| Show ghegaitfakrgribtmf SPORTS RECREATION SCOREBOARD Sports Desk: THURSDAY September 237-207- 0 New Manager THE ASSOCIATED i PRESS ' SAN DIEGO — Manager Greg Riddoch who couldn't get the San Diego Padres to finish higher than third place in 2xz seasons was fired Wednesday and replaced with Jim Riggleman San Diego was 12 games behind THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i itf ' g Riggleman ball-game- manager Joe Mcllvaine said "Whenever you change a manager it s a difficult task" Riggleman manager of the Padres' Class AAA farm team at Las Vegas for the last two seasons was given a contract through the end of 1993 with a club option for 1994 He met with the players three hours before game time Mcllvaine said he decided to make the switch Saturday night at Cincinnati where the Padres were in the process of being swept series in a "It seemed to me that the team the National League "It's an exciting group of ballplayers when you've got people like Fred McGrif f and Gary Sheffield the way they can swing the bat" Riggleman said Riggleman had dinner Tuesday at Los Angeles with Padres owner Tom Werner Mcllvaine offered Riggleman the job later that day Riddoch who won his 200th game Tuesday (against 194 losses) never seemed to gain the respect of all of his players and had several public disputes with some e f fi Fla — The most important thing to Manon Rheaume is that she will never have to look TAMPA was so down and out that I'd rather do it now and give Jim the advantage of managing the team for 12 games so he can answer some questions before we go to spring training" Mcllvaine said "The last two weeks here we're going to try to win a lot of said Riggleman 39 who became the youngest manager in d three-gam- I hm Riddoch Atlanta going NL into Wednesday night's game against Houston "This is kind of a happy-saday for the Padres" Padres general West-leadin- I COMICSTV 24 1992 CI Woman Goalie Solid In Brief NHL Debut Padres Decide Will Finish Year MOVIES back and wonder what might have been The goaltender became the first woman to play in one of the four major pro sports leagues Wednesday night when she played the first period for the NHL expansion Tampa Bay Lightning in an exhibition game She faced nine shots and allowed two goals in the St Louis Blues' victory Rheaume led the team onto the ice to a standing ovation from the crowd of 8223 in Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall She made her first save 40 seconds into the game Jeff Brown scored from just inside the blue line at 2:21 and Brendan Shana-haknocked the puck in from in front of the net 14 minutes later In between goals Rheaume was steady if unspectacular She made only one save that wasn't routine 6-- 4 n 4 stopping Nelson Emerson from range on a power play by dropping to the ice and blocking the puck with her left leg Rheaume left after the first period with the score and was replaced by Wendell Young who gave up the other four goals "I was very nervous I didn't think about being the first woman I thought about doing my best and concentrating on the puck" Rheaume said adding that she plans to accept the offer to play in the minors Tampa Bay general manager Phil Esposito said the Lightning want to sign Rheaume to a contract and assign the French Canadian to the club s Atlanta affiliate in the International Hockey League "We want her in our organization for a long long time That is if Manon wants to" Esposito said "I can't wait to see her in training The question camp next year is how much can she progress She point-blan- y" v ' k 2-- can Jf: 2 The Associated Press Manon Rheaume waits for play" deut NBA Trades Escalate Tribune But Fit Salary Cap Rankings Prep ? J for NHL's Tampa Bay in goal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS mrm''y NBA general managers seemingly handcuffed by salary cap constraints a year ago are hurling blockbusters with amazing frequency this offseason Charles Barkley Jeff hornacek Rolando Black-ma- n Chuck Person Pooh Richardson Charles Smith Rodney McCray Jay Humphries and Dale Ellis are among the top players traded since the 1991-9season ended three months ago "For the most part the players getting traded M-h- y 2 aren't role players" Seattle SuperSonics president jyji in Bob Whitsitt said Wednesday "These are starters Cap management is what it's all about when the desire is present to make a trade" Whitsitt said the teams dealing with each other often come in two categories — those trying to --—i $ j make the jump from playoff team to championship team and those trying to rebuild under a new coach or management The Orlando Magic in the second category are stockpiling draft picks while the New York Knicks in the first category have traded two a second-rounpick and Mark Jackson for veterans like Blackman Tony Campbell Smith and Doc Rivers "Teams getting closer to championship level historically have used trading draft picks to complete the cycle" Whitsitt said "At the other end of the spectrum you're trying to rebuild moving veterans that won t help you in the future and getting draft picks" Whitsitt said the public misconception is that a team making a move to acquire a veteran made a bad deal if it doesn't w in a title "Only one team can win a championship" Whitsitt said "Even if Blackman doesn't work out the way the Knicks hope it doesn't mean it was a bad move at the time Why shouldn't they go for it?" r deals Even with all the multi-teathe biggest offseason blockbuster still looms first-rounde- F' -- - i&i Jl ii ZD v f — y 1 ) r ' j - J ft CAVA G A WALL I 1 sr' "irnr- -' ' Rick FgaitTh OF HA WKS Salt Lake Tribune Skyline's Tiffanie Hibbert (14) boots ball over a row of Alta defenders on free kick in soccer game Wednesday Hibbert scored on one of two free kicks in Skyline's win over Hawks For report on girls prep soccer see 3 C-- Surprising Hawaii Eager to Test Cougars at Home By Kurt Kragthorpe THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE When Long Beach State dropped football Hawaii seemed doomed to a slow start this year Instead of hosting the 49ers the Rainbows booked a visit to Oregon to open the season followed by a trip to Air Force And once they came home the 'Bows would have to face three-tim- e defending WAC champion £- 4 i — - — : t ) ' — v sir I Tenn — One day after boycotting practice in hopes of getting their head coach replaced the Memphis State Tigers returned to practice Wednesday en masse " BYU So what happens? Hawaii up- and Air Force sets Oregon (6-and returns home to find BYU reeling from two home losses and starting a new quarterback Saturday night With seven home games ahead of them the Rainbows and their follower? are now targeting a hometown appearance in the Aloha Bowl after a possible WAC showdown at San Diego State in November That's awfully ambitious stuff (24-21- ) B See CAPSULE C-- 2 NEWS SERVICE MEMPHIS I "Nov everyone's got to try and concentrate on Saturday's game and try to stay together as a team" junior receiver Russell Copeland said He and about 80 other players on the roster walked out of pracTigers' tice Tuesday in defiance of head coach Chuck Stobart None of the players would elaborate on precisely what prompted the boycott but the team's goal was to get him removed "That was the initial goal the ultimate quarterback Joe Cole said goal" back-uWednesday "We have some strong feelings that coaching changes need to be 104-ma- n p 4 tttV'- - made" r: coach Stobart the Tigers' fourth-yea- r and a former University of Utah coach has mark at Memphis compiled an State will play host The squad currently to Arkansas Saturday night Stobart arrived at practice Wednesday 11-24- The Associated Press Memphis State head coach Chuck Stobart right got his players back for Wednesday's practice 3 Column 1 0-- 3 2 afternoon uncertain how many if any of his layers would show up All but two players were in attendance one of schol-irsni- p whom was in class He met with his players to try to clear the air "Obviously I haven't done a good job communicating with my players I need to do a better job" Stobart said "I do not know what prompted this But they're frustrated about being They had expectations to be better than that and a lot of their dissatisfaction was directed at me" University president Lane Rawlins also met with the players prior to their return to practice and said the university stands behind Stobart "I haven't heard anything substantially that would make me doubt at all the coach's integrity or his commitment to the team or his knowledge of football" Rawlins said Stobart had said Tuesday afternoon that "the damage is irreparable that it's a matter of time" before leaving his current job Memphis State lost its opener at Souththen bowed at Louern Mississippi score then on a isville lost to rugged Mississippi State in the home opener 0-- 3 23-2- 1 16-1- 5 last-secon- d 20-1- 6 Column 3 1 3-- A 3-- 0 1 0 3 5-- 4 2-- 0 4-- 0 — 4-- 1 5 2-- A Delta 2 Morgan 3 Park City 4 Manti 5 Hurricane CLASS 1 4-- Logan 1 3-- 1 1- -0 2 Tooele 3 Sp Fork 4 Box Elder 5 Bountiful CLASS 0 2 3 5 1- -0 4 Skyline 5 Bingham CLASS 4 4-- 0 Provo 3 Amer Fork 2 6-- 0 1 4-- 2 0 4-- 0 3-- 2 5-- 1 4 5 — A Piute 3-- 0 1 2 Rich 3 Monticello 4-- 0 2 3 4 3-- 0 1 3-- 0 Valley 5 Enterprise 4 5 2-- 1 STHE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Provo Reaffirms Ranking After Taking Time Off Jill Johnson By THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Provo was d hungry to play after sitting out for almost a week before starting play in Region 4 Tuesday In the opening region match for teams the Bulldogs easiboth ly downed Pleasant Grove 15-- 4 15-cementing their spot in the rankings for another week 4-- 3 The Bingham Miners weren't so lucky in their Region 3 match Taylorsville toppled the Miners thriller that in a to in the rankfifth them dropped record ings with a The Warriors vaulted into the top spot and allowed Skyline to move up a place Changes are plentiful in the Class rankings with Box Elder jumping into the top five for the first time this year with four straight wins including one over top-ranke- d three-gam- e 3-- 4-- 1 0 4-- 0 3-- previously ranked Mountain Crest Maintaining a flawless record the Tooele Buffaloes moved in behind Logan at No 2 Tooele's Region 6 rival Bountiful is on shaky ground Losing for the first time this season the e Graves fell to the region's team Woods Cross Hurricane moved into the rankings by consistently winning their Region 10 games after losing to No 1 ranked Delta earlier this season third-plac- 3 C Bip's Hits: Roberts Gets 10 Straight Cincinnati's Bip Roberts tied the National League record with his 10th consecutive hit but later grounded out against Pedro Astacio on Wednesday night in Los Angeles to end his streak Roberts is the eighth player to tie a record first set by Ed Delahanty of Philadelphia in 1897 and last accomplished by the Reds' Woody Williams in 1943 Roberts took two called strikes in the opening inning and almost ended the streak when he started to swing at a low pitch But Roberts was able to check his swing then took a ball inside and lined to right Roberts walked in the third then in the fifth he bounced back to the mound on the first pitch Baseball Roundups C-- 4 4-- A Taylorsville Second-rankeC-- Stobart Remains at Helm Players Return GANNETT CLASS 1 multi-playe- See Record Week School rs d t Last Rank Roberts American League National League Detroit 10 New York 8 Cleveland Y Boston 3 Baltimore 4 Toronto 1 Milwaukee 3 California 0 Chicago 17 Oakland 6 Seattle 6 Kansas City 1 Texas 5 Minnesota 3 Montreal 5 Pittsburgh 1 (14) Philadelphia 9 Chicago 3 New York 3 St Louis 2 Atlanta 7 San Francisco 0 Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 0 Houston 7 San Diego 6 Magic Numbers Oakland (AL West) East) Pittsburgh (L Atlanta (NL West) Toronto (AL East) TV Sports pm — Baseball Braves at Giants CIGND 5:30 pm — Baseball Cubs at Phillies (ESPN) 5:45 pm — College Football California at Kansas ( TBS ) 1:30 Kite: So Long Stanley Stanley Roberts traded by OrLos Angeles Clippers lando to the Tuesday made the right choice in clause Magic waiving his center Greg Kite said Wednesday Kite and the Roberts would have competed for the backup center job behind rookie L'naquille O'Neal this sea-su- n and Kite is confident it's a battle he would have won "Last season the coaches waited until the end before they could afford to play through his mistakes" said Kite a BYU graduate "They wouldn't have given him the same luxury this year" no-tra- 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