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Show SPORTS STANDARD-EXAMINER SATURDAY,APRIL 30, 1994 SPORTS EDITOR: 625-4260 Jazz mad, can they get even? Rematch today may get physical By TOM McEACHIN get away with. ... That should be our attitude, because it obviously worked for them.” There were a couple of skirmishes near the end of Game 1, one in- Standard-Examiner staff SAN ANTONIO — Thursday's manhandling by the San Antonio Spurs left the Utah Jazz mad as heck. We'll find out todayif they'll take it any more. The aftermath of the Spurs’ 106- 89 whipping of the Jazz in Game | of their best-of-five NBA first- round playoff series had the Jazz grumbling about their lack of aggression and toughness, as they were outplayed and outmuscled at nearly every position. “If (the officials) allow pushing and shoving and throwing guys around, then that’s the way we have to play,” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. Karl nice guys in the playoffs. You push it to the limit and see what you can Malone hinted that the Spurs were handing out the cheap shots, and said he plans to take San Antonio’s approach in Game 2. “You do what you can get away with and the referees don’t catch you — that’s myattitude from now on,” Malone said. “You can’t be volving Utah point guard John Stockton and several San Antonio players, the other involving the Spurs’ Dennis Rodman taking a cheap shot at Jazz rookie Bryon Russell. San Antonio coach John Lucas expects a lot more physical play from the Jazz today and said maintaining emotions will be important for both teams. “They're going to come out with a lot more aggression,” Lucas said. “Both teams will have to control their heads because cooler heads will prevail.” The Jazz will need more than cooler heads to win today — they'll need better execution and balance on offense than what they showed Thursday. The Spurs picked off passes, they stripped the ball before Utah could ever get a pass off, and they stood back to pick up the caroms when Jazz passes bounced off their team- vy, Playoff update @ Game One: Spurs 106, Jazz 89. Time to rally, WSU exhorts community Victory on ice Spurs lead senes 1-0. @ Game Two: Today, Jazz at Spurs, 11 a.m. (NBC) @ Game Three: Tuesday, Spurs at Jazz, 8:30 p.m. (KJZZ, TNT) @ Game Four: Thursday, May 5, Spurs at Jazz if necessary, TBA (KJZZ, TNT) @ Game Five: Saturday, May 7, Jazz at Spurs if necessary, TBA (NBC) All times Mountain Standard-Examiner “We, myself in particular, played a little helter-skelter,” Stockton said. “We didn’t play with a lot of poise offensively and didn’t let the offense work for us.” Stockton turned the ball over six times, and starters Malone, Jeff Hornacek and Felton Spencer had three turnovers apiece. The Jazz committed 21 for the game. “We were kind of throwing the ball all over,” Spencer said. “Everybody seemed to be little out of sync.” There was also a problem with shot selection. Malone had 21 shots — as manyas the rest of Utah’s starting lineup combined — and he mates. See JAZZ on 2D SIDE LINES GDEN — What the Ogden-area community wants out of Weber State football will be determined by how much it puls intothe home games, the committeesaid the program is strong enough that it could apply for membership in the Big West Conference and Division I-A status in football With $220,000 and an average of 10,000 fans, the committeesaid Bruins, Devils advance in 2D Stanley Cup playoffs Lining up Weber State's defensive line looks strong, has depth 3D program. WSU should cut scholarships and That's been the battle cry from WeberStateofficials since it was decided the program’s budget Region champs coaches. Bonneville High boys grab 3D league tennis title, would be cut by $500,000 last December. It was either that or the possibility of losing football. On Thursday, WSU President Paul Thompsonreiterated where the football program’s future is after next season depends largely on community. “This is a good time torally around the programand help,” Thompsonsaid. “You never know what is going to happen. The best thing we can doright nowis rally.” On Wednesday, the Strategic Planning Task Force at Weber State presented financial and attendencefigures to Thompson that could determine at whatlevel the Wildcats should compete — if the team survives beyond next season. If the program can generate $350,000 in annual ticket sales and average at least 14,000 fans at Those figures don’t match those of other schools that already have reduced scholarships such as Southern Utah University, which keeps its program afloat while averaging around 5,000 fans per home game. “I wouldn't argue that they aren't exactly logical,” Thompson said of the figures. “At this point, I’m only asking questions.” If those figures are not met, the committee said the program should be eliminated. “The community and the alumni have made it clear they expect to Hockeyto return? Another SLC car-dealer may seek IHL franchise. 3D NBA PLAYOFFS 2D New York 91, New Jersey 80 Chicago 104, Cleveland 96 Houston 114, Portland 104 Phoenix 111, Golden State 104 BASEBALL 6D have football at Weber State,” WSU head coach Dave Arslanian American League Cleveland 5, Texas 4 (12) said. “I just wonder why, sometimes, our university people por- Toronto 12, Minnesota 7 Boston 6, California 4 New York 10, Oakland 6 Seattle 5, Baltimore 4 Milwaukee at Kansas City, ppd National League tray us in a negative light.” Duringthe spring football season, it is becoming a common occurrence for the Weber State coaches to discuss the off-the-field situation See WSU on 2D Royals Detroit 4, Chicago 3 Colorado 6, Chicago 5 Montreal 3, San Diego 1 Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 8, Florida 5 New York 6, Los Angeles 4 Houston 4, St. Louis 3 (10) win /th SPORTS SHORTS In a row in 13-6 slugfest Theyclinch tie for regiontitle two runs, leading Salt Lake to a 13-6 win over Albuquerque in Buzz belt Dukes ALBUQUERQUE — Designated hitter Steve Dunn had four singles and drove in Pacific Coast League baseball action Friday night. The Buzz collected 19 hits off five Albuquerque pitchers including 10 hits off Dukes starter John DeSilva (1-3). Dan Masteller also had four hits, including two doubles, as By JEFF SIMON Standard-Examiner staff CLEARFIELD — Although coach Harold Kammeyer won’t ad- mit it, the Roy High School boys soccer team is makingits run to the Region | title look pretty easy. On Friday, the Royals won their seventh straight match, a 2-0 decision over Clearfield. Combined with Layton’s 1-0 loss to Weber, Roy has clinched no worse than a tie for the region championship. Salt Lake won its third straight game. Scott Stahovika added a pair of doubles. Only Salt Lake catcher Tim Mclfitosh went without a hit, but he walked twice. The Buzz sent 10 hitters to the plate in the fourth inning, scoring six runs on five hits. Two runs scored on a single by Dunn Salt Lake starter Eddie Guardado (3-1) allowed eight hits in five innings and was charged with all six PREP SOCCER “They could play better,” Kammeyer said. “We haven't peaked yet. Maybe that’s a good thing.” It’s not a good thing for other Region | teams that still have to face Roy as the region season winds Albuquerque runs, yet stil! picked up the win. Bill Whissler earned his first save, allowing only one hit over the final four innings. down. Roger Cedeno and Todd Clearfield found out for the second time this season why Royis rolling along, with its stingy defense and opportunistic offense makingit Hollandsworth each had two hits for the Dukes. Wildcats beaten in Big Sky tourney tough for the Royals’ opponents. Roy got its first score Friday by taking advantage of a Clearfield defense that nodded off for a few sec- BOISE, Idaho — Weber State’s goal of winning the Big Sky Conference men’s tennis onds. Curtis Larson got past the Falcons’ defense 30 minutes into the first half and scored from the right side. The Royals were very close to being off-side on the play. “I don’t know what happened,” championship is gone. In first-round play Friday, the fifth-seeded Wildcats were beaten 5-2 by fourth-seeded Idaho State. WSU won just two singles Kammeyer said. “I watched the Clearfield guys just turn around and watch the ball and not go after matches on Friday, with No. ¢ Glenn Woodward and No. 6 Alex Von Heynitz each winnir in straight sets. it. That’s the only time I saw it happen, and it cost them.” Idaho State moves ontc face No. 1 seed Boise State |! today’s semifinals. The Broncos defeated Eastern Kevin Larson, Curtis Larson’s brother, gave the Royals an insurance score with four minutes left when a Roy direct kick deflected to Kevin Larson and he bootedit into the right side of the net. See SOCCER on 2D CHUCK WING/Standard-Examiner Roy’s Curtis Larson (left) and Clearfield’s Adam Arnell battle for possession of the ball during soccer clash won by Royals, 2-0. Layton blanks defending champ Weberin tight duel By DENNIS LARSEN Standard-Examiner staff NORTH OGDEN — The Lancers are experiencing new highs this season and, in doing so, have grown to like the feeling that accompanies winning. Layton High, which advanced to the state 4-A inter-region girls softball playoffs last season for the first time in school history, added yet another feather to its cap Friday byblanking threetime defending Region | softball champion Weber 1-0 at North Ogden Park. “We cameinto the game feeling strong and good about ourselves. The girls had the right frame of mind today; this game was ours to win or lose,” said Layton coach Sherry Zobell. The Lancers have proven they belong in the upper echelon of Region |, having swept Bonneville this season and beaten the Warriors for the first time since softball became a sanctioned sport in 1990 eel PREP SOFTBALL “I really thought this would be a defensive game because Weber has an excellent pitcher. We knew Weber would have to make a lot oferrors for us to win big,” Zobell said. The Warriors’ Kim Coleman, a senior left-hander, struck out the first four Layton batters. She surrendered six hits, fanned eight and didn’t walk a batter. It was a game that Coleman certainly didn’t deserve tolose, but Weber's bats suddenly went silent Friday. Layton scored the game’s lone run in the sixth inning, madeit stand up, and moved into a first-place tie with the Warriors atop the league standings. Layton junior right-hander Ja- mie Mason tossed a five-hitter. She recorded just onestrikeout and didn't walk a batter. The Lancers’ LeAnn Eastep See SOFTBALL on 2D Hard-luck Darts suffer their fourth one-run setbackin loss to Bountiful By JIM BURTON Standard-Examiner staff KAYSVILLE — If you want to knowjust how tough things have been this year for the Davis High School baseball team, look nofarther than the pitcher’s mound. There you'll find Josh Godfrey, a junior on this year’s staff who appears to be a lightning rod for the Darts’ bad luck. Friday afternoon’s 7-6 loss to Re- gion 2 rival Bountiful was Godfrey’s third one-run loss of the season and the Darts’ fourth. The gamewas onethat held major significance on the Region 2 race because Davis, Bountiful and Cottonwoodall had similar records and all were battling for the region’s fourth andfinal playoffspot As usual, Godfrey and his teammates played well enough to win, but still managed to come out on the losing end. So far this season, the Darts own a 1-6 region record with three games left to play. “Wejust can’t seem to find a way to win these (close) games,” lamented Darts coach Stan Buchan- ‘ PREP BASEBALL an. “It’s not like we aren’t playing well. This was our fourth one-run loss of the year.” For his part, Godfrey pitched exceptionally well considering he worked without a lead through the entire game. Despite taking the loss, Godfrey managed tostrike out eight Bountiful batters. As a testament to his ability to bear down under pressure, Godfrey got the final batter of the first, third, fifth and seventh innings to go down swinging. The Braves, who cameinto the game knowing they'dalready accounted for Davis’ only region win of the season, jumped out to an early lead in thefirst inning with three runs on three hits Bountiful upped its lead to 4-0 before outfielder Kyle Olsen ignited the Darts’ offense Olsen and catcher Jeff Shrives each reached base with one out in the third and later scored on Chad Bessinger’s single and Jason Cal der’s sacrifice fly to deep center. With his teamtrailing 6-2 in the fifth, Olsen came upbig once again, Washington 7-0 in Friday's first-round play. Montana State and Northern Arizona meet today's other semifinal matct Weber State faces Easter’ Washington at 2 p.m. today the consolation bracket Montana and Idaho square in the other consolation matc! Jayhawks get 3rd straight victory OGDEN — The St. Joesph High School girls soccer team this timeripping a two-run homer — Davis’ first of the season — won its third straight game downthe right-field line, scoring Meridian The Jayhawks improve tc leadoff hitter Brian Hess Shrives followed with walk and later scored on Bessinger’s RBI sin- gle. Bessinger later scored from third on a fielder’s choicetotie the gameat 6-6. The score stayed that way until the seventh, when Bountiful’s Matt Jacobs scored Catoe with a one-out single to right. In keeping with their bad-luck motif, the Darts had two chances to tie the gamein the bottomofthe seventh, but committed baserunning errors instead. “What a wild game,” said Bountiful coach John Edwards. “This was one wereally needed to win, and we held on to doit The kids were just saying they'd forgotten how good it feels to win. | hope they can remember (the feeling).” See BASEBALL on 20 + Thursday with a 5-0 shutout of 5-2 on the season in the 1-A soccer league and will face Waterford, the last team to beat St. Joseph, next Tuesday The Jayhawks took a 3-0 lead at halftime with goals by Melissa Young, Mary Mahan and Michele McEntee. McEntee and Angie Willis then added two more goals following intermission “We just domintated the game,” St. Joseph coach Alex Salvo said. “They had just tw shots on goal and we had 39 TAKE A TICKET WSUfootball: |ntra-squad scrimmage, Wildcat Stadium 10:30 a.m — Standard-Examiner staff and wire services y |