| Show - 4 rove wu kumwii r ayv r rvi ' r r i i 4 N Standard-Examine- r Friday May 7 1 Executive Sports Editor: 999 OmtlFiiepiiiiiis) Utah’s opening-roun- d series with Sacramento boasts key matchups By TOM McEACHIN staff r Standard-Examine- SALT LAKE CITY - There are plenty of intriguing individual matchups in the opening-roun- d playoff series between the Utah Jazz and the Sacramento Kings In a series that saw all three games go into overtime this year (with the Jazz winning twice) there are two marquee matchups: At power forward where Utah’s Karl Malone and Sacramento’s Chris Webber will tangle and the point guard battle between Jazz veteran John Stockton and Kings rpokie Jason Williams At power forward Malone is considered perhaps the best to ever play that position while Webber is establishing himself as a possible heir apparent Webber who averaged 20 points and 13 rebounds a game this year missed eight games in- - eluding the March game against the Jazz due to the flu and the regular-seaso- n finale against Vancouver due to back spasms He is expected to be healthy for the playoffs “Chris Webber hasn't played but he’ll be back and he’ll be ready to play” Malone said “All those guys are playing really well so we’re going to have our hands full” Especially Stockton The leader veteran and in both assists and steals will be challenged by Williams the rookie Kings’ lightning-quic- k who took the NBA by storm this season with his flashy passing and the deepest shooting range in ar all-ti- the league In his usual quiet low-ke- y manner Stockton downplayed the individual matchup “I worry about the Kings” Stockton said “Certainly we have to do a good job on (Williams) He’s a key element to their team But I never got caught up in the despair Ay Title time Vlade Divac at center court after the mentor helped rookie teammate Predrag Stoakovic on his driving exam and taught him about life in the NBA Now they are bonded by black armbands Their evenings are devoted to basketball their nights to the horror of watching their homeland bombed Divac and Stoiakovic who have helped lead the Sacramento Kings into the playoffs for only the second time in 1 3 seasons are Serbs Basketball is a sanctuary Sleepless nights are a reality "We have a double life” says Divac the dark circles under his eyes a testament to two hours of sleep a night "I come here it's fun Then it's back to reality can't sleep lie in bed buzzer-beatin- one-on-o- ne matchups” Stockton’s teammates howev- er weren't shy about speaking up “I've played with Stock for 14 years and I'll put him up against anybody” Malone said “It’s not going to be about we’re going to have defensive assignments where we’ll have to help our point guards and they’ll have to help us” Another interesting matchup takes place at center where Utah’s Greg Ostertag and Sacramento’s Vlade Divac got personal in their battle the last time they met on the court killing innocent people" start Off to a good Brums Stars win conference 7B semifinal openers NFL tragedy Mark Tumei found dead at age 39 8B 7B BASEBALL American League Tampa Bay 5 Kansas City 4 New York 4 Minnesota 3 (10) Baltimore 4 Chicago 2 Boston 3 Texas 2 Oakland 3 Toronto 2 Cleveland 8 Seattle 4 Detroit 4 Anaheim 2 National League Pittsburgh 13 St Louis 3 - The Associated Press See JAZZ8B 6B champions decided watching TV" Divac's brother is serving in the Yugoslav army His parents live in Priepolje just north of Kosovo Divac and his wife have adopted a girl Petra whose parents were killed on their way to market in Kosovo Stojakovic known to teammates as Peja is luckier He lives with his parents and brother near Sacramento But his thoughts often drift back to his homeland where his grandparents and other relatives still live Both players say the armbands are not meant to criticize Americans Divac and Stojakovic stand politely during the “Star Spangled Banner” trying to focus on the upcoming game instead of the killing in their homeland “This armband is for all innocent people on both sides SiojaKOVic that are going to die” Stojakovic says “I have nothing against the American people We work here We're just against war against one-on-o- P Prep soccer softball I I 5B 1 SIDE LINES Ramp Divac Stojakovic bonded in triumph and SACRAMENTO Calif - In simpler times they embraced 625-426- NHL PLAYOFFS SB Boston 4 Buffalo 2 Dallas 3 St Louis 0 Darts complete Region Cougars close in on crown BYU will battle Long Beach Standard-Examin- Standard-Examin- LOS ANGELES - Brigham Young University coach Carl McGown said that in building the men’s volleyball program one of the most difficult problems has been overcoming the dominance of Long Beach State Saturday night the Cougars will have a chance to do just that - and win the NCAA championship in the process BYU put itself in 15-- 4 5 that position with a 15-- 5 1 victory over fourth-seede- d Penn State on Thursday night in the NCAA semifinals at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion The Cougars (29-1- ) will play d Long Beach State at 6:30 pm Saturday The 49ers (22-3- ) handed BYU its only loss of the season With a victory Saturday night the Cougars would become just the second team from outside California to win an NCAA men's volleyball title in the tournament’s history But to reach the final BYU had to overcome Penn State’s dominance in the first game 1 5-- A Top-seed- 10-1- 15-1- too" third-seede- first game" But in the second game Anto-net- ti game" Millar finished with 20 kills while Antonetti added 14 digs and Hector Lebron had 67 assists McGown said the Cougars will need a better performance against Long Beach State “We were never smooth in anv thing we did" McGown said "If we pla lAe this in the final we won t have the same kind of result” Long Beach beat 15-1- 1 15-1- 3 10-1- 5 Indiana-Purdu- e 5 15-- 2 in a marathon match that streuhed into early this mormng 3 ALAN MURRAY 3) took control by outmaneu-venn- g his shadow Penn Slate’s Tony Mazzulo and finished with 24 kills a match-hig- h “He is probably the quickest guy on the right side I’ve seen” Mazzulo said “He can beat you inside If he anticipated the block he waited on me and beat me outside or down the line” Meanwhile the Nittany Lions’ serving collapsed and Penn State finished with 20 service errors The Cougars took ’over the match in the third game “To win the third game was pretty huge" Ran Millar said “We knew that if we could take that game we could pretty much put them down in the fourth Josh Sides helped pace the Darts’ title quest by winning both the shot put with a toss of 60-- 9 14 and the discus (166-5- ) The Darts also got solid performances from Joe Murray in the javelin and Adam in the 3200 meters Murray took first with a throw of 187-- 2 a personal best by more than 23 feet Frischknecht defeated his nearest competitor by more than five seconds with a time of 9:573 Fris-chknec- ht 29-ye- ar confused the Cougars with different combinations attacking from various angles and nullified outside hitter Ossie Antonetti who had just a 158 hitting percentage m that game “Their setter did a nice job” McGown said of Jose Quinones “We had a hard time figuring out where the ball was going and they were exceptionally superior in serving and receiving in the correspondent KAYSV1LLE - Let there be no doubt about it The Davis Darts have the premier boys and girls track and - and field program in Region state the possibly The Darts sent a strong message to the rest of the state schools by dominating and claiming the Region 1 championships in both the boys and girls divisions Thursday afternoon at Davis High School “We’ve got a pretty good team” Davis boys coach Roger Buhrley said “I think as coaches we were confident we would win it The kids were pretty confident By JOSEPH D’HIPPOUTO The Nittany Lions Davis dominates boys and girls divisions to claim track and field crowns By TONY REYNA for NCAA volleyball title (21-1- sweep INSIDE: Bees sweep Region 4 titles Bear River boys Ogden girls win Region 7 crowns 6B beats Penn State Special to the 1 " Standani-Examin- TEAMWORK Layton High's Kristen Coombs celebrates with her coach Shar Weight after helping the break the Region 1 record in the medley relay at the region meet on Thursday at Davis High School Lancers See DARTS6B Sports shorts ESPN Tour stops at Ogden Mail OGDEN -- The ESPN SportsCentury National Tour will be making a stop at the Ogden City Mall today through Sunday The interactive display offers a collection of sports memorabilia including Babe Ruth's New York Yankees uniform golf clubs used by Jack Nicklaus boxing gloves and trunks worn by Muhammed All a tennis outfit worn by Chris Evert an ice skate worn by Tara Lipinski and a shoe worn by Michael Jordan The display will also offer a SportsCentury theater a display picturing Lou Gehrig giving his emotional “Luckiest man" farewell speech historic sports photos and an opportunity to test your SportsCentury trivia Also if you think you have what it takes to be a sports announcer you can test your skills in a telecast booth and take home a free videotape of the performance Rain follows Buzz to Des Moines DES MOINES Iowa -- The Iowa Cubs and Salt Lake Buzz game was rained out on Thursday night The teams will play a doubleheader beginning tonight at 5 pm MDT Take A Ticket 4 3 Horsemanship: National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championships at Weber County Fairgrounds Tigers have to work hard for Region 7 tennis title Ogden High boys are pushed by Ben Lomond but still snag league’s top prize INSIDE: Prep roundups By CHRIS J 6B MILLER Standard Examine Scots battled gamely throughout the dual season as well as in Thursday’s Region 7 championships staged at Weber State’s Ldman Courts but still came up just a match or two short The Tigers’ depth paid off just enough as Ogden won by slx points to repeat as league champions “Ben Lomond plaved well and I knew it would be tough for us to replace our four seniors from last season" Ogden coach Bill Roberts said "But this group has worked hard all season and improved steadily I’m really happy with their progress" ON THE AIR The Tigers picked up two championship titles with sophomore Beck Roghaar winning at No I singles and David Wilson and James Woody winning at No 2 doubles But Ogden also got runner-u- p finishes from Tommy Ashton at No 2 singles Adam Allen at No 3 5pm- - NHL 8pm- - MLB baseball singles and Joe Bergen and Andrew VanDyke at No 1 doubles to secure the team title The Scots snagged a key win at No 1 doubles when Jeremy frost and Joey Wold defeated Ogden s duo of Bergen and VanDyke 6 playoffs: Pittsburgh at Toronto ESPN2 5 30 p m - NHL hockey playoffs: Detroit at Colorado ESPN 6-- 1 Atlanta at San Diego TBS 7-- staff OGDLN - The veteran Ben Lomond High bos tennis team had set its sights all year on overtaking rival Ogden for the Region 7 tennis title The Prep sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 8B Ben Lomond's James Troxell 4 and dispatched Ashton 1 Wilson and Woody defeated Ben Lomond’s Brian Baggs and Josh Huerta 2 6--0 in the other meeting between the rivals in the finals Ogden finished with 41 points Ben Lomond ended up with 35 and Bear River Tooele and Granite each garnered 15 points Morgan finished with 9 points Granite’s Adam Maddocks defeated Allen 1 6--4 Tor the No 3 singles title The top four finishers in each division will now compete at the state championships set for May 5 in Sl George Roghaar hopes to defend his state No 1 singles crown but will face tough competition from a pair of exchange students from Brazil and Russia’ "It’s going to really be tough this year” Roghaar said Roberts lists Dixie a the top squad in the state with Ogden Uintah Lehi Snow Canyon and Park City challenging for the team title as well 6-- Sports quote 6-- Go away Canepa of the San e wrung on Diego or people things he wouldn t mind seeing join Michael Jordan Wayne Gretzky and John Elway in the “retirement head-to-he- 6-- hockey Nick Union-Tribun- bin": ‘Juan Antonio Samaranch: Today would be good Yesterday would have been 6-- ' better ‘John Stockton and Karl Malone They're confusing younger NBA players by 3-- A actually running plays 14-1- dash times They should never be pn riled or d because they ta'ked about are Ires - 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