Show 'x -- a ' - - - i ja V'v 'r '? vT vmrm d - rv- - Orleans Saints' summer camp Thibodaux La Wednesday Page 10 Big West football nears the end By Shawn Harrison sports writer Wide receiver PJ Franklin catches a pass during the morning practice session at the New WT 1'Kil'n Thursday July 27 2000 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sports snapshot I BOISE Idaho — Today will mark the beginning of the end of an era in the Big West The league’s football coaches will get together to talk about the upcoming season with the media for the conference’s final football media day The Big West Conference is dropping the sport after this fall The Big West is back to six schools for its final football season after having seven teams last year Nevada an Big West in all other sports That leaves the Aggies all alone Although Utah State will continue to be a member of the Big West the Aggies will play an independent football schedule (hiring the 2001 season while continuing to search for a conference preferably die WAC The Pacific Coast Athletic Association began in 1969 and turned into the Big West in 1988 USU joined the PCAA in 1978 and has beat a member of the league ever since sharing five conference titles and finishing second six times in 22 years The member officially became a member of the Western Athletic Conference this summer Most of the current football schools are jumping ship after the 2000-0- 1 season Boise State will join the Wolf Pack in the WAC North Texas and New Mexico State are headed to the Sun Belt Conference Arkansas State is already a member of the Sun Belt but has been competing in football only in the Big WesL Idaho will be competing in football only in the newly formed Sun Belt football league but Vandals will remain in the eight-ye- ar Aggies have finished among the top two in the Big West six of the last 10 seasons Last year USU went 3 in the Big West and tied for third This fall the Aggies will be under a new coach as the Mick Dennehy era begins Idaho also has a new head coach Boise and the State won the Big West (3-Humanitarian Bowl last year The Big West will enter its fourth and final year of alliance with he Humanitarian Bowl but the bowl game is leaving with the Broncos next year 3-- 1) Little League championship in Sports briefs LA gets Valdes back DENVER (AP) — Less than two hours after the Arizona Diamond-back- s bolstered their pitching by acquiring Curt Schilling the Los Angeles Dodgers made a mound move of their own Determined to match the Diamond-back- s in the division race the Dodgers on Wednesday er pitcher-for-pitch- reacquired right-hand- Ismael er Valdes from the Chicago Cubs: Traded to the Cubs last December along with second baseman Eric Young Valdes returns to Los Ange- les along with cash considerations for two minor leaguers — Jamie Arnold and outfielder Jorge Piedra After Wednesday night's 4 loss to Colorado the Dodgers Still trailed Arizona by 2 12 games right-hand- er 11-- t Wednedoy's scores — i: - i- JT Toronto 8 Cleveland 1 Minnesota at Boston ppd rain Kansas City 7 Chicago White Sox 6 Oakland 6 Seattle 1 Tampa Bay 6 Detroit 2 New York 4 Baltimore 1 Texas 6 Anaheim 5 ' nl Houston 3 Cincinnati 2 s s- -- v pcl’ Salt Lake 12 Las Vegas 1 1 £ I teams pm GOLF 7 am TGC — European Tour Dutch Open second round at Noordwijkse Netherlands 9 am ESPN — Senior British Open sec- ond round at Newcastle Northern Ireland 11:30 am ESPN2 — LPGA Giant Eagle LPGA Classic first round at Warren Ohio V Jf J -- Noon ESPN — Senior PGA Long Island Classic first round at Jericho NY 1:30 pm FOXSN — PGA John Deere Classic second round at Sihris III TGC — PGA John Deere Classic second round at SHvis IK MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1:20 pm WGN — San Francisco at Chicago Cubs Today's quofo “I made up 12 13 games in the standings in one day" — Pitcher Curt Schilling after being traded from woeful Philadelphia to the first-flac-e Diamondbacks goes Al-Ima- ri For both the Providence " fi and the All-Sta- rs it took more than a couple of Logan innings to get into die nearly kmg contests These were two tough games” Logan head coach Scott Hyde said Coming through the loser’s bracket Proviin dence needed to push the Logan order to give themselves a shot at the WBBA Tournament crown And that’s what die allstars in byedid Jayd Petersen proved to be die difference when his single to right in the seventh inning of the first game gave Providence die win “It felt good” the Providence centerfielder said T was pretty surprised I just thought ‘I need to get a base hit’” ‘ And that’s what he did But Petersen did well throughout the first game hitting a triple double g and a single along with his hit That was awesome” Providence head coach George Zimmerman said That was dutch” Providence glided to a win in game one behind 12 hits Logan started the scoring in the fourth after a passed ball brought in Thylor Palmer But ur ri i ' game-winnin- many-handle- mountain road in the Alps But Wednesday was a different sort of race — the Tour de New York There were morning talk shows then a promotional appearance at a store run by his Nike sponsor complete with police barricades clearing the way Then came a satellite media tour that fed one inierviewafter another all across the country e Finally’ the champion of the Tour de France made a two-tim- rs All-Sta- rs 5-- 3-- Although he had just four home runs the regular season Logan’s lyier Al-Im- cracked two round-trippe- ari for the North rs squad in Wednesday’s American Legion all- star game at Plain City ri hit a solo shot in die first inning then added a grand slam in the second to help stake his team to a 12-- 1 advantage The North : yAl-Ima- : ended up winning the Top of Utah talent showcase ll-- 7 - v' ? s y V See NORTH on Page 13 : Petersen ripped a triple in the bottom of die fifth scoring two runs After Riley Hedin got out Logan slugger Jake Harris stepped up to jack a leadoff home run to tie the score pt two Each team exchanged scores the next three innings Logan rallied in the sixth and seventh Armstrong takes New York City NEW YORK (AP) — He was surrounded by so it must have seemed as if Lance Armstrong were back with the pack on some innings scoring two runs during each Logan’s Thomas Schmidt’s single scored two runs tp put ' the up 3 That’s when Petersen struck With two outs and two men on Petersen stepped in and worked Logan pitcher Nate Lambert to a full count Then on a fastball down die middle Petersen connect' ed and drove in the winning runs In the second game however no real heroics were needed as Logan staked its claim on the championship with a 2 win T knew we had a chance (after the first game)” Zimmerman said “At least that first win got us to a real championship game” Again both teams took some time to warm up and again Logan was first to take die lead Providence pitcher Andrew Barker loaded the bases on two singles and a walk before getting behind in — By Jeff Hunter sports writer All-St- ar ' Friday MkiV-- 8 John VWBdnHerald Journal Game at Dahle Park ar Series showdown pre-Wor- ld L Morrison All-Sta- rs ESPN — Summer Pro League NBA Summerhoops Dallas vs Phoenix at Salt Lake City MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 5:35 pm TBS — Florida at Atlanta 6 pm FOXSN — Regional coverage Arizona at St Louis or at 7 pm Pacific Boston at Oakland i Providence pushes rivals in J two-ho- BASKETBALL - All-St- OT All-Sta- rs and site 6 trt : Little League ogam ' ARENA FOOTBALL TNN — Playoffs first round TBA i j It was all about the fourth inning Wednesday at Dahle Park On television pm es the throw gets away from Logan's Landon Kohler during the sportswriter Medicin Hat 4 WNBA 6 Providence's Ryan Weese steals second By Katrina Charlotte 87 Washington 80 Detroit 78 Miami 62 Utah 84 Cleveland 77 Phoenix 79 Indiana 65 Sacramento 73 Portland 70 t f - 1 1 Pioneer League Ogden ' - - Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 4 Montreal at New York ppd rain Chicago Cubs 14 Philadelphia 9 Atlanta 6 Florida 3 St Louis £ Arizona 4 Colorado 1 1 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 3 San Diego 1 JV!SW ' trip to Wall Street ending trading at the New York Stock Exchange by banging a ceremonial gaveL It was Lance Armstrong Day in New York And considering die weather it was a good thing he didn’t bring his bike But people wait in a driving rain for an American hero the count against Lambert Lambert worked Barker to 0 and was walked when Barker's last pitch was down around Lambert’s shins But Barker redeemed himself and gave Provilead when he blasted a two-rudence a one-ru- n 3-- n' homer over the fence in center Logan then scored another run in the sixth when a passed ball brought in Jake Harris But Logan and Providence still have plenty of baseball to play Both teams will take part in the WBBA World Series which starts Aug 9 at A Lex Baer field in Providence — Colts get Morris to sign deal ’ V'- - - TERRE HAUTE Ind (AP) — d draft pick Rob conMorris signed a five-yeFirst-roun- ar A4x At- it V I ' ' v ' JLI ' 1 tract with the Indianapolis ) M ' HLTmA feu Fans packed the atrium of Niketown to catch a glimpse of the man in the bright yellow shirt the color of the Tour winner a color that is becoming more and more comfortable for AP photo Armstrong The country’s premier cyclist Lance Armstrong looks at a framed enlargement of a Sports Illustrated cover with a photograph commemorating his See NYC on Page 13 Tour de France vfctoiy presented to him Wednesday Colts on Wednesday and was headed to training camp Morris a linebacker from Brigham Young received a $36 million deal including a $25 million signing bonus Club president Bill Polian said Morris the 28th pick overall agreed to the terms Tuesday night Morris who grew up in Nampa Idaho mined 17 practices since training camp See MORRIS on Page 13 h qnV |