Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 28 2004 USU golfers finish Shutout Continued from B1 By Mika Straus USU athletic media relations Joseph Hickman sent a corner kick from the left side that had eyes on it skipping by numerous Logan defenders It went right to the foot of Ernesto Hernandez who it home past goalkeeper Brad Utah State’s golf team posted its best round of the tournament shooting a 301 on the final day of the Big West Conference Men's Golf Championships Tuesday at Rancho Santa Margarita Calif on the Tijeras Creek Golf Course Brett Black led the way on the final 18 holes as he carded a par 74 en route to a 226 total and a tie for 26th place Todd Saukkola of Long Beach State won medalist honors with a 209 as he defeated UC Irvine's Yinnie Pond no in a playoff for the individual victory' Lon Beach State won the team title defeating one-touch- ed Heugly It Was the second straight game the Grizzlies (2-- 6 allowed a goal within the first three minutes “It’s the coaches’ fault” Logan coach Tod Martin said two-ov- 1) "We need to come out and get them on fire All we had to do was stick a foot up and knock the ball away and no one did that” Bonneville’s last goal came late in the second half when the Grizzlies were trying to send numbers at the Lakers in a bold attempt to tie the game Charlie Belliston served up a ball to Brandon Shupe who beat Heugly and ripped it into the net “They’re region champs for a reason" Martin said “They’re a good team” e Logan now trails Roy by four points with two games left lire two face off in the finale May 7 in 2 Royals 1 At Roy Eric Hadfield’s goal in the 61st minute was the difference as Mountain Crest defeated Roy and moved into second place The Mustangs did however have to fight off adversity shortly after in order to hold on to the lead Two defenders (Alex Miller and Trevor Gonzalez) suffered ankle injuries in the second half while another (Kirk Bingham) went lame later in the stanza It was tough for Mountain Crest (5-- 3 to endure because it is not very deep at defense : Thin as a rail actually Youngsters Ryan Rindlis- bacher and Lucas Rounds came in for Miller and Gonzalez Bingham decided to tough it out and played with a limp as the Mustangs were able to hold oh for a 1 win “It was probably the most disorganized our defense was all year because of injuries” MC coach Steve Saunders said “The last 20 minutes were hectic” The Mustangs other goal came off the foot of Jordon Leishman Davis Gentry scored for Roy ) Bobcats 1 Bees 1 OT At Hyde Park Sky View ' was disappointed in only one thing The result The Bobcats were solid on defense in the s 2-- (3-4- -1 4-7- -1 (4-2- -2 AUBURN Ala (AP) — Auburn's basketball program was put on two years’ probation on Tuesday with the NCAA cutting one scholarship but clearing the universi- ty of major rales violations Auburn was exonerated of accusations involving large sums of money and expensive cars given to high school prospects Chadd Moore and Jackie Butler But the NCAA found that an AAU coach Mark Komara was acting as a Eli LuceroHerald Journal steals the ball away from Bonneville's their Kupfer during game Tuesday in Logan Logan's Mitch Hall 7-- 5) Jesse midfield and up front but couldn’t finish more than once against visiting Bo Elder “Our last touch on the ball was consistently off” Sky View coach Doyle Geddes said “The game should have been over in the first 10 minutes We hit four balls off crossbars and posts We just peppered them “Everyone had good looks Even the goal we got was off the post” And off the head of Brian ' Hebdon He flicked in a pass from Mitch Lancaster in the 54th minute to tie the game had Box Elder a golden opportunity to go ahead late in the contest but a penalty kick was plugged by Sky View goalkeeper Logan Hull Drop (0-7- -1 ' : UC Riverside in a playoff as well Both teams finished the 54 holes at 864 while Cal State Northridge was third at 874 Utah State finished ninth at 931 USU counted four rounds of 76 or better on the last day as Cody Huot added a 75 while Preston Otte and Devin Daniels each shot 76 Jason Blair’s 81 did not count in the team score Huot tied for 30th overall with a 228 total while Ottte tied for 37th at 239 Blair finished 42nd at 243 and Daniels tied for 44th at 247 The Aggies cut 16 shots off of their opening round en route to the 301 The tournament USU’s season con--elud- ed been starting to do that” Like Gui the No 2 doubles tandem of Nick Mattson and Muiphy Thatcher were also able to avenge a previous loss to Box Elder In convincing fashion no less Thanks to the strong baseline play of Thatcher and die strong net play of Mattson the duo rolled to a wiuiaver Chase Jeppson and Jaron Meyer “It was a good (match for us)” Thatcher said “I thought we played a lot more consistent and that made a big difference” Thatcher’s older brother Alex (Nq 1 singles) made it a clean sweep for the Thatcher family despite dropping a set in Region 4 play for the first time this year The senior who lost his first Tennis Continued from B2 matches helped boost his confidence “And if you play ' against people' that are really good you’re going to get bet-t- er yourself” When asked what made the difference for him against Singleton this time around Gui said he wasn’t sure but Swan ' “I’ve been telling him for " two or three years ‘Richard you hitthe ball steady you hit the ball well but everybody can chase down every shot yoii hit’” he said “There’s times where you have to step’up and do more (with yourshots) and for two or three weeks he’s : ' lyst who publishes a draft newsletter five times a year expects Deng will be at least a toplOpick: Continued from BJ ' Deng a native of Sudan “Undoubtedly he will be a very high pick’’ Monter said who came to the United Suites from Lakeville Minn “I from England had an impresthink he’s going to go high sive freshman season average enough that I’d be surprised if he came track” ing 15 points arid seven rebounds Dengwas the MVP-oDuke coach Mike the Atlanta Regional and Krzyzewski said the school led Duke in scoring in its final would help examine available draft information ”to help three games including 16 ' v Luol make a decision that is points in the 8 loss to best for him arid his family:’’ Connecticut in the natiorial “We’re supportive of Luol’s semifinals" ' '' ' versatile forward decision” is a Krzyzewski said Deng who can play on the perimeter : Deng’s father Aldo Deng or inside and he was widely v ' said it was important to the family thatKreyzewski sup- regarded as the No 2 recruit in his class behind LeBrori ported the decision “It rcally means a lot’’ James Chris Mon ter an ana- : : f 79-7- match of the year Saturday at the Logan Invitational straggled a little bit in the early going before rallying to defeat Brian Braithwaite 6 4-- 6-- 4 6-- 2 “The one thing about Alex is he’s a smart kid” Swan said “You can talk to him and he's coachable and he can be down match) and still w isC Dean Johnson (No 2 s) Jjaa sin-gle- was a couple of points away from giving the Mus- tangs a fourth victory but fell to John Barlow in two sets — both decided in tiebreakers But by then the damage had been done “I’ve been talking to my kids all week about this match” Swan said “This was a huge one for this We had to win this” ‘ one scholarship for the 2004-O-S season The NCAA cut that too scholarship for 2005-0- 6 but did not ban postseason play or televised games “I think it’s always disap- pointing to be called to task by any organization in which you have violated established regulations” Auburn interim President Ed Richardson said “But I think that it was clearly identified that the sanctions that were provided we feel were justified’’ Honored Aggies under three head coaches and was the USU ' head coach from 1983-8- 5 0 From he was an assistant coach at BYU under LaVell Edwards The Utah Football Foundation is a chapter of the Nation- -' al Football Foundation and ' College Hall of Fame Each year 12 student athletes are chosen after being graded by their performance on the foot- ball field in the classroom' and in the community The scholarship winners are gener1986-200- Continued from B1 for the Mustangs allowing five earned runs on 1 1 hits Tai Penrod pitched six innings for the win while Alex Hall worked the seventh to get the save for the Lakers Lofthouse and Jordon Thompson each doubled in the game In the second tilt Loft- house and Brock Reed each but it wasn’t went ' enough Bonneville banged out 10 hits including five doubles and got a solid pitching performance from Thai Blackburn who got the win Hall pitched twp innings for his second save in as many chances Kyle Hamilton was the losing pitcher The senior Mustang struck out four and allowed four earned runs in six innings of work Winder a fullback and linebacker for the Grizzlies was arid named was the leading tackier in the history of Logan High He has a 394 GPA: All three local athletes were on the team last fall Other high school honorees first-tea- all-sta- m : te All-Vall- ey from the state include: Collin Robinson from Alta Spencer Harman from Manti Andrew Rich from Bonneville Ethan Stephenson from Millard Tyler Peck from Bingham Matthew Bauman from Skyline Clint Mon son from Millard Zach Nelson from Grantsville and Nils Myrin from Altamont ally start missing all nine shots in the first half and had a runner from halfcourt waved off because it came after the buzzer It didn’t get much better to start the second half Anthony shot anairball on an open 3- pointerand missed three more shots before scoring on a breakaway at 6:3 1 after steal- ing the ball from Hassell It got worse a few minutes' later wheri Anthony had to come out after stepping on Camby's footand twisting his left knee He returned four minutes later with a wrap On his krieie but missed his next four' shots before being pulled Hornets 96 Heat 85 NBA Continued from B1 : : person” Who Continued (him B1 " first-tea- m hon- all-sta- te orees with GPAs of 35 or higher and dedicated to supporting their local communities through service and charitable contributions Past valley recipients include: Mountain Crest’s Ryan Zim- merman (2003) Henry Akalaonu (2001) Doug Robinson (2000) and TJ Hess ( 1996) Logan’s Ryan Bohm (2002) Jason Stephens (1999) Brandon Stephens (1997) and Mike Anderson (1996) and Sky View’s Greg Marshall (1996) There will also be a few other people from the football community honored tonight Chris Pella will receive the Contribution to Amateur Football award Pella a Box Elder graduate played at Utah State was an assistant coach for the Minnesota played without ' sixth man Wally Szczerbiak who broke three vertebrae in a fall in Game 3 but got nasty ' 14 points from defensive speAldo Deng told The Associatcialist Trenton Hassell and 15 ' ed Press from his home in from Sam Cassell London: “We are really really Leiiard had 28 points and very happy that Coach K is : Millerl3 for Denver but star :' behind it and that is what we rookie Carmelo Anthony had wanted to see two points on just “We all support (Luol) and shooting against Hassell and we’re happy with Duke too spent die final minutes of the ' When someone there takes fourth quarter waving a towel care of your child very close- from the bench: Iyf you feel very close to that 'Anthony struggled from the" Deng’s departure would be a significant blow to the 2004-O-S Blue Devils who otherwise would be brie of the favorites to reach the Final FourThe Blue Devils are also waiting to see whether signee Shaun Livingston a 6:7 guard and McDonald's will go straight to the NBA: representative of Auburn when arranged to wire $3125 for Butler and get a 1996 Dodge Stratus for Moore Komara is believed to be the first summer league basketball coach designated a representative of a school said Thomas Yeager chairman of the NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions The university which denied the major accusations already had imposed its own penalties' including the loss of Continued from B2 -- was- 9th Auburn gets probation fourth-plac- Logan-Mustang- er B3 ’ Baron Davis had 23 points and 10 assists while 13-ye- ar '' veteranStacyAiigmoncame off the bench for 17 points includingtwo shot clock beat- ers in the final period at New Orleans 7-Miami by far the younger team was hurt by a late mistake by rookie Dwyane Wade who failed to inbound the ball before the requisite five sec- onds with 536 seconds left and the Hornets leading 2 After that Miami was forced to foul New Orleans hit the free throws to pull away The series tied 2 resumes Friday night in Miami The home team has won every V game - 88-8- ' " 2-- Allen expecting a child in " September has since said he is strongly considering relin- - ' quishing his raster spot That would deprive the Americans ' ' of their best pure outside The Nets’ AlLStar point guard has said his participa- lion will depend on his left knee which could require suigery after the NBA play- offs Malone and Brand also have injury concerns and :y Malone has indicated he’s riot enthusiastic about traveling to cities where ' has grown sentiment ' “The players are definitely! ' But : roster in place by May ' shooter giyen the circumstances that seems unlikely’’ Kidd is the US team’s best Among the reasons for the 7 guard and Shaquiile point ' O'Neal is the world's piost hedging are nagging injuries! ' ' fears of terrorism and family dominant center The abserice of Garnett Brand and Malone plans including a wedding and a birth concerned about it” Jermaine Rafael Palmeiro and Larry Bigbie homered would leave a void at power and Brian Roberts had three hits for the Orioles : Shaquille O'Neal said his par: O’Neal said “It definitely sits forward arid not having -on your mind Every day you've Bryant would subtract the : three straight who have lost a season-hig- h ticipatiori iri the Aug 9 will depend largely on 12-- 3 innings and the terhow (2-Ron TV see most ' and Olympics Villone got you pitched dynamic player game's Continued frimi B2 how far the Lakers advance in Eddie Guardado got four outs for his third rorists are trying to figure out 'v Ariierican teams are 109-- 2 iri the ninth tied the game before Jones sent a theT'IBA playoffs and Minnesoin the Olympics with losses to be effective” save He retired Javy Lopez in the eighth with “ " ways ' leftmesGarnett sent similar ta’s into a Justin loaded the from Yao bases in 1972 and 1988 7 Rockets Houston center the and Speier(l-2outs two ) pitch 7 77 Basketball officials USA 1 1 to forwill field seats for his fourth home ran lost These days' the level of r who sage V ( ) 'Ming allowing play despite Rodrigo Lopez : worked two scoreless Juan Rincon (3-Bryant O’Neal’s teammate China’shragged off a question just one hit in 3 3 innings competition no longer tilts ' ' ' winthe Lakers is accused of with ?' 11 the about security con- ’Cv Indians White Sox 7 10 innings innings for Sunday heavily toward the Airiericans : cerns in Athens implying he’s — even at full strength A Omar Vizquel had four hits and Cleveland ' sexually assaulting a hotel V: " r 7 Toronto blew a 4- lead in the eighth and did He in Colorado solid Batista 10th satisfied with arrangements at seven scored four times die in US team of NBA players lost employee innings Miguel by spoiled to Argentina! Yugoslavia and Ronnie Belliard had three hits for the Indians not have to surrender his pass- - ' (he athletes’ village who allowed two rans and five hits ' ' :' seven The US team citing jogistr-- Spain at the and Victor Martinez added a solo home ran Twins starter Johan Santana worked port when he posted bail with " over-seon the hits sincal and reasons He runs four will (2-use Adkins Jon only requirement eight Olympic ' Championships and the gave up innings allowing travel being that he :i V " housing being provided on American team that won the struck out a seison-hig- h eight gles to Vizquel and Jody Gerat in the 10th inform the court cruise ships iri Piraeus harbor' then served up an RBI double to Casey Blake Reed Johnson had three hits and two RBIs Olympic gold riiedal in Syd- Allen wasn’t exactly thrilled ney needed a miss 7 making it 7 Martinez later walked with the ' The American team will for the Blue Jays ' hold training camp in Florida ’ when he heard that news! its ' bases loaded and Belliard hit an RBI single to Mariners 7 Orioks 5 by Lithuania to survive ' ' in late July before traveling to- -' “Sure I have concerns” semifinal game I center and another run scored when Aaron Dan Wiison homered iri the fourth arid drove Belthree cities —Cologne Rowanid hobbled the ball Allen said earlier this year “The selectiori committee in the tiebreaking ran in the seventh helping arid Istanbul —for pre- - f ' “The walls have been pene-- '' will Continue to forge ahead as skid Rafael Betancourt (2-Seaule snap a pitched two score- - " grade ' traled As Americans we less innings for the Indians and had three Olympic exhibtioins John Olerud had three of Seattle’s 13'hits possible” Jackson quicklyas ' “You’d better be ready td ' 1 when said ‘‘The objective remains never thought they could get strikeouts' arid the Mariners improved to ' in Belgrade" i ' play through' with a suicide bomb putting the best possible Magglio Ordonez arid Frank Thomas hit allowing five ormore runs in a game It was' That’s something we have to quipped Kidd counting the homers for the White Sox in the the 100th win for Seattle manager Bob Melvin Olympic team together to win two referees and the crowd as the gold medal and we remain concern ourselves with now first inning Paul Konerko also homered in (he who accomplished the feat in 182 games — the three extra opponents at all the yenues” committed tothat objective'' first off Cleveland starter Jeff D’Amico fastest in franchise history : 1 - an : 7" n ’ - : 13-2- :'7v' 0) - -2 -- 2-- 0) - : : -- : : -l ! - back-to-ba- 1) ’ 2002-Worl- d : as ck last-seco- 8-- " : - five-ga- - 2) 1- -1 ! : : back-to-ba- ck ’ |