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June 10 ts V ' JJraV v ij £ 2001 s Pagel y The Herald Journal Insido Bourque finally gets to kiss the trophy DENVER (AP) — Finally Ray Bourque touched the Stanley Cup — and that was only the start He also kissed it raised it rejoiced over it cradled it like a newborn pumped it as if he were weightlifting And maybe he was After 22 seasons after chasing it since the 197Qs the weight of not winning the Stanley Cup is finally off his shoulders The cup belongs to him and the Colorado Avalanche and Bourque acted as if he may never let go The Avalanche used home ice to its advantage in a series where Aggie senior Dave Hoffman Is still flying high B8 Saturday's scores Stanley Cup 1 ' Colorado 3 Now Jersey MLB Atlanta 10 NY Yankees 6 Philadelphia 5 Boston 2 Chi Cubs 4 Chi White Sox 3 (10) Florida 6 Toronto 1 Los Angeles 2 Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 5 NY Mets 2 Detroit 8 ilShvaufccs 5 Montreal 4 Baltimore 2 Minnesota 3 Pittsburgh 2 Cleveland 10 Cincinnati 2 St Louis 8 Colorado 2 Kansas City 3 Arizona 2 Texas 16 Houston 4 San Francisco 4 Oakland 3 (11) San Diego 6 Seattle 3 3-- 40-year-- prize finally won the cup he has chased over a distinguished career spanning four decades “It was a great story and the way it aided really was” Bourque said “All year long we said home ice would be the key and it was” In a game where the No 1 lines scored every goal Joe Sakic set up Tanguay once and scored himself as the Avalanche opened a 0 edge reminiscent of their 0 win in Game 1 then held off a second period flurry as die Devils desperately tried to hold onto their cup AP photo See CUP on B5 Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ray Bourque celebrates with the Stanley Cup Saturday night 3-- 5-- of tho Year w D3D§fgJ® Bennett got the job done on and off field PCL WNBA By Rick West Cleveland 86 lncRana76 Charlotte 88 Orlando 79 Los Angeles 62 Minnesota 60 Seattle 73 Utah 65 Mamf 71 Sacramento 87 staff writer It was hard work for Logan’s Michael Bennett to stubecome a straight-”A- ” and dent valedictorian ' three-spo- rt star But $10 was all the motivation he needed When he was in sixth grade Bennett’s friend Robert Lieske bet him $10 he couldn’t get straighl-grades Bennett didn’t like bong told he couldn’t do d something so he was to prove his friend wrong That night he told his father he was going to get only “A” marks all through junior high and high school That $10 even if his childhood chum never pays up is giving Bennett a huge dividend Besides a football and vurfunig Khnlwriiipfa Dixie College Bennett’s hard work has aim made him the 2001 Herald Journal Male Student-Athleof the Year The award was created to honor athlete who were among die valley's best performers on and off the field Awardees usually need to be athletes who main MLS Dallas 3 DC 0 5 Kansas City : Student-Athlet- e Salt Lake 6 Fresno 3 Miami the visiting team had won four times scoring the first three goals to wrest the cup from the New Jersey Devils with an emotional 1 victory Saturday night in only the third finals Game 7 in 30 seasc Alex Tmguay supplied the scoring tquch with two goals snd the Bourque who had record 1825 games witha played out ever touching hockey’s biggest 1 New England 3 Tampa Bay 0 Chicago 1 Columbus 0 San Jose 3 Los Angeles 1 WUSA Atlanta 2 Washington 1 San Diego 3 Boston 1 A tain a high GPA ami still find time to serve their community or school Bennett excelled in all three of these areas Logan’s valedictorian this year Bennett was a stellar athlete in every sport he attempted He te was named second team as a wide receiver in football and honorable mente in basketball tion In track Bennett was a middle distance star and part of last year$choql record- - r' breaking medley tean All-Sta- v' All-Sta- ¥ Vi :a i v ' I’' deter-mine- 7T'JT fjf f i t (L ' i i iV V ARENA FOOTBALL" run 1 TNN — ' " ESPN — Coflege yvbrid Series TUane vs Nebraska 1 pm Spjn ESPN2 — College World Series Stanford vs Cal State Fullerton GOLF 11:30 am TGC — BUYCOM Tour Samsung Canadan PGA Championship final round at Richmond HH te ESPN2— LPGA Rochester Inter-national final round at PtttsfonJ NY pm 1 ABC— PGA St Jude Classic final round at Memphis Term All-Sta- te 4 pm sports but few help their teams go far into the post- season in all three of them Bennett usually saved his best performances for the state playoffs In football for example Bennett avenged 23 yards a reception but he was even more dynamic in the stale V playoffs Bennett snagged a key touchdown pass to beat American Farit and he brought his team back from a 0 halftime deficit against Olympus His two second-ha- lf touchdowns led Logan to a 28--3 victory over the Titans There were many stars on this year’s Grizzly football -- Jff £ r ! n CBS —Thoroughbreds The at Inglewood CaDf and The m Plmnni U V Omnltti DfwoKiyn nBncBcapp hi uikr Uf w i i MAJOR waniie CaR-fomia- pnii WON — Chicago Cubs at Chicago hits Box 6 pm ESPN —Atlanta at NY Yankees MOTORSPORTS 11 am FSN — AMA Supersport Series at Efthait LakeWta FIM World Super-bik- s Series at Berlin (same-datape) NBA 550 pm- NBC — Playoffs finals game 3 LA Lakers at Philadelphia NFL EUROPE y 11am FOX— Berlin at Rhein SOCCER V 4 pm CNNSI — Bay Area at New Ybrk TENNIS Mltrti Mnnrsmri Isrslri Iruimnl Bennett hauls in a long '7am'':'— NBC French Open men's cham-ptonsnmmon roM : WNBA n - Logari wide receiver Mchael against Hghland in the state championship game ip r v now totk- b III vvBsnmgion IL —A u colleqeSSeball 'v lam""'' World PHILADELPHIA (AP)— Tb NBA Finals have moved a long way Series ESPN—Colege Georgia vs Tennessee fromLosAngelrato acity “We’re herewe’re the world champions and no matter bow your team may be the championship has to pome through £' thecity of Lbs Angeles” 4-- Kobe Bryant of the lUtenyrsH:?Mf s ' I’ V " r ' E " 'ft' 1 ' I1 ' ? ’7 ' r ’ A r Tv- - t r’ r 4- -' 'Xj '9'- - v Brent StavensHerakl Journal Logan’s Michael Bennett excelled both in athletics and academics this past year team but without a doubt Logan wouldn’t haye won their state championship without Bennett “He played his most important football at the most important time of the year” Logan football coach Mike Favero said “Mike’s work ethic is tremendous He’s very competitive” Because the Grizzlies won the state football title the football and basketball seasons ran together After celebrating a football championship on Friday Bennett and several of his team- mates had basketball tryouts the next day and their first game on Tuesday In basketball Barnett was Logan’s most formidable defender and a solid scorer He averaged 95 points and 5 rebounds a game He didn’t get a chance to rest when the basketball reason aided either By die time the Grizzlies were eliminated in the state quarterfinals die track hm : fans are obnoxious not pretentious a city where it’p considered appropriate Ito txxiyow own grandmother if she forgets to call you on your birthday ft's a cftywheretiieyonce booed Santa Claus city where fans came Up to Milwaukee coadi George Karl : in the lobby of his hotel last week and heckled him and his players their bee :ri(btto ' "I dunk it’s been mis- named ft was called the City of Brotherly Love' wasn’t it7 1 haven't felt a lot of diat love from Philadelphia overthe last few years” Lakbn coach Phil Jackson sod ‘We’Il see J what it’s like I’m expecting agrett'v-ieccntion when I get there Win ' k brotherly MRMKWVIP wHm Mm -- n i ' ‘o " season was two weeks old g Yet despite a stream of spots practices and games Bennett never earned less than an “A” in his honors courses He also performed in the Crimson Colony — Logan’s elite singing choir — and he served on the Logan LDS Seminary Council “There’s been times when I thought it would be nica to sit around and do nothing” Bennett said “ft takes about 10 minutes to get over that It’s more fun to be busy” Because of his grades Bennett was named Academic in all three of his sports a feat Jerry Bovee of the Utah High School Activities Associa- lion said is extremely rare There are only 10 Academic nominees in each sport each season Anyone who knows Ben- nett isn’t surprised he has succeeded in so many ways this year He has always had never-aidin- All-Sta- te All-Sta- te a strong desire to be die best “You know if you were running with him you’d always be at the front of die pack” said Jared Lowe Bennett’s teammate in two sports Lowe added that despite his accomplishments Bennett’s greatest trait is his humility and kindness to other people “He’s the nicest guy you’re going to meet We had yeartxxik signing today and there was a big line for him” Bennett laughs now when he thinks about die $10 bet that first motivated him to succeed The truth ishe is motivated by much more than that He loves to play ' sports loves to study hiard in school loves to win and loves to succeed Being able to perform in all of than (die three sports) has been the highlight” Bennett said “ft just takes loving what you do Everybody’s gang to be busy you just need to be motivated” ' Seriesshiftsto Philadelphia forWeek i T 2 ft 3-- CNBC — Senior PGA NFL Golf Classic final round (same-da-y tape) HORSE RACING 2pm v" f i- ri:W ¥ - 4 - The Finals are tied at one game apiece after the Lakers ' country and getting some rest bdbre the sctk resumra Sunday with Game 3 at 7:30 pm EOT “I diipk bodi games have been phenomenal games for our league imd I’m just proud of our team mak- - : ing this a competitive series right now” 76ers coach Larry Brown said No two NBA cities could be much While die Lakers give die best teat in die house to Jack Nicholsoathe 76en prefa to usher the big shots to hutuy boxes and saye the best seats See SERIES on BS i |
