Show Section Wednesday April 21 2004 Pagel The Herald Journa Reserves power Pacers Inside Nets and Kings improve to ana's surge and he is normally the team’s sixth man He was filling in for Attest suspended for one game by the NBA on- Monday for leaving the bench during a confrontation in the Pacers’ Game 1 win Artest took just a few steps onto the court when O'Neal tangled with Boston rookie Brandon Hunter but the league deemed it enough of an infraction to hand out the suspension Pierce figured to have an easier time with Artest out but that wasn’t the case He made just seven of 18 shots after going 5 or-18 in Game 1 The Celtics again couldn’t find a way to compete with the Pacers close of the third period and Ben-d- o brought a boisterous crowd to its feet with a brilliant three-poiThe Indiana Pacers proved play on a dunk in the fourth to they’re more than Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal on Tuesday night give the Pacers a 9 lead Bendo capped the run with a A group of reserves rescued the that gave the Pacers an 2 Pacers with an 21-- 3 run spanning lead with 7:21 to play the third and fourth 103-9and 0 propelled them to quarters in a rj a 0 lead in the win over the Boston series The Celtics in Game 2 of series moves to d their playBoston for Game 3 on off series at Indi- Friday night anapolis Paul Pierce led the Celtics with With an erratic O’Neal watching 27 points but again struggled from the bench and Attest watching from the field despite the absence' from home because of a siispen- of Artest the NBA’s defensive sion Austin Croshere and Jonathan Bender ignited a lifeless Pacers playo of the year A1 Harrington was the only team late in the third quarto1 ‘’staito” on the floor during Indi at the Croshere hit a By The Associated Press nt - 72-6- 82-7- best-of-sev- en 2-- Bates redefining what a B2 athlete is two-spo- rt PLAYOFFS first-roun- Sports briefs Huot named USU Athlete of the Week Aggie golfer Cody Huot has been named the Utah State Athlete of the Week The weekly award is voted on by a state media pmel Huot earned medalist honors in leading Utah State to the team title at the Idaho State PetersonVon Elm Intercollegiate Huot shot a to par 21 2 total win by three shots He became the first Aggie golfer to win a tournament since October of 1996 The sophomore from Brigham City leads the team in scoring average this season at 7350 He has been USU's top finisher in five of six tournaments on the year and has three top-1- 0 overtill finishes in his last four events The Aggies will close their season playing at the BYU Cougar Classic 4 and at the Big West April Conference Championships at Santa Maigarita Calif April 7 Other nominees included: Can-diHatch from softball Hungsoon Park from men’s tennis Jill Smith from women's tennis Ryan Bruhn from men's track and Kelli Burton from women’s track four-und- wmMst series 2 -0 in -f- See NBA on APphotq The Pacers' Reggie Miller goes in for a dunk B3 against the Celtics during the second quarter er (69-72-7- 2) HYRUM — In order for Mountain Crest to be successful against Bon- neville and its stifling defense head Coach Steve Saunders knew his club needed to connect well in the midfield Unfortunately for the Mustangs four starters arrived late for Tuesday’s contest were benched to begin the game and the team's continuity was out of whack from the opening whistle It showed as the Mustangs were held to six shots — only one on goal — in their loss to the Region Lakers With the shutout Bonneville extended its 23-2- 26-2- ce -0 Clarett goes to court COLUMBUS Ohio (AP) Maurice Clarett filed ah emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to try to force his way into this weekend's NFL draft! Clarctt’s attorney Alan Milstein asked for a stay of a decision by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals preventing the former Ohio State tailback from entering the draft “We’re hoping justice will prevail and Mr Clarett will play football is what lie was born to do and which is what he is ready to do" Milstein said in a telephone inter-viewith The Associated Press -0 Eli LuceroHeraJd Journal Sky View forward Eric Anderson back w Tuesday's scores NBA playoffs well-driv- NL Chicago Cubs 9 Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 2 Montreal 2 NY Mets 1 Florida 3 Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 4 Arizona 2 St Louis 5 Houston 3 Colorado 7 Los Angeles 1 San Diego 9 San Francisco 5 Salt Lake Overtime goal drops Grizzlies AL Baltimore 9 Tampa Bay 1 Boston 4 Toronto 2 Kansas City 15 Cleveland 5 Minnesota 6 Detroit 4 Seattle 2 Oakland 1 ' y NY Yankees 11 Chicago White Sox 8 Texas 6 Anaheim '3 ' ! PCL 11 Sacramento 2 2) M minutes into overtime Adam Boman’s goal in the extra session was the differ-- encein the Bob- - By David Cordero sports writer The conditions were about as undesirable as you can get for soccer It was cold it rained and at times the wind was so strong it turned your umbrella inside out In this miserable setting for high school soccer on the wet slippery field at Hillcrest Elementary some team had to make a statement:1 Sky View did just that about six cats’ Bobcats 2 GrizzHeslOT ry puts Sky View 2-- 1 win " over U)gan Tuesday after- - victo- - noonThe (3-2- -1 league overall) into a tie for second place in Region 4 with Roy Bobcats coach Doyle Geddes said ' he wasn’t thrilled with his team's which in r— second half effort in the it allowed the gamertying goal — but felt the kids redeemed them- -1 : selves in the added time “I'll take that overtime period” Sky View coach Doyle Geddes said “I saw what I was hoping to see: a team ' that wanted to win a crazy game “Logan got the best of us in the ! second half and ( was beginning to wonder if we even deserved a result here It was nice to see five or six minutes of heart in that overtime” The Grizzlies (2-- 4 4:5-- l ) battled back to knot up the contest with about 15 minutes remaining A free kick from Josh Gammill sailed into the box pinballcd arouhd and finally settled at the feet of James The sophomore blasted a Calvi-mon- te en midfield' ' “I thought we played hard but we are struggling with pur midfield defense” Saunders said “I think that’s obviously especially playing Bon- neville because they do such a good job with their midfield defense” While Saunders was wary of his' club’s defense in the midfield it was a '! breakdown in the box that led to Bonneville’s goal Less than six minutes into the second hillf Stang goalie Chase Ferraro collided with two Bonneville players tin a 18-ya- rd j See TOUGH on B3 See CATS on B3 V NHL playoffs Toronto 4 Ottawa 1 : : On television :4 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL : 5pm V-- ' 'vy ESPN — St Louis at Houston 7pm : FSN — Los Angeles at Colorado 8 pm ESPN2 -- r Sari Diego at San : v Francisco : ' 4-- NBA 5 2 pm V TNT — Playoffs first round Milwaukee at Detroit 730 pm ' game ' ' TNT — Playoffs first round game 2 Denver at Minnesota SOCCER 12:30 pm ESPN2 — UEFA ChampionsLeague playoffs semifinal FC Porto vs Deporti-v- o La Coruna at Oporto Portugal : TORONTO ( AP) — The Ottawa Senators still haven't figured out how tobeat the Toronto yv Maple Leafs So for the fourth time infive years the Sena- tors are going home early from the Stanley Cup playoffs Ed Belfour made 36 saves and Joe Nieuwendyk scored twice on a shaky Patrick Lalimc as Maple Leafs advanced to the 'second round by beating the Senators’ 1 Tuesday night in Game 7 Ottawa is 0--4 in series against Toronto in Game 7s overallThe Senators and avoided the Maple Leafs in last year’s playoffs and reached Game 7 of the East- era Conference finals before losing to Stanley Cup champion New Jersey' The Maple Leafs who led 34) after first period will meet the Ryers in the second round ' beginning with Game 1 on Thursday night in Philadelphia'-0-- 4 : ' "Toronto enforcer Tie Domi sparked his team by assisting on the first goal Nieuwendyk added two weak goals on Lalime who was replaced by backup Martin Prtisek to start the second : Following Ottawa’s double Overtime victory iri k Game 6 on Sunday Senators owner Eugene 7 his win Game team would easily predicted “We’re going to lull ’em” he said' Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson also ' vowed his teamwbuld win the series after the Senators lost Game 5 It wasn't to be largely because of Lalime’s poor H ' play The goalie who struggled this sea-11 shots: son allowed three goals on just Belfour who tied an NHL record by ' recording three shutouts in series looked spec-- '' v tacular agaih Fans chanted’Ed-riiv ' throughout Toronto won the series despite being ouLshot ' AP photo 'L And Maple Leafs coach Pat Quinn 4 The Toronto Maple Leafs1 Tie Domi right congratulates called Belfour his best player earlier in the day! " goaltender Ed Belfour after their 1 win against Ottawa:: Mel-ny- e Ed-die- ' 5-- and Logan defender Carlos Velasquez go after the ball Tuesday WDDB New Jersey 99 New York 81 Indiana 103 Boston 90 Sacramento 83 Dallas 79 : streak to six games and captured a contest for the third time this season “We started right off ali messed up” Saunders said “I had four different kids playing and some of them in posi- tions they don't normally play :That creates some problems right there” ' Notwithstanding Mountain Crest's (3-- 3 region 5 overall) slow start it was able to keep Bonneville (6-- 0 at bay in the first half and the majority of the second half The Lakers who have not allowed a goal in region play created five shots on goal in the opening stanza but none were Nevertheless Bonneville was able to control the run of the play for the majority of the match thanks to its aggressive play in the !’ 238-15- 4-- |