Show Section Saturday May 8 2004 r t The Herald Journal Page 1 —— RJake it 10 shutouts for Lakers Inside By David Cordero sports writer WASHINGTON TERRACE — Bonneville closed out a special regular season the way it had the nine previous contests With a shutout The Lakers haven’t allowed an opponent to score since March posting their 10th straight shutout in a victory Friday against visiting Sky View With that Bonneville (10-- 0 overall) completed Region 4 the league portion of its schedule without allowing a goal — a record 1- -0 The Nets find the going tough B2 on the road in Detroit 12-1- -2 no team could ever break “You can’t argue with the magic that the kids have produced this year” said Lakers coach Mike Hickman whose team has allowed just four goals in 15 games “Going 10-shutouts across the board that's something spe- extended into the postseason his players would go into the boys soccer tank when an opposing team finally scored on them Those thoughts have left Hickman now After a talk with his team last week he said he feels confident Lakers 1 they’ll react in a productive manner BobcatsO But will they ever face cial” Two weeks ago Hickman said that that situation? “We go out there with the confiin the back of lus mind he almost dence to get a shutout every game” wished his team would allow a goal Hickman said “I think it’s unrealisin order to see how they’d react He said he was worried that if the streak tic to say we’re going to go through Sky View 0 Sports briefs the playoffs and not allow a goal but the kids have the talent to do that” The Bobcats (5-3who with a win or tie would have secured second place in the region and a home playoff game had several opportunities to get on the score-boar- d None were particularly dicey though1' Midway through the second half the Bobcats controlled possession fra about a stretch although the toughest shot Lakers -2 2) See SOCCER on B3 Region 4 Tennis Tournament Body builders to compete today II M More than 60 body building contests will be competing today at the annual Mountain States Regional at Logan High School The action will start at 10 am with the prejudging part of the com- petition Those who survive this cut will move on to die finals at 7 pm body builder Ron Williams wUl be in attendance He is hosting a seminar at S pm cm proper nutrition and increasing muscle mass Williams has won Mr Natural World Mr Natural Universe and Mr Natural Olympia Advance tickets can be benight at GNCor Jake’s Gym World-renown- ed Friday's scores NBA playoffs BO Detroit 95 New Jersey AL Boston 7 Kansas City 6 Toronto 5 Chicago White Sox 4 Detroit 8 Texas 7 Baltimore 3 Cleveland 2 (10) Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 6 NY Yankees 2 Minnesota at Oakland late NL ' Chicago Cubs 11 Colorado 0 Los Angeles 4 Pittsburgh 0 Montreal 4 St Louis 2 San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 1 Florida 3 San Diego 1 Milwaukee 7 NY Mets 5 Houston 5 Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 4 Arizona 1 t PCL Salt Lake at Tacoma ppd rain Brent SteveraHerald Journal Sk View’s David Watts left stretches for a backhand volley On television as partner Jon Sharp looks on Friday during the Region 4 Tennis Tournament AUTO RACING 6 pm FX — NASCAR Busch Series Charter 250 at Madison III BOXING 1:30 pm — NBC Junior welterweights Franvs Andre Eason cisco Bojado (15-1-at Tucson Ariz (1 7:45 pm HBO — Super lightweights Miguel Cotto (1 WH)) vs Lovemore NDou (38-6-champion Juan Manuel Marquez for (42-2-vs Manny Pacquiao (38-2-Featherweight championship GOLF 7:30 am TIC — European PGA Tour The Brt ish Masters third round 0) 0) Thatcher keeps Logan from a sweep By Jason Turner 1) 1) 0) BF-WB- A 1 pm CBS — PGA Tour Wachovia Championship third round at Charlotte NC ESPN — LPGA Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill third round 3 pm TGC — Champions Tour FedEx Kinko's Classic second round HOCKEY 4 pm ESPN2 — World hockey championships semifinal Unites States vs Sweden at Prague Czech Republic MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11:10 am WPIX — Milwaukee at NY Mets 12:10 pm WGN — Colorado at Chicago Cubs 5 pm TBS — Houston at Atlanta MEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL ! ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament Divi- sion I championship BYU vs Long Beach State at Honolulu NBA ‘ ! 5 pm ESPN — Playoffs second round Game 2 Miami or New Orleans at Indiana 7:30 pm ESPN — Playoffs second round Game 2 Sacramento at Minnesota ' NHL 1 J pm ABC — Playoffs conference final Game 2 Philadelphia at Tampa Bay SOCCER 2 pm ESPN2— MLS Los Angefee at Dates second-plac- e Sky 'lew (56-3- 6) sports writer Thanks to its dominance in the regular season the Logan boys tennis team knew that only a collapse of monumental proportions would prevent it from locking up the title at the Region 4 Tournament Nevertheless this did not mean die Grizzlies were willing to coast to their third straight league championship and it showed Friday at the Utah State tennis courts Mountain Crest standout Alex Thatcher captured his second straight No 1 singles tide to prevent a Logan sweep but the Grizzlies were triumphant in the other four championship matches to finish 20 team points ahead of “It's always nice not to go limping into a title but to definitely show that you deserve this region title” Logan coach’ Dave Reynolds said “And I think our team came through and showed that (Friday)’’ However Logan wasn't the only Cache Valley team to prove its mettle Just like the girls did last fall the Grizzlies Bobcats and Mustangs swept the top three spots in the region as Mountain Crest (33 points) blew by Box Elder (23) for third place “I m happy for my players” Sky Mew coach Steve Alexander said “Second place for us I think it was good but you have to take your hat off to Logan They have good play Jones wins 100 at Jamaica Invitational KINGSTON Jamaica (AF) — Marion Jones got into the starting blocks and the fans stood Cameras flashed but a hush came over the stadium After all it was the crowd's first chance to see the fivetime Olympic medalist running in Jamaica She certainly didn't disap point Jones wota the 100 meters Friday night at die Jamaica International Invitational easily winning in 1104 seconds Aleea Bailey of Jamaica was a distant second in 1119 Jones boyfriend fellow sprinter Tun Montgomery See JONES on BJ ers at every position and you have to really play well to beat them “But I feel fine” Mountain Crest Long-tim- e coach Dale Swan felt more than “fine” after watching his club overcome some hardships in time to challenge the Bobcats for second place From Dean Johnson (No2 singles) playing with a sprained ankle the majority of the season to doubles player Taylor Dance having to deal with the loss of his father Brad in a tragic car accident the Mustangs have dealt with its share of adversity “ To start oft the beginning of the season and go early-sea-s- Brant SteveraHerald Journal Alex Mountain Cresfs Thatcher shows the form that has won two straight No 1 singles titles SeeGRIZZonB3 Tigershotsmoves into lead Williams 4 up at Ultra Open mu i best round since February a 66 at that gave him Hollow Quail lead going into a two-shthe weekend “More than anything I gave myself some looks at the putts and I made them — just about every one of them” Woods said “It's a nice combination” Woods was at 135 two shots ahead of sun-bak- By The Associated Press ot Tiger Woods says his game is starting to come around and not many doubted him Friday in the Wachovia Championship at Charlotte NC Woods made every putt inside 20 feet and one from nearly 50 feet It led to his B i Kirk Triplett (73) Notah Begay (70) and Arron Ober-hols- er (68) Mjay Singh who is challenging Woods for No 1 in the world missed a half-dozputts inside 18 feet on his back nine and had to settle for a 70 leaving him in the group only three shots behind and setting up the prospects for a major showdown on Sunday en See TIGER on B3 |