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Show 02 DAILY HERALD Sunday, MONDAY MONDAY Prep baseball Cyprus at Pleasant Grove fe for methodically eliminating any suspenseleft in the NCAA swimminganddiving championships. celebrated her 24th birthdaySaturday byposting thethird fastest qualifying lap of 216.798 mph for the season-opening Toyota Indy300. Her Rahal Let- Auto Racing Nextel, Food City 500 11:30 a.m. IRL, Toyota Indy 300 Bowls 1:30 p.m Denny's Championship Noon the NCAAchampions at Auburn,”said Segerlin a zs kee Mountain View kicks past Hillcrest as - Hillcrest couldn't get the ball past Mountain View 7 Cleveland at Houston D New Jersey at Detroit a __5:30.p.m. » Cavemen blank Murray: At Murray, Hap Holmstead scatteredsix hits and struck out four while he and Tennis NASDAQ-100. 3 p.m his teammates bangedout 1 hits to lead American Women’s CollegeBz Basketball Fork to a 13-0 victory over Murray on Saturday SPD Steve Parker was Sfor-3with ive RBI for Ameri. peB0”l Semifinals (ett Austin Haws went 3-for-3 with two RBI nobis ve coe — ESPN ESPN — ESPN2 a.m ‘SPN 4 ~iturday to rx) Clijsters _ a ae cane 5 p.m. 7pm p.m ESPN2 ESPN2 SKIING CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — Bode Miller wonthe U.S. Alpine Championship downhill title Sat- ons that includes Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski and Sarah Hughes. urday on the same slope wherehequalified for the national ski team 10yearsago, Miller tore down the Add another huge disappointment to Sasha Cohen's resume. The 16-year-old Meissnerpulled NarrowGuagecoursein | minute, 15.27 secondsto complete his sweepof nationaltitles in everydiscipline. Daron Rahlves wasrunner-upin 1:15.88. Justin off one of the biggest upsets in Johnsonplacedthird in 1:16.14 ships history with the performance of her life Saturday. She joined Kwanand Lipinski amongU.S. from Raymond, Maine, clocked1:19.65tofinish 49 ahead of Olympic GS gold medalistJulia Mancuso. “Lam so happywith myself; it’s an awesomefeel- to lose her opening moi ea sent = Sone outin front of the after winningthe title. She double- ing threats in the NBA bir cate some ether supers team’scenter andset thealltime in the first round. Jazz record for rebounds. No big man in history could runlike he HORSE RACING = > . Electrocutionist comes through could andit could be argued quite successfully that he was indeed, the greatest power forward the | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Electrocution- gamehas ever seen — a career av- erageof 25 points and 10 rebounds ist roared past Brass Hatin the stretch and won the $6 million Dubai Wold Cup onSaturday night, giving the royal family of Dubaia victery in front of a per gamecertainly attests to that. Butit was morethan his athletic prowess.His incomparable work cheering home crowd. ethic becameinfectious as he be- Despite leaving from the unfavorableinside post in iT camea leader of the team by ex- e lLhorsefield, Electrocutionist was moved outside Biffle’s late tire problemto take the lead with 12 laps _the lead, Electrocutionist cameblazing past on the While she soared, Cohenhit roughice fromthe beginning, adding to a distressing trend forthe U.S. champion. Another free skate withaninternational cold, snowy Saturdayat Bristol Motor Speedway. Biffle led 28 ofthe final 40 laps and was headed to the win whenthe wheelb¢cameloose on his Ford Sheik Mohammed's Dubai-based Godolphin Racing. Electrocutionist won by1 1/4 lengths over Brass Hat, with Wilkothird. butI usedupall my tears. I amdisappointed.” Japan's Fumie Suguri was second. Meissnerwasas sensational as Cohen was weak. She landed seventriple jumps,including twotripletriple combinations — the onlyonesofthe day — just afew minutes after Cohenself-destructed. was one of the most potent scor- players, he was hardly one-dimensional. He often guarded the other petition of the season — smooth sailing right through gave it my best effort.A fewyears ago, | usedto cry, from the field. Whether battling in the low post or draining his ac- curate mid-range jumper, Malone AlberteMartin in minutes, 63, 6-1. Roddick hit Kyle Busch wins Busch race at Bristol BRISTOL,Tenn. — Kyle Busch benefited from Greg gold medal in reach. and another flop for Cohen. It's frustrating and disappointing.” said Cohen, who landed only two cleanjumpsandfelt on herfinal one, a salchow. Shealso wascredited for a jump combination she never completed. “But I know I {At 6-foot-9 and 256 pounds, Malonehadthe body of a-Greek god. Surprisingly, he had the coordination and quicknessof a guard along with an uncannily soft touch lost only twoof28points onhis first serve and beat ing,” said Meissner, who wassixth last month in Turia. “I really wanted to do my best at the last commy program.” Ita Center. faulted 11 times and committed 78 nine aces, including one at 142 mph. No.9 James Blake was 6-0, 6-0 winnerover Carlos Berlocg, who Kirsten Clark won the women’s downhill title. Clark, i ample, rarely missing a game and by jockeyFrankie Dettori to set upa thrilling finish. With U.S.-based Brass HatandWilkofighting for to goandheld ontowin the BuschSeries race on a only suffering injury after his 40th year oflife — a credit to his off- outside to earn the winner's share of $3.6 million for andhe hadtorelinquish thelead to pit. As he ducked off the track, Buschslid past him and braced himself for a challenge from Kevin Harvick. Harvick wasright on his rear bumper, but couldn't get by Busch and faded onthefinal fap. It allowed hadtohold off a late push from Matt Kenseth to hang onfor secondplace. And while most players can be forgiven for taking a night off from time-to-time,it appeared that with Malone you were never | With a City burst between horses at the top of the cheated in terms ofeffort. Along with Stockton,he put the Jazz on the map. Despite never winning a title, he brought excitement and | pride to the community,not to | stretch and beat Seaside Retreatto the wire in the first major Kentucky Derby prep to be run on Polytrack,anall-weather synthetic surface. Witha Cityis trained by Michael Maker and was ridden by Brice Blanc. The 3-year-old colt ranthe 11-8 milesin 1:51. » Patrick expects to be competitive in second season: At Holmstead,Fla., Danica Patrick considered her rookie seasona learning experience. season regimenanddurability. | _» 48-1 longshot With a City wins Lane's End Stakes: At Florence, Ky., With a City, the biggest longshot on the board, won the $500,000 Lane’s EndStakesat 48-1 odds Saturday at Turfway Park. Buschto coastto hisfirst Bristol win, while Harvick oryMalone of the P was Kart honored with a retired jersey (No. 32) as well as a statue adjacent to defeated 16-year-old Donald Youngby the same score AUTO RACING fans of Utah weretreated to one oe . Clijsters becamethe first woman in the tournament’s 22-year history No, 4-seeded Andy Roddick, the 2003 champion, list of teenage American champi- course, was the 2002 Olympic championat age16. ; playersin t! aeTrareday 346, €n consecutive points in a tiebreaker but overcame the ui acteristic lapse and beat Arnaud Clement . 5 ot ae Miller wins national downhilltitle teens who wona world crown, and Hughes. of 75, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0. FIGURE SKATING WorldFigure Skating Champion- . receiveda first-round bye and was playing for the first time since Feb. 19. Defending men’s champion RogerFederer lost sev- IG . 5 Meissnersoars to worldtitle. sa Cray unforced errors. The reigning U.S. Open champion mW CALGARY, Alberta — Add Kimmie Meissner to the DELIVERED ‘or 18 years,the basketball Nasdag-100 Open squandered leads Regional semifinals Regional semifinals aes Rae WHAT MAILMAN for the first rusty, andit showed. Chicago at Boston can Fork, Holmstead was 2-for-4 with two RBI and Meissner RESPECT FOR The defending champion at the : y time in more than a month, Kim Cliisters said she felt es sophomore keeper Mike Chesler. Salazar’s goal was ee by Collin Harrison and Moreno scoredhis goal KEYBISCAYNE,Fla. — Playing a 4 neves was well backit. secondat 218.087. ace St—— NBA off a P pass fromDustin Graham. The Bruinsare 3-0-1 ee ond at Homestead witha lap of 218.539, while Castro- SPD MotoGP. Spanish GP. p.m. afternoonin Orem. ra ’ Hornish picked up his seventh career pole and sec- 2 NBC MotoGP 250, Spanish GP _Noon the Bruins in a 2-0 win over Hillcrest on Saturday ed Panoz chassis instead of Dallara. Patricktrails Marlboro Team Penske teammates Sam HornishJr. and Helio Castroneves in qualifying. a ~ eeee aa ——_ 12:30p.m. CBS Rusty Clijsters loses opening match David Salazar and Mike Moreno scored goals for wae FOX ABC ESPN Golt ns PGA. Players Championship 11:30 a.m. 5 termanRacing team includes Buddy Rice and rookie Paul Dana. Jt's the only team on the IRL grid running : Knowing that Arizona had no entriesin the plat “It feels awesome coming froma really long line of ' And noone expects more from the top IRL IndyCarSeries rookie in year two than Patrick, who ON THE AIR A Television formfinal, Segerlin assured Auburn of a fourth straight nationalteamtitle by winninghis event Sat- urday night Todd Christensen 3pm. MEN’S COLLEGE SWIMMING Auburn wins fourth straighttitle ATLANTA — Steven Segerlin offered no apologies PAGE L Prep softball Lehi at Taylorsville 3:30 p.m. 26. ( | | mention a winning team that was | alwaysin the hunt. Losing out toa | team in which the greatest player who everplayed resided (Michael | Jordan)is hardly grounds for hec| toring. Not only may he have been | the best power forwardof all-time, | the second-leading scorer in NBA history mayalso be considered | the greatest athlete in the history _ ®, ar POWERED BY POCKET CHANGE. &5 ® ur | S | ers | ASSOCIATED PRES: PHILADELPHIA — The Flyersscoredfour goals in the first period and Antero NHL ROUNDUP aS someone, the game at hand is dedicated to them and the home team, ton, Marco Sturm scored thus inspired, becomes triumphant. Instead,the current crop of play- late in the third period, Brad ers went about their listless ways, Niittymaki madethe early spurt stand up with 33 saves Boyes recorded a goal and twoassists, and Boston to lead Philadelphia to a 6-3 snapped a three-gamelosing win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. playinglittle defense and producing noclutch momentsin losing to the Washington Wizards. The 2006 streak, hours after the Bruins fired general manager Mike Petr Nedved, Niko Dimitra- Utah Jazz are i inconsistent, as witnessed by the fact that O'Connell. they have beatenthe best team in kos,Jeff Carter and Michal the league, the Detroit Pistons, twice Handzus each scored in the » Canadiens 6, MapleLeafs 2: At Montreal, Radek Bonk and Michael Ryder each Charlotte Bobcats, at home. Since Malone's departure from their fourth straight victory. scored twice and Cristobal the team,the Jazz have been a first period to chase goalieRay Emery andleadthe Flyers to While catching the Eastern Conference-leading Senators in the standings seems out of reach, Philadelphia has helped its playoff pysh with wins over New Jersey andthe New York Rangers this week. Ottawa, which snappeda four-gamewinning streak, ~ might hope to somehow avoid the Flyers in the post- Senators, thefirst time since LOOCU cee RCaC an Ce le Ce Cer eT ee ne on a Honda scooter for $29 a month—which is probably less than it costs to fill up o car. And since it’s o Honda, t just economical, it’s also eosier on the environment. What could be better? : f ‘ 398 Ww. 800 N. e Grem 224 a | 4 0 70 www.monarchhonda.com Se Habla Espanol HONDA PERFORMANCEFIRSTa 7 Mo REE RSP THNOME RY A EDOLA CERT wa paten elepeden reno etmeeae oo Se wat oe draft. Carlos Boozer has 68 million Bay Lightning. reasons whyhe could be at least a reasonablefacsimile of No.32, SO: At Detroit, Jaroslav Balastik capped a comeback with the only goal of the shootout for the Columbus Blue Jackets. David Vyborny had a goal and two assists, Rostislav Klesla and Rick Nash added a goal _D Blue Jackets 5, Red Wings 4, but instead cannot seem to stay five ofsix. and an assist each, and Manny Malhotraalso tallied for Co- coach,but after three non-playoff seasons counting this one, Jerry _ At Raleigh, N.C., dynamic times in the third period after trailing 3-0. ed score and the Washington Minn., Jonathan Cheechoo Capitals snapped an eightgamelosing streak. Uniondale, N.Y., Miroslav Satan tad aoe ae)ae assists for the New York Is-. healthy, nor apparently motivated. Whenyouadd the growingpains of Deron Williams andthe continued ineptitude of big men jem Collins and Greg Ostertag, Hevea tecine tee crgdneCae It is too easy to blamethe lumbus, which scored four tookie#lexander Ovechkin Dislanders 5, Thrashers 1: At : sub-.500 club with the current season being no exception, four gamesunder break-evenas of this writing. Thereis plenty of blameto go around,from Larry Miller mistimed profligate spending and tempertantrums to Kevin ©'Connor’sinability to see point guardtalent, passing up Tony Parket and Chris Paul in the NBA Lightning 4, Rangers 3, so: At Tampa,Fla., Brad Rich_ards scored the lonegoal ina shootout and John Grahame stopped three shotsin the Poteetsaitiand’ ingerat as - ly henel varks 5, Waal Wild 1: AV At St. Ped Paul, Monarch Honda Powerhouse d Huet made 26 saves as the Montreal Canadiens completed a sweepof their two-game homeset against Torents, 1997-98 they wonthree gamesagainst Ottawa. Peter Forsberg added a power-play goal, and Donald Brashearscored his fourth of the seasonin the third period for the Flyers, who have won » Capitals 3, Hurricanes 1: ] while losing to the worst team, the tiebreakertolift the Tampa season. The Flyersfinished 3-1 this season againstthe - i forthenina nativerock mein perp contrast to the actual game.In most cases when you fete THE Creoors of the Rocky Mountains — with apologies to John Elway. Maybe thatis whythe lauding scored twogoals,including his team-record 45thof the season,to help the surging San Jose Sharks win. Sloan has to shoulder someblame. A great coachhas to adapt to whathe has to workwith and for | oneGa unableto dothat. Miller's is to be admired but it peeled for even'the most sanguineof Jazz fans to see where the team is improving it is certainly not at the gate where the team is now D Avalanche3,Blues 2:AtSt. Louis, Joe Sakic scored a staging an unprecedented lowering ofticket prices.It is difficult to watch especially when the his career-best 27th win by making 22 saves. Mike York, Sean Bergenheim,‘Alexei ca vatHuns Sone | goals for New York. into overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche the win. With Christian Backman in bieleld ee Sakic oneti Blake's pass past Stockton and company. Oneof Malone’s many verbal affes was right after being drafted, he asked what he thought of going to the Jazz Bruins 5, Sabres 4: At Bos- —_goal of the season. landers. Rick DiPietro earned power-play goal 57 seconds Patrick Lalime for his 28th was raised so high by, eee Pee See CHRISTENSEN, D3 Ds i |