| Show f I B2— The Herald Journal Logan Ufohr Sunday June 10 2001 Jeppson family dominates biathlon tti'l kfl&Ktt'IPri fi By wanwnwf : : VW ' Theron’s brother Brian finished third in — The overall female winner was Ralee 1:13:53 and Theron’s twin Kevin tame EcfcWho won in 1:19:05 beating second in fourth dace seconds laid: !(:( £p)aceQvolRoweby aminuteandahalf ' In the team competition nobody came About 180 peopte participated fytth£i 17th annual event The Jeppsons have $ote to Robert Hatch and Stevie Prescott been competing for thelak four years hofinished in 1:0349 Hatch decided to only do the cycling portion of the race and are going to need some additional because he’s training for the National cabinets to store all the biathlon awards die family is winning This year 11 mem- - Masters Championship in July He want- ed a fast teammate so his daughter Sha- ben of the family competed including' Camille (Jeppson) Stringham who dehv- - ree recruited one of her teammates from "f ered her baby only foiur weeks earlier 'foe Utah State crosscountry team Prescott and Aggie teammate Nick Brian’s got everyone enthusiastic” Russell dominated the running portion of Roland Jenson the family father said Brian owns a bike shop in Cedar City and die nee coming in first and second and was the first Jeppson to get involved in giving their bikers huge advantages in the in been “He’s a biking big way cycling See FAMILY on B4 He’s encouraged the rest of us” rack west aAaJI V i WELLS VILLE — Theron Jeppson’t two main goals in this year’s Cache Val- ley Biathlon were to win and beat last year’s champion Robert Hatch Theion accomplished the first goaL winning the S mile run165 mile bike 1 ? - r- j I ' SJliiili llaMaaikUaMU KaMiaMMl mmwmarmmwnMKim Asalu vaney DImBiIaii DHuniun IamiA ino useno loavv mo suminy nra nl mo luucipwiis betffwlnfl oMhe naming course Saturday Irt WMsvHe r DaitbilikAMla w w®® UDoa 4 Smithfield sweeps Utah gets revenge for earlier sweep 3 By Wade Donnlston nlnB wmer suiit nulim SMITHFIELD — The last time these two teams met on May 12 the Utah Braves thoroughly handled die host Smithfield Blue Sox in a doubleheader 13-and 15-- 3 This time around it was die Blue Sox diet were on the winning end of a twinbill against die Braves In a pair of close glmes at Richard V Hansen Park Saturday night Smithfield ran its win streak to six games with k5 and 3 victories pver Utah “It was important for us to come back and play well after they embanasseil us the last time they were here” Blue Sox Shortstop Reggie Bingham said after die first game ?So it was important for us to come back and compete id least “But it’s definitely nice to get a win” 4 5-- - Despite the five nins Utah scored Smithfield pitcher Ryan Jessop threw a masterpiece In seven innings of work Jessop allowed five runs — three earned —on five hits The former Mountain Crest high star and Ricks College pitcher also struck out a whopping 15 Braves nubile issuing just two walks “That’s one of the better ones (pitching perfor-mances) we’ve had in a long time” Blue Sox manager Rfchard Hansen said Bingham echoed his manager’s thoughts on Jessop “He threw really well" Bingham said “We should have played better defensively for him We had a coupleof dropped strike three’s and a couple of booted balls in the infield " " Despite the miscues die Blue Sox hung on for their first victory over Utdh in die 2001 campaign and Bingham was a big part of it Bingham’s RBI single to center field in die bqttom of die fifth inning drove in the winning run (right fielder Earl Creech) as it put Smithfield up 6--3 at ' that point with two runs scored and Bingham went two RBI off of Utah starter Cuitis Holt Tve faced Curtis I’ve played behind him faced him probably close to 100 times in my life so I know him pretty well and just looked for a good pitch to hitM Bmgham said Rdidn’t take long for the Sox to get on the board r-4 die first drove in Rick Thome Bingham’s first RBLsingle in the bottom of the second followed by an RBl triple by Thome put the Blue Sox up 0 and that looked like more than 3-- (i & ? S 'I f u Mncn MMCWQrl WfIKI JOUiihU a ' ‘ m — ' i Blue Sox Mrd baseman 8hawn Olsen loses the bal while trying to tag out Utah Brave baserunner Man Wilson as he tried to gist back to third base during the top half of the fifth inning Saturday night hi Smithfield Blue Sox catcher Casey Baugh left and shortstop Reggie Bingham right are looking on fso tptgt the lead to one cpnfiiftryig ° he was throwing retired first batters faced in the the be 10 Jessop game until Utaheenter fiplder Wes Kroon brokeiyp the perfect gamp bftwifiiajapbpii£rimfoQpnte& field in die top of die fourth The Breves added two more runs m foe inning without even hitting the ball out of the infield Jeff Maynard did single off of Jessop but he soared on a wild pitch Ryan Noble who pinch ran for Paul Undstrafo tied foe game at when he scored on Blue Sox 5 Braves 3 As in die first game Bingham’s bat came through when it needed too Bingham drove in the eventual winning run when he doubled in Earl Creech to give Smithfield a 1 lead in die bottom of foe fourth Bingham began the game with four Straight hits before popping out on his fifth at baUlingham went with two doubles one run and one -- RBL ' Utah cut foe lead to 3 in foe top of the fifth on ' f: Kroon’s two-ruhomer The Blue Sox added an apassedbalL Smithfield bounced back footighas Justin Creech insurance run in their half of the inning on a sacrifice put foe Blue Sox in front again 4--3 when he drove fly by Krambule Justin Abbott recorded the win as he weftt the disin Bingham in the bottom aftite fourth wifo’ a single ' to right ' tance allowing three runs on six hits with five K’s The Sox went up by foree again in the bottom of “He (Abbott) seemed to be on top of it when he foe fiffo when Darren Cooper and Earl Creech both had to be” Hansen said Smithfield goes the road Tuesday for a 6 pm singled and scared in die inning Utah battled back however as Justin Jones drove Northern Utah League game at Brigham City In die in a run jvifo a sacrifice fly and Reiigaii Healey ' two teams' first meeting this season the Blue Sox reached on an error and later scored on a passed ball crushed the Peaches 24--0 4-- 4-fo-r-5 i 3--all 4-- : n Daly is back Estes’ lead shrinks to one stroke MEMPHIS Tbnn (AP) — John Daly is back— r again The man who has won two majors yet struggled so publicly both on and off the golf course the past few 63 Saturyears foot an off him stroke Bob that a put day Estes’ lead after three rounds in the St Jude Classic: Daly winless since die 1993 British Open started the round seven strokes off foie pace set by Estes 'A through 36 holes But Daly carded eight birdies in his best round since a 63 in the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational He has strung together three straight rounds in foe 60s for his best score through 54 holes that he can remembei better thim in 1991 when he won the PGA Championship You go on a slump as long as l have and afithe upsud downs that it bps taken to be able to go out and hopefully be able to have a chance to win that’s awesome’’ Duly said But foe man with four four victo- ifiet tpgQ with his reputaiipn as the PGAlburs longest hitter said havchance' isn’t enough y ing! ' “iWon’t be Satisfied until I win” i : vEste srifo who tied the course record a 61 Thursday teed off wifo a lead That lead dwindled as four-stoke he mahaged just two birdies against 16 pars for a total of 196 Scott McCaironhad a share of the er leadforoughlOholesandfinished wifo a 66 to tie faly for second McCarron said he thinlni Daly is 7 back on his game even if he doesn’t pull out a victory here Estes said he feels he actually Is in a three-wa- y tie I for foe lead MI’m still glad to be leading I’m the only one who can go wire-twire leading arnfwin foe tournament and that’s what I did in San Anto-nio "Estes said 6f his only tour victory in the 1994Tbxas Open champion o- en Curtis Strange (69) was at 201 and Jeiper Psmevik (71X Paul Gpydos (69) and Bernhard Lanier (68) at 202 But it was Daly who once owned a home off the 16th fairway here and stifi considen Memphis home for halfthe year who had fans cheering In addition to his winleu drought Daly has struggled with a drinking problem and his weight Even foough he continues to lead the tour in (hiving Da)y has had only one finish all year — a tie for ninth top-1- 0 at the Phoenix Open in Janua He also has missed five cuts in 15 tournaments This event didn’t seemi to be the place where he would pull his game togefoet - - Daly has never finished better than a tie for 16th in 1993 missing foe cut four times and being disqualified once Daly is hitting his driver accurately here and has hit 43 of 54 greens so for He credited his putter with helping him get into contention with four birdies bn his first five holes Only a problem eariy with a couple of short putts kept him from scoring even better: “Man it would be the greatest thing for me to win for them” Daly srid “Wye had six years of hdL There’s no doubc about it and I say we because I do play for die fans and it would be wonderful for me and to do it at home would even be more special ” continues: PARIS (AP) — Jennifer Capriati jogged to the corner of the stadium where her family stood cheer- ing climbed onto a ledge and learned over the railing to give her brother and father an emotional11 miliar role of heavy favorite Capriati started poorly and then staged a pmdack-- r something she knowa plenty about At 25 the framer teen-ag- e prodigy hiss resur-iecta career derailed by drugs and personal problems to become tiie dominant player in women’s of all Qijsters who tumed 18 Friday proved a remarkably poised r oppraient even as the tense final set unfolded In terms oif games it was the longest fond set of any French since she was 11 “She’s at a time in her career where she’s really enjoy-ing iL She doesn’t fed tiie pressure or expectations she felt in the past " That’s maturity”:lV--- ed ! Tliela Open women's final and the loogest first two Grand Slam tournaments ? y third set in any Grand Slam women’ hug' It’s amazing she still had foe was Monica Seles in T992 Cqjriati' final since the 1948 US Open will now set her sights on Wimbto- Four times the :12tiseeded Oi- strength almost as amazing as her Caxiati won her first major title in (km which begins Juim 25 was wiihin two points of the 7 being the new French Open champi-- fi jsters ? ft ’“Who knows vriiat can happenT'die January at the istralian Open champumshq) Each time foe Weariness gave way to jubilation almost 11 years after she made histosaid “I feel comfortable on fo$ grass” Capriati rose to tiie occasion ' “She's when Cqkiati finally dowd out the semifinalist in a ry Anything seems possible now for playing with so much con- Paris She now is halfway to a Grand Caprimi vriio dropped to 267th in ffidence at die moment she doesn’t puieling dusive victory Saturday die world foi 1998 but is 14-- 0 in the feel any pressureM said Oysters :i riSbim sweep only foree women have L Kim Clijsten 1:6 64 who settled for tiie consolation oif yaccomplished most recently Steffi : majors tins yen: The streak includes ' “Tm just waiting to wake up from Graf in 1988 : : a pair of victories over the first Belgian to reach a V r being tins dream’’ Capriati told the crowd' Grand Slam final roundmg second’’ said r Martina Hingis and one eadi over ' dining the trophy ceremony “It Kevin O’Connor an executive to y 7 Lindsay Davenport Serena Williams Both players battled fatigue in foe ' and Seles ' v doesn’t seem like reality right now” A Ssddlebrook Resort in Florida latter stages of the 24ioui : theunfa-rwheNervous and crankvin Caraiati haslived and trained ' But tbe latest win was the toughest : marathon'- ’ fri tV' womantowintheyera’s : - - burtlt-seede- u i 1 12-IO- - F top-rank- ed a y 'r-t AP photo USA’s JennhiiBr Capful onclBsffie fcophy afterwinhing tie Franch Qpen A u ' I i-- re A-- - v - V1 1 ' ' ) - Vi: - - V ! 4 - - t : : o 'v - ’I’ ‘‘i : J i A 4 3 x iCS A3 AJtj JLa 447 4AM! v' '' ' Aa V A I f i - x- |
