Show Standard-Examine- SPORTS r Saturday May 4 1996 1 5A San Antonio’s inside -outside duo punches Suns from playoffs Robinson Spurs await winner of the Utah-Portia- 3-- series nd The Associated Press PHOENIX - David Robinson and Vinny Del Negro delivered an punch that knocked the Phoenix Suns out of the playoffs Robinson had 30 points and 13 rebounds and Del Negro made range and scored 25 points from inside-outsi- as San Antonio beat Phoenix 116-9- 8 de Fri- nt 3-- po B Scoring: The Atlanta Hawks scored a couple — 4 of late baskets to avoid playofT infamy after mak- for fewest record the run a at mg postseason points (8) in a quarter held by New Jersey and “4 Houston The Hawks finished the quarter with 11 - J confrontations with the Suns Barkley elbowed Smith in the back at one point and Smith responded with a push Both players were given technical fouls 41-4- one-on-o- Surviing: The Seattle Somes reached the second round for the first time m four years by defeating Sacramento Thursday night The Somes had lost to the Lakers in four games last year and to Denver in five games m 1994 frustrating season" he said “I don’t think anybody is happy” The game was very physical underneath with Smith getting into several 3-- 10-of-- d series day night to win their in four games The Spurs who had lost their six previous playoff games in Phoenix will meet the winner of the Portland-Uta- h series in the second round San Antonio first-roun- ball outside and 1 was wide open” Phoenix made 14 of 21 shots in the halfthird period to stretch a one-poitime lead into an 85-6- 9 advantage going into the final quarter Johnson had 15 points and 13 assists sefor the Spurs who won the best-of-- 5 ries 1 Charles Barkley led the Suns with 21 points and nine rebounds but was only from the field Reserve Chris Carr added 17 points for Phoenix which 1 in the regular season was “It’s no fun to lose in the first round” Barkley said “and it’s no fun to play on a 500 team” Barkley who has two years left on his Del Negro who set a career playoff high with 29 points in Game 1 scored nine points in the third quarter Friday night when the Spurs broke the game He open by outscoring the Suns 33-1- 8 finished from the field and set a team playoff record with his five inters “You either double (team) David and give us outside shots or stay home and take your chances with him It's pick your poison” Del Negro said nine straight gomes against Houston Suns contract said he plans to play next season but isn't sure where He called himself “one of the Suns’ few tradeable options" and said he would understand if the team tried to deal him in the offseason “It's been a very disappointing and “Whenever they went with a double-team Avery (Johnson) swung the had a 1 edge on both teams in the regular season “I thought our effort was fantastic” from said Robinson who was the field “We maintained our intensity throughout the game Everybody was ready to play” points B Speaking: "We just had a lot of little things going on that couldn't bnng us all together in the end to win games I hope that taught us all a les- son and our young players can look at Houston and say ‘This is the way we should be' " - Magic Johnson on why the Lakers lost to Houston Playoff notes Today's game Houston at Seattle The first game of the second round senes Seattle has won B Soccer Bees walk away with baseball win From 14A By JIM BURTON Coach Donnie Greenfield's BRIGHAM CITY - The Logan Grizzlies learned it the hard way - it’s best not to gamble against the league Ben Lomond team was fighting for the last position in the interregion playoffs and the Scots’ tactics nearly paid off “You have to give Donnie credit It was a really close game” Bear River coach Gene Wilcox said “It says a lot for our region from top to bottom” The Bears got one goal in each half of overtime with Ryan Hataburda scoring both times The first came on a direct kick and the second on a breakaway He now has nine goals and six assists this season Wilcox also got a chance to use back-u- p goal keeper Kai Dieckman an exchange student from Germany the whole game Mountain Crest 2 Sky View 0 front-runne- through Region 5 with the shutout Mountain Crest’s Tony Saunders scored on a penalty kick early in the second half and Ryan Dorigatti on a breakaway five minutes later Region 1 Fremont 2 Weber Logan came er possession Region 5 boys soccer Region Layton 3 Clearfield 2 t boys soccer The 1 victory was very portant for Fremont as the playoffs approach crowded The top for teams Clearfield Layton Roy and Bonneville all have four losses “It’s turned into a real dogfight but we knew it would” im- region During the shootout both teams were consistently off target Only two players from each team got the ball into the net sending the game to a sudden-deat- h shootout Bonneville 4 Northridge 2 At Washington Terrace the Lakers won their At Clearfield the win by the Lancers makes the top of the Region 1 standings a bit 3-- 1- -0 pitcher Ryan Andreasen retired 15 batters in a row en route to lf goal for Bonneville 2-- The first two shooters scored for each team before Weber finally missed Fremont’s Mike Craythome then won the game with his penalty shot Corey Chambers had given lead early in the Weber a first half but Fremont’s Brian Bingham scored on a header just before the half to tie it knees "The kid who basically saved us” said McDonald "was Rodriguez at third base He made two plays in the last inning that major leaguer’s make” At one point in the game Bees Brian Yocham and David Peterson scored for Northridge and Jeff Byrne added a second-ha- said The Lancers spotted the Falcons a 0 lead in the first half with Eric Hughes scoring both goals on headers Region 2 Davis 2 Cottonwood Then Curt Whitesides took over His first goal cut the lead to 1 at the half the victory Schultz and Larsen combined and scored three to go runs 1 At Salt Lake City the Darts improved to 3 in Region 2 2-- Overall League Northridge Clearfield Weber Fremont W L 8 2 8 3 6 3 4 5 3 7 3 7 W 15 12 10 10 L 4 7 9 6 - - 2 7 - 312 - g With a game against Box Elder looming next Bears week the second-plac- e third inning lead blew a four-ru- n and eventually lost when Sky View scored in the bottom of the 10th Clint Wood hit a triple for the Bears front-runnin- At Plain City the Warriors flexed some offensive muscle and thumped the Silver Wolves 5 Weber’s Casey Pratt hit a grand-slahome run and guided n fourth inhis team to a ning Aaron Pratt added two t m six-ru- Mountain Crest 8 Ben Lomond 0 the Mustangs At Hyrum Weber 15 Fremont 7 picked up a game in the Region 5 standings with a shutout victory over the Scots Crest’s Nate Maughn allowed just four hits and Russ Guymon drove in three Mountain runs 1 Region Clearfield 4 Layton 3 (9 innings) At Clearfield the Falcons upset pulled off an of the Region 1 leaders A Layton error in the bottom of the ninth allowed the gamewinning run on base After the Lancers walked Chris Hansen to put runners on first and second Clearfield’s Rocky Kottej- came g single up with the Layton scored all three of its runs in the third inning when Wes York Bubba Reisbeck and Clint Maddox hit consecutive extra-innin- - game-winnin- doubles James Atwood struck out eight batters and went the distance in a losing effort Ben Nel- - t doubles Scott Coleman homered and pitcher TJ Olson walked t just one batter en route to the victory Together the Pratt brothers -Casey and Aaron - had six hits and drove in seven runs Scott Boyson had a triple for vj Bonneville 11 Northridge 5 'I the Silver Wolves had a double "i ii Brandt Miles At Washington Terrace the Lakers and Knights were competitive for the first five innings then Bonneville broke the game open si Tyler Gladwell hit a grand slam as part of the Lakers’ seven-ru- n sixth inning Kelly Cooper also added a solo home run as 13 batters came to the plate Andy Ortgiesen got the Lakers going early with a solo home run in the second inning Ryan Olsen ’51 earned the win in relief for Bon'8 neville 1 Brian Tesch and Damien Gu- "oS tierrez each had two hits for the )st Knights both Gutierrez’s were £“ doubles 18 Sky View 7 Bear River 6 (10 Innings) 4-- He tied the score eight minutes into the second half and his third goal the game winner came on a penalty kick later in the game stepped up and spearing a grounder between short and second and throwing the runner out at first from his third-straig- ht game in downing the Knights Bonneville got off to a hot start when Josh Morgan scored one minute into the game Steve Cameron and Zach Erwin added two more scores in helping the Lakers to a 2 halflime lead Layton coach Lynn Kofoed er grounded to short to start a double play but Schultz scored easily from third with the winning run “I got the feeling they just didn’t want to give up a big inning” said Bees coach Bill McDonald “It was a gamble” Apparently Howell was thinking his Grizzlies could make up a couple of runs in the top of the seventh and still come away with the win But he wasn’t counting on the play of Box Elder third baseman Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez a junior accounted for two of the game’s final three outs He saved the best for last Ogden’s Ryan Thomock (front) struggles for of the ball with Box Elder’s Jon Beadles Friday afternoon BATHE FOR THE BALL: (SO) At Plain City Fremont coach Mitch Chadwick was probably right when he said “they’re probably hating us right now” They are the Weber High Warriors who on Friday lost 2-- to Region 5 boys baseball Region 1 boys baseball Bonneville Layton Roy 3 3-- 1 for the second time this season in a shootout to Fremont rs knocking off Region 5 leader Box Elder on Friday but when coach Stuart Howell decided to roll the dice late in the ballgame the Bees walked away with a win With the score tied 3 in the sixth inning Box Elder’s Cody Schultz led off with a double to field the fence in right-centMark Larsen then laid down a bunt single to put runners on first and third with no outs Rather than set up to hold the runner at third or perhaps get a play at the plate Logan opted to set its infield deep Box Elder pinch-hitt- At Hyrum the Mustangs ended the Bobcats’ hot run stall Standard-Examin- t with the win over the Colts Jared Robinson and James Greer both scored in the second half for Davis which is At Smithfield suffered a tough to the Bobcats -1 overall this season the Bears extra-innin- g loss Silver Wolves enjoy payback win over rivals By JOSH SMITH StarxlanJ-Examine- r Region with two RBIs1 and went Harmony Poll chipped in with a effort Region 5 girts softball girts softball 1 corasponder PLAIN CITY - The Fremont High girls softball team had something to prove against the visiting Weber Warriors that last weekend's Weber victory was Bear River 10 Logan 7 At Garland Bear River beat Logan despite committing seven errors and remained tied for sec-- i just a fluke 11-- 0 Friday afternoon and remained in first place in the Region 1 standings The Silver Wolves pounced on the Warriors early grabbing seven runs in the first inning and never looked back as they rode the strong arm of pitcher Shelby Scadden “She pitched an awesome h game” said Fremont coach JoL-eig- Kerr “She moved the ball well and didn’t give them (Weber) much to work with” 1 Bonneville 11 Northrldge At South Ogden’s Friendship Park the host Bonneville Lakers wasted little time in disposing of Northridge in five innings The Lakers scored six runs in the second inning to take a 1 lead while pitchers Michelle Boam and Janey Patterson com7-- bined for a strikeouts one-hitt- er with eight Scadden allowed just two hits to the Warriors in the game and struck out two batters while walking none “It was pretty much a team effort for us today” said Bonneville coach Carol DeMonge “It’s that time in the season where “We iost to Weber last week in a makeup game and we were bound and determined to show Weber the real Fremont team” said Kerr and we're taking each game as they come along and try to stay focused" five-inni- ng Fremont’s bats let loose on the Weber pitching staff pounding out 11 hits Katie Hancock led the way with a performance with one RBI Amber Russell also had a good game gowith a double and a ing Beus pitched in Erica and triple with two hits and three RBIs CHEVY TRUCK teams are jockeying for positions Region 5 Ogden 3 Mountain Crest At Hyrum the visiting Ogden Tigers scored three runs in the top of the eight inning to beat host Mountain Crest With the international ng rule in effect Ogden’s Katherine Allen was placed at second base to start the inning off Lisa Johnson then nailed a single that advanced Allen to third Jessica Carpenter followed d walk to set with a the table for Jennifer Storey and Jessica Carpenter Storey was nailed by a pitch and Allen walked home with the first run With the bases still loaded Julianna Pearson smackfield ed a base-h- it to that scored Johnson and Carpenter for the insurance runs the bases-Ioade- right-cent- The victory kept the Lakers in sole possession of third place in the Region 1 standings Melinda Webber cranked a triple in the second inning that scored two runs and Patterson had a good day at the plate as well with a performance and Sophomore Ashley Anderson scored three runs 1 er Tigers were looking for “It was a great game to watch" said Ogden coach Pat Price “Both teams played great defense and it was a fast moving game" For the Tigers Pearson struck out four on her way to the victory coach Sandie Gregory “We didn’t field the ball well and when we did field it we made poor decisions with the ball” For the Bears Lori Macfar-lan- e with two RBIs went and pitcher Geri Anderson struck out five on her way to the victory Box Elder 11 Sky View 1 At Smithfield the visiting Bees pounded out 17 hits en route to the victory over Sky View Box Elder pitcher Taran Nichon her way ols threw a four-hittto the victory and both Natalie Neff and Jesse Haycock had doubles and Heidi Simper followed with a triple HCH A I 'lilfUlaJJO ond with Ogden in the Region 5 standings “There was a lot of errors on both sides of the field” said Bear The Silver Wolves rolled past the Weber Warriors 4' illMPMSIBPi CUTTING BEGINS 8 AM DAILY ADMISSION IS FREE EXCEPT FOR THE FINALS 44 ARENA FOR TICKET INFORMATION CALL APRIL 27 TILL MAY 4 GOLDEfl SPIKE AREHA 0G0EI1 UTAH WESTERN TRADE SHOW DAILY er Region 2 Viewmont 10 Davis 3 On Thursday at Kaysville the Darts got seven hits against Viewmont but were unable to pick up their first league win of the season No other details were ed Davis is 0-- 8 reportin Region 2 play EXHIBITORS INCLUDE Cowgirl Couture Ann Beard Fine Jewelry T & S Enterprises E'ola Cutter Collection NCHA Belts by Hack The Magic Pony Pacific Coast CHA Tioga Temtory Piland Saddlery Teno Enterprises Calvin Allen Rebecca Lynn's Painted Pony Back Fence Videos Saddlery Roo-Hid- e Jett Photography M L Leddy's Sean Ryon Enterpnses Advanced Fencing R £ M Trailer Distributors IJamcol Sundowner of Wendy Allen Saddlery Standard Examiner Utah i |