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Show SPORTS Standard-Examiner Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991 3B ‘Blazin Burke’ IS leaving his wake on Jet Ski tour Ogden native competes against nation’s elite racers By JUSTIN C. SCOTT Priest returned io Ogden from the National Jet Ski Tour with fourth place in the Expert 550 Limited Series and tenth in the 440 Super Stock. “From the time I jumped on a Jet Ski, I knew it would take me somewhere,” Priest said. OGDEN — His proper nameis Burke Priest, but fnends and competitors call him “Blazin’ Burke”. Priest, 18, a native from Ogden and a graduate of Bonneville High School, is a Jet Ski racer. It’s been a brief career. Priest began riding Jet Skis only two years ago, yet he’s one of two Utahns to-cross on water,” said Priest. Fourteen racers compete 01 a on the weekends. They also prac- tice together for upcoming races, but when it comes to the racing ed in the nation’s top 20 expert class for Jet Ski racing. In the Na- Hurricane Bob raged through one of the race sites, Daytona held a 4.0 grade point average at tional Jet Ski Tour, Priest ranked 15th overall, while Vesco placed Beach, Fla., on its way up the east Bonneville. coast. Judges canceled races the “Burke is a superb student,” said Bonneville vice principal Drew Wilson. “He was enrolled in the Early College Program at Weber State University, a program we don’t let just anybody into.” Priest is a sophomore at the University of Utah. dence up and dig in, I should a wee Homero Blancas made an eagle Magnus Sunesson of Sweden, who shared the first-round with Lyle and American Paul Azinger, shot a 70 Friday and fell to third place at 135 with Australian Peter Fowler. Friday morning, organizers of the $1.7-million team event were 3 on the 560-yard 15th hole en route to a 68. Ten players were at forced to postponeall four quarter- Archer won the tournamentlast same is expected this weekend. Fog and drizzle had hindered year with a record 12-under 204 for 54 holes. play during Thursday’sfirst-round In Friday’s round, Archer took a matches. But by the time Curtis total. “I made lots of mistakes and was not concentrating,” Azinger said. Englishman David A. Russell one-stroke lead when he carded three consecutive birdies to move States was supposed to be teeing Nine of 11 Americans made the cut at 142. Payne Stewart and Tom Purtzer shared seventh place at 137 with a group that included Bernhard Langer. Jay Townsend was at 138 with Azinger, and Scott Simpson wasa off at 10:15 a.m. Fridayagainst Jo- later sank an 18-foot putt on No. 13 and hit a 3-iron within a foot of the hole on No. 14 for consecutive birdies to move one stroke ahead of Trevino. Trevino briefly tied Archer when he moved to 6-under with a 30- seph Bland of South Africa, the foot birdie putt on the par-5 No. clear that it would be impossible to complete ail the matches. Tournament director Peter German announced that the quarterfinals would be played this morning, a bogey on the following par-3 when hehit his tee shot into some trees to the right of the green. Dunhill Cup Senior Gold Rush Defending champion George Archer bogeyed the 18th hole to fall into a three-waytie for the lead in the opening round of the $450,000 Raley’s Senior Gold Rush. Archer, Lee Trevino and Eruce Crampton tied at 5-under-par 67 “haar” was so thick it would have taken a search party to find the first green. Officials waited nearly three hours in the hope that the mist would lift, but by 1 p.m. it was beginning at 8 a.m., followed by the semifinals in the afternoon and stroke behind them. Sooner or later, luck had to run out. Blessed with summer-like conditions each of the past six years, the Dunhill Cup golf tournament fell victim Friday to an old Scottish scourge: the “haar.” That’s what theycall the dense the finals on Sunday as scheduled. Weather permitting, of course. If all matches can’t be completed today, they will be carried over to Sundayand the final will be reduced from 36 holes to 18 holes. And, in the worst-case scenario, the tournamentwill be extended to Monday. Judge blasts NCAA drug testing MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A state judge has a stinging criticism of the NCAA’s drug-testing program for athletes and has upheld his court order allowing a Montana football player accused of usingste- Montana while Premock’s lawsuit is tried. Premock, a 6-foot-4%, 296- pound senior, sued the NCAA in August, saying he had never used steroids and that an NCAA-spon- sored drugtest identifying him as a roids to continue playing. “The NCAA has a long wayto go before this court can accept the results of their drug-testing pro- steroid-user must be incorrect. He did not play in Montana’s season opener Aug. 31, but joined the gram,” District Judge Douglas Har- team for its Sept. 7 game after Har- kin of Missoula suid in a written kin issued his injunction. Harkin, who heard three days of testimony this week, cited numerous inconsistencies in the NCAA’s urine-testing procedure. He said the NCAAfailed to prove that its collection procedures and laboratory analysis complied with its own regulations. ruling Friday. “Their goal of drugfree sports is commendable; their methods of achieving that goals are deplorable.” Harkin rejected an NCAAappeal of his injunction allowing offensive lineman Steve Premock to continue playing with the University of AmericanHeart TELEVISION Protocol was repeatedly violated and errors were pervasive, he said. Harkin also said there was no credible evidence that indicated Premock was a steroid user. Premock hastestified that he opposed the use of steroids, and that he filed the lawsuit to clear his name. “The health risk is pretty scary,” he said last Friday. “An athlete can get just as much (benefit) by work: ing an extra hour.” Premock said after he completed a urine sample Feb. 28, he left the sample unattended for a brief peri-, od of time. He said an NCAA test validator reprimanded him for leaving the sample. But Premock said no one had told him not to 8:30 @ Chip & Pepper's Cartoon MORNING 15 rcweerseemevensmmesi HBO Crack USA. RESTORE | SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — »ro Bowl linebacker Tim Harris, soni by San Francisco after he held out with Green Bay, will be activated for Sunday’s game with Atlanta, 49ers Coach George Seifert said Friday Harris, acquired Sept. 30, will see spot duty in the nickel defense when the 49ers host the Falcons at Candlestick Park Seifert also said there is a “50-50 hance” the team will activate arry Helton offthe physiunable to perforn list. 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Course reduced to barely 30 yards 6 the 6,70l-yard Rancho Murieta Country Club North Course. * NOTICE TO HUNTERS * InN fog which rolls in off the North Sea and blankets the eastern coast — sometimes for days at a time. With visibility on the Old BES I494AN $1.2 million International Open. David J. Russell of England fired ers did hit the water. “The hurricane calmed little Day Two, but the races had to go on. I managed to takefifth place,” said Priest. “The best from the world are going to be there. If I keep myconfi- Nine of 11 Americans survived the cut at the Intemational Open ship in the classroom where Priest first day, but conditions weren't much better the second when rac- Priest’s next race is the World Jet Ski finals, to be held at Lake Havasu, Anz., Oct. 23-27. Lyle opens up four-stroke lead opened a four-stroke lead in the His showmanship on the water can be compared to his showman- 18th. entering today’s second round on - Priest’s philosophy is if you're doing something, give it your best. face. Priest and Vesco are both rank- PRO GOLF Priest works out to keep in shape. 22-buoycourse, including all-terrain vehicle tire jumps, but that wasn't the biggest obstacle they circuit, they are true competitors. Sandy Lyle of Scotland shot his second straight 65 on Friday and four times a week. I prefer Man-. tua Lake. It’s not crowded like Pineview or Echo and the conditions are excellent for Jet Skis.” In the two-month off season, more than 10,000 miles from Memorial Day weekend to Aug. 18. “The easiest way to describe Jet Ski racing is that it’s just like mo- Box Elder High School, is the oth- The Associated Press I'm out on the water. “Practice is the key element to success. I like to practice three to 10-race series judged on combined er. Vesco said he and Priest are friends and enjoy “hanging out” tional Jet Ski events and his next scheduled race is the world finals to be held in Arizona. “I practice all but two months of the year,” said Priest. “When the ice begins to thaw, that’s when points. Last year, racers traveled Preston Vesco, 18, a graduate of University of Utah student Burke Priest, an Ogden native, competesin the expert class in Na- him down. The National Jet Ski tour is a that compete at the expert level. Photo courtesy of Burke Priest Priest is unable to practice year-round like his “beach buddies” from warmerclimates, but winter's intervention doesn’t slow place in the top five,” Priest said. Standard-Examiner correspondent fine Fi Wat War MAK Move “Hot MTV Rockumentary Video Collechon G WICK Looney Tunes TWH Church Street Station WGN $100,000 Fortune Hunt For Saturday night listings, please see TV Preview in today’s Standard-Examiner |