Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday April 28 2003 Jazz trio could he racing: epd for Sloan Wild wins a wild One Swan song Malone and Stockton appears imminent on road :: By Shawn Harrison sports editor Flyers even series with the Senators Will tonight be the final game in the Delta Center for Kail Malone and John Stockton? Or how about coach Jerry Sloan heading off to his farm in southern Illinois never to return to the Jazz bench? s It could happen Utah Jazz insiders have mixed feelings and thoughts about what this offseason will be like for Utah There is a strong feeling that Malone willtest the fiee agent market and leave the Jazz after 17 seasons My poking around the last two weeks found about an even split on whether Stockton will lace it up for a 19th season with the Jazz Of course he is very tight lipped about toe future and remained that way after Game 3 Saturday night in Utah’s playoff senes By The Associated Presa Sergei Zholtok and Wes Walz scored just over a minute apart early in the third period as Minnesota evened its second-roun- d playoff series with Vancouver Marian Gaborik added a goal and an assist and Pascal Dupuis had two assists for the Wild who return home for Game 3 on Tuesday and Game 4 on Friday won the opener 3 in overtime Several fights broke out after the final buzzer and five players were given misconducts Wild defenseman Willie Mitchell who was sent off for roughing seven seconds earlier came back out onto the ice and was given a game misconduct The Canucks who rallied from a 1 deficit in toe third period in Game 1 pulled goalie Dan Cloutier with two minnte left They got within a goal when Matties Ohlund scored at Ym-couv- 3-- 18:28 El LuoMQHaratd Journal Jazz center Greg Ostertag goes up to try and block Sacramento's Chris Webber Saturday ' Ostertag got most of toe attention which he deserved Calbert Cheaney played a great game as well He had IS points on shooting from the field including several timely buckets as toe shot clock was about to expire As always the supporting cast must help Stockton and Malone Sacramento which went 1 against Utah in the regular season and knocked toe Jazz from the playoffs in the first round a year ago is still leading the series 2-- 1 but there is optimism in Utah now “I saw a tremendous difference in our ability to run in Game 3 compared to Game 2” Sloan said “Hopefully we come and play hard and look like we are excited about playing (in Game : 4)” Sloan certainly was primed and ready Satur- day night He was on the officials early and Doubles 1 3 3 5 5 Triples 8 8 - 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 Kolby Rawlings Preston 1 Cody Spradlin Preston 3 Carl Blad Mtn Crest 3 Chance Randall Preston 5 10 players tied with: 1 2 2 2 Maurisio Ayala Mtn Crest Dallas Larsen Logan 1 Cody Spradlin Preston 4 10 players tied with: 1 1 RBIs Tom Holland Mtn Crest 1 Chance Randall Preston 3 Kolby Rawlings Preston 4 Nick Eliason Mtn Crest 4 Kyle Hamilton Mtn Crest 1 17' 4 Russell Madsen Preston 4 Brady Pond Mtn Crest 4 Kelly Rawlings Preston 17 16 14 14 14 14 14 Runs Scored 1 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 Kolby Rawlings Preston Justin Kohler Logan Carl Blad Mtn Crest Cody Spradlin Preston Kelly Rawlings Preston Nick Eliason Mtn Crept Tyson Harris Logan Chance Randall Preston BA (Min of 43 at-bat- 21 20 19 19 17 16 16 ' 16 s) - 1 Kolby Ftawlings 'Preston- 2- AdamBeardafl‘Prdston Maurisio Ayala Mtn Crest ' Russell Madsen Preston Chandler Robinson Sky View Nick Eliason Mtn Crest 3 4 5 6 - 469 400 385 380 370 349 Stolen Bases 1 2 2 2 5 Jimmy Schmidt Logan Carl Blad Mtn Crest Justin Kohler Logan Chance RandaO Preston Kolby Rawlings Preston we 8 : series d Cechmanek made up for his dismal performance in Friday’s series opener by posting his first shutout in these playoffs Simon Gagne and Mark Recchi scored for the Flyers who tied the second-roun- d series series is Game 3 of the Tuesday in Philadelphia Gagne scored early in the first period and Recchi added another late in the game against Patrick Lalime who made with 21 saves Ottawa fell to 3 in second-roun- d Game 2s The Senators who had an NHL-be113 points this season have never won the second game after opening a series with a victory 1- -1 lose” best-of-sev- en Of course Adelman was joking but maybe it does light a fire under the Jazz when Sloan gets heated While the Jazz have new life they still must beat the Kings three more times to advance “Yeah I had a big game but in a series yog got to win four” Ostertag said “We have to come back with the same energy and toe same intensity we came with tonight” Yes they do ifmsp IBsmlMilU-- — 0-- st - Mustangs Grizz meet this week Wins 1- 2 2 4 By Wade Denniston ' ' staff writer 5 5 5 Until last Wednesday Stephen Hansen in his five-plseasons as head coach at Mountain Crest had never seen a performance like the one displayed by Tom Holland In the first game of a double-headagainst Box Elder in Brigham City Holland went 4-- ' for-- 4 with a double and grand slam in leading the Mustangs to an 18-- 4 victory That’s not all Holland drove in an amazing nine RBIs which tied a state record for most in a single game Brandon Taylor' who played for Timpanogos drove in nine in a 16-- 1 3 loss to Taylorsville during the 3A state playoffs on May 16 2000 “That day for Tom was just something unreal” Hansen said “It’s something he’s gonna Kellen Hansen Preston Tyson Harris Logan Flyan Zimmerman Mtn Crest Casey Jorgensen Mtn Crest Ryan Doyle Sky View Nick Eliason Mtn Crest Chandler Robinson Sky View 7 7 7 6 remember” Though he said tying the state record was “cool” Holland gave most ofthe credit for his success to his teammates batting in front ’ of him “I owe it all to my baseninners in front'of me" Holland said “They had to et on base for me to drive them in and I just got put in a great situation”' Holland's grand sjam came in his third of the game into the contest the Coming senior shortstop had driven in just seven in 13 games He finished the doubleheader with a total of 10 RBIs In the series finale against the Bees on Thursday in Hyium Holland came up with the bases loaded and one but in the bottom of the second Instead of hitting his second s at-b- at - 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 i Saves us Tyson Harris Logan 2 Six players tied with: 2 1 1 Shutouts er 1 Home Runs 1 -- 2-- second-roun- Holland ties state mark Offensive Leaders Justin Kohler Logan Chance Randall Preston Nick Eliason Mtn Crest Kolby Rawlings Preston Kyle Hamilton Mtn Crest Chandler Robinson Sky View watched the final quarter from the locker room where he was sent after getting his second technical of the game The Jazz coach was also ejected against the Kings in a January game which the Utah rallied to win “I think toe biggest thing we’ve got to do is make sure that Jerry stays in the game” Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said “He leaves 3-- vMi 1 Ed Jovanovski also scored for the Canucks who lost for toe first tone in five games Dwayne Roloson out since Game 4 of the first round because of a groin injury replaced Manny Fernandez in the Wild net and made 30 saves Flyers 2 Senators 0 Roman Cechmanek stopped 33 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 0 Sunday night to even their - While the jury is still out on Malone and Stockton most people I've talked with feel Sloan is done He was ready to walk away back in January If Sloan does hang up his suit and tie for his John Deere cap full time I have to wonder about the domino effect Malone and Stockton have spent most of their careers under his system Long-tim- e assistant Phil Johnson could get the job which would be a likely choice but with no Sloan it may be easier for Malone and Stockton to leave as well But for now there is a playoff game to worry about After some thought that toe Kings might sweep the Jazz after two wins in Sacramento Utah is sflive “I don't know if we were playing with a chip on our shoulder” said Greg Ostertag who' led 22 points and 12 the Jazz with a career-hig- h rebounds while also blocking five shots in Satwin over the Kings “I just urday’s 107-10- 4 think we wanted to win” If Utah wants to win tonight it will take another strong effort from Ostertag While er 4-- with Sacramento “We’ve got to make it real simple we are playing one game at a time” said Stockton keeping his attention on the playoff series with the Kings and not even touching the subject on the minds of most Jazz fans Game 4 is tonight and if the Jazz don’t win it will most likely be the last home game this season “Now we just concentrate on Monday night and try and tie this thing up and change the series a little bit" Stookton said Saturday night- i 2 2 Ryan Doyle Sky View ' 1 Kelten Hansen Preston 3 Braden Brown Logan 3 Casey Jorgensen Mtn Crest 3 Chandler Robinson Sky View 1 1 1 1 j Complete Games Preston 1 Keilen Hansen 1 Ryan Zimmerman Mtn Crest Tyson Harris Logan Nick Eliason Mtn Crest Kelly Rawlings Preston Four players tied with: 3 4 4 6 Innings Pitched 1- EK LuceraHeraM Journal Mountain Crest's Tommy Holland connects with the baS against Bax Elder this past Thursday In Hyrum Eariier in the week Holland had nine RBIs agajnst the Bees to tie a state record grand slam in as many days Holland rolled into an inning-endin- g double play ' “I was just trying to hit some-thing up the middle” Holland said “I hit it where I wanted to hit it but it wasn’t hard enough and it went right to the second baseman” Missed opportunities Sky View’s 64) win over Bonneville went the distance but it probably could have aided earlier: Sky View stranded four baseninners but had three thrown out at toe plate including two in a row during the third inning Adanlessact Shortly after Mountain Crest disposed of Box Elder in the sec J ond game of Wednesday’s double-headthe final score — Mus16 Bees 3 — was quickly tangs taken off the scoreboard and another one put up with the home It read: 4 team on top referring to when Box Elder beat Mountain Crest in football during the 2002 peason ' The act did not sit well with toe Mustangs especially pitcher Ryan er 37-3- Zimmerman “We pounded on them so they needed something to look bade on” Zimmerman said after Thursday’s game against toe Bees ” We got rings though See BASEBALL on B4 Kellen Hansen Preston 2 Ryan Zimmerman Mtn Crest 3 Tyson Harris Logan 4 Kelly Rawlings Preston 5 Ryan Doyle Sky View 6 Nick Eliason Mtn Crest 7 Chandler Robinson Sky View 8 Kolby Rawlings Preston 6 6 5 4 : 4 3 4600 4367 4200 3733 3400 3100 2900 2267 ERA (Min 29 Innings pitched) 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 Ryan Zimmerman Mtn Crest Keilen Hansen Preston Nick Eliason Mtn Crest Ryan Doyle Sky View Tyson Harris Logan Chandler Robinson Sky View Kelly Rawlings Preston 048 137 158 185 217 217 375 Strikeouts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ryan Zimmerman Mtn Crest Kelten Hansen Preston Nick Eliason Mtn Crest Tyson Harris Logan Kelly Rawlings Preston Chandler Robinson Sky View Ryan Doyle Sky View I 70 59 46 41 39 35 31 1 |