Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 6 1984 The Kareem has risen to the NBA top Famous skyhook pushes him past Chamberlain as league’s all-tiregular-seaso- n scoring king me By United Press International When the inevitable happened for Kareem r he did it the way no one else can Abdul-Jabbhit on his trademark shot a skyhook in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s game against the Utah Jan in Las Vegas Nev to break Wilt Chamberlain's e NBA regular-seaso- n scoring record of 31419 points r' i Los Angeles Lakers went on to win the game The center in his 15th NBA season needed 21 points entering the contest to break the record and was taken out after totaling 22 He received a standing ovation by the sellout e introductions crowd of 18389 during NBA roundup Abdul-Jabba- ar 12-fo- ot all-tim- Abdul-Jabba- 129-11- 5 pre-gam- and another after breaking the record “It’s hard to say anything after all is said and r said “I want to thank my done” parents who are here tonight and all of you fans for your encouragement and support’’ He tied the mark on a dunk with 10:55 left in the game and with 8:53 remaining he took a pass from Magic Johnson on the right baseline and despite being guarded by three Utah players dropped the hook through Chamberlain who had indicated he would attend the game was not at the Thomas and Abdul-Jabba- Mack Arena ’s The Lakers behind Abdul-Jabbfield-go72 shots of their hit percent shooting in the first half in taking a 9 lead Byron Scott scored 24 prints for Los Angeles and Johnson added 23 James Worthy had 20 points For Utkh Adrian Dantley had 23 points while John Drew had 22 In other games Cleveland topped Chicago 9 Milwaukee defeated Philadelphia 4 and Golden State downed Denver ar al 77-6- 113-1- 114-9- 03 128-12- Jeff Hasen LAS VEGAS Nev (UPI) Cora Alcindor came to see it all But as usual she saw nothing “My mother won't look" Kareem Abdul-Jabbsaid Thursday night after breaking Wilt e NBA regular season Chamberlain’s 22 points in the Los Angeles with sewing record Lakers’ victory over the Utah Jazs “She closes her eyes” Mrs Aldndw’s son said “When I was in high school she came to all the games But she never did see them” e NBA Most Valuable The a few eyes with a had opened quite Player furious assault on Chamberlain’s mark of 31419 prints Chamberlain was not present at the Thomas and Mack Arena to witness the historic UPI moment when Abdul-Jabbshook off three defenders with 8:53 left in the game to toss in his trademark shot a skyhook The record was eclipsed and an overzealous mark public address announcer ended the brief and NBA ceremony involving Abdul-JabbCommissioner David Stern by calling the Laker ar all-tim- 129-11- 5 six-tim- ar 12-fo- ot Kareem Abdul-Jabba- r acknowledges applause in Las Vegas after topping all-tim- e 129-11- 4 four-gam- half-gam- three-pointe- rs 13-ga- me usual Cora Alcindor did not see it As By Houston ripped Portland At MrirftoM Quo Lonnie Shelton scored 21 points and Paul Thompson added 19 to lead Cleveland The triumph snapped the Cavaliers’ e losing streak and extended the Bulls’ winless string to nine games their longest since the 1978-7- 9 season Quin tin Dailey led Chicago with 23 points At Milwaukee Bob Lanier and Marques Johnson each sewed 18 points and Johnson added nine crucial points in the final period to help the Bucks hold off the 76ers Mike Dunleavy added 17 prints for Milwaukee which e moved a ahead of Detroit for first place in the Central Division Philadelphia which played without Maurice Cheeks Bobby Jones and Clint Richardson was led by Andrew Toney with 29 points and Moses Malone with 28 At Denver Mike Brats scored 23 points all in the fourth quarter to rally Golden State Brats hit two from the and was foul line to help the Warriors keep their slim playoff hopes alive in the Western Conference Purvis Short poured in 32 points for Golden home State which snapped Denver’s winning streak — the longest in the NBA this season At Portland On Houston used Ralph Sampson’s 27 points to snap its four-galosing streak and the Trail Blazers' eight-gam- e winning string Lewis Lloyd chipped in 22 points and Rodney McCray 19 for Houston Portland was led by Jim Paxson's 26 points ar center “the greatest player in the history of basketball” Abdul-Jabbmay feel that way but he ar wasn’t saying “It’s going to be debatable but I’m not going to get into the debate" he said “Just being mentioned satisfies me” Entering Thursday night’s game well within hit a striking distance Abdul-Jabbhook 1:56 into the game He followed it with two dunks another hook and a fadeaway to move within nine points after one quarter with 6:33 left in the A book by Abdul-Jabbfirst half put him closer and a dunk to end the second period left him five points away Abdul-Jabbd in was double and the third quarter but still managed a skyhook midway through the period A dunk 65 seconds into the final period tied the record setting the stage fw a Magic Johnson r two minutes later The feed to center shook off pressure from Rich Kelley and two collapsing guards and tossed in a soft skyhook left-hand- ed ar ar ar triple-teame- Abdul-Jabba- Ag men women thinclads set for year’s only home meet Men’s competition will begin at 1 pm against favored Weber State Utah and Ricks The Wildcats last week outscored the Aggies at Ogden 56 Vk - 43 while Brigham Young rolled up 89V4 points Both men's and women’s scores were included which will not be the case Saturday By Mike Ingraham sports writer The home track season at Utah State will come and go Saturday when the Aggies host their lone outdoors meet of the Spring the Mark Faldmo Invitational at Ralph Maughan Stadium A suddenly stricken USU women's team will be entertaining in a meet separate from the men’s The women without middle distance runner Gwen White will begin at 9 am against Brigham Young University Weber State Southern Utah State Colleges Northern Colorado and Montana No team tally will be kept but the Aggies hope to qualify at least two of their entrants for the High Country Conference champ"1 hips White's elimination by a broken foot is a severe disappointment to Aggie women Not only does USU lose it’s premier 800 meter runner but also some hope of qualifying the mile relay team for the NCAA nationals White could return in time for the 2 in HCC championships May Provo but meanwhile the substitition of hurdler Melody Tobert reduces Aggie chances of cutting the relay time of 3:455 to the 3:415 needed to qualify for nationals The misfortune 11-1- however does nothing to harm Aggie relay domination of regional rivals says USU Coach Vaughn Courtney Aggie men to mark are Greg Long the PCAA's leading 1500 meter speedster Theodis Windham who won the 200 meters a week ago and is also favored in the 100 meters Saturday: Bryan Griffin favored in the 800 meters: and Chris Hatch who figures to challenge Ricks' Goram Berguist and Bo Hendricksson in the discus All four Aggies are defending titles won in last year's Faldmo Invitational The Wildcats however captured the 1983 men's team crown scoring 115V to USU's 102 and Utah's Kristina Ponton winner of the 100 meter hurdles and Tobert runner-u- p in the 400 meter hurdles Tobert who will have a busy day hopes to qualify for the HCC championships in the intermediate hurdles The Aggies have already qualified Pidcock in the 400 and 800 meters Johnsson in the 100 and 200 meters Ponton in the 100 meter high hurdles and the high jump White in the 800 meters Barbara Rainey in the 400 meters and Sandra Triman in the 5000 meters For the first time USU will send out a 400 meter relay team including Rainey Ponton Johnsson and Tobert Rainey has been hampered by a hamstring pull and returns to action after a two week layoff 36 Among Aggie women with high hopes are Denise Pidcock 400 meters winner last week: Helena Johnsson winner of the 200 meter dash: Aggie a Sports report e Bobcats split Sky View’s tennis team sailed through Ben Lomond Thursday but the Scots scored on the soccer field blanking the winless Bobcats Logan was also active Thursday but lost both in tennis and soccer Ogden Region 5's top tennis team aced the Grizzlies in tennis and also prevailed in soccer Details were unavailable Mountain Crest's booters bombed host Morgan 1 as Chang Kim scored four goals while the Mustang neimen were idle Eric Bow led off for the visiting Sky View netmen with a win over Chris Ogden at No 1 singles Lars Holmstrom 2 handled Kerry King and Greg Willis completed the singles weep with a 3 3 victory over Ladd Quavle Scott Hawkins and Paul Merrill teamed 1 to score a triumph over Jim Fulton and Dave price while at second doubles Mike Hawkins and An Tram topped Brendon Duel and Jeremy Sainz 0 overall and The Mustangs in the region breezed past smaller Morgan as ‘‘little” Chang Kim added a score to his brother “big" Chang Kim's four tallies 5-- 0 4-- 0 5-- 0 8-- 6-- 0 6-- 0 6-- 6-- 2 6-- 6-- 6-- 0 6-- 6-- 6--0 Also knocking in winners for the Mustangs were Cam Preece who scored twice and Robert Fulton couple of problems with Montana State at the Weber State College Tennis Invitational Thursday The Aggies broke through 2 sweeping all the Bobcats handily matches doubles three Dave Edman started things off for USU 5 win over Mike Anderson at with a 1 first singles Tony Green scored a 4 3 triumph over Craig Robinson Jay Bryan 2 and Bob downed Darren Clark 4 1 Mark handled Murphy Hampton Only Mike Weaver at No 4 singles and Bill Anderson at No 6 salvaged something for the Bobcats Weaver whipping Burke 2 and Anderson coming Plummer 2 3 1 Paul back against Whiting Edman and Green took Anderson and Weaver in first doubles 3 5 Bryan and Hampton struggled some against Robinson and Lance Bouchee before prevailing 1 and Plummer and Whiting sailed and Murphy 3 0 Anderson through 7-- Co-capta- quits in The Utah State softball team takes the field Saturday against Brigham Young University without second baseman and Vicki Bence The junior from San Diego has left school Bence inherited second base last year Yolanda Arvizu and from turned in a 940 year at the position while hitting231 and leading the Aggies in sacrifices Freshman Kendra Ireton who played Tuesday in the doubleheader sweep of the Cougars will be the regular at the in spot Saturday’s twinbill at Provo begins at 1 pm and marks the return of freshman pitcher Kristie Skoglund to action after sitting out three weeks with an injured finger Skoglund brings a 1 record into the contest which is unofficial Julia Ranheim figures to pitch the other game 9-- -1 Aggies prevail Utah State's tennis team had only a I 6-- 7-- 6-- 6--3 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 1-- 6 6-- 6-- 7-- 3-- 7-- 6 6 6-- 6-- 6-- Cyclist selected Bette Wise-Steffa- n coach Ralph Utah's Mecham Grizzly 9 upended for a 3rd straight time in Region Five 6-- 6-- 6-- men’s Maugham will be watching his field performers closely “I was disappointed with our jumpers and throwers” he said following the meet at Ogden “They just need more time to develop” Men's matchups to watch include USU's Kyle Jensen against Weber’s Shawn Dorr and Dave Chowen in the 400 meter hurdles USU's Jared Titensor’s battle against Ricks’ Todd Crawford and Vaughn Jordan in the long jump Windham’s duel against Weber's Erwin Stone in the 100 meters and Shawn Mecham’s contest against Utah's Mike Cooper in the 400 meters In addition the Aggie mile relay team of Griffin Mecham Andy Cox and Lyle Archibald will be challenged by the Wildcats who last week were eclipsed by a torrid performance by By Nick Drake sports writer UGDEN — The Logan Grizzlies hoped by hitting the road Thursday their bats would surely follow But upon arrival at Ben Lomond’s baseball field the Grizzlies found they never packed the bats that were supposed to carry them into contention for the Region Five crown Ben Lomond’s Danny Bedford quieted the Logan UabeUdll bats Thursday by hurling a while his — teammates scored two runs in each of the first two innings to defeat Logan Pron hacmhall rreH four-hitt- er premier woman cyclist has been named to the US National Women's Cycling team the first from the state so honored 5-- 3 See PREPS on page 8 I |