Show i Tho Herald Journal Logan Utah 1 Sports ' Friday August Sports briefs 28 1998 PageB Mercury bums Comets Omaha blanks Buzz OMAHA Neb (AP) — Dan Reichert pitched six shutout innings in his first Swoopes Cooper can’t save Houston from Game 1 loss Class AAA appearance as Omaha defeated Salt Lair 0 Thursday night 5-- Reichert Kansas City's fust round pick (seventh overall) in the 1997 draft gave up just two hits and no walks while facing just 19 batters — one over the minimum PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury are one victory away from Correction defending champion Comets have only lost once in 16 games all year In the story entitled "Logan has both ends covered" in Thursday’s Kickoff ‘98 football preview it was incorrectly report-Hig- h quarterback Robbie Haas was now attending Weber State Haas last season’s Herald Journal quarterback honoree will actually be a freshman on the football squad at Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho the WNBA chami That victory however will have to come in Houston where the Sheryl Swoopes and Cynthia Cooper the Comets’ two biggest All-Vall- ey fhwgidqy! scores AL Tampa Bay 10 Minnesota 3 Oakland 6 Boston 3 Seattle 10 Ctevetand 4 Toronto 11 Kansas CNyl NY Yankees 6 Anaheim 5 (1 1) Chicago White Sox 7 Baltimore 4 NL San Diego 8 Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 1 1 NY Meta 3 vRiCniflHp iZf nonaa 3 Atlanta 8 St Louis 4 Chicago Cubs 1 1 Colorado 10 (10) MHwaukee 4 Arizona 0 Los Angeles 10 Montreal 9 PCL Nashville 9 New Orleans 5 Edmonton 7 Fresno 6 (10) Iowa 4 Albuquerque 3 (10) Las Vegas 1 1 Tacoma 4 Calgary 9 Oklahoma S Omaha S Salt Lake 0 Tucson 8 Memphis 5 Colorado 8prlngs 7 Vancouver 4 Pioneer Medicine Hat 7 Helena 6 Lethbridge 7 Great Fata 3 Butte 7 BINngs 8 1st game Butte 8 Billings 6 2nd game Idaho Eas 10Ogden 9 WNBA finals Phoenix 84 Houston 51 r On television 6 pm ESPN2 Sedas 6:05 pm - All-St- ar Little League BasebaN Work! 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Timms during the Mercury’s 54-5- 1 win in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals stars missed shots that would have tied die score in the final seconds and the Mercury beat the defending champions 54-5- 1 in Came 1 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday night The Mercury's Jennifer Gillom who finished second to Cooper in MVP balloting had the satisfaction lead in of leading her chib to a 1- -0 the best-of-- 3 championship series The series shifts to Houston on Saturday Game 3 if needed will be Tuesday night in Houston where the Comets lost only once while running up a 27-- 3 regular-seaso- n record Gillom blocked a shot by Houston’s Kim Perrot and plucked the ball out of the air with 37 seconds to go then broke a 1 tie with a turnaround layup with 89 seconds remaining “I don’t want to take all the credit here" Gillom said of her 15- 51-5- performance point “But I feh really good especially after the blocked shot I wanted to let my teammates know that I was there for them" “She is a great center and great post player’ Houston center Monica Lamb said “When you get on the court against a player like her you have to raise the stakes" Cooper scored 29 points on of-2- 4 shooting but Swoopes was from the field with eight points 11 rebounds and six assists and nobody else on the Comets scared more than four pants “I didn’t see anything that they were doing differently Swoopes said about the Mercury a team See MERCURY on Page 8 Mustangs bottle up Bees 4-- 0 Sky View staves off Silver Wolves Logan routed by unbeaten Lakers on defense" It shows Not only did the Bees fail to uncork a legitimate shot on goal they oily took two total shots all game The visitors from Brigham City purple-cla- d rarely moved the ball into the MC back-fiel- d and when they did it was usually escorted from the premises faster than Rush Limbaugh at me Lilith Fair "We couldn’t get through their full-i- a By Scott Dum aporta writer HYRUM — The life of a back-u- p goal keeper is not an exciting one Basi she simply cally come game time he stands around a lot only occasionally taking time to slurp water or pace or shout encouragement to less inert teammates In fact the only thing that really sets back-u- p goalies apart from other specta- a backs" Box Elder coach Don Peart remarked with a shake of his head "We moved it down the field alright but we had pom1 once we got it in the (goal) area" tors is that they're usually wearing jerseys constructed of rayon ball-contr- ol long-slee- ve so brightly colored it’s visible from the space shuttle This means that on bright keep- August afternoons second-strin- g era aren't just bored they're overheated and Saunders had high praise for his start- backfield singhng out sweeper Kelli i and right wing Denise Lindley “Kelly Olsen's been sick — she’s had an ear infection — but she came back and played a great game today” Saunders said “And Denise for two years we’ve put Denise on the other team's So it was Thursday afternoon for reserve Mountain Crest keeper Mary Schaelling who as she had done during Mountain Crest's previous two games stood around shifting her weight from one leg to the other and trying hard not to yawn when Box Elder came calling to Mustang Field for a little 4 soccer action Region Still there was one small but noteworthy difference in Schaelling's spectator status Thursday: her vantage point Because this time the freshman keeper wasn't on the sidelines — she was in goal Schaelling filling in for injured MC hardest player and she comes out after the bloody and game — and smiling She loves it” Not to be drown out in this hail-tchorus is the performance of the Mountain Crest offense Forblsck-and-bl- o- sun-soak- ed se wards Marcie Giles and Lacy Gustave- son each scored a pair of goals on the afternoon with Amber Brower assisting on both of Giles' scores and Amber kcepm Angela Hamilton found out that being the Mustangs’ stating goalie isn’t much more thrilling than being their back-u-p goalie as she touched the ball just seven times in Mountain Crest's 0 shutout of the 4-- barely buzzing Bees Meanwhile in other action involving valley teams Sky View stayed unbeaten with a 2--1 decision over Fremont while Logan was routed by Bonneville 5--1 At Hyium Box Oder failed to muster a single shot on goal against the stingy Stang defense which posted its third consecutive shutout ana has now given up oily two goals (one each to Weber and East in 1997) in three years when playing on its home pitch Asked if it was fair to call defense the trademark of Mountain Crest soccer MC head coach Steve Saunders replied "Absolutely We spend whole practices ue Tfacy providing the assist on Brower’s first score "The forwards played the best they’ve played the second half” said Saunders who was somewhat displeased that a bevy of thoughtful crosses in the opening period didn't result in more goals According to Peart however it was the Stangs' lone seme of the first half that sunk his squad "Mountain Crest got an excellent goal on us to start and u rattled us a little bit” he said That initial score came in the game's 12th minute when They giving chase to a long ball blew past Box Elder fullback Rhotmie Vesco and directed a brilliant cross into the heart of the box Gustave-so- n then leaped forward and headed the ball sharply into the back of the net Giles then broke the Bees’ backs four minutes into die second half when she scored the first of her two goals off a nice inside-ou- t touch from a post-bouBrower nd Milch MascaraHanM Journal Mountain Crest forward Amber Tracy (4) gets a log up on Box Elder fullback Rhonnio Vesco during the Mustangs' 4--0 victory over the Bme Thursday In Hyrum The Mustangs would go on to fire 10 shots on goal to Box Elder's zero in the final period The Bees best chance to rustle the nets came on a second half penalty kick but sweeper Stephanie Nelson misfired high “It was getting a little booty in the Color the Aggie backfield Brown Battle for back-u-p BOISE Idaho (AP) — Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier said his department will its practice of distributing a controversial sports supplement to student-athlet- back ongoing es eight-pa- rt By 8hawn Harrison sports writer When it comes to the running back position at Utah about really great like players Demario I've coached some at other positions even they have some room for State there is one Mg question Who will be Brown’s Brown a season (1214 yards per game average) He missed three games with a knee injury but West g still earned honors In 18 career can get better and is getting better Demario is taking on a leadership role this year He is more touchdowns in eight games last first-tea- All-Bi- MjSNtoPl Ii m of junior rushed for 971 yards and 10 nd "As good as Demario is he m See BROWN on Page 8 cle mass Short-terside effects include dehydration cramping and diarrhea but studies on long-tereffects are inconclu- live ‘I don't think there's anything that's alarmed us but we're not at all opposed to changes if warranted” Bleymaier i He said associate athletic director Herb Criner strength coach Joe Kenn trainer Gary Cnner and team doctors will take part in the creatine review m improvement They are great because their work ethic 205-pou- The university supplies creatine free of charge to about 85 percent of its football team and some men’s basketball players and male track athletes ‘‘We’ll take a look at the situation review what we're doing and update our research in light of the other schools who are shying away from it” Bleymaier said Wednesday Washington State University stopped di pensing creatine in May and the NCAA is studying whether to ban the i Coupled with weightlifting creatine is designed to build energy strength and mus- carries) Brown is seventh on the Aggie career rushing list with 1071 yards "Suddenly I’m a great coach" new running backs coach Rich Eric son joked "The thing Utah State football team by position Sunday: A look at die quarterbacks Demario backup7 See STANGS on BSU probes creatine use of an (seven of which he series profiling the 1998 James even get double-dig- it This is die seventh front in the first half but the second half looked a lot better” said Giles who's sporting curly kicks for the '98 season "We just dominated” Giles got no argument from Peart Dtana BmhHarald Journal Rodshlrt freshman John Roberts Rstod No 2 on ttw Aggies depth chart at running back bohlnd junior Demario Brown makes a cut during practice Wednesday afternoon |