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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Saturday, August 3, 1996 WYOMING DOWNSENTRIES Taylorsville Wants Legion Crown — CASHINGIN For Clean Sweep of Baseball Titles: The Salt Lake Tribune's ere are the enries for tad 's racing at Wyo BY JAY DREW ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE KEARNS — Taylorsviile’s baseball teams have won all three Babe Ruth state championships, the Class 5-A high school title and the Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation (Automotive) crown. Taylorsville also went 6-1 in the es Capitol Classic in Carson,Nev., losing only to s What's left? The State American Legion Baseball across the board on Velociter in the eighth race. “31 | TRIBUNE'S PICKS — 1. Benther Has The Aaya sight proviteopet | Cas i Life 7 Wve apa op-ntct com NINTH RACK, AQHAChallenge Ta, Three is protonedge bere 1 Je On age sekstd ict 4 BCR Teena Dasher seeded vearlds, 400 Yards, Pare $390. 122 $1) Io ero ean Tournament. The 16-team, doubie-elimination tourney opens today at Oquirrh Park (5624 S. 4800 West) and runs through Aug. 10. Taylorsville is gunning for TODAY'S SCHEDULE its fourth straight LeUpper Bracket —South Piet Orem va Taylorsville. 10 am gion title and another trip to the Western Re—cypnem Bretion gional. MaorDnt rth Pa And guess what? Jordan vs. peestin “We're the team to Bann oe beat, because of pitch- Rene costaloe ing,” says Taylorsville coach Travis Parker. 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Threevear-eids and wp, 400 | Baroey Blurr (Hedges) Bob Te Byuater . sania Pera Gare BCR TomcatDasher ‘Wablen Way teedmore roundfor atop efor teat asdes FUPTH RACE, Maldeas, Teoyaraiy 330 factor todaysith atop ps might eye 1M 8 mL 21101 im i aunt BYJAY DREW THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE the NBA rebounding leader who threatened to take his drag-anddye-job act out of basketball, decided Fridayto return to the Chi- cago Bulls next season. Rodman agreed to a one-year contract with the NBA champions. agent Dwight Manley said Rodman joined Michael Jordan and CoachPhil Jacksonin returning to the Bulls. Rodman, 35, averaged 14.9 boardslast season while winning his fifth straight rebounding championship. He said he was insulted by the Bulls’ initial offers of $5 million and $6 million, and threatened to retire unless he got more. The free-agent market has changed dramatically this summer with Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning and Juwan Howard, all in their 20s, getting million the Bulls had offered and deals worth around $100 million, The NBArejected Howard's contract this week, contendingit ex- Rodman had said he would need ca Manley said the deal was worth significantly more than the $6 slightly less than the $10 million to precluderetirement Rodman needs to pass a physical before he signs the contract. probably Sunday, Manley said ‘We're done,” Manley said “He's ecstatic to be back in Chicago. Both sides popes and both sides are very hap} oe officials aout fat comme ‘Until Jerry (Krause, general manager] tells me a player is signed, the Bulls will have nothing to report.” said spokesman Tom Smithburg. Krause was in Salt Lake City with the Bulls’ summer league team ceeds the Miami Heat's salary Manley had said Rodman, who made$2.5 million last season,always wanted to return to Chicago and keepintact the team thatlast season set an NBA record with a 72-10 regular-season mark. His flamboyant style, including his appearancein drag while signing copies of his book, Bad As J Wanna Be, his ever-changing hair color and postgameritual of tossing his jersey to a fan, endeared him to this Bulls-crazy city. Adulation flowed over Rod- man, despite his bad-boy image among Chicagoans when he was a Detroit Piston at the start of his Young Seeking Inspiration After Mediocre 96 Season KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS ROCKLIN, Calif. — Perception is about to meetreality, and Steve Young can't wait The 49ers quarterback spent theoff-seasonliving with the per- ception that, somehow, hewas almost as responsible for the 49ers" playoff crash as Adam Walker's greased palms efit from the support. but time out fora reality check: Hedidn’t lay y in ‘95. In fact, he g BY CLARK JUDGE Younghasno doubthe will ben- threw for 3,200 yardsin 11 games — a figure that, over 16 starts, projects to a career-best 4,656 yards, 243 more than ‘95 NFL leaderBrett Favre. “There aren't many people I'd change anything for,” Young said, “because the proof is in the Critics claimed Young wasn't pudding. Whyscrewaround with shoulder injury that sidelined good things’ But Bill’s the one himfor five games, and theyof- trade], and he’s the one who, before anyone, believed in me.” Cavanaugh, a former 49ers the same after a mid-season fered his eight touchdownpasses and nine interceptions in the last six gamesas evidence They said he slipped. Theysaid he was getting old. Theysaid he lost some of the techniques that made him the NFL's 1994 MVP. My response?” said Young, who turns 35 in October. “Look at the film. The reality is I don't think I was flawed, but if the per- ception is there, then I'mgoing to attack the perception Over the past five years, he has field wii 1 Young, while Walsh — whooccasionallywill confer with Young outside the huddle or on headfirst with reality whentalk of the coaches arises. Some people and Cavanaughwill help improve Bradshaw, Sammy Baugh, Y.A Tittle and Sid Luckman. Green Young's techniques. Young and offensive coordinator Marc Trestman review the '95 videotape and Bay's Bart Starr is closest to Youngwith a rating of 97.4 for his five most productive seasons But like Coach George Seifert, who only two years ago was the subject of a should-he-stay-orshould-he-go poll on the team’s flagship radio station, Young must prove himselfall over again. I'm looking for inspirational ideas,” Young said. He'll get help there. With the additions of quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh and ex-head coach Bill Walsh, now a coaching wonder what's to improve. Marchad his handsfull [with the offense] and did a heli of a job,” Seifert said, “but Steve's techniques waned; thingslike the Coincidentally, St. George's new coach is Brad Houtz, a Taylorsville star in the late 1980s and Parker's former teammate. Last year, St. George's coach was Barry Sceli, who helped build Taylarsville’s program in the 1980s. St. George is the Southern League's only tournamententrant. Clearfield was the Northern after champion. A hot Cyp: rus team could contend, its pitchers allowed only 11 hits in the last four games. erees stopped the Utah schoolall-star football game a Rodman. Rodman hadfew problems during his first season in Chicago compared withhis stint in San Antonio. But he did drawa six-game suspension for head-butting an official. Heoften complained that NBA officials were picking on him and waiting for him getoutofline. He sprinkled an expletive into his speechto Bulls fans at the championship celebration. During the NBAFinals, Seattle Coach George Karl accused Rodman of cheating and flopping to draw fouls. But Karl also acknowledged that Rodman's rebounding and defense were main- ly responsible for two of The 4-A stars had beenflattened long beforethat. Riding a powerful offensive line and the quarterbacking heroics of 1995 Tribune 5-A MVP Olin Hannum, the 5-A stars pum- meled the 4-A stars 39-7 in the annual charity game at Cotton- wood High Schooi. “| thought it would be close like the state championship game last year,” said Fremont’s Hannum, named the all-star game's offensive MVP. “It wasn’t.” Nope,not after the already-undermanned 4-A team committed six turnovers. Maybe Timpview’s Bret Engemann, thestate’s mostrecruited player last year, hadit right. The BYU-bound quarterback bowed outof the 4-A team after one practice whenit became evident Box Elder coach Wes defense stuffed everything 4-A quarterbacks Mare Dunn of Box Elderand Lance Rice of Olympus tried. The 4-A’s only score was a 67-yard touchdown throw from Dunn to Spanish Fork’s Chris Anderson, which Anderson caught at the 50, made a2 spin move and outran three defenders to the end zone. “We knew our defense was tough,” said 5-A coach Roger Dupaix of Skyline. “Our offense couldn't do anything against them in a scrimmage either.” Orem's Jon Guenther was named the defensive MVP. He teamed with Granger's Chad Bennett, Skyline’s Shane Kojima and Granger's Sam Litito give the 5-A an outstanding linebacking corps. Liti recovered two fumbles, one in the end zone after a bobbled puntattemptto give the 5-A stars a 16-7 lead in the second quarter. Hillrcrest quarterback Doug Smith, Hannum and American Fork’s Aaron Bowen scored on touchdown runs for the 5-A. Mountain View's Kevin Van Dyke booted a a pairoffield goals and Smith completed the scoring with aneline winsit for you,” said DuPethings got ugly with less than two minutes remaining. After Kelly Chatterton of Davis and BoxElder’s Bryan Stendergot in a skirmish, both benches cleared and a mini-brawl broke out in frontof the 4-A bench. Officials were able to break it up after 30 seconds or so. Then, they made their best call of the evening, opting to stop the contest before things got worse Chatterton had madethehit of the game, knocking the helmet off Ogden's Rashad Kennedy witha big stick moments beforethe fracas. Zac Green of Olympus also provided a de-cleater, nailing Bountiful's Brad Murdock. However, Murdock held on to the pass for a 23-yard gain. The 3-A, 2-A and 1-A all-stars, seniors from the previous year, will get their chance to shine in a gametonight (7:30) at Delta High. $A +A — Hannum 7 run Vian Dyke Bie SA—PG2Y SA Lit 5-4 — Bowen 7 run (Van Dy bik) run S.A — Brian 33 pam from Smith (Van Dyke Riek Jake Brian. Injunction Will Fox Broadcasting Buys Share of Golf Channel Give Heat Time To Work on Deal ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO,Fia. — The owner of Fox Broadcasting Co. has paid $50 million for a one-third interest in The Golf Channel, an Orlando-based cable operation that de- the nine seats on The Golf Channel’s board of directors, said Chris Murvin, the channel's senior VPof business affairs. buted 18 months beeh company should bolster the channel's profile and subscriber base. a 33-yard TDstrike tc Fremont's “In a gamelikethis, the offen- Chicago'sfour victories in the six- gameseries. Rodmanhas been busyin the offseason,signing to do ashow on MTVandnegotiating for another $2 million to co-star with Jean Claude Van Dammein an action movie. 1 It 4 2740 ES Slater109-1029, Hipp 2549, Tower41-19, Martin 7832Semome 17.48 Srey 100% Mand. 0080. Teta 35 * Serentp— Wire 2 $72 Pret «Saad 3.006 Sammons 11:21, McDaniel01.2 1, Torte €60 12 ‘auswell 21-25, Taylor 0.0 4, Poppink 0 0-0 0, Cros 0 0-00. 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The NBAre- Bennet 2) Chica go 8 Harlan 3 aetsor Harris, MeManae) ‘Today's Games fused to approve Howard's con- tract with the Heat on Wednesday. “There's no timetable except as RETRACTABLE SUN SHADE $38.95 quick as possible,” NBA publicist Sein Sylvan said 5 SPO. ABS. AC AM/FM CASS CO, NOONADOF, CRUISE TILT ALLOYS CLASS INHITCHES $9695 40 Ya s ori = n66 back, all of a sudden there's a refocus. Part of that, Young says, is perception again. He doesn't believe his techniques eroded; he had no problemwith his reads, he says his footwork was just fine, and if reminded him in a private meeting this week. Still, Young says he 1995 Honda Prelude SI" $19,700 Seifert doesn't believe it, Young welcomes Walsh's arrival wats 7 eeeT Roesler would run theoption. Well, theydidn’t actually runit. Theytried to, but the fired-up 5-A taking of the snap and the separation by the quarterback and the reads while he separated — tiny fundamentals. With Bill coming formancescritics would like you tobelieve helped sink the '95 seasonare supposed tobe minimized ally workers had to paint over believe the additions of Walsh consultant, Young is expected to flourish. And those flawed per- billboard nextto one of the city’s busiest freeways, gawking motorists caused traffic snarls. Eventu- their way to lunch — usually gets ‘a quarterback rating (103.2) better than the top five seasons of 19 Hall of Fame quarterbacks, in- cluding Johnny Unitas, Terry When a men’s clothing store painted his likeness on a giant his message to Young through Cavanaugh, the team’s first quarterbacks coach since Gary Kubiak in 1994 What needs work? Again, perception collides Perhapsit was fitting thatek 1:56 left in regulation Friday night career. who brought mein [in a 1987 quarterback, works closest on the split four games. | SA Stars Flatten 4-A in Football Slugfest ype ham Heather Has The Cash Papineau Bulls Will Get Another Worm Year THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Dennis Rodman. mini tournamentinvolving the three other division champions to get the top seed. Taylorsville, which plays Orem at 10 a.m.today, beat Division II champ Alta and Division IV winner Hillcrest last week. Alta has the No. 2 seed, while Division III champ Brightonis the third seed by virtue ofits 9-6 win overHillcrest. rvAand we've gotthree relievers [Ryan Woodbury, Kevin Carver and i Tedd ae that couldstartfor most teams,” sai The only Utah team that has stayed with Taylorsville this summeris St. George, last year’s Legion tourney runner-up.Taylorsville and St. George have $701 SOUTH STATE STREET @ 264-3636 SALT LAKE OGDEN MIDVALE 973-4477 627-4420 255-3334 1800 W. 3500S. 709W.Rverdeio Re, «B11 S, State Street Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m, Seturday: 10 a.m. + 4 p.m. ’ |
