Show mi —tw Section 1 JvVs:s - ' - V'' lay May 23 2004 Page The Herald Journal Errors prove -f- rN v A wild finish v V'Ss pf-- j 0 V: 'A ir 'w 1 - -— -7- B2 Cougars 15 -- - A-A- i Sports briefs Mountain Crest frosh claim region crown AJfy Mountain Crest’s freshmen Parker making his first start on the'? mound since being struck in the head with a line driveduring the first V 'V' Wood River on April 1 6 lasted just 1 23 innings He allowed Seven runs 4$' — five earned — on one meager hit: four walks and one hit batsman :litieofidoublelKadcragainst V'' ’ sv walk Sot what CommurntyiiFremont — a team the Indians :rf Indians 12 College in Ontario - crushed three times during the regu-t- V -— " Ore ' lar season by a combined score of coached long enough to be Wfj- '1Stellar defense got the Preston coadi :vV47-10?y--able to lose a gUMf-Indians into the championship game “We just flat out could not field a'' Mike Hansen said “You realize of the 3A State Tournament' j- that’s part of life when a team comes groundbaH” Hansen said “That was1 Porous defense cost th Indians fA Up and beats you but I absolutely do £ the bottom line” i :1'1 7 ' their first baseball title It started with the very first batter: V7 not even remotely feel like (South 7 : S Seven errors over the first four A W'Fremont) beat us rj of the game Indians starterTodd We just felt like we let it get Parker got Camron Hammond to hit C innings against South Fremont led to All-St- ar Challenge Saturday: c'Svifc?4 pj By Wade Denniston snorts writer at the the difference The do what we needed to” Pre--j- “' Preston (22-sto- n Cougars upset 1 Sr 12 in nine cS naryan error ii the tournament as it defeated Tim- innings to earn r A ‘VrV 1 y7': V Vv: See TRIBE on B2‘’ y - base-- ’ r - ball team recently won "the Region 4 A title May IS 1st Box Elder Members of the team included: Karl Beckert Dexter Bowen Brad Bybee Tyson A Gunderson Brandon Major Kade Oare Scott Olson Maughari-MatNick Salvesen Garrett SchifFman A ' Stevenson Brett David TYibetL&j -- — —' ' - ih : "t fr w - ’ fHtiiPTbc by Mustangswerecoached a rJRichGittinS- His assistants were i'- rTom Holland "and Jeremy ButterrL- ’vVm'V ! - - sscores vj &’ I I 1 ’’P NBA playoffs fey ri - v: Pave ndreychiik Th-t- 3 v Oakland $ Kansas City 4fjtt‘ TTamba Bav 6 Cleveland 3 ' i y finally headed tbthe StanH ley Cup finals In his 22rid 7 ' m L‘ ' Vcluh'the imbroviem ih Uiat ltxte rbom i ' dorie- s t w' what’s hdwned to ourB happy for his teammates hewai for 4NYhnkee8 -- m I H m day' andfor itatbS' CNcago Cubs 7 btumeril: and you fdon’t JcndiV howfA0 ?k San Francisco 7 Montreal 2 ftl) £:V j you’re going to jtfA- Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee ' yetyWefeeLjt that this isariothor! 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L7m iiif 3 ARENA FOOTBALL VvAS-- ’ NY 1 pm am TBS — Los Angeles at Atlanta 11:10 am WPIX — Colorado at NY Mets 6 pm ESPN — SL Louis at Chicago Cubs MLS SOCCER 2 pm ESPN2 — Columbus at Chicago NBA 6:30 pm TNT — Playoffs Western Conference final Game 2 LA Lakers at Minnesota NFL EUROPE 11 am : INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -j- Reggie Miller did what Reggie FOX — Rhein at Cologne (same- - r$ Miller does After missing his first six shots Miller drilled a with 3 seconds left to break' the game’s final tie and lead Indiana past Detroit 4 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals ' “You knew it was coming”-Indiana'Jermaine O'Neal said “He’s going to make one e shot and he thrives : on the biggest shot” ' 7 5si-- V i PLAYOFFS (Ml By -- 78-7- s big-tim- career has Miller’s been marked by his dutch shooting particularly in the playoffs and often from range ' Fans of the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets have seen him make several devastating 3s and now the folks in Detroit have experi- - enced that same sickening Miller Tirne feeling “When he shot it I pretty much knew he was going to make it” said Detroit’s Richard Hamilton who was defending Miller on the play “The guy’s been making those shots all his career” ' WTtb the score tied at 74 Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal missed a difficult turnaround jumper from the left baseline Jeff Foster tipped the rebound to a teammate and the Pacers had another chance ' to be an elusive state title staring him down West Side’s Danny Beutler picked a good time to run the race of his life ' The West Side senior captured the crown with a time of nine minutes 5622 seconds — the first time he mark — Sathas broken the urday at thc 2A track and field state : two-mi- le : Prep track AP photo " See MILLER on BS The Pacers’ Reggie Miller reacts after hitting a basket with 317 seconds to play nt 8 rebounds and a superb perfor- line and mance at the Kobe Bryant added 23 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 97-8- 8 vie- tory in Game 1 of the Western 1 free-thro- - 'With what has proved Lakers Wolves set for Game 2 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's basketball-lovin- g populace waited 43 years for a playoff game with this much importance — since the 1939 Minneapolis Lakers won the old West Division The Timberwolves would have loved to wait a few more days Shaquille O'Neal had 27 points Jason TUrner’ sports writer 7 13-ye- ar CBS — PGA Tour The Colonial final round at Fort Worth Texas 3 pm TGC — Champions Tour Allianz Championship final round at West Des Moines Iowa MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 ' w Conference finals Fridaynight The Lakers were nearly flawless in die second half making just two turnovers and running their offen- - ' sive sets to perfection They finished the game on a 9-- 2 tun with Derek Fisher hitting his third with 58 seconds left to clinch it But just 48 hours after wrapping e victory up a grueling over the Sacramento Kings the seven-gam- See GAME on B5 championships in Boise Idaho “That's great He has been working for this all his life and he got his reward for it" said West Side coach Tyler Brown Beutlcr’s big day which included a second-plac- e finish in the 1600 meters propelled the Pirate boys to an eighth-plac- e finish (30 points) while Kirstin Buttars and Katie Allen led the West Side girls (2 ) to th place “The kids we have on our team did real well “ Brown said “If we can just get a few more kids to come out we'll be in great shape" Beutler certainly proved he was in “great shape” by breaking the school 1 1 1 See TRACK on B4 |