Show B2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday October 10 2003 game Third-plac- e Valloy junior golS ' : matters to US CARSON Calif (AP) — The UJS women vow they won’t treat Saturday’s World Cup game as a third-plac- World Cup the Americans defeated China 2-- for third Julie Foudy called a win Saturday “the first step” toward the Athens Games And the defeat to Germany will not be forgotten “It is something uniquely motivating when you fed and : experience that loss” Foudy said “You remember it every day in training and it drives : you You use it every day and it drives you for the next 10 months There’s got to be a ' positive that comes 0 Co-capta-in e ' consolation prize In feet it’s the beginning of their buildup to the next big goal foe 2004 Olympics “We have to finish the World Cup and it is not the game we wanted to be playing in” Kristine Lilly said Thursday of the match against Canada “But we want to show we are still a great team “For what the sport has done for us and the Worid Cup is such a great event you cant disrespect it We still have a lot to show I fed we haven’t played our best soccer yet Ws’D be ready for the ! outafiL” That game comes me day before Germany and Sweden play for the championship The Germans eliminated foe defending champion Americans in the semifinais Sweden rallied to brat Canada to get to foe final winning its fourth successive match after an opening loss to foe United Stales V v StiR foe UA women insist they will approach foe bronze medalmalchtheway they would the finaL The last time they were in such a position in foe 1993 " Milch MaacaraHerald Journal w finished No 1 in his division this past season during Utah Junior Golf competition JiortofiiD Willey In the past force v Worid Cups the Americans were winners in 1991 and ’99 and had show-that third-pla’95 After ’95 in ing win went on to they foe 1996 Olympics and then foe ’99 wortt championship The players most of whom will be on the roster for Athens have no doubt they r will return to the top of the sport — sooner not later “In hindsight why this team may have faltered I don’t know but foe fact is we didn’t do it” Worid Cup rookie Abby Wambach said “You focus on how we can do it for ' the next time and you always f still believe you can do it I : believe we can do it” ' ce r McCoy Willey 11 i r - : sV finished first on the Mike Reid Tour this year '7' Hansen (ninth) i ’ y s ' ft f Vi' ' A A ''L ter because when you get them out of the and dust diem off in May yon kind :fj garage have AM to start over again Walt said of plishmrat? 4’ "So said he cool" A he does take it serious Like many "Pretty boys McCoy When competing on the Desert tour4 Willey also pointed out the reason he Willey has dreams of growing up to be a Dikembe Mutombo signed a was so successful throughout die year A01 McCoy usually travels to Arizona every ' 'professional' ableta-jf$ A team in the was because he "played good at the right three weeks — leaving on a Thursday multiyear contract with foe : Only he doesn't have aspirations of die eric round moments" a on slam NFL touchdownsin practice playing Friday catching v “ before the actual event begms444fef Though the junior season is over m dunking in die NBA or hitting a home Utah Willey will continue to play run in the major leagues "They have a lot of good competition 4 Kurt Thomas a natural 140-knoon by the New Jeney Instead it to nuke throughout die winter The resident of Nib--s (m Arizona)" Walt aaMCS'-thWilley hopes h I Dikembe verv'i When McCoy golfs on the Plantations PGA Tour and follow in the foot544 ley also competes on the Desert Junior power forward has been theO well through foe years and Knicks’ starting crater for tour he will play in California as well i steps of his two favorite golfers —Tiger 4 Tbur — based primarily in Arizona — and there is no question Ire’ll fit & most of foe past two seasons: Plantations JuniorTbur which is played as a few events back into the deep Woods and Ernie Eb$--?' New York tned to acquire 3S?V? rijght into our system and Outside of the Grand Canyon State and is south and eastern part ofthelLS — just Why does this young athlete love golf thrive” Knicks coach Don yy Mutombo from Philadelphia for boys and girls between 8 and 19 so much? give him a dunce to try to showcase his two summers ago before the Chaney kaid ’There aren’t We've always tried to let him make K Ability against some redly good talent-A "Well because (in) post things like in histo-- 4 76eri dealt him to the Nets in NBA rmany players Walt basketball it's just kind of the (Los v : die right choices and decisions as for as said4 players" Mutombo is expected to ry that can change the course One of foe major differences between when he wants to practice and what Angeles) Lakers (always) lead foe con-- v a much as as of he game join New York on Friday1 the different tours is the golfers only play ference" Willey explained "In gol£ 44 tournaments he plays" raid Walt Willey V does” i’ 4V: ' KfcCnv'a holes ihirine foe Utah enrmvrtitinn “Adding a shot blocker and father nine time 'anything can happen at any eight-tim-e " There are times thht he The rebounder of Dikembe’s cal- has Walt 'So you always have a chance at win-doesn't favw Somefoing maynot iber to our team dramatically ' "One bad hole and you're out of the V? ? been on foe decline the past want to go And I'm kind of glad he seasons but he two 44 provides improves key areas that we P does play a little baskedull (on a Mountournament" he explained "That's why I 4 Willey certainly did his fair share of were looking to upgrade’’ tain Crest junior super league team) v 'A lrindof like these (in) Arizona They are that diis past season during Utah Junior K team president Scott Laydra 'p because it gives him a little break" tournaments true Golf competition 36iole $ j''jr said “His baskefoall resume Still McCoy knows the value of play- "It gives you a chance" Willey finished No 1 in his divirion so impressive that having 7 is --r the Mike Reid Tour — ahead of two d Though these winter tours fall smack ing golf vj foe chance to add him to our p other Cache Valley golfers in Arman 4:! V "He understands in golf that you just v ' club was something we were can't put foe golf clubs away for the win-See BEST on B6 (seventh place) and Trace not going to pass up” By Wade Dennlston sports writer what did Willey think of his accom- ' 4 ’ : My 4 1 ?- - TORk(AF)4fei rrirn v 1 shot-blocki- ng -- i 4' ?V' J 1 NetsM:' - ' ’ :l 40’ - T y led 4 : ‘ '- K- 4 V ? ning":'-- W' J 4' All-St- ar v f - r - fi i year-roun- - Ben-Jac- s - ob a- on :T"W THE WOODLANDS Texas (AP) — Annika Sorenstam at least got her birthday cake The other half of Thurs- day’s celebration — finally getting into the World Golf Hall of Fame — had to wait another day when the first round of the Samsung World Championship was washed out by heavy rains “I guess the sun is supposed to shine when I get in” Sorenstam said with a laugh “Maybe tomorrow” Sorenstam 33 took care of the golf requirements for the Hall of Fame at foe start of the 2000 season but she still had to put in 10 years on the LPGA Tbur to be eligible The Samsung Champi- - V S I I onship is her 13th event of the season officially marking her 1 0th year and all she had to do was play 18 holes — on her birthday no less Instead she never made it off the first tee Sorenstam ducked under an umbrella on the practice green smiled and waved to fans who wished her “Happy Birthday" as she walked to the first tee Minutes later she was headed to the clubhouse “It was going to be a special day and it was such a coincidence that it was my birthday” she said “But it will happen eventually" It could have been worse The other players in the field who started the first round had to slosh in from the rain she stayed dry And The Woodlands girls state golf team three-tim-e champions presented her with a food basket flowers a e card a poster (with ink smudged by the rain) and a cake that could have fed the entire field “I don’t know if I’ve inspired them with my cooking or golf" said Sorenstam who worked as a chef in the offseason: Sorenstam pretended to blow out candles that weren’t on the cake and then made it clear that “Hall of Famer” doesn’t always apply to those t close to retiremen “I’m still in my prime” she said “To be in foe Hall of Fame it kind of makes me sound old But I feel younger an ' - than ever” Even after she finishes her first round Friday on foe TPC at The Woodlands she said it home-mad- might not sink in She still has a tournament to win and the Samsung is one of 13 tournaments she has had to defend this year The big moment is Oct 20 in St Augustine Fla when Sorenstam is inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame along with Nick Price Leo Diegel and Chako Higuchi ’ See RAIN on B6 AP photo Annika Sorenstam talks about her impending induction into the LPGA Hal of Fame (bring a news conference Thursday The future of prep sports: A lawyer on every bench? ByJImLltke AP sports columnist troi parents in the stands at high school games have become a cliche Finally one of them has become a Out-of-c- defendant A girls basketball coach in western Virginia and two of his assistants each have filed a defamation lawsuit seeking $135 million in damages from a parent they claim staged a “vendetta” against them Tired of seeing their reputations strategies and tactics rippied by the father of a junior athlete Rockbridge County High School coach Mike Hamilton and assistants James Clark and Stephanie Tyree hit back with a C —Commentary lawsuit against Roger Koehler Until now the legal traffic has been one way Parents with too little sense and too much time and money invested in broken dreams have sued coaches and their employers over everything from dress codes to playing time Don’t be fooled by the quality of this latest lawsuit and don’t bet it won’t catch on “Personally I hope it doesn’t but I think coaches across the country are going to see this and say ’Wow” said Tun Flannery assistant executive director of the Indianapolis-base- d National Federation of State High School Associations man-bites-d- og “And Til be honest I wouldn’t be surprised to see more of these in the short run” Flannery said in a telephone Wednesday he could recall only one other instance where a coach resorted to legal action against a meddlesome parent In that case he said the parent’s original claim and the coach's countersuit were dismissed as frivolous “But too many coaches have run out of ways to effectively deal with problem parents” Flannery said “Maybe now instead of resigning some will view this as a way of fighting back” The principals in foe suit are all referring calls to their lawyers But something said by James Creckmore inter-vie- w who represents Hamilton probably applies to everyone involved: “He’s just sorry that it went this fan” He shouldn’t have been surprised After winning just three games in his first two seasons and seven last year Hamilton must have expected some flak What he got according to foe lawsuit was “a systematic patf tern of public attacks” fall last with first a They began letter from Koehler to Rockbridge County High principal Andy Bryan citing a Tack of team play” Next Koehler complained the offense was too guard-orient- ed Then he got nasty In subsequent missives to the school or foe board Koehler charged foe coaches were running ldds off the team and violating practice rules In a February letter to Bryan he claimed that after a practice his daughter Heather was physically restrained by Clark against her will Koehler then threatened to file criminal charges if the school didn’t remove the coaches from their jobs Bryan declined comment Wednesday but an investigation by foe Virginia state association cleared Hamilton of any rules violations and foe school's decision to retain all force coaches for this season speaks volumes “So many times over the years coaches just say ’We don't need this" and they quit'1 Flannery said “But this looks like an example ol See LAWYER on B4 a |