Show C EizzcufcstthsStsrs Salt Lake beats Las Vegas 5C Scoreboard'!! in PCL action Standard-Examin- Executive Sports Editor: Saturday May 1 3 2000 er llltahns’ minors Uproar : 1 Pride pss before fail from playoffs i Tbe t CnECFKAXY KEAPC3S: a tobeathom inside of the Utah Jazz The deep Trail Blazers class-- A Beloit Snappers Olean pitched eight perfect innings against the have the Jazz in a deep hole 3--0 in their playoff 3-- series Quad City K KEVORKOJANSEZIAN River Bandits inducing 21 groundouts His bid for a perfect game was broken up hy ft leadoff double in the ninth inning He was with Ogden last season '1 The Assoaatsd Press Utah vs Portland Bestf-7- ) best-of-- 0 Thursday’s result Portland 103 Utah 84 Portland leads senes 30 Sunday's game Portland at Utah 1pm NBC Tuesday May 16 Utah at Portland TBA it necessary Thursday May 18 Portland at Utah TBA if necessary Saturday May 20 Utah at Portland TBA if necessary ting up a fight and avoiding a sweep then seeing what happens from there See JAZZ3C f Three other 1: - t a t ? Dream reality for Tigers : ' y -- Ogden High claims slate 3-- soccer title with 2-- 1 win over Cedar City ) Vi ( 16 A J ' r"r' Utahns playing baseball Besides former Raptors and Salt Lake Buzz players there is a solid group of baseball players with Utah ties playing in die minor leagues this year They include: Catchers Reed Secrist (Viewmont) at AA Tulsa and John Buck (Taylorsville) at A Michigan infielders Troy Farnsworth (BYU) at A Potomac Scott Pratt (Tooele) at AA Akron Zach Sorensen (Highland) at AA Akron Ron Wright (Delta) at AA Chattanooga and Nate Tebbs (Bingham) at AAA Rochester Also outfielders Troy McNaughton (BYU) at A POtomac Ryan Pene (Dixie) atA San Jose and designated hitters Damian Sapp (Pleasant Grove) at AA Trenton and John Summers (University of Ulah) at A San Jose 1 Among pitchers John DaSilva (BYU) is at AAA Calgary Jared Fernandez (Kearns) is at AAA Z ' Pawtuckett and Ryan Jensen (Cottonwood) is at AAA : Fresno Others include Brandon Duckworth (Kearns) at AAl ’ Reading Brian Knoll (BYU) af“AA Shreveport Jeremy Lambert (Kearns) at A Potomac Doug Dent (Utah) at ARancho Cucamonga Nick Roberts (Southern Utah) at A Michigan and Willie Eyre (Cyprus) at A Quad City The Zion Pioneerzz open Western League play on May 1 5 in St George C By JUSTIN JOHNSON A A ‘'"i i - V yi t " a p j : :a 2-- A rA Ogden The championship is the in either boys school’s or girls soccer “These kids weren’t going to leave here in second place” said Ogden coach Dee Minnoch who finished his first season as the 3 Tigers’ head coach with a overall record “This team has played together for a long time They have the best chemistry of any team I’ve ever coached There isn’t just one or two stars We had a lot of different people step up and do what they needed to do in order for us to win” On a team full of talented players a trio of seniors stole the spotlight and were the key to the first-ev- j jfyf V a ‘ ” ’’ 1 V I i ' ’ ? - ‘ ' 1 f ’ 4 ' ‘ I J ALAN MURRAYStandard-Examine- r Ogden High School’s Scott Williams (11) kicks the bail away from Cedar City’s Andrew Hansen during Friday’s state championship soccer game at Juan Diego High School in Draper Ogden won the game and the title with a 1 win in overtime See more results for state soccer baseball and softball action 2C TIGHT BATTLE FCR1KETITIE: 3-- er Tigers’ win First forward Jason Holland in his first season playing for Og- den scored both goals in the The first was off a rebound See T1GERS2C - Cardinal netters way too much for underdog Wildcats Stanford cruises to a &0 win in match at NCAA tennis tournament Standard-Examin- Tennis Championships on Friday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium Stanford clinched the team victory in less than an hour winning all six singles matches in straight sets staff and wire services er STANFORD Calif te - Weber State’s group of overachievers simply were overmatched The Cardinal whose singles players rank in the nation’s top 60 did not lose a game in three of the six matches and lost a total of just 12 games in singles competition 1- -5 The Wildcats were shut out by the defendStanford Cardiing champion and nal in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Magazine top-rank- ICON Sports Agency has signed DAvid Benoitas a client and he is working out in Salt Lake City perhaps hoping for another shot at the NBA The annual Bowling for will be 1 Rhinos from ’tonight pm at BOnwood Bowl in Salt Lake City The cost is $15 For information call Hogle Zoo at The 1 ext 729 annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics began Friday in Provo and will cover 1600 miles before June 1 The torch will be in Weber County on -- ’ The doubles competition was not held because the outcome had already been decided “For a team with only six players on the roster we overachieved this season” said Weber State coach Keith Cox whose team was making its first every appearance at the event “In today’s match we probably played as well as we could especially at No 1 (Len- See WSU5C ' -- er 7--10 x I I t V'v —— ‘ -- t i J Miller is executive er i i ' 625-426- f tfC" ' sports editor of the He can be reached at 1 or cmillerQstan- Standard-Examin- State meet at BYU A 582-163- ‘ Chris Practice run claims young 6C member of Petty family Playoffs 3C Miami 77 New York 76 (OT) Lakers 105 Phoenix 99 4C BASEBALL American League Boston 9 Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 3 Cleveland 7 Kansas City 3 Detroit 9 NY Yankees 7 Minnesota 4 White Sox 3 Texas 13 Anaheim 11 Seattle at Oakland (n) National League Milwaukee 6 Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 8 Philadelphia 7 Montreal 8 Chicago Cubs 3 Los Angeles 13 St Louis 0 Florida 6 NY Mets 4 Cincinnati 7 Houston 3 (11) Colorado 15 San Francisco 7 Arizona 6 San Diego 4 Sports shorts Utes win two at MWC toumey SALT LAKE CITY -- The University of Utah softball team defeated Colorado State and UNLV 11-- 2 Friday 8-- 0 to advance to the Mountain West Conference tournament championship today UNLV ousted BYU with a 0 victory early Friday TAKE A TICKET j i' y A LOT OF EFFORT: Kelli College club baseball: Western Regionals at Serge Simmons Field 10 am and Lindquist Reid 4:30 pm UFL football: Northern Utah at Storm vs Rhino-RaideSunset 4 pm Snake River at North Davis Cougars 7 pm Auto racing: Rocky Mountain Raceways 7 pm Prep sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 5C rs ON THE AIR 11 am -- NFL Europe: Scotland at Rhein FSN 1 :30 pm - NBA playoffs: Indiana at Philadelphia NBC 5 pm - MLB baseball: Atlanta at Philadelphia TBS 5 pm - MLB baseball: Cubs at Montreal WGN 5:30 pm - NHL playoffs: Colorado at Dallas ESPN 6 pm - MLS soccer New ° England at DC ESPN2 Sports quotes Any port in a storm Carmen Electra on how she coped with the deaths of her mother and sister two years ago: ”1 didn't want to feel the pain of loss Some people turn to drugs and alcohol I ended up marrying Dennis Rodman” Write it down Jim Armstrong in the Denver Posf “Not that it’s any of my business but one more tattoo and Allen Iverson is going to be all ink and bones” - Standard-Examin- staff er and wire services Brigham Young University in Provo The event finishes today See stories 2C BRIAN dardjiet Burton of makes a throw in the shot put during Friday’s action at the state high school track and field championships being held at Davis High School r PCL baseball: Las Vegas vs Salt Lake 6:15 pm Franklin Covey Field game 2-- Spencer Christiansen has been named executive director of the Utah Winter Games He has been the Games’ director of public relations since 1997 Ogden High’s Emily Ure was honored this spring with an US Naval Academy Student-AthleAward in conjunction with ESPN the May 26 Fatal crash 14-- li fund-rais- udimb 3-- A i '' y 3-- A 2-- i A DRAPER - In all reality Ogden High School’s march to the state boys soccer championship began a year ago on a field in St George It was there that the Tigers were defeated by crosstown rival Ben Lomond 1 in last year’s finals state With the grittiness experience and determination that can only be learned by experiencing defeat the Tigers edged Cedar City 1 in overtime on Friday night at Juan Diego High School to claim the trophy that has eluded sun-swe- pt bV o 1 i I correspondent Standard-Examin- - j Jason Holland Ogden Scored two goals n 2-- 1 over Cedar City ri 3-- A championship game ¥ Nichole Stokes Bear River Had (wo doubles and three RBIs in a 9-- 3 win over Lets Skyler White Bear River Had three singles two doubles a tnple and fiveRBIsm 12-- 4 win over Granite and 4-- 1 win over Uintah NBA won player of the month awards in April Milwaukee honored 1997 alum Bucky Jacobsen at AA Huntsville and 1997 teammate Jeff Deardorff was honored at A Mudville Bobby Danila was honored at A Beloit Jhe Raptors’ season begins Tidbits j 4-- Tmpview - The SALT LAKE CITY Jazz season is no longer about playoff dreams and lofty goals The only thing left to salvage is pride and that’s what they will be battling for on Sunday afternoon “I feel personally Sunday is a pride game” Karl Malone said “No one wants to go home get' ting swept” se7 in their Down ries with the Portland Trail Blazers their chances of winning the series are virtually nil Their sights are set now on simply put- - 2-- 4-- 1 (Times MOT staff Standard-Exanvn- Portland center Avydas Sabonis is one of the latest weapons for the ‘ t By TOM McEACHIN one-hitt- er June championship game James Hanley Bear River Ht a pair of home runs ri 1 4 wn over over Uintah Granite and ¥ Kenny Hickman BoonevfDe: Scored three goals n 3 wn over Sunday’s game to graduate 3C minor-leagu- recently pitching NorthOT Utah's top hfci school performers Friday Nate GladweM Ogden: Had 18 saves m 2-- 1 over Cedar City n 3-- A Utah Jazz players vow not to go out with a whimper in a sweep ESSSE: Hundley wi miss Ogden Raptors will their 2000 Pioneer season in about a month but a couple of Raptors alumni are faring well farther up the Milwaukee e Brewers’ chain Pitcher Chris Olean came close to perfection 1 625-426- NICH0U30NStandard-Exarrane- r I 14 ’—th irX “4 “ Jhw 'I W t V ft 44 m ok — mmmiii 4i4iav)ta4 1 I |