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Show jTiTrTVnV iij U'4rWr inl"Wrfirrfrriyi 2 D The Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday, February 4-- 3 administered to Highland earlier in the double elimination state tournament But, most important. the overtime goal kept Highland's championship flame burning Special to The Tribune BOUNTIFUL Highland High remained alive in its quest for the Utah state high school hockey championship Saturday night, thanks to the combined efforts of Morrie Moore and Scott Dugger. Moore deflected in a Dugger slap shot with 1 22 left in sudden death overtime Saturday to elevate Highland to a 3 victory over Judge Memorial in the state high school finals at the Bountiful Ice The Bulldogs and Rams, who each now have one loss in the tournament, will square off Monday at 6 45 p m. at the Salt Palace for the Utah state hockey championship. Judge, which was seeded No. 1 in the double elimination tournament, thus will have one more chance to become the state The timely goal, which wrote an end to an loss Judge exciting hit of hockey, avenged a titlist. Highland, meanwhile, hopes to ride the momentum it earned via its victory Saturday to the Beehive State crown. 4-- Rink. 3-- 2 Tribune Sports Writer OGDEN If you're a gambling man. it's often difficult to find a good bet these days. But, placing a wager on the Weber State basketball team's chances of winning the Big Sky Conference title have to be better than hitting the tables at Las Vegas. The Wildcats gained a tie for their 11th title in 17 years Saturday by capturing a 3 victory over Montana State before 11,715 fans at the Dee Events Center. And. even though Idaho took an victory at Boise State Saturday to keep Weber from winning the title outright, all the Wildcats have to do now is win one of their last three games. Its a good bet they won't drop three straight. 94-8- 81-8- 9 Rabbits, Wildcats Wrestle to Lead In State Contests By Scott L. Malan Tribune Sports Writer Although Delta High is well on its way to another ass wrestling championship, the Rabbits took some licks Saturday in the third session of the state meet in Richfield. Meanwhile, just north of Richfield, in Salina, Tom Crittendens South Summit wrestlers held a slim seven-poilead over Wayne High going into Saturday night's championship rounds in the tournament. The winners in the third round contests at each of the tournament sites advanced to their respective consolation championships The losers were eliminated from the competition. Four of the five Delta wrestlers who took to the mat in the round saw their seasons end on a losing note. Todd Harris (1191 was pinned by Wasatchs Troy Bonner. Richard Porter was a 13-- 6 loser to Steve Gault of Union McKay Shields, the Rabbits lost in a wild match with Greg Carter of And Curtis Trujillo (1551 lost a Lehi. decision to Me Hummel of host Richfield. Chris Brown (1121 was the only Rabbit to advance in what had to be one of Coach Ron Petersen's most disappointing outings of this or sny other season. Even Browns win could afford only a morsel of comfort for Petersen, who was looking for his defending state champion at 1(15 to repeat the feat in class. However, Brown was a surprise the loser to Sam Tsosie of Intermountain Friday night and was forced into the consolation bracket. Visibly disturbed by his team's performance, Petersen quickly herded the Rabbits out of the Richfield gymnasium . for Delta. Despite the temporary setbacks. Delta was expected to breeze to its seventh straight state crown 103-7The Rabbits held a Millard heading into Saturday lead over second-plac- e nights round and had five wrestlers going for championships. The real battle was expected to be for the runner-u- p honors Wasatch trailed Millard by just Vi into the finals, while Union was still in going point contention with 631 points, six behind Wasatch. The Eagles placed four wrestlers in the finals, second only to Delta, and one in the consolations Although Wasatch placed one less in the championships, three Wasps competed for consolation titles. nt 12-1- 3-- 2 0 For the Wasps to overtake the Eagles Saturday night, superior performances were needed from all three of the wrestlers in the finals. Two of them, Bradley Ripple (1061 and Dave Cummings (1451, were pitted against two of Delta's top wrestlers. Dean e state Turner and Alan Lake. Lake is a r at 145 champion and defending two-tim- title-holde- r t q p n y V' f By John Nelson AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N Y. In two days, the XIII Winter Olympics begin at this i esii'uc Auirondurk playground, ond -- th letes from the United States appear poised to increase their medal count from the 1976 Games. At the 1976 Innsbruck Games, America's winter sports exponents gathered 10 medthree by speedskater Sheila als pic-tu- Young-Oehowic- Wildcats Waltz by Bobcats; Weber Good Bet in Sky By Tom Wharton y Our team has played well enough to deserve the said Weber Coach Neil McCarthy, championship. who watched his team increase its conference record I think this is the to 10-- 1 and its season record to 20-best team Ive had since Ive been here. We won 25 games last year and I think weve matured since then." Still, there wasnt much of a victory celebration in the Wildcat dressing room. We haven't won it yet," said forward David Johnson, who tied his career high by scoring 26 points and hauling down 12 rebounds to lead Weber Saturday. "We just won the right to host the tournament. We have to win those two games. I don't think we'll be letting down the rest of the season." The winner of the regular season Big Sky title four-teaearns the right to host a season-endin- g tournament with the winner gaining an automatic NCAA bid. Montana State played the kind of run and gun basketball the Ogden fans like and, in the process, became only the second team this year to score more than 80 points against the Wildcats. The Bobcats hurt Weber with their outside shooting as Arnold McDowell burned the Wildcats with 28 points and Mick Durham hit 15 mostly from long range. But Weber, with Gerald Mattinson hitting a career high 20 points, and Richard Smith hitting 12 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, controlled the inside and that's where this game was won. The first half was extremely close and the game was tied nine times before Weber scored seven straight points late in the first half to take a 4 lead. 9 The Wildcats took a lead into the dressing room and outscored Montana State 13-- 3 early in the second half to open up a lead. Weber State's Bruce Collins, who hit 23 points Saturday, did much of the damage late in the first half and early in the second half, and when the Wildcats spurted to a lead, it looked like Weber would win going away. But McDowell got the hot hand in the final five minutes to bring Montana State back to within six with 39 seconds left. But it was too little too late, as Mattinson made a free throw and a layup off a rebound late In the game to end all doubt. "We took a couple of unneccessary shots with an lead and McDowell got hot," said McCarthy. "McDowell wouldnt have had the opportunity to take those shots if we'd taken better shots ourselves. But I never felt like we were really in trouble and I thought we had things pretty much in control. Johnson played a fine game and made a couple of d shots early in the game when critical Montana State threatened to take the lead. f V T' V v w ' w U.S. Athletes Set for Top Showing As Winter Games Opening Nears 10, IftftA Rams Halt Judge in Hockey, ii Ochowicz is retired now. married and the mother of daughter, but she left a legacy of U.S dominance in speedskating that could propel America to its best Winter Olympics ever. The most medals ever won by the United States in the Winter Games was 12 in 1932 at six gold, gour silver and two Lake Placid bronze Lase time around, America had three gold, three silver and four bronze Winter Sports Events There are 12 Winter Olympic sports speedskating, figure skating, downhill skiing, slalom, giant slalom, ski jumping, Nordic combined, biathlon, with 38 bobsled, luge and ice hockey events in all. offering a possible 114 medals. Picking up where Ochowicz left off will be Enc and Beth Heiden of Madison, Wris. Eric, 21, swept both the overall and sprint championships this season, his fourth in a row for each. His sister, Beth, won the overall and junior world titles in 1979. Mens speedskating is contended over five distances, and Enc is favored in all. "It's unavoidable to see Eric as the cross-countr- favorite to claim every gold medal available in speedskating," says Peter Schotting, the mens coach. While Beth was shut out of major titles hie caacnn she can be qxpected to contend m all four womens distances. Between them, the Heidens very well could win nine medals, nearly equalling 1976s total. But it does not stop there. The husband wife team of Peter and Leah Poulos Mueller will he strong in the shorter distances. Peter was a gold medalist in '76 in 1,000 meters, and Leah won the 1979 women's world sprint title. More Medals Probable More medals are probable in figure Alpine skating Several other categories y skiing, skiing, bobsled, also could produce jumping and hockey others. cross-countr- In figure skating, Linda Fratianne, a from Northridge, Calif., is the reigning world singles champion for women, and is favored to win the gold here. The defending mens world champion is Vladimir Kovalev of the Soviet Union, but 1978 world champion Charles Tickner of Littleton. Colo., could come away with a medal. The team of Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner of Los Angeles reigns as world pairs champions, but perennial Soviet titleholders Irina Rodnina and Alexandr Zaitsev have returned from a year s retirement and will challenge. Those two skating sports alone could yield as many as 13 medals. The United - v , States best shot at more is in Alpine skiing downhill, slalom and giant slalom. Cindy Nelson, 23, of Lutsen, Minn., is Americas only returning Olympic medalist in Alpine skiing, having won a browie m downhill at Innsbruck. She has to be considered a strong contender for another medal. No Special Pressure I'm happy to have '76 behind me." she says "Being the only medalist doesn't put anv special pressure on me . . . I'm comfortable. I'm relaxed and I'm confident." Nelson leads a large group of American women who have done well in the World Cup this season Heidi Preuss. 18, of Lakeport. N H . and Holly Beth Flanders, 21, of Manchester, N H., have excelled in downhill. Chnstin Cooper, 20, of Sun Valley. Idaho, has had her best year in giant slalom, and Abbi Fisher, 22, of South Conway, N H , is a threat in slalom. n The American men hsve not won Alpine medal since 1964 at Innsbruck when Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga took second and third in the slalom. This year's hopes rest with Phil and Steve Mahre, twin brothers from Yakima, Wash. "Ive had a so-s-o season." Phil says. "I've been inconsistent. I'll be with the leaders in one run and make a bad mistake in the next. If I can put two runs together, I'll be satisfied. If the American skiers do as well at home in the Olympics as they traditionally have done in the World Cup, the Alpine events can be expected to yield one perhaps two medals. . 31-2- 47-3- nt nt Vie Gals Decision Cougars by 71-6- 8 The University of Utah women's basketball team held BYU center Tina Gunn to more than 10 points below her average Saturday night and shocked the nationally ranked Cougars 8 in the Special Events Center. The Utes turned to point guard Monica Starrett in ending the Cougars winning streak at seven games and extending their own to eight straight.' Starrett hit two field goals and three free throws down the stretch to end up with 21 points. She also had seven assists With 24 seconds remaining in the game. Utah 5 lead (which had been a watched a advantage at the halD slip into a tie when Stacy Atencio sent BYU Jeanette Weston to the line for two foul shots and a technical free shot Starrett, who had hit Utahs two final field goals to give Utah the final lead She sealed the victory with two more foul shots with one second showing on the clock. 71-6- 4o-2- 9 68-6- S.L. Extends CHL Lead Eagles Baffle Bulls, Special to The Tribune BIRMINGHAM. Ala The Salt Lake Golden Eagles, who jetted to Alabama holding a four-poilead over the second-plac- e Birmingham Bulls, exited the state owning the same advantage thanks to a 2 conquest of Birmingham Saturday evening at the Jefferson Civic Center. Salt Lake, which had not tasted triumph at Birmingham in three previous games, called upon goaltender Doug Grant to harness the Bulls Saturday. And Grant, the lone Eagles goalie who had weekend beaten Birmingham prior to this series (both times in the Salt Palacei, again became the stopper. veteran collected 34 saves and shut The g Bulls during the closing 29 out the minutes of the shootout to assure the Salt Lake supremacy and enable the Golden Eagles to maintain bulge in the CHL standings A their four-poiSaturday would have left the victory Barmuigluim teams deadlocked for first place with 86 points with Wtufo Grant, who boasted his record to the triumph, performed superlatively during the final perW, KaM Lake exploded for three answered goals ta hup a 14 tie ad md W viefory Pttezaari pipped in the Eagies' initial twe goats ia tke first period. Iks first goal of the evening, a power ptey marker on assists from Brian Ogilvie and ffiHik Kmmm, was Ins 22nd of the season and (Mde "fSua" Che second bigheot point producer in Salt Lake traartiiiw history with 256 points Pelezaaris 186th career goal at 13 85 of the opening period an a picture assist from defenseman lie via U'illiscu stretched thq Salt Lake lead to - 5-- two-gam- e high-scorin- 'J p-m- g 2-- 1 I 5-- 2 However, Birmingham's Haney Bennett collected his 11th goal of the year on a deflection at 10.34 of the stalemate sandwich session to force a as was case the Thus, just Friday night when the Bulls defeated the Eagles, the game was tied entering the closing 20 minutes. But this time, the Golden Eagles gave nothing while recording their first victory ever at Jefferson Civic Center! to gain a split of the weekend series. r at Rookie Joe Mullen supplied the 8 03 of the third period on a splendid unassisted goal Mullen's 21st goal of the season was Salt Lake's third shorthanded marker of the year and allowed Mullen to extend his personal consecutive game scoring streak to 13 Mullen will try to match Palazzari's club record of scoring in 14 straight games when Salt Lake challenges the Indianapolis Checkers at Market Square Arena Sunday in a 5;30p m. (MST) encounter The game may be heard on KWMS radio. Once Mullen's shorthanded goal elevated the advantage. Ogtlvie banked his 16th Eaglet to a goal of the year on asaists from Palazzari and Len Fng at 12 67 of the closing session to provide the Eagles with a valuable insurance marker. Then, Bobby Simpson punctuated Salt Lake's first victory on BirmingHam ice with a slap shot that beat Bulls goalie Tim Bernhardt at 18 18 to solidify the triumph. The Eagles, who boosted their season record not only cracked their against Birmingham to "Alabama Jinx" Saturday but alao halted Bernhardt's seven game winning streak in goal It was a case of turnabout is fair play, since the Built stopped Balt Lake goalie Rick Heinz' winning streak at seven games Friday ppght 2 4-- 2 A 2'Ptmt fenced Tttat Heaps game-winne- Going at (the End or C3 Bay to man, a suit mat wears well and looks sharp at the end of a day Is a definite advantage. So we experimented and found a polyester fabric that's both snag and wrinkle resistant for durability. The hand tailored coat, 2 pair of matching slacks and vest are available In navy, brown and grey. A favorite with businessmen and missionaries, in Budget Reg. $145-$15- 5 a Men s Clothing. 3-- 2 45-fo- O IVf 1 7 r |