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Show he ~~ AL MVP PAGE C2 Lake Tribune gh Salt NBA c4 G NHL c3 Depot 88, Toronto 84 Indiana 106, New Jersey 3, Phitadephia’3,te ChacoWet b8 =f WHL Cont. Ottawa 3, Vancouver 0 102 Morin Bon Los’ Angeles 5, Calgary 5 State Menc-s oa Minnesota 80, Mami 73 Tampa Bay 3, Anaheim 2 Houston $4, Portand 87 Edmonton 2, St. Louis 0 State Womenc-s N-Y. Rangers 5, Colorado 3 Phoenix 2, Minnesota 1, OT ‘Utah 93, Albertson 45, Texas 90, BYU 74 Seat 105, Dafa97 @ TOP 25 BASKETBALL: MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ROUNDUPS C-4 ; Detrot6, Nashvle 3 New York 94, Gokden State 70 LA Lakers 98, LA. Clippers 93 WWINTER SPORTS C-2 ech ack ae ene WEDNESDAY @NFL C-8 NOVEMBER22,2001 PREP BASKETBALL Opening Night Lone Peak sends a messagevs. Jaguars as seasonstarts up Paul Fraughton/TheSalt Lake Tribune Karl Malone,flanked by, from left, Victoria Knight, Jacob t Abbott, Jesse Raddon and Tyler Pritchett, announces. a program heis fundingforchildren to go hunting andfishing. Malone’ s Aim: BY JAY DREW. THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE SANDY— Make Hunting got somebad news Tuesday night Karl Malone has’a passion he knows not ve shares, but the Utah Jazz ward wants to sharehis love for the outdoors with the young peopleof Ameri: Part of Malone's love for the outdoors comes through hunt- } | ing. The future NBA Hall of Famerbelieves so much in the North Dakota and South Dakota or Nebraska. Malone com- || event. “We have a lot LONE PEAK news conferenceat the UtahDivision of Wildlife Resources head- mitted $50,000 to cover up to $1,000 in travel expenses andall the license'and guide fees for the 30 hunts. “This is something I believe liked what s forthe mostpart said Lone Peak coach Ryan Cuff. hunting buddy Don’ Peay, president of Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife, were stuck in Canada after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. “{ wohdered, what little 2000-01 .title, but they struggled to put away the Jaguars. LonePeak missedfive ofeight free throws in. thefinal minute before Gabe Larsen made two with 21 seconds left for a6 The Jaguars’ Joel Carter made a layupwith13 secondsleft and WestJor- dan forced & turnover, but Jordan Ja: cobs’ three-pointer was off and Lone ak happy with a loss, but it re going to be OK,” said West Jordan coach Scott Briggs. “I am tributorfor Provo's Timpviewlast year, led the Knights with 18 points. Robe 6-foot-4 son of former NBA player Fred Roberts, scored 15 points off the bench Photos bySteve Griffin’ he Salt LakeTribune him sidelined for a month. Jason is a rookie _forward on the Twin brothers Jason and Jarron Collins won high school four years together and were drafted into the NBAtogether. In their 22 years, they have played against each other just once; “In a summerleague game in L.A. a couple of years ago,” JarronCollinssaid.“It was fun. . . .My team won, even though he did most of the [trash] talking.” Jason Collins gets his chance for revenge tonight, when New Jersey faces the Jazz at the Delta Center. Jarron Collins spentthefirst 10 games on the Jazz’s injured list, but he was activated after Bryon Russell stistained a chipped pelvis — an injury that JAZZ West Jordan's Scott Horspool, right, fouls Lone Peak’s Ryan Chase during the Hall of FameClassic basketball gameat Jordan High School. 4-A’s Lone Peak won61-59. Vs.: New Jersey “4 ‘ DeltaCenter- When: 7p.m. TV: FSN BY LYA WODRASKA Radio: KFNZ-AM 1320 ALT LAKE TRIBUNE SANDY — Thanksto realignment, Tuesday's Hall of Fame contest between Bountiful and Mountain View was an early 4-A state tournament Nets who's coming offhis pro: 11 points and six re oneexpects from the 4-A tournament: a Mountain View win. The Bruins ofOrem, winnersoffive bounds in 21 minutes dur- ing Monday's 99-96 overtime loss at Denv: There is a legitimate chance the Collins twins will go head-to- head tonight. Jason played well enough against the Nuggets to possibly get more time from coach Byron Scott, and Jarron will be on Utah's active roster for only the second timethis See JAZZ, Page C-4 and probably earned himselfmoreplaying time, Cuff said. See KNIGHTS,Page C-6 Bruins Start Season With a Win preview — besidespitting twooflast year’s girls state. basketball champions. The result was exactly what every- TONIGHT best gameas a team. We will be a lot better in Januar Ruffher, who was not muchofa con . See MALONE,Page C-4 keep escaped. going to like our ing knowwhere they are.” THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE tended Stanford together,led the Cardinal to a 114-19 record in C7 from a season to win the where they are at 2:30:in the morning. I guarantee any mom and dad taking their kids hunt: could at- Tuesday's girls games how after mediocre regular TH together, C-6 known for they finish, and another to not even know BY STEVE LUHM championships Boys basketball roundup It is one thing to get your kids up at 2:30 a.m. to go on a hunt On Court Together INSIDE The Knights from Highlandare breaking thing I could do to makea difference andit just so happened that we were coming home from a hunting trip,” Malone said. “This is a wayto tell young kids thatit is cool to go Twin Rookies Back 61 of work todo, but! WEST JORDAN 59 powerofgetting into the wild that he has started the Karl , hunting andthatit is cool to go Malone Youth Conservation fishing.I've been doing it since I was 5 yearsold. All of a sudInitiative. The initiative will provide den, it seems like the coolness 30. children’ nationwide be- has worn off. We have to getour tween the agesof 14 and 19 the youth back from the malls and opportunity, to win a guided from hangingouttill 1 or 2.a.m. trophy hunt for big game in Utah or upland game hunts in | | Classic at Jordan High, becoming the first 4-A schoolto winthis second annual things youbelieve in,” Malone washatched as Maloneandhis THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE |, tised and junior Rick Roberts making a splash in his varsity debut, showedthey are going to be good again. They edged defending 5-A champ West Jordan 61-59 in the Utah Basketball Hall of Fame quartersin Salt LakeCity, The idea for the program BY BRETT PRETTYMAN | | The Knights, with Timpview transfer Brad Ruffnerplaying as well as adver: in and I knownoteverybody is going to agree with it. You makestands in yourlife for said Tuesday during a Lone Peak’s rosterafter the Knights won the state championship last year and figured that there was no they could repeat ‘Cool’ for Kids New program gives children a chance to win guidedtrips All those 4-A boys basket ball opponents who looked of the past six Class 5-A tournaments, defeated Bountiful 49-40 at Jordan High. Although both teams will be ranked in the preseason coachespoll, published next week,it was surprising to see the Braves hang with the Bruins. Afterall, the Bruins were ESPN's national championslast year, andfinished second in USA Today’s poll. However, that team wasled by 6foot-2 Danielle Cheesman, a Parade All-American who is at Brigham “We're learning what life is like without Danielle,” Mountain View coach DaveHoule said. “Weusedsev eral players at herp ion, but we still gave up alot of points, and we've got so many sophomoresand juniors, we're waiting for someoneto step up andtakethelead.” Even if they are young, the VIEW Bruins are good. BOUNTIFUL 40 Sophomore Mal laryGillespie has beenidentified as one ofthetopplay: ers in the state by several coaches, and she backed up the praise Tuesdaywith 13 points andnine rebounds.Brittany Tressler had 19 points and nine rebounds and Hollie Hansen had 11 points. Houle was worried about Bounti ful’s size with 63 Ali Aird and 6-1 NancySeljaas, who has committedto BYU, but players such as 6-1 sophomoreAshley Cheesmanand6-0 Megan Morton helped the Bruins on the boards. Mountain View finished with 32 rebounds, one more thanthe Mountain View's Mallary Gillespie,right,is fouled See BRUINS,Page C-6 by Bountiful's Ali Aird while driving to the basket. Young University. Van Horn Gets Up-Close Look at Utes BYPATRICK KINAHAN THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE In frontofanold-timer, the old Uni versity of Utah basketball team resur- rected itself Tuesday Spurred on by night. nlid defensive ef- fort, the Utes beat BoiseState 64-49 at the Huntsman Center, Withtimeoff before his New Jersey Nets play the Jazz to- night, Keith Van Horn .watched the gamefrom a courtsideseatwith his wife and children, As Van Horn madehis wayto the floor before the game, he received a standing ovation from the announced crowd of 11,522. Early in the game, he was introducedto another warm round of applause, Afterward, Van Horn spokebriefly to the team. “He's a cool guy,” said forward Brit- ton Johnsen. “Hetold us good luck on the season.” Throughthe wonders of missionary OTHER GAMES service,theUtes still have a link to Van Horn. Jeff Johnsen was a freshmanon the 1996-97 team, when Van Hornled State men's and women’sreports Utah to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite ht ‘The NBA star relate to shortsupply, though. _64 BOISE STATE 49 Johnsen's 7 younger brother. a vad During his first three years, Van Horn often wasthesubject ofcoach Rick Majerus’scorn, Five years later, Britton Johnsen has taken Van Horns place. Not yet on the floor, just as the coach's target of public criticism. After an awfulfirst game last Friday, Johnsen redeemed himself with 16 points and seven rebounds in 26 min utes. Praise from Majerus wasstill in “I didn't do C5 anything to have him pat meontheback," Johnsensaid, But he was far more assertive, In- stead ofsettling for jumpshots, Johnsen tooktheballto the basketoften, The result was he took 10 free throws, makingeight. “This game, I knew I needed to come out and be more aggressive,” he said. “They were pressuring us. They were rightin ourshorts.” With Utah clinging to a three-point lead halfway through the second half, Johnsen’stwofree throwsignited a 16.3 runto break open the game, See UTES,Page C-7 |