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Show PageC2 — THE DAILY HERALD,Provo, Utah,Friday, May Eisen NOTABLE QUOTE © “We could beat the Cavaliers with our eyes closed. You can’t playthe way Cleveland plays in the NBA. They're playing highschool ball. Beating themis no accomplishment.” — Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman on New York’s first-round playoff sweepof the Cavaliers. SOCCER @ Wasatch and Lehi werevictims in Region10 prep soccer Thursday Park City beat the Wasps 4-3 ina shootout while Uintah beat Lehi 3-2 The Miners and Waspstied 3-3 two weeks ago, but didn’t break the tie until state officials mandatedthat they do so. Joe Pack, Tom Gross, Kyle Bryson and Jason Millerall scoredto lead Park City to its victory. At Heber City, Derrick Howcroft scored twice and Chandler Peisley hadthe other goal as the Utes stopped the Pioneers in a fourth placeplayoff. Uintahwill enter the 3A inter-regionplayoffs while Lehi’s seasonis over GOLF @ Freshoff a victory in the windblown Shell Houston Open, Mark Brooks fought through gusts of 30 mphto shoot a 6-under 64 for the first-roundlead in the GTE Byron NelsonClassiein Invi Brooks, who also won HopeChrysler Classic. the TPC at Four Seasons. Scott McCarronshota 65 at the TPC and John Cook had a 65 at Cottonwoed Valley, another par-70 course used for thefirst two rounds. @ Arizona freshman Marisa Baena set an NCAA regional record Thursday withafirst-round 65in leading the Wildcats to a three-shot lead over ArizonaState in the NCAA West Regional in Omaha, Neb. Arizona matched par with 288 for four golfers. San Jose State is third at 292 and top-ranked UCLAseventh in the 20-teamfield at 301. BYU's womenareat 318. No Cougarindividuals are in the top 10. TENNIS Top-seeded Steffi Graf of Ger many beat Argentina's Paola -2, 6-4 in the Italian Open to a quarterfinal match old Swiss star vee Spain also advanced, beating Argentine qualifier Bettina FulcoVillella 7-6 (7-5), Austria’s Gilbert Schaller, a top Clay-court player ranked No. 32, beat top- ded Boris Becker of Germany 6-2, 6-2 inthethird roundof the German Open. Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia, at No. 3 the highest seed remaining. beat Spain's Carlos Moya 6-3, 2-6, 64. Kafelnikov will face No. 6 Bruguera. who ousted fellow Spaniard Jordi Burillo 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 64. Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman upset third-seeded countryman Magis Gustafsson7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 7-5 to advanceto the pose als of the US. Clay Court Championships HOCKEY @ Backup goaltender Ken Wregget is eure 1: for Pittsburg! nein the who replacedi ins put the h took sand victory in Winner of r oe and inthers are er Florida’s Dave Lowry redirected the puck and the Panthers playoff hopes withonelittle nudge ofthestick. BASEBALL @ Ken Ramoshad four of Tucson's | 7 hits and Mike Brumley’s uses loadedtriple brokethe game pen in the sixth inning the ~oros defeated Salt La 5 Thursday night in the Paciic Coast Leaguein Tucson. The Toros Assistant Sports Editor According to Timpview coach Brian Kuhimann,the best team may not have won the Region Eight boys’ track and field championships, bit “I don’t feel like we're the best team because everybody beat us all year long,” Kuhimannsaidafter he and his Thunderbirds took a victory lap on the Timpviewtrack Thursday. Timpview scored 122 points to win the title. Pleasant Grove was runner-up with 109 points. Spanish Fork had 96, Provo 87, Payson 68 and Springville 41. “But, today was like a big wrestling meet where the big boys like Spanish Fork and Pleasant Grove all threw each other out of the ring and we werethe only ones left standing,” Kuhlmann added. “This wasa big surprise.” In the girls’ competition, there With a chance at postseasonplay on theline, Mountain View gota big 5-1 victory over Orem in Region Four girls’ softball Thursday. The win gave the Bruinsa 6-6 recordin Region Four,tying them with Jordan and Brightonfor third place. Mountain View pitcher ShannonLewis tossed a one-hitter. TheBruins scored three runs on four straight singles in the fifth inning to secure the victory Mountain View scored in the Daily Herald Photo/Matthew R. Smith Timpview’s Dwane Phillips lets loose with the shot put Thursday in the Region Eight track championship. the 100-meter hurdles [15.01] and high jump [5-1 1/4]; Provo’s Tara Rohatinsky in the 800 [2:15.30]: the Bulldogs’ Mary Huangin the 1600 [5:03.13]; Springville’s Lindsay Argyle in the 3200 Ul: 330.71]; Timpview’s Nicole racy in the 300-meter hurdles [46.50] and Provo’s medley relay team [4:22.62] Onthe boys’ side ofthings, Timpview, Pleasant Grove and Spanish Fork won four events apiece Paysonwonthree and Provo two. “We wanted to have a little lead afterthe first day and we got that when wewent1-2-3 in the discus and 14 in the 3200,” Kuhlmannsaid. ““Having a little lead like that fires you up.” Peter Duke wonthediscus with a throw of 138-9. Tamatoa Carlson was second with Nate Drew third. Eric Strauss wonthe 3200 in 9:47.87 with Erik Gulbrandsen fourth. Timpview’sother titles came from Carlson in the shot put [47-11 1/4] and Daron Janis in the 400 [50.98]. Dan Parkinson had twoofPleasant Grove’s wins — in the high jump [6-8] and long jump [20-10 1/4]. Sam Weatherspoon won the 800 [1:57.92] and Jason Gillman took the 300-meter hurdles [40.46]. Jesse Kovatch was region champion in the 100 [11.17] and 200[22.44] to pace Spanish Fork’s effort. Other winners for the Dons. were Jason Stewart in the javelin [164-10 1/4] and the 400-meter game. The Wolverines jumped out toa 3-1 lead after getting solo runs in each ofthe first three innings. But Treasure Valley got to UVSC starter Ryan Sprague for four runs in the fourth and the Chukars went up 5-3. In the bottom of the fourth, Wood singled and movedto third on Curtis Jacobsen’s double, Wood came home when King reached on an error and Tyler Perry’s sacrifice fly brought Jacobsen in to teit at 5-5 In the sixth, Treasure Valley plated a go-ahead run. But the Chukars did not have the lead for long. In the bottomof the frame Wood started things off for UVSC with a single. After Jacobsen walked, King laid downa perfect bunt. In futile effort to get King But the game ended when he was thrown out trying to stretch it to a triple. Brad Seare picked up the win in relief for UVSC. He improved to 5-3 on the year. UVSCwill face Dixie College tonight at 7. The twoare the only teams still unbeaten in the sixteam double elimination tourney, Dixie advanced by beating Ricks 4-2 and Snow 6-0. Tonight’s winner advances to Saturday's | p.m. championship game to await the team that comes throughthe loser’s bracket. JAZZ: (Continued from Page C1) Sloan was incredulous about his ejection after the game, telling reporters that he went out to center court in an effort to prevent a t The next fight I see FH just wait until somebody gets their head knockedoff. Then I'll go out pan Said an Antonio defense handcuffed the starting backcourt of Stockton and Jeff Hornacek. Stockton scored just four points, while Hornacek was limited to three at first, the Chukars threwthe ball Neither teamshot the ball well Utah connected on 44 percent of its attempts, while San Antonio completed 43percent. away, allowing Wood to score Jacobsen later scored on a wild pitch, then Brody Bevan brought King home with atriple off the left-field wall. Todd Mitchell fol- Perdue. “We weren't happy about the way we won, but the important thing is that we won.” “It was ugly, but we'll takeit,” said Spurs” backup center Will relay team [44.79] Payson’s winners included the medley [3:42.02] and 1600-meter [3:31.12] relay teams and Shane Theobald in the 110-meter hurdles {15.24}. Ken McCorstin won the 1600 [4:27.84] and Matt Low captured the pole vaulttitle (13-0] to pace Provo. The top four finishers in each event, plus any athletes who met qualifying standards throughoutthe season, will gather at BYU May 1718 for the 4A state championships. Spanish Fork will be among the favorites for thegirls’ tile but Timer Resiee!Fight teamswill only be darkhorses in the boys’ title chase. second inning when Bethanie Goeringersingled and took second when the ball got away from the fielder. She scored when Courtney Hills blooped a single to short rightfield. Orem's lone run came in the third when Jenn Love walked,then scored from second when Jenn Mann hit a grounderthat the Bruins threw away With two outs in the fifth, Amy Goeringerhit one in the hole. Then Missy Beardall barely beat an attempt by the Tigers' rightfielder Raquel Knappto get a force out Desi Newton followed with a shot up the middle to score one and Lewis drove home twomore. Mountain View added one more in the sixth when Hills reached on an error and later scored on Amy Goeringer's second hit Orem's only hit came with one out in the seventh when Amber Bristol hit a shot to right that hit the ground and skidded past the rightfielder. "Shannonpitched as well as she ever has. Andwegot a great team effort (offensively)’ said Bruin coachJeri Kelley Olsen powers Orem past American Fork Max Olsen drove in four runs to pace Oremto a 14-5 victory over American Fork in Region Four baseball action Thursday. The win solidified third place for the Tigers, earning thema spot in next week's inter-region playoffs as they improved to 7-4 overall. American Fork’s loss put the Cavemen in jeopardy of missing theplayoffs as they finished with a crest, 9-2 ves blanked the Buzz over the inal three innings. off Treasure Valley in the early lowed with an RBI single. Huff and Nate Duvall had back-to-back singles to bring Mitchell home. Afier Bradshaw sacrificed the runners to second and third, Gary Jones was given an intentional pass Wood then drove in a run with @ sacrifice fly. Duvall scram. : bled home with the seventh run of the frame after the Chukars threw the ball away on an attempt topick Jonesoff at first. Treasure Vailey’s Luke Hayes, who had five RBIs on the day, doubied in tworunsin the seventh. Lewis hurls Bruins past Tigers hits, with Brumley s triple putting John Johnstone and Dean Hart- UVSC used a seven-run outburst in the sixth inning to knock finished with 193 points while run- nerup Payson had 86. Provo was third with 63, followed by Springville at 60, Timpview at 54 and Pleasant Grove at 35. “It a good dayfor us,”said Spanish Fork coach Chris Caviness. “I don’t think things could have gonebetter for us.” The key, both coachessaid, was personal records. “Wehad PR, PR, PR, PRall day long,” Kuhlmannsaid. “I was most pleased that we had a lot of PRs and season bes! Cavinesssaid. =mma Measom and Tia Iketau led Spanish Fork as each wona pair of events. Measom won the 100meter dash in 12.52 seconds and the 200 in 25.48. Iketau won the shot put with a throw of 33-feet-S and the discus with a 100-5 effort. Spanish Fork girls won nine of the 16 events while Provo won three and Payson two. Springville and Timpview wonone each. “We had a couple ofbig events that really helped,” Cavinesssaid. “(They were] the long jump where we went 1-3-4-5 and the 400 where we went 1-2-3-4. [Those twoevents were worth 50points. ] That was really neat to waich.” Jamie Barney won the long jump with a leap of 17-5 while Miriam Glennwasthird, Margaret Frampton fourth and Christina Butler fifth. Emily Todhunter won the 400 in 1:00.72 with Kristin Goble second, Tara Tidwell third and Thomalee Wolsey fourth. Other Spanish Fork winners were Rachel Campbellin the javelin [1023] and the 400-meter [51.00] and 1600-meter[4:09.66] relay teams. Other winners amor were Payson’s Melis the Toros ahead 10-5. B: €hristopherson hit his second homerun ofthe year in support of Chris Holt (2-2). who allowedfive fins on eight hits in six innings. 43. was no surprise as Spanish Fork dominated the field. Spanish Fork 6-6 record. Brighton is 6-5 heading into today’s finale against Hill- tripledin the secondinr dj scored onasingle by Ray Holbert Wood put UVSC on the board in the first inning with an RBI double. In the fourth, Jake Hutf’s oneout single scored Seth King to make it 2-0. id insurance run in the sev Neil Bradshaw's run-scoring sin gle. Salisbury weakened monien tarily in the seventh, walking two CSI hitters to bring the tying run to the plate. But he got Chris Gillette to groundtothird to end the game. ‘The defense was great behind me,” said Salisbury, who did not have a strikeout in the game. “I just tried to stay in the zone and save pitches. I tried to jamthe hitters and our guys just madeall the big plays.” Salisbury improved to 9-2 on the year and lowered his ERA to But, that doesn’t bother him a Scored five runs in thesixth onfive Ramos hadfour singles andErie “He was really hitting his spots,” said UVSC catcher Mike Wood. “He kept the hitters offbalance, basically using the fastball and mixingin hisslider.” The Daily Heraid Special to the Daily Herald ainst the New York (Continued from Page C1) By BOB HUDSON By CARL WALTERS ns into a commandir of elimination Pittsbur lead in the best-of Timp, S.F. win track titles uvsc: Hillcrest blasted Mountain View 13-1 and Alta beat Jordan 41 in the other league games. At Orem, American Fork jumped to a 5-0leading in thefirst inning. Colby Evans’ grand slam homerun wasthe key hit But, the Tigers slowly made their way back and went ahead for good when they scored eight runs in the fourth inning. Olsen’s three: run home run in the inning put Oremahead forthe first time Jason Gonzalez and Jason Law both drove in two runs for the Tigers. Olsen had three of Orem's 10hits while Law had two. At Mountain View, Ryan Flox missed a perfect game by one pitch. The Bruins’ Clark Asay had a solo homerun to openthesecond inning. He was Mountain View's only base-runner in the game, Russ Morrell paced the Huskies’ I1-hit offensive attack withthree singles and a double. He scored four times. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY WAC: (Continued from Page C1) eighth the Cougars just couldn't get anout as Fick and Grant Hohman homered and the Matadors had 10 hits in the frameto score 10runs. The two teamsbroke nearly every WACtournament record therewas to break - most runs in a game, most home runs, most doubles, etc.,. etc. “This kind of developed into a reverse of Wyoming for us (the Cougars’ 30-13 division-clinchin; win in Laramie last Saturday), Pullins said. “Everything they hit fell in, everything we did was wrong. | know it was a disappoint- ment and a humiliation for these kids. But they'll come back tomor- row and play better.” y CAN PROVEIT! Stop In And See For Yourself! No Other Tractor Stands UpTo TheTest. ¢ 7 Year Warranty!' ¢ 5100 Savings Bonds! ¢ No Payments NoInterest* No Money Down for 6 Months! ZUIN MONTHS |