Show COPS best AVAILABLE The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday May 8 2004 — B3 meet up I'jpmtiiiued from B1 goalkeeper Scott Klema faced wasn't hit hard at all '' The strategy was for Sky View to play the ball to fleet which it adhered to but Bonneville was still impenetrable The Lakers cleared balls effectively and rarely fanned on them ‘There is nothing sloppy back there” SV coach Doyle Geddes said “You can’t expect any favors from them t— and we didn’t get any” y Added Bobcat senior 'Kendon Knowles:“They work hard cover each other all the time and talk a lot to make sure that nobody is Top-seed- ed 4) 1 8 Lewis 1 In d the first semifinal Long Beach State (28-defeated No 3 Penn State 30-2- 30-2- Mountain Crest goalie Koiby Christiansen makes a save first half to let the struggling they’d never seen the game of soccer We got to spend more turn an Bees time playing on the brilliant early lead but they would end of the spectrum” battle back after intermission The Mustangs will host Less than two minutes into Pleasant Grove Friday in the the second stanza Jake Bas- first round of the playoffs sett ripped in a shot from about 33 yards away to even Royals 4 Grizzlies 0 Later Jordan on At filings up Logan the Grizzlies a pass allowed four goals in a Leishman stretch in the second from Brian Hadfield to give the half and lost in their season ' Mountain Crest (6-- 4 lead finale' “We played with absolute Roy didn’t scratch the scoreboard until the 60th brilliance at times” MC minute To that point Logan coach Steve Saunders said “At other times it seemed as if coach Tod Martin said his (1-8- -1 -1) : one-touch- ed 8-- come-from-behi- nd : : El LuoeraHerald Journal in traffic Friday afternoon in Hyrum tion just three months before the Aug 13- 29 Games But Jones had more to go She was set to compete in the long jump outdoors for Continued firom B1 the first time since winning bronze at the fared worse in his 100 American Darvis Sydney Olympics 2000 about an hour Patton won in a photo finish over counafter tier sprint race The crowd cheered wildly when Jones tryman John Capel after lunging his head forward at the finish line Patton won giving her more of an ovation than took the race in 1012 001 ahead of the Jamaican sprinters Thought! stadi-uwas half foil the crowd mafte enotigh Capel ' and in 1023 fourth was noise to get Jones’ attention "rt: ) Montgomery didn’t talk to reporters “I felt really good” Jones said while she waved to the crowd “Thanks you Though it wasn’t the fastest time for Jones this washer first competition outguys for turning out doors in the 100 since 2002 “I was feeling the vibe because I love “I expected it” Jones said “It’s exact- - the weather It’s like paradise It doesn’t I get much better than this” ly where I want to be and it can only get better from here" Though steroid allegations have international this stars flocked to dogged her Jones still is track and field’s Top sure meet to darling As she walked off the track after competi get great inaugural ' : m : : 30-2- 6 7) off-balan-ce 6-- deftly-pl- 7-- 3-- 6-- Continued from B1 Singh is hitting the ball so well that Woods three shots ahead of him and Masters champion Phil Mickelson (70) two shots behind him was of little concern “We’ve got the weekend ahead of us” Singh said “I’m playing well I think I’m going to be there Sunday” There’s a long list of players ready to join him Stuart Appleby (72) Brett Quigley (72) and Joey Sinddar (69) 138 her race the crowd kept clapping and joined Singh at HI birdied four Davis Love waving of his last five holes for a 66 Jones and Montgomery were among dozens of athletes — including baseball matching Woods for the best round of file day and was at sluggers Barry Bonds and Jason ' 139 with former MasGiambi — who testified before the ters champion Mike Weir (72) grand jury that indicted BALCO Kevin Sutherland (68) and founder Victor Conte No athletes were Chris DiMarco (70) indicted Woods who won the Match Before Jamaica Jones had competed mixed results: She' Play Championship earlier this in several meets witt finished a disappointing fourth in the year has not been closer than six shots of die lead going into 200 at the Mount SAC Relays last die weekend at his seven previmonth in her first outdoor meet since events this year ous stroke-pla- y 2002 because “I was so hyped to be back in California to be running one of “Everything is improving” he said “It’s just a matter of my favorite events” time before it starts coming But she rebounded with a strong performance at the Penn Relays a week later together Hopefully I can get out that tomorrow and play relay anchoring the 800- - and teams to victories just the way I did today Ami (4-5- -1 400-met- er 26-1- hopefully on Sunday I’ll do die same thing” LPGA Tour At Williamsburg Va Kim Williams shot an event record 63 to take a four- shot lead after two rounds of the Michelob Ultra Open at KingsmiU Golf Club Williams seeking her first victory posted one of the few rounds of the first bogey-fre- e two days and made six Unties and an eagle on file 6270-yar- d layout It was the best round career of her Annika Sorenstam chipped in from 45 feet for birdie at the en route to an 71 and was eight even-pshots behind the leader Michelle Wie 14 moved ' contention with a bogey-frinto : 67 that included four birdies She was at 1 39 one shot ahead of Sorenstam Champions Tbur At Austin Texas Ray Floyd 67 find was shot a tied for the lead with Sam Torrance after the first round of ' the FedEx Kinko’s Classic Tom Watson last year’s runner-u-p missed a birdie putt at No 18 and : slipped into a tie for third plaice with Allen Doyle Mark McNulty and Vincente Fer- -' 68 nandez at 16-ye- ar par-17- th ar ' ee ! 14-fo- ot v Summer bowling league A summer bowling league will start at 6:30 pm May 17 at Logan Lanes Each team will consits of four bowlers any combination of men women and juniors The cost is $8 per week at LOgan Lanes or call 752-496- 6 Sign-u- p Sky View basketball camp The Sky View boys basketball staff will be holding its annual basketball camp on file following dates: May 24-2- 7 will be grades 10 11 & 12 from 4--6 pm grades 8 & 9 from 6-- 8pm June 7-am grades 6 & 7 from 10 am to grades 3 4 & 5 from 8-noon School grade as of fall 2004 The cost of the camp is $40 camp basketball skill per camper and will include a camp development and enhancement basic team concepts and fundamentals There will also be daily contests and prizes You can register for the camp 10 minutes prior to the first session For more information call coach Terrell Baldwin at 563-607- 7 or call coach Joe Izatt at 563-4110 10 irt d 6-- 4 aced 6 Valley briefs Continued from B1 through what we went through and come out and be the best players you can be at the end of the year I just feel darn good about all (my players)” Swan said Notwithstanding the Bobcats’ and Mustangs’ success Friday belonged to the Griz- zlies and it started with Burke Peterson's victory over Sky View’s Russell Ward in the No 3 singles final The Grizzly junior had dropped two matches against Ward earlier in the season but learned from his mistakes to help prevent history from repeating itself Instead of trying to rally with Ward from the baseline like he did in their first meeting Peterson attacked the net at will and with deeper approach shots The strategy paid off as Peterson was victorious 4 2 — Ward’s first loss of the year “I learned that I had to take control (of the points) and get him moving” Peterson said “I felt like I could finish the points off at the net and I felt I did that” Putting shots away at the net is exactly what the Logan No 1 doubles team of Joe Williams and Jordan Nielsen was able to do in their 6-win over Sky View’s Jon Sharp and David Watts Many of the duo’s putaways at the net were set np by serv ice returns at the feet of Sharp and Watts “It was huge because earlier in the season we’d hit the returns high and they would either go long or (our opponents) would just get an easy 6-- 30-2- BYU will play in its fourth championship in five years Saturday The Cougars won NCAA titles in 1999 and 2001 Long Beach State is making its sixth Final Four appearance and first since 1999 The championship match will be a rematch or last Saturday’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation finals in which the Cougars beat the 49ers in four games BYU outlasted Lewis team was outplaying them But once the Royals found the back of the net the Grizzlies were unable to stop the bleeding Jess Patterson Zach Zimmerman Colin Larsen and lyier Britt scored for the Royals Logan ended the season : with seven consecutive losses but nonetheless Martin feels the future is bright for the Grizzlies “We got a lot established” he said “Our record doesn’t show Our potential” Grizz tightly-conteste- 6 16-1- 4) 6) Hickman was quick to al 30-2- second-seede- 'credit Sky View for its persistence and method of attacking !1us team “They played a great game” he said “They passed the ball around and knew howto attack us by trying to get behind us Fortunately they weren’t able to capitalize on their chances” For the fifth time this year all it took was one goal for the Lakers to prevail They got that early in the second half when Jake Barker headed in a cross from Ricki Gal- lagher Sky View will travel to either Mountain View or Lone Peak Friday for the first round of the state tournament Bonneville will likely host Highland Mustangs 2 Bees 1 At Hymm Mountain Crest secured second place in the region with a victory over Box Elder The Mustangs allowed an own-gomidway through the 30-2- in final behind setter Carlos Moreno who had 46 assists three kills and seven digs Fernando Fes- soa and Jonathan Alleman led the Cougars with 12 kills each Joe Hillman added 11 kills and three service aces Jeff Soler’s 12 kills paced Lewis the first Division II team to win an NCAA tournament Fabiano Barreto had 11 kills The Flyers (19-1led 4 in the third game but the Cougars went on a 16-- 3 run to close out the match The 49ers controlled their match by overpowering the Nittany Lions (23-- and keeping them 1 and They used runs of 1 1 to take a 7 lead in the final game building a lead the Nittany Lions could not overcome Scott Tbuzinsky had 13 kills and Duncan Budinger was in on 13 points including 11 kills Sophomore setter Tyler Hildebrand had 4 1 assists for Long Beach State HONOLULU (AP)— Brigham Young and conference foe Long Beach State advanced to tlx NCAA men’s volleyball championship Thursday night BYU (28-won a rematch of last year's title match beating defending champion open” j Long Beach BYU Soccer 26 Jr Tennis Clinic Brent StevensHereJd Journal Logan’s Nate Ballam hits a shot on his way to the Region 4 No 2 singles title Friday shot back” said Nielsen who lost in the No 1 doubles title match a year ago In the process Williams captured his third region championship as he was the top No 3 singles player a year ago and took first at No 2 doubles as a sophomore “It’s sweet” the senior said “The last year is supposed to be the best one and it felt really good to take it all this year” Like Williams Thatcher also notched his third Region 4 title — the senior also won the No 2 singles crown in 2002 — as he beat a game 2 The Brian Ballam 3 of one senior Logan played his most assertive matches in a long time Reynolds said but it wasn’t enough against Thatcher “It helped me get into the match a lot" Thatcher said 6-- 6-- “(But) I was expecting him to be aggressive because I knew he was really pumped up for the match” Although Ballam fell short of what has proved to be an elusive region championship younger brother Nate was there to pick up the slack The sophomore surged past Sky View's Ben Phillips — who survived to match points against him in his semifinal win over Box Elder's John Barlow — 1 6-- to capture the No 2 singles spot “I'm glad I won My grandpa passed away last week and I just really wanted to dedicate that (match) to him because he was my main supporter” Nate Ballam said In eaily the most compelling final of the day Logan's Philipp Lohmann and Alex Mortensen outlasted 6-- 1 Mountain Crest's Murphy Thatcher and Nick Mattson 6-- 7 6-- 3 6-- 4 to snare the No 2 doubles crown “Mountain Crest played really really good “ said Lohmann who is an exchange student from Germany “It was the toughest doubles we've played in the whole region" The Logan tandem who breakcapitalized on in the opportunities point decisive third set credited semitheir final win over Sky View for giving them the mental toughness to win the final two sets “I think it helped us a lot because we were down and -4 come-from-behi- w e were nervous in the first set but after coming back I think we w ere able to come back strong in the next match” Mortensen said The Sports Academy is holding a Jr Tennis Clinic Saturday May 8 from 9:30-1-1 am for intermediate to advanced junior Instruction will be by SARC head pro Ben players ages 9 Searle and USU head coach Chris Wright focusing on serves returns and playing critical points in a match Cost is $30 at the Call The SARC Tennis Office 0 door or $25 ext 19 to register or for further information 12-1- 753-750- Tennis group lessons The Tennis Academy invites the public to join us for group tennis lessons Sessions run continually — join any time Lessons starting for children age up thru adults Drop by the Sports Academy to learn more or call the tennis office at exL 19 for more information 753-75- 00 Senior summer tennis workout The Sports Academy invites adults age 50 and above to join Senior Summer Workout It offers 45 minutes of instruction and group match play A snack is provided The workout starts Friday June 4 at 8:30 am at the Sports Academy Cost is $10 Court time and balls are (SARC member) $16 0 exL 19 or drop by the call provided To sign-u- p Sports Academy 1655 N 200 East Logan m (non-membe- r) 753-750- Golf event with Urban Meyer SL Vincent de Paul School and parish is holding a golf tournament Sunday May 23 at Old Mill Golf Course to help benefit the school andparish Utah head football coach Urban Meyer n scramble will tee off at 7:30 will be on hand Tne and costs $100 per person The tournament is open to the am 2 public To sign-u- p call (801) four-perso- 277-670- |