Show ' ' 4 f V - ' ‘I ' V i ' B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 27 2002 t 'l Spurrier begins in the rain ASHBURN Va ( AP) — Steve Spurrier took the field in chilling fog and drizzle Tuesday for an NFL coach The Fun ’N his first practirc-a'' Gun is definitely not in Florida any more: “Sort of like playing golf in Ireland" said who exchanged his trademark visor Spurrier ' for a black baseball cap because of the weather non- The Washington Redskins' three-da- y contact minicamp is a chance for the new coach to get to know his players and learn the of coaching in the big leagues but the first practices skipped the preamble and went to Chapter One ‘We put in — gosh — more plays in one meeting than I've ever seen in any offense” quarterback Danny Wuerffel said “I was ' thinking How would these guys adjust to this ’' You go to another team and you'll spend a week on three plays and you'll run s ' them over and over We’ve got just about the entire playbook in one meeting' At least Wuerffel was familiar with it all having won the Heisman Trophy playing for Spurrier at Florida Spurrier has signed other former Gators — Jacquez Green Reidel Anthony and Chris Doering — and it wasn't hard to tell who understood what was happen ing and who didn’t Receiver Rod Gardner completely misunder-fe- el a stood an audible call and ran the wrong route on ' the first play in the morning’s final drill Gard-straigner heard what he did wrong from both Green and Spurrier when he got back to the huddle “There’s a lot of stuff” said Spurrier who left Florida in January to sign a five-ye$25 million contract with the Redskins “Yeah I sort of believe you give the players a whole bunch of stuff so they don’t get bored" ht ar says no NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball commission- er Bud Selig pledged Tuesday not to lock out players through the World Series but left open the chance that owners would impose new work rules during the offseason a move that could trigger another strike this summer The players' union operating without a labor contract since Nov 7 quickly interpreted Selig’s statement as a veiled threat to impose vast eco-nomic changes as soon as the postseason ends - In 1994 the union struck on Aug 12 saying the move was its only recourse 'to fight manage- ment’s plan to implement changes including a salary cap The walkout baseball’s eighth since 1972 lasted 232 days and caused the World Series to be canceled for the first time since 1904 Union head Donald Fehr called Selig's statement “a tacit acknowledgment of the clubs’ continuing intention” to make changes after the World Series “He thinks what we do not: thatthe fans can be more easily fooled fooled into thinking this ’pledge’ is a concession of sorts on his part” Fehr said Selig said for months that a lockout was not “on my radar screen'’ but he had refused to rule one out His promisenot to impose new terms and conditions of employment for play- ers through the end of the World Series bore little significance because players already have signed their 2002 contracts A rules change in the offseason would affect : new contracts signed for 2003 and beyond “Our fans deserve to know that die 2002 ' uiMinn Logan defeated Bonneville 2 and Roy defeated Mountain Crest 0 After striking out 15 times and get ting it by Ryan Zimmerman in a 1 home loss to Mountain Crest Friday the Bobcats were determined to put the ball in play against the Bees Only one Bobcat struck out the entire game “Mountain Crest is a tough team You've got to pul the ball in play on them” said Sky View shortstop and leadoff hitter Brennan Reese who with a walk two steals went and three runs scored against the Bees “We came out today put the 3-- 3-- - SM1THFIELD — With only one inic home run threat in Todd Ban1 no-h- 9-- the Sky View Bobcats know they need to do the little things to win baseball games They certainly did them in a 9-- 4 victory over the Box Elder Bees Tuesday at Richard V Hansen Park A daring double steal led to two runs in the bottom of the first inning and helped Sky View (1-- 1 Region 4) set the tone for the rest of the game The Bobcats had three sacrifice hunts a sacrifice fly and six stolen buses on the day ‘That’s our game” Sky View head ' couch Rick Thorne said “We can’t live by the three-ru- n homer with this team If we get runners on base we're going to try to be aggressive-Tha- i was our game plan coming in We did and our guys executed some things today that helped us jump out a little bit" In other Region 4 action Tuesday (1-- 1) and look what hap- - ball in play pened” Brandon Harris and Derek Elbert Sky View's No 8 and 9 batters respectively went a combined r6 at the plate“Thal helps We needed a lot more (production) from the bottom of our order” Thome said ‘They itutde a big difference today because they put the ball in playV Preston Ferkes joined Reese Har-- V each had a pair of RBIs for the Cats Third baseman Tyler Zom led a sharp Sky View defense which committed just one error in the game Zom had five putouts including a pretty backhanded stop in the seventh — first baseman Clint Lee was able to' pick the throw out of the dirt In the topof the fourth Box Elder’s Matt Putnam hit a grounder (hat went off of Zorn’s glove and right to Reese who collected the ball and fired it to Elbert for a forceout “I don’t know what he did today” Reese joked about Zorn’s defense “I think it’s his birthday or Something” Chandler Robinson pitching on three days rest went the distance to pick up the win Using a tough curveball the Bobcat lefty scattered eight hits struck out four walked two and hit one batten He had 15 - strikeouts in Friday’s game but was content to let his defense do the work against Box Elder “When your defense is strong — our defense is always strong — you don’t have to worry about striking out people” Robinson said “It’s a good thing not to have to worry about too” Said Thorne: “I think (Robinson'-s-) curveball was pretty effective today He’s a workhorse He’ll come out and take the ball as long as you’ll give it to him” Justin McDomeit took fob loss for Box Elder lasting just three 13 innings He was knocked out of the game during a four-ru-n Sky View fourth ' Box Elder was without its senior cleanup hitter Jesse Larsen who recently suffered a broken hand Blake Horton led the Bees at the with two RBIs plate going Grizzlies 4 Lakers 3 Logan evened its region mark at with a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning at Worthington Park Baxter Krutsch who pitched a strong game until getting tagged for three runs in the top of foe seventh redeemed himself with the game-- with a 78-7- 7 the first half with Polk sinking " -it 55-5- 4 that made a The Owls got out to a 6 lead '' but Wagner converted a three-poiplay and later made an NBA-ranto give the Tigers a six- point margin of their own at 71-6- 5 The Owls quickly tied the game again at 71 with 3:09 left were without The Owls (18-1scorer Lynn Greer injured top who averaged 232 points for them They had beaten crosstown rival Vfilanova in the quarterfinals without him but the Owls — r their big men especially — appeared to miss the open space his long-di- stance shooting usually gave them In foe absence of Greer who has an ankle injury Owls coach John Chaney wanted his shooters -- Hawkins and Polk— to take 7 moire shots"' y - f ' " ' ' Y : r become the first team to win the preseason and post- season NTIklnthe same year They will play Temple fo third place Thurs’ Bradley each scored 13 points V day nighL Bradley who holds the South : For the Gamecpcks this is Carolina school record for new ground But first-yemade scored 12 of his points on coach Dave Odom has been ' liie Gamecocks shot 50 hefo befirie South Carolina has never ftom arc the percent beyond been absent fiom Conqricuously past the quarterfinal foe grime’s closing minutes round of any national tournawas Syracuse’s Pnestoo ment Odom however won the NIT two years ago when' Shumpert The senior who 'j scored 11 firsthalf points on- -: he coached Wake Forest Syracuse was in control '’ shooting took over in die condhalf early The Orangemen led by seven early in foe first half Kueth Duany was the only ofoer Syracuse riayer in dou- - : and took a 6 lead 5:33 We digits finishing with 15 vv before halftime when Duany South Car- punts and seven rebounds No' made a olina tied it at 22 but watched ofoet Syracuse plqyer had niorethan Williams' five A Shumpert finish the half with five unanswered points points - s” : l ' t Hie Orangemen missed a Chance to ar Greet wag-on- 4:41 ! ’ ' 57-5- Howell Tony Kitchingsand Jamel ‘ “When you take away a team’s star player it’s like you’re playing a team that circling the he said V' Wagner’s 32 points tied a career high and he might only have one more game to set a new mark He haa not 5yet said if he’ll declare fw ' thq NBA draft STifo 3:44 remaining foe : tad Orangemen trailed 5 Shumpert had scored more than half his team’s points with 28 He finished with that total going scoreless in the final - “I got (angry) at Polk" Chaney ! V 1- -1 78-7- : ' 1- -1 ' ’s 12 ahd six pbipt$ “I lost the game” paid Lyde jvho finished with 16 points '“I’m stq1 posed fo makethat shot I didn’t” ‘ V Alex Wesby ledthe Owls with 25 points Brian Polk had 15 and 'V Hawkins 14 With 10 minutes to play — Temple reclaimed foe lead for the Tint time since 11:56 remained ini 2-- 66-5- - said “Once you get in foe paint they have a license to shoot title game: “Sometimes I don’t think he ' ' Temple out of timeouts took knows what he does He doesn’t three shots at' the end two by take open shots when he gets ' ' Kevin David Hawkins and one by thenk He decides todriv when he’s open It really (upsets me)’’ Lyde but couldn’t put away a ' game'in which it erased deficits of " Calipari noted the absence of 'i Al-Im- — aron ' 20 Lucas scored a season-hig- h points to lead South Carolina to a 9 victory over Syra- cure in an NIT semifinal round game Tuesday night The Gamecocks will play Memphis which beat Temple in the first semifinal in 7 Thursday’s title game With a little more than a minute to play Syracuse had an opportunity to close within two points when DeShaun Williams had his inbounds pass intercepted by Rolando 5) “That '' Olsen reached base on a throwing error after laying down a sacrifice who already bunt lyier doubled once was intentionally walked to load the bases for Krutsch Braden Brown who came on in relief of Krutsch in the seventh picked upthe win Royals 3 Mustangs 0 At Roy Marcus Moore struck out 13 while allowing just three hits as the Royals blanked the Mustangs in a battle of last year’s region Roy is 0 in region tad alone infirs? place Mountain Crest fell to Roy scored all of its runs in the second inning off Mountain Crest starter Jory Jensen who allowed six hits in six innings of work “Jory threw great” Mustangs coach Stephen Hansen said: ” We just needed to score some runs behind him” - NEW YORK (AP) nt ge : winner over Syracuse in Thurs-day- winning hit to center field “I’m really proud of his effort for the way he battled back” Logan ' head coach Eric Markworth said with ' Mike Scott who went a walk and was hit by a pitch led off 1 the seventh with a single and Riley 61-5- victory over was great coaching strategy” Calipari said '‘Give him the ball and get out of : ' his way’ The Tigers (2679) will play: South Carolina a 66-5- 9 semifinal 9-- 4 South Carolina Tigers dunk Owls NEW YORK (AP) — With Dajuan Wagner on his team John Calipari 'sjob is easy ' With less than a minute to play Tuesday night and the Tigers facing their second straight NIT semifinal loss Calipari told Wag- ner: “Dajuan make a play" Wagner who finished with 32 't points 'complied Hedrovethe lane and fed Kelly Wise for a ' dunk with 186 seconds left to put Memphis in the finals LucaraHerald Journal safe but the Bobcats beat the Bees mb ris and Elbert with a multi-h- it game for Sky View going with an RBI Bare Elbert and Chase Sorensen Grizzlies rally Stangs fall By Gregg Hardy 'staff writer game Tuesday in SmithfiekL Hunter was ' See SELIG on B4 EHc Sky View third baseman Tyler Zorn fries to fag out Box Elder's Chris Hunter during their i i i 22-1- : ’ v APphoo Memphis' Ksty Wise dunks foe gamowlnnlng basket with 186 seconds left In foe contest egrinet Temple i r 3 JlTiHiiii b ‘I 'l l ' V |