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Show ‘The Salt Lake Tribune BS ° SPORTS Sunday, March 31, 1996 Kentucky Earns a Spot In NCAA Final Feisty Cougars Close Spring Practice With Bang Offensive Line Sends Signals of Tenacity GAME SUMMARY KENTUCKY @ Continued From B-1 By Joe Baird THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 15-point second-half deficit to 73- PROVO — With an unusually 70 with one minute to play bruising Blue-White Game Brigham Young closed We had a 10-point lead. Nor- spring football practice Saturday mally, we knock people out with Big hits, scuffles and even roughed-up quarterbacks were that. They would never quit,” Pi- tino said of Massachusetts, his alma mater. the rulein the White’s 27-12 vic tory before a Cougar Stadium crowd of around 4,000. And the Cougars could not have been Mark Pope made two free throws with 52 seconds left to make the lead five and Antoine Walker's dunk 14 seconds later morepleased after a missed three-pointer by ‘L lovedit,” said defensive coordinator Ken Schmidt. “It was Edgar Padilla had the Wildcats on their waytoa chanceat their sixth national championship “We've had a great season and this was one of the goals we set and we have one more Monday physical. We got after it. That's what it's all about.” The same could be said for the previous 14 sessions. After sputtering much of last season, the BYUoffense — particularly the line — gavenotice earlyit was not going to be pushed around. The Cougar defense was not accommodating, either. Even assistant coaches occasionally feuded in night,” Walker said The teams had met in November, and Massachusetts came away with a 92-82 victory. The Wildcats wontheir next 27 games until losing to Mississippi State in the championship game of the SEC tournament what wound up a feisty set of “They're a better team. They're workouts. Again, no problem. more defined,” Massachusetts What we came away with was an aggressive, physical attitude,” said senior quarterback Steve Syracuse Strides Into NCAAFinal Sarkisian, “We had a fewfights; guys were going at it, But we need that, because our first game [against Texas A&M] is going to be like that.” Sarkisian himself was involved day.” on thesidelines by tight end Chad Lewis, running back Mark Atuaia, backer Shay Muirbrook, defen- sive end Ed Kehlandreturn specialist James Dye. With the good china on the shelf, Coach LaVell Edwards did away with the traditional controlled scrimmage — instead, let- ting the remaining starters and understudies go at it under real Tim Kelly TheSalt Lake Tribune Quarterback Paul Shoemaker finds himself run over by linebacker Heath Garsee at BYU's annual Blue-White gamein Cougar Stadium. Garsee nearly ran the ball in for a touchdown were similarly mixed. The Blue QB completed 25-of-43 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown. He also threwthree interceptions. “He played well in spots, but The Cougars I'm concerned abouthis decision- even played an overtime period to making,” said quarterback coach “T got pretty beat up, but I've fled the pockettoo often. Said Shoemaker; “It was just game conditions. get a feel for the new rule. . got all summerto recover,” said sophomore quarterback Paul Shoemaker, who was poleaxed by linebacker Dennis Simmons in one particularly nasty sideline hit Slated for backup duty, Shoemaker was scrutinized heavily Norm Chow, noting Shoemaker like the whole spring — good and bad. The good was coming back with a long scoring drive after two interceptions. The bad, obviously, were the interceptions. Without them, [the Whites] don't score as many points as theydid.” a Shoemaker pass 36 yards for a score midway through the third quarter. Linebacker Heath Gar- see’s second-quarter pick and rumbling 50-yard return set up another score as the Whites cruised, White QB Chris Bisgaard was impressive, completing 1i-of-15 passes for 143 yards and a touch- down to K.O. Kealaluhi. Aaron Cupp added a game-high 63 rushing yards on 13 carries. Walk-on receiver Jared Kenne- dy was Shoemaker's favorite target, hauling in nine catches for a game-high 116 yardsto cap an im- pressive spring — and perhaps earn a spot in the Cougars’ wideoutrotation. Saturday foliowing a so-so series of practices. The game reviews Free safety Eddie Sampson extolled the biggest price, returning Tolles Up by 2 At The Players PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP res Saturday afterthe third rouad ofthe #35 milion The Players Chamapionstip. played on the PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Pix ‘TPC at Sawgrase §896-yard, par? Stadhum Course Tommy Toles Hale Irvin David Daval a 737070213 we TeTl—213 3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — © Thefield is too good. The pressureis too great. There is too much danger lurking on the TPC Stadium Course at would panic but they didn’t. They did little bit at the end but they made all the plays. They're going to be tough to beat.” The Minutemen werewithin 63- 60 with 4:59 left on a tip-in by Donta Bright, but Jeff Sheppard's dunk with 3:06 left capped a 5-0 burst for Kentucky that gave it a 68-60 lead. GAME SUMMARY meee @ Continued From D-1 in one of those spring dust-ups, but sat out Saturday as a precautionary measure. He was joined H-Back Itula Mili, middle line- Coach John Calipari said of how Kentucky played this time. “I thought when we got close they GAME SUMMARY Write ‘ve Pst Quarter ue — PG 38 Smith White — FG82 Pockmon Quarter Bloe — PG 37 Smith ‘White — Petersen 2 run Pochmankek White — Sampaoa 36 interception (Henderson kick Blue — Cahoon pas from Shoeraker (pas fale Fourth Quarter Whate — Kealaluhi 7 pass from Biogard (Poehman kick cr White — FG 39 Henderson INDIVIDUAL LEADERS AUSHING — Bue Atuaia 14-28, Shoemaker 12-15, Stearn 13: White, Cupp 1363, Stevees 2minus 18 PetersonTunas 10. SING — Blue Shoersaker 25-433-288, Atuaa 1-10-38 Bard 14-04, White Bisgas rd 11-15-0143, Peterson 281-3, Cupp 1-010. RECEIVING — Blue, Kennedy $1160, Roderick 3420, 89-0, Cahoon 3-2-1, Stearns 2.204, White, McGuire 3 424, Kealaluhi 443-1, Conde 2-414. PUNTING — Blue, Devs 27: White Boardman $39 Wallace led four Syracuse players in double figures with 21 points and Todd Burgan added 19. Hill scored 15 and Lazarus Sims 11 for Syracuse “Right now myemotions are so highI feel like this was the championship game,” said Burgan, who scored 15 ofhis 19 in the piv- Burgan Wallace Hil Sime ‘pola Reatsayder Janus 200 2856 6 61 SYRACUSE, Min PG «0 2 # 2} 613 00 902 00 200 2455 20.24 MM ‘point goals—Misssipg State 11-28 (Wi 7. Jones 28, Syracuse 5-12 (Burgan 2 Janus 0-1) A—19.229 otal second half. Mississippi State (26-8) was led by Darryl Wilson, who had 20 points. Dontae’ Jones added 16, Erick Dampier 12, Marcus Bullard 11 and Russell Walters 10 for the Bulldogs. Mississippi State's biggest roblem was holding on to the ball. The Bulldogs had 21 turnovers compared to Syracuse's five and it was as telling a statistic as anyin the game. “Wedidn’t handlethe ball well and I don’t knowif it was nervousness or what,” Bulldogs Coach Richard Williams said. “Syracuse played somepart in that, but we also didn't make very good deci- sions. We madea lot of bad decisions with the ball.” “Our [2-3] zone can do that to you,” said Sims, who directed the Syracuse attack with precision, contributing nine assists with no turnovers in 40 minutes. Meanwhile, Wallace and Hill made it easyfor Syracuse. The 6-8 Hill led the way in the first half, dominating Mississippi State's 6-11 center Dampier with 15 points. “My shots weren't falling in the first half, but Otis was able to keep us going,” Wallace said. CENTENNIAL POSTERS jawgrass, Neverin the 22-year history of The Players Championship had it been won by someone who had never won on the PGA Tour. Tommy Tolles can change that. So can David Duval. Or MichaelBradley. Tolles, the 29-year-old in only his second year on the tour, handled a steady rain and the pressureof play- ing in the last groupof the day en players are at 10 underpar, four strokes back, including Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, Fred Couples and Vijay Singh. DINAH SHORE RANCHO MIRAGE. Calif— Scores Saturday after the third round of the $900,000 Nabisco Dima Shore. plaved or the Misia Fils Country Chb's #480 yard, par‘T2 Dinah Shore Teurnamet Course Shires Puri Stephanie Farwg Sheehan Ties Lead At Dinah Shore THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — LPGA Hall of FamerPatty Sheehan, with a Nabisco Dinah Shore championship corspicuously absent from herlist of 34 career victories, fired 2 5-underpar 67 Saturday to tie Brandie Burton for the tournamentlead Burton, who hasn't won a title in three years, shot a 68 at Mission Hills to continue her comeback from an gpening 78. She had a 67 the second ay. Sheehan and Burton wereat 6-under 210 after three rounds at Mission Hills CountryClubin the LPGA's first major of 1996 Both Shechan and Burton have come close in the Dinah Shore, considered the women's equivalent of the PGA's Masters. Four Share Lead In Dominion Golf ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO — Tom Weiskopf SAN ANTONIO — Tab cour Bob Dickson om West: NNING l DOMINION SENIORS ‘Saturday after the mcond round ofthe $450,000 SBC Dominion Seniors on toe 681¢-yard par72 Douce Colorful mountain men. Hardy pioneers. Brawling miners. Racingrailroad builders. birdied six of the last 11 holes Sater- Their lives blended together to make Utah's history. The Salt Lake Tribune commemor. round lead with Bob Dickson, Graham Marsh and Larry Mowry in the $650,000 Dominion seniors golf tournament Despite a bad start, Weiskopfsbot a ates them in thesefull-color posters, reprinted from paintings by Tribune artist Dennis Green. 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