Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday April 19 2004 Wallace ends long drought Track problems halt race for over an hour ' He held on after Labonte emerged from the pack and tried to chase him down “Finally” he said after emerging from the car in Victory Lane with his arms raised He finished 538 seconds ahead of Labonte for his 55th career victory “I'm so glad to win again” he said "Man it's been so long and we've gotten so close The fans have been behind me forever and ever pulling for me really haid This one's for them” inch- The hole on the track es deep damaged defending race champion Jeff Gordon's car and may have cost him a chance at a third straight victory on the oval where he's also won three straight poles During the delay the hole was patched with a sealant and didn't cause any more problems MARTINSVILLE Va AP) — Rusty Wallace held off Bobby' Labonte for the last 30 laps Sun-- " e day afternoon to end his winless streak — and more than five hours' on the track at Martinsville Speedway under a blazing sun The Advance Auto Parts 500 was halted for more than an hour with 2 0 laps to go after a block of concrete came lose in the third turn leaving a dangerous hole a foot long and a foot wide in the surface Wallace whose last victory came on April 29 2001 at Cali- fornia Speedway passed Jimmie Johnson for the lead on the 456th lap and pulled away on a restart with 38 laps left as the cars behind him battled for position 105-rac- 1 :AP pTlOtO Rusty Wallace sprays champagne in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts 500 race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville Va Sunday ple on base It's a matter of being clutch in clutch situa- tions” Sigala threw fire but worked from behind more often than not and the Aggies ' simply failed to capitalize "Offensively we're really struggling and that puls a lot of pressure on your defense when you don't do a lot often- -' sively to combat that pres- sure'" Bilbao said The Matadors got to Higley in the sixth inning producing a single and two triples while scoring three runs Utah State then turned to Jill Bruins in the top half of the seventh and the 9 freshman closed out ' the Matadors ('out hi til'd from HI couple of runs oii live hits Bui the Aggies’ offense was lacking to say the least providing absolutely no support for their righthander Utah Stale scattered four hits over seven innings with catch- er Candice Hatch accounting for two of those hits USD's lop half (the one through five hitlers) of the halting order went I for-1 5 against the Matadors' Erin Sigala "I don't look so much at numbers" Bilbao said "I look -- results in crucial situations and wc're'struggling with peo 5-- at Continued from B1 what he could clean up around his ball TV cameras showed Cink crouched down picking up debris around his ball and what looked like a line visible in the crushed shell surface Then Cink struck a marvelous shbt into the sun that set up a birdie putt After Purdy made phr Cink rolled init for first victory since he won his tournament in 2000 Cink raised his putter in triumph was given the tartan winner’s coat and posed smiling with his trophy Then the drama began “I didn't see a sand line” White said ‘it looked like what he removed he was legally able to” blocks NBA 111 Saturday in Dallas : Pistons 108 Bucks 82 Af Auburn Hills Mich Richard Hamilton scored 21 pninis and IX'troit set a team playoff d record will) 14 steals iri Game 1 of its scries pciroii forced 24 turnovers and had eight blocks The constant defensive pressure had the Bucks scrambling just to get their shots olT series is Game 2 in the first-roun- hest-of-sev- Detroit' Desmond Mason led the Bucks with 16 joints Their leading scorer Michael Redd scored jusi points — nearly 2 below his average : - and went more than 8 minutes without scoring in the second and third quarters Kashecd Wallace had 7 points and 0 rebounds Ben 'Wallace had 17 points 14 rebounds and three blocks and Tayshaun : Prince added 14 points 1 rebounds and four ’ 1 1 1 1 1 1 AL At Miami Thanks to rookie Dwyane Wade’s heroics the Heat started the playoffs the same ' way they ended the regular season: by winning Wade sank a jumper with 3 Seconds left and the Heat stayed hot by beating New Orleans in Game I of their Eastern Conference series The Heat earned their first playoff berth in three years with a 4 finish and they fin-- 1 ' isbed strong against the Hornets despite some shaky moments in the fourth quarter New Orleans trailed 5 midway through the period! but rallied to tie the gaine on PJ' Brown's jumper with 54 seconds left Miami's third consecutive turnover gave the Hornets a chance to take the lead hut Lamar Odom stymied Baron Davis on a drive leading seconds to go to a shot clock violation with Wade a timeout to work went Following " from the point He drove past Davis into the lane then threw up a shot over Jamaal Magloire that put the Heat ahead 1 7-- 77-6- 1 1 1 - : i top-fiv- 526-mi- le “I knew I had done nothing wrong” Cink said Purdy didn't see Cink's set up Even if he did be certainly didn't want his first PGA Tour win handed to him on a technicality “I didn't bring it up” Purdy said' “But it was some shot” Cink and Purdy shook hands as White explained the ruling finally ending a long tournament day: “Honestly it was a little stressful because you play arid you win and you play great and you're proud and then all of a sudden you've got some- thing you need to address” Cink said “So I'ni not quite as happy as I was” Cink had six birdies and an eagle 274 to catch Purdy at Purdy started the round with a four shot lead but struggled to a 1 1 1 1 Sens Continued from B1 : er very next day and picked up where he left off In his comple" te-game performance he led the Bobcats to another win and helped clinch the series for his team- - In his 10 innings of work Freeman allowed two pm Stephen Hansen hopes a few good practices will be the cure-a- ll for his team "We'll go out and practice hard" Hansen said "And hopefully we just get better through some practice'' One area he would like to see improvement in iS the pitching staff "We need to have better pitching" Hansen said "We need to have our pitchers hit more spots and that's going to he our focus fof this week to get our pitchers more ready for their outings" Mountain Crest will host the doubleheader at The Yard on Wednesday! while the series - have a great Game 5 when we needed one We bounced back and we were able to get a big win but we still have a lot to prove in Game 7 It’s going to be huge for us” The Senators who came within one win of reaching the Stanley Cup finals last season before losing to eventual champion New Jersey have been eliminated from the playofts by the Maple Leafs in three of four years “We’ve been playing some good hockey up until Game 5 which wasn't our best effort” ' Alfiedsson said “We knew we could rebound well from that because we've done it all year long Tonight we got a great effort from everybody which got us a chance to play in Game 7” The series finale is Ttiesday night in Toronto shifts to Logan's Crimson Field on Thursday All games are scheduled to begin at 3:30 Continued from B2 1 ot - - -3 Prep Heat 81 Hornets 79 Continued from Wednesday in Cink Gordon who was running second to Dale Earnhardt Jr and seemed to have a winning car until it was damaged dropped to 22nd in the field after a series of stops for repairs under a caution flag He rallied to finish sixth' Earnhardt finished third and Johnson was fourth giving Chevrolet the next- three spots oh the finishing grid behind Wallace's Dodge “I just love this race track” Earnhardt said after his fifth e finish here “I straight want to win here so bad I can't stand it” Ryan Newman was fifth also in a Dodge followed by Gordon Jamie McMurray Matt Kenseth Sterling Marlin and Dale Janett times ' The race was slowed for 106 laps by caution including the six laps before and the laps after the repairs to the track were made NASCAR Ace Plfdier of the Week Sky View senior Brian Freeman performed a rare feat this past week On Wednesday the lefthander pitched three innings of solid relief to earn the win in the Bobcats' series opener against Bonneville — a 3 thriller that went 1 1 innings Freeman then started Game 2 of the set and helped Sky View open' a 1 lead before the contest was suspended in the bottom of the third inning due to darkness ' Freeman came back the' earned runs and struck out seven Outstanding Slugger of the Week Cody Spradlin definitely did his part in helping Preston win three of its four games this ' 4-- past week Over the four contests Spradlin a senior batted 462 3) with eight RBIs four doubles a triple and three runs scored In each game Spradlin drove in two runs 5-- (6-fo- r-l i® Cache-Count- y Continued from B2 ran its win streak lb five luis Rivas hit a two-ru- n ' WE PUT THE homer and Doug Mien-- ’ ikiewie jiad three hits for the LOW” IN “LOANS f sweep Minnesota has ‘scored Jour or more-runin 10 of ils first 12 games Kansas ('ily has lost ix in a row- Ibr the first time since ilroppnre eight straight' 1'roiil 10 2002 Sepl Mariners 4 Rangers 2 At Seattle Raul Ibane hit a bonier Bret Huone and Scull Spicid adiled'sojo shoK'ahd the Mariners earned their first series jelory this y ' season '" Joel Pineiro ( : h a lowed tsvei rii ns six hits and lour walks in' b innings and ' siriick "in Jive V 'kiddie Guardado pitched a 'three-gam- is j Twins whoeompleled a ' e' gat amm I Two-ru- '' “ I I NOTHING a DEERE 2-- $0 Down Ob APR Interest 0 Payments for one yea c First 6 months Then pay a rate that's as low as l4 under Prim (low longer than ottwr londM rates) Or lock-i-n your rate lor 5 years at a slightly higher rate Homo Equity Ixxms aLsome with special Checks that let you access your loan easily Youi liist order of 25 Home Equity Checks are free! 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