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Show The SaltLakeTribune SPORTS Sunday; January 14, 2001 C2 A ee Cabanaae ier Sei Ses: tah’s Own ie Family Of Tennis * ‘Salt Lake City’s Lee and The Longfellow Clubs, the largest tennis businessin New England.Heandhis wife, Vicki, founded the Handi-Racquet Tennis Program for special-needs players. Having led Hillcrest High to four region championships as a player, he once was ranked No. 1 in Utah men’s doubles. nior year and capped his college career Saturday with two touch- downs in the West's 20-10 victory Saturday in the East-West Shrine Game. “Tt really made melookatlife differently,” he said about the injury. “You have to go full stride andnot have anyregrets.” West 20,East 10 3700-10 East West 7607-2 FirstQuarter ‘West-SSmit 29 passfrom Beasiey (Rheem kick, 07, EastFG Gramatica4,56. West-£3 Rheem 23, 840. Fhoem 43, 323, ug810051 pm Heber (rata i, Fourth Quarter West Smith 9pass fram Beasley (Rheem kc), 1456, A-31549, The 76th annual East-West game, which raises money for Shriners’ hospitals, was played at the San Francisco Giants’ bayside baseball stadium,Pacific Bell Ball- «participants in an alcoholre- \pabilitation program. He ed at Brighton High and State and once was ed No.2 in Intermoun- ‘2M doubles. Athletics |: BYU No.6: BYU finished the fall seasonat No.6 in the Sears Directors’ Cup stand‘ings, the highestfinish ever ‘forthe Cougars. The woinen’s ‘cross country team finished Secondin the NCAA meet, the women’svolleyball and soccer teams each made the NCAA Sweet16 and the men’scross a-thowcase forseniors like Smith, hopifig to get another chance to impress NFL scouts looking for draftable talent. “T think it helped me showcase mytalent,” said Smith, the game’s offensive MVP with four receptions for 72 yards. “It never hurts to score touchdowns.” Kansas State’s Jonathan Beasley was 5-for-10 for 117 yards and the two scoring passes to Smith. Nebraska’s Correll Buckhalter caught three passes for 61 yards and ran 10 times for 54 yards. Boston College quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, playing for the East, was 13-for-28 for 164 yards. The West went up 7-0 on Beasley’s 29-yard TD to Smith with 9:07 third quarter. Brigham Young tightend Tevita Ofahengaue caught two passes for "86 yards for Team USA. Team USA had an opportunity to tie it when Cincinnati quarterand-goal, Florida’s Chris Edmonds of West Virginia made a one handed interception. Edmonds, whoalso had a pass breakup, was the defensive MVP. Team USA then forced Florida to punt, but USA quarterback Or- tege Jenkins ofArizona was sacked and fumbled. Florida recovered and went12 yards in six plays, resulting in a 23-yard field goal by Brian Kopka ofMaryland for a 100 lead with 2:07 remaining in the game. al 19, Watson 59, Came 1-3, Leard 24minusBucktaer 10-54, Brown &21,fs kTa 122 Boney7, Manumaleuna 1-3, H Hasoobock 1328-1164, Leard 11-24ostHndocks 6-134-142, Beasley 5-100-117, Robets FECENING- Kg 110 Gata 7, Wan 5 23, Combs 3-26, Gim 1-8, Nain 13, 2, Coane 1(minus-4), West, Smith 4-72, site Buck hater361, Tayor 1-18. 0000-0 Tad 007s ——— jeam pass 6:17. A-20,958. TeamFa 6 31 ot 6 oo a4 Team Florida 10, Team USA 0 Penn State’s Rashard Casey threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Florida State’s Ryan Sprague as Team Florida beat Team USA in the Rotary GridironClassic in Orlando,Fla. Casey,the game’s tenivea mn overall connected Sprague with 6:‘17 remaining inwae ‘3218 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING—Team USA, Homer 10-24, Kenner 2-11, ied fe oory gabeTerTaFi, ag Rudolph 8-28, Frazier 3-10, Caroll 2-8, igempetereice booingaye neg (minus 25). Team Florida, Palmer 6-15-0-68, petition, followed by six-time defending champion Stanford, oe Wisconsin and Cololo. Swimming BYU Wins: BYU sweptAir Forceiin Provo on Friday, wi the men’s competition 140-99 and the women’s events 141-86. BYU freshman i Jensen won thewom(1045.70). Saturday,|the Cougars swept Wyoming, with the men winning138-99 and the women winning 141-102. Aru- nas Savickas brokethe Richards Building record with a 9:26.52 time in the1,000 freestyle. The Cougar men,ranked No.17,finished the dual-meet sweptUtah, 102.5 in the men’s competition and 122-115 in the women’s events. Ute junior Stephen (410.99) and the 200 back- stroke (2:10.92). Diving Champ: BYU sophomore Kelli Einfeldt won the 1-meter event with a 264.35 markat the Arizona Diving Invitational in Tucson. — The Salt Lake Tribune Venus Looking to Start Season Sing BY STEVEN WINE play like she did,” Davenport said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Williams capped the year by signing an endorsement deal with MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Open begins Monday with Venus: Williams’ formidable rivals on hand — sister Serena, defending champion Lindsay Davenport and three-time champ Martina Hingis. And doubts about Venus Williams’ durability and devotion to tennis persist, leading skeptics to wonder how long she can dominate the WTA Tour. But there’s no question she reached a rarefied level last year. Despite sitting out the first four months with tendinitis in both v : Utah sala oce , 7M. OttShe 5pm, (MST) at OU “for a long time,” tion that the coach who MELBOURNE,Australia — Jelena Dokic, upsetabout the way she has been treated in Australia, will play instead for her native Yugoslavia in the Australian Open. Dokic, 17, is unhappy with the way she has been portrayed by the , Australia, ina match between the world’s top two ranked players. Among the men, second-seeded Hewitt retained the title before his home fans, downing seeded Magni lorman 61. = ies Soccer Hockey Shooting in Africa: One person was reportedly killed in police fired on a stampeding matsc in wiwhichNige Audette game for NFL Rico: The major league season is scheduled to open April 1 with Texas playing Toronto in Swilling Former Runs for Office: Saints linebacker Pat Lions Look at Edwards: “toreweiak cross-checking Fla beat Zambia 10. Witnesses said police fired as fans rushed towardacorporatesponsors’ representatives, were Swilling is runningfor a seat in Louisiana’s House and a chance cueit eastern New Or- wboOs . Donald Audetteofthe Atlanta Bric Landory fthe Montreal anadiens on Friday night. Baseball in eaendoza: tine New York Yankees agreed toa $1.6 million, one: on tract with reli Soe Mesdoan. The Detroit Lions received per. WBA mission from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to interview assistant Herman Edwards about their head coaching job. in Houston: Former Bills Coach Wilkins : The Atlanta Hawks retired the No. 21 worn by Dominique Wilkins, a nine-time NBA All-Star. — Combined News Services Wyoming 70, Colorado St. 69 OVERTIME Josh Davis added 16 points and Brett McFall 14 points for Wyo- ming, which defeated Colorado freee WyoUeG(104) Potinghun1.2002,Dav6924 16, nnad 12456, ‘ay197-1020,Mean2302Mingo02000,Uda1-122 4, MeFal51500 14,Vim01020,Comar03.000, Fas+1 002 Tolle2942152570. COLORADOST8) ‘Grone5-1059 15,Pat551-211, Fsbo106-11,Palmar 14124,Seennd27256,Sarde0.00.00, 312248,Bly 02000,Hans0-10-00,Brown23004Tota 1626. ier S63, Wyoming 63. Meine Colorado $38, Wyoming22. ¥ season David Fisher led Colorado State with 19 points. Brian Greene had 15 points and 15 rebounds for CSU, which saw its three-game winning streak end. Associated Press File Photo Venus Williams, who won 35 son, is at the Australian Open, which starts match. “The draw is fixed pe he told the Sur. “Tf it is not, the ee fonse did the rest, hokling AirForceto25 percont inthe second hal, Ruben added 11points and Eric Chatfield 10for New Mexico, scored 17 points andTomBellars, who put in y win the Adidas Int Cowboys Stop Rams in OT Reebok for an estimated $40 mil. against her. She nfust face defend- Hingis Tops Davenport: i Oe et championship might move on afterjust two years. The Falcons wereled by Jervis Croft, who ae Ba, UNLVat A Browns’ head coach- ingjob turned out to bejust that. Stoops saidheplanstoremain , Dokic Snubs Australia, Will Play for Yugoslavia ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Campus Calendar was thinking about taking the Tennis Martina Hingis defeated Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 46, 7-5 to MWC BASKETBALL lion, a record for a female athlete, She boasts that her two major titles are just the and she'll bid for her third in a row starting Monday. While the third-seeded Williams is the player to beat in the women’s draw, there’snoclear favorite among the men. Gustavo Kuerten is top-seeded/after finishing 2000 ranked No.1, but two-time Other threats includeends champ Andre Agassi, A\ wrists, she won 35 consecutive Lleyton Hewitt and Tope Kafmatches and six consecutive tour- elnikov, who always seems to play naments. Her first Grand Slam well down under. championship came at Wimble- _ All the top contenders played don, ana she added titles at the U.S. Open and Sydney Olympics, becoming thefirst player to sweepall three events since Steffi Graf in dox. Following a 2-month layoff, 1988. she entered only doubles with her “No one would have thought sister ata ig tournament, and that out of nowhere,after an inju- they lost in the first round Tuesry, Venus would come back and day to Hingis and Monica Seles. ‘ Stays: Talk that Oklahoma Coach Bob Lagos, Nigeria, when Nigerian ‘Team USA ‘Team: Florida: 531, Soniaot College Football Lone U.S. Win: Jason Lezak won the 100-meter freestyle in 47.78 seconds, giving the ‘States its only victory on the opening day ofa shortcourse World Cup meet in Impe_ria, Italy. sereeran.e left in the first quarter. Beasley found Smith again with a 9-yard TD: pass five seconds into the fourth quarter. Swimming MOUNTAIN WEST MWC Year ’ mee dent of th the New England Youth Tennis Foundation and @wner, president andpro of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time when Utah receiver Steve Smith thought his football career ‘was over. Two seasons ago, he broke his neck in a game against Brigham Young. Buthe returned for his se- “black or white today.” “That was his thing. Ifhe saw me wearingacapon backwards, he would say,‘Oh, you must be black today,’” Allen Lewis said. “IfI was dressed up for something, he would say,‘Oh, you're white today?’ Itjust went onand on.” Gary Kubiak on Monday. 2 in ey's A singles. el, 52, is presi- U.’s Smith Caps Careerin Style parents, would ask them ifthey were ee eee ss eseeeros Ruby Hammel coached)junfor league teams when her children started playing and has continued to do so, nearly 40 years later. She was ranked No. 1 in Utah for several years cominet “rere ings in several age gro Westquarterback Bart Hendricks, le, of Boise center, of Notre Dame and DukePettijohn of Syracuse close in during the East-West Shrine Classic. vershavi state ne plint that S82 tes2ers sectional and national Lng D. Ross Cameron/The'AssociatedPress * Stat looks fora receiverasthe Eat Anthony Denman, BESSS Gf 3986. neaa player, he has held and mothe, Janelle,is white epeocrat> ‘TheLewises are twins whose boutbecomingthelr first grams, having run The Salt Lake Tribune No Champs éventfor 24 years. He has re- ‘¢ived manytennis awards and was inducted into the ‘Utah Sports Hall of Fame in pil aby with the soo pbamtg ink P yehtd to in Rogaes tive juniorplayers. Hammel is a driving force in tournamentorganization andadult andjuniorpro- 6 p.m.(ESPN). NHL: Avalanche at Blackhawks, 6 p.m. (FSN). BPeaorress children — Carolee, Laury and Brad — were all competi- Tucson Open, 4 p.m. SQSewsocre Franchione and Parks denied the : documents donot iden. tify players, alth . wraney “racial slurs and stereotypical aehaveplayed in and organized tournaments in Utah for ‘imore than 50 years. Their = ‘Tennis Association’s annual award. ‘Lee, 80, and Ruby Hammel, 72, are retired schoolteachers Ss 2eeHe= Ruby Hammel, their daugh- |