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Show NBA p3 Ghe Salt Lake Tribune Indiana 103, Philadelphia97 : aes Aney AToran 2 l PAGEDS PCL ms Salt Lake 4, Tucson 3 M SCOREBOARD D-5 WTV/RADIO LISTINGS D-2 NL ps AL ps Chic. Cubs 12, Miw.11, 10inn] Arizona 15, tos Angeles? NY. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 6, Batimore5 Forda 3, tanta 2 Colorado 3, Houston 1 San Francisco 6, St Louis 4 Boston 3, ChicagoWhite Sox2 Kansas City4, Dero 1,14 inn. foTloy Texas 10, Seattle 1 Cleveland 3, Minnesota 2, 10 inn. Anaheim 9, Oakland 8 TUESDAY MAY9, 2000 MCLASSIFIEDS D-6 Malone Painful Subject for Jazz GORDON MONSON Sprained knee not expected to keep Mailman from playing. How well he playsis another matter BY STEVE LUHM Twelve Minutes TONIGHT’S GAME ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Almost a Career For Vaughn PORTLAND,Ore. — Karl Malone hobbled through the second half of the Trail Blazer’s 94-75 win overthe Jazz on Sunday afternoon, andhe skipped Utah’s practice/ media session Monday morning. Still, the Jazz officially list Malone as probablefor tonight’s Game2 oftheir best- Fifteen hours after postponing his team’s utter collapse from the second quarterto the fourth in Game1 ofthe Jazz-Blazers playoff series, Jacque Vaughn was up at the crack of dawn,three hours before Monday’s practice,lifting weights on his own,building muscle,finding confidence, keeping hope alive. of-sevenseries against Portland. Thelast time Malone missed a game because of injury, John Stockton had just turned 27, Quincy Lewis was almost 12, the start of construction on the Delta Center wasstill 14 months away and nobody in Utah had any idea exactly whatit took to becomea hostcity for the Olympics. Yes, it has been that long. Elevenyears,to be exact. But while the Jazz expect him to play In desperate times — and who among the Jazz can argue that, down 1-0, facing the talented Blazers, these are not? — Vaughn is,if little else, a primary source ofinspiration. Andperhaps, given a chance,he will be more than just that. He was Sunday, when Jerry Sloan temporarily turned his 1 Pippen Wary of Jazz 1 Sabonis Plays in Front of Parents @ Pacers Take 2-0 Lead Over 76ers Wester Conference Semifinals Blazers lead best-of-seven series, 1-0 2 oi 8:30 p.m. TV: TNT, KJZZ Radio: KFNZ-AM (1320) tried to hurt him. And thenoneof his own the bench. . . . I've never seen anything like that.” Portland center Arvydas Sabonis missed the jump shot that bounced in Mal- high 22 points, his gait seemed off. Malonestayed at the Jazz’s hotel and one’s direction in Game1. Gilliam beat the Trail Blazers’ Rasheed Wallace to theball, continued receiving treatment Monday. but he couldn’t control it while falling out “T expect him to play and play effectively,” Stockton said. Said Gilliam: “I don’t think it’s going to tonight, nobody can be certain about his effectiveness. Malone suffered a sprained left knee of bounds. “I was running downa loose ball and thoughtI got shoved in the back,” Gilliam said before the Jazz’s practice at Lewis & affect him.” while sitting on the bench with 3% minutes Malone has played in 1,186 of 1,192 régular-season games in his career. He Clark College. “I kindoffell into the bench, left in the second quarterof the Trail Blazers’ win in Game1. ArmenGilliam was chasing a long rebound whenheflewinto the Jazz bench. He three because of league-mandated suspensions.Hehas played in 154 straightplayoff collided with Malone, who grabbed his games. missed only three because of injury, and and there was somecontactwith Karl... . I thought there should have beena foul.” So did Coach Jerry Sloan, who argued See JAZZ, Page D-3 Prep State Tourneys ANYBODY’S PUCK team over to Vaughn, keeping his Set to Begin For Vaughn, thatwasan eternity. Hehadthetime, and thebest quarter,ofhis life, scoring nine points and dishing three assists. Later, he added anotherbasket. For context’s sake, in 33 previous playoff games, Vaughn had to- Bingham, Mountain Crest Picks in 5-A, 4-A Baseball taled just 14 points. “As the game was going on, I was thinking,‘Man,thisis fun,’ ” he said. “Coming off of screens, getting bumped, running around. Whenyou're capableofgetting the job done, and you getthe opportunity, that’s fun.It’s what I workfor.” With emphasis on the word work. Ridiculous emphasis. “Jacque’s the hardest-working BY JAY DREW THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A lot has transpired in Utah high school baseball since Bingham and Mountain Crest wonthestate 5-A and 4-A championshipslast year on the same day at Ogden’s Lindquist Field. But ask any coach affiliated with the state’s two large-school baseball classifica- tions, and the Miners and Mustangs surface again as likely winners. In mid-March, that seemed improbable. Bingham lostits first three Region 2 games, guyI've seen,” veteran Olden Polynicesaid. “Nobody works as hard as him.” Nobody gets up early the day after a tough playoff loss to pump iron. Nobody works outover AllStar weekend. Nobodylifts and runs on Christmas Day. Nobody works out when everybodyelse is taking a break because everybody else is taking a break. Exceptfor the backup to John Stockton’s backup. “That's a game,a challenge,I play with myself,”hesaid.“It’s whatI do to keep myself ready.” After Monday’s practice, Vaughn putin extra — excess — time, dusting the nets, again and again in the gym at Portland’s Lewis & Clark College, launching hundreds ofattempts. “T like to do the extra stuff,” he said. “Shooting,lifting, working and Mountain Crest struggled to score runs at a tournamentin St. George. But the championswere solid throughout April. Bingham reeled off 11 league wins to claim piece of Region 2's title, and Mountain Crest wonits first eight Region 4 games to cruise to the championship. The Miners and Mustangs will open defense oftheir crowns today,as the 4-A and 5-A tournaments begin at home sites. Secondround games — losers play losers, winners play winners — are Wednesdayat the home of the higher-seeded teams. Coachessay this format, in its third year, generally helps teams that are notas deep in pitching. That is because after this week’s two games, teams that won both games won't play again until May 16, providing the weather cooperates. Next week, the 5-A tourneyis at Ken Price Field in Murraythefirst three days, while the 4-A tourney is running at both Lindquist Field and Serge SimmonsField in Ogden. The out. I’ve always been driven like 5A tourney joins the 4A tourney at Lindquist Field the final two days (May 18 and19). Here’sa closerlook at the tournaments: See BINGHAM,Page D-4 Daniel Hulshizer/The Associated Press NewJersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, left, reaches forthe puck in the air as the Devils’ Colin White,right, tries to keep the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Jeff Farkas from gettingto it during thefirst period of the second-roundplayoff game in East Rutherford, N.J., on Monday. The Devils won the game,3-0,to clinch the series, 4-2. See page D-2. The worstofit for Vaughn isn’t the work, it’s the waiting. Retaining 5-A’s Softball Title Is Alta’s Lone Goal BY LYA WODRASKA After starring on a national level in high school, at John Muir High in Pasadena, Calif., and in college, at Kansas, Vaughn has been stacked up behind Stockton and Howard Eisleyfor three years, He remains stacked up, with only glimpses of meaningful court time, caughtin a kind of Long Journey Doesn’t Slow Starzz’s Dydek the WNBA. “Sometimes when you work out and a 20-hour flight from Poland BYL' TH E His mentor knowsit, too. “Jacque’s learning, and he’s going to learn more,” Stockton said. “He’s not opposed to learning. Because ofthat, he has the right formula for a bright future. It just takes time on the floor to show that.” Like Sunday’s 12 minutes of 01ry. Sloan is uncertain how much time Vaughn will get in coming train for one goal, it is too much mentally and can make you tired,” she said. “I wouldrather do different stuff and have different goals, like getting to the [WNBA]playoffs and then training for the Olympics.” Dydekfollowed the Starzz while over: WODRASKA LAKE "TRIBUNE Before anyone complains about cramped conditions on an airplane, think of Margo Dydek. The Utah Starzz’s 7-foot-2 center made seas, and was surprised Utah let Debbie Black and Chantel Tremitiere go in the expansion draft and was worried about the point-guard situation, especially after her first a ice in training camp Monday, looking surprisingly good after a 20-hour journey from Poland to Switzer- land to Cincinnati to Salt Lake City. She made the whole trip folded up in coach seats, Dydek arrived Saturday after sleeping backup Krystyna Lara tore her anterior cruciate ligament. “Twas thinking, ‘OK, now we just have ‘Trent Nolson/The Salt Lake Tribune games. He may, or may not, play a for only about 2% hours. “I think I was Margo Dydek spent the WNBA offseason playing pro basketball in Europe. role, Ironically, it is Vaughn who ultimately has the clock on the Jazz. He becomes a free agent at season's end, along with Eisley. Atpresent, he is squashing that issue, along with his frustrations. “AIL wantto do is win,” he said.“I'm most passionate about that. Right now, I just want to contribute anywayI can.I'll be ready when the future comes.” sleeping when I was standing up,” she said. “Usually, I travel from Warsaw to New York, about seven hours, then New York to Salt Lake, which is five. That's little better than this one.” “ ‘Large’ was really good,” Utah Coach Fred Williams said after practice. “She remembers a lot from last year, and the sys- since the end of the 1999 WNBA season. Her only break was a week's vacation with her family to explore Egypt. “It was too crowded for me,” Dydek said. “There were so many people every: where, you couldn't see anything.” Many of her National Team team- tem isn't anddifferent.” mates aren't playing professionally pro stead, training for the 2000 Olympics Dydek has played in Europe's in. leagues and with the Polish National‘Team but Dydek said she preferred playing in : THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE The softball season has followed Alta coach Vaughn Alvey’s plan almostperfectly. The Hawks won the Region title and Utah center joins campafter warp, knowing he can only improve so much without gameexperience. ’ “It's amazing,” Olden Polynice said. “Everybody's always going after Karl Malone. You've got guys out there who have teammates gets him while he’s sitting in knee. Moments later, he limped to the locker room. Although Malone returned in the secondhalf and scored 18 of his team- back-backuppointguard on the floor for 12 consecutive minutes. that. To me,it’s a test of will. I still have a goal. There are lot of things I have to accomplish.I see myself playing this gamefora lot of years.I’m competitive, but whenyou're in theposition I’m in, you haveto constantly challenge yourself. So,I'll do silly things, looking for chances to improve.” D3 D-3 D-3 4 a Dalma(Ivanyi], who didn’t play a lot, so now we don’t have a playmaker, and we have a lot of big players. What do they wantus to do?’” she said. “Then I heard about the trade and I was even more shocked. I said, ‘Oh, now I understand.’ ” While complimenting Black's defense, Dydek is happier with Jennifer Azzi as Utah's point guard because Azzi can see the court better. “It is time for us to win,” Dydek said. “We have a good team, with a smart playmaker, ¢nd good inside and outside players.” See DYDEK,Page D-6 } were ranked No. 1 much ofthe season, except for a short period after their only loss, to Mountain View. Only one goal remains: retaining their Class 5-A statetitle. The 5-A and 4-A tournaments start today at homesites. ‘The Hawksearned as good a draw as they could hope for, opening against Davis, Region 1's sixth seed. If the seeds fall as they should, Alta won't face a ranked opponent (No. 5 Bingham)until the third round. Except for that 3-2 loss to the Bruins, the Hawkshavestormed through regular-season play behind standout pitching by Jenna Merchantand Niki Andersen. Nikki Hill and Kate Peterson have led a strong offense that gave the Hawksa blowout of Jordan, an opponent they traditionally beat by oneor two runs. Alta’s domination is even more impressive, considering it plays in the toughest region. League rivals Mountain View and Jor- dan are ranked respectively. second and fourth, “Thatloss to Mountain View wasa reality check for us,” Alvey said. “Playing in this region and facing good teams twice a week See ALTA, Page D-4 Sree P ‘ |