Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday February 16 2004 West Bryant hud a steal and what should have been a with 1:20 left hut the officials only counted it as a — tying the game 1 O'Neal fouled Tracy McGrady with 37 seconds left hut McGrady could only make' one of two from the line The West got the hall to Duncan on its next possession for a bank shot that put them ahead ' 33-- 1 32 with 26 1 seconds left s McGrady alley-oo- p pass to Jcnnaine O’Neal went out of hounds and Ray Allen's two free throws with 144 seconds left put the West ahead by three The East got the ball to All-Stsharpshooting first-tim- e Michael Redd for a 3- -' point attempt but the Milwaukee Bucks' shooting guard came up short and Dun- can was fouled after grabbing the rebound He made the free throw and that was it ' "1 had a great opportunity to knock that shot down but it just didn’t full" Redd said “For coach (Rick) Carlisle to call on me for the shot that says a lot man So fin appreciative of that" Several of the stars tried to show something out of the ordinary1 — aside from the shoes' — : in the first quarter Shaq stutter-steppe- d as lie brought the ball upcourl and tixik it to the hole Yuo Ming trieda (an airball) Allen Iverson tried unsuccessfully to take Kevin 131-13- 10-fo- ot 1 ar ! last-seco- ROME (API — At first they called him ' “Elefantjno” or little elephant because he had such big ears and a small frame Then as he showed he could cycle through the Alps faster than anyone Marco Pantani earned a more menacing nickname: “Pirate” for his hoop earring and the bandanna that cov' ered his bald head On Sunday Italy mourned Pantani 34 as a tragic “lost hero” Pantani — the last cyclist other than Lance Armstrong to win the Tour de France — was found dead Saturday night in a hotel room in the Adriatic resort city of Rimini While several bottles of medicine and tranquilizers were found in the room prosecutors ruled out suicide pending an autopsy scheduled for Monday The coroner who examined Pantani initially said cardiac arrest was the probable cause news reports said nation with Italy is essentially a single-sposoccer headlines dominating the country’s mass circulation sports newspapers Personable champions who emerge in other sports however often gain a mythical status Pantani was one such athlete He became Italy’s most popular cyclist especially after he won cycling’s two greatest races — the Giro d’ Italia and Tour de France — in the same ' year 1998 The last Italian to accomplish the feat was Fausto Coppi in 1952 Pantani’s popularity in Italy rivaled that of skier Alberto Tomba and Ferrari’s Formula One team Moreover in a country of weekend cycling warriors Pantani plied a craft that millions of average athletes could try themselves: And Pantani held onto that superstar status nt ck ar ' ar rt 360-poun- halftime show scandal-free Pantani beloved ‘Pirate’ dead at 3 kicking his legs up and spinning 1 80 degrees before landing Shaq banked in a shot late in the third quarter with Magloire grabbing his jersey then grabbed a camera from a courtside photographer point- -' ed it at himself and admired his reflection in the lens It would have turned into a three-poiplay if not for another Shaq specialty — the ' missed free throw “It feels pretty good" O'Neal said of winning the All-StMVP award his second — but the first he didn’t share “I'm not really one known to he taking over an All-Stgame “I said to myself 'If it’s going good nobody is really shining I'm going to go ahead and go for it'” The game stayed tight through the fourth quarter with neither team leading by more than five points Shaq provided another light moment with the clock inside of four minutes grabbing a rebound and dribbling ' d body upcourt his ' such an imposing threat that Iverson simply stepped out of 'his way and let him go all the way for a dunk Magloire led the East with 19 points Martin had 17 and Jermaine O’Neal 16 “I don’t think this will be the one-on-o- ne ' Continued from B1 ' and Bryant Garnett showed off a few streetball moves The highlights of the quarter were a phir of alley-oo- p passes from Iverson to Vince Carter for resounding dunks along with a lookaway handed lob pass from Jason Kidd to Kenyon Martin for another forceful slam ' Ron Attest came out for the second quarter with a change of footwear switching from ' shoe and one yellow-and-blaone red white and blue shoe to another mismatched pair He changed shoes again for the second half while McGrady played the entire game wearing a red and a blue shoe The best moments of the second quarter included Shaq goaltending a shot into the lap of Bill Russell sitting court-sid- e on his 70th birthday not far from actress Paris Hilton ' McGrady had the dunk of the period passing the ball to himself off the backboard and Jamaal Magloire led all scorers with 12 points to help the East to a 64-5- 8 lead at intermission After a provocative but featuring the pop singer Bey-onIverson and McGrady hooked up on another slam as alley-oo- p the game began resembling a dunk contest k slams by Shaq and Duncan midway through the quarter gave the West its first lead since the first quarter and Shaq later added an espe- dally demonstrative dunk — grabbing the rim after the slam ce lasttimeonthisstagebutI wanted to play as if it was’’ Magliore said “I’m not really worried about whether more people know me now I just wanted to put on a good performance because this game Is all about individual performances” Back-to-bac- Junior the Korean Open and Callaway’s Pebble Beach event late last year Nothing compares to this ' especially with a world-clas- s field at Torrey Pines “This is the greatest victory” Daly said “I won two majors Nothing can take 'away from that But I’ve never won a tournament that Tiger Woods has been in the field That feels good” Woods pulled within two shots until his driver failed him again He closed with a 69 and tied for 1 0th two ' strokes short of the playoff Phil Mickelson also made a 7 trig change with birdies on eight of his first 11 holes Hebirdied the final hole for a 67 then waited nearly an hour to see if he would make the playoff He was among a half-dozplayers who headed home when Riley holed a clutch 15r foot birdie putt from the fringe ar f - ii - - chain-reacti- State Continued from B1 uvvnlually pinning the Royal midway through the second ' ' 'pcricHl ' was ready to wres- ('lirjs " said “He Was Scmadcni lie forw ard to that match looking ever since region He was anx- - ' joiis to w resile that match and-h- e liad a lot of fire iii hiiiL “ 'According to Semadeni Hansen's win helped pumpup ' Harris jt 2 5 pounds) in his third-plac- e duel with High- land’s Rea Shahbazi In any 7 eise ilic logan sophomore recorded a fall against Shah- - There were also several hai his second over the ' Ram grappler in the tourney good storylines involving — at i lie 3:46 mark Cache Valley wrestlers who ' "Thafsthe Jake that we've ended up capturing state titles final In the beenldokjng for ail season” ' Semadeni Brandon Carlisle found Logan's ' himself trailing Spanish Fork’s improved significantly since the bcginjiinof the season’’ Chris Baerf 6-- 2 before memo- -tirbofn cases Hansen and ries of Logan bkiwing a lead to pounder” Harris' had to win four match- - - Bountiful in the 4A football ' Oh and it’s impossible not es- in the consolation bracket state title game came into play ’ to mention the dominance of to finish where they did The “I just got the feeling of lqs-in- g Luke Lofthousc Lofthouse same can be said for Gilsdorf the football state champi-- " whoseonly loss this year was j of Mountain Crest: ' oniship and I couldn’t take that a 6-- 4 decision to the No 1 ' And this was after wrestling in the ranked feeling agaim” said Carlisle ' what MC'head coach Davie nation won his third straight who was a defensive Swenson called “Joey’s worst hackline backer on that squad : state title cementing himiself match of the season” in a sec- as one of the best ever in the “I wasn't going to let it hap d defeat to Murray’s state of Utah- :pen again” ' V ' Ben Brockhank : V Ins'cad Of hold his head ' ' AliematoitV Coating Syttem oil Service Trannisions Tune-UBrake state plac- dpwn the Jwo-iim- e ce : :V And four of those free throws came in the last 29 seconds of the game and provided UOP with its winning margin “Our guys played awesome down the stretch” UOP head coach Bob Thomason said “Now we’ve put ourselves in a position not only to have a good year but to have an outstanding year” The Aggies of course have already5 been enjoying an out-- - Moments later Donald joined him with a putt from ajmost the same spot Daly had a putt to win in regulation but itcame tip just short and he headed for his first playoff since beating ' Costantino Rocch at St He didn't as he pinned Baert early iq the third round When Mustang Josh Burnett defeated Payson's Ryan Gonchamzales for the 1 pionship he exorcised some demons as well Burnett who won the 112- pbund title as a sophomore was unable to defend his crown due to an incident at last year’s Region 4 championships that forced him to have to forfeit his opening-roun- d state match Instead of let this incident - ' destroy his wrestling career Burnett geared himself up for hi's senior season — especially after droppinghis semifinal bout at the Richardson Invita- tional earlier this year “I had to refocus myself after the Richardson” he said “I came to practice and I just started drilling so we picked (warmup) partners instead of picking a 135- pounder I picked a 145- - 35-fo- ot Andrews The victory will only bring ' more scrutiny on Daly — his nightlife his family problems He simply shrugged “I don’t see how it can get any worse” he said “Every1 body goes through ups and downs-Min- just happen to be talked about a lot” : standing year But the question is whether or not that year will include a Big West Con- ference title : Now tied for first place Utah State and Pacific each have five regular season games remaining The Aggies host UC Riverside (5-- 7 and Cal State Fullerton (5-- 7 this week then wrap up Big West play with three straight road games af Long Beach State (4-- 9 UC Irvine (4-- 9 and Idaho 2) 9-1- 2) 6) 3) (fr-- 7 io-i- 3) :: “You hate to lose and you really hate to lose in the fash-- : ion that we did” Nelson raid of Saturday’s defeat “But you know what? We’ve just got to flush it Stick it in tire back of our minds and focus on River- side and FUllerton because Riverside’s playing really well and Fullerton’s playing really well “If we dwell on this too long we’re going to get beat at home and we can’t do that We’re in a right conference race now and we’ve just got to pick it up and play” The Tigers have only two road games remaining but one of those is at UC Santa Barbara 1 3- 8) the only other team in the conference besidethe to have a winning record Pacific then goes to before Cal Poly (3-- 9 closing up with Cal State Fuller- Northridge (5-- 8 ton and Riverside should Fcific and USU both win out? The No 1 ' seed to the Big West Tourna- ment would be decided by a simple coin flip inasmuch the Tigers’ and Aggies’ only loss-- 1 es would have pome against 35ch other (7-5- os last-pla- ce 2) 9-1- 2) MHoorFariftBoidScnice 13415 N Hwy 91 Lewiston Ut (435)258-539- 6 hard-When- 171-pou- said-“He’s- — Rear Ag Tire SALE - ' i&4x&onlY $363 7 184 RS8 ONLY $54 8 : 189-pound- er - ' Continued from B1 tofinishat nd ' Bounce en zero-toleran- the same kid who beat him that was sweet” Another MC grappler that showed a lot “of character” was Rutledge The sophomore fell to eventual champion Randy Callicoat 4-- 1 in the semifinals aiid was victimized by what Swensen felt was soihe questionable officiating ' Rutledge would rebound 10-- 3 vie- a with nicely though duel over lory in the third-plaLone Peak's Matt Carpenter “I know this: It look a good kid to beat him” Swensen cham- said “It took a two-tim- e pion to beat him here and it's going to take a really good kid to beat him next year” I2 Continued from er the-grefe- front-pag- Daly abuse hasn't decided whether Waltrip's car came to a stop to punish the driver upside down Rescue workers “I understand what I did ' ' spent nearly 10 minutes mak- was wrong" Wimmer said ing sure he was OK then Continued from B2 ’ “But we'll make it through" flipped the car over to let the tather is proud "I think his Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Waltrip climb out He wantwaved to the cheering crowd Johnson rounded out the top jodjiy” Stewart said-“I ed to win the race Trust me if five and then went to the infield I could have held him off I care center for a quick check Bifile had Greg Mould have But there was no to start from the back of the Waltrip had won two of the ' 43-cfield after changing an : last three Daytona 500s but not holding (hat kid back Today ' was his day" he could celebrate That one allowed truly engine Saturday ' -- His 2001 A frightening crash on lap victory was overshad- EarnhardLLptake ' 72 took out defending race owed by the crash that killed flag from the pole w inner Michael Waltrip Bifflc made up a lot of Earnhardt Last year Waltrip whose car Hipped at least three in an overheating car was declared the winner when ground ' in front rain shortened the race times and wound up landing late the near Tunning “Wtien the car stopped I the race But he faded to 1 2th on its roof in the backstretchHe wasn't injured was pinned real bad” he said Waltrip was running threeRookie Scott Wimmer held “I couldn't get out” wide when rookie Johnny Sauter got loose coming off turn Mark Martin was the first ' on for a surprising third-plac- e driver to go out his Roush finish He briefly held the lead two and sparked a wreck that took out 1 2 cars alter gambling on his final pit Racing Ford spewing smoke Waltrip got smashed in the just eight laps into the race stop — taking onjy two tires — hut he didift have enough side by Robby Gordon a tire Another Roush driver Jeff Burton was doomed by engine shredded and the No 1 5 car grip to hold on Wimmer still facies drunken-d- ri burrowed into the grass on the problems too — not a promis' inside of the track softened ing debut for the team that ing charges after crashing a team truck last month- joined up with Robert Yates by rain that washed out SaturNASCAR which has a Racing during the offseason to day's Busch Series race With dirt flying everywhere give Ford a greater edge: policy oil substance Pole-winn- even after he was bedeviled by doping accusations and susr pensions in recent seasons — accusa-tion- s he denied Armstrong who began his fun of five straight Tour victories in 1999 and battled Pantani in the 2000 edition said in a statement Sunday he had deep respect for Marco Pantani Pantani “regardless of oqr battles onoff the bike” ' “Cycling has indeed lost a great champion ' and a great personality” Armstrong said After his magical 1998 wins Pantani’s entire Merc atone Uno team — riders trainers and masseuse — shaved their heads to imitate him: A year later in 1999 the Giro honored Pantani by arranging its route to pass through his hometown of Cesenatico On Sunday the Italian Cycling Federation ordered a moment of silence at every cycling event in the country Italian newspapers devot- ed their entire Sunday front pages to his death “He’s gone” read the banner headline of the country’s most respected sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport Former Gazzetta editor e editoCandido Cannavo entitled his rial “Lost hero: we adored you” Short and slight in stature Pantani scaled huge mountains faster than anyone and also ' excelled at increasing his lead or making up ground with daredevil descents (Sale price ooptuigeiit on cash payment) ond-roun- p erheal OlympiiSMike Price an opponent Swrasen said-GiTsdprfhadhever beatenin : three1 years — and Pleasant Grove's Chris Clegg to set up a rematch with Brockbank Gilsdorf would win the' LOW SOIL FLOTATION : - 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