FREE PRESS Page 6 Colby Free Press Tuesday, May 7, 2002 SSSPORTSPORTS Avalanche fall behind in Stanley Cup semi-finals

By ANNE M. PETERSON and you have to give your kill- AP Sports Writer ers more ice time. You should give SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A hard them credit for scoring the big goals on lesson from videotape brought Sharks the power play when they had the op- captain Owen Nolan to life in the play- portunity.” offs. Teemu Selanne tied it for the Sharks Nolan had not scored a through with a power-play goal 3:31 into the the Sharks’ first seven playoff games. third. On Monday night, he scored twice to The Sharks had a 5-on-3 advantage lead San Jose past the Colorado Ava- early in the period when both Blake and lanche 6-4. Stephane Yelle were penalized. Just as A video session Sunday proved in- Yelle’s holding penalty ended, Selanne structive. hit a perfectly angled from the “It was a lot of little things, but they right side that slid under Roy. add up,” he said. “You’re looked upon Blake set the tone with a goal just 59 by your team to score goals, and I seconds into the game. Blake hadn’t haven’t been doing that. I came here practiced Sunday and played only 14 tonight determined to do something minutes in the second game — he about it.” scored two goals — because of a sore scored the leg. He missed Game 1. tiebreaking goal in the third period, The Sharks nearly tied it later in the beating Patrick Roy from the top of the first period. Vincent Damphousse ap- left circle on a power play with 6:34 left peared to bunt a bouncing puck over to give the Sharks a 2-1 lead in the Roy’s shoulder and into the net. But, Western Conference semifinal. Game amid the roar of the crowd, one official 4 is Wednesday at San Jose. apparently had blown his whistle. Ac- With six goals and four assists, cording to the explanation, the official Marleau has a in each of the lost track of the puck, negating the Sharks’ eight playoff games. goal. “I’m getting a lot of bounces,” he Thornton took a feed from Mike modestly said. Ricci and shoved the puck under Roy Rob Blake scored two goals for the from the top of the crease to tie it be- DARREL PATTILLO/Colby Free Press Avalanche, who had won five straight fore the period was over. It was Jared Cranston stole home to score the go-ahead run in Game1 of Monday’s doubleheader against Healy-Leoti. in San Jose, dating to Jan. 25, 2000. Thornton’s third playoff goal. Roy turned away 34 San Jose shots. Nolan scored his first goal of the In the only other conference semifi- playoffs 3:20 into the second. Roy nal Monday, Ottawa edged Toronto 3- came way out of the net to send the Eagles split with Healy-Leoti at home 2 to take a 2-1 series lead. The other two puck back down the ice, but made a bad series resume Tuesday night. Detroit, clear. which won the first two games at home, Nolan took advantage with a 45-foot By DARREL PATTILLO ternoon by splitting a doubleheader with Jared Cranston coming on in re- held the Eagles to just 1. Colby is get- plays at St. Louis. Carolina is at shot that went between the goalie’s legs Colby Free Press with Healy-Leoti at the Colby Recre- lief of Clayton Kaiser to get the win. In ting set for regional action which be- Montreal with the series 1-1. and into the net. The Colby Eagle baseball team im- ation Complex. the second game, the Healy-Leoti bats gins Monday at the Recreation Com- Evgeni Nabokov, who was pulled Just a little more than two minutes proved its record to 14-4 Monday af- The Eagles took the first game 5-4, warmed up as they scored 7 runs and plex. Saturday in San Jose’s 8-2 Game 2 loss, later, Nolan took a bouncing shot that stopped 29 shots. The Sharks had just caromed off Adam Graves’ stick to one penalty to Colorado’s seven. make it 3-1. Several Trojans earn conference and region honors “It definitely made a difference in Blake scored his second goal less The Colby Community College Tro- Trojans were recently honored for their he saw action for the Trojans in the fielder. Cody Pettibone was named to the way we played,” Avalanche coach than three minutes later. Nabokov was jan Baseball team enters Region VI efforts by being named Honorable- outfield and on the hill. the Second Team All-Region 6 District Bob Hartley said. “Being shorthanded tied up in the net with Nolan, who had tournament play this weekend against Mention All-Jayhawk West. Josh Several Lady Trojans had outstand- C team as an infielder. She also gar- takes you away from your game plan fallen behind him. Seward County in Great Bend. Three Prickett (Torrington, Wyoming) made ing seasons and were recently honored nered Honorable Mention honors on the squad as an infielder while the ace for their efforts. Megan Langerak was the All-Jayhawk West Team as a short- of the Trojan pitching staff, Andy named to the First Team All-Region stop. Winner by a ponytail Wernke (Alliance, Nebraska) made the Six District C team as an outfielder. Kayla Hansen earned Honorable team as a pitcher. 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DANCING DARREL PATTILLO/Colby Free Press Brianna Swafford won the 200 meter dash Friday at the Colby Invitational track meet. The Eagles are getting ready for the Northwest Kansas League track meet Friday in St. Francis POOL TABLES Eagle junior FOOSBALL TABLES varsity tennis finishes season AND MUCH MUCH MORE! Eric Luedke won all three of his matches Monday at the Scott City JV tennis tournament, as the Eagles took second place in their final outing of the year. “This was a satisfying way to end the Nate Schwarz: JV season,” coach Bill Weber said. “Four out six of our players brought Saturday Night home medals. We have a good young nucleus to build from for the next few years.” Entertainment Ian Yoon, playing number 2 singles, was 3-1 for second place. The number 1 doubles team of Chris Barnum and Ian Myers won 1 and lost two for fifth place, and the number 2 team of Brett Dempewolf and Luke Rogers were 2- 2, good enough for 2nd place in their Telephone: (785)462-6565 division. For Reservations colbysports @nwkansas.com