| Show - 8 (!11 a (81 PI t 1khi t r Scores: tr a e" 1 4 I rrrl 11 0 0 e BUSINESS t SCOREBOARD t WEDNESDAY March 4 1992 (w20 Its per minute) : ) I t B1 1 t Ute 6kters Ithist Deal With East Power By Craig head-to-hea- meeting of the d power from the east against the power from the west when the NCAA Ski CI ampionships begins at Waterville Valley NH University of Utah junior Kristen Vestgren has dominated every 'tcstera cross country ski race she has entered tlais season She will be competing against University of VermorAslier Karen Petty who has also gone tnieleated this season The Vermont Catamounts have won every meet in the east this year Coach Pat Miller's Utes have won three of this season's six western meets and are ranked No I in the latest Ski Racing NCAA Skiing Poll Despite Utah's ranking the west has been a confusion of talent and results Utah won the first two meets of the season as well as the Alaska Cross Country Invitational The Utes were second to defending champion Colorado at the Colorado Invitational second to New Mexico in the Western Regionals and placed third behind New Mexico irk - i- P tir-- it VK uriLv9(3 -- v-li t ' 1 i - 4 110V "" A I 1 k 1 i 1 A It''''- the final period when Utah never let the Warriors get close "We were able to get the ball to Karl a few times" said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan "and he was able to come away with some- i$ Indeed In 9:27 of the fourth quarter Malone scored 20 of the Jazz's 26 points He assisted on two other baskets and for good measure Kristen Vestgren unbeaten this season is Utes' top NCAA hope -- - ta''ii-es - 5 Nee-poi- Ggen2ay Sonuovs 24-ga- 1 2 UNLV ( 4 1 4 4 1 i 1 r PRESS f ' q ii —& '' 1 ' '' - ' V 1z-- - ”' Itt four-yea- B-- 1 1 f t N '' 414114411:" !' 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' k A - I f "E 0414VOli""'40" 000 - "re""4 - ' tr- L :A - I t - "?v1 t t r ' - 1 1 " '1 - -- 1 - 1 "! ‘ - - - Paul Fraughtonrfhe Salt Lake Tribune n and Over at State Up state title Bountifurs Dustin O'Brien fires shot over Ogden's Chris Knight as battle for begins Ogden won contest at Weber State Tuesday For complete prep coverage see i 3-- A B-- 2 game against a completely overmatched opponent — and played in March to boot So BYU did the only thing it could do in its final home contest of the year The Cougars threw a party Nathan Call scored 18 points while Russell Larson and Robert Jones each added 15 as the Cougs routed Cal State Northridge 100 68 in the Marriott Cen- ter Tuesday night "I'm just pleased all the seniors had a chance to end their careers here this way" said BYU coach Roger Reid "The toughest thing as a coach is to watch guys you've had for four years — seven years with missions ad a year — play their final game at home They all played well everybody contributed and we got everybody a lot of time That was a real positive" Getting the loudest cheers from the 17206 fans on hand was Jones the senior from Chicago Starting the home finale along with fellow seniors Call Mark Hes lop and Mark Santiago the lanky forward scored five of the Cougars' first six points and finished up hitting 7 of 10 nine shots and grabbing a game-higAzt11-741:t4-- z z bests -used h "Robert just went off didn't he?" marveled Hes lop "He paid the price It was just great to see that happen It also shows what kind of depth this team has The starters on this team play the way they do because guys like Robert push them" "I was excited maybe too excited" said Jones who missed a jam early but not much else "But I love playing and when I got out there I had to go for it" Then again said Reid "this was the kind of game Jones would play well in with his athletic skills It was an type of game He showed what he could do He did a nice two-hand- wn-the-floor job" It was also the kind of game the NBA Big Five Basketball Utah 123 Golden State 101 New York 102 Dallas 83 Washington 106 Orlando 93 BYU 100 68 65 Utah State 53 Southern Utah 88 Idaho 70 WAC Basketball Wyoming 86 Air Force 60 6 38-2- 0 30-poi- nt (56-36- 6 46-2- 8 one-on-on- e" one-one-o- Top 25 Basketball rani IHL Winnipeg 4 Detroit 3 Hartford 4 Boston 0 Montreal 4 NY Islanders 3 Buffalo 4 Quebec 4 Minnesota 3 Washington 1 Salt Lake 6 Fort Wayne 6 Calgary 3 Los Angeles 4 Philadelphia 77 Michigan 66 Arkansas 106 LSU 92 (OT) t r- - NBA Basketball: Jazz vs San Antonio at the Delta Center 8 pm PSN 1 TV Sports 5 pm — College BmketcBiJ at Connecticut ball t GAME SUMMARY season-endin- PO 117 Chevalier Motion 29 0 9 0 Gibbs eoykin 44 619 Morris Keefer 89-7- 5 11-1- Oltethstdoe KWOn 75-5- 8 1 5 2 13 2 3 Fisher 6 49 U BTU 116 PT estop Coll 4 0 64 Trott Nixon Wet Sorwtersn 01 24 1 14 4 312 1 3 0 010 IATPa 2 1 ie 3 1 0 6 1 0 4 0 5 I 0 3 2 2 2 2 2014 0 0 0 Lorton Chnstensn 6 Jones Santiogo 24 Total 4 0 2 17 47 64 3 4 24 Knight Fish Wok:latter Astre Winner Woldrip TP 3 1 0 3 PP 3137 0 0 4 2410 I 0 6 Moses Tolais a A 3 6 2216 4 0 Martin 4 4 2 2 1 010 9 I 1 2 3 2 15 39461648 15 3605 0 0 5106 I 0300 1002 12100 11 0 2 3 2 2 2 24 Northridge 68 Shooting Percentages — Field Goats: Northridge 411 BYU 591 Roe Throws: Northridge 667 BYU 869 Three-poiShooting — 11olthme— great" "It's a lot of mixed emotions" said Hes lop "It was fun to win but it's also the last time I'll walk out on this floor BYU 48 Morns) BAT 24) Steals — Northridge 9 (Gibbs 3) BYU 9 (Jones 3) Blocks —Northridge 0 BYU1 (Call But we still have a lot of season left a lot of games left to play" Beginning Saturday night at Utah with the WAC championship on the line for BYU The party won't last long 3) lechnicol roue — None Officials — Brent Smith Dixon Ron Neon A— 17206 LOnnie - 5:35 pm — NBA Basket- ball Hawks at 76ers at) 6 pm — College Basketball Marquette at Deraul 7 cup-topm — College Basketball Ga Tech at North Carolina (Efil 8 pm — NBA Basketball Spurs at Jazz - Syracuse A 1 caught up in the whole thing pulled the trigger too fast and paid the price" g setback left Tuesday's In December the Matadors decision to Utah they dropped a in the Huntsman Center and were at Southern Utah last drubbed Saturday "BYU's probably the best team we've played all year" said Cassidy in its secwhose team ended up ond season at the Division I level Keith Gibbs led the Matadors with 14 points while Shelton Boykin add 12 and Percy Fisher 10 Reid emptied his bench even playing junior varsity team members Matt Lohner and Steve Waldrip Only Lohner and Kevin Nixon (who played a scant seven minutes) didn't score "It was fun" said Call who along with Hes lop Santiago and Jones took a curtain call following the contest "We got a lot of people in and that's always COM In Action Tonight Pittsburgh State out- manned Matadors had no chance in Sparked by Jones the Cougars were up 23-- eight minutes into the game They extended that advantage to by intermission and took a with 17:25 left lead ) BYU (now 21-- overall) shot a blistering 591 percent for the night held Northridge to 411 percent success and outboarded the Matadors by a whopmargin ping "We played way too much said Northridge coach Pete Cascan't beat a team like BYU "You sidy but the kids got playing - Ohio ''' tr - San Antonio 103 Minnesota 102 Phoenix 112 Houston 107 (0T) In:liana 103 Chicago 101 Portland 105 LA Lakers 101 Seattle 111 Denver 82 t ' 1 7 117 Miami 116 ': '' 4104014Culae4sku-041- 11$ IOW VIA '4 n little- 1 crn'"'t LA Clippers Mveileo7 bA red-shi- rt UNIN 11 '' 'IA I g -- CAPSULE - 1 PROVO — It was a meaningless r e 1' E 5 ' -- 1 By Joe Baird 4 111 4 I THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - - - Column B-- 2 Northridge a Mere Appetizer at YU 'Party rirAterr ''::--- I ' 4 B-- 2 g i ' 't4 -- 1 f- - 14-ye- ar B-- 2 NEW YORK — Even as players and general managers learned ofr Ryne Sandberg's new record-settincontract they already began preparing for the next round ofr increases "1 think it's great I just hope I'm as fortunate" Boston's Wade Boggs said Wednesday a day after Sandberg and the Chicago Cubs r agreed to a $284 million extension Boggs will make $27 million in 1992 the final season of a three-yea- r deal worth $73 million He is eligible for free agency following the season as are Cal Ripken ofr Baltimore and Kirby Puckett of Minnesota "This is going to impact on all of baseball" Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman said "Everyone is going to be asking for more What do you think Boggs is going to ask for?" See 3 Column 3 ' l 1 post-seaso- ! i ' made UNLV president Robert Maxson a favorite in his battle to make Tark the Shark's resignation stick School officials went ahead with a scheduled 30- minute Tark farewell after the game even while the coach was fighting to stay Everything seemed in place in June when Tarkanian announced he would leave the school after this season By Tarkanian's creative solution in Decembattle with the NCAA the Reber 1990 to a bels played in the '91 NCAA tournament in exchange for not appearing on live television this season and play being ineligible for In other words UNLV's year and Tark's career — would end on a Tuesday night in March against the Aggies as a resolution to a case that dated to 1977 and went to the US Supreme Court and back See Column 1 3-- t r - oing") A local oddsmaker pliels11Y 4e do- - d distractions I have to be :ZILUlah Sttna:ast It3IL3V131 43 5' happy with the game" Shooting — Utah State (Goodman Tarkanian said Youngt 18° t"41Lij: 15(riZill'A UNLV's season ended — probably again — with nUel :2 Emeatan Goodman I) a winning streak vouncpood—4 Spence Wei Love and a 26-record The 16000Y 5 slued' ttnah:kr Big Aggies (15-1f°u1sZNc°1neV2 West) have one regular- season game left fol- lowed by the conference tournament Trailing by seven points at halftime the Aggies twice cut UNLV's lead to one point early in the second half They stayed as close as three points See Column 4 THE ASSOCIATED ta ' h - - Review-Journa- 141 Sandberg Deal Is Drawing Mixed Reviews See I I I r 13-1- 8 thing" S- Craig HansenThe Salt Lake Tribune long-runnin- mgottwrzi°n 1 ' i st It TP PG supposedly — coach Jerry :ay :121 IS : Tarkanian's last game in RSZTorr : I: the Thomas & Mack Cen1 2 5 ter The Rebels had to kar vic- - Thomas work hard for a : tory pulling away at the rovdmco Utah 24431043 43 14 IS 65 end of the game 29 Utah St 22 r""Tevot— (1 l7:5 UNLV j ' wjI m A 8 4: arena ushers were dressed in tuxedoes The building was dotted was full and the crowd of 19000-plu- s with "Keep Tarkaire Maxson" and Tark towels The occasion? Not just another Big West Conference game with Utah State Even for a school that introduces the home-teaplayers with spotlights and fireworks and markets itself as "the greatest show in college basketball" this was special This was Tarkanian's last appearance after 19 seasons as UNLV's coach Right? "I really don't know what's going to happen seriously" Tarkanian said Tuesday afternoon record in college basketOwning the best won-loTarkanian is not leaving ball history the quietly Las Who knows what to make of this Vegas act? Nine months after resigning Tarkanian changed his mind but the school is sticking by last l editoriJune's decision A Las Vegas al cartoon summarized the issue by depicting the coach as the Energizer bunny ("still gdroopy-eye- 44'11 9-- 1 - long-sleeve- esting all game long Tuesday night the Utah GAME SUMMARY State Aggies found them- - web Pos Fe Fr 1 FP rF : : : 1: selves in a role resem- 4 4 5 bling that of the Generals t'etum : : 1: the foils for the unbeat- able Harlem Globetrot- - geelsr:0 ters They faced No 6- - Tokio 1157150 320 I0 223 53 1 h - 4 special-editio- FT OAKLAND Calif —The Jazz Mailed one in Tuesday night Karl Malone scored 20 of his season-hig44 points in the fourth quarter leading the win over Jazz to a shockingly easy 123-10- 1 Pacific Division leader Golden State Malone scored the Jazz's first 15 points of t 4 contributed a steal In all the Mailman made 16 of 21 :hots and 12 straight free throws From the line he's now 48 of 52 in the last four games "I was working but my teammates were getti4 me the ball I had to do something with it it was a good game for everybody It wasn't an individual effort at all" said Malone" The Jazz improved their road record to with their second win in three tries against Golden State this season Jeff Malone finished with 18 points while John Stockton finished with 15 points 16 assists and four steals Golden State which was coming off a win Monday at Sacramento got 23 points from Olympian Chris Mullin But he made only 8 By Steve Luhm THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE LAS VEGAS — Jerry Tarkanian walked into the Thomas & Mack Center wearing a suit jacket over a d shirt — in place of the trademark short sleeves — and necktie Tuesday night Around the LAS VEGAS — This time the Washington Generals came just close enough to keep things inter- "Considering all the I I THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 65-5- 3 - By Kurt Kragthorpe By Kurt Kragthorpe — 1 dy Water I La n Rebels Struggle But Foil Aggies in Tark's Last (?) Game ranked UNLV in 1 d top-seede- Utah's Mailman Cancels Warriors With 44 ? oints 1 I1 - i and Colorado in the other meet Utah's Vestgren and Venke Hatleberg are skiers in both classical and both cross country as is Peter Klofutar freestyle Ute alpine skiers Nicolas Robichon Katja Lesjak and Karianne Eriksen are all in the top slalom seed with freshman Heidi Standteiner earning a spot in the giant slalom Competition begins Wednesday with the giant slalom skiing on Mount Tecumseh at Waterville ValleybN11 "I think it is going to be a tough one with a lot of lead changes every day If we can stay close in the GS we will have a chance" said Ute Alpine coach Gord Perry Thursday Vestgren and Petty meet for the first time in the women's freestyle cross country ski race The men will compete in a 10K freestyle race Friday's action moves back over to Mount Tecumseh for slalom races The 1992 NCAA Ski Championships conclude Saturday with classical cross country ski racing Vestgren Petty and company will compete in a 15K race and the men will ski a 20K Hansel THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE It will be a 1 Sony Football Fans The Professional Spring Football League which was to have included the Utah Pioneers called it quits Tuesday at least for 1992 League President Vince Sette had set a March 3 deadline for an infusion of capital that would have allowed the fledgling league to operate on a shortened schedule h rather than opening in 29 as originally planned February Sette indicated that the offices of PSFL members including Utah will Oct 1 in preparation for opening games February 27 1993 The PSFL will continue to operate out of its league offices in East Rutherford NJ mid-Marc- re-op- i t |
