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Show I1 t:. Page C2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, January 19, 1996 i? 6s r. "The Rockies are already having Led by Kevin EPHRAIM Carlston's 20 points, Snow Col- a great offseason. Tommy Lasorda was retained for another year." Rocky Mountain News columnist Bob Kravitz on life in the NL West. 9 in a lege defeated Dixie Scenic West Athletic Conference battle Thursday night. 81-6- FOOTBALL Former BYU safety Tom Hoi-tno- e has been named as the defensive coordinator at the University of California. Holrnoe, who served as a graduate assistant coach at BYU after his playing days, spent the last two seasons as secondary coach for the San Francisco 49ers. . Former Southern Cal running .back Charles White, winner of the 1979 Heisman Trophy, heads a group of 1 players and one coach selected to the National Foundation ; .and College Hall of Fame. Okla-- j Ihoma Jerry "Tubbs, winner of the 1956 Walter ;,Camp Award, also was selected ' along with Ohio State fullback Bob Ferguson, Pittsburgh defensive end Hugh Green, Army tackle Frank Merritt, Tennessee guard John Michels, Maryland Bob Pelligrini. Wisconsin end Pat Richter, UCLA linebacker Jerry Robinson, Texas running back Jimmy Saxton and Brigham Young quarterback Marc Wilson. The coach is Red Sanders, who coached Vanderbilt from 1940-4- 2 and 1946-4- 8 and UCLA from 1949-51 center-lineback- "I told the team, 'Let's take care of the ball and make our fouls By RCB COLEMAN Special to The Daily Herald !:NOTABLE QUOTE er The game of evened Snow's (14-Dixie's (16-3, rivals and conference te 4-- 3) 5, 4-- 3) records. After playing neck-and-ne- ck through 30 minutes of play, the Badgers seemingly started to pull lead on a away, building a 62-5- 5 k la'yup from Provo's Kelly Brimhall. fast-brea- With under nine minutes to play, Snow coach Jon Judkins recalled last week's loss to Utah Valley State College, in which Snow blew an lead. "We lost a game here Saturday and it really hurt us," Judkins said. nt shots."' The Rebels closed the gap to after an alley-oo- p dunk by Keon Clark, followed by two driving layups from Kawika Akina and Eggie McRae. With his team down by one point with only 5:10 remaining,, Clark, a center fouled out. The Badgers promptly went on a 10-- 0 run, including five points from Pat McGrath and four from lead. Carlston, for a 74-6- 3 Carlston added six free throws without a miss down the stretch to keep the Rebels from staging a comeback. "When it was time to win, we made some mistakes defensively," said Dixie coach Dave Rose. "We took some bad shots and missed 64-6- 3 free throws. To win on the road, you've got to play better than we did tonight." Early in the game, the Rebels used two 0 runs, sandwiched around a pair of Snow 7-- to jump to a 14-- 6 lead. Clark, who was swatting Snow field goal attempts into the bleachers all night, quickly established his presence in the paint with a forceful dunk and a blocked shot. Clark blocked five shots on the night. the Badgers went Down 14-on a 10-- 0 spurt to take their first lead of the game. Dixie's drought ended with a layup by Provo's Matt Williams. Both team's suffered from poor shooting in the first half, combining to hit only 30 percent of their field goals. Rose attributed that to excellent defense. 6, 16. points and collecfuiga 10 rebounds. Mcfgh, game-hig- h 13 points and added "We gel to know what each other is doing," the Dixie coach said. "Defensively, we can stop that. We played great in the first half. We broke down defensively in the second half and they capitalized on that." When Judkins saw that his Snow team was down by only two points at halftime after hitting 10 of 36 shots, he was encouraged. "It's probably the biggest game of the year for us," he said. "I went in and told them at halftime, 'We're not shooting well. We're forcing things and we're trying too ing' - rebounds. l Dixie's Kevin Simpson scorers with 23 points and grabbed led-al- six boards. Akina scored 14, while Clark added 10 points and'ihe rebounds. McRae dished outieven ' assists. imu In the women's game, !',DSie beat Snow 70-5Summer Hanks led the RSbls with 19 points on shooting and collected seven rebounds. Marnie Dimond scored 17 poMs, while Courtney Harlan hadnjrie assists and nine rebounds fofjhe Rebels. Snow was led by Vewly Pehrson's 12 points. Springvffle's Emilyn Hullinger had eight poiats and five rebounds and Sunn Cfce had seven points and six rebounds. 6. hard.'" Patience in the second half paid off, as the Badgers improved their shooting, hitting 54 percent of their shots. The Badgers' Lance Barnes, unfazed by the. Rebels' size advantage, had a big game inside, scor ' " center-lineback- er 'Good enough' lifts champs to another skating crown By DOROTHY KNOELL The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor difficult ' side-by-si- . 7. It wasSAN JOSE, Calif. n't perfect, but it was good BASKETBALL Former BYU coach Stan Watts will be inducted into Weber State's Athletic Hall of Fame tonight. Watts lettered twice each in baseball, basketball and track for Weber Junior College. He coached basketball at BYU 23 years and is a member of tN BYU Athletic Hall of Fame. ' 90LF Former ; BYU Miller has signed a Johnny longterm contract to remain NBC's Ifad golf analyst. Miller's new pact reaches beyond 1997, when he becomes eligible for the Senior PGA Tour. Miller said he would adjust his Seniors schedule around his NBC commitments. He will work the 18th hole with Dick Eriberg on all PGA Tour events, including such high profile tournaments as The Players Championship and the U.S. Open. Paul Goydos, a former teacher who almost lost his PGA Tour card last year, shot an 64 to lead after the sectake a ond round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Goydos, who played at Tamarisk Country Club, had an 133 total in the event. d leaders Mark Brooks JJ grid Brian Kamm were tied for after 66s. Brooks played at Tamarisk and Kamm at Indian Ridge: John Adams (66) and Mark Z ;Calcavecchia (68) .followed at 135 and Payne Stewart (65) was three .'back along with Brad Bryant (65), "Andy Bean (67), Tom Kite (68), , Fulton Ailem (68) and Donnie . one-stro- 1 90-ho- le First-roun- r j sec-"-lo- enough. Defending national pairs champions Jenni Meno and Todd Sand suffered their second fall at the U.S. National championships Thursday. After Sand fell in the short program competition Wednesday, Meno fell on a throw triple salchow in their long program Thursday. But despite a clean program from Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen, who led after the short programs, Meno and Sand won their third national title in the San Jose Arena. In the opening of the men's event, defending individual elements triple toe loops, two throw triple jumps and double axels - while Meno did only double jumps Sand and and a successful throw double axel along with the failed throw triple salchow. But more difficult lifts, better flow and more mature presentation appeared to carry the judges. "We really changed our look this year - our goal was to perform well technically as well as be good artistically as entertainers. I felt we did that," Ina said. Ina and Dungjen were secide-by-side champion Todd Eldredge took the lead after the short programs. The defending pairs champions, who married last summer, won on the artistic mark, getting e ordinals from seven of the nine judges - five of those first-plac- e marks came on ties that were broken by the artistic mark. "When we made the error, we just tried to keep going, first-plac- because the second (artistic) mark has always been important to us," Meno said. "We always try to present the program as a whole," Sand added. Ina and Dungjen had more side-by-sid- e, ond. Because of Meno and Sands' bronze medal finish at Worlds last year, the U.S. can take three pairs to the World Championships in Edmonton in March. Third place Thursday went to Shelby Lyons and Brian Wells, who turned in the most difficult program of the night in elements with two triples (salchow, loop) and throw double axel and triple loop. Eldredge used a mistake-fre- e program, including a triple toe loop combination, to take the lead in the men's competition. "Anytime you do a clean short program, you have to be happy," Eldredge said. .Close on his heels was Davis,the 1994 champion, who appeared poised to take the lead side-by-si- de side-by-si- axel-doub- le le COUGARS: . BASEBALL (Continued from Page CI) Baseball owners broke with more ;than a century of tradition, approving interleague play '.in 1997. Each team in the AL East series against twill play a three-gam- e "each team in the NL East and AL Central teams will play three-gam- e sfries against NL Central teams. AL West teams will play four games gainst NL West teams, bute they might be split ' into a series in each city. The Major Ueague Baseball Players Associa-- ! Ttjon must approve the idea, and lowners said they weren't worried Mahout union rejection. unani-'rflous- "l I l '? t A l ly two-gam- : tl defense from opponents reading scouting reports on the Cougar scoring leader, was frustrated and at the end of the game, threw an elbow after being fouled in a shakedown move. "You can take it only so long, then you get sick and tired of that crap," said Ruffner. "I got hit where I shouldn't have got hit and -- thing. But I was really happy overall with my performance." Hometown favorite Rudy Galindo, who last made the U.S. World team as in 1990 partnered with Kristi Yamaguchi in pairs, hit the only triple-tripl- e of the axel-triptoe -a night triple brought the crowd to its feet and did what would pass for an end-zon- e touchdown dance after, but it was only good enough for third place. Still, that puts him in a tie with Davis and Eldredge overall, as each of them could win the national title by winning the free skate Saturday. "I just didn't put as much pressure on myself this time. And I was le the By CORWIN HUDSON Special to The Daily Herald ' AVERETT: (Continued from Page CI) The BYU men's and women's ; swimming teams defeated Utah Thursday The women recorded a victory while the men won The women's 200 medley of iNikki Thompson, Porter Erick- 128-10- 4 149-8- Sarah lrlvppvpr rmrl first pla- claimed Stephanie Egan em :48.69. Nicole Lollard had an enn V : vice ent nicht. niacins tirst in the H SlZpO free (1:55.10) and the 100 free l r; 3f 2.66). McKeever won the 100 fly swam very tasi It a was great meet." Stan JarBght. women's coach said. "I was pleased with our relay teams Jijoght." The BYU men's 400 med-!- t ttfy jujiyteam of Scott Nicolarsen, Mark and iheririgion, Craig Davidson (, V V lcrt Loose won in 3:26.55. "Our are sv.3mm'nS. VCI7 well," Tim coach said. "It was JjJtiwers,-men'- s home in front of a at swim to iml crowd. The guys really swam in all the events. filvg. eiI V S :nPifl r --rdiw T J NHL j Ster . Friday ... (ESPN 30 p tn. NBA, Hcmatt it Haat (TNT) iCom. (KJZZ Channel MSA. Magic at J V MA k., lil-v'i- 570 AM, KYKN mj K!SN r :JO P i i f Za1ePV Vs' t am DasKeioan, irtasun UVSC,fKSRH 1400 AM) ..'...L p.rrt. 'srjLi v- - ikating, US Spanish Champt- Fork va. "' WAC: (Continued from Page CI) But Van Horn, who averages less than one assist a game, drove and passed to Ben Melmeth, who dunked and was fouled by Madison with 16 seconds to Del-mon- " te play. Melmeth converted the free throw and Utah led 84-8Utah coach Rick Majerus, asked how Melmeth got open on the play, said, "I'd rather not (say). We play them again in two weeks." Bryan Christiansen hit a jump shot for the Rams with four sec- 0. met). ijun rrp baktball, pm. ". fl was Springvilie's seventh man last year when the Red Devils went 0-in region play. "I knew he was good, but I didn't know he was capable of being a complete basketball player," Smith said. "He's a good he's quick and he takes the ball to the hole well. "Most of his career he's been a shooter." Smith continued. "This year he's learned to play defense." "I thought that was what I had to do," Averett said. "I figured I wouldn't play if I didn't, so I went and did it improved his defense." Averett has been playing basket- - ball since he was seven years old. "Since I was seven, my brothers and cousins would watch the NBA game on TV on Saturday, then go out and play," Averett said. That group included older brother Johnny and cousin Casey, his next door neighbor. And, when he got old enough, it also included younger brother Jimmy. "I play with my friends all the time," Averett said of his shooting skills. "I go out and shoot all the nt 6. knocked shot and was and fouled by Coleman. "That was huge for us," said Reid. Weidauer converted and the Cougars then outscored the Pokes 10-- 5 the next 60 seconds of the time." Averett is pleased with his play thus far, but wants the same thing a every basketball player seeks state championship. "I think we have the talent this year to win a state championship," he said. "This is like no other team onds to go and Andre Miller made two foul shots for Utah with three seconds remaining. CSU was hurt by foul calls all night, particularly the one that resulted in David Evans fouling out with 2:17 left in the second overtime as he was guarding Van Horn. "I didn't even touch him," said Evans, who led the Rams with 25 points. "It was a terrible call. That just shows how (messed) up these refs are." Utah shot 40 free throws, CSU 17. "I would like to shoot 40 free throws, too," said Morrill, his only comment on the subject. Brandon Jessie had 15 points 3i -3 2-- 0-- 4. AMERICAN FORK know what happened, otherTan our girls came out tough aniftrg'dl-l- y .set the tempo," said Ampjt'an Shari Fork coach Shauna Kay. Leslie Nash had II points to lead Hillcrest, followed by'Teah Chastian with nine. The remaining three qilart'ers wptp n srnrino fpifiv:tl for Ameri can Fork as the Cavemen cptMin-- 1 tied to add to their lead quarter. In the second quarter they scored 24 compared to 13 for rrillfi crest to end the half off witri aj ' . 81-3- tory over Hillcrest Thursday. American Fork started with an explosive offense and an equally impressive defense, keeping the first three to four minutes of play on its end of the court. The Cave-- , men led after that span. r Rams, while Matt Barnett and Ryan Chilton scored 10 each. In other WAC action it was BYU 84, Wyoming 75; Air Force 92, Hawaii 83 and Fresno State 79, San Diego State 67. Air Force 92, Hawaii 83 Jarmica Reese scored 22 points to lead Air Force past Hawaii . ' The win was the first in conference play for the Falcons WAC). Fresno St. 79, SDSU 67 Khary Stanley scored a career-hig- h 20 points to lead Fresno State past San Diego State. -5 ! 7. "Hillcrest has always played us good on our home court, so I don't i ch score of 45-2- 0. ' ! ; American Fork now is 0 in 'V region and 10-- 2 overall. In other games it wasOrerr'50, Jordan 39 and Alta 47, BrigMoiY35. At Orem, Jen Love scorpd 15 points and Jenn Mann added JQ as I I the Tigers improved to Or.5. the Beetdiggers to dropping , 7. for Utah. Melmeth and Caton each scored 12. Madison had 12 points for the (5-1- 0, 1 at halftime as they imprwJ to 4-- 0 in league play and 1 overall. Springville is mjTI. At Spanish Fork, Linsey Fran-cor- n ha 20 points, Allyson VSest had 15 and Kacey Robinson added 13 as the Vikings impr?$3:d to 2 in league play. Spanish 1 Fork is : Hillcrest then made a little run to bring the score to 14-That was as close as it got, the quarter ending with American Fork ahead of this year's top six, Neil Hullinger played football. Tanner, Pike, Averett, Casey Warren and Cody Preston spent lots of time in the gym getting ready for a banner year. In another six weeks, the state tournament will begin. Everyone in the state will play at least one game, but Averett and his teammates plan on playing much longer than that.' only-junio- 8 12-- 0 we've had at Springville. "They're all basketball players. They don't play any other sport." In the past, Springvilie's basketball teams have been made up athletes who played of basketball as something to do between football and baseball, the school's marquee sports. But had 13. The Thunderbif$ raced to a 25-- lead after one 1 quarter and had a 38-- 2 advan-tag- e Kelsch had 21 points and Taryn Stringham added .16 as No. American Fork had, 13 8' players score en route to an Region Four girls' basketball vic- 21-- i :SWIMM!NG l ond half while we shot 57. That was the difference in the game." The key play may have been a three-poiplay by Weidauer with a minute to play and the Cougars The Cowboys had just up 74-6scored six straight when Weidauer 15-fo- ot . Kelsch, St ring ham pace irk victory decided. down a 3 1 -- 19-1- 5. The ladies event begins tonight with the short programs. The dance title will also be d -- ol put-bac- response," Galindo said, adding he had no problem with being third. "Scott and Todd are Olympic and World ranked and great skaters. I'm just happy to be ranked with them." The U.S. also has three spots on the World team in the men's event. . double-pumpe- ' 7-- 5. -- ' J; '"PS when that happens, sometimes you lose your composure. But this was a great win and it was fun out there." The Cougars play host to Colorado State Saturday at 7 p.m. There will be no live television. Reid said he was pleased how his defense ignited the offense toward the end of the first half. "We changed up our defenses and in the second half we continued making some changes and giving them different looks. They ended up shooting 41 percent in the sec- - 1 21-1- -- r the Lions scoreless until a minute into the third period. The BiiJ' dogs ran off 1 straight poinjjd Payson could never recover.-- " "We picked up the defense .irr the second half and that really -helped." Clark concluded. "Megan Oldham did a grear; job on Red. We just couldn't eon-trthe other two big girls (Tobiasson and Marrott)," lamented Payson's new head coach Daviff Hiatt. Tobiasson lefd the way wkftjl and Marrott added 12. topped Payson with 10. In other Region Eight acti5n3t was No. ranked Timpview'66; Springville 31 and No. 5 Pleasant Grove 68, Spanish Fork 55. ' rr 'i At Springville, Julie Chambers had 18 points while Heidi Soren-so- n added 15 and Amanda Vafgar-dso- n day. 9 The Bulldocs were trailing with 4:20 left in the first half when the Lions went cold and Tobiasson took over, scoring seven points in four minutes to put Provo ahead to stay 28-2- 1 at the half. Bulldog coach Betty Clark said. "Diana (Tobiasson) had a great game defensively and on the boards as well as scoring." The Lions drew first blood with Jennifer Zeeman going inside and Melissa Tervort hitting outside. But Tobiasson answered with two.quick buckets and Jamie Marrott put Provo up for the first time at The Lions took the lead back with Tiffany Massey and Tina McNaughtan each leading a fast break, then getting for a 13-- 9 lead with 1:30 left. But Tobiasson scored the next six points, including a steal she took all the way to the bucket. Early in the second quarter Jamie Clark hit a jumper and Lori Red stole intercepted the inbound After pass to put Provo Up Zeeman scored again, McNaughtan drove the baseline and Tervort split-seco- with stole the inbounds pass for an'.:" easy two and the Lions' last lead. The Provq defense then held By CARL WALTERS Special to the Daily Herald Diana Tobiasson dumped in 17 points in the first half to lead the No. Provo Bulldogs to a 56-3- 9 Region Eight girls' basketball victory over Payson Thurs- program kept him behind Eldredge. "It was a flukey thing," Davis said of the touchdown. "I felt great going in it's just a overwhelmed 56-3- 9 a? with his own triple toe combination and some dynamic spins. But a hand down on a double axel at the end of the' axel-doub- Pro Tobiasson oast Pavson, 3-- Bad weather costly for Lehs By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald . Assistant Sports Editor weather didn't improve Wedr$es- - day. So, the youngsters and iheir adult supervisors spent another a local motel. LEHI Lehi principal Russ day at me a bundle, but they're "It cost Felt is breathing a little easier today. safe that's what's important," and About 60 of his students are home after what turned into a two-da- y Felt said. He estimated that thefrip cost between $1,500 and $1:300 odessey. on a trip to Price. more than originally planned. The Tuesday the Pioneer boys walschool paid for 20 motel rooms (at 88-4loped Carbon But, when it came time to head a good rate) and will help defray the cost of meals. Alpine SchodFDis-tric- t ls home, Utah Highway Patrol will also pay part of the cost. advised against bringing "It can be scary on Soldier Sumschool buses and other mit," Felt said. "I'm pretty icpjjfi-devehicles over Soldier Summit. we could have pome horfje,, but So, the Lehi party, which I would have a hard time living with included about. 30 players and coaches and an equal number of myself if I flew in the face of advice cheerleaders and their advisers, , and something had happened.; inrt "I told Dave (Filamoehala-jhwas stuck in Price overnight. The team's head coach) that it's thing they won big," Felt jo But, Felt and the Pioneers aren't totally out of the woods. Theylre scheduled to play at ' Uintah tonight. And, the trip to Vernal cjan (Continued from Page CI) be almost as scary in bad weather. in a marathon second set, and beat "If it's looking bad, all I haveto Swedish qualifier Nicklas Kulti do is call and say our buses areh't 6-6-(11-9- ), 6 going to move," Fell said. Hejid he planned to keep close track' of the weather to avert another Jjinan-- . Chang, the only one of the top five seeds to win all his matches cial disaster for the school. in straight sets so far, defeated "One more of those and I'lllbe Guil-lauhard-hittin- g on the corner taking wash down Frenchman '! 6-6 concluded. Felt Raoux in," ;zr-z:-. . , 5. offi-.cia- high-profi- le nt A' OPEN: 4, 7-- 4. 6-- 2, 2, 7-- (8-6- ).' POORCiii |
