Show r ' STANDARD-EXAMINE- TELEVISION OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS R WEDNESDAY SEPT 26 1990 SPORTS EDITOR: 0 625-426- Jazz “red©5 S By TOM CHRISTENSEN Standard Examiner staff SALT LAKE CITY — The Per- sian Gulf boils The price of a p may soon require a home equity loan Workers at IRS and Hill Air Force Base contemplate v a furlough Economists recession and people worry cry But rest assured Karl Malone and John Stockton will be paid fair market value Utah Jazz owner Larry H Miller announced Tuesday the “redoings” of his two stars’ contracts Miller declined to disclose the amounts of the two deals But reports put Malone’s eight-yea- r over the next six years or $23 million a year For those of you who take home Malone’s would be $123000 and Stockton’s $88461 “I wouldn’t call it a renegotiation” said Miller at a Tuesday afternoon press conference “but a redoing It was mostly the financial terms that were changed With the new television contract with NBC and the new salary cap minimum ($961 million) we had to spend some money We wanted to reward the players who are getting the job done” The new deals come on the heels of Hot Rod Williams’ $265 pay-chec- fill-u- Karl Malone 22-da- Reports put 'Mailman’s eight-yea- r deal at $26 million deal at $26 million which averages out to $32 million a year Stockton will make $14 million Utah Jazz President Frank million deal with Cleveland that will pay him $5 million next son Williams a ks sixth-ma- n sea- play- er beats out Patrick Ewing Akeem Olajuwon Magic Johnson Larry Bird — in other words everybody Williams averaged 135 points per game last season “This year the salaries will escalate at a higher level because of the increased revenue in the league” said Miller an auto magnate who must be feeling the effects of slower car sales “We wanted to be able to look our top players in the eyes and know that we have treated them fairly” Lay-de- known he wanted his previous deal ($18 million a year) renegotiated After the media got hold of the story and a possible holdout public sentiment went against the power forward Malone then called a press conference and said he would finish out the contract terms and that he wouldn’t approach the Jazz for more money “Negative news sells papers not positive things” said Malone on Tuesday “I decided to come in and play and let everything See JAZZ on 6C n leaked Malone’s deal last weekend in Ruston La during ceremonies at Louisiana Tech which retired Karl Malone’s jersey number This is Malone's fourth contract renegotiation in five years and the first words from Miller emphasized that the Jazz had “gone to Karl” not vice versa “Previous contract talks have been fueled and inflamed by the media” Miller said “Last year he put it behind him and played the season” Miller was referring to last summer when Malone made it swarm Standard Examiner staff A little fine tuning was all that Box Elder needed to get its game in focus The Bees a preseason choice to rank among the elite of Region 5 girls volleyball teams swept its first league match in convincing style on Tuesday Ben Lomond-Bo- x Elder At Brigham City Charlene Rex sparked Box Elder past Ben Lomond 15-- 15-- 5 3 “I was beginning to wonder if we would win a match It sure was a lot of fun” said BE Coach Laurie McCarty “My new lineup was instrumental in our w in I took Tawna Ridge out of setting and put Charlene in as our setter I was really nervous because Charlene has never set for us before She’s not a great setter but you have to go with your strengths and it worked for us so she hits the “Ridge is which is hard to block ball She had five kills and Rex served for nine straight points in the second game including two aces” said McCarty “The problem I’m having right now is that I’m playing the same kids in both the JV and varsity matches The JV matches have all been going three games so the kids are really tired for the varsity match” said BL Coach Natalie Ormond "I was a little disappointed with the way we played because we have played better matches We were on defense the whole match and we only had six kills Our offense wasn’t doing anything I think our kids can compete with any e team in the region but they lack a little confidence” she said Box Elder is and overall Susan Williams paced the Scolds now with three kills and left-hand- olT-hand- Davis High School’s Tasha Taylor digs the ball out in the second game of a Region 1 match Tuesday against the Lancers Lancers hand Darts Standard Examiner staff Just like Jim Morrison of The Dodrs sang during the 1960's Layton and Bonneville High finally did "Break on Through” Tuesday in the Region high the mistakes” Weight said “The first game we couldn’t pass the ball and the same thing happened against Roy We just fell to pieces Then we came back strong in the secafter I had to chew on ond game school girls volleyball race them again” Davis-Layto- n in league play and Layton is At Layton the biggest sigh of relief overall while Davis — which was Coach Shar playing without Miriam Rees who unbelonged to first-yeLancers as the dropped Davis derwent reconstructive knee surgery last Weight week — dropped to 1 and from the unbeaten ranks with a 4 win “Our girls know they can play the 4 "I told the girls if we didn’t win this game It was just a case of going out match I wasn't sure if we would win there and winning as a team The secanother match this year It really meant ond half of the season will be really ina lot to us to win this match” said teresting because we’ve played each other tough” said Weight Weight d victories in The Lancers’ Hilary King had five After swapping the first two games Layton nearly kills and four blocks Jenny Butler ade 4 lead ded three kills and Staci Tutorow had kissed off a “We just couldn’t put it away and it three blocks and two kills Amber just shows the inconsistency we have It Smedley put down two crucial kills in was sure scaring me We couldn’t pass the third game while Yod Smith had the ball up (to our setter) and then the four assists and Christa Johnson passed momentum shifted so drastically We the ball really well according to couldn't get any breaks to go our way Weight so we had to make it happen It was Viewmont-Bonnevill- e better that we made things happen inAt Washington Terrace excitement stead of having the other team make 1 4-- -3 ar 2-- 4-- 15-- 6-- 10 16-1- one-side- 12-- third-gam- Wildcats defeat Utes in non-leag- contest ue By L A EATON Standard Examiner correspondent OGDEN — A young Weber lege women’s volleyball team State Colproved its maturity against the University of Utah defeating the Utes 1 Tuesday in a contest at the Dee Events Center The Wildcats won the first two games 7 5 but lost momentum in and 2 But with solid the third losing blocking by Jana Nelson and kills from Shannon Firebaugh and Jana Jacobs Weber was able to turn up the intensity 4 to win the fourth game “With a young group like this it’s hard to come back after getting down” said Weber State Coach Lesa Moore “It takes maturity to do that This is really a flexible group” It took a lot of effort to stay fired up against the Utes a team with no seniors that struggled without injured center Denise Rathbun “It was really hard to keep it intense against them” said “When they're not coming back at you you have the tendency to get down” Outside hitter Firebaugh led the team 3-- non-leag- 15-- 15-- 15-1- 15-- Tire-baug- h in Layton loss spread among the Lakers and Coach Denise Dawson after Bonneville’s h losing streak was halted 1 5 with a vital victory “I was excited and so were the girls I changed my lineup and I felt like the kids kept their momentum They were in a good mood and ready to play We only lost our intensity one time and that has been a problem for us” Dawson said “I gave us a better hitting lineup than a serving lineup Each player now has a particular duty instead of having to They’re sticking with a ‘play certain area and weren’t as confused out there” she said e Bonneville took a 10-- 2 lead but Erin Agricola sprained her ankle which allowed Viewmont to tie the 0 score against the Lakers’ second unit “Our substitutes had a lot of trouble getting it together but when Erin came back in the second game we played really well together The kids we had out there were bumping into each other because they aren't used to playing together That’s how Erin got hurt” said Dawson three-matc- 15-1- 15-- first-gam- 10-1- and 12-- 7 is using just Bonneville rotation two seniors in its eight-playThe Vikings remained winless at 3 -3 er 0-- Agricola had two aces seven kills and three assists Audrie Turner had three aces and five kills Kiersha Blatter had two aces two kills and eight assists Kelly Blatter had five kills and two digs Julie Tanner had two kills five assists and two digs and Julie Weber had four kills and six blocks Roy-Clearfie- ld At Clearfield the Royals remained unbeaten by crushing the Falcons 15-- 5 “The girls decided to stay in there and put it to them The match was over in about 30 minutes We only missed two serves in both games and the way we played against Clearfield is the way I want us to play (Thursday) against Weber” said Roy Coach JoLeigh Kerr “The first game we couldn’t even get the ball to our setter The very few times we got the ball to our setter we got the hits but Roy just picked up everything Roy played extremely well and we sure weren't on the top of our See REGION 1 on 6C ’CATS on SC Bear River-Mounta- in Oest At Hyrum the defending league champion Mustangs mauled the Bears 3 to stay unbeaten “We played a little better than the score indicated It’s tough' to win many points when you’re always playing defense We passed the bpll very poorly erand we had a lot of rors” said BR Coach Michelle Marti-nea- u 15-- 15-- 5 sqrve-recei- ve "They got quite a few aces on us and we didn’t move our feet and get underneath the ball Mountain Crest just kept hitting hitting and hitting until they found a hole Mentally we were just See REGION 5 on 6C A’s clinch but if wasn’t cinch Oakland spent much of summer trying to brush off Chicago OAKLAND Calif (AP) — It was not as simple as it looked no matter how easy the Oakland Athletics made their third consecutive American League West 19 kills followed by Jacobs with Both players also had four service See 6-- 1- -4 15-- 0 with aces Nelson had two blocks and three assists and Alison Borgman had five blocking assists and Marcie Ganson added 12 digs The Utes had some bright spots as Linda Wilcox and Debbie Gibby had 17 and 12 kills respectively But Coach Beth Launiere in her first season saw some problems that need to be worked on “We showed some perseverance in the third game” she said But most of the time “we were fighting for our lives” They were also battling Weber’s complex offense which gets players to the net and frees hitters to control the ball "Our whole game plan is to beat the ball” said Moore in her second year as head coach “I'm starting to see things I’ve been teaching With this game I told them to make it a challenge and see what we could do” The Wildcats discovered some secret -3 2-- College Volleyball 18 skill-wis- championship appear Despite defections and a string of key injuries the Athletics became the first team since 1976-7- 8 to win three consecutive division titles clinching it Tuesday night In October Oakland will try to become the first team since the 1977-7- 8 k New York Yankees to win World Series “No matter how many games we win it by it will not be as close as it really was” pitcher Dave Stewart said “It wasn't easy” It really wasn’t The A’s spent much of the summer trying to brush off the surprising Chicago White Sox leading by only three games on Aug 8 Finally on Tuesday night they ended Chicago's hopes Oakland behind Stewart and under the cool guidance of manager Tony La Russa won in Kansas City See OAKLAND on SC back-to-bac- Oakland teammates celebrate on the field Tuesday night after beating the Kansas City Royals to win the American League West title again 5-- 0 |