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8 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS Start Continued from Page 6 for in his season debut. “I knew I was going to have to keep my pitch count low, and even with that I started out a little weak,” Kojimoto said. “But when I saw how many runs we were scoring I was like, ‘alright, here we go,’ and that definitely changed things for us, and for me. You gotta love that run support.” Kojimoto gave way to Richard Phipps in the fourth, and the Wildcats had better success, Logan Basner smacking a double that scored Joel Soinila to make the score 13-2, and a Devin Jackson single that scored Basner and Alex Delgado to cut the lead to 13-4. The Wildcats continued the rally into the fifth, scoring four consecutive runs on Puma errors to make the score 13-8. In the sixth, the Pumas followed a leadoff double by Richard Tigner with an single by Scott Maxey that scored Tigner for a 14-8 lead. Two more Maria Carrillo runs in the seventh and no answer in either inning spelt the 16-8 NCAA Continued from Page 6 ting six 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, leading eighth-seeded Boston College to a second-round upset of top-seeded Ohio State. It was the biggest surprise of the tournament as the Buckeyes (29-3), a muchdebated pick for the No. 1 seed, became the first topseed to lose in the second round since Texas Tech in 1998. Despite getting 21 points and seven rebounds from Big Ten player of the year Jessica Davenport, Ohio State fell one win short of tying the school record for wins in a season. The Big Ten regularseason and tournament champs also saw the nation’s longest winning streak end at 20 in the same venue the Buckeyes have endured much misery over the past 12 years — Mackey Arena. The Eagles (21-11) advanced to the Albuquerque Regional semifinal where they will play Utah. Bridgeport Regional Georgia 73, Hartford 54 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Sherill Baker scored 26 points and Tasha Humphrey had 24, helping Georgia blow the game open in the second half and defeat Hartford. Humphrey had 17 rebounds for No. 3 seed Georgia (23-8), which reached the round of 16 for the 16th time in 23 NCAA appearances. The inside-outside combination of the 6-foot-3 Humphrey and the 5-8 Baker was too much for No. 11 seed Hartford (25-8), which had upset No. 6 seed Temple Sunday for the first NCAA tournament win in school history. Erica Beverly led the Hawks with 13 points. Baker and Humphrey combined to shoot 67 percent (22for-33), but it was the Bulldogs defense that orchestrated the 15-0 run that left Wildcats loss. “We told them after the game that we needed to stay positive, that we can take something from it,” said Ukiah head coach Dennis Busse. “Today we lost the game in the first two innings, it was that simple. It also hurts us that we haven’t been on the field for three weeks, but we’ll bounce back. We’ve got to get ready to play again tomorrow.” Andrew Brown, the Wildcats every day batting practice pitcher, came out of the bullpen to throw several solid innings while the Wildcats rallied to cut the Pumas lead. “It just feels good to get back out here and out of the gym,” Brown said. “It makes you crazy having to be in there when you want to be outside.” Devin Jackson picked up the pitching loss for the Wildcats and Kojimoto was the winning pitcher for Maria Carrillo. Alex Delgado had a solid day at the plate for Ukiah, going 2-for-2 and picking up two walks. Ukiah returns to action today, hosting Rancho Cotate. Game time is 3:30 p.m. Hartford trailing 57-42 with 12 minutes remaining. UConn 79, Virginia Tech 56 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Ann Strother had 22 points and six 3-pointers, and Barbara Turner dominated inside with 18 points and 16 rebounds as the second-seeded Huskies routed No. 7 seed Virginia Tech. The win sends the Huskies (31-4) into the regional semifinals for a 14th straight season. The Huskies will play their next game against Georgia, in Bridgeport, Conn., about a 90-minute drive from the UConn campus in Storrs. Dawn Chriss finished with 16 points before fouling out, while Kerri Gardin had 16 points and eight rebounds for Virginia Tech (21-10). Duke 85, Southern California 51 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Alison Bales scored a careerhigh 22 points and blocked six shots and the top-seeded Blue Devils took command early against Southern California. Monique Currie added 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists for Duke, and fellow senior Mistie Williams had nine points and eight rebounds. Eshaya Murphy led Southern Cal (19-12) with 16 points and Chloe Kerr had 13. The Women of Troy shot just 30 percent and missed 17 of their 20 3-point attempts. The Blue Devils (28-3), who held Southern to a record-low for points in a 96- 27 opening round blowout that coach Gail Goestenkors said was needed to repair her team’s fleeting confidence, will take on Michigan State in the Bridgeport Regional semifinals Sunday. Duke lost two of its last three before the NCAA tournament began, but has been able to use the first two rounds to get the entire roster ample playing time. Sharks blank Blues The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Steve Bernier scored two goals and Vesa Toskala made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season in the San Jose Sharks’ 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. The Sharks have 78 points, just off the pace for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. San Jose took a 1-0 lead when Jonathan Cheechoo scored just 4:53 into the game. It was Cheechoo’s 43rd of the season and moved him within one of the club record set by Owen Nolan in the 1999-2000 season. Steve Bernier knocked in a loose rebound off of Patrick Marleau’s shot just 1:09 into the second period to give the Sharks a 2-0 lead. Bernier scored his second of the game at 6:17. Right after coming out of the penalty box, Bernier took a long pass from Alyn McCauley and skated in on goalie Reinhard Divis, who dropped to 0-4. McCauley gave the Sharks a 4-0 lead when he scored a short-handed goal with just 8:26 remaining in the game. Mark Smith scored his eighth goal with 6:27 remaining, and Nils Ekman closed the scoring with 2:25 left. Divis made 23 saves in the Blues’ fourth straight loss. It was his first start since he dropped a 6-3 decision at Anaheim on Dec. 21. MARCH MADNESS “SWEET SIXTEEN” BRACKET UCLA G Mason Wichita St. The following sponsors are still in contention for the final four prizes. 953-A N. Washington UKIAH 1080 N. State St. W. Virginia Good Luck! Bradley “Across from the Fairgrounds” 707-462-2626 Texas UKIAH GROCERY OUTLET 1203 N. 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THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 – 9 SPORTS Bradley, Peoria reveling in return to spotlight By NANCY ARMOUR AP National Writer PEORIA, Ill. — Vaudeville acts. Politicians. Consumer products. Concert tours. And now the Bradley Braves. With their first trip to the NCAA’s regional semifinals in 50 years, the Braves are proving yet again that if something can play in Peoria, it’ll be a hit all over the country. “There were a lot of people writing us off, who didn’t think we should be here,” said Marcellus Sommerville, Bradley’s leading scorer and one of four Peoriaarea natives on the team. “But we’re still standing.” The 13th-seeded Braves (22-10) weren’t given much of a chance in the NCAA tournament, dissed and dismissed along with the rest of their Missouri Valley Conference brethren. (Don’t get folks here started on Billy Packer.) They were the middle of the mid-majors at best, the so-called experts sniffed, not likely to give power-conference teams much of a challenge. Tell that to Kansas and Pitt. Combining stingy defense with a wellrounded offense, Bradley upset the fourth-seeded Jayhawks in the first round, then easily handled fifth-seeded Pitt to become the lowest seed since Oklahoma in 1999 to reach the regional semifinals. It’s also the Braves’ first trip to the round of 16 since 1955. Bradley plays top-seeded Memphis on Thursday night in Oakland. “A lot of people were criticizing us, saying our games were low-scoring, we’d never be able to score with the big guys. Well, I think that’s because we play defense,” said 7-foot center Patrick O’Bryant. “We pride ourselves on stopping you, not just plain outscoring you. “We’re a really good team, and we can play with anybody out there.” Basketball has a rich history in this industrial city in the heart of the Midwest, best known as the home of Caterpillar. Bradley has played in two Back from Monterey and returning to Lillians Day Spa Dora Walker With Thirteen Years Of Experience Dora Specializes In Modern Day Hair Styling Trends Emphasizing Color Placement And Textured Cutting For Hair That Has Movement And Depth. If you are looking for a Personalized Experience Call Dora Today 462-1129 NCAA championship games, losing to City College of New York (1950) and La Salle (1954). It also has four NIT titles, the most recent in 1982. Peoria High School won the very first Illinois prep title, and Central and Manual continue to be powerhouses. The state playoffs have been held at Peoria’s Carver Arena since 1996. But much like the city itself, Bradley’s squad fell on hard times in the 1970s. A team accustomed to piling up 20-win seasons in bunches had its first losing season since 1954-55 — yes, the same year the Braves advanced to the NCAA’s regional semifinals — in 1972-73, and there would be two more before the decade was out. The 1985-86 squad that featured Hersey Hawkins and now coach Jim Les went 32-3 and is the last to go undefeated in the MVC’s regular season, and Hawkins led Bradley to another MVC title as a senior in 1988. But the Braves would follow with five straight losing seasons. “I was never familiar with Bradley basketball until I got here for the state championship,” said senior Tony Bennett, who led Chicago Westinghouse to the Class AA title in 2002. “When a person said Peoria, the first thing that came to mind was Central and Manual.” Peoria is in the midst of a renaissance, though. The spruced-up riverfront now boasts restaurants, parks, shops and O’Brien Field, home of the Cubs’ Single- A affiliate. Caterpillar had record profits and revenues last year. And construction recently began on a $12 million center to help entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses. When Bob Eid and Duane Greer opened One World, a coffee shop and restaurant, across the street from campus 13 years ago, they were about the only store on the block. Now they’re part of a bustling neighborhood that will soon include a Starbucks, the ultimate economic sign of approval. Open Registration March 1-31 Kindergarten - 8th 555 Leslie Street, Ukiah (707) 467-1855 Run it... Til’ it ells! Private party items 4 LINES til it sells for only $24.00 Your ad will appear in: The Ukiah Daily Journal Journal Sampler North Country Classifieds and on our website: ukiahdailyjournal.com Guaranteed-to-Sell ads are for private party single items only in classifications 410-480. You must call each week to extend your ad if your item has not been sold. Price of item to be reduced 5 percent each time ad is renewed. To Place Your Ad, Call Our Classified Department at: 468-3500 The Ukiah DAILY JOURNAL “Peoria really embodies the spirit of the entire country,” Greer said. “Like the basketball team, we took it hard back in the 1980s. We’re coming back now.” Now it’s the Braves’ turn. When Les returned to his alma mater four years ago, he envisioned Bradley as the Midwest version of Gonzaga. A warm-and-fuzzy story when they made their spectacular run to the regional finals in 1999, the small-school ’Zags are now among the nation’s elite. “If they can do it, and their school is eerily similar to ours, sure it can be done here,” Les said. It took awhile, though. The Braves were 40-49 in Les’ first three seasons, and they started the MVC season 2-4 this year. “It’s crazy but all along, I knew we were a good basketball team,” Les said. The Braves weren’t lacking for talent. NBA scouts have been watching Sommerville (15.6 points and 6.8 rebounds) and O’Bryant (13.6, eight) all year. The relentless defense limits opponents to less than 65 points a game, and 40 percent shooting. Bradley wound up winning nine of its last 11 regular-season games, and advanced to the MVC tournament championship, where it lost to Southern Illinois. The Braves were confident they belonged in the NCAA Tournament field, although not everyone felt that way. “No matter where you looked, you always saw them saying, ‘They’re not going to make it,”’ O’Bryant said. “I think we proved a lot of people wrong this weekend.” And made a lot of new fans. One of the feel-good moments of the tournament so far is the scene of the Bradley players wading into the stands to celebrate with their red-clad supporters Sunday afternoon. When they returned home later that day, more than 1,000 people were waiting for them at the airport. Now that he’s ready for school, Consider looking at us. 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