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Show D2 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Freezz Move In on Final Playoff Spot Norman Back to Old Self at Skins day night. After defeating San Diego 3-2 in a World Indoor Soccer League game on the road, the Freezz re- ceived more good news:St. Louis lost 6-3 at Sacramento, so the Freezz (9-13) trail the Steamers @ 12) by only.a AROUND _halfgameforthe fourth andfinal Utah *: reelay on toat Sunday's season-ending gamein St. Louis. In the meantime, the Freezz will play Thursday at Sac- ramentoand the Steamers will play Thursday and Friday at San Diego. The Steamers could clinch theplayoff spot by winning both of those games. ‘The Freezz ended a franchise- record six-gameroad losing streak just in time. They had not won awayfrom the E Center since Sept. 30, when they defeated the Sockers. Sunday's vic- tory was Utah's fourth in a row captureabitoof his old magic in the Skins out and the biggest overall win in the 19year historyof the Skins Game. Game. Heplayed well, entertained fans Norman,after makinga birdie on the 17th hole to winall the previous skins, million at Indio,Calif. Perhaps more importantly, he beat Ti- needed only to par the 18th to become the big wihner. That was because a new rule forced a playerto atleasttie for low score on the nexthole after winning a skin. Hedidit with a conservative sand shot ger Woods. Sure, it may have been a made-for- IN BRIEF mantel,” Norman said. “It's just that he’s the best playerin the world(and you want to beatthe best player in the world. 1 knowthatfeeling well.” Norman’sbirdieputt on the 17th hole puthim in position to be the big winner in the annual Thanksgiving weekend event, and he followed it with a two-putt par on the 18th holeto win his first $800,000. Golf . Appleby Wins Australian Open: Stuart Appleby wonthe Australian Open by three strokes, shooting a 6-underpar 65 to match the course record at Gold Coast, Australia. He finished the four rounds in 13-under 271 forhisfirst victory in his homecountry since 1998. Appleby, a other$200,000, and sent Woods,Colin three-time winneron the PGA Tour, was runner-upin the 1998 Australian Open. World Goes to Murota: Kiyoshi Murota shota 4-under-par 68 to win the$1.16 million Casio World Open at Montgomerie and Jesper Parnevik home empty-handed. geys with four birdies, and closed outthe Twoextra holes later, he pocketed an- ‘Skating: ISU Grand Prix Series-Cup of Russia (tape), 7 p.m. (ESPN). Auto Racing Radio ee 6:45 p.m. sta 00) Burns Earns World Rally: Richard Burns becamethe first Englishman to win the seasontitle of the World Rally championship byfinishingthird in the television eventand onlylasted 18 holes. when the 46-year-old Norman dominated. “It's not that you want eas scalp on m. * penaes a 7pm. (4). NBA:Suns at Jazz, 7 p.m. (FSN). Sandelin had a four-roundtotal of 10under 278. and twoputts that allowedhim to cash in 17 skins worth $800,000. Butit brought back memories of times College Basketball: Utah at Alabama, 5 title in two years, shooting a 4-under-par 68 to capture the $1.5 million BMW Asian Openbyonestrokeat Taipei, Taiwan. NBA:Suns at Jazz, 7 p.m. (KFNZ-AM 1320). British Rally at Cardiff, Wales. Burns was the runner-upthelast two seasonsfor the overalltitle. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 to win the Grey Cupof the Canadian Football Leaguein Montreal. Running Wrestling Kenyans Sweep Florence Marathon: Daniel Too Kirwaled a 1-23 Kenyan sweepin the Florence Mara- U.S. Winsa Pairof Silvers: U.S. wrestlers Brandon Eggum and angus was second and Eric Kiptoon was third. Stephanie Murata finished with silver medals onthefinal dayof the freestyle world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Eggum lost to Khadjimurad Magomedovin the 187-poundclass. The Russian thon,setting a race record with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes,38 seconds. Charles Kaimon,Japan. Murota offseta pair of bo- Norman took $730,000 out of Parnevik’s pocket with his 10-footerfor birdie on 17, and added a birdie on the second playoff hole to sweepall the money. It was both the biggestsingle-hole pay- final roundwitlran eagle on the 18th hole at the Ibusuki GolfClub to finish at 24- F@gthall wonthe gold medal with a 3-0 overtimede- cision. In the women’s competition, Hit- Stampeders Win CFLTitle: under264 and earned Sandelin Takes ‘Asian ‘Open: Sweden’s Jarmo Sandelin wonhis first omi Sakamoto ofJapan captured the Marcus Crandell, who started this year _gold in the 112-pounddivision by beating in the XFL, threw two touchduwn passes and the Calgary Stampeders upset the Murata 3-1. — Combined News Services over the Sockers, knocking San Diego (12-9) into second place behind Dallas (13-9). USS.Skiers Fail to Capitalize Americans’ Hopes Ruined bv Heat Matt Johnsonand Sterling After GoodFirst Slalom Run With goals by Scott Jones, Wescott, the Freezz took a 3-0 halftimelead. MarianoBollella and Mauricio Alegre scored for { the Sockers in the second half, } but goalkeeper Nick Vorberg and the Freezz defense kept San | Diego from scoringin thefinal * 9:29. BY CARRIE SHEINBERG ‘Stand up. Don’t do anything stupid.’ Thefirst run was defen- ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ASPEN, Colo, — You can blame it on nerves. You can blameit on the weather. You can even blameit on equipment. But sometimes, it is just slalom ‘ Volleyball i Tuning In Television With one — birdie putt and one routine par, tore and earned a cool$1 Everything turned outperfectly for the Utah Freezz on Sun- Monday, November26, 2001 Selection : Utah's | women’s volleyball team has | made the NCAA Tournamentthe past seasons, but the Utes hope their fourth straight post‘ seasontrip includes something new: home matches. The Utes find out today whethertheir Mountain West tournament championship earns them thatright, when the 64- team NCAA brackets are unveiled at 1 p.m. MST. The 13thranked Utes will watch the tournamentselection show,live on satellite, together in the Burbidge Center on campus. Brigham Young and Utah State are also expected to earn invitations to the tournament, and given recent worries aboutforc- racing. Slalomis not thefastest discipline, nor the most dangerous, but with a finish rate of only about 50 percent, the event is pressure-packed. The combination of blue ice, deep ruts, steep slopes and hairpin turnscreates a sporting event riddled with di- sasters — and remarkable triumphs. Sunday's men’s slalom was notpretty: After racers battled their way through theflat light and rutted snow, the U.S. skiers were looking good in 18th, 22nd and 24th. With theflip-30 format for the second run, that meant sivetactics, but the second run was more ontheoffensive.” Forthe others who madeitto the second run, ParkCity’s Erik Schlopy and New Hampshire’s Bode Miller, the fine line between calculated risk and reckless abandon proved elusive. “{In slalom] you're dealing with fractions of an inch and with the speed,there’s really no comparison,” said Miller, who was nearly a second ahead before falling five gates from the LAKE PLACID,N.Y. — Winter was a no-show ata World Cupluge event Sunday, allowing warm temperatures to melt away Tony Benshoof and Adam Heidt's medal hopes. Both American lugers could only watchin frustration as organizers,fearfill of the track’s dangerous "and slippery conditions, cancelled all second heats. The abbreviated competition meant medals were awarded to sliders whoposted the top-three times a day earlier, dashing any come- track noless, Only the U.S. women sliders meee his home track in champion, believes his victory capitalized as Becky Wilcezak and Ashley Hayden raced to career- could havebeenon the podium.” ‘The trick is to minimize the —more than fourtrndverns ‘ofa second slower than slalom results in seven years. “You couldn't see what you were hitting. I just thought to myself can happen. You just have to be aggressive and believe in what you can do.” with a timeof 1 minute, 49.98 seconds. That result came on the said. “I hope I have another good ben Wennemars won the event with a time of 1:47.52 to lead a Dutch sweepofthe medals. 121.179 mph. Funeral services are scheduled at 11 a.m.Friday at the LDS 20th Ward Chapel, 3500 N. 180 East, Provo. Basketball UVSC Titles: Utah Valley State College’s men’s and wom- en's teams won titles in the school's Hampton Holiday Clas- sic in Orem. ‘The UVSC mendefeated Col- lege of Eastern Utah 88-74 as John Hille scored 25 points and Seth Scott added 18 points and 10 rebounds. The Wolverines are 8-0. Skyler Wilson had 16 points for CEU(7-2). ‘The UVSC women took an 88- 41 victory over the Utah All- Stars,a collection offormer Wolverines. Mariam Sy paced UVSC with 21 points and 13 rebounds and Camile Christensen added 14 points. a phonecall from Janica, who is training in Europe and re- covering from knee surgery. time between. After missing a gate and hiking to stay in the second run, Schlopywas looking forward to today’s slalom, and another run.Idon’thavetowin.Iwouldbe py to finish in the top 15, which was mygoal for today.” yideyeny STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Derek Parra couldn't build on a gold medal performance. Parra, heels his gold medal in the same event Saturday at The Hague. Er- Rintje Ritsma (1:48.92) and Gi- anni Romme(1:49.13) were second. and third, respectively. “ getchad Nay, 19948. i been top five today, but I did not skate that well technically. Ninth Mantotin ttn 1008. place is OK, but I can be in there.” NORDIC COMBINED German Ackermann Wins % oi, Utes Germany's me ae. aetnaeine \¢ Ronny a ponents are from the Southland Conference. Division MM: Pennsylvania's eee University, with T.J. less ofProvidence, best second- and fourth-place finishes, respectively, on Saturday. second ‘straight and a 7.5kilometer freestyle cross-country race. Ackermann was secondafter the ski jumping and started eight seconds after teammate Bjorn Kircheisen in the ski race. Ackermann finished 9.3 seconds ahead of Hannu ManninenofFinland and10.4 seconds ahead of Kristian Hammer of Norway. Swede Wins 10K champion Per ee‘Sweden bounced back cedee by eight Nor- and Deer won freestyle the in won the women’s 5K freestyle. She beat World Cup champion Yulia Chepalova of Russia by nine seconds andKristina Smigun of Estonia by 11.8 seconds. Elofsson’s winning time was in 23 minutes,24.4 seconds. FIGURE SKATING lians Win Ice Dancing World champions Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Mar- gaglio of Italy won the Cup of Russia GrandPrix ice dancing ee St. Petersburg with a CROSS COUNTRY Worldee canny skiing’s World Cup in Kuopio, Finland. Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic 10 cross spirited disco-flavored free co gram. Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovsky of Israel placed second, performing to a medley of Jewish folk music. Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov ofUkraine were third. DINE IN OR GALL For Carry Out! the Bacon Swias Burger Offer Expires 30 Nov 01] big rail of _ success. “Jani a greatfighter,” he said.“Mentally, she is the strongest one in the World Cup,not only in women's but in the men's. Teams spenda lot of money to get that mental 3 Pen RP asa ; Two of as. Both ofthe Big Sky teams’ op chance ofthe season to excel at a 1,595 Model TECHNOLOGY PLUS playoffs. Montana is the No, 1 seed and will play host to Northwestern State of Louisi lugers had perhaps their best FURNACE SALE {segift a gift of God. She is tougher Weber State's Big Sky Conference rivals will compete Saturday in the 16-team Division AA man sliders elsewhere, World Cup event, on their home Acker- mann completed aperfect week- end in the Nordic Combined, He said she was screaming so loud he was not certain what said. Heleft no doubt that Janica and his mother, Marica, are a his event in the season-opening “Tm little frustrated,” Parra Myre.a08 WINTER SPORTS World Cup meet at Kuopio, Finland. Ackermann wonthesprint event, consisting of one ski jump said after the race at Thialf Ice Stadium.“I thoughtI could have {amPonnor by. 08 deserved as the other by his meter World Cup i race at Heerenveen, Netherlands, ninth Sundayin the men’s 1,500- 1. Mea Kosta, Croatia, 1 minut,38.81 seconds. tienes (8 Kale Patander, Fintan, aS was as hard-earned and well- a Park City resident, finished preparation. She isa natural.It Football FAA @ Continued from D-1 eS highest previous World Cup finish was 21st. A few fans from Croatia showed upto cheer their oneman team. Betweenruns, Kostelic took slip-ups and capitalize on the tered thefinal heatin ninth place Parra Unable to Repeat Speedskating Gold BoatRacing record for superstock boats of France competing in Germany's Olympictrials. With Hackl and other top Ger- Zoeggeler, the defending world chance. “In slalom, anything - Ariz. Faulkner,30, had raced since 1992 and held a world speed state New York because heis in Slovakia’s Jaroslav Slavik after madethat mistake,or had I only made a small mistake and been able to makeit to the finish, I because the alternative, holding back, will get you nowhere. Slalom Kostelic Wins Gold only one run.” Germany’s Georg Hackl has beaten Zoeggeler three times this season, inciuding two weeks ago at the World Cupin Calgary. But the time defending Olympic champion skipped the trip to up- them totheir first gold medal. win from where I was. Had I not the]first run,” said Puckett, who wasenjoyinghis first World Cup Hall of Champions,died recently in racing accidentin Parker, two races. “It was better to have and shocked even themselves with stellar run that propelled have produced a different out- come. ing teams to travel too far, it is possible that one or even both could be assigned to asubregional at Utah. The first-and * second-round matches will be ron ‘Thursday through SunY. Racer Dies: Proyoresident Lance Faulkner,a three-time inductee into the Power Boat -whentheItalian duo of Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber en- “For me,it is the same,” said World Cup men’s rankings after Benshoof, the defending U.S. national champion, was forced to settle for an eighth-place tie with mn run. “Thevisibility was nasty [on Heidt’s lofty comeback goals had been further inspired by events that unfolded a dayearlier, winner’: circle. Zoeggeler, who nowsits atop the from-behind magic that mi Fined were poised to pounce on. Mth-place finish. » amedal this weekend.” countrymen, even if he only had to do half the workto get to the was for sure an opportunity to early start numbers and rela- saaets only Casey Puckett was able to convert the opportunity as he moved from 24th to a WORLD CUP LUGE eventual winner Armin Zoeggeler of Italy. Heidt finished 12th after a 54.436 showing and lamented the race’s premature ending. “The worstpart is, I’m known for my second runs, so I missed that,” said Heidt, a 1998 Olympian from Northport, N.Y. “I could have moved upsix, seven places, maybe more.I was looking to earn finish line onhis second run. “T blewit,” he said. “Because of the conditions and stuff, it Miller knowsbetter than to count on a mistake-free run in slalom,and so dohis colleagues, tively clean course conditions. BY FRANK CURRERI THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE oyPS4506 o are Acie New, Used, Demo — We're Loaded with Fun-to-Drive Porsche & Audi Sports Cars - Come See, Come Save! 02 PORSCHE BOXSTER Ceename ira. Atna, taught them to ski near their home ofZagreb. Ivica had no problems help- ~~hinp See — veenero te Sotaevga “the rabbit” who set a faster time down the course and challenaet bax omant “Welove to train with each other,” he said. “It is great to Pes Bat een ee 8 Oey watch.” WE HAVE YOUR ACURA! 2002 RSX 119.950. 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