Show Jt' The Herald Journal Logan Utah pSyal Tuesday June 10 1997 Jazz aiming for 24th straight at home Sports napihot SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The NBA Finals have allowed Utah to reveal a buisterous soul that belies its image Outside the Della Center rowdy AP photo Tiger Woods right reaches out to grab dub from his caddy Miko "FlufP Cowin st ths Congrsssional Country Ctub Monday 8m story on Pigs 11 crowds were cheering the Jazz and jeering the Bulls Cars pickups and freight trucks paraded past for hours blaring their horns And on a Sunday for heaven's sake “For Mormons if they are Mormons out they were acting very there" Chicago coach Phil Jackson said The meek these fans know do not inherit the NBA title On Wednesday night just a few blocks from the Mormon Tabernacle the Utah Jazz play Game 5 of the NBA TAMPA Fla (AP) — Tampa Bay defensive tackle Warren Sapp apologized fur a weekend incident in which a small amount of marijuana was found in his car He also expressed hope that fans and the media understood why he couldn't discuss the case in detail Police acting on an anonymous tip slopped Sapp’s Mercedes in an east Tampa neighborhood Saturday and found 127 grams of marijuana in the car's console and in a backpack that a passenger told police did not belong to the player Slaney Farmer-Patric- k to compete at USA meet INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mary both Slaney and Sandra Farmer-Patri- ck suspended by track and field's international governing body for alleged drug use decided to compete in this week's USA TTack and Field Championships Slaney the nation’s premier distance runner and Farmer-Patric- k a star hurdler contested the ruling by the Interna- tional Amateur Athletic Federation However there was an unexplained problem with Farmcr-Palrick- ’s declaration " KC Chiefs sign trio — KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) Kansas City signed free sgent safety Kevin Ross 35 who spent 10 years in the Chiefs secondary from 1984-9- 3 Kansas n City also signed wide receiver Brett Per-rima- and offensive lineman Ralph Tamm Pcrriman 32 was a free agent from Detroit and the leading receiver in Lions' history with 428 catches In addition the Chiefs released starting safety Brian Washington Davis out eight weeks BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles outfielder Eric Davis will have a mass removed from his abdomen later this week and will be sidelined for eight weeks Davis who was placed on the disabled list on May 31 will undergo a laparotomy Friday at Johns Hopkins 15-d- ay Hospital The outfielder who last played at Cleveland on May 25 was batting 302 with seven homers Monday1! scores AL Baltimore 10 Chicago White Sox 2 Anaheim 12 Kansas CRy 5 Finals against the Chicago Bulls A victory would put the Jazz up 2 and send scries hack to Chicago for the best-of-- 7 Game 6 Friday night and maybe Game 7 on Sunday Utah fans certainly expect a victory 3-- off Studont-Athlot- o Sports brlots Bucs' Sapp apologizes for being caught with pot Stockton shines — Page 9 By Scott Dunn sports writer "Most of my accomplish panel of local smuts pundits voted Logan High's Kelly the 1997 Herald Journal Female Student-Athle- te of the Year did so primarily on the basis of hard evidence Pages edit Honor Roll Team captain 38 GPA letter-winnFour-spo- rt SAT scores softball through the roof star Award-winniMock Trial attorte basketball ney Sports editor of the school newspaper The list goes on and on “It's kind of weird" the senior muses when asked to reflect on her myriad accolades “I look at all the awards on 1 my wall and I just think it's so nice that the things I wanted to do turned out to be the things everybody else wanted me to be doing I had so many teammates who helped me so many coaches who I don't feel like it was pushed me me so much as it was a combination of forces that made (my success) happen" That is not to say Wessels isn't driven She is Both in the classroom and on the playing field Wessels is nothing ruddy-cheekif not a curly-hairgale force of personality “It is my personality to be the one to take charge Wessels says 1 don't let any of my feelings or emotions hide when I'm on the court or field And I think because I want to succeed so much other people kind of follow me" Logan head basketball coach Bryant McKay who witnessed every second of Wessels’ stellar senior hoop season can testify to this fact McKay saw her run the floor rip down rebounds loft The WGN — Major League Baseball NY Mets at Chicago Cubs 7pjn TBS — Major League Basebal Atlanta at Colorado USA — Boxing champion Jesus Chavez (19-1-vs Johnny Brown (17-3-for 0) NABF junior Rghtweighl championship: wel- vs terweights Vernon Forrest (21-0-Jaime Lerma (22-5-at Austin Texas 0) 0) Wedninday Major League Basebal NY Basebal Atlanta at Colorado Today! gaoto “I've seen him go in the orange but that was up in die reds — the ’Uecker seats” — Scat Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker on Barry Bonds extra-lon- g thrre-rhomer Monday ui tho Yoar All-Regi- on ng first-team- cr All-Sta- ed s ed her signature jumper and do all the other things that garnered her such commendations as Region 5 te MVP Fust Team and honors A able mention on USA Today's Team But what McKay remembers most about Wessels is her locker rerun demeanor — something that no selection panel could ever know and no resume could ever manifest i v “Kelly's a very emotional-typ- e leader" Bryant says "She was the one in the locker room who'd do the rah-ra- h stuff to get the team motivated She's very spirited “Whenever we coaches posed questions to the team she was always the first person to pipe up And her answers were always right" Right answers alone of course don't win basketball games And led by Wessels Logan won plenty of them in 1996 The Grizzlies fought to a third place finish at the 4--A Slate Playoffs and concluded the season with a 21-- 4 record Wessels herself huried enough of those jumpers to finish the year as Utah's thud leading scorer While feats on the hardwood highlighted Kelly Wessds's final year as a Grizzly her success in other sports will not be forgotten She thrice lettered in softball her first love before sitting out tum-arou- nd All-Sta- All-US- tum-arou- nd Rnhsit I tonttortil touM Juumal honor ee Kelly Wessels participated in five different sports while tenure at Logan High School maintaining a 38 GPA during her four-ye- - Student-athlet-e ivpvj TvoiNii (21) shown hare batting a pair of Box Eider Bees for a loose bal ar her senior diamond season A catcher Wessels earned Herald Journal honors her junior season Wessels participated in volleyball during her fust two years at Logan but she traded her knee pads for goalie gloves in 95 and the following year found her starting in goal for die Grizzlies soccer squad As outstanding as her athletic exploits were however it was Wessels scholastic achievements that paved a yellow-bric- k road to college The oldest of Ward and Kalhie Wessels five children Kelly will attend die University of Utah this fall on a full academic scholarship She will major in political science was driven to do well because I knew I warned to go somewhere" Wessels said looking back on four years of academic success I've always wanted to go to law school to go to pad school sol knew I’d have to have the grades "But most of my accomplishment just come from wanting to be right In the middle of tilings I want die world to revolve around me so I've got to get right in the middle and be die leader and be die best and never let myself be less than that" Wessels says athletics will have take backseat to books as she steers honors prothrough Utah’s poly-s- ci gram It has too But when intramurals beckon she admits “I don't think I can resist playing" ng was the state's M— ‘ wkq vnosi promc eoorarduming her Inal season cy as a Grizzly 1 pjn It —Kelly Wessels On tolovislon pjn — TBS Sec JAZZ on Rage ments Just come from wanting to be right in the middle of things" Tinner Cup 1 1 The Bulls enter Wednesday night's game weary but determined “This is all new to the Jazz" Jackson -- Detroit 5 Long Beach WGN — Major League Mets at Chicago Cubs there" Grizzly sensation excelled in classroom and on playing field NY Mats 4 Cincinnati 2 Montreal 6 Chicago Cubs 5 Los Angeles 8 Houston 3 SL Louis 9 San Diego 1 San Francisco 7 Florida 4 CokxadoS AUanta3 0) jubilation “It's been a long time coming" Malone said "These guys have waited 12 or 13 years for something to celebrate" When Malone rode his Harley home after Sunday night's 78-7- 3 thriller he found a crowd around his house “Most of them were neighbors" he said “I've been here for 10 years and 1 didn't even know half of them live up Wessels leaves Logae legacy hoopttor NL The Jazz have won 23 in a row at the noisy Delta Center boosting their home record this season to 48-- 3 They are 10--0 at home in the playoffs “It's a time now for the whole state" Utah's Karl Malone said “We've taken our knocks over the years I'm from Louisiana hut I consider Utah my home now We've taken a lot of hud raps Now for the spotlight to he on us here I think it's great to gel rid of some of those myths you guys think about Salt Lake" Much of the giddy enthusiasm comes from years of frustration The Jazz were always good but not good enough to make it to the finals Just pulling even with the mighty Bulls 2--2 was cause for Plummer pleads New coaches abound in NHL innocent to acts By The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona State quarterback Jake Plummer pleaded innocent today to felony sex abase charges alleging he groped four women at a nightclub Plummer now a rookie with the Arizona Cardinals was released on his own recognizance by Judge Gregory Martin of Maricopa County Superior Court The judge will decide at a preliminary hearing on June 27 whether there's enough evidence to try the former Idaho high school standout Plummer 22 faces four felony counts of sexual abuse and one of misdemeanor assault He could receive up to eight years in prison if convicted Plummer hopes to leave for his first NFL training camp on July 18 and the judge granted a defense motion that he be allowed to traveL Four women claim Plummer fondled them on the dance floor of a Tempe nightclub The NHL offseason has begun withafluny Two days after the Detroit Red Wings skated off with the Stanley Cup three coaches and two general managers have new jobs Ron Wilson took over the Washington Capitals Jim Schocnfcld joined the Phoenix Coyotes and Danyl Sutter returned to the NHL as coach of the San Jose Sharks The Capitals also hired George McPhee as general manager and Sl Louis turned its GM duties over to Larry Pleau “ft’s like die slate is wiped clean here” Wilson said Monday raising his voice to drown out the sound of hammering at the MG Centex "All those yean of bad hick playing in the Capital Centre are contract worth a reported $21 million He spent the past four yean as Anaheim’s coach compiling a 1 almost over Then we turn over a new leaf and away expansion team to its first playoff berth this year McPhee takes over from David fade fired last month after a run McPhee at 38 becomes the league's youngest general manager SchoenfeM 44 got a three-ye- ar 120-145-3- record and guiding the 15-ye- wega" The Capitals will be moving this winter from die USAir Arena to the MCI Center in downtown Washington Owner Abe Rodin is eager to budd a new fan base while erasing memories of the Capitals' wrest season since 1981-8- 2 a 3340--9 disaster under Schocnfcld dial ended Washington’s playoff ran Wilson 42 signed a three-ye14-ye- ar ar $15 million contract to replace Don Hay who was fired last month The former All-Stdefenseman is the franchise’s fourth coach in as many years Sutter 38 takes ov er in San Jose just over a year after A! Sim was hired as die Sharks’ third fo their six years San Jose has never ar finished above 500 -- |