Show B4 - The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 16 2003 t sm® Fans go wild once again as KC visits South Side Minnesota first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz said White Sox fans should be penalized “I think they should take the game away from them honestly You can’t be having coaches and umpires getting attacked That’s ridiculous” he said after the TWins beat Detroit 4 Kevin Hallinan baseball’s security head was in San Francisco when he learned of the attack “I’m on a 6 am flight tomorrow morning to Chicago and I’m going to be meeting with all concerned” he said “I spoke with Diaz and he did say he thought security got out there in a hurry” Tuesday night’s game in Chicago had been delayed three times when fans ran onto the field before being tackled by security guards All three All-St- first-ba- It did And this time it got an umpire Laz Diaz was attacked by a fan who came out of the stands in an eerie reminder of what happened near the same spot last season at Comiskey Park “I’m physically OK" Diaz said after the Royals won 5 “I think you should talk to the other guy and see how he’s feeling" Immediately after Carlos Lee died out to end Chicago's eighth inning a man ran on the field and tried to tackle Diaz wrapping his arms around the first base umpire's legs of those fans were charged with 8-- - Security and players rushed to the Diaz who aid of the served in the US Marine Corps Reserve The tan was quickly taken away and Diaz finished the game Chicago Police spokeswoman Officer Alice Casanova said the man whom she did not identify was being taken to a police station Police will determine if he will be charged with a misdemeanor or felony based upon Diaz's injuries she said “When I looked over there was one of the fans from the stands and I just got him off me" Diaz said “I just turned around and got him off combat me The good hand-to-haworked" me they taught ld Chicago police officers walk an unidentified man who attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz Tuesday night during a game between the Kansas City Royals andthe Chicago White Sox to a waiting police car at US Cellular Field in Chicago Several Royals players could be seen kicking and stomping the fan while he was pinned down When attacker was put into a police car his head was wrapped with a white bandage soaked with blood by the right temple It was the first appearance by the Royals in Chicago since Gamboa then Kansas City's first base coach was attacked by a father and son who came out of the stands last Sept 19 Diaz was standing about 100 feet Fan Tribe Continued from B1 jiles “Kellcn was cruising along pretty well" coach Hansen said “He was slaying out of trouble He really had some good plays behind him" Coach Hansen didn't allow his starter to go the distance though The coach wanted to give some younger less experieneed pitchers get some work in Travis Hopkinson and Kelly Rawlings both threw in the seventh inning Correction In Tuesday's edition of The Her- it was reported that Sky ald Journal View's Kevin Hall played center field in the Bobcats' game against West Hall actually plays in left field while Brandon Harris pjays in center for SV Match Continued from B1 -1 (7-1- -1 they'd go further" She said she was rooting the team on last year during the playoffs but it wasn't enough as the Jazz fell to Kings Maybe Wilma knows more than she's leading on to The Jazz play the Kings in the first round of the playoffs again this season Davidson — who narrowly missed in the opening minutes — played a through-ba- ll from Adam Miller and beat the goalkeeper to put MC up 0 The Mustangs will host Logan March 23 Lakers 2 Bobcats 1 Despite controlling the contest for much of the afternoon visiting Sky View found a way to lose The Lakers scored two beautiful goals from outside of the box including the with about a game-winnminute remaining in the first 18-ya- rd er overtime Bonneville's Andrew Scholar Continued from B1 “I come from a family oiT educators so it has always been do classwork first” Puzey said “Luckily I've been able to have great leathers and tutors work with at Utah me My whole education-hcr' State has been about great people and it great experience”' He said he learned early that he needed to get his homework done then he Could play basketball While that wouldn't exactly fly in college Puzey developed good study habits thaf have helped him “You have to prioritize” Puzey said “You can get overwhelmed as a student--athlete” Trying to have a social life go to school play a sport which includes prac- tices watching film and time in the weight room and studying can look like a ar Phoenix clinched the eighth playoff spot in the West and will face the West’s top seed Joe Johnson had 26 points for the Suns who had won four straight Lakers 126 Nuggets 104 Kobe Bryant scored 20 of his 32 points in the first quarter and Shaquille O'Neal added 19 points The win was the seventh in eight NHL Continued from best-of-sev- en McConkie ripped a shot into the upper left part of the net — from about 25 yards out — past Bobcat keeper Andrew Burris to give the Lakers a golden goal and the game The home team tied it with about 15 minutes left in regulation on a free kick by Scott Lewi two yards outside the goal box Sky View coach Doyle Geddes said the wall wasn’t set up properly allowing Lewis to find the near post “It was a perfectly placed ball that just seems to find its way against us” Geddes said 'Despite ample opportunities alf with local police Tuesday three-tim- e defending NBA champions but they lost any advan- -' chance of getting home-cou- rt tage in the first round of the playoffs when Portland beat Phoenix The Lakers will finish fifth or sixth in the Western Conference depending on what happens Wednesday night in the final games of the regular season They open the playoffs Saturday or Sunday at Dallas Minnesota or Portland If Minnesota beats Memphis and Portland beats the Los Angeles Clippers the Lakers will finish sixth and face Dallas in the first round Boston On March 12 he was pulled by coach Pat Burns 10 minutes into the second period after Lapointe scored three goals in 5: 5 of a 3 Bruins win On Tuesday Hackett was the star in net as he turned aside 24 shots and won for only the third time in eight playoff decisions Brodeur has 70 postseason wins Stars 3 Oilers 1 Stu Barnes scored the winning goal oh a bank shot from behind the net as the Stars tied the Western Conference playoff series 2-- 2 Barnes’ goal which careened off to score the or winCats the have still ning goal not found a way to break out offensively Sky View (2-3has scored two or more ' goals just once in its last eight contests “It’s a shame to see all of our skill and talent and for us hot U have enough heart’’ Geddes said “They find a way to fight back and tie it upand we can’t return the favor” Roberto Carcamo tallied the Cats’ lone goal a header off a comer kick pass from Landis Lawson what my options -1 - are” studen- t-athletes ’ Rookie Jannero Pargo scored a 18 points for the Lakers who won their 15th straight home game Ju wan Howard scored 19 points and Marcus Camby had 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Nuggets who have lost seven straight games and 13 of their last 16 Bryant had been reluctant to shoot early in recent games instead Hying to involve his teammates especially O'Neal But it was a different story in this game Bryant shot including from range and went from the foul line in the first quarter career-hig- h nt -7 -3 the skate of Oilers captain Jason Smith past goal tender Tommy Salo gave the Stars a 2-- 1 lead just 3:45 after the Oilers tied the game early in the third period Barnes’ first goal of the playoffs at 5:52 of the third period was set up by Jere Lehtinen and Rob DiMaio Rookie Niko Kapanen clinched it 23 seconds later Kapanen roared across the front of the net and back-handthe puck past Salo series heads back to Dallas for The Game 5 on Thursday night Rough Continued from B2 Olson struck out five straight hitters during one stretch six in a row in another and whiffed 12 of the first 16 batters she faced But after striking out the first two Cats in the bottom of the fifth Olson struggled to get that third strike and third out Stashia Barr waited on a changeup then ou traced the throw from shortstop for an infield single and Desirae Housley followed with a bunt 2-- 2 single That brought up Griffin again and the junior catcher responded ‘with a masterful at bat forcing Olson to throw seven pitches before being rewarded with i walk to load the bases “They started to figure me out a little bit” Olson admitted The Cats scored their first jf tres- passing the White Sox said Two of the men are 25 years old and the third is 20 Casanova said without identifying them She said she expects the men to be charged with a misdemeanor “It’s sad that it happened and happened when it did" White Sox manager Jeny Manuel said “It’s unfortunate that it seems to happen when Kansas City comes to town” In a statement the White Sox said: “The behavior of four people attending tonight’s game was reprehensible and will not be tolerated They will be prosecuted to the fullest extend the law allows The actions of four idiots in no way reflects Sox fans or the fans of Chicago” Gamboa was The attacked at when was he injured Comiskey Park renamed US Cellular Field before the start of the season He still has a minor hearing loss in his right ear The boy 15 at the time was sentenced to five years of probation and also ordered to undergo mandatory counseling and perform 30 hours of community service go-ahe- ad There were other awards at the luncheon Rich Gordin who is a professor in both the psychology and physical and recreation departments was recognized with the Meet The Challenge award which is given to a person who has a superior level of service to USU Gordin recently gained national attention for his work with PGA golfer Mike Weir who just won the Masters Team awards were also handed oiit They were based on cumulative grade-poiaverages percent of students with a grade-poiaverage above 32 and an average number of credits passed The soccer team won the team award for teams with 20 or more members while the women’s tennis and women’s cross country teams tied for teams with less than 20 members Women’s tennis also picked up the most improved award nt 4-- 1 B1 Schwab with 3:37 gone in the third period after Boston scored twice in two minutes Boston's Jeff Hackett allowed only a goal by Scott Niedermayer at 1 :37 of the third period as the Bruins forced a fifth game in the opening round Thursday night in New JerseyFor the second time in just over a month Brodeur was benched in huge mountain at times His advice to other athletes was to take it “a day at a time" and don't get discouraged by the amount of total work' Puzey was grateful for the opportunity to come north and play for coach Stew Mor-rill He said he felt welcome the first week by the university and the community “I'm grateful to end m Aggie blue and get my degree from Utah State” Puzey said “I will always be an Aggie” After a week trip to Sweden where he served an LDS mission Puzey will be attending his third ' college in Utah He will be taking an organic chemistry course at Weber State in preparation for taking the MOAT test in August His goal is to get into medical school “I would like to go into medicine but don’t know which field” Puzey said T like sports medicine like to work with athletes I don't know about surgeries Once I'm in I'll look around and see league security was at the game tonight He told me before the game that they had beefed up the security but the fans will always outnumber1 the security force so there is only so much they can do” Gamboa said “I think people just have too much to drink” he added A night earlier in San Juan Puerto Rico two fans ran on the field and unfurled an antiwar banner as security was slow to react Baseball spoke games for the Continued from B2 - Aside from admiringStockton Ballard said her mom has also ' enjoyed Matt Harpring this season ' There have always been players that have made Wilma nervous “(Like the ones) who try to make the shots" Ballard said “(She would say) ‘He's going to try and he's not going to make it"' As for the Jazz making it far in the playoffs this year Wilma isn't too optimistic about that either “That's kind of a joke" she said ‘They'll go one (round) They are up against too good of teams I wish 2-- improve their region record to overall) The Bees managed just two shots on goal both of which MC keeper ChuscMcMunlie snared "We played well on defense" MC coitch Brett Hansen said “A very strong effort” About 20 minutes into it Matt Weese found some space on the far post and headed in a corner kick by Casey Hardman to give the Mustangs the lead In the second half Matt from where Gamboa was knocked down — in the ballpark that will get national attention when it hosts the All-Stgame on July 15 “We spoke about it in the locker room this is where Tom Gamboa got attacked We thought nothing was going to happen but it was full moon out there" Diaz said Gamboa is now the Royals' bullpen coach He said he thought security was tighter for his team's return “Oh yeah the assistant to major NBA Continued from B2 Hansen more than enough run sup-po- rt to work with The senior went six innings to fifth victory record his team-leadiHe struck ont 10 and allowed an earned run on seven hits — all sin- - se 6-- CHICAGO ( AP) — Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa had no qualm about cpming back to the ballpark where he was pummekd last year “Lightning doesn't strike twice" he said before Tuesday night's game against the Chicago White Sox - ar the game and only run when Hayley Hansen’s groundball resulted in a mishandled force out at second base That kept the bags juiced for Shaela Bodine who belted Olson's first offering to center field where it was snagged by BE’s Aimee Christensen for the final out of die inning “That's about four games in a tow that Shaela Bodine has just crushed balls but they’re ed right at people” SV coach Shane Jones said Sky View continued to keep up the pressure in the final two innings but couldn't get a clutch hit or a break With two on and two out in the sixth Vanessa Hall laid down an excellent bunt she was called out when the throw to first hit her in the back and the two baseruriners had to return to first and second The Bobcats also had runners on first and second in the seventh when Bodine lined a shot at BE second baseman Kami Richards that Richards snared g and turned into a double play “I’m glad we didn’t just roll over" Jones said “I’m proud of them that they came back and started hitting Ashlee’s a I think we got great pitcher down enough that they just relaxed and they found out it’s easier to hit when they relax a little bir “You ain’t go nothing to lose when you’re down six or game-endin- seven runs” Olson ended up striking out just one of the final 14 batters she faced while Griffin who drilled a line drive off of Olson’s leg in the seventh fin- and ished the day reached base following all four at bats - |