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Show “cu TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday. Ju SATURDAY'S PCI tania4Stes? — om fom 00 6 Sage e = ime Unearm ed runs cost Stingers at Tacoma == euege Mees) Demag4 02 O Meee SS Spies) He coe: Feiaaes (cit Gecem; comme a4 tittaee cane ' a Sor 3 ttm 31h) Wess 2 00 tiem 2000 fed 300iGmmw 211) we SECT Bs ane mom: «ST ? a Rahm Pr tem Newteas sag y’ eo @ @@ im SS Oatmpeg ®t re @ wees i ime? tetas «SEE ee aioe Sass Suey 92 tone et «2S — Smee nee 254 tae “ * Wim @ eee a = «8 em — reins) 325% et ua ¢ Q : ; Paes 5 o003 fresno (Gants) a ___* 42 2 Saterday Gaees Manat Conte hiccup TINGER REPORT by Asioun SUK Ecchoell fares tas Settee TACOMA, Wash. — Salt Lake Stingers seven innings. starter Billy Stokley pitched well enough to The Stingers did not get a hit until the Set the win in Saturday's Pacific Coast fourth inni inning, then broke through in the fifth LeaguegameatTacoma Butitwasanerrant throw he made to first base that more than with a pair of runs off Tacoma left-hander Craig Anderson. Chad Myers’ RBI single (he was thrown anything led to his second loss. LOOKING AHEAD Today: Sait Lake (Chris Bootcheck, 5-7) at Tacoma (Brian (8-9), 230 pm EEae ivanoe 3901Tacoma (Kazahiro MOT ¢.. —Stokley’serrorled to three unearned runs out trying to stretch it toa double)in the fifth See (abom (C. Witoncti styarsen ish Oar in the third inning, and the Rainiers beat the Stingers 42 in the second game of a fourgameseries. helped Tacoma regain itstworuncushion. Anderson came on in the secondinning in —_gop Emanuel, 6-9), 7 p.m. Wednesday: Oklahoma (Ryan Drese, 5-5) at Salt Lake (Matt relief of major league veteran Kasahiro Hensley, 7-9), 7 p.m. ‘The loss was costly for the Stingers, who Sasaki, in Tacoma on a rehab assignment division-leading Edmonton. The Trappers were swept by Tucson in a doubleheader. eee eet ee eats Stingers showed a spark in the eight! blew a chance to make a major move on from the Seattle Mariners. Anderson allowed Stokleysailed into the third inning, retir- when Trent Durrington doubled off Ander- ing the first six batters he faced. But his son with two outs. But Tacoma brought in Tese? Caeenatt ino ee matt Nbuquerque Las Vegas “Tacoma 4, Sat3, Lake 2 3 throw to first after Ruben Castillo's bunt hit Castillo, enabling the Rainiers to score their first run , with noneout. ‘ os reliever J.J. Putz, and he got Salt Lake’s Robb Quinlan to strike out on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning. Quint ats) + All Stingers gameare broadcast on KJQS-AM (1230) = NEWSWORTHY ; Major league veteran Kashiro Sasaki, the Seattle Mariners’ al time saves leader with 129, was Tacoma's starting pitcher. On a = ee mereess . og saa firstinning. He was “relieved” ” by Craig Anderson betore the sec: ‘ hae jak tad Bets ond inningstarted. Sasaki is also scheduled to pitch thefirstinning {owe 2 Sacramento Masmofes at Omaha unearned runs, and the damage was done. The Stingers dropped to 52-55 with the Salt Lake reliever Rich Rodriguez set the Rainiers down in orderin the bottom of the had gone eight games without committing anerror before pitcher Billy Stokley made a costly oneSaturday. His errant throw after a 4; Porta at Fresno gameunder.500 for the first time since June anything against Putz in the ninth, and Salt = es hore wih two out in the sams Seng, : aeteen Barkett's two-run single drove in two more his last 24 at-bats. Wes ems acaba 16. is Z ———————— . _ on Monday before giving way to Rett Johnson. The Stingers loss. They were trying to get back to one eighth, but the Stingers were unable to do buntallowed a runto score. The Rainiers went on to score two 4 ee = Aside from the hiccup in the third, Stok- ‘Tue Sact Laxe Tarsone Saat —= _ — Sun Belt Conference = Lakesuffered its secondloss in three games. a. ee | | more unearned runsin the third inning. The Stingers committed { anothererrorin the seventh,butit did notlead to a run ‘ ‘ 74 ‘ DicGincIN } , | Mroe % @® Kaho @ Allsports in conference gat 4B) Football only in conference ® Does notplay Division 1-A football Aggies Geographyis a slight concern “« Steve Baker/The Salt Lake Tribune minded him that the league was league has one or more schools formerly disdained by USU. As in Louisiana and one in Idaho. “You canlook at the map and see which teams need to be trad- Hall said, “The university had not just rebuffed him, but basically told him to get lost.” Eventually, the Sun Belt would need USU. NCAArules takingeffect in 2005 require conferences to have eight full mem: bers playing Division I-A foot- © Continued from Cl The other extreme was two ball to maintain I-A status. So last October,after considerable seasons of independent status. “Standing alone in the wind was study by both sides, USU was invited to join the league. Admin- nosolution,” Hall said. istrators were willing to commit Hall remembers once feeling to playallsports in the league, for the sakeofthe football pro- awkward at an NCAA meeting, with no fellow conference presi- gram. dents available. That's a good il- USU's nothaving to move from the Big Westfor basketball until 2005 madethe affiliation lustration of the USU football program's plight. As much as the coaches tried to sell their ambitious schedule and travel opportunities to recruits, some- seem somewhat temporary.It thing was missing: a reasonable standard ofjudging a program’s success or failure, and any hope of a bowl game. The Sun Belt ture,” Hall said, “without hav- mayor maynotbe.“It gives us an opportunity to look at our fuing to worry abouthaving a fu- ture, In that regard,this attachment’slikely to run little bit longer, rather than shorter.” Buyoutprovisions would al- champion plays in the New Orleans Bowl. “Tn our day and age,” Den- low the schoolto leave the conference. Beyond that, Waters is just as interested in having the Aggies and other schools play- nehysaid, “that’sreally, really is careful not to say ing in a more regionally based league as they are. would disparage the players he “If nothing happens, we can signed. Yetathletic director Pugmire said the benefit in week during the Sun Belt’s Football Media Daya, “If something happens, we're prepared to take two future is tied in with Idaho's and New Mexico State's, For other sports, those schools will join Denver in the Sun Belt’s pod plan.“If there was a realignment opportunity that put ev- geographic groups and nobodygot hurt. . then let’s go that way,” Waters said. “The future for all schools our size is in regional conferences,” hesaid. Butthat “re- Wright Waters, an old friend from their days at the Univer- sieyforda, bat Wetesre quires some compromisethat, ee ‘ho one has been able to Caserta 1 Meisteries non tongin liteagi How Others Fared: Tyler Hamilton of the United States was second in 54:14; @ Continued from Cl rich of Gormany off his back, got ‘stage Is 94.2 miles from Ville d’Avray to the Champs-Elysees in Parts. 4 R COP ‘ nity to truly look at the West,” said Waters. He believes the movement could stop the Mountain West Conference from grabbing WAC schools such as FresnoState and Hawaii, for example, because the leagues will need onean: other to remain strong. Waters wishes an impartial panel could take the 54 schools in the non-BCS leagues andarrange them geographically. “To do that, you'd have to have a commitmentbyall of them to buyintoit, and that’s where it breaks down,”he said. In anycase, Utah Stateis in the Sun Belt, competing with Laan Hogipres/ The Sat Lake Trane Jackie Dannelly of Enterprise took first placein the barrel racing at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Farmington, N.M., finishing in 17,217 seconds. She also leads the overall standingsin the event. football teams in Louisiana, ‘Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico andIdaho. The leaguehas eightI-A football schools this season andAlabama’s TroyState will bearded next year. Sun’s defense stuns Sting crave regional rivalries; that’s why he scheduled the Mountain West's Wyoming and New Mex- ich this football season, “A few years down the road, we'd like to be ina better situation,” he said. wind,” Hall's school has shelter. “Likeall tents, I guess, it’s subJect to being folded and carried on,” he said, “butthis is really where we tobe,” mest margin. Armstrong, who came back from cancer to win the 1999 Tour, called this “absolutely the most difficult year for many reasons: , bi 13 12 «13 1 9 5 § 10 10 11 11 11 17 oD 565 545 542 500 450 227 Tue AssoctaTep Parss 2 3 3 4 5 10 LosAngeles 18 5 783 Houston Minnesota Seattle 398 13 10 13910 #61 565 od 273 11% 14834 Dennehy agrees. His con- Sacramento. 12 12 500 program havenothing to do SanAntonio hoe §6 3 with how soon USU can find an: other home, “A lot of people are wastingtimetalking about what's going to happenin two GB HARTFORD, Conn. Nyke sha Sales scored18 of her 23 points WESTERN CONFERENCE Wl Pet GB cerns about, building his football 16 18 614 OTHER GAMES: Rockers 89, Mystics 78: Penny ‘Taylor scored aseason-high 22 points and Betty Lennox added 21, helping physically not super, tactically Only Indurain won themall in a row, Armstrong smiled broadly and thirst a clenched right fist into the air as he powered to the ‘Sacramento 76, Seattle 63 Today's Games Washington at Detroft, 2 p.m. host Cleveland build a 24+-point ha time lead en route to beating Cleveland at San Antonio, § pm. ers, It's very satisfying,” he said. ‘The race'sfinal stage today in finish of Saturday's 90.4mile Paris is traditionally a ceremonial ride where no one chal because of “relief to have made it through a time trial that was very dangerous at the end and relief to have gotten that much closer to winning the Tour de France," Any chance Ullrich had of strong Miguel will match Hinault, Indurain of Spain, Jacques Anquetil of France, and Eddy Merckx of Belgium as riders who have won five Tours since the race began in 1903. ’ seven Cleveland 89, Washington 78 | some mistakes made,” “But this close one feels different and feels better than some of the others — or all of the oth- the Charlotte Sting on Saturday third straight with a victory over vis iting New York. added 10 points and rebounds. Saturday's Games ride. ‘The gesture, he said, was catching him disappeared when the German tumbled to the groundunder therain. ' ( ‘omets 61, Liberty 53: Tina Th ompsonscored 20 points and Janeth Arcain added 14 as Houston won Its streak to a season-high four games. Taj McWilliams-Franklin Houston 61, New York 53, Connecticut 74, Charlotte 70 Minnesota 70, Indiana 65 Washington, ‘TheRockers(11-11) set a franchise record with55 points in the andhad season-high final in the second halfto lead the Con. necticut Sun to a 74-70 win over night Katie Douglas scored nine of her 11 points in the secondhalfas the Sun extended their winning 4 * § years,” he said. “I'm not going to waste a second. I will be happy where we are, as long as it takes.” So barring disaster, Arm though by whatwill be his slim- Charote Indiana Connecticut Cleveland NewYork Washington But having stood “in the lenges the overall leader. ‘overall leader Lance of the United States third in 54:19; Jan Ut ‘back on and fished fourth in 54:30. Waxt Stage: Today's 20th and final of schools in conferences notaffiliated with the Bowl Championship Series, as organized by Tulane president Scott Cowen, could produce some cooperation. “Now, there’s an opportu- Pugmire knows Aggie fans Febquerpaeercngcas thave played school's search for a home was béeoming desperate, He contacted Sun Belt commissioner ed,” Pugmire said. Waters suggests the bonding Lynx 70, Fever 65; Katie Smith scored21 points and Sheri Samadded on-high 20 to leadvisiting Min over Indiana. The Lynx's eyeical da{ense held the Fever to two field goals during the f nine minutes, Monarchs 78, Storm 73: DeMya Walkertied a career high with 21 points, leadinghost Sacramento over Seattle. Walker shot ¥for-15 from the fleld and helped the Monarchs to a quick start in winning their second straight and fifth in six games since interim coach John Whisenant re placed the fired Maura McHugh About 20 miles into Satur day's individualrace against the ‘There must have beenalittle oll clock, Ullrich had a 2second edge on Armstrong. Shortlyafter on the road,” state TV that, though, Ulirich’s wheels slid out from under him as he went around atraffic circle, He slid acrosstheroad, ending up in soft redundwhite safety cushions Hehoppedback on but almost missed another turn just mo ments later becwuse he was Armstrong, told over his ra dio that Ullrich had fallen, slowed to make sure he didn't looking down at his bike, check ing for damage. Ullrich attributed his crash to bad conditions. “1 didn’t go into the curve fast he told German slip, too, The American finished third, one place ahead of Ullrich, who came back from two knee operations and « 2002 ban for us. ing amphetamines. David Millar of Britain won Saturday's stage in 54 minutes, 6 seconds, his average speed of 4,702 mph the second-fastest in Tour history |