Show TV " 7 v : (V Wednesday January 29 2003 A8 The Herald journal Sports briofs wrestlers finish 2nd at tourney Mt Logan Led by Joshua Thompson Scott Milne Austin Birky and Jack Heimann the ML Logan wrestling team finished second at the Northern Area Junior High Wrestling Tournament last Saturday Those four Mt Logan wrestlers took firsts in their respective weights as the team finished with e 137 points edging Sky fourth-placMoune View (132) and tain Crest (120) Weber won the tournament with 197 points Thompson (86 pounds) Milne (128) Birky (190) and Heimann (250) will be in action again this Saturday at the state championships Mt Logan will be hosting the tournament at the Logan Recreation Center beginning at 9 am Mt Logan coach Doug Littlefield expects close to 500 athletes to be in town for the meet Sky View was led by Courtney Bair96) and Don McMullen (135) finishwho both captured es last Saturday third-plac- first-pla- MC m ®§ fto Birds star to play baseball football at SUU By Wade Denniston staff writer PROVIDENCE — Southern Utah Univer-sityfootball team was to say the least dismal last season The Thunderbirds won their first game of the 2002 campaign then proceeded to lose their next 10 The result was the firing of head coach C Ray Gregory and the hiring of Gary Andersen who spent the last six seasons as the assistant head coach at Utah SUU’s baseball team was not much better in ’02 finishing in overall but the Conference good enough for second place ’s six-ye- ar 1 1 8-- -7 However the future does look promising for those respective teams as Mountain Crest star Ryan Zimmerman has committed to play for the Thunderbirds Being able to play both sports was a major factor in Zimmerman choosing Southern Utah ‘Coach Andersen he was all for it” said on Tuesday afternoon “When he asked me he said ‘What about this baseball thing? Is that important?’ I said ‘You know what coach that’s pretty important to me’ “That was a big part of my decision too It came down to who is gonna let me play both Zim-merm- an Mid-Contine- nt See ’ ZIM on All Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Mountain Cresfs Ryan Zimmerman plans to play both football and baseball at Southern Utah University in Cedar City Top RB Rogion 4 girls baskotball set to ce come Athletics sign Durazo contract to ar on-ye- toUSU OAKLAND Calif (AP) — Eru-biDurazo a first baseman and designated hitter obtained by Oaktrade last month land in a with the Athletics terms to agreed contract Tuesday on a Durazo who had been the only unsigned player on the Athletics’ roster eligible for arbitration signed for $1 065000 Oakland acquired Durazo in a deal Dec 15 in which the A’s sent Jason Arnold to Toronto the Blue Jays sent Felipe Lopez to Cincinnati and the Reds sent Elmer Dessens to Arizona Durazo 28 hit 261 with 16 home tuns and 48 RBIs in 76 games for the Diamondbacks last season despite two stints on the disabled list el four-tea- By Shawn Harrison sports editor m one-ye- ar As the football season wore on last fall establishing a running game became a top priority at Utah State James Samuel did show glimpses of how good he could be but the rusher 40-m- an ed 01 Norman likely won’t be at the Masters MELBOURNE Australia (AP) — Barring A remarkable rebound in the next two months Greg Norman will not be returning to the US Masters Norman the epitome of collapse and heartache at Augusta National said he received a letter from chairman Hootie Johnson that he will not be offered a special invitation “Hootie wrote explaining the decision and I think it is the right decision” Norman said at the Heineken Classic “I support him 100 percent and respect him for that" three times most did he the craves at the major not qualify for the first time last year but was given a special exemption by the club He tied for 36th Norman a runner-u-p Tuesday's scores NBA New York 103 Atlanta 98 Detroit 86 Boston 83 Philadelphia 108 Milwaukee 81 Utah 102 Sacramento 92 Portland 98 Denver 92 Seattle 91 Golden State 88 ' NHL Boston 2 Nashville St Louis 5 Washington 3 Colorado 2 Columbus 2 tie NY Islanders 5 Pittsburgh 2 Tampa Bay 3 Philadelphia 0 Montreal 6 Florida 3 Atlanta 5 NY Rangers 2 New Jersey 1 Detroit 0 Phoenix 4 Calgary 3 San Jose 3 Los Angeles 1 Minnesota 2 Vancouver 2 tie Mitch MascaraHerald Logan's Candace Miller and Sky View's Mykel Beorchia fight for deta ©Dofltb SV blows By Shawn Harrison sports editor For eight minutes Tuesday night it was just what any valley rivalry game should be The lead changed hands several times both teams dialed up shots and both sides had something to cheer about Then came the second quarter Sky View reeled off 1 1 straight points and never looked back The visiting Bobcats did just about everything right in chalking up a victory over Logan game open in second quarter 2 ready to play and my girls “We knew that Logan v didn’t come to play” was a good team so we had McKay said “They wanted this win a lot more than us to come out and give it our all "said Sky They controlled the whole floor View guard Trisha Sky View “DefenCardon who girls basketball scored a game-hig- h sively we didn’t 14 points play smart Their had offense was to “Everyone the whole team” geared up took us by the throat and Logan coach strangled us” Bryant McKay felt Bobcats 51 that was the difLogan (3-- 2 Grizzlies 32 Bobdid 51-3- ference The cats (3-- 2 in 5 overall) Region 4 team a as especially played on defense “They (Bobcats) came 11-- Journal a rebound Tuesday night start 8-- 7) die game with a 7-- 0 run That was about the only bright spot for the hosts After a timeout the Bob cats clawed back into the contest Michelle Clark and Mykel Beorchia scored as the first quarter concluded to start an 1 1 --0 run Cardon capped the streak with her first trey of the night A close game had suddenly ' turned into a double-dig- it lead for the Cats “I’m so happy with the way we played defense tonight just in your face defense” Sky View coach Amanie Crosbie said “It was fun to see Gol I just love to see them get out there and play defense See CATS on A10 1 On lelovision GOLF 1 pm USA— PGA Tour Bob Hope Classic first round at La Quinta Calif 9 pm TGC — PGA Tour of Australasia Heineken Classic (same-da-y tape) MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 pm ESPN — North Carolina at Georgia Tech NBA 7pm FSN — Portland at Utah ESPN — Dallas at Houston NHL 6:30 pm ESPN2— Toronto at Carolina Sloan ejected from Jazz win qver Kings “I like Utah State” Carslen said Tuesday “They recruited me better than anyone else" He was also recruited by Weber State Southern Utah and Utah before coach Ron McBride was fired Carlsen a played both ways for the Braves He was a four-yestarter at running back and strong safety for the Coalville school He also ran track winning the 100 meters in the 2A division at the state track meet last year His time was the fourth fastest in the 100 in the state “He’s a great athlete” North Summit football coach Jerre Holmes said “He is capable of running over you or around you because he does have speed He is also a great defensive player I think Utah State recruited him as an athot 195-pou- all-stat- er ar lete” AP photo Utah’s Greg Ostertag left goes to the basket See JAZZ on All against Sacramento's Doug Christie Tuesday SeeUSUonAU chest and was ejected in the first SACRAMENTO Calif (AP) — Karl Malone is planning to enjoy his quarto1 But Malone helped the Jazz All-St- ar recover from an early deficit to end a the time break fro during three-gam- e this year — he isn’t participating in losing streak The Kings who lost leading scorer the game for the first time in 15 sea-Chris Webber to a sprained left sons ankle have dropped three such insists He events aren what motivate him anyway straight for the second time this season Malone had 29 points 10 Sloan and Kirkland rebounds and six assists just Jazz 102 hours after being left off the exchanged words face-to-faKings 92 All-St- ar after Sloan argued that Kings team and the Utah seven-game a Jazz snapped out of bounds on the sideline right losing streak to Sacramento by beat102-9- 2 near where Kirkland was standing the Kings ing Tuesday night “I couldn’t understand him with all “I try not to get caught up in all ’ that” Malone said “As long as I can the noise but I know it wasn't said “I have sensigood” Kirkland keep helping this team win that’s tive ears" ' what means the most to me” O Utah coach Jerry Sloan pushed official Courtney Kirkland in the Dennehy hires new assistant — Page A9 Carlsen led the state in rushing last fall with 1947 yards and 22 touchdowns He also picked off five passes while playing on defense Carlsen scored 45 TDs in his career “Andy understands the ' game” Holmes said “He is able to get to the right place at the right time” It will be a few years before Carlsen actually suits up for a game He plans on leaving in August on an LDS Church mission And when Carlsen does step foot on die field it may not be on the offensive side of the ball either “They recruited me as an athlete so I could try either (offense or defense)" Carlsen said They said they would give me a chance to play on ce V I i— will be a senior this season The ' Aggies future could be Aggie football bright though as the leading rusher in the state of Utah has verbally committed to sign with Utah State North Summit's Andy Carlsen announced earlier this week that come National Letter of Intent signing day on Feb 5 he will sign on with the Aggies Carlsen holds the state's career rushing record with 4967 yards hi T ‘’Mil ha i e 7 hi |