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Show Bie The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, January 16, 2000 op :of" ORNING BRIEFINE 6 + Ce SSCS ae es E=ualian Fans Give Rocker Mixed Reaction Utah Classic May Geta New Home Utah’s newest pro golf tour event mayhave a new home this year. The Buy. com Utah Classic — part of the former Nike Tour — is scheduled for WillowCreek Country Club in Sandy, Aug.31-Sept. 4. But tournamentandclubofficials haveyetto sign a contract. “We're talking to a couple ofdifferent courses,” tournament director Roger Graves said. “That doesn’t mean Willow Creekis in or out.” Alex Nicolaidis, Willow Cteek’s general manager, said the club’s board ofdirectors expects to consider a tournamentproposal later Event Time NFC:Vikings at Rams 10:30 a.m. [73) NFL FOOTBALL 20,000 spectators to Willow Cup event would make the tournamentproposal more or less attractive to the club. Ganter USA President An- U.S. vs. Iran 3 p.m ESPN FIGURE SKATING ISU Grand Prix Final 2pm. @ son that sponsors would go ith oneor the other,” ves said. So they proposed t6 combinethe tournaments ito one, while creating more laying chancesfor Utah club mosin the Buy.com Tour Tictead, the Utah Golf Asociation — which holds the ? Section PGA. The PGA is hoping to find sponsors and run the tournamentand would changeit to moreofan Intermountain event, after pros from aroundthe country have competed thelast several years. College Basketball Jazz guard John Stockton may never be topped as the University. Matt Santangelo broke Stockton’s Bulldog record Thursdaywith his 555th ca- e cl PBA Reno Open 10:30 a.m. (ESPN) —$— Noon 6) 2pm. "8 SKIING BICKNELL — Ike’ Spencer scored 16 points for Valley as the Buffaloes outscored Wayne 18-4 on the free-throw line to extend their winning streak to 12 games with a 52-38 victory Saturdaynight. Clayton Brown hit four treys and scored 14 points for the Redeers. Valley (6-0,12-0) 8 oe _ (3366) ‘ e 318 Sorensen 14, Crosby 5, Cascone 1, Spencer 18, Hoyt 13, aieTa 82 Wayne —Peterson 4, Wood 6, Brown 14, Ole Terry 9. Tota 1© 48. ‘TheePoint Goals Valley 5 (Sorensen 2, Crosby, Spencer 2) Wayne 4 (Brown), Thunderbirds beat Bryce Valley 83-74 in Region 15 Saturday. Bryce Valley (246-5) 221418 20-74 Prat ba 23 21 19 20-83 nce Valley— Wayneott 10, Polack 22, Ramsay 5, Twitchell 17, omawrTotals 25 20-23 74, Piute— Torgerson 12, Lee 5, Allen 4, Robinson 26, Cannon 12, ‘Sehear24 Tol 3132068 Thvee-Pont Goals Bryce Valley 4 (Polock, Pula 8 (Torgerson, “One Milford 92, Escalante 52 MILFORD — Michael Nelson scored 17 points for Milford as the Tigers beat Escalante 92-52 in. Region 15 Saturday. Bayleld 01220 8a 2119 18 18-71 Martial28} 8,2. Marinez 8, MeDemat 2 Kibet Quals 12,R Marines 4 Caton8. Tots209-1980 ‘Adan 17, Bole 2, Bunker 17, Butera 12, Taf 1 Pn Tat 17 Goals~ Bayle 1 (2 Mariner); Monoelo 7 (C. Ad as, Butershaw, Buk 5), Escalte (0628) 117 2 16-82 ich2, a,7, on Thr 2 el Ye “Toefl Sh Me Bares, C Bar Grantsville 54, San Juan 49 GRANTSVILLE — The Grants- ville Cowboys buckled down on defense in the fourth quarter and earned a 54-49 win over San Juan in a non-region game Saturday. Jeremy Cummings posted 21 points for the Cowboys, including four treys. 4) 11S 640 Gratvle—Nelon8, Cunmiegs21, Fama 6, Ford2, Paina 17. Teas 18132054 Tevet Goals San Juan 2 (Meson), Grate Sen, Cummings 4 / points Saturday in the Monticello Buckaroos’ 71-50 win over Bay- MONTICELLO — Clint Adams and Preston Bunkereach scored 17 field, Colo. FILLMORE — Hunter Shaheen scored 13 points Saturday and the unbeaten North Sevier Wolves rallied to down Millard 49-41 in non-region play. Noth Seer(11. 615 6249 ais 9124 ‘Shaheen 19, Zim 1, Wiliams 8, fey Wares7 Tol 16 14-1849, ‘Ward—Naon2 Akredye 16, Severs3, Hot 14M, RbisonJ Pion? Tobe 84104 pont Goals—Horh Sever 3 (Shaheen, Zee, Payris te Wayne 49, Escalante 39 fouling out for Escalante. 10 911 1949 810 10 11-39 Wayne—M. Ee, K Tay27, $ Bt 4 JacqueJackson 3H let KgTea 7122248 scale Rls §,Crisersen 10, Sandler 12, Cranford 8, Janie yan Tata 1410579. Three-Point Goale— Wayne 3 (M. Ellett 2, K. Taylor), Escalante 1 (Potns) KAMAS — Ashley Simpson, Leah Tapp and Megan DeGering combined for 40 points for South Summit as the Wildcats beat the Carbon Dinos61-55 ina non-region game’Saturday. Caton (7) 7 16°18 14-35 Saath Sunt (10) 19.919 20-61 Carbon Chay astro 9, CassieWarburton8 Thampsen 2 18, Muchas 5, Tap 1, Der ert Tolls 2217-2961 Three Gols Caton 6 (CheyWarton 8, CassiWar burton Jes, devas). Manila 44, North Summit 43 The Manila Mustangs dodged the North Summit Indian aay, in a non-region game Satur winning the game 44-43. Julie Morrill totaled 12 points for North Summit. Viewmont Dominates to Win The U.S. Junior National Racquetball Team,which in- Richardson MemorialTitle in theWVorld Junior Champiohships at Fountain Valley, Calif. Pro Football Dennis Green,the Mihne- ee Vikings coach,has bat- with Twin Cities newspa- 04 columnists, once suggestthat three of them were involved in a conspiracy against him. | But for =a, the ‘Minneapolis The Viewmont Vikings made a solid case for their No. 1 ranking Saturday, winning the Richard- son Memorial wrestling tourna- ‘Tribune place Box Elder and won three tournament championships, Box NEW YORK — Roy Jones Jr, wasn't going to let a broken wrist eehim from his big gig in New So there he was Saturday might, strutting with the Rockettes U.S. soil andforthefirst timesince Iran sentthe U.S. spiraling to last-place finish at 1998 World Cup. The Iranians upset the Americans 2-1 on June21, 1998,at @ Garth Brooks wants to go to spring training to team, which has never qualified for a World Cup. third foreigner to coach the beleaguered Chinese and New York Yankees were mentioned as possibili- Milutinovicis one’ofjust two men to coachfour different teams — Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the @ The New York Mets agreed to a one-year contract United States (1994) and Nigeria (1998) — at the World Cup, and the only manto takeall four teams to the mentioned the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves ties by Brooks. with pitcher Rick Reed that is worth $4,375,000. First baseman Mike Sweeney agreed to a $2.25 Ricky Bottalico agreed Friday to a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals that gives him the chance to earn $400,000 more in perfor- mance bonuses. Q FOOTBALL Michigan's Marcus Knighthad scoring receptions of10, 8, 8 and 6 yards as the East defeated the West 3521 in the 75th edition of the Shrine college all-star game at Stanford University. Fresno State’s Jeff Hanna tied a Shrine Bowl record with a 52-yard field goalfor the West. Utah State’s Demario Brown rushed four timesfor four yardsfor the East. Qa ; second round. @ Kasey Keller waspicked as the men’s player of year by the U.S. Soccer Federationfor the second time and Michelle Akers won the women’s awardfor the third time. Q TENNIS Amelie Mauresmo beat defending champion Lindsay Davenport 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in the Sydney International final. In the men’sfinal, Lleyton Hewitt won his secondstraighttitle with a 6-4,6-0 twin over Jason Stoltenberg. @ Magnus Norman outlasted Michael Chang 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win the Auckland Open in Auckland, New Zealand. @ Pete Sampras beat VincentSpadea6-3,6-1 in an exhibition match after withdrawals wiped out the Colonial Classic’s championship and third-place matches in Melbourne, Aust The U.S. men’s soccer team plays Iran todayin the = Combined News Reports AzingerCloses in on First PGA Win ae‘93 ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LEADERBOARD HONOLULU — Paul Azinger, bidding for his first victory since 54407) Peasoe wee the 1998 PGA Championship, shot —srandpery sears a 2under 68 Saturday and helda gyms RSM) ee five-stroke Tontemn lead over Jesper Sony Open. Azinger was diagnosed with lymphoma in December 1993 and missed mostofthe next season. Azinger, a three-time runnerup whohadfive other top 10 finishes whenthis tournament wasknown as the Hawaiian Open, bogeyed twoofthe first four holes. His slip allowed John Huston to narrow the margin to two strokes through thefirst seven holes. But Azinger ran off birdies on the par-3 eighth and11th, as well as the 510-yard 10th, to stay ahead of thefield. At the 54-hole mark, he was at 14-under196, Cray Meunty Saar) THTT2-217 kee59 ean weae ELIS Tom Lehman made the day’s biggest jump, shooting a 5-under 65 to climb into a third-placetie With Scott Dunlapat202. Q LPGA WEST PALM BEACH,Fla. — No one was willingtoconcedeThe Office Depottitle to Karrie Webb on Saturday. Of course, no one was in position to do much about keeping herfrom winning it. Webb wasn’t readyto claim it herself, even though she has a seven-stroke lead with 18 holes to Parnevik, who started the day seven strokes behind Azinger, playat the Ibis Country Club. Webb,the defending champion, shot a 2-under-par 70 to finish with Appleby, whoshota 68. Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez, whoshot 74, and Cindy McCurdy, closed with birdies on the last two holes for a 4-under 66. He’s at 201 rounds at a 6-under210. : Scenere Te Nancy Lopez's 74 dropped her seven shots behind Karrie Webb at the Office Depot tournament. whohas onevictory in 11 years on the LPGAtour, were at 217. Mc- Curdy had a 72. Lorie Kane,still lookingforherfirst victory in four seasons, had a 71 and wasat 218, Kelly Robbins, winner of the LPGA’sfirst tournament here in 1997, was the only player to break 70 Saturday, her 69 giving her'a 219 score for three rounds. @ Complete golf leaderboard B-10 ICY SURFACE. NO DOUBLE LUTZ i Elder took two geatora and finished with 138 point ‘Mountain Crest came in thin, winning their first Richardson Memorial trophy. Viewmont'’s Luke Kjar beat Layton’s Braden Hansen, repay- ing Hansenfora last-secondloss at the Viewmont Invitational in December. ee aaa ASML BEA Jones Keeps Light HeavyweightTitles ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rose Bow!in the first match between the teams on raise money for his Touch ’em All Foundation, just like he did with the San Diego Padres last year, and hostile situation,” Guillen said. ““He’s going to have to carry this cross therest of hislife.” BY PETER RICHINS ‘THESALT LAKETRIBUNE ment in Brigham City with 172.5 points. ‘The Vikings entered the final rounds 30 points ahead of second- Q + > John Rocker metfans forthe first time since making inflammatory comments about homosexuals and foreigners in a Sports Illustrated interview. Lyon, France. Thatloss shocked the U.S. team, which wound up going 0-3 andfinishinglast in the 32-nation field and led to the resignation of Coach Steve Sampson. @ Bora Milutinovic signed a two-year contract'to coach China’s national squad. Milutinovic is the here in Miami, where hecould have been in a very ParnevikandStuart Appleby after three rounds of the $2.9 million South Summit 61, Carbon 55 Manda (6-4) ‘North Summa (5-8) ‘Scoring summary and ‘gam totals not prowded. Miami-Dade Community College. Braves shortstop Ozzie Guillen said Rocker needed support during these difficult times. “You haveto give him a lot of credit for showing up SOCCER scored 27 points for Wayneas the Badgers bested Escalante 49-39 in Region 15 Saturday. Brittany Sandefer scored 12 points before Racquetball cember. The team swept the overall, boys and girlstitles e the biggest reasons we came here was to mle one-year contract with the Kansas City Roy- Worth Sevier 49, Millard 41 ‘Wayne (6-1,10-5) Escalante (6-5.7-5) of boo this guy,” said Jose Pichardo, 24, a student at ESCALANTE — Cali Taylor Robinson 2, Schear 5) Livan Hernandez, ee ‘Sports Illustrated, = ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE worksout with and against ten Walsh, was named the U.S. Olympic Committee's ‘Teamofthe Monthfor De- which included baseball stars into two squads: the black team and the white team. Rockerwason the black team. Rocker’s appearance was another step in an attempt to redeem his image after his comments in a Unbeaten Valley Stretches WinStreak to 12 Games Monticello 71, Bayfield’SO cludesSalt Lake City’s Kris- ity teams Alex F Alex Rodriguez and Ivan Rodriguez as well as several others and many Hispanie celebrities — were split reerassist. Santangelo, a high school teammateof former University of Utah center Michael Doleacin Portland, Stockton in theoffseason at GU in Spokane, Wash. Q “He spokebad ofeverybody except for white people and that’s not right,” New York Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez said. “I know is a free country,but im- 1 p.m. NBA’sall-timeassists leader, but he’s only No. 2 at Gonzaga for fans. Later. 6 p.m. Utah Open’s namerights — awarded them to the Utah signed Office Depot LPGA The Golf Channelplans to challenge.“It standsto rea- FSN) PGASony O; BOWLING JUNCTION — Brace Robinson scored 26 points for Piute as the Staged the Utah Open Players Championship last summer, but fundingthat event’s $125,000 purse and the Utah Classic’s $375,000 purse was a . eraSoe be “sare Piute 83, Bryce Valley 74 televise both events. @ Ganterofficials also ——andfoie GOLF gelo Degenhardt has received offers to move the Ganter Cup Challenge, including someindependent of the Buy.com Tour event. At the moment, inflammatory comments toward minorities, homo- —," 0 oe Tp.m. Be Meeeeeenye Creek. Nicolaidis declined to speculate whether the Ganter Saturday in his first public appearance since making MEN'S SOCCER 55. Minot at WichSE ‘Among theissues, naturally, is money. Willow Creekis “the ideal place” for the after the tournament (Labor Day), drawing more than Shunned by someof his teammates, the Atlanta reliever a mix of boos and cheers Braves Radio er, pl Martinez’s dannual Dennis charity baseball pass ie eeeey Miami in Coral Gables, Fia.. GYMNASTICS American Cup Senting sponsor Ganter USA isconcerned aboutthe cost of renting Willow Creek while having to fund a $500,000 purse, the tour’s biggest. Another questionis whether the Ganter Cup Challengewill be packaged again with the Buy.com Tour event. Last September, four Nike Tour players challenged four PGATourveteransthe day wv >) AFC: . 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