Show Section ' Saturday March 23 2002 Pagel The Herald Journal Inside - LWesternlGymnasticslConferencelChampionshipsI Denver captures title Ags score season high TA Kansas Oregon escape ' B2 reach Elite Eight Sports briefs By Shawn Harrison sports editor Baseball clinic today The Utah Chapter of Major ' What a night It was a wild finish in the inaugural Western Gymnastics Conference Championship Friday night at the Spectrum League Baseball Players Alumni will hold a clinic this morning starting at 9 am and lasting until 1 pm at the Logan Recreation Center The clinic will feature instruction in fielding basenmning pitching and hitting After the clinic an autograph session will follow Registration will be take place prior to die clinic The cost is $25 per person which includes a The clinic will feature former Pittsburgh Pirates Cy Young Award Winner Vem Law Jay Van Noy of the St Louis Cardinals Bruce Christensen of the California Angels Doug Howard of the Angels Tom Kilgore of the New York Mets and former University of Utah coach along with Nick Willhite of the Dodgers —just like the league coaches No holds Rutherford Friday's scores with NBA Miami 94 ’ T6ronto94 Cleveland 60 91 Boston Philadelphia 96 Chailotte 106 Oitando 92 New Jersey 108 Milwaukee 84 Portland 109 Chicago 93 Seattle 112 Houston 82 LA Lakers 94 Detroit 82 ! : ’ On television first-pla- ' ce ng FIGURE SKATING 6 pjn ABC — World Championships at Nagano Japan (samoday tape) GOLF NBC — PGA Tour The Players Championship third round HORSERACING ' the Aggies had to sit back and watch the fifth and final round What they saw was Southern Utah rally from a 625 deficit to seize second place The Thunderbirds scored a 195575 to edge the host Aggies and their 19555 mark SUU’s Sandi Crosby won the floor exercise and capped the comeback with a 995 score “Wasn’t that awesome?” Thunderbird coach Scott Bauman said “What a great meet It was anybody’s meet the whole way through I had no idea how dose we were to Utah State” The Aggies’ score was a season high and may be just what they needed to secure a Sec DAY on B3 IRreplbaseballJ smimeinriraaini dmmio’s 4d0 pm ESPN2— Thoroughbreds Eli LuceraHerald Journal Kilpatrick vaults during theconfarence championships N-Y- Atlanta 5 NY Rangers 2 Montreal 3 Tampa Bay 3 tie SL Louis 3 Anaheim 2 Dallas 4 Phoenix 3 ' Nicole st in event S'i SbJs" for Ags frar-re-d sets tone 9925 p7 Kutch-er-Rineh- NHL : : predicted On paper No 13 Denver was die team to beat But after — starting the meet with two on 195825 jsuu 2nd balance beam El Lucerafflerald Journal the Pioneers 195575 Katie Rutherford competes on the uneven bars during the conference championships Friday at Utah State 3rd gave the rest the Spectrum Rutherford scored a 9925 on the event which gave her the conference title of the field 1:5S0 Wl’ 9 cxtra ' But incentive CSF' 50 in the end it 193250 was Denver ' standing on the championship score of 9925 on the apparatus leading die 49025 in USU’s first podium Aggies to a season-beThe Pioneers climbed back ' rotation setting the tone for the rest of the on the remaining three events inaugural Western Gymnastics Conference to capture the conference Championships Friday night at the Spectrum crown with a score of 195825 By Wede Donniston “It definitely did (set the tone)” Rutherin foont of 209? fans staff writer ford said of the Ags’ bars performance “We didn’t start the way we “We've had problems on bars before so I how and know ourselves a Katie Rutherford’s emotions said it all think it was really important that we nailed hole after one dug said event” Shortly after her uneven bars routine — bars this time and we did” Denver coach Melissa the fifth of the night for the Utah State Com realized the importance of the who was named — freshman from file Chapgymnasts Aggies getting out of the gate quickly in the foe Conference Coach of the paqua - pumped her fists in the air like first rotation Year “We basically had to dig she was Lennox Lewis shadowboxing “That started it” he said “Going over the our way out of that hole We ” “That wis die shotgun” Rutherford 49 mark od bars certaMjjtbs Jrtgger ' fought back and I'm proud of do "We it stick when we In addition to setting her career high explained try to our athletes” our landings It’s exciting just because it’s Rutherford tied with Cal State Fullerton’s With Denver wrapping up conferences and a big meet on the bars Kelly Mathiasen for team title on the uneven the “It’s just more exciting” “I have been having some trouble lately the race was on for sec- bars After she was done with her on bars” Rutherford said “I was just trying ond place It came down to the Rutherford was hoisted into the air in to rngke my routine and hit it I really wantfinal competitor on foo floor celebration by USU head coach Ray Com ed us to do good and try to make it to exercise After completing the And' why shouldn’t she have been? meet in the first four rotations B3 See AGS on Rutherford had just set a career-hig- h with a T-sh-irt Indana 104 I Spiral Stakes at Florence Ky and U AE Derby at Dubai United Arab Emirates MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WGN — Preseason Colorado vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa Ariz MOTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL ‘ 11am ’ CBS — NCAA tournament Division II championship game Kentucky Wesleyan vs Metropolitan State 240 pjn C8S—Doubteheader NCAA tour- By Gregg Hardy staff writer nament regional finals West Regional Oklahoma vs Missouri at San Jose Califand South Regional Indiana vs Kara State at Lexington Ky '' ' SMITHFIELD —An outstanding year just got even better for Ryan Zimmerman rt The junior who as a quarterback led Mountain Crest to a state football championship in November had 15 strikeouts in a nohitter of the Sky Mountain CrpstView Bobcats NBA 7 pjn ' FOXSN— Goldan State at Utah SOCCER two-spo- 2pjn ABC— MLS Chicago at Columbus WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL fcSOajn ESPN2— NCAA tournament East Regional semifinal Drake vs South Carolina at Raleigh NC lOajm -- 4openerfar ESPN — NCAA tournament East Regional semifinal Texas vs Duke at Raleigh NC S&fcs bom teams Had it not been for four Mustang errors including force of than in the seventh Zimmerman would have had game ""' the best way (to start region)” Zimmerman said “You can’t aisk for anything better “I felt like I waa going to pitch1 all right (before the game) I didn’t 'U NCAA tourntuinenL: ESPN2 Mkleast Regkxiri emiHoal Kansas State vs at MHwaukee 5 pjn ESPN— NCAA tournament Mid-west Regional semifinal BYU vs Tennessee at Ames Iowa 7 pjn W-- ' ESPN —NCAA tournament West Regional semifinal Colorado vs : Stanford at Boies Idaho ' f h i yjo pjn '' expano-hUterbutIknewIiir- ’ p ' tdOpjn-" AA Led-- ' v v ESPN —NCAA tournament West Regional semifinal Texas Tech vs Oklahoma at Boise Idaho ‘ ' : ' EU LucaroHarald Journal Llountain Croat's Ryan Zimmerman pitches to Sky View's Preston Perkes during inning of Friday's game in Smithfieid Zimmerman no-h- it the Bobcats the fifth - Thorne: Just put’ it in play ' By' Gregg 'Hardy 'f staff wrfter v Jai have to put foe ball lit TtykThorne said after foe a ::t - sti&u SMTTHF1ELD — The that Ryan Zimroarnian tossl'-'t:-Vi- V: no-hitt- er ' against his team Friday afternoon cerfoinly did hot make Rick -- ! 9--1 play” home loss to foe i Mountain Crest Mustangs “When we put die ball in play we were Elective They had trouble making ! region-openin- g afew plays” ‘Thorne's putit was the way thdt his Sky '- Mountain Crest foe region’s foree-tim- e defending cfaarpmons sepred four runs in foe fourth and fifth innings respectivr to turn il tense 0 ledd 'r into a iromrortable 9--0 advantage Jm VfcwBobcMs'waelieMliillwva : v n Derek Le hit a home ran m foe mfo ofif Sky View starte - i Robinson had retired bine straight ' er 1-- three-ru- giving iq) 10 hits radjust two walks Chandler Robinson to cap foe Lyle’s shot hit foe smee inriit-ceptfield and carried over out-bu- nt - ' batten before Mountain Qesfs nitty in foe fourfo Tin kfrhander ended iq v going foe '(fistance striking out 10 while v - v v ' : ' Dustin Smith Even though he lost the shutout Zimmerman took his team’s defensive lapses in stride “It happens” Zimmerman said “They were probably just tired because there weren’t too many balls hit to anybody so they're just sit- ting there all bored and stuff The ball was finally hit to them they Were just a little cold That's the reason” v' ' Zimmermaq threw 85 pitches in the game and amazingly 67 of them were strikes Only once was he forced into a count and fofct wasin the first inning to Sky View’s leadoff hitter Brennan Reese' Perhaps more impressively only ' one Slcy View batter Tyler Zom gpt foe all into foe outfield against Zimmerman and thnt did notcomf until ' die seventh inning all as we kirow a is grekt “Ryan ' Competitor” Mountain Crest head' coach Stejfoen Hansen said “When it’s game time he comes to play He all was referring to fcur Mountain Crest errors on the day' as going to pitch an OK game” tournament west Regional semifinal North Carol na vs Vanderbilt at Ames Iowa S ESPN2-NC- ' Mus- - a9-l tkngs victory — Friday afternoon a! Richard V Hansen Park It was the Region ESPN — NCAA tournament Mktoast Regional semifinal Ppm State vs Connecticut at Milwaukee 120 pjn (the Mustangs) extra outs you’re in big trouble This is a great program” Zimmerman retired the first eight batters he faced Derek Elbert Sky' View’s No 9 batter ended any hopes for a perfecto in the bottom of the third when he reached first on an error by Mustang first baseman Justin Gilsdorf who failed to catch a throw from second baseman Tom Holland Sky View’s Tyler Zom led off the bottom of Uk seventh with a line drive to center field which was dropped on tlx run by Matt Liechty The play was ruled an error Zom came around to score the Jone Bobcat run with the help of two more Mountain Crest' orors — one by Holland and another by shortstop Stangs hurler also K’s 15 in region opener 1pm “Chandler didn’t thrni)v that badly” Sky View head coach Rick Thome aaid “He made one mistake field that aided up in but we also committed tfeee eiTon with two outs If you’re gonna give ' right-cent- er s v See NO-N- O on B4 ! |