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Show SPORTS | SIDE LINES Pole vault haunts Schuffenhaur again New WSUstar doesn't complete decathlon By JEFF SIMON BOISE — Another second-day disaster hit Weber State University’s Billy Schuffenhaur Saturday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The junior from Roy sawhis dreams of becoming an NCAA championin the decathlon end Saturday when he failed to clear any height in the pole vault. The same tragedy took place one year ago for Schuffenhaur, who nohéighted in the pole vault as-a Schuffenhaur had problems adjusting the pole-vault standards to a NCAA TRACK position he was comfortable with, ing for Schuffenhaur, who went into the pole-vault competition leading the decathlon at Boise State’s Bronco Stadium. After he did not clear any height, Schuffenhaur withdrew from the competition. “There's nothing I can do about it now except learn from it and go on to next year,” a remarkably composed Schuffenhaur said. Schuffenhaur started the pole vault with what seemed to be a harmless height of 11 feet, 1 inch, but “it didn’t go like it usually does,” Schuffenhaur said. sophomore when he was making a “Our straight pole was just not run at the leaders. Saturday was even moredevastat- going well at all. Lately, I’ve been doing really well in the pole vault.” Parker excels at meet BASEBALL He then had the bar moved to 12-5 so he could vault with a nor- mal, full approach on his third attempt. But that attempt failed, too. After seven events, Schuffenhaur was leading the decathlon with 5,722 points, with Southwest Texas State’s Patrick Andersson second See TRACK on 2D The Associated Press Weber State’s Billy Schuffenhaur competes in the shot put during the NCAA Championships this weekend. He was leading the decathlon competition until he failed to score in the pole vault. Maddox, Hot feet Burt share and @ field meet last weekend in Tempe, Ariz. Competing against.athletes from six states — Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as Utah — Parker won the hammer In the afternoon pairings, Bill Moseley voted the meet’s outstanding athlete. In the hammerthrow, Parker un- a 68 — the best that group — good a third-place tie with and Summerhays. a former back-to-back Amateur championin 1978-79. finished his afternoon corked a throwof 205 feet to set a round with a 70 “I was two strokes over after four holes. but then I played consistent new stadium and meet record, even though it was just the second time he has competed in the event. He the rest of the way.” said Burt. “I owns the second-best hammer hit every par-5 hole in two, drove throw in the country by a prep one par-4 and just finished solid.” competitor this year — 215 feet, 7 The Aggies’ sophomorealso gave his opinion why the younger golfers in the state seem to be performing so well. “The older guys have jobs. and for some of us younger guys, that’s inches. He came up with a personal-record throw of 61-1 in the shot put, topping his previous-best throw by 13 inches. He also won the discus with a throw of 182-7, and meet of- all we do in the summer ts golf. We have to dowell.” ficials proclaimed Parker as “the best triple-thrower in the United Summerhays, a sophomore-to-be at Davis High School and the 1993 Utah State Junior Open champ and Junior Player of the Year, over- came the loss of three strokes on Nos. 13 and 14 to nearly catch Burt for medalist honors. Sey ts = “The greens were in excellent shape. the best I've seen them at Ben Lomond,” said Summerhays, who wonthe tourney’s low net di- P vision two years ago. Playing with his father, Lynn Summerhays, and Chris Dahlberg, the three staged a clinic on their final nine holes. led by the younger Summerhays’ 32 put and discus against other top Parker will compete in the National See PARKER on 2D shot round of enough for Woodward Mitch Hyer. Utah State throw, shot put and discus and was Photo by Steve Conlin Chad George of Murray demonstrates his skills during the novice competition of Satur- day’s Barefoot Skiing Championships at Newton Reservoir, located northwest of Logan. See GOLF on 2D Retum of former MVPs ighlights all-star evening Standard-Examiner statt OGDEN — This year marks the 50th anniversary of the annual Utah High School All-Star Baseball Game, which will be commemorated with special ceremonies — and some special guests — on Saturday at Serge B. Simmons Field in West Ogden. Simmons Field, which is being vastly renovated as the home of the new Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League, will be unveiled for the first time at Saturday's annual high school all-star games. The prepall-star action will feature a doubleheader, with the 4-A All-Star Game getting under way at 4 p.m., followed by the 5-A All-Star Game at 7:30 p.m. Since this marks the 50th anniversary of the Utah High School All-Star Baseball Game, which was started in 1945, all of the games’ previous Most Valuable Players have been invited to attend, and those in attendance will be introduced at special ceremo- The former Ben Lomond star won the 1975 all-star MVP award. He went on to play in the majors 1 with the Oakland A’s | and Atianta Braves. a quarterback at the University of Utah be- fore entering the National Football League, where he played with the Miami Dolphins and signed as a free agent this year with the Detroit Lions; and Fred Roberts, the 1978 MVP as a pitcher from Bingham High who have a solid major league career with the Atlanta Braves and Oakland Athletics, Scott went on to enjoy a lengthy career in the Na tional Basketball Association Other area high school MVPs who went on to achieve success as high school coaches and athletic directors included Don Peterson, an outfielder from Bear River High who was the 1950 MVP and returned as a coach and AD it his alma mater; Ken Hicks, an outfielder the 3-A MVPin 1986 and went on tostar as and went on to becomebaseball coach and nies on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. following completion of the 4-A game and prior to the start of the 5-A contest Among the games’ more notable MVPs were 1975 winner Glenn Hubbard, a short- stop from Ben Lomond High who went on to Mitchell, a Springville High pitcher who was from Weber High who was the 1958 MVP athletic director at Clearfield High; Craig Gladwell, an outfielder from Bonneville High who was the 1964 MVPandis nowa coach and AD at North Sevier High School; and Clyde Nelson, the 1972 MVP as a shortstop from Viewmont High who went on to coach the Vikings to a state 4-A championship in basketball and is currently the men’s head basketball coach at Ricks College Another notable MVP was Bill Boren, an infielder from Bingham High who was the MVP in 1947 and later becamethe superintendent of the Weber County School District in the 1960s Other past MVP's fromarea high schools included the late George Fisher, a pitcher from Davis High in 1945; Bud Powers, a pitcher from Box Elder High, in 1946; Bert Cook, an outfielder from Weber High, in 1948, who went on to star in basketball at Utah State University; Gary Cook, a pitcher from Davis High, in 1949; Jim Dokos, a pitcher from Ogden High, in 1952; Bob Wakefield, a pitcher from Weber High, in 1953; Lloyd Barney, a pitcher from Ogden High, in 1954; Ralph Ashby, a shortstop from Davis High, in 1955; and Gary Batche lor, a third baseman from Davis High, in 1959 Also, Randy Bushnell, a pitcher from Bon neville High, in 1966, Chad Neilson, an outfielder from Ogden High, in 1970, Ron Hovey, a second baseman from Davis High in 1973: Kim Nelson of Viewmont in 1974, Ray Quintaria, a pitcher from Ogden High, in 1976; and a trio of Bonneville High ball players that swept MVP honors for three straight years in the early 1980s — Thayne Porter, 1980; Cory Sylvester, 1981; and Brett Cherry, Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 3 SALT LAKE CITY — Nick Bravin defeated Alan Weber, 15-7, to a capture a gold medal in the men’s foil at the U.S. Fencing Association National Championships on Saturday. The 23-year-old Bravin of Palo Alto, Calif., has dominated the USFA point standings throughout the 1994 season and credited the victory to his will to win. Burt. 19, who just completed his first vear at Utah State University, overcamea rocky start to end the tournament in afirst-place tie with Layton resident Ben Maddox. who also fired a 67. Burt and Maddox each posted the top scores of the morning round, oneshot better than Burt's playing partner Craig Woodward of Ogden and 14-year-old Boyd Summerhays of Farmington, who played thelast 11 holes in 5-under to match Woodward's 68. gious Great Southwest Clas- Seattle 2, Toronto 0 Milwaukee 7, California 6 (11) National League Aontreal 6, Chicago 1 Florida 4, San Diego 3 (10) Cincinnati 8, New York 5 Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 2 Houston 5, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1 Bravin captures gold medalin foil UGA GOLF throwing events at the presti- Chicago 7, Baltimore 1 at Amateur Northern Utah’s young guard put a stamp on the annual Ben Lomond Amateur golf tournament, led by Brigham City’s Justin Burt, who shot a 5-under-par 67 to claim a piece of the championship flight utle. impressive accomplishments as he competes in top invitational meets. The recent Northridge High School graduate sweptfirst-place finishes in three American League Texas 10, Boston 4 Minne Detroit 7 C NewYork 3 nd 8, Oakland 2 SPORTS SHORTS sters are putting the pressure on. James Parker continues to pile up 4D first place HARRISVILLE — The young- but Northern Utah strongman prep competitors from throughout the country. The following week, on June 18, ap Schuffenhaur was going after. ES States.” He is currently ranked among the top 10 nationally in all three events, with the eighth-best mark in the discus and 10th-best throw in the shot put to go along with his No. 2 ranking in the hammer. Next up for the strong-armed Northern Utah performer will be the Golden West Invitational on June 1! in Sacramento, Calif., where he will compete in the shot Calgary singles final at French Open tennis tournament 3D OGDEN — His high school track Parker mr omestand and field career ended with a pair of state championships last month, ; Stanley Cur 2D ‘ Standard-Examiner staff " ¢ in Salt Lake Buzz clip at prestigious event track R Cannons silenced missing his first two attempts. Even after the first miss, Schuffenhaur wasn’t worried. “Sometimes, I just have to take one to get used to it,” Schuffenhaur said “That's just a safe technique to get a mark,” WSU assistant coach Dan Walker said of the 11-1 mark He wins titles fsic York Vancouver 4-1 finals vO STANDARD-EXAMINER SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1994 SPORTS EDITOR: 625-4260 Weber of Seaford, N.Y., was stymied by Bravin's attacking style. Four-time Olympian Mike Mars of South Bend, Ind., and 16-year-old Cliff Bayer of New York took bronze medals In other action, Julian Hentea of Newark, N.J., defeated Evan Ranes of Las Vegas in Division Il men’s epee, the association's developmental level The top American fencers will travel to France for a 10-day training camp before participating in the World Fencing Championship in Athens, Greece, July 3-8 Weiss may move into Hornets’ nest CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Recently fired Los Angeles Clippers coach Bob Weiss met with Charlotte Hornets officials Friday about the possibility of joining the club as an assistant coach, a television analyst or a° combination of both The Hornets are considering adding a veteran assistant to complement coach Alan Bristow’'s staff of Bill Hanzlik and T.R. Dunn, who started their coaching careers when they joined Bristow in 1991. Weiss, who was fired last month after one season with the Clippers, said the talks were preliminary, and no offer was made Charlotte officials also expect to talk with veteran assistant coach John Bach, who was released earlier last week by the Chicago Bulls, and Don Casey, an assistant with the Boston Celtics Bowe’s bad back cancels fight LAS VEGAS — Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe injured his back and won t be able to fight Buster Mathis Jr. next Saturday at Caesars Palace Caesars spokeswoman Debbie Munchsaid Saturday that Bowe hurt his back while 1 Regions 7 and 8 The selections of this year's all-star teams will be announced later this week Two area high school coaches will serve as head coaches for this year’s games, as former See ALL-STARS on 20 o7 Sh e said turn te training retu tC day Dut ve was could not examined by Dr y Thale, an orthopedic on and lower back 1982 Since 1986, when theall-star games were divided into a 3-A/4-A doubleheader, the only Northern Utah players to receiver MVP recognition have been Reid Secrist of View mont in 1988 and Kyle Day of Davis High in 1993, as players from the Salt Lake City and Utah County areas have dominatedthe MVP voting during the last eight years Four teams comprised of 16 players cach will be selected to play in this year’s games, as voted upon by prep baseball coaches from throughout thestate, using a 5-A/4-A NorthSouth format. The 5-A North team will feature players from Regions | and 2; and 5-A South squad will include players from Re gions 3 and 4, The 4-A North team will in clude players from Regions 5 and 6, and the 4-A South squad will feature players trom May y ried tc st from California Joctor ordered Bowe to The rest or a week to 10 days It is the second time Bowe has canceled a fight because of injury He was supposed tofight Franz Botha of South Africa on Feb. 5, but he had to pull out after suffering a cut under his eye during sparring Bowe hasn't fought since sing the IBF andWBA heavyweight titles to Evander Holyfield on Nov. 6 Bowe has fights scheduled against Larry Donald on July 15 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., and against in undetermined opponent on Aug 13 Standard-Examiner staff and wire services |