| Show to IUIUVM wn t Cycisnss upend Grizzlies Cincinnati takes 3 shootout win at the E Center 5B Religion 4-- Standard-Examin- Saturday March 4 2000 er Executive Sports Editor: Offensive foul helps leave 89-8Charlotte with an 7 victory The Assocated Press CHARLOTTE NC - Bryon Russell best curling anecdote still has to be the thought it was a great call Eddie Jones Curse” Whether the call was right or wrong Russell drew an offensive foul on Jones on an inbounds play with 77 seconds left in Utah victory over Friday night’s 89-8- 7 Charlotte The Hornets trailed 87-8- 5 at the time and the call ended their hopes for a much-neede- d victory “The play at the end just happened” Russell said “I played defense That’s what I do I thought it was a great call” Jones who scored 31 points offered the opposite perspective “He was falling down and holding me trying to pull me down” Jones said disagreed North Dakota 2 vice skip Bob LaBonte is remembered in the world of curling as the skip who was a world champion for about eight minutes or as long as it took for officials to declare overtime after he jumped in celebration slipped and apparently nudged an opponent’s stone into scoring position before the final results of the 1972 world championships were recorded The mishap allowed the Canadians to tie the game and they beat the USA in the extra end But it was Canada’s last world curling title for seven years some say because of the “LaBonte Curse” tossed their way Sports fans owe it to themselves to check out LaBonte and the rest of the athletes competing at the US Curling Championships which run today through next Saturday at The Ice Sheet “This was one of our most difficult losses” Hornets coach Paul Silas said Charlotte Hornets’ Anthony Mason (center) drives to the basket between Utah Jazz’s Karl Malone (left) and Olden Polynice during Friday’s game in Charlotte NC SPLIT IKE CEFEXCERS: “This was one of the best teams in the league and we played them tooth and nail “At the end of the ballgame we had the ball in our best guy’s hands I liked our chances but it just didn’t go our way” John Stockton who scored eight of his 22 points in the final 4:40 saw more than enough of Jones but missed the decisive play “I had my back turned so I didn’t see what happened” Stockton said “I heard the whistle and turned around and saw Bryon on the floor” Stockton and fellow veterans Karl Malone and Jeff Homacek who total 42 seasons in the NBA combined to have a decisive impact on the game Malone who had 19 points and 13 rebounds broke an 82-8- 2 tie with two free throws with 1:22 left Homacek who scored 13 points hit a with 494 seconds remaining to put the Jazz ahead 87-8- 2 with Jones answered with a 332 seconds remaining and the Hornets rebounded a Utah miss and called timeout with 77 seconds left Shortly thereafter the crucial and controversial foul occurred Stockton who also had seven assists made two free throws to seal it Bryon Russell added 13 points for the See JAZZ3B Gill Arceneaux and Bachmann give WSU momentum for tourney hs 84-7- Sky-do- foes In the process Weber State (18-- 9 overall 10-- 6 Big Sky) snapped NAU’s 1 winning streak and 0 made sure the Lumberjacks 1 can’t win a share of the conference title and host the postseason (17-1- 5) tournament next week Instead the Big Sky title and the tournament will site of the be determined tonight when Monsix-tea- m tana visits Eastern Washington If the Grizzlies win WSU will take on Cal State Northridge Wednesday in the first round in Missoula Mont If the Eagles win the ’Cats and Matadors will meet Thursday in Cheney Wash WSU will be the No 4 seed no matter where the event is held “This is a huge win for us” said Gill who also had two assists and a pair of steals “It’s kind of disappointing thinking about the games we’ve lost knowing we can play like this But at the same time we have to be optimistic going into the tour- The University of Utah is hosting the NCAA Ski Championships this coming week at Park City and Soldier Hollow Ogden’s Christina Babilis is part of the Utes’ alpine team nament” Harold Arceneaux fought foul trouble and repeated double- - and triple-teato finish with 24 points and eight rebounds and freshman center Stephan Bachmann added 18 points and did an admirable defensive job on NAU’s center 7-f- tiAKXS A RUM: Canadian Ben Wainwright makes a frontside grab during one of his jumps during Cup snowboarding event at Park City on Friday See story 43 a World ca 1 dard net or cmillero stan- I2HL 43 Detroit 2 Washington 2 NY Rangers 4 Florida 2 Dallas 4 Phoenix 1 Chicago 5 Tampa Bay 1 Calgary 4 Anaheim 1 OGDEN - Copper Hills will meet Brighton for the state boys basketball championship after each overcame tough semifinal games on Friday title game will be at The 5:30 pm at the Dee Events Center Timpview earned the right to meet Provo in the state finals at 8:10 pm Copper Hills (15-9- ) turned back Mountain View (19-5- ) 6 behind 17 points from Brandon Lord Brighton (18-5- ) 43-4- 0 defeated Bingham (21-in the other semifinal Mark Mawhinney led the Bengals with 16 points In the semifinals Timpview (18-6- ) outscored Lone Peak (17-7- ) 77-6- 6 thanks to 25 points from Steve Epperson Provo (18-6- ) whipped Payson (15-9- ) 53-3- 9 behind 21 points from Jake Chrisman 2) FLAGSTAFF Ariz - Eddie Gill made sure Friday night’s trip to Flagstaff was his last as a member of toe Weber State basketball team of 27 Gill posted game-higpoints and 10 rebounds to carry the 3 Wildcats to an victory over Northern Arizona in front of 3759 disappointed fans at Walkup finale in the regular-seaso- n for the two Big Sky Conference Tidbits 625-426- Utah 89 Charlotte 87 Toronto 114 Boston 104 Atlanta 83 New York 70 Denver 122 Golden State 88 Portland 101 Vancouver 91 LA Lakers 107 Indiana 92 5-- staff Standard-Examin- 3-- er 33 57-4- By JARED PAGE Last week one of our sports correspondents' wrote that Bear River High had never won a state basketball championship Oops When the Bears won the 2000 state A title last Saturday night in Cedar City it was the second championship for Bear River Several readers wrote phoned or to remind us of the 1959 championship Several members of the squad still live in the area J liDA 4-- A Great memory Miller is executive Chris Standard-Examinsports editor of the lie can be reached at Weber State club hockey team in semifinals of national 4B tourney 5-- A Tour- ar Icing Wildcats 5-- nament Here’s one more reason to smile about that victory In the days after the win over North Carolina rapid Duke fans ordered numerous from the Weber State school bookstore Many vowed to wear them the next time the two teams played at Cameron Indoor Stadium Well that day has arrived Check out the Duke fans known as Cameron Crazies in the Duke-Nort- h Carolina game It will be televised at 1:30 pm on ABC The Sporting News predicts BYU linebacker Rob Morris will go in the first round to the Danny Chicago Bears Ainge is among 28 finalists for induction into the 2000 GTE Hall of Academic Fame Steve Young’s popular NFL Celebrity Ski Classic is today at Snowbird Races are at 10 am the dinner and auction is National Sports at 6 pm manship Day is March 7 The Wild West Festival will be next Friday and Saturday at the Golden Spike Arena Plenty of broncs bulls and specialty acts are planned tbematcom named Boise State’s KC Rock its college wrestler of the week Rock was a standout at Morgan High Members of the 2000 NBA All-StReading Team in- -' elude Jacque Vaughn of the Utah Jazz Keith Van Horn of the New Jersey Nets and Scot Pollard of the Sacramento Kings Griffey calls first game with 2B Reds ‘average’ prep hoop events 76-7- NCAA Junior’s opener Finals set for Weber State basketball fans will always remember the 4 win over Wildcats’ North Carolina in the opening 1999 1 Sports Shorts Touch Iho cky Purple payback round the 625-426- Close call goes Utah’s way Jazz ‘LaBonte Curse’ of curling The Scoreboard Curling action to be tense at Ice Sheet Championships serve as first test for potential 2002 competitors KmSE: Today’s schedule 23 staff Standard-Examin- - OGDEN It isn’t the 2002 Winter Olympics but The Ice Sheet will receive its biggest test to date during the US Curling Championships which begin this morning The top 26 teams -- 16 men’s squads and 10 women’s squads - will compete for national titles a chance to represent the US in the upcoming world championships as well as berths in the 2002 Olympic Team Trials during daily competition through March 11 Many of the teams got their first look at The Ice Sheet on Curling ccrcLi What: USA Curling National Championships When: Today through March 1 1 action begins today at 9:30 am with opening ceremonies at 12:30 pm Where: The Ice Sheet At stake: Men’s and women’s national championships plus berths in the 2002 Olympic Tearn trials Friday “I think everyone is happy with the ice” USA Curling communications director Rick Patzke said Today’s action includes a pair of men’s draws at 9:30 a-and 6:30 pm The opening ceremonies will be at 12:30 pm Ticket prices range from $2 for a weekday pass to S15 for a weeklong pass The men’s field will compete in a double round robin format with the top four advancing tot the semifinals set for 8 pm on The winners will meet for the national championship at 1:30 pm on March March 10 Dan McClintock Quynn Tebbs chipped in with six points four assists and a key steal Shawn Moore chipped in with five points including a crucial early in the second half - and Damon King added three points and three rebounds “You know Arceneaux and Gill are going to get their points" NAU coach Mike Adras said “but Shawn Moore hit a big 3 on us and Tebbs comes up with a huge steal and converts it at the other end Those are the plays that essentially broke us in the second half ” McClintock led NAU with 23 points but like Arceneaux was plagued by fouls late in the game Ross Land had 18 points in his final - home game and Adam Lopez chipped in with 10 “(Weber State) was more aggres- See WSU23 11 The defending men’s champions are Tim Somerville’s team based in St Paul Minn Team USA includes Somerville Mike Schneeberger Myles Brundidge and John See CURUNG23 4-- A Take a ticket College men’s basketball: San Diego State vs BYU 7 pm Marriott Center Air Force vs Utah 7 pm Huntsman Center Boise State vs Utah State 7 pm Smith Spectrum College women’s basketball: Northern Arizona vs Weber State 2 pm Dee Events Center IHL hockey: Cincinnati vs Z Utah 7 pm E Center ’ US Curling: at The Ice Championships Sheet: games at 9:30 am 6:30 pm opening ceremonies at 12:30 i j j i pm Motocross: National Arenacross Series 7:30 pm Delta Center Chariot racing: Utah State Championships at Weber County Fairgrounds noon Prep sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 5B T - j Z ' i : OH TIES Ain 10am -- NCAA basketball: Florida at Kentucky CBS 1 0 am NCAA basketball: - Temple at George Washington -- Z Z ESPN Noon -- NCAA basketball: Z Syracuse at Connecticut CBS -Noon - Track & field: US -Indoor Championships NBC Z 1:30 pm -- NCAA 2 basketball: North Carolina at j Duke ABC 2 pm - NCAA basketball: at Stanford CBS 4 pm - NBA basketball: Sacramento at San Antonio UCLA nbc - NCAA basketball: 5 pm Maryland at Virginia ESPN ' 5:30 pm NHL hockey St Louis at Florida ESPN2 7 pm NCAA basketball: Z - : Z - - - Oklahoma at Oklahoma State ESPN 7 pm - NCAA basketball: San Diego State at BYU KSL-T- - V - 7 pm NCAA basketball: Air Force at Utah KJZZ-TStandard-Examinstaff and wire services V - er w Z Tonight’s Bctr23 Boise State at Utah Stale 7 pm Force at University of Utah 7 Air pm KJZZ San Diego State at Brigham Young University 7 pm KSL-TV i I |
