Show Section ports Inside Friday May 7 2004 Pagel The Herald Journal Rusty Indiana Players disciplined tops tired Heat By Jeff Hunter sports writer year-ol- d girls Harvey 22 averaged 76 minutes INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers’ long wait for the second round was well worth it The Pacers bounced back from an layoff and a sluggish start Thursday night by going on a 26--5 run that started in the second quarter en route to a 1 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of their second-roun- d playoff series “It certainly felt good to be playing again’’ Parers coach Rick Carlisle said Ron Attest had 25 points and six rebounds for the Pacers who 11-d- ay no-n-o B2 top Sports briefs USU’s Sides earns Big West honor Utah State thrower Josh Sides was named the Big West Conference Male Reid Athlete of the Week Thursday The senior from Kaysville finished third in die hammer and the shot put at the Boise State Invitational last weekend He also placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 151-fe- et His hammer throw was 191-1- 1 while his shot put mark was 55-1- 5 Both of those marks qualified him for the NCAA Regionals s Ace at LG&CC at Steve Watts hit a the Logan Golf & Country Club Wednesday He aced the The event was No 13 with a witnessed by Dan Roskelley Robert McArthur and Casey Beck hole-in-o- he 175-ya- Stingers edge Beavers PORTLAND Ore (AP) — Gene error was the Kingsale’s three-bas- e the Salt Lake as key play Thursday Stingers beat the Portland Beavers 2 in 10 innings Salt Lake’s BrianSpecht led off the 10th with a sharp line drive to Kingsale tracked it down but die ball glanced off his glove and rolled tojhe wall Specht ended up on third and scored on Jake Thrower’s sacrifice fly Until then die game had been a pitcher’s duel that featured the debut of Portland's Justin Ttiple-Germano The righty limited the Stingers to four hits and two walks in six innings Only one of the two runs he allowed was earned - left-cent- er A Thursday's scores NBA playoffs Indiana 94 Miami 81 AL NL 94-8- 1 - See NBA on B3 PCL Salt Lake 3 Portland 2 (10) On television BOXING 7 pm ESPN2— Heavyweights Lou vs Leo Nolan Savarese (43-5-GOLF 8 am TGC — European PGA Tour The British Masters second round at Warwickshire England See PLAYERS on B3 Chadwick part of four region titles By Thomas Manning sports writer With temperatures hovering near 80 degrees Region 4’s final day of track and field competition was held at Logan High School Thursday There was plenty tension as nervous athletes wanned up and anxious fans sipped on cold beverages waiting for the draw to begin When the sun finally dipped ever so close to the western range and everyone began leaving Crimson Field it was evident to all they had performances jiist witnessed some ii Whiloftie mast exodus taking BlAPfoc ’ Lady Grizzlies were busy cheering after win- ning the Region 4 title with a grand total of 163 points "This region win was for former Logan track coach Ray Watts” Grizzly coach Kelly Barnett said “He was a teacher at Logan for 33 years and he’s retired now and this was his team” 1 top-not- ch Logan wasn’t foe only valley team celebrating The Sky View girls nipped mighty Box Elder: by a single point to claim second place in the region with 116 points The Mustang girls finished in fourth place (94) In the boys competition the Box Elder Bees (2195) grabbed the Region 4 title with Roy (1185) taking second The Bobcats (83) claimed third Logan (61) was fifth and Mountain Crest (34) took sixth and The Logan girls snared five on their way to victory and five second-place- s a region championship Grizzly Brittany Chadwick who is only a sophomore wowed the home crowd with an honors Chadwick astonishing four began her banner day by exploding off the blocks and racing 100 meters for her first individual region crown in 1 277 seconds “I’m way excited” Chadwick said “It’s a dream come true” Next on Chadwick’s list was foe 4x100 relay The young Grizzly called on teammates Kirsen Brady Tara Ashcroft and Tori Merrill to help and the fearsome foursome crossed the finish line first pasting a time of 5025 “It was an amazing win” Merrill said “We were worked so hard all year Our hand-off- s nearly perfect and I’m really happy” In the 1600 meter medley the Grizzlies lineup featured Chadwick Ashcroft Sarah Miller (21-0-- ce See GRIZZ on B5 i : - Mi r A-- V ? EN Logan's Brittany Chadwick celebrates after LuceroHerald Journal she won the 200 meters during the Region 4 track meet Big day for Ag throwers pm By David Cordero sports writer pm TGC — Champions Tour FedEx Kinko's Classic first round at Austin Texas MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 5:30 pm TBS — Houston at Atlanta MEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Noon ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament Division I semifinal Lewis vs BYU at Honolulu (same-de-y tape) Track and field is a sport where improvement is typically measured in small amounts like inches or seconds By feet Kelli Burton keeps posting career bests in the hammer throw The Utah State sophomore’s toss of 193 feet 2 inches led all collegiate competitors Thursday at Maughan Track Stadium during the Wilson Motor Qualifier Her mark not only was a personal best by mote than eight feet but it also established a school record previously set in 2000 by Charlotte Wahlin (193-0Her previous long of 184-0-9 was set three weeks ago at USU’s other home meet That mark was 16 feet better than her old PR With two-plu- s yean of eligibility remaining Burton might put the record out of reach “She’s still young so it doesn't surprise me 0) NBA pm ESPN — Playoffs second round Game 2 New Jersey at Detroit SOCCER 7:30 pm FSN — MLS Nwr England at Cotorado iS'ry I Williamsburg Vs USA— PGA Tour Wachovia Championship second round at Charlotte NC 8 they will lie dealt with accordingly” According to court documents Williams pleaded guilty April 20 to MQflDfflljtolnrS ESPN — LPGA Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill second round at 3 -- Region 4 track championships first-pla- San Diego 7 Atlanta 3 St Louis 7 Philadelphia 4 Houston 5 Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs 1 1 Arizona 3 Montreal 3 Colorado 1 Los Angeles 9 Florida 4 NY Mets 2 San Francisco 1 (11) Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 6 1 off-camp-us first-plac- es Boston 5 Cleveland 2 Seattle 2 Minnesota 1 Anaheim 7 Tampa Bay 3 Oakland 7 NY Yankees 4 0) nd in 22 games this past season The junior from Reseda Calif averaged 18 points per contest Williams 20 a junior from Vallejo Calif started 27 of 29 contests ami averaged 67 points per game “We expect a standard of behavior from our players that represents Utah State University in a positive light” Morrill said in a press release “During the six years that I have been here I sincerely believe that our guys have been great ambassadors for foe university Occasionally mistakes are made and rd 9-ir- on 3-- first-rou- g PLAYOFFS ’ Mustangs break up Bobcats in finale hadn’t played since wrapping up their sweep of Boston way back on April 25 The effects of the long break showed early with the Parers committing 10 turnovers in the first half and struggling to execute their offense for much of the game “There are so correct from we could areas many this game and I’m sure you can attribute some of that to the long layoff” said Pacers guard Reggie Miller who scored 12 points Two members of the Utah State basketball team have been disciplined by head coach Stew Morrill after being cited by police for an incident at an party last month Shooting guard Quenton Harvey has been suspended indefinitely from the program and small forward Jason Williams is being placed on probation Williams Harvey and former Aggie shooting guard Cardell Butler were cited April 10 around 3:30 am at an apartment at 776 N 750 East According to Logan Police CapL Russ Roper the men refused to let police into the apartment to check for underage drinkers After obtaining a telephone search warrant the officers entered the apartment and found four underage drinkers including two 17- - EX LucerWHaraid Journal Utah State's Mark Burton prepares to throw the shot put ng a meet Thursday in Logan tari- that she's made this much improvement " Aggie track coach Gregg Gensel aid “She’s worked really hard She’s a great athlete and she’s going to keep getting better” And foe reason Burton has improved so much? She’s still trying to figure it out “I haven't changed anything” Burton said “I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately We’ve pretty much just been working on foe same thing I guess I’m just starting to catch on with how to do it" The progress was expected Just not this soon “This was one of foe better meets of my life I had no idea I was going to throw that far” said Burton who won the shot put and discus (167-01- ) I'm throwing a lot tetter than I thought 1 would at this time of the year” (51-01- 5) See BIG on B3 |