Show B2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday October 1 2003 Marlins foiled Jazz trade Amaechi SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —The Utah Jazz traded disgruntled center John Amaechi to the Houston Rockets Tuesday in exchange for veteran guardfor-war- d Glen Rice and draft picks Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson said the move was made in order to keep the team from having to pay an expected Game 2 in the Schmidt fires best-of-fi- three-hitter'f- or 120037 San Francisco NL series is Wednesday Bonds barely had two feet in the batter's box when catcher Ivan Rodriguez’s glove shot out to signal an intentional walk showing just how sen- - v ous the Marlins were about not getting beat by baseball's best slugger Instead the Marlins beat themselves with one bad throw Bonds wound up with three walks Chad Fox intentionally walked Bonds with nobody on base in the ' eighth and he came around to score on Edganlo Alfonzo’s double SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —Jason Schmidt accd anoth- er test Schmidt pitched the San Francisco Giants to their First playoff shutout in 16 years for a throwing a three-hitt2-- 0 victory over the Florida Marlins in Game I Tuesday Schmidt outdueled Josh Beckett while Barry Bonds and the Giants took advantage of a costly error by Florida fill-i- n third baseman Miguel Cabrrun era to score the At 68 Felipe Alou wound up a winner while managing his first postseason game and Jack McKeon lost in his playoff debut er go-ahe- ad luxury tax The deal allows the Jazz to unload Amaechi who had been openly unhappy with the team the past two seasons He averaged just two points in 50 games last season He was still under contract this season and had an option for 2003-0- 4 “It wasn’t a good fit so let's move on” said Jazz vice president for basketball operations Kevin O’Connor Amaechi 32 averaged 62 points AP photo San Francisco pitcher Jason Schmidt reacts after the last out against the Florida Martins Sec FOILED on B3 and 26 rebounds per game during his five NBA seasons with the Cavaliers Magic and Jazz He quickly fell out of favor with Jazz coach Jerry Sloan after he signed as a free agent in 25-1- c ' Naomi Felix concurred “It's freakin’ awesome” said the senior forward who led the in Mountain Crest Mustangs V Mustangs 4 Be®80 it":: v ovcral) loVe ':r- Even with two games left to go in the regular season Moun- tain Crest has earned a No 1 seed for the upcoming 4A State Tournament “Thai’s what we were after" Mustangs coach Steve Saunders said “We did not want to go in as (a) second (seed) after '' y: coming this far” the Elsewhere in region Sky View(out-laste- d Roy 5-- 3 while Bonneville drubbed ' Logan 7-- 0' Over the past three seasons the Bees (l-- y 7-- 0 have been a big part of Moun- g tain Crest's games -- r the Bees have been the Mustangs' opponent when they have sewn up the league title In 2001 Mountain Crest thumped Box Elder at home next season the Mustangs poured it on again with a 6-- 0 win over the hill in Brigham City On Tuesday Mountain Crest set the tone early when Felix took a pass from Chantee McCann and scored just two minutes into the match “We were playing our game (today)” ' Felix said That's for sure Especially the defense The Bees managed just three shots on goal — all in the second half Box Elder didn't even record its first shot until there was only 1 1 :30 to go ani that came on a free kick “It takes all of us — Whitney Welch ' Larsen:' The duo torched Preston (3-- 2 13-finishing the match with a combined 37 kills leading the Eagles to their second victory over the Indians this season Marsh e nailbiter at home against Preston Valley took a 11 ' rai Sept While she was extremely pleased with the performance of Chandler and Larsen Wolff said the duo owe’s a lot of its credit to solid passing and setting amongst teammates “If you have big guns that can hit the ball it’s great if you can pass” she said “Luckily we were able to serve-receiwell (tonight) and give them the opportunity to hit the ball” Marsh Valley would certainly do that well in the first ' game using runs of IBB and 6-- 0 and solid blocking — — two team Mocks and two solo blocks to take the game : 6) five-gam- 0) ve region-clinchin- ' : It’s understandable that Wolff was downright ecstatic with her team’s feat After all the third-yeEagle coach played for Bear Lake High School in the early 1990s so she said she knew from experience how dominant the Indi- -' ans have been at home Like Preston did last season": ?'- - : Marsh Valley is starting to establish itselfas the team to beat in die Fifth District as it improved to a perfect 5- -' ' 0(18-- 6 overall) And it all staled with MV outside hitters Cora Chandler and Danielle ' ar (8-0- -0 -- ' 6) court” s wjlh a hat lrick fust-roun- “That was huge” Wolff said “1 bet you it’s been 30 years I have no idea how long it’s been since Marsh Valley beat Preston when they played Marsh Valley on this pionship “It feels dang good” Mountain Crest junior defender Diana Nelson said of the accomplishment ? nd PRESTON — According to Marsh Valley volleyball coach MardeWoUfit had been about 30 years since die Eagles had beaten Preston on its home court Unfortunately for the Indians all good things usually come to an end and that was the case Tuesday night as 20-2- 3 23-1- 7 Marsh Valley defeated Preston 3--1 (25-1-2 t? oirts soccer fust-rou- Jason TUrner By HYRUM — Can you say three-peaMountain Crest's girls soccer team sure can With their 4-- 0 victory over Box Elder on Tuesday afternoon the Mustangs wrapped up their third consecutive Region 4 cham- -- °-1 future second-roun- d pick “I’m still collecting my thoughts" Rice told the Houston Chronicle for its online editions Tuesday after receiving the news Utah will get a conditional draft pick from Houston and a condid tional pick that the Rockets from acquired Chicago in 2000 O’Connor said he plans to speak to Rice within the next couple of days to' see where the veteran could fit in with the Jazz who are trying to get younger after the departures of John Stockton and Karl Malone “It’s difficult when you’re a veteran and you’ve been hurt a little bit and you get traded the day before training camp" O’Connor said “We’re going to let the dust settle with him a little bit and have a conversation" sports writer By Wade Denniston sports writer 1 Sending Rice to Utah in the last year of his $9 million contract saved Houston $63 million The Rockets will receive a Eagles finally win in Preston Bobcats top Roy in scoring test re8on-- 2001 Eli MC's Megan Dunkley left heads the ball Christina McCann Alt (Rigby) Jaimie (Branscomb) land Kristina (Elwood)" said Nelson whose header in the 36th minute ' gave the hosts a 0 lead at halftime “It takes all of us working together “When we all work together then we accomplish that" Goalkeepers Alyssa Shelton and Michelle Robbins teamed up to prist the shutout Robbins a freshman made three saves in the contest 2-- 25-1- LucaroHerald Journal as Box Elder's Audrey Brinton defends Felix gave the Mustangs some added iasurance in the second half when she scored a pair of goals jess than two minutes apart: Saunders said the reason Felix and the rest of the forwards had so much success was because they stopped dropping back so much “They kept coming back and playing midfield for us” Saunders explained “We 2 “I know the girls were nervous” Tribe coach Stacy Comeau said “They were excited and pretty pumped but I know they were quite nervous in the opening game” But Pfeston would respond despite it's slow start as ' Erica Johnson completed a 0 run with 20-1kills to give the Indians a 0 lead and control of the game Preston’s momentum wouldn’t last though as it was unable to effectively block Chandler and Hansen “I think that’s probably one of1 the things that killed us ' was our block” Comeau said Senior middle blocker Ashley Jackson led Preston with four aces nine kills and match-hig- h a team-hig- h 7-- See STANG on B3 back-to-ba- ck Same story for Tribe soccer teams: net unkind Girlstake fourth straight defeat our fourth loss in a row We started out By Thomas Manning sports writer 5-- and 1 now we're 5-- PRESTON — Despite losing three in a row heading into Tuesday's contest the Lady Indians looked as if they would totally dominate American Falls The Tribe stormed the field — playing focused and intense soccer the entire game Preston passed well played well as a team and took plenty of shirts — 1 7 compared to the Beavers' seven But when lime expired the in (avor of the score was Beavers “Our forwards had nothing on their shots" Preston coach Todd Coburn said “Their shots were weak and half of their shots were from outside the box” “We’re if ally in a slump" Coburn continued "This is 1- -0 Led by Summer Maseuli Preston Preston played smothering defense Maseuli simply controlled everything in the middle of the defense while her midfielders were busy sending ball after ball to forwards Alison Gamble and Mindy Murdock who then would promptly launch an all-oassault on the American Falls' goal Unfortunately for the lady Indians they came up empty time and time again “Every ball that went in the middle Summer controlled” Coburn said Preston simply could not finish Twenty minutes into the ut first half the Preston defense finally allowed a Beavers' : shot after keeping the ball deep in American Falls' territory for nearly twenty minutes Rosemary Martinez pounded a Letisia Rodriguez pass into the Tribe's goal making the score "They never really got any open shots” Cobum said “Our defense really played well” But despite the score the Tribe refused to give in The defense continued its stellar play and the offense continued launching attacks on the Beavers' goal It seemed the entire game consisted of a great defensive play followed by an offensive charge that unfortunately for Preston usually resulted in a missed shot or failure to capitalize on an American Falls' mistake “I thought we them in every aspect of the game except for our forward line” Cobum said Tribe boys fall when focus begins to slip By Thomas Manning sports writer -0 out-play- PRESTON — The Preston boys' soccer team won the majority of the battles in its game against American Falls Tuesday but it still failed to win the game losing 1 “It's the problem we’ve been having all year” Preston coach Brandon Lyon said “We take plays off and we get burned The boys played tough and il'£hard to focus for 80 minutes The ' mental part will come” American Falls is known for its speed and physical play But for most of the game Preston matched the Beavers' speed and really outplayed them physically with the exception of about 3-- ' IS min-- : utes of the game The Tribe seemed to have it all going in the first half and managed to out- - shoot an agressive American Falls team The Beavers' spent the first 35 minutes back on their heels trying to ' hold off the Indians which they somehow managed to do — considering (he abundance of Preston shots Things started to look up for the Beavers in the final four minutes of the half First of all they managed to mount an offensive attack that actually made it past midfield But the Beavers' good fortune didn't end there They were able to do in four minutes what the Indians failed to do in 36 minutes and that's score American Falls’ Jose Cabrera smashed the ball deep into the net after setting the ball with his hand Preston's coaches protested but to no avail The goal stood and the Beavers took an early lead of at the end of the first half Despite the fact that play had resumed Preston extended its break on into the second half Within a’span of about five minutes the Indians allowed the Beavers to strike twice more with Cabrera scoring both goals After that the Tribe picked its game back up and managed to score when Bryce Andepon sailed one over American Falls' goalkeeper Mario Palacios' outstretched 1- -0 hands “It's a tough loss to swallow because we dominated play “ Lyon said Preston returns to action Saturday at 1 pm when it hosts Shelley in a non-leag- tilt ue ' |