Show 7 : YY7 ' :' JB2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday April 5 2003 -- ' 'i' - t 7- - - 1 1:"- VC'-7'- ’77 1 v V1 pitching does in Cats IV1C ' i Grizzlies complete sweep of Box Elder three-gam- e bottom fine” In other region action Friday Logan completed its series sweep over Box Elder winning 0 and 1 in Brigham City while Bonneville nipped Roy 3 ' 4-- SMl l HHtLD — Mountain Crest pitcher ' lt 7-- 4-- MountiinCrMt stangs Sky View had bookend singles in the DiiODaii font and seventh innings but did absolutely After Saving the fiist game of the Mustangs’ doubleheader with Sky View he went on to win nodring in between NickEliason got the start for the MC but he only threw three innings the nightcap and lead Mountain Crest to a sweep before the game which was tied at zero at the over its rivals at Richard V Hansen Park time was suspended on Wednesday due to With the 14) and 1 victories over the Bob— cats the Mustangs remained perfect on the seaStangs 1 Cats 0 inclement weather When the game finally resumed oo Fri- son — 0 in Region 4 and 0 overall 1st game “It was a good start for us" Mountain Crest StangsS Cats 1 day Casey Jorgensen took over in the fourth for 2nd game Mountain Crest and threw three perfect innings coach Stephen Hansen said “Our pitchers threw to go along with'five strikeouts as he picked up well They kept us in the ballgame(s)” his third win of the season And kept Sky View out of them The Bobcats had just two hits in each of the contests “Casey came in that first game and did exactly what we wanted him to do — just hold them where they were at” and stranded a total of eight basenmners “It’s pretty frustrating” Sky View pitcherfirst baseman SeeMConB3 Ryan Doyle said “We just gotta hit the ball dial’s the “ : 4-- -- 2-- 9-- - (Ob-- 2 i 3-- 5) "” El LuosraHsrald Journal Mountain Cresfs Ryan Zimmerman (1) sides into home ahead of the tag of Sky View catcher Casey Clark during Friday afternoon’s game in SmitMeid Kidd Nets add to lead over 76ers ' Valley rivals hold down each other in Region 4 clash Rockets win on road in Philly By The Associated By David Cordero staff writer Jason Kidd scored 13 of his 30 points in die third quarter to hold off a Miami rally and lead die New Jersey Nets to a 3 victory over the Heat on Friday night Coupled with Philadelphia’s loss to Houstoa die Nets opened a 1 12 game lead over die 76ers in die Atlantic Division Richard Jefferson added 18 points and Rodney Rogers came off the bench for 12 as the Nets swept the four-gaseason series from Miami for the first time Brian Grant had 23 points and eight rebounds and Caron Butler had 15 points for Miami which lost its fourth straight overall and seventh straight on the road Rockets 88 76en 79 Yao Ming had 20 points and 13 rebounds and the Houston Rockets capitalized on an injury to Keith Van Horn and a poor game by Allen Iverson Iverson missed 19 of his 23 shots including his final 16 and finished with just eight points — - all in the first quarter He wasn't fouled and t missed his only free throw "" The Sixers lost Van Horn to a sprained left foot in the second quarter were negative but Van Horn was to have an MRI and didn’t return James Posey added 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Rockets moved within one game of Phoenix for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference Spurs 124 Raptors 98 Lenny Wilkens set the NBA record for most career coaching losses dropping his 1107th game as Malik Rose scored 23 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to their eighth straight victory Wilkens already the winningest coach in league history with 1292 victories surpassed Bill Fitch’s record with one of the Raptors' most lopsided losses of the season Stephen Jackson added 22 points for the Spurs who shot 771 percent in the first half San Antonio has won 16 of 17 on the road Tim Duncan had 13 points and eight rebounds before leaving the game late in the first half with a mildly sprained right ankle e behind Dallas for the The Spurs a best record in the NBA made 15 straight shots in the second quarter and finished the period i It was tie only bedause the final score was deadlocked Otherwise Logan won Sky View 99-8- lost You could tell by the postgame body language The Bobcats had their heads down The Grizzlies were upbeat It would be a bit hasty to say that Sky View held scoreless in three of its last four games is in a tailspin But make no mistake in declaring this: The 0-- 0 result was certainly a breakthrough for the young Grizzlies “Our guys left all their energy and heart out on the field” Logan coach Casey Ashcroft said “If these guys play this way for the rest of the region we’ll be a top competitor” If the Grizz manage to keep this up they’d have a shot at knocking off Grizzlies 0 Vo'Bb8ehM o Region 4 world-beatin their second Roy (3-er first-plac- e - 0) X-ra- meeting Quite simply Logan’s effort Friday at Elementary was inspired It took on a skillful Sky View bunch and broke them down fencing them away from their game-pla- n Afterwards the looks on the Bobcats’ faces were that of exasperation — and for good reason They didn’t imagine the going to be anywhere near as difficult as it was “We came into this game thinking it was going to be way too easy” Bobcat goalkeeper Andrew Bunis said “We were overconfident Logan is much tougher this year” In the past games against the Grizzlies overall) were looked upon as a region ‘ in walk the park Logan’s recent perSunday formances against Roy (a 0 defeat) and Mountain Crest (3-- 0 setback) did nothing to Hill-cre- st (0-2- -1 -1 5-- diminish the notion Sky View coach Doyle Geddes knew better — he tried to preach to his players that they were facing a far better opponent — but sometimes you have to see to believe And faith only now belongs to the Cats “I don’t want to take anything away from but when my guys come here they Logan expect to beat this team” Geddes said “We’ve SeeGRIZZonBS Press ys half-gam- 16-of-- Brant Stevens Herald Journal baN Friday Facers 98 Pistons 92 Jermaine O’Neal had 29 points and 13 rebounds and Ron Attest scored 20 to lead a Sky View’s Ken Carison (12) and Logan’s Justin Conner fight for control of the See KIDD on B3 Jazz Continued flrom B1 “It wasn’t going well late in the fourth quarter but foie guys kept fighting and we found a way to scnqi it out’’ said Latrell Sprewell who had just 6 points — 107 below his average “A1 hit a big shot to take us home" New York improved to 2 but still trails Milwaukee by 3 12 games for foe final Eastern Conference playoff berth “I dunk we all want to end on a high note and get as many wins as we possibly can regardless of die standings” Sprewell said ' Karl Malone led Utah with 23 points 1 1 rebounds and eight assists Andrei Kirilenko added 16 points and 12 rebounds Greg Ostertag pulled down 11 rebounds and Matt Harpring had 12 points and 10 rebounds The Jazz held a 9 rebounding advantage that didn’t make up for poor shooting down the stretch With the loss and dm Lakers' win over Memphis foe Jazz dropped to seventh place in the APpholo Conference em Utah Jazz forward KariMalone (32) and New York Knicks toward Utah’s next chance to clinch a playoff Clarence Weatherspoon exchange heated words after a loose bal is Sunday at Seattle berth of half the second 34-4- 59-3- during Friday night's game “It was an interesting game to watch but we have to learn to play under those conditions because that is what playoff basketball is all about” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said Former Utah player Shandon Anderson who was bedded and booed throughout die night scored 17 Clarence Weather-spoo- n finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for die Knicks who had lost three of four Two putbacks by Kirilenko early in the fourth were the Jazz’s only field goals of the period until they rallied with 3:3 1 left After Kirilenko’s second tip which gave the Jazz a 4 lead with 9:13 left rim the Knicks took control with Charlie Ward started it with a that tied it and die Knicks took off from there Houston made a 3 to give the Knicks an 8 lead and added another field goal that put New York up by 10 with 4:07 left Then it was the Knicks’ turn to go cold New York didn’t score again until Thomas’ jumper in the lime with 142 seconds left gave it a 90-8lead Utah had plenty of time to tie it again and did when Malone found Ostertag alone for a layup with 37 seconds left Ostertag also blocked Anderson’s attempt after a Knicks timeout 77-7- 86-7- 8 -- last-seco- nd The game grew heated as it went on Malone and Utah’s Tony Massenburg drew technicals and Malone and Weathafter Malone erspoon went as he was to Weatherspoon appeared trip trying to get downcourt late in the third quarter After the players were separated Malone and Knicks coach Don Chaney got tangled briefly and exchanged words whoa Chaney wait out to get Weather-spoo- n face-to-fa-ce Sloan started walking toward the argument along with a few players but no punches were thrown Malone who received a technical a few minutes earlier was called for a foul on the play “I thought it was a very aggressive game and I love those kinds of games” Chaney said Notes: Weatherspoon left the game with 4:51 left in foe first quarter with a badly dislocated index finger on his left hand ger back into place and Weatherspoon returned early in the second quarter The Knicks were playing without reserve forward Othella Harrington who did not dress because of a sore right New York’s Travis Knight a ankle Salt Lake City native was scoreless in 15 minutes ' |