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Show 2 D The Salt Lake. Tribune, Sunday, . March 5, 1978 Frees tylers Display Unusual Ski Stunts WAC Swim Title Goes To Arizona By Craig Hansell By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer PROVO The University of Arizona said goodbye to Western Athletic Conference swimming Saturday night, and it did it in a manner no one will soon forget, equaling the highest point total ever posted in a WAC meet and winning all but one event on Saturdays calendar. The Wildcats hoisted coach Bob Davis into the air at the Richards Physical Education building Saturday night for the fourth straight year, with Arizona outpointing Arizona State, 53a to 512 for the championship of the lfith annual event. Wont Be Missed After the two Arizona schools left the other five members of the WAC gurgling in their woke in the three-dameet, its doubtful that anybody in the Intermountain area will miss the Cactus Country clubs. They join the Pac-1- 0 next year. But the Wildcats did put on a show, the most notable accomplishment coming from senior Doug Northway, who rolled up three individual titles the d 500 freestyle, the 200 freestyle and the 1, freestyle. Northway also swam a leg on Arizonas two freestyle relay teams. We were just trying to make it interesting, Davis said somewhat jokingly after the final tabulations had been made. Well, not really. We knew Arizona State would push us right to the final event, and thats exactly what happened. We were worried coming into tonight and, to a man, our swimmers knew that they would have to bear down and, by all means, not lose any ground, Davis pointed out. Gained a Little The Wildcats actually gained just a little from their qualifying time Saturday morning, and they lead into the carried a freestyle relay in the meet finale. Hey, you guys, Davis e point total if shouted, we can equal Utahs we get the 32 points for the relay event. Now, go get it, he exhorted his charges. So, Rick DeMont, Steve Wyatt, Northway and Tim Tucker went out and latched on to those 32 points. Thus, the Wildcats left the WAC tied with Utah (1970) as the most powerful swimming team ever in the conference (at least based on points). ! Wyatt and Tucker wrote quite a story in the freestyle sprints. First of all, Wyatt flopped in the freestyle Thursday, coming in with the years kecond best time, and then failing to make the finals which Tucker ended up winning. Then Saturday, in d Jhe freestyle, Tucker brought the years best time in and ended up in the consolation round, and Wyatt came on to win for the Wildcats. Disappointed Wildcats I was ( disappointed Thursday," Wyatt explained. (And I was disappointed today, Tucker chipped in. We decided when Tim didnt make the finals for free of a jonight, that I was going to win the thank you for him saving me Thursday, Wyatt said. 'And I needed this time to qualify for the NCAA, so I ad a little extra to shoot for, Wyatt added. Davis indicated that the Wildcats should have s qualified about a dozen swimmers for the NCAA (championships. Since we did have people qualified (already, I was able to switch some people around in (this meet For instance, Northway swam in place of (Hans Van Arkel in the last relay. With Van Arkel in d (there, we had the third best freestyle relay 'time in the nation, Davis explained. As Davis predicted Friday, it was Arizonas ( d freestyle and devastating power in the d breaststroke that eventually did in Arizona 'State. The Wildcats picked up 41 points in the 'freestyle, and 42 in the breaststroke, while Arizona '.State was winning only 40 in the two events combined. In the secondary struggle for third and fourth, as the (host BYU prevailed over Utah, 'Cougars picked up a surprising second place in the d butterfly from Chris Roth, who finished three-on- e hundreths of a second ahead of ASUs Jim (Green. In doing so, Roth improved his season best 'time by more than two seconds. ut y 5 650-yar- 400-yar- d nt all-tim- Tribune Staff Photo by Crate Hanself The World Freestyle Federation's first American contest began Saturday at Nordic Valley with the mogul and the aerial competition. Ballet is Sunday. 50-yar-d Ex-U- te By Steve Wflson s, 400-yar- 100-yar- (200-yar- 232-20- 81-7- 4, (200-yar- Arizona Stops Womens Action Cougars Win Cage Crown ; Special to The Tribune Brigham Young Universitys womens ( basketball team, led by Tina Gunn with 50 points, ((ripped Weber States womens squad, Saturday (to win the Intermountain Athletic Conference championship. t The BYU squad was undefeated in 13 league 'games this season, and the Weber win cinched the crown. Utah is in second place with one loss. Gunn, who set a school and personal high with the 50 points, on 19 field goals and 12 of 16 from the line, was shooting for a share of the league scoring crown. But Weber States Kathy Miller, who has that lead, wasnt standing around waiting for that to happen. She poured in 37 points in the loss, and at the I same time hauled in 17 rebounds. The LAC consists of 14 womens teams throughout the Intermoiuitain area. ( PROVG 91-7- The University of Utah women's basketball team up its second plus game in two Saturday in the .outings, defeating Utah State Special Events Center. ( The victory boosted the Utes record to 20-- 6 overall, 'and 12-- 1 in league play and sent Utah to the Intermountain regional tournament in Ogdens Dee Special Events Center Friday and Saturday. ( The Utes led the Aggies for the entire content by as much as 15 points in the first half and finished the The Aggies tame lead, (period with a with two '.within three points of the Utes, ( minutes left in the first half. Utah scored 10 po nts in - the final two minutes of the half. forward Lori Parrish r Utah was led by sophomore ( with 22 points and 14 rebounds, and junior guard .Sheri Vest with a career high 20 points. Senior center ( Linda Grant added 19 and junior guard Mona Stevens had 13. High scorer for the Aggies was 64) center ( Jerrie McGahan with 26 points and seven rebounds. (Teammates Pam Shirley and Patty Montgomery added 10 points each. Utah's controlled offense, balanced scoring attack ( and accurate shooting, led the defending regional s champions to the win. I chalked 92-6- 6 Dallas Trips Eagles, Devils -- TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona senior Kenny Davis closed out his collegiate career with a 24 points and game-hig10 rebounds to lead the vicWildcats to an Arizona rival over tory State in a Western Athletic Conference basketball game Saturday night. A state-recor- d crowd of 15.156 watched as both teams played their last game in the WAC before moving to the Pac-1next fall. The victory set Arizona's record at 1 overall and 8 in the conference. ASUs record dropped to 4 overall and 8 in WAC action. The lead seesawed through most of the first half, but the Wildcats the Sun Devils 6 and went to the h 88-7- 5 0 15-1- 6-- 13-1- 47-3- 7. 39-3- I ( 24-1- lockerroom halftime behind the ahead balanced shooting from Davis, Joe Nehls and Tim Marshall. 46-3- 8 CSU Wins EL PASO, Texas (AP) Barry Young slipped 25 points through the nets and Alan Cunningham added 19 Saturday night as Colorado State took a 1 Western Athletic Conference victory from Texas El Paso. The Rams blew the game open at the start of the second half, record70-6- ing 12 ar dual-form- two-ye- slump. ar Win One Last year was the first year I didnt win at least one contest," Thome, the director of freestyle at Squaw Valley, commented. Morning fog rolled off the mountain just in time to begin the mogul competition and, for a few hours, it was a true rite of spring. Then winter came and conditions deteriorated. A balky sound system caused delays in the mogul run and, by the time the problems were solved, the hour was late and the ballet event was postponed until Sunday to give enough time for the aerials. Started Snowing It started snowing just as the first competitors began jumping in competition. And the storm intensified until the end of the contest. Pre-eveJack favorite Jumpin Johnson fell dui ing one of his practice runs and pulled a neck muscle which forced him to withdraw from the event. Thome was the only winner who was not a member of the USFF team, giving the USFF a 1 lead over the US nt 3-- s. Bare and Hillgren made the best of difficult conditions to register their wins. Hillgren is the first woman to periorm a moebius and a double back in competition. unanswered Hunts. 4 No one could conceive of BYU beating Utah, but the Cougars were hampered from the start by the ailments of two starters, center Alan Taylor and guard Danny Ainge. Neither practiced all week, Taylor because of the flu and Ainge because of a sprained ankle. To make matters worse, Ainge showed some flu symptoms early Saturday. Im sorry Salt Lake fans werent able to see Danny at his best," sighed BYU coach Frank Arnold. That was definitely the case, field goals in the as Ainge hit only first half and finished with and 15 points. It was a bitter-swenight for Ainge, however, as he still became the best single-seaso- n scorer in BYU history. Ainge finished the year with 632 points, which exceeded the 619 amassed by Roland one-of-- 2 et Minson in 1951. The Utes, even though they shot 58.6 percent from the field, were not at their absolute best Saturday. Pimm confirmed that the upcoming NCAA selections and the pressure involved might have made the Utes a little overprotective. We did play a little tentatively, he said. but again you have to gfve BYU credit. They came back on us at key times. Deane was very noticeable in the second half. After registering six points at halftime, he returned with a flourish for 13 points. He seemed to be BYUs chief nemesis when the Cougars closed in on the Utes. Gregs been a key guy all the time, added Pimm. He can play the short or tall forward and cause anyone problems. Last Decides PBA Test MIAMI (UPI) -R- the final one with a 246 Lightfoot piled against a 202 for winner Larry up five strikes in a row during the final Laub. game Saturday to Laub took second crush his veteran of $17,000, Mark and grab the prize was third with Roth $10,000 first prize in a Marshall Hol$10,000, $150,000 Professional man earned $7,500 for Bowlers Assn, tournafourth, and Tim ment. Harahan got $5,000 for The bowler averaged 237 fifth. in his last three I was pretty matches, wrapping up loose, said Lightfoot. andy 11-ti- ld III Wild CHL Fray 6-- Utes Rook Utah Slato a double-tak- e when BYU stayed in contention. The Utes had too much strength, with seniors Buster Matheney and Jeff Judkins combining for 47 points and reserve Greg Deane turning into a life preserver with 19. Matheney was named the games Most Valuable Player. As a result, the $1,500 Jo Lene Ditto scholarship will be awarded to the University of Utah in Matheneys name. Matheney and Judkins were also in on a little history Saturday. They became the highest scoring combination in Uni of Utah versify basketball, with their total of 3,154 points surpassing the 3,140 put together by Mike Newlin and Ken Gardner. Pimm Compliments BYU Utah coach Jerry Pimm was very complimentary toward BYU afterward. We couldnt break it open, Pimm said, and thats because BYU played extremely hard. Thais the way theyve been doing it all year. Theyve come along now where theyre not being beaten on the boards. In us tonight. fact, I think they Pimms inkling was comfirmed moments later when the the final statfstics showed BYU had 41 rebounds to Utahs 40. Tribune Sports Writer Merv Jackson applauded as, one by one, Utahs four graduating seniors took the microphone in an extemporaneous postgame ceremony. When the loudspeaker was turned off and the crowd noise had settled into a hum, Jackson responded cheerfully to a question. I think this Utah team is comparable to said the one we had Ln the mid-60Jackson, a slick guard on several prizewinning Ute teams. To me, this is a team of character. It took a lot of guts for them to be ranked in the top 20 early this year, fall out of the rankings and then come back strong like they did, analyzed Jackson. End of Comeback The end of the comeback took place Saturday night, as the Utes powered to their 22nd victory of the year by defeating at the Special Events Brigham Young, Center. It wasnt easy, however. The Utes seemed comfortably ahead many times and they did 100-yar- d could not overcome Huntoon s experience. Mens Event five-yeThome, also 28 and a Lake from Tahoe, veteran freestyle Calif., should be remembered for his last major appearance in Utah. He won the Snowbird freestyle mogul competition with a run that is still talked about. Saturday he was the same controlled ball of energy. His spectacular runs, on the new course, proved too much for Jack Johnston, Ogden's Bob Solemo and Bruce Bolesky, as Thome dominated the competition. Thome gave up his ski patrol job at freesSquaw Valley. Calif., to take up tyle skiing and he has done well ever since. His $2,000 mogul win ends his Great Mery Jackson Praises 1978 Team 100-yar- : Tribune Sports Writer The weather NORDIC VALLEY turned from nice to miserable and the competition went from good to unbelievable here Saturday as the World Freestyle Federation competition began. With $50,000 invested in the contest, competition was fierce. Frank Bare Jr. .put together a triple daffy, back-in- , full-ofull-oand a spectacular full-ito win $2,000 and the mens aerial title while U.S. Freestyle Federation teammate Lea Hillgren won the women's event and $1,000 with a back and a solid moebius, spread-daff- y double back somersault. Veteran competitors Chris Thome and Karen Huntoon won the mogul competition held earlier Saturday World Champion Defending World Mogul Champion Huntoon has dominated the women's competition in the bumps. She has held the title in 1974-7and 1977. The Huntoon is one of the old" people in freestyle skiing, but she certainly dosent ski like an old person. She carved her way down the left black mogul course, added a couple of spread eagles off the bumps, and defeated Canadian champion Stephanie Sloan, Wendy VonAllmen and Holly Deist on the way to her crown. The Brandon, Vt., native, now living in Park City, has been a professional freestyle skier for five years and her early racing background is evident in her ability to negotiate the steep bumps. Younger Girls I am going to keep competing as long as I can keep up with the younger girls, Huntoon said about her future. But for now it is more a matter of the younger girls catching up with Karen. I dont do ballet, but Im going to Huntoon said. My team Sunday, needed someone else to ski ballet, so Im going to attempt it Sunday. You will all be smiling when you see me ski ballet. I just got my music and I havent put anything together. But I plan to have fun, she said. Idaho skier Holly Deist was a local favorite and had her own rooting section cheering her on. But the cheers Special to The Tribune DALLAS The Dallas Blackhawks scored a pair of goals in a hectic final period to edge the Salt Lake Golden in a rugged Central Hockey Eagles, League battle here Saturday night. The game was marred in the final l, and when seconds by a near it was all over four players were in the penalty box, and Salt Lake Coach Bob Plager and trainer A1 Olson had been ejected from the arena for questionion-in- g referee Greg Madills calls. The victory moved Dallas back into a tie for the CHL lead with the Golden Eagles. Both teams have 67 points, and Fort Worth, which shutout Kansas City, Saturday night, is one point behind at 66. The Golden Eagles drew first blood Saturday when Doug Palazzari scored 3-- free-for-al- 4-- Noble Bronze Zips To Rich Win In California Derby Calif. (AP) ALBANY, Long shot Nobel Bronze overcame Capt. Don in the stretch and won the $155,000 California Derby for 3 year-old- s Saturday at Golden Gate Fields. Noble Bronze ran well back in the mile pack for the first half of the 1 race, started moving up on the inside at and swung into the stretch just behind Capt. Don. Ridden by Marco Castaneda, the Kentucky thoroughbred moved past Capt. lm to win by H4 lengths in a on a sloppy track under time of 1:44 gray skies, paying $41.20, $17.60 and three-quarte- rs 4-- $10. at Mist Gemini Dancer, a time with Chance Danceer and Johnny's Image, let! the first half of the rackc but failed badly in the stretch and finished 11th. Johnnys Image was fourth, and Chance Dancer was ieghth. 3-- 2 of the opening period on a power play. That goal Palazzaris at two minutes third power play goal in two nights gave him 13 for the year, which is a Salt Lake club record. He got the goal on a pass at the goal mouth from John Smrke, and Neil Labatte got an assist on the goal. In the second period the Blackhawks tied it up at 8:21 when Paul Evans scored with assists from Jim McKenny and Bob Hoffmeyer. Thats the way it was going into the final period, when Dallas caught fire. They scored first, on a power play with Salt Lakes Mike Korney in the penalty box, at 8:21. McLenny fired a slapshot from the right faceoff circle. It hit the pipe and skipped past Salt Lake goalie Ed Staniowski for a 1 Dallas lead. Then at 15 56, the Golden Eagles had one of their momentary lapses, and the Blackhawks were ahead by two. Dallas won a faceoff in the left circle in the Eagles zone, and center Don Ashby came up with the puck, and slapped it home. Jean Savard got the assist on 2-- that one. Salt Lake battled back, and at 19:04 the Eagles Rick Bourbonnais scored his 11th goal of the season, with Neil Labatte and Palazzari assisting. That point for Palazzari combined with his Both goal of the year in the first period gave him 75 points for the season, by far the best in the CHL. Thats the way it was when at 19:48, Dali as Evans and Labatte began throwing blows. Smrke, unable to resist, jumped into the fray and found himself slapped with a game misconduct penalty, and at the same time Dallas Belanger joined in, and he was out with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and a gross misconduct. That's when Plager and Olson got into the act, and found themselves banished from the ice. The Eagles now move on to Kansas City, where they face the Red Wings in a game Sunday beginning at 6:30 p.m. ( Portland's Bill Walton, who injured his right foot during a game last week with Philadelphia, now faces surgery. Wallon Faces Fool Surgery trainer, star pressure Bill PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) center of the Portland Trail Blazers, will undergo an operation on his right foot Sunday that may keep him out of National Basketball Association action for three weeks. John White, a spokesman for the NBA champions, said Saturday that Dr. Robert Cook, the team physician, would perform the operation Sunday morning at Willamette Fall Hospital in nearby Oregon City. He said Walton, who has missed the Blazers last few games with a sore leg and a sprained ankle, is suffering as well from an ailment called interdigital neuroma. Walton, Ron Culp, the team explained the ailment as a form of on the nerves in the foot in the area of the toes. They have to relieve the pressure surgically so the foot will function normally again. He said Walton would be out of action one to three weeks after the operation. Walton sat on the bench in street clothes, looking disconsolate, as the Blazers beat Cleveland 0 Saturday afternoon in Portland. Asked how his foot felt, he replied, No good." Walton has missed four of the Blazers 62 games this season because of injuries. The team has a record. 195-10- 51-1- 1 V |