Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday Okalor's family applauded at the next table The two pla- y- 'V ' ers sluMik hands before ' I loward became the first play- er of the evening to Ik greeted Draft Continued from 111 ' suhsciiicnily dealt to Orlando ' lora future No ' by Stern I pick? The iiicsi lor youih brought an unfamiliar dv namic to a cl rail night that 'began with mystery ihe identity of the Magic's piek a secret to almost everyone right tip until com- -' missioner David Stem walked ' ohslagc ul Madison Square 'Gardert and delivered the news When the pick was A v announced Howard's family leaped out'of their seats as rained down bn die cheering Okafor's status as a finalist for crowd the Bobcats coach Bernie Bick- erstalT said Magic general manager John Wcisbrod “conveyed” to them Thursday morning that Howard would be their pick I loward also said his agent was aware all that he would go No I day ' Oka l or donned an orange ' ' : Bobcats cap after the second pick was announced and a i large contingent of family and friends cheered loudly from ' the stands' One held up a sign pete in Athens Okafor a junior averaged 1 76 points for the national v “'This feels so good" I toward said “I want to go out there and prove all the doubters wrong" A crowd of aboilt I0(XX) A1 ' fans ill Charlotte cheered w hen Okafdr was not selected by the Magic and owner Bob Johnson nodded his head and ’4 smiled Fireworks then and 7"' leading “Okaforlhc exploded and orange ' white confetti and streamers Olympian” a recognition ' : J’lt r- - s' June 25 2004 ''Av: ’?' US team that will com- - champion Connecticut Huskies and his shot blocking ability and defensive prowess made hi in a consensus choice to be one of the top two picks His UConn teammate Ben Gordon went third to the Chicago Bulls marking the second time in three years ' teammates have been selected second and third' Jay Williams and Mike Dunlcavy of Duke' had that distinction jn 2002 of match” she said' neither disputed the' callTournamcnt ref-cree Alan Mills confinncd the umpire made a mistake but said the result would Mills said players have the responsibil- ily to challenge the umpire if they feel the score is wrong ‘Unfortunately theway it happened defeat for V Venus didn't query it at the time” he said '?)'' Ivanisevic and a second-roun- d ' : fonhernine-lim- e ' “They played point after point afterward ' champion Martina Navratilova and the result I'm afraid stands as is” from since Wimbledon her earliest exit ranked 30 NavratNova playing in The round 1997 in Nq the The out Spncm going opening second-seede- d Williams on in the for the first time in Wimbledon at who won Wimbledon Williams outplayed singles ’ 0 years lost 6 6-- 3 6-- 3 to Gisela Centre Court 6 (5) 6 (6) in the first 2000 and 2001 and lost in the last two Dulko the same player who beat her in finals to her sister Serena didn’t blame major surprise of the championships he Jazz mascot eft jokes with Jarron Collins as they check led the cal had the Watts of the French Open last Ted firstround for the scoring error her defeat She incorrectly Umpire new team uniforms during an unveiling Thursday outthe month Navramova received a long ova- score as 2 in tlie second-se- t tiebreaker plenty of chances to force a third set but ii point when instead she dcr played three yearjai Neva- - y-dtiori from the Court 3 crowd as she sat pn ? I blew three set points and lost the last five V giving Sprcm V and Humphries played one ' her chair She stood and waved to should hrive been taking a second serve:-- ' points: 'Av ' "at Minnesota where he was “I don't thiiik one call miikes — TT acknowledge the applause ppcared confused but ? the Big Ten’s freshman of the : year after leading the league in center Pavel Padkolzine to ans it wasn’t quite enough' “He’s been doing that a lot A‘We haven’t even practiced: : scoring arid rebounding : Dallas for a first-rouPreston is back in action pick O'Connor said Humphries yei 4- Idon't want to knock the&r comi ng up wlth big hits this A- ' vv:‘v-next more with two and Aztecs because they’re a great v ' year"’ Doyle ssiid of Hamilton contests? year Snyder should be able to today take oh the Mus- Aztec runs contribute to rebuilding the Indians The three Continued from B1 then Box 4 4 and & big wing player’’ Jazz d ' Jazz quickly under veteran tangs at iOa-down in the zone so we "4 ‘4r vice president for basketball coach Jeny Sloan who is drove in both v ’ Elder at 5:30 pni: : ' ' - Bees 5 Aztecs 4 v Kevin with O’Connor could get Some groundballs sini a operations for the Indians hard as we did’’: he said expected to retumlQ the Jazz Avruns Vt- After for a 17th season Sloan whose W' jniaybe a double play”'said falling behind 2-- f in Who workcd213 : wife of 4 1 years Bobbye died the top of the fifth Smilhfield : in ' for the 4 missed relief -the last win week : 4 lead draft to inriings for good in )') regained the hits--not want to go with threes (14-5- ) ' “They hit a couple ground be with his family at his south- v its half of the inning through four innings but lost- tp seven the a balht wemade acouple good oa roster fed much didn’t for Funeral the the Off into Wi? IlUrioisfarm one fifth em scr Jiist iTdokies batter it Bensop get Tyler team that was going fo be frame by' doubling off the fence t 9- plays Thafs alJ t was really- when Brady Garner Singled?) iim'ely hitting?’ Bingham vices for Bobbye Sloan are ' A C do1”' to "? We at left stole third on scheduled for Saturday He execute went didn’t Bartholomew al1’’4t young evert before the draft ':' 10 theif thedi's'' trying ( In Srhithfield’s second game Utah took two college players v The JgZz are The Azttres need some seri-- g what proved to bg Ball 4 to tance on the mound fol' the Iiiidi hopeful thatjM -ot the day the Aztecs did get " helolf thev want to olayi ansThe lefthander scattered Sloan will return and drafted with him in mind giving theupset Brjgham CUyWiapped their I Irgame wiri streak with” two rookies a strict leader ip stand' - - for Williams at a d Grand Siam tournament since a loss at the French Open in 2001 It's also It’s the earliest defeat first-roun- 7-- 3-- 1 7-- ‘ : - 2-- a J q7 -- "-- a" - ''44 nd i ' VDoyle: said) ' s Sfe - -- 4®!A4':Though the Indians coufdn yMpull Off the upset: Kellen- - t : ft' tj fn- - 0 i f VContinued from Bl grown up ii loVoverihc last year whileJ've ' v- Kfcvn dl- A A:1- - ?:' their first NBA season Humphries has teen labeled by some as'Selfisha tag that wouldntlast iongunder ' V - 4ThcGri2zljes'(8-4- ) piatciii the inniiigscoririg six timc'vOn five' this production coming just a day after hits 2 drubbing iif Drivjs in which Liogan tal-- - : r- r: 1 8-- dn1qsafeii' lied : “Wc were ready to pluy - got some big r' 1 3 3 - hits” Grizzlies assistant coach Jcid Piiigrec 1 said "In a big rivalry usually one of the teams ? r r' iV gets rolling arid the other one doesn’t 1 '“LuckilyJt wax us” ? Jake Harris Had the big blow in the firstfor hitter Logan: With two men tin the deari-u- p s thc first pilch he saw from Mustangs ' t 4 'starter Andrew Barker and driHcd it over the lienee in left lor a 0 loud ”Jtkc‘s' home ruri got us going” Greg Pahiier y s that halLThcn after fthat our ‘ld' He hats went pretty well until they hroughtin ' ' (Riley Hedin) - i “It seemed like hjscurvcball was working pretty ell He was agond pitcher — he struck me out I lip rii'y' 'cap to him"Ta lor Palmer ajso drove in two runs in the '' first with u singleio center that gac the Griz- ) lies a 6-- 1 lead after the first “When they score that many in the first : inning it just kind of sets the tone for (he game" Mustangs coach Stephen Hansen said “They hit the hall hard We just weren’t hitting our spots and they hit it hard “We gave them a couple extra outs and they ' look adantagc of it" Besides Greg Palmer Harris two two' rgns three RBIs) Justin Pingrec run RBI) and runs) Braden Brown two RBIs) had at least Taor Palmer two hits for U)gan Clint Ravmond and Andrew Barker had two v ' ! ' 4 ' I V? 1 j' l i(H)k - EU LoceroHerald Journal 3-- ' - -4 (2-for- -3 -3 Trade Continued from Bl us in the middle of oui lineup" he said Beltran can become a free agent this fall — but for now he joined a team clearly going all out this year to win its first World Series The Astros spent millions last offseason to bring pitchers e Roger Clemens and Andy to Houston Clemens who already ended one brief retirement agreed only to a one-yePet-litt- ar - Monday (left) and Tyson Hyde dotlide lT as they go for a fly baH Thursday The miscue : resuHe a twcvbase grror " ' hits apiece forthe Mustangs ’ ' Logan will conclude pool play today when it takes on Riverton at 3 pm and Smithfiefd at 8 ® : pm : Following their loss to Logan the Mustangs bounced hack in a big way defeating Riverton ( Wyo) 6-- 2 in their second game Thursday? V Raymond hit a three-ru- n triple in the fifth as well as wcnl the distance on the mound to lead the Mustangs (9-past the Raiders Brady Sayama reached base all four times he halted — three singles and a walk — while Hedin and Riley Parkinson had two hits apiece for the Mustangs The Mustangs t(xk the lead for good in the fifth when they scored five times on five hits Shawn Brogdon went with a home run and two stolen bases for the’ Raiders conThe Mustangs play their final pool-pla- y test today vs Preston at 10 am deal while longtime stars Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio arc nearing the end of their careers Last week the Astros traded right fielder Richard Hidalgo to the New York Mets for reliever David Weathers and a minor league pitcher This time Houston pulled off a much bigger deal “When you have a chance like Beltran to get an All-Styou do it then ou worry about filling in holes He significantly makes us better he is an impact player" Hunsick-e- r said The multitalented Beltran is ar :aeMi ' 5) I I hitting 278 with 15 homers' RBIs and 14 steals “I feel pretty good about this Obviously it's bittersweet" Royals general manager Allard Bainl said “It was obvious we were not going to he able to sign Carlos But I think we’ve helped this club and gotten some players that should have very productive major league careers” he said Beltran's arrival means yet another position change for Biggio who started his career as a catcher moved to second base and then center field 51 Purchase Your MCache Valley USA” t-s- hlrt at The Herald Journal Tie Herald Journal is located at W 300 Nt Logan Ut comt h Mowing tint: rr modhm to 'i jhcfcicte Im ihAm 'f ond tint oro Um za |