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Show Page C2 — THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, May 9, 1996 ——— Tradition, depth carry Bruins to track titles NOTABLE QUOTE @ “Obviouslyit’s very hard to stop him when they're throwingit into him 50 times a game. We may need Jo start double-teaming him quicktr, Bringing the help guy right away on the catch so he has to find open — Atlanta center ChristWo's Shaquitie O'Neal after {O'Nealscored 41 points in Game i oftheir Eastern Conference semifianal Wednesday night. ‘® Bob Halkidis, Jeff Sharples and Andrey Vasiljev had goals as the Utah Grizzlies defeated the Peoria Rivermen 3-1 totake a 2 fead in their International Hoc!ey League playoff series. The best-of sevenseries resumes Friday in PeoTia. Game five will be in Peoria ‘Saturday with gamessix and seven in Salt Lake next Monday and ‘Wednesday. TRACK & FIELD @ BYU'sJaneth Alder,a native of Latacunga, Ecuador, has been named as female Wester Athletic Conferenceathlete ofthe week. ‘She had a provisional qualifying time of4:21.18 in the 1,500-meter tunin tri-meet at UCLAlast ‘weekend. Hertime is the best in tthe WACthis season andless than two secondsoff the NCAAauto‘matic qualifying standard for the ‘ational championship meet BASEBALL '@ Three BYUplayers and three from Utah have beenselected as membersoftheall-Western Athletac Conference Eastern Division team. Representing BYU are senior third baseman Ryan Roberts, ‘sophomore first baseman Tyson ‘DowDell and freshmanpitcher ‘Brett McDermaid. Utah's selec‘tionsinclude sophomore centerfielder Casey Child,junior desiginated hitter Travis Flint and senior pitcher Dan Bell. Child and ‘Roberts played at Mountain View ‘High School in Orem. Roberts also played at Utah Valley State College as did Flint. CORRECTION @ A story in Wednesday'sedition @mcorrectly identified an Orem giver It was Allyson Harding Dat doubled and drove in two runs lead the Tigers to a 10-6 softball {in over Jordan. NNI ine years after winning the Ital- By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor Ah,yes. Tradition Mountain View's girls used their depth to bury everyone en route to the Region Four track and field crown Wednesday. And the Bruin boys eased past a determined Oremsquad to claim a league title, too. Mountain View's girls finished with 201 1/2 points. American Fork was second with 134 and Orem third with 60. Alta finished with 49, followed by Brighton with 28, Jordan with 21 and Hillcrest with | 1/2 In the boys’ meet, the Bruins had 181, Orem 161 and Hillcrest 58. American Fork and Alta each finished with 38 points while Jor- dan had 27 and Brighton 23 “Comingin, we thought our depth would be pretty strong.” said Mountain View coach Dave Houle. “That's beenourtradition over the years. “We wanted to win the region championship because it’s always an honor.” Houle said. “But, we were also trying to position ourselvesfor state.” Mountain Viewis the defending girls’ SA champion. American Fork and Mountain View each won seven of the 16 available girls’ titles. Orem and Alta each won one. Depth was the key for the Bruins. They made a statement when they swept all six places in the 1600and took three ofsix, including the top two, in the 3200. Adi Sorenson led the way in the 1600, running 5:10.44. Lisa Whiting was second in 5:16.78 with Kathryn Henrie third, Wendy Allen fourth, Jandee Hood fifth and Kelly Fugalsixth. Hood won the 3200-meter crown in 11:31.03 with Whiting second at 11:31.92. Marie Hodson of Orem was third with American Fork’s Bekka Barron and Amber Tubb fourth and fifth. The Bruins’ Allen was sixth. Other winners for Mountain View included Lisa Anthonyin the 100-meter hurdles [15.40)]: Analyn NELSONS: (Continued from Page C1) Daily Herald Phota/Jason Otson lays out over American Fork’s Cami the bar en route to a 5-foot-2 effort in the Benson in the 300-meter hurdles [46.75]; Mandy Rohbock in the shot put [36-feet-9 3/4]: Lori Henry in the di {114-8}; and the medleyrelay team[4:21.80]. Houle and the Bruins got a bonusin the javelin when Amy Curtis, whosuffered a ligament tear in basketball and has missed the entire season, placed second. She threw 96-9, well behind the 131-2 by Alta’s Mindy Romig, but qualified for state. Besides providing inspiration through her comeback, any points she scores will be.a decided plus. American Fork’s Suzette Beardall won three individual events and anchored the 1600meter relay team to victory. She won the 100 [12.48] and 200 [25.60]. each time edging teammate Misty Jorgensen | 25.83]. She out-dueled Alta’s Barlandin the 400, 58.03 to $8.533 The Cavemen won both the 400-meter relay [49.85] and 1600meterrelays [4:05.56]. get married, play bail and just be with them,I can’t tell you how that makes you feel, knowing that could be gone. I couldn't see any- strike zone calls, had a blood type one else being there for themin i rs seta round of the clay. Conchita Marfending champion, routed drine Testud 6-0, 6-! in a third- Sund match. No.7 Irina Spirlea Mko advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Krina Habsudova6-4. 6-2 @ Fernando Meligenistaved off feve matchpointsin the secondset. Gen routed second-seeded Todd Woodbridgein the third to advance Ae quarterfinals of the U.S. Clay four Championships. Meligeni, will face Patrick Rafter, won fffat Six games ofthe match for 4 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 victory one beat Jared Palmer7-5, 4-6. 4. Mats Wilanderalso advanced, ating Gullaume Raoux 6-1, 6-2 Top-seeded Boris Becker beat Emilio Alvarez 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the Second round of the German Open Say-court tournament. In other which enabled him a quickliver transplant in 1994. And whenthe transplant failed after nearly a year, he received a second liver transplant in 1995. It started with itchy skin, then developed into jaundice, where he thought he had hepatitis. It was much moreserious. In a family which has produced great sibling athletes,this was unexploredterritory for the Nelsons, Today Dave Nelson — whose brother Clyde is the head basketball coach at Ricks College and brother Kim, the newly named baseball coach at Timpanogos High — sits with Zeffie in lawn chairs just off the first base line while watching their oldest. D.G.. play. “This is an unbelievable feeling, just to be here. [| never take any part of my life for granted,” said Dave. “Everything counts and | amgrateful to be here.” Nelson has taken a leave of absence from his post as chairmanofthe physical education department at UVSC Brad Greenberg, former Port Gnd Trail Blazers vice president of eneral manager id vice president of basketball @perations. John Lucas.the previGus general manager and vice presBent ofbasketball operations, femains as coach. The 76ers were 8-64 last season. ® Houston center Hakeem OlajuWon wasfined $5,000 by the NBA Br elbowing Seattle 's Detlef $chrempfin the back ofthe head Qaturday night during Game| of fheir Western Conference series. JORSE RACING Preliminary Kentucky Derby Qagering figures totaled a record or 2.5 percent. from (pest year, the track said Wednesday total included on-track, Kenky intertrack wagering and offk betting. On the air * 5:30 p.m. Staniey Cup Piayotts (ESPN) 6 In WA Preyat at Spur INT xn's7 6 p.m. Baseball, Onoies at White Sox , Figure skating, Great Skate Debate {eS cane’ Han to recover from his latest transplant. He is not out of the woods yet. Tests continue to reveal stress and strain on his new liver. The previous transplantfailed due to a blocked artery which was. later transplanted and failed. “I feel fine. I have good and bad days,” said Dave, noting his life hasn't been withoutfrustrations or fear following the diagnosis. “It’s hardto explain. What is amazing is 1 found I was not afraid of dying. But my biggest fear is realizing [ may not be here to be a father and husband; to see my kids grow up, JAZZ: (Continued from Page C1) Jazz stay focused for tonight, more powerto them. JAZZ NOTES: Chris Morris gave Utahabiglift starting in place of the injured David Benoit on Tuesday. Morris contributed 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting and collected five rebounds in 22 minutes..-Another key wasthe rebound- ingof the Jazz guards. Stockton and Jeff Hornacek each pulled down five, while Howard Eisley grabbed fourin just nine minutes ofplay. One has'to wonderif the Spurs* days in San Antonio are num- bered, They're unhappy with the Alamodome, which was designed for football and have demanded a new arena. On top of that, only 15,112 people showed up for Game |. the lowest total since the team moved into the dome in 1994. The stadium holds 20,664 place of me. This is the part that shook meup the most.” D.G. has made the mostofthis designated time betweenfather and son on the field. During a series with Utah in Provo, D.G. earned WACPlayer of the Week honors after he had two two-run homers going 3-for-5 in a 17-8 win: hit a grand slam home runin an 11-10 loss; went 3-for-4 with a two-run dinger in a 23-5 win after beginning the week going 3-for-3 with a three-run homer in a win over Albertson College from Idaho. coacl pach Gary Pullins. “He's been steady for us allalong. I don’t know ofanycollege second baseman with his kind of poweratthe plate.” Pullins said D.G's freshmanyear should have earned him WAC Freshman ofthe Year honors. “It came so easy for him, then his sophomore year he struggled.” This wasthe year his fathergot sick. “D.G. wouldn't buy into it and use it as an excuse, but when his father gotsickit had toaffect him. Emotionally, he was takingit in, said the coach. This year D.G. has scored 58 runs with 73 hits, including eight doubles, one triple, 18 homers and 63 RBIs going into today’s game with Cal Northridge, the Western Division WAC champions. D.G.. a formerall-state pitcher at Mountain 2 aside his moundcareerfor a chance to play every day in the Cougar lineup as an infielder. In one game at Greeley last week against Northern Colorado, D.G. did pitch two BROTHERS: (Continued from Page C1) Mary Keiley on that day 22 years ago. Jackson said‘he was told he got ill as an infant and when his parents wentto thé hospital to vis- ithim, he was gone. Sally, 20, and Steven, 19, also ended up in foster care, but managed to stay together. Sally said they weretakeninfo state custody because of abuse allegations against the father, The parentslater divorced. Mary Kelley regained custody of Sally and Steven when they were in grade school and they lived in Enterprise. The kids knew they had a brother, but didn't know is’ high jump Wednesday at the Fi r track and field meet. Cosgrave fini second to teammate Shanae Nixon, who aiso cleared 5-2. Shanae Nixon was a double {2:00.31} and the 400-meter [42.90] the long jump [16-8 1/2] and high “We got good performance: fromalotof kids,” Houle said of the boys’ win. “And, a few surprises like Davey [his son! in the javelin {second to Orem’s Matt Merrell}; winner for American Fork, taking and medley relay teams[3:40.25]. jump crowns [5-2]. Orem’s Tara Haynes took the 800-meter crown in 2:15.88 with American Fork’s Melissa Jensen secondat 2:16.80. Mountain View and Orem completely dominated the boys" meet. as the score indicates. The Bruins won nine region titles with the Tigers took seven. Hillerest’s Tracy Olson won the pole vault at 12 feet to claimthe only title not won by membersofthe top twoteams. Daniel Arthenius of Mountain View wonthe shot put [59-7 1/4] and discus [183-8] easily. A couple ofhis discus throws landed out-ofbounds onthe running track Other winners for the Bruins ye Matt Rowe in the 100 {11 an Andrus in the 1600 [4: 96:48] and 3200 [9:54.99]; Eric Myrup in the 300-meter hurdies [41.05]; Jess Brereton in the 800 innings, striking out three, and walking one for a zero ERA hat was a rare opportunity,” said his father. “There are not opportunities for a coach to break upan infield to have a guy pitch and D.G. hassettled on his role as secondbasemanandlikes to be out there every day instead of apitch ing rotation,” “If he doesn’t sign with somebody this summer and returns to BYU, we'd like to expand his role and we could use him on the mound because he has a great arm,” said Pullins. Since his freshman year at L !son has been a productive hitter, always at the top of the batting statistics in more than one category. This summer, playing for the Capitals in Kansas, d the team with 50 hits, three triples and 16 stolen bases. He hit .364 in WACgames in 1995, As a freshman heled the team in WAC games with a whopping .472 average. D.G. has a fielding percentage of .930 with more chances than anyone other than the first baseman andcatcher. He has been part of 44 double plays Dave Nelson hasspent this winter andspring following BYU's baseball team from Anizonato California and from New Mexico to Wyoming. “I’veseen almost every game.” Andit has been ablessing Certainly not something any Nelson takes for granted “It is great to see Dave and Zeffie out there. Everyoneis having fun. D.G. is having fun again. The family is optimistic, yet fully realizes the serious nature of what Dave haseeethrough,”said Pullins. re is a lesson here, that we should enjoy the moment. Wecan all have fun at that,”said Pullins. miles away in Dothan. He became a star fullback on the football team, playing against Kelley, who was a tailback for Enterprise. “Dothan and Enterprise was a rivalry,” Kelleysaid. “It was a big thing.” Jackson, now a junior, rushed for 509 yards on 127 carries for Troy State last season, leading the and Eric Myrup, who has run the hurdles for three weeks winning a region championship. We didn’t count onthose things happening “Those were the kind of performances you hope comes in a region meet,” Houle said. Houle credited his assistant coach- Steve Revelli, Lara Romo, ThomasandBill Bird — withthe teams’ successes. Orem's champions included Jason Kukahiko in the 110-meter hurdles| 14.98}; Adam Leifson in the 400 [48.82]: Rod Wilkerson in the 200 {22.56]:; Merrell in the javelin [156-6}; Brady Jones in the high jump [6-10]; Mark Cherrington in the long jump [20-6 1/2]; and the 1600-meter relay team [3:27.79] ley arrived with sparkling credentials, though he did not play for the Volunteers last year, As a high schoolsenior, Kelleyran for 1.451 yards and 16 touchdowns, and was among the top running back prospects in the South, Sally sometimes heard chatter in those high school stands about how the two star players were so much alike. If only she knew her day nights for three seasons. “Te makes me feel sad that we Jackson, meanwhile, was living didn’t get to grow up with him,” with his foster family about 20 Sally said. Many ofthe races were highiycompetitive. Perhaps none was more so than the boys’ 400-meter relay. Mountain View's Rowe and Orem's Kukahiko battled neck and-neck after the final exchange before Rowe eked out the victory by the slimmest of margins. Then Kukahiko did the unthinkable tossing down his baton andkicking it. The resultant disqualification cost the Tigers eight points in a close race forthetitle. Mountain View's twoadditional titles and that mistake cost Orem dearly Next up for the top fourfinishers in each race, plus any other athletes who have met qualifying standards throughout the season, is the state SA meet at BYUon May 17 and 18. Mountain View will be a strong challenger for both crowns. Amer ican Fork and Oremfigure to be in the hunt for the girls’ and boys titles, respectively, although both will be considered darkhorses. Mtn. View kickers zip past Orem 3-1 By KEVIN CURTIS Special to The Daily Herald If a teamis going to pick a timeto be playingits best soccer, no timeis better than the present whenplayoff berths are on the line. The Mountain View Bruins displayed some oftheir best soccer in beating rival Orem 3-{in Region Four Wednesday lier in the year, we had to develop someskill so we did alot of one-on-onetype ofplaying,” said Bruin coach Dave Woolley. "Now we are doing a lot better at passing the ball and getting it out to the wings.” Mountain View scoredfirst when Rory Sorenson blasted a penalty kick from 30 yards out into the net for a 1-0 lead. The Bruins continued to put the pressure on Orem when Mike VanDyke nailed a penalty kick for a goal anda 2-0lead. Orem came storming back when AaronTerry centered the ball for Mark Larenko, who punched the ball over Bruin goalie Mike Munsford to pull and we're really starting to gel as a team,” Woolley said. While Mountain View moves on to a playoff game with Jordan to determine who goes to the state tournament, Orem's season is over. “We've been up and down all year, but we've enjoyed the season,” said Oremcoach Garlan Fitzgarrald In other Region Four action, No. 3 ranked Alta beat American Fork 2-0and top-ranked Brighton beat Hillcrest 2-1 in a shootout. American Fork and Alta were scoreless at the half, but the Cavemen had a great chance in the first half when Garrick Davis narrowly missed a penal ty kick from 10yards out. "Had we made that, we would have put on our prevent defense. Alta didn't score in field play,” said Caveman coach Tom Longnecker. The Hawks’first score came ona direct free kick while Caveman goalie Andre Bildhauser wasstill conversing with an official. Long argued with the offi- within one.Shortly thereafter VanDyke beat two Orem defenders and kicked a beautifully placed ball into the upper right cornertoseal the victory for Mountain View. “He's really quite talented. He's turnedintoa threat offensively, He has great vision like a John Stockton and can make a cial aboutthe distraction for sev- pass, and as a bonus he can fin- eral minutes,but tonoavail. The Hawks" second score was on a penalty kick. The Caveman finished the season 1-12-1. In Region Eight action, Timpview beat Spanish Fork 1-0 in a 20-minute overtime to complete a game halted by bad weather over a month ago. No furtherdetails were available. ish a play like a Karl Malone,” said ated Dave Woolley. Starting to open it up more, passing the ball better Spanish Fork will play Springville Friday at 4 p.m, at a berth in the state Toumament. ProvoHigh to determine who gets Avalanche evensseries with wild 3-OT victory By The Associated Press Trojans with 13 touchdowns. Kel- long lost brother had been right where he was. The family lost there on the football fieid on Fritrack of an older sister, Loretta, about six years ago. nm Joe Sakic started the scoring overtime game in franchise history, ¢ the Avalanche certainly thought “We were desperate,” Mike: Ricci said. “If we had fost, the : tinished the scoring. In between,it series might have been done.” eee it bi gO at Iéast six : was one of the wildest hockey games. Game is Saturday ni; games anyone could remember. Coiorado defeated the Chicago in Denver. The best-of-7 ae Blackhawks 3-2 on Sakic’s goal will then return to Chicago on = and,to the delight andrelief of the Colorado Avalanche, Joe Sakic 4:33 into the third overtime Wednesday night, tying the Western Conference semifinal series 2- Monday night. . 2 and ending 4 hours, 48 minutes of end- to-end excitement, Deloosomée igor Keevebak set = would’ ve been @ nice one to win.” to 2-1 headinginto game four Fri- { up the tying goal, then got the ~ “Wow. What a game,” Chica- game-winner et 3:23 of the extra go's Denis Savard said. “It period to cut /¥iroit's series lead » After winning the first multipie- day in St. 4 f od |