1928: a robed woman holding the victory ''olive wreath over her head and cradling a bundle of palm leaves; a horse-draw- n chariot: an image of the ancient Olympic stadium; a Grecian urn: and the Olvmpic rings. 7 r-- BRAVES: OLYMPICS - .:.in thf nrniHnite exitnis"-"- ' Sanders' contract. approving Sanders can play as soon as hgg physically ready. The NFL Management Council considering whether the league-recor- d -. the past two weeks. Switzer said one reason right cornerback Larry Brown took snaps at both corner-bac- k spots against Washington and Green Bay was to ready him to play beside Sanders. If Sanders is to cover a receiver regardless of which side he lines up on, then so must Brown. n Dallas has suffered defensive lapses since losing left cornerback Kevin Smith for the season. The Cowboys have allowed more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in three consecutive games. The' New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks and Cincinnati Bengals are the only teams that have allowed more than the 10 touchdown passes Dallas has permitted. ,i mJ!Mmr Lrlll. u, lUv'fviv I, U iLUi sensitive situation." Webber said hhortly after signing a i the punishing |