Show Tuesday March 26 2002 A8 The Herald Journal Sports briefs Three numbers of the Cache Valley Ski Team participated in the Intermountain Pivision Championship races at Snow King Resort in Jackson Wyo this past weekend It was a four-da-y event that included Super G Giant Slalom iind Slalom races for the best skiers in the North (Idaho and Wyoming) and South (Utah) Series in the J3 ( 13-- 1 J2 ( 15- classes and J I ( 1 1 Adair Holden won the overall title in the J2'category finishing third in the Super G on Friday first in the Giant Slalom on Saturday and sec- and in the Slalom on Sunday She e medals for also received the J2 class for the Super G and Giant Slalom events and a second:-placmedal for the Slalom Doug Wurtsbaugh finished 13th overall in the J I class He won the Super G was 33rd overall and third in the Giant Slalom out of a field of SS boys Wurtsbaugh missed a gate in the Slalom on Sunday was dis- qualified Cassey Kendrick competing in the J3 class took 1 6th in the Super G and 20th in the Giant Slalom She fell on - the second run of the Slalom after finishing seventh in the first run ' Lauren 'Huestis is another local skier that did well She races for the Powder Mountain Ski Team Huestis finished fourth in the Super G ISth in the Giant Slalom and fourth in the Slalom She brought home medals in the J3 class for the Super G (second) and Slalom (first) a Chance to climb higher in playoff standings missed: fight ring (AP) — If everything goes as planned — a big if when Mike Tyson is involved — the next time Tyson and Lennox Lewis see each other it will be in the ring One of the biggest fights ever was salvaged Monday when promoters reached an agreement for Tyson and Lewis to meet for the heavyweight title June 8 ending weeks of negoti- ations A fight that could make more than $1Q0 million — and pay each fight- -' er more than $20 million — is ndw scheduled to take place at the 20000-seat Pyramid arena where will fetch $2500 seatsr ringside Unlike the New York press conference that caused the fight to he ' ' run but of Las Vegas when Tyson threw a punch and then a tantrum the fighters will not get together for publicity this time any pre-figaround “We're hot having any more press conferences with the two of them together in the future” Tyson adviser Shelly Finkel said Weeks of trying to salvage the ’ fight culminated Monday in an ' agreement for Lewis to defend his IBF and WBC heavyweight titles former against the once-feare- d champion in Memphis ' NBA NHL ’ By Shawn Harrison sports editor MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ESPN — NIT semifinal 1 Temple vs Memphis at New York V ' semifinal 2 Syracuse ys South Carolina at New York ' 6pm ' ' :'v7 '! ' ' J ' 1tam ' TENNIS) ' 'vj ' 7 Masters 7 ) 'i Vi-! ESPN —Tennis Series Nasdaq-10- 0 Open early round cover' age at Miami 6 pm ESPN2 — Tennis Masters Series Nasdaq-10- 0 Open early round cover- ’' age at Miami - - V-- ' £SPN2 — Dallas at San Jose ' on (7-1- 5) 7pm TESPN — NIT TBS — Dallas at Milwaukee ' r ' FOXSN— Houston at Utah Utah State's streak of 'action in gymnastics lives on ' The Aggies found out Monday morning they have qualified for regionals and will be traveling to Denver University for a meet on April 6! USU has now made regionals for 1 7 straight years' and ' 24 of the 25 years the program has been in existence“Wt feel very fortunate to hata qualified given an inconsistent ji season” Aggie head coach Ray Corn said “We did just enough to get into tho'fteld” No K Denver will host the North Cen tral Region meet which is me of six ' regional meets across the nation Six teams will dotnpetq at each site Joining the Aggies and host Pioneers in Denver will be No 3 tieorgia No 10 Stanford No 23 Missouri knd Air Force post-seas- V" '7 pm AP photo runs in all three wins this season Utah shot 364 percent in die first half and had no players in double figures but outscored Seattle 16-- 7 to open the second half Stockton scored five and Malone six in the spurt and the Jazz pulled to 76-6- 9 going into the fourth quarter Jazz forward Donyell Marshall left the game with 6:46 remaining in the first quarter after aggravating a left calf injury he sustained Friday ' t : against Washington The Sonics who lead the league in field-gopercentage made 313 percent of their shots in the : al : ” r ' - - the first first half and shot 326 percent overall They had shot just 35’percent in a loss Saturday at Denver Payton wait down hard with 7:33 left in the second quarter He was racing for die ball against Utah center Greg Ostertag Payton got die ball scored was fouled by Ostertag and crashed into a cameraman just under the Sonics’ basket He was Slow to get up but walked off the court and didn’t leave the game converting the free throw'-- -- - Seattle ended die first half with a lead 7 14-- 0 run for a 52-3- season capping a rebuilding project where he took over a team inl996-9- 7 that went Last fall he signed a three- year contract extension “We knew irwould take month' time to rebuild our men’s basketball program and Steve bas Cleveland exploded the job because he is a Fresno native done a remarkabiejob over who was hired by BYU after j die last five years1 BYU v ''coaching at Fresno City president Merrill Bateman said “We lookforwardto a v' “Because Fresno is home long relationship” and because of my strong feel-BYU was 2 dns season ings about the university and losing to Menmhis in the sec-odie community I knew I need- - t round of me NTT take to ed and sincere is 9 okerall Gteveland a ' genuine look at this opportunity1’ in five seasrms Over dip past "( he said' duee yean BYU went 2 j Ctevelaod led BYU to the and made three postseasoh ' NCAA tournament after die trips PROVO Utah (APj— BYU coach Steve Qeveland on Monday removed his name from consideration for the vacancy at Fresno State vhich opened when Jerry Tarkanian retired earlier this 2000-0- 1 our-year 25 A Cci-'lege- : V 18-1- nd 85-6- 64-3- SeeAGSonAll ’’ : ' respectively “This is an outstanding field at region- als” Corn said7We’re lotting forward to the challenge”: ' ' No 4 Utah is headed to die West ' Region as is No 24 Southern Utah which is hosted by No13 ' OregbnStateNo 17 BYU is off to No 18 Arizona State in the South Central Region the top two teams from each regional meet advance to th NCAA Champi- onships at Tuscaloosa Alai Competing in the strongest regidn in v die country helped die Aggies qualifyfor 'regionals Nine teams from the North ' Central Region received regional bids ' ' USU finished eighth pulling past Air : " ' In to stay in Provo All sixteams have recorded at least one score of more than 195 this year while' Georgia and Stanford have Cleared foe 197 mark with 19739 and 19725 scores '' 5pm-'-- See DIVER on All Utah Jazz guard John Stockton (12) plays tight defense on Seattle SupeiSonics guard Gary Payton quarter In Seattle Monday The SuperSonics beat the Jazz 106-9- 2 regionals bound On lolevision : ' SEATTLE (AP) — Rashard Lewis believed it ' was more than two years since the Seattle Super- Sonics gave their best effort against the Utah Jazz He was ready to change that Lewis scored 1 l of his 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Sonics defeated the Jazz 106-9- 2 Monday night to hold onto their playoff position in the West It was Seattle’s first win over the Jazz since a J 04-9- 6 victory on Feb 1 2000 The Jazz had beaten the Sonics by an average of 18 points in the previous three meetings this year Lewis also grabbed seven rebounds in the final NY Islanders 4 NY Rangers 2 ' 'Philadelphia 4 Toronto 1 New Jersey 3 Florida 1 ' Detroit 3 Nashville 3 tie ' " ' Calgary 6 Columbus 1 ' " ar : Boston 87 Miami 82 Denver 84 New York 83 Phoenix 102 Cleveland 98 Seattle 106 Utah 92 Memphis 103 Portland 100 San Antonio 91 LA Clippers 85 v After a four-yeabsence Wilcock will compete once more for the Cougars in the 2002 NCAA Championships Thursday through Saturday in Athens Ga It will be his second NCAA appearance after falling short of qualifying lest season That’s not to say the year was a failure — it was far from that At the 2001 Mountain West Conference - more”Gary Payton added 24 points and seven assists and Brent Barry had 1 8 points and six assists for the Sonics-whentered with a halfgame lead over the Jazz for seventh ' place in the Western Conference “It looked like a playoff game to them and it looked like an exhibition game to us” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said “We’ve got eight or nine guys in there that are-freagents and I don’t know if we can even think about playing basketball We’re worried about-- : " what’s going to happen next year and thisyear ain’t over” Karl Malone had 24 points six steals and five rebounds for Utah which is battling to stay ahead of the Los Angeles 'Clippers for the conference’s eighth and final playoff spot Malone responding to Sloan's criticism of the free agents said “If that’s the case that’s disThese are my teammates and there : heartening are certain lines I don’t cross” : The Jazz who had won four of five got J points and nine assists from John Stockton a night before his 40th birthday Bryon Russell added 16 for Utah and substitute Andrei Kirilenko had 10 points and seven rebounds v ' Sonics coach'Nate McMillan wanted his team to ' force Utah to shoot from outside and the plan worked for much of the game The Jazz shot 403 3 from percent including range “We focused on their role players" McMillan were said' “We felt like Malone going to get their numbers” Utah had won eight straight games against Seattle The Jazz beat the Sonics with big second-ha- lf Monday's scores ' form quarter “t was more aggressive in the second half” Lewis said “They started to slow the game down and I thought I’d pick up the tempo ht ' ’ Championships he won the platform and and finished second (ironically to former high' school nemesisand current BYU teammate Aaron Russell) in the dive But he said he never felt completely comfortable that season having missed the previous two years of competition because he served an LDS Church mission in Brussels Belgium “It took me about a year to get to the point I was before I left” Wilcock said “I still had my ups and downs that year and didn’t do terrible but it ' off-aga- jn on-aga- in -- 0s e finally finds and diving events (1 meter platform) at tire Western Athletic Conference Championships In doing so he advanced to the NCAAs placing 16th in the plat- PROVO — Justin Wilcock Sky View’s star diver of the mid-199always was among the best divers in the state Just never the best His finished third his freshman year of 1994 Ditto his sophomore campaign As a junior he was the runner-u- p And in 1997 his final chance he took second again Would have made a dam good horseshoes player this kid Justin Wilcock a Sky View graduate But during his freshman season at recently won a couple of diving titles at B YU he tumid the comer Second' the Mountain West Conference meet place was a thing of the past In first-plac- n 1998 Wilcock took first in all three By David Cordero staff writer 7-- Lewis-Tyso- diver Former Local skiers do well |