Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday November 12 2003 Fire sale appears imminent in Milwaukee The payroll level could force s' Melvin to deal both of his first baseman Richie Sexson and left ' fielder CJeoiT Jenkins ' Sexson will make $86 million next year and Jenkins $82? million Both are eligible for free agency after the 2004 World Series “Eve never been (old I have’ to moveeithef one of thehi'' Melvin MILWAUKEE (Al — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin has been asked to eut the team's payroll ' to $10 million next season w hich could wind up as the lowest in hase- ' hall v 'The $30 million target was recommended last weekend by the team's hoard o(' ili rectors and first imported fev Sunday bv the Mdwaukec Journal 'SU i 'u s - “r - i i dation to the board for a higher ceiling “Fm not taking myself out of the free-agemarket" Melvin said with losing records in 1 1 straight seasons pledged higher payrolls and - “What people don’t understand is we could offer a multiyear deal that’s more competitive teams when they sought legislation to finance much of heavily backloaded if the right player comes along” the cost of Miller Park! which Melvin said he wishes the payroll opened in 200 1 But they have fin- ished last in the NL Central for two figure hadn’t been revealed “We know our payroll will be straight seasons reduced though And whatever the has dropped from 281 2001 to million in ' payroll will be it's part of our long- million last season term planning’ he said s payroll fell from $499 Sjjgi Melvin said he hasn’t been told Hf L end of 2002 to $406 J&g whether the team wants ll several seasons Final over e start of 2003 MLB All-Star- nt ‘ ’ 1 ' agent market” he said Melvin said fans have complained about the decision to lower payroll “You have to have a vision and a plan and we try to stay with it to get the organization in a little better ' financial state before we're able to make some moves to add payroll or add free agents” Melvin said He said the long-rang- e plan stilt is to wait for minor league prospects to develop “I don’t think anybody has ever said we’re going to go out and be ‘ ‘ Wb fig-ro- ’ ' ' : wjai 2004 i take it a year at a time but I’m — might makethe club a little bit better for now buit it doesn’t make the club 7 e®j Vf!sr Sfii ©OB £ ’GOOD rr still have plenty of work to do By Jason Turner sports writer ' : It wasn't quite the way the Utah': State women's siVlxt feanvhoped to end its season’ The Aggies lost their Iasi two games to fall"short of their preseason goal of qualifying for the Big West Conference Tournament Still even thi most pessimistic Aggie siKcer fan cannot look at the ' 21X)3 campaign without grinning This was a USU squad mind you that was picked io finished last in he Big West after struggling in conference play a y'carago out the Aggies' were any- club In fact a" but thing this was by far the best season in the’v ff®fTurns COLUMBUS Ohio (AP) — Though Ohio State has inched closer to a chance at defending its national chain- pionship the' Buckeyes still have a lot of work to do First they must get past Purdue and ' Michigan then hope for some help to get past No 2 Southern California in the computer ratings and polls thatA $ make up the BCS rankings " The Buckeyes got a break when Vir? r 's ’ giniaTech Miami arid Florida State —' all ahead of them a week ago in the BCS I rankings lost over the weekend aridJp: fell out of the face to play for the nation- al championship in the Sugar Bowl last-pla- test season A $ came Iasi year' when it declared Tuesday with a wide grin v did my ji It was an unusual declaration for a coach who claims he never pays atten-i- f Whenf push comes shoveJ to head coach mass ' hasf tioii to the Bowl Championship Series standingis:if00Throughout lastseaspnTrtssIel - proud of is-u- s long as her-squa- isjnotivaied tdbuild'on this?® ison 'll '0 fhat ssuccess?fgf$ in that we had a k M ranked by the BCS even as the Buck- § eyes Climbed the charts and eventuallyj earned a spot in the title game: The No 2 Buckeyes beat No l Miami 31-- $ 24 in the Fiesta Bowl to capture tlieirj i'fifst top ranking in34 yearsf’1’' Until this week! Tressel swore j if remained oblivious to 'where OSU is ranked In the polls or by the BCS Ohio State waf the only one-lpl tslilltingshat h&otfrgpiil w fizzled at the ehd’she said Destiny Wasjin our own hands vt didn’tquite pull Hoff Eveiythi ngwas yeigood slil we were! vef - 1 sockisetiiid FmsOrry Hut Ican’tp oyerUitik thati'And honestly-- hopel e playefsjdiin’t oyerknik it either Truevbufl thihk'i’t's'safe to say®4” nobiidywill overlook: XiA 4 ss 'ViA''lAi rival Cal Poly was No ihiastmeBWCseniorsfc at least 11 games contributions Of departing - l)sfM against Gonzaga In -terms However the Aggies were tanked ofmaki ngahekds-u- p The junior have saved a OrQ tie vs the High-Y®- ? the for ward’s sophomore play " chipover Bulldog goalie Ashleytandas with har spectacular playi Haugen fakes the cake Harris was£ early in the second half UCR had have to translate that into when she saw Haugen Was ofT her consistency altacking Wi line With deft touch Harris That’s whai let us down a little bit at the end (of the season): ' found the top of the net from Nevertheless the Aggies took a ' about 30 yards out Honorable mention: Ally Clegg’s giant step forward this yean ' Here are stime of the flick header on a well-place- d pass players and from Harris in USU’s Oct 5 RWd made that the a season 2003 plays memorable one: clash against Pacific rsff : wcwwmc unnb v attack however The Aggies estabi lished thcmsclvcs as an excellent defensiveteamthis year holding opponents u'tOS goals a game USU'sgoas agaiast average Kf 1 5 1 : I ' - would get an uncontested shot until Baggaley came out of no where to make a sliding tackle Honorablemention: GoalieMegain Mills’ punch saveon a shot by Utah’s Amber Brower Sept 16 at Bell Field See AGS on B3 contender to win Saturday beating Michigan State 33r23 The Buckeyes $ moved up from No 5 to NO 3 in the j BCS standings The Buckeyes No’4in TheA'ss6ci-- g Uted Press’ poll host NoM Purdue ori Sf Saturday thien travel to No 5 Michigan W 5 in the annual rivalry on Nov 221 “My take is this: There’s no way we can go up if we don’ t witiTressel said The Buckeyes coiildpass theTrojanst for the No 2 spot even if neither team loses because of:their tougher 'schedule fM down the stretch j I '£' plays a :UdLA which have a combined record of 14- games remaining agmnst Baylof and Texas Tech before playing in the Big 12 : championship game’ - Bruins starting to turn things around after slow start ms The Associated Press By Nildas Hagman Andreas Lilja Jaroslav Bednar and Valeri Bure scored e for the Panthers who snapped a winless streak against Tampa Bay Wild 1 Canucks 0 Sergei Zholtok scored his first goal of the season with 5:09 remaining giving' Minnesota the victory ' Dwayne Roloson earned his 13th V career shutout with 29 saves He is 1 in his last five games allowing just five in their jast goals The Wild are L Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist ' and Mike Knuhle added two assists in the Boston Bruins' 4-- 3 victory over the' Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night ' The win w as the second straight at home for the Bruins who Had no vjeto- ries in their first four home games- ' Boston scored three pcmer-pla- y goals while the Oilers failed in five chances: Patrice Bergeron opened the scoring' for the Bruins on a power play at 1:QI of the first period Janet Stoll tied it 51 ' seconds into the second Flyers 2 Islanders 1 Jeremy Roenkk had a goal and assist and Mark Recchi scored the goal to lead Philadelphia to its fourth straight w in JefTHackett stopped 23 shots and center Michal Handzus made a brilliant save to help Philadelphia win for the fifth time in six games and remain Vancouver unbeaten at home (5-0(7-0) is the only other NHL team : without a home less Adrian Aucoin scored for the Islanders who have lost consecutive games for the first time this season Senators 5Thrashers3 seven-gam- Bryan Smolinski scored twice including a clinching jgoal in the final minute to help Ottawa snap a five- winless streak game " The Seriators whoreached the East-- y em Conference finalsjast season’ entered this game in last place in the Northeast Division and on an 03-- 2 skid: Martin Havlat Daniel Alfreddson and Peter Schaiefer also scored for Ottawa Blue jackets 1 Canadiens 1 Rick Nash scored a power-pla- y goal in the second period lifting Columbus into a tie with Montreal Nash scored his ninth goal with 6:54 left in the second Columbus remained winless in seven ' road games 1) Michael Ryder gave Montreal a lead earlierin the second with his second goal The Canadiens have just two wins in nine games Panthers 4 Lightning 0 Roberto Luongo made 26 saves for his first shutout of tfte season helping interim coach Rick Dudley win his j debut with the Panthers team-jeadi- go-ahe- ad ’ (0-5- -1 ng -- (2-6-- 1) : 4-- 6-2- -1 nine gamesi ! ' - 1- -0 -1 ' ' : fGAA)was thc35thbest avieragein said fbe had no idea where his team was was-- great offirstsTfbut ’is m Zholtok had his first shot stopped by ' goalie Dan Cloutier The rebound bounced back to Zholtok whose bad- angle shot from behind die goal line glanced off Cloutier's right pad and trickled in ' Avalanche 4 Sharks 3 "! Teemu Selanne ignored constant boos to score the goal in his return to San Jose and Derek Morris had a ' four points career-higMorris had a goal and three assists and Joe Sakic also scored in the third v period as the Avalanche beat San Jose for the seventh straight tune Milan Hejduk scored his 1 1th goiJ of the sea-son to keep Colorado unbeaten in five go-ahe- - ad h AP photo Boston's Marlin Lapointe (20) and Patrice' Bergeron (37) try to contain net during the third period Edmonton’s Janet Stol (36) behind N fnZ '0: tLK C Collegelfootball Heather Cairns w fe“We’rethird’’ coach Jim'Tressel went - i'rvf YvtfS |