Show B6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 29 2002 y'- - it&Dd By The Associated Press With yet another big splash by Barry Bonds the San Francisco Giants surged into the playoffs Bonds’ 61 3th career homer landed in the waters of McCovey Cove as the Giants clinched the wild card beating the Houston Astros 2 Satur- day for their seventh straight victory Though San Francisco lost the NL West title to Arizona by virtue of the Diamond-back17-- 8 win over Colorado Bonds and his teammates are headed to the postseason for the second time in Pacific Bell Park's three seasons of existence With their victory the eliminated the Giants (94-6Los Angeles Dodgers (92-6- 9 Pinch-hittTom Goodwin double in the added a two-ru-n seventh as a sellout crowd cheered San Francisco into a d meeting with NL East champion Atlanta starting Wednesday at Turner ed among several kayakers and canoeists Bonds hit 20 of the 26 homers that have land- ed in the water since the park opened Bonds who also drove in a run with a first-innigrounder will become ia first-time batting champion at 38 this season After Bonds put the Giants ahead seven relievers pitched'' four scoreless innings to finish the victory for Kirk Rueter Robb Nen got his 43rd (14-save in Jeff Bagwell and rookie Jason Lane homered for the Astros who lost for the' third ' time in four games Struggling rookie starter Kjrk Saarloos lasted just 2 innings walking four The Giants went up 0 in' the third when Jeff Kent led off with a triple Bonds and ' JT Snow were walked by Saarloos and reliever Brandon Pulfer hij Reggie Sanders with his first pitch sending Kent home Buf San Francisco stranded six runners in the first three innings and the Astros tied it in the fourth on homers by ' Bagwell — the 3 st in his since least productive-seaso1995 - and Lane a San Francisco Bay area native playing in front of his home fans for 5-- BI 2-- er first-roun- Field 438-fo- r-5 -3 6) ot homer off rookie Jeriome Robertson (0-- in the fifth — his 46th this season — easily cleared the arcade atop fence and land-d the left-hand- er APphotQ San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds smiles in the team locker room after the Giants clinched the National League wild card spot Saturday by beating the Houston Astros 5--2 the first time the World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks -t- clinched the NL West The 17 runs tied a club Utes SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — victories are routine for Air becoming Force Chance Harridge threw a touchdown pass to Don Clark with 17 seconds remaining to lift Air Force over Utah 30-2- 6 Saturday Air Force's last three wins came in overtime or the final minute of regulation The Falcons (4- 0 2-- 0 Mountain West) scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to win their fourth straight game The Utes (230- 1) lost their third game in a BEAVER Pa (AP) — Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins had a heart attack Saturday at Pittsburgh International Airport during a recruiting trip a hospital spokesman said The Huggins was in serious but stablecondition at Medical Center Beaver about 24 miles northwest of Pittsburgh hospital spokesman Scott Monit said at a media briefing Saturday Huggins had chest pains at the airport about 1 1 miles west of Pittsburgh and was taken to a nearby hospital before he was transferred to the Medical Center where he had surgery to implant a stent Saturday morning Monit said The tiny metal mesh device is designed to keep Huggins artery open quarterback Lance Rice at the line as time expired Schlegel make 17 tackles te 20-ya- rd row “We just believed” Har-rid- ge said “We believed in what we’re doing" The Falcons took advantage ' of jix Utah turnovers and a blocked (Mint iq the win “At halftime I told them that if they felt they were out of the ball game then they would be” Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry said “If they really believed we'd be in great shape" The Falcons are off to their best start since 1997 Air Force has been in close games with Utah the last few seasons Last year Air Force’s 38-3- 7 victory was not secured until linebacker Anthony Schlegel chased down come-from-bchi- nd Tie Continued from B1 George S Ecclqs Center satisfied despite the lack of a win- ner Tie win or loss both Utah State and Weber State form appeared in in terms of determination and goal production “It was pretty exciting for the fans USU assistant coach iy Newberry said “It was a' good game for both teams Everybody left everything out on the ice” For a stretch of about six minutes ini the third period pucks were hitting the back of the net with hmazing frequenmid-seas- field Arizona will face NL Central champion St Louis in the first round of the playoffs starting Tuesday It has not yet been decided where the series will begin ' Arizona leads St Louis by Cincy’s Huggi ns suffers by Air Force Last-minu- record that had been reached three previous times the last at St Louis on April 17 2001 ‘The Diamondbacks won their second straight division title and third in four years They celebrated the title with handshakes and hugs on the Diamondbacks 17 Rockies 8 Matt Williams and Steve Finley each homered twice as 1 right-fiel- on cy The Aggies led 2 until 16:12 remained in the third ' period when Wildcat Matt shot a deflected Canter by teammate Wade Albert past USU goalie Dustin Merrill for a goal Weber State then took the minutes lead later on a beautiful flip shot by Chad Smith 3-- alf one-hand- ed Saturday ' Shortstop Jason Romano’s two throwing errors one on a routine double-pla- y grounder helped the Diamondbacks score four runs for a 2 lead iq the fourth inning Romano also struck out three times and botched another double play but did rob Williams of a fifth hit with a diving stop in the fifth After losing the last six on a nine-garead trip Arizona won its third in a row over Colorado which dropped to at Bank One Ballpark this 5-- n 2) one game for home-fiel- d advantage with one game to play The Cardinals told the tiebreaker in case the teams end up even Williams matched his with four hits and career-hig- h drove in three runs in his first multiple-homgame since 16 1999 Aug Rod Barajas was doubles with a pair of two-ru- n — his first big league four-Rgame Finley hit his 24th and 25th homers and drove in five runs Felix Jose also homered as Arizona tied its franchise record with its five home runs in a game The Diamondbacks matched their highest-scorin- g game of the year er 8) s’ Bonds’ tiebreaking fmM “Once again we found a way to win” Harridge said “Wow" Utah's Brandon Warfield ran for 193 yards and three touchdowns but fumbled three times The Utes amassed a season-hig- h 148 yards on 13 penalties including four for unsportsmanlike conduct “I can’t believe that we could do that to ourselves” once-clogg- season heart attack Huggins will remain in the hospital at least two days but Monit offered no fur- ther prognosis and said future questions on Huggins’ health should be directed to University of Cincinnati spokesman Tom Hathaway Huggins was at the airport for a flight to Milwaukee for a coaching clinic scheduled to include Maryland’s Gary Williams and Qklahoma State’s Eddie Sutton Monit didn’t know what player Huggins was recruiting in the Pittsburgh area Huggins is known almost as much for his sideline temper as for turning Cincin- nati into a perennial winner He rages at his players’ mistakes and at referees' ed 1- -8 calls that go against him He also has worried about having a heart attack His father a high school coach in northern Ohio had one before the age of 40 Before Cincinnati’s annual postseason banquet in 1998 Huggins had tests on his heart as a precaution Cincinnati football coach Rick Minter in Philadelphia for a game against Temple was stunned when he received the news - “He’s what put the University of Cincinnati back on the map in the early ’90s” Minter said “We have the same work habits same lifestyle This could easily be me” The hard-driviHuggins was the st coach to get 500 wins in Division I His eaten’ record is 500-17- 2 ' third-younge- ‘ Fail 2002 Utah coach Ron McBride said Harridge ran for the Falcons' first toiichdowQ and threw two Scoring passes to Clark including the game- winner down the right sideline past Utah’s Arnold Parker “It worked out just the way we drew it up” Harridge said “It was aiqazing Don had a heck of an inside release And then when he got an inside release all I had to do was just set my feet and make the Boys Jr throw” Air Force entered the game as the worst passing team in the nation Harridge for 99 was just to yards and the Clark was the longest of the game Utah held the Falcons 188 rushing to a season-loyards i Logan Parks and Recreation and Logan High School Grizzly Basketball have joined together to form a new competitive boys basketball league Tryouts' will be held at the end of registration Tryouts are scheduled for Tuesday October 8 for the 3 4 and 5 grades and Wednesday October 9 for the 6 7 and 8 grades A draft will be held immediately after tryouts Coaches will contact players after the draft Everyone that is signed up will be drafted onto a team Restricted to Logan School District students 20-yard-er w Two minutes afterwards USU countered when Aaron Burrell beat Wildcat net minder Chris Toomey on his glove side with a blazing slap shot from the left side At the 10:10 mark there was a massive pile-u- p ia front of the Aggies’ crease In the confusion thenet was slightly dislodged but apparently not soon enough to disallow the Webdr State goal that snuck in past' Merrill during the fracas' Brian Allen was credited with the score iq a scene simiJ lar to a couple of football teams attempting to recover a fumble 26-Tues- Fee: Grades: Number of Games: Hay of Games: Location of Games: Season Begins: Season Ends: : 3 through 8 6 game schedule ’ ’ Saturdays Logan Community Recreation Center 195 South 100 West October 26 t December? - Volunteer coaches are needed If interested in volunteering as a coach please indicate so on your registration form For more information contact Bill Lugo Logan Parks and Recreation r Eighteen seconds later USU was back at it Roberto Leo snuck a low wrist shot under Toomey to bring the crowd to its feet once again A little under 10 minutes remained and although both teams had several more chances neither were able to push across a sixth goal The Aggies are slated to begin their regular season Friday at Weber State They return tome to host Utah the following evening October 8 Thursday September Logan Community Recreation Center 195 South 100 West $35 per player (includes shirt) Registration: Register Where: Department at 716-92- ' 48 i Sponsored by: L’0(3AN PAIRS AND IECIIATI0 195 South 100 Wait 0715-925- 0 ' N i ' : ' |