Show t B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday April 8 2003 Stingers rough up Tucson Nashville pitcher perfect By The Associated Press 8 Pacific Coast Leagues striking out 15 as Nashville beat Albuquerque 4--0 Wasdin (1-who pitched for Boston Baltimore Colorado and Oakland struck out theside in the first inning He struck out two in each of die final four innings for Pittsburgh’s Triple-- A team Wasdin went to one foil count striking out Matt Erickson on a curveball in the ninth He then fanned Robert Stratton to end the game against Florida’s top affiliate “It hasn’t hit me yet I’ll enjoy it but I’ll have to get back to work again tomorrow with my running” Wasdin said The only real threat against Wasdin came in t the ninth when Matt Treanor hit a liner down the third-basline Sounds third baseman Mike Gulan speared the ball to save the perfect game 0) Gary Johnson and Trent Buffington each collected three base hits to spark Salt Lake to a 14-- 6 road win over Tucson Salt Lake got to an inconsistent Mike Gosling (0-- 1 ) early with four runs in the first two innings Johnson and Alfredo Amezaga ' ' had two-ru- n doubles sixth inning increased the lead A seven-ru- n The Stingers sent 12 batters to the tq 1 and had seven hits! Jeff DeVanon had a plate two-ru- n single in the inning -1 Wasdin throws perfect game At Nashville Tena former major leaguer John Wasdin pitched a perfect game Monday night Coach e crammed with 653 victories paid him and his :742 winning percentage is third among active Division I Continued from B1 coaches He's the longest-tenure- d sounded Boeheim’s trade- coach at the same mark scowl turned into a wide school having coached the grin He raised his arms in triOrangemen for 27 years Not bad for a walk-o- n who umph having validated his insistence on using a 2-- 3 zone bad to talk his way onto the defense — a defense of which team when he arrived at Syrahe is the master and which cuse in 1962 By the time he most coaches disdain was a senior he was starting Then he walked over and in the backcourt alongside Hall of Famer Dave Bing shook the hand of Jayhawks coach Roy Williams who lost After four years of minor-his second title game in 12 yearsTleague basketball he returned ‘I (old him the same thing to the Syracuse bench as a Bob Knight told me in 1987” graduate assistant in 1969 and has been there ever since He Boeheim said “You'll be was appointed head coach in back some day" 1976 with a first contract that Boeheim’s resume now is 22nd $28000 “It’s foe only thing I know” all-ti- he said after foe Orangemen eliminated Aubum in the East Regional semifinals “I don’t like change I’ve gone to the same barber since I was 17 I’m comfortable where I’m comfortable? It was Syracuse’s third trip to the title game under Boeheim the Orangemen also lost in 1996 to Kentucky 76-6This may have been his best coaching job ever Older wiser and more mellow than ever with three young children at home Boeheim molded a team that started two freshmen and two sophomores into a winner 7 “I've never had a feeling like this” said freshman forward Carmelo Anthony AP photo Syracuse's Hakim Warrick blocks the shot of Kansas' Michael Lee in the final seconds of the NCAA championship game Monday night in New Orleans corrected Other things just can’t be coached Exhibit A was McNamara Anthony Warrick — foe whole Syracuse team really — who played a style of offense that looked as if it came straight from the playground McNamara was relentless unabashedly hoisting shots from 23 24 25 feet and making almost all of them By the end of foe first half he was — his season high — and the Orangemen led 53-4- 2 The 53 were foe most points scored in the first half of a title game team one by Was McNamara the best player out there? Ask any of the three or four players who had the task of guarding Anthony the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player after he took passes at the top of the key A ball fake hoe a dribble First Continued flrom B1 ' one-on-o- ne Indeed they had quite a hill Jo climb after the first half and quite a group of playmto stop McNamara hit six all in the first half tq finish with 18 points Anthony showed he is certainly ready for the NBA if he chooses fighting off a bad back to finish with 20 points 10 rebounds and seven assists “All my hard work just paid off tonight”'' Anthony said “I paid a physical toll the whole night the whole tournament The whole season everybody’s been beating me up Coach told me to tough it up” He helped make Boeheim tlfe winner in the marquee coaching matchup of brilliant tacticians who had never won it all Sixteen years ago Syracuse lost by one to Indiana bn Keith Smart's game-winnwith four seconds left on the same Superdome floor Boeheim said he wanted to get the last four seconds right this time and he did — just barely “I didn't want it to be another one of those Keith Smart shots” Warrick said referring to his game-saviblock Boeheim added “I think this building kind of owed us one” After the first half it didn’t look as if he’d have to sweat it The Orangemen built their lead to 18 during a breakneck first 20 minutes But things ground to a halt in the second and it was Boeheim’s famous 2-- 3 zone that closed out the game The Jayhawks never really found the outside touch to force the Orangemen to guard them up — 2 from high Hinrich shot missed with He chance twice to a range tie in the closing seconds including one that went halfway down the net before rattling out Inside Boeheim’s ‘D’ curie close to turning Kansas into a one-ma- n show forward Nick Collison was valiant and brilliant — hp finished with 19 points and 21 rebounds But in the end he simply didn’t have enough help against the tall and long Syracuse players and that defense There was also one fatal flaw that had nothing to do with Syracuse’s defense: The Jayhawks missed an amazing 18 of 30 free throws Collison went “You try to make a free throw” Collison said “You miss you nuke there’s nothing else you can do” ' In some ways bad free-thro-w shooting can be between foe legs there a spin or a pull-u- p — nothing was out of the question with this guy and very little of it was stoppable Before his back started acting up Anthony look destined to join Dwyane Wade of Marquette as the second player with a in this year’s tournament As it was he finished three assists shy er triple-doub- le ng Mitch MascatoHerald Journal Former Preston coach Robbie Gunter talks to his players during a passing league at Logan High last summer Gunter recently took the head coaching position at Viewmont High in Bountiful Preston A Continued from B1 Gunter said he doesn't know what Preston plans to do following his departure but he would like to see the new head coach promoted from one his former assistants "So far the community has seemed disappointed that we're leaving but also understand- -' ing that it's a good opportunity for me" Gunter said "But I also think they're a little leery about what's going to happen nervous about what the next step is for Preston football "We have a fantastic group of athletes so whoever takes this job is going to havfc an 'opportunity to win early and often" Gunter replaces Russ Jones at Viewmont com-irigba- Bulls Continued from B2 ck who went 20-1- 3 during his three seasons at the helm The Vikings who didn't win a game the year prior to Jones' inaugural campaign finished 4-- 5 last season and failed to qualify for the 5 A state playoffs "Before that they had been to the semifinals two years in a row so I feel like the program is on the right track" Gunter said "We're going to try and keep that going" Gunter who lias also served as head track and field coach and assistant wrestling coach " during his seven years at Preston isn't certain what other responsibilities he will have at his new position but he said he will likely be involved with either track or wrestling at Viewmont as well Gunter and his wife Carrie have three Timing 5-ir- Continued from B2 named the league’s executive of the year twice ' “He brought with him a vision of how to build a champion and he proceeded to create one of the most dominant champions of all time" Reinsdorf said in a statement “No basketball fan in America can begin to imagine the world champion Chicago Bulls without his imprint There would not have been a coach Phil Jackson There would not have been Scottie ' Pippcn Bill Cartwright Den riis Rodman or a host of Mh- ers who wore Bulls uniforms during those championship that position again I can do that'' It was only the second time that Woods was within one stroke of the lead on the back nine at a major and failed to win The other was at Pinehurst No 2 in the 1999 US Open where Woods finished two strokes behind Payne Stewart Charles Howell III was among those who took notice “It goes to show anybody can win at any given time" Howell said “Rich is obviously a good player Anybody in this field for the most part can win this tournament” Recent history would prove seasons” But Krause's people skills weren't always the best and beeome Woods' domain He will try this year to become the first player to win three consecutive Masters The world's No player did not show up Monday but it was still a good day for him because of all foe rain That he alienated Jackson Jordan and Pippen — often over who should get credit for the championships When Jackson left and Jordan retired before foe lockout-shortene- d season of 1999 Krause dismantled foe team " otherwise Augusta National has 1 will make the course play even longer than its 7290 yards a fog advantage for Woods and other big hitters “It will make us slug 4-- and ' on the range instead of 7- - and but it also means we’ll be able to stop it on the green” Beem said Beem got in a practice round a few weeks ago at Augusta National the first time he has driven down Magnolia Lane and set'foot on the manicured fairways The only other time he went to the Masters was in 1999 as a spectator following good friend JP Hayes in a practice round' “1 figured that was as close as I would get to this golf course ever” Beem said It has indeed been a bizarre jqumey for' a guy who once walked away from the Dakotas Tour to sell car stereos in Seattle for $7 an hour Winning the PGA Championship has given Beem an exemption into the Masters for the next five years “I’m going to practice hard this week see if I can't make a few birdies and stick around for foe weekend” he said “I’m looking forward to learning The biggest thing is that until you can shoot a 65 or 66 on this course you’re going to struggle" ' ' r-1 : an well-coach- ed AP photo Kansas guard Aaron Miles sits dejected in the locker room after the Jayhawks lost to Syracuse |