Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah 1 Sports briofi Brand Ellis top AP list ST PETERSBURG Fla (AP) — Duke sophomore center Elton Brand and Auburn's Cliff Ellis were honored today by The Associated Press as college basketball's player and coach of the year Brand the only unanimous selection this season enters the Final Four averaging 178 points and 96 rebounds for the Blue Devils 31 conwho have won a school-recor- d secutive games Brand has had 17 doubleThe doubles this season nine in the last 13 games and two in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Brand is shooting 62 percent from the field and he has 83 blocked shots Brand received 28 votes from AP member newspapers and radio stations while senior guard Andre Miller of Utah was runner-u- p with 17 Brand is the thin! Duke player to win (lie Adolph Rupp Trophy following Art I ley mail in 1963 and Christian Laetlncr top-rank- in 1992 Ellis led Auburn to one the best seasons in school history as the Tigers finished 29-- 4 a school record for victories and reached their highest ranking ever No 2 Auburn which finished as the Southeastern Conference's regular-seaso- n champion was fourth in the final rankings Holdsclaw honored by AP SAN JOSE Calif (AP) — Tennessee's Chamiquc Holdsclaw already the first three-lim- e became the first to repeal as the player of an the year in women's basketball by The Associated Press' panel of newspaper and broadcast members nationwide Carolyn Peck who has her team in contention for the national championship in her second and final season at Purdue was selected coach of the year She will join the WNBA's Orlando Miracle as coach and general manager when the college season ends Mallon in front at Nabisco RANCJIO MIRAGE Calif (AP) — Meg Mallon captured two majors in 1991 and hasn't won one since The way she opened the Nabisco Dinah Shore however Mallon served noticed she might he on her way to ing that long drought end- Hitting fairways and greens with almost uncanny accuracy Mallon shot a 66 Thursday for a lead after the first round of the women's first major of the year "I just had one of those rounds” Mallon said "My iron play was perfect and I didn’t miss a fairway It was an absolutely perfect day for golf overcast and not a breath of wind I love this event and this course” Tlmrckiyi icorei It’s just Duke and the Forgotten Three ST PETERSBURG Fla (AP) — Signs and billboards all over Florida proclaim the arrival of the Final Four What we really have here is Duke & the Forgotten Three Yes Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils can make their case as one of the best college teams ever by winning their third national championship this decade But let's not forget the Dukies have company Michigan State Connecticut and Ohio State get a chance too The Spartans (33-4- ) play Duke (36-1- ) in the national semifinals on Saturday and should not be taken lightly Matccn Cleaves toughness personified has never met a pressure shot he didn't want to take Like Magic Johnson 20 years ago Cleaves needs to win For UConn (32-2- ) 8-- Coach Jim O'Brien's best move since going to Boston College and playing for Bob Cousy was bringing sensational guard Scoonic Penn with him when he left Three of the Finul Four teams have been here before and Krzyzewski is making his eighth appearance See DUKE on Page IS 5-- By Aaron Morton sports writer SMITHFIELD — Sky View used five different scorers in their offensive arsenal to hold off pesky Logan in an intense 2 win Thursday afternoon Already this season eight different Bobcats have put the ball in the net as Sky View has oulscored its in two games opponents 1 "I think we have the best offense in the slate” said midfielder Brooks Benson who had one goal on the day “I don't think you can key on one player — we spread the bull around” The Grizzlies (1-hung tough though coming back from 0 down to twice cut the lead to two goals twice at 1 and 2 “These guys are not going to stop" head Sky View coach Doyle Geddes said “It's Lagan-Sk- y View and they're going to keep coming at us” First-yeLogan coach Fomin Recarte said he was proud of his team's effort Thursday and he is confident that Logan will have its first winning season this year "We art going Jo make the playoffs" he declared "This is just one game ''weliave 12 games to go" Both team's offenses looked fairly polished for the second game of the season “I liked the complexion this game took on” Geddes said “Both teams tried to play control and I think we had a little more success at it” It was the Bobcats (2-who dictated play early on Sky View had five good shots at goal in the first 23 minutes including a direct-kic- k attempt by Benson that hit the crossbar nine minutes into the game Sky View eventually got onto the scoreboard in the 27th minute when Brent Dupree's free kick was dropped by Logan goalkeeper Josh Perkins and Jason Jorgensen pounced on the rebound Just five minutes later Perkins was juggling a corner kick when Bobcat Christian West kneed the ball 3-- -4 1) 3-- 3-- 4-- ar 0) See BOBCATS on Page 14 Sky View’s Rex Spend! ove left reverses field Mitch MascaroHeraid Journal in Smithfield as Logan's Jarom Burbank (8) looks on Thursday Grizz pick up first win Logan downs rival Bobcats By Scott Dunn sports writer Phoenix 4 Washington 2 Calgary 2 Montreal 1 St Louis 4 Vancouver 1 Dallas 2 Los Angeles 1 IHL Orlando 5 Grand Rapids 0 On tolovislon ESPN — Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament semifinal 1 Duke vs Georgia at San Jose Calif pm ESPN2 — Figure skating World Championships ladies' short program and original dance at Helsinki Finland (same-da- y tape) TNT — NBA Basketball New York at Phoenix 7 pm ESPN — Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament semifinal 2 Purdue vs Louisiana Tech at San Jose Calif FSR — NHL Hockey Washington at Colorado 1:30 pm TNT — NBA Basketball Sacramento at LA Lakers KJZ2 — NBA Basketball Utah at Vancouver 9 pm ESPN2 — Tennis Lipton Championships women's semifinal 2 8t Key Bis-cay- tape) Today! quoto “1 just had one of those rounds My iron play was perfect and I didn't miss a fairway It was an absolutely perfect day for golf overcast and not a breath of wind I love this event and this course I had a good day and I will keep firing it at the pin” — Meg Million on her tournament-leading performance Thursday at the Nabisco Dinah Shore S John WilkinHerald Journal 7-- on the road h year so she's basically been a pitcher Normally she has four good pilches” With her dropball and both varieties of her changeup eluding her Carver certainly didn't overpower the Bobcats — she struck out just one — but she was nonetheless effective Of the 21 outs she recorded 14 were ground balls and she threw two other grounders that were by the Grizzlies' infield "I didn't like that” Sky View head coach Holly Dixon said of the plethora of ground-ba- ll putouls "That's just too easy We're going to have to work on that” The Bobcats actually crept out to a 0 lead plating a run in both the first and third innings before Logan leapfrogged them by pushing three one-pilc- SMITHFIELD — Randi Carver may not have had her best stuff but ultimately she still had the right stuff Carver the ace of the Logan softball squad’s pitching staff was just good enough to help the Grizzlies earn their first victory of (he young season Thursday as she went the distance in a 3 road win over Sky View The junior righthander relying heavily on her accurate fastball scattered eight hits and sweated out a seventh-innin- g Bobcat rally to get the Grizz in the win column and even (heir Region 4 record at "Randi's just been toughing it out” Logan head coach Steve Huff said shortly after Carver subdued the Cats’ late flurry "She's had to She 1- -1 Logan infielder Cami Despain left reels in a throw as Sky View baserunner Tara Powasnik ducks safety into third Thursday in Smithfield The Grizzlies defeated the Bobcats 5 7-- 5 hasn't gotten her changcup working yet this 7-- pm y winning 31-ga- Sky View topples the Grizz 2 NHL (same-da- What of Duke's streak the devastating shooting of Trajan Lungdon and the inside presence of Elton Brand? Well Michigan Stale has won 22 in a row losing by just Third-ranke- d Chicago 3 Boston 3 tie New Jersey 5 Pittsburgh 3 Fla has consciously avoided comparisons with — or even the mention of — the heavily favored 1991 UNLV team that his Blue Devils upset in the national semifinal before claiming Coach K's first championship ''I've never talked to them about the 91 Vegas team" Krzyzewski said “Don't believe everything you read in the papers OK?" Likewise Krzyzewski wants to save the talk about Duke's place in history for later Monday night about midnight or so at the earliest "That's for somebody else to decide" he said "It would be really dumb of me to even be thinking of those things right now because we’re going to have to play a hell of a game to heat Michigan Stale” Bobcats sprint past Logan NBA 6 ‘‘Once you get there all bets are off" said Calhoun whose teams lost in the regional final in 1990 '95 and '98 "Now very simply vou've got to make that one more stretch" Some might say that another way to spell Duke is Krzyzewski a national title is all Jim Calhoun needs to consummate his splendid run as coach of the Huskies Standing in the way is Ohio Stale which used a little infusion of BC to help it forget all about lust year's season Orlando 96 Cleveland 86 Houston 113 Toronto 104 San Antonio 86 Denver 65 Portland 97 Phoenix 84 5 Page 12 Friday March 26 1999 mis-play- ed 2-- See GRIZZ on Page 15 Cal Ripken Sr dies of cancer BALTIMORE (AP) — Cal Ripken Sr made up for an ordinary baseball career as a player by becoming a distinguished teacher of the game His most notable student was his own son who parlayed instruction from his father into a Hall of Fame career Ripken Sr who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization died Thursday of lung cancer He was 63 Cal Ripken Jr learned many of the finer points of the game while games before voluntarily ending the streak last season Ripken Sr also helped develop the skills of another son Bill an inficld-e- r who also played with (lie Orioles The Ripken boys were among hundreds of players and coaches who learned the game from a man whose teachings also had a great influence on current Orioles manager Ray Miller "We always talk about the Oriole Way Cal Ripken Sr was the one who indoctrinated every one of us who came in" said Miller who served under Ripken as a pitching coach "lie's someone who meant a lot to this organization for a veiy long accompanying his father to the ballpark while Ripken Sr was managing teams in the Baltimore farm system The young Ripken ended up becoming the most durable player in the history of the lime" Orioles general manager game playing in 2632 straight Frank Wren said “What we will remember most about Cal Sr is how he helped us understand that baseball is mure than a national pastlime it is a metaphor for life” Guv Parris Glendening said “Through baseball he taught us that diligence determination and discipline are keys to winning at the game of life" Ripken Sr had leathered skin and a gruff voice characteristics at least partially attributable to the fact that he was a heavy smoker Back in the days when smoking on the field wasn't taboo he often cupped a filterless cigarette in his palm while watching balling practice or in (he dugout Ripken won 964 games in the as manager mi non and was 1 of the Orioles in 1987-8- 8 68-10- Cal Ripken Sr canter is flanked by sons Jr at the Baltimore Orioles training camp Ripken Sr died of lung cancer Thursday j POOR COPY AP photo Billy left and Cal In Miami In 1987 |