Show v : ' ' - - X s " ' 11 4 ' - - ' d' !:' '! NHL playoffs 14 Major Leagues 14 ' V i Jyk v - I y- p i "V4-- ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday April 29 2000 Insido sr- l can st By Shawn Harrison ' sports writer room That should help the Jazz! Will the Jazz wrap up their d playoff series today? Never one to have much luck making SEATTLE (AP) — Gary Payton and the Seattle SuperSonics look just about finished v v Down 0 against the Utah Jazz the Sonics will try to prolong their 5 playoff life when their senes moves into the Key Arena v 2-- best-of-- ' - :vtoday ‘pUtah won the fust two games in Salt Lake City 104-9- 3 and 101-8- 7 The76erstakea2-- 1 lead over the Hornets Page 14 "There ain't no desperation" Sports briefs ( USU tennis finished: The Utah Stale University men's tennis team concluded itsseason Friday at the Big West Conference Payton said Friday afternoon after a practice at the Sonics training facility "All we got to do is come out and play basketball Whatever !Y Championships in Ojai Calif " ' VVi 'I'1' o happens happens It ain't like we re dying’ If thcSomcs do manage to reverse their playoff fortunes in Game 3 Game 4 will be played Wednesday in Seattle Game 5 if necessary would he played next Friday in Utah The first two playoff games weren't as close as the final scores indicate Karl Malone pouted in SO points for the Jazz in Game 1 and Utah led by 27 points after three quarters in Game 23Utah-Seatt- Sre UTAH on Pnge V 'V' ifr ' i ' ' H" lX ' V - 15 t falling to Boise State University 4-- 0 The Aggies ended the year with a 2-- 2 record in league play (613 overall) - going to play for himself Ruben Patterson whined publicly : about his lack erf playing time all week and Vin Baker is a mental Case now suffering from the stomach flu Sounds like the Sonics are ripe to he swept Of course the Jazz will have hone of that talk Utah head coach Jerry Sloan ' was in typical form all week See JAZZonlage 15 4 soecbr:: v : ' promised he is predictions 1 hesitate to make one for today's game at Seattle Will 1 jinx Utah? The only thing that will stop the Jazz from finishing off the struggling Super- Sonics this afternoon is themselves Utah owned Seattle the first two games After more than four days off I'm betting the veteran Jazz are more than ready to end this series During this extra-lon- g layoff the Sonics dwelled on the two losses at the Della Center There are plenty of problems swirling inside the Seattle locker le "' Gary Payton first-roun- USUs Ryan Burbridgewas the 1 V:-- lone Aggie to post a 500 or better record this season going 1 1 1- -9 up victones Friday's scores Wade Dennistoo sports writer1 Philadelphia 81 Charlotte 76 :: 4:v 1 ' - ESPN NASCAR Busch Series Auto Club 300 at Fontana Cakf 5pm ESPN2 — NASCAR “Happy Hour" £ Series final practice tor Winston Cup TVsv NAPA Auto Parts 500 at Fontana : 'vVi Calif (same-da-y tape) ' FOOTBALL' Ilaan FSN — NFL Europe Franklurt 5: Rhein - ’ at Vi T at Senior PGA Bruno's ' f f Si '' ti y Tr 'i' Sun V 'V’ 't - By Shawn Harrison sports writer ? It's hard to beat good pitching and solid hitting just ask Firth and Soda Springs The Preston baseball team beat up on both the Cougars and Cardinals Friday afternoon in St Anthony Idaho during the fust day of a I NBA BASKETBALL 10:30 am NBC — Ptayoffs first round game ‘ at Detail Playoffs first round game £ 3 San Antonio at Phoenix 3:30 pan NEC — Ptayoffs first round game iV TVS - - - “ ' Ipjn ABC — Playoffs conference semifinals Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Sun tSPN — Playoffs conference semifinals game 2 New Jersey at Toronto SOCCER pm ESPN2 - MLS Columbus at Dates V ' S John WiSiivHwald Journal Utah State keeper Michaeia Miter blocks a shot by South Africa's Portia Mtokwane after colliding with Utah State defender Brittany Baugh Friday afternoon at Tower Field Ags tie South Africa By Katrina L Morrison sports writer "Their style of play was so different and unexpected" USU head coach Stacey linos said “They play very and without a midfield They were very skilled at what they do and it was hard to get used hx" Indeed the Aggies straggled to figure out the Banyans Banyana style of play but didn't take long to score their fust indi-idual- Today's quoto "They look like his fastball down the middle Smooth” — Dr Mark FrljtfK describing the ether arteries in Aidun Jewish heart after the fin mer pitcher had double bypass surgery It was an unusual final spring game Friday for the Utah State Aggie women's soccer squad Flaying against a South African team who played eight matches in the past two weeks the Aggies had their hands full and ended up tied with South Africa 1 at Tower Field I-- 16-tea- m ly See AGS on Page 15 1 L mmnm tournament The Indians pounded out 18 hits from freshman and got a starter Kclten Hansen to open the tournament with a 14-- 1 win In the second game Preston sophomore Brady Keller tossed a twvvhitter as the Tribe drilled Fifth District foe Soda Springs 13-- 1 in five innings "It was a good day" Freston coach Mike llansen said "The kids are really positive and enjoying the game right now" Hansen took 18 athletes north and most were able to see some action Friday Wiih the wins Preston improves to 14-- 6 on the year In the first game the Tribe jumped on the Cougars plating fire runs in the first inning and ending the game with fire runs in the top of the seventh Six Preston players had multiple hits in the game Scon Madsen Keller and CeJay Golighily each had three hits a no-hitt- 1 Playoffs first round NHL HOCKEY two-da-y ' game 3 Indiana at Milwaukee " V piece Nick Neeley Shawn Bcardull and Chanse Porter two doubles) knocked out two safeties each Madsen led the team with five RBI and had two triples “It was really balanced" coach llansen said “It was nice to see the kids staying on lop of the hall" The coach said no one realized Kcllcn Hansen had throw n a nohitter until after he was going through the scorebook Preston had four errors against firth "It was a legit coach llansen said "The errors were tough plays hut they didn't hurt us Golighily threw out one runner no-htttc-r" at third” Kcllcn Hansen struck out eight and issued no walks With the vic- tory he improves to 2 on the year and has an FRA of 280 "The w ind was blow ing so he did a good job of keeping the hall in the air” coach Hansen said "Equally impressire our hitting was good under the conditions We pounded the hall and had some nice line drives" In the nightcap Keller went the distance to get the win (3-- on season) striking out eight Cardinals white allow fog just one Law on halls 4-- 0 See INDI ANS on Page 15 - i i ft £ t V v i1 1 cruise to or pair easy wins TBS— Atlanta at San Diego NBC - 0 Memorial Classic second round at Birmingham Ala MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 12:20 pan ?' 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