The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 19

SPORTS THE KANSAS CITY STAR 3 Tuesday April 17 2001 Toronto takes commanding lead Lee is South first Boston Marathon champ Star News Services All three games of the series have been decided by one goal Colorado defenseman Ray Bourque will return to the ice tonight against the Vancouver Canucks after missing his first two playoff games because of a strained lower back The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven series 2-0 and play the Canucks tonight in GM Place It will he Bourque's 21st playotf appearance surpassing Larry Robinson and Gordie I Iowe for the most in NHL history Bourque was pulled early in the first period of 4-2 season-ending victory at Minnesota on April 8 because of the back injury Carolina Hurricanes right winger Shane Willis will be out at least two games because of a concussion the result of a hit Sunday by New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens The Hurricanes who trail the first-round best-of-seven series 2-0 play the defending Stanley Cup champion Devils in Raleigh NC tonight and Wednesday night The I iurricanes have been outscored 7 1 in losing the first two games of the series period but it was two players rescued off scrap heap Stevens and rookie goalie ohan Hedberg who were the big stars on a team usually dominated by two of the game's big names Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr Hedberg playing in only his 12th NI IL game turned aside a succession of good Capitals scoring chances while making 25 saves in the first two periods many while the game was still scoreless Jagr coming off his fourth consecutive NHL scoring championship was held without a goal for the tliird consecutive game Andy Dehnore playing his first game of the postseason scored a key goal that may have saved the Piiiladeiphia season With the Flyers down two games to none in a first-round playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres Del-more broke a tie with 9 minutes left leading the Flyers to a 3-2 victory in game three Game four of the series is tonight at Buffalo Kent Manderville and Simon Gagne also scored for the Flyers who had lost the first two games at home Roman Cechmanek stopped 26 shots to record his first playoff victory Monday's NHL At Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 OT Cory Cross scores 2:16 into overtime At Pittsburgh 3 Washington Rookie goalie Johan Hedberg makes 34 saves for the Penguins Philadelphia 3 at Buffalo 2 Roman Cechmanek stops 26 shots for Flyers St Louis 6 at San Jose 3 Scott Young and Pierre Turgeon each have a goal two assists Colorado at Vancouver night Standings summaries C-6 third period making it 2-2 Kevin Stevens buried on bench until being brought back by Pittsburgh earlier in the season scored his second key goal of a low-scoring series as the Penguins beat the Capitals 3-0 in Pittsburgh The Penguins abandoning the shoot-the-works style that has marked their play for a decade have allowed only two goals in three games and lead the Eastern Conference series 2-1 Game four is Wednesday night in Pittsburgh Alexei Kovalev and Jan Hrdina also scored in a 2:39 span of the third The Battle of Ontario is turning into a rout Cory Cross scored 2:16 into overtime as the Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 Monday night in Toronto and took a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series Cross scored by shooting a long rebound past Senators goalie Patrick Lalime a former Blade came out to me and 1 just one-timed Cross told CBC was lucky it went in I even see it go Toronto can eliminate Ottawa with a win at home Wednesday night in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series Down 2-0 in the game and without a goal in the series the Senators scored twice in the final 3:09 and forced overtime The Senators had not scored on Curtis Joseph in more than 223 minutes of playoff action dating to last playoffs when Marian I iossa spoiled third straight shutout with 3:09 left in regulation With Lalime on the bench Daniel Alfredsson then wired a shot past Joseph with 356 seconds left in the The Associated Press BOSTON A South Korean who nearly quit running after a poor showing at the Sydney Olympics ended 10-year winning streak at the Boston Marathoa tee Bong-ju became his country's first champion in 51 years Monday when he pulled away in the closing stages and won in 2 hours 9 minutes 43 seconds victory was the first by a non-Kenyan since Gelindo Bordin in 1990 and the first by a Korean since Kee Yong-ham in 1950 Lee won the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics but finished a devastating 24th in Sydney and considered quitting marathon running He said he was spurred on by the recent death of his father Hae-ku "That was the one thing that pushed me to exert myself more in this said Lee 30 He beat runner-up Silvio Guerra (2:10:07) of Ecuador by about 120 yards in the cool sunny weather After winning the race every year since 1991 and with the past four winners running Monday including two-time champion Moses Tanui the best the Kenyans could do was a third-place by Joshua in his marathon debut Kenya still had a champion in the race where Catherine Ndereba won for the second straight year Ndereba broke away from a pack at the 19-mile mark and won in 2:23:53 2:49 ahead of Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland BOSTON MARATHON Trail Blazers suspend Wallace for final game The Associated Press The Associated Press Lee Bong-ju proudly held up the trophy Monday after becoming the first South Korean to win the Boston Marathon Miho Ichikawa of Manhattan Kan finished 40th in 2:57:56 She was the top Kansas-Missouri finisher in either race Americans had one of their best races in several years Rod DeHaven the only American to make the US Olympic team last year placed sixth in a career-best 2:12:41 the first top-10 finish by a US runner in seven years Josh Cox 25 even took the lead briefly at the 124-mile marie before fading and finishing 14th Mark Coogan a 1996 Olympian was the third American in the top 20 placing 19th In the wheelchair division Ernst Van Dyk became the first South African champion winning in 1:25:12 Louise Savage of Australia (1:53:54) took the tide for the fourth time in five years Kibim City area competitors Note: Overall placing Is shown Men 124 Jerry Pullins Lawrence 22925 370 Matthew Brfsch Kansas City Kan 25051 438 Scott Willson Overland Park 252:33 528 Howard Fowler Overland Park 254:45 864 Octavio Martinez Lenexa 259:43 924 Brad Rhoden Topeka 3:0847 1838 Paul Bailed Overland Park 3:12:00 2J130 Richard Johnson Kansas City 3:13:54 2048 Scott Red Leawood 3:14:05 2294 Todd Glgstad Nortonvllle Kan 3:16:46 2787 Rodney lohnston Kansas City 32804 2890 Kennth Swygard Olathe 3:20:51 3099 Benjamin Mulvaney Shawnee 322:14 3305 lose Contreras Kansas City 32356 3600 Scott Huddleston Cbllllcothe Mo 3:26:00 3655 Alan Barnes Kansas City 32622 3744 Daniel Kovacs Overland Park 32759 3544 Bill Schwagerman Lee's Summit 32757 3545 Dan Wilckens Grain Valley 32757 3585 Chris Markin Shawnee 32854 4088 Patrick O'Toole Overland Park 32921 4239 Bruce Hamilton Kansas City 3:3022 4293 Tom Olerich Olathe 3:3856 4509 Jimmy Stanzlola Overland Park 32228 4534 Robert Bens Overland Park 3:32:39 4672 Jim Burt Overland Park 3:3323 4734 Marty Garren Topeka 32809 4742 Gregory Murphy Olathe 3:34:04 4978 Rolfe McCoy Chllllcothe Mo 3:3552 8014 Janies McCormick Overland Park 3:36:09 8437 Jeff Behrens Gladstone 329:09 8698 Chris Redllne Liberty 3:4057 8978 Brad Hants Leawood 3:4252 8118 Shianguu Hsleh Overland Park 3:43:44 8504 Richard Dean Overland Park 3:46:13 6587 Mark Yokley Topeka 3:4852 7574 Charles Mantbey Leawood 353:18 7598 Brett Fuller Prairie Village 3:5329 8548 lay Lyons Peculiar 45837 9333 Rex Swanson Lenexa 457:47 9548 John Ohnesorge Kansas City 4:0854 9588 Mark Sommerer Overland Park 4:1320 10570 Cart Vf sant Kansas City 422:43 12538 David Dickens Overland Park 5:14:49 their first-round playoff opponent likely to be the Lakers Sacramento Kings guard Jason Williams was fined $25000 by the NBA on Monday for 'inappropriate directed at San Antonio fans Thursday night Williams and several teammates became the target of verbal abuse from several Spurs fans when they obscured the view by standing on the baseline to watch the final minutes of victory over the Spurs Williams apparendy responded with profanity and at least one obscene gesture Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett was fined $7500 by the NBA on Monday for making an obscene gesture toward an official Sunday against the Utah Jazz 110-100 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies in Sacramento Calif kept alive their hopes of winning the Pacific Division The Kings 55-26 are tied widi the Los Angeles Lakers The Lakers close the season tonight at home against Denver and the Kings travel to Denver for a season-ending game Wednesday If the two teams finish in a tie the Lakers will have the second playoff seed in the Western Conference because of a better head-to-head record against Sacramento which they have beaten three of four times Peja Stojakovic scored 31 points in Mondays game and Vlade Divac added 21 points 16 rebounds and five assists for the Kings Denver Nuggets guard Voshon Lenard was arrested Monday on misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerinent and prohibited use of a weapon after allegedly shooting at deer from his yard in Greenwood Village Colo Monday's NBA At Charlotte 106 Atlanta 83 Hornets' Jamal Mashburn scores 31 points At Cleveland 80 New York 78 Cavaliers' Andre Miller hits winning free throws with 58 seconds left Milwaukee 101 at Orlando 89 Six Bucks score in double figures At Sacramento 110 Vancouver 100 Kings' 55th win ties franchise record set by 1963-64 Cincinnati Royals At LA Clippers 100 Phoenix 80 Lamar Odom gets 18 points 12 rebounds and nine assists Dallas 110 at Golden State 101 Mavericks complete first-ever winning season on the road Standings summaries C-6 Wallace will rejoin the Blazers on Wednesday as they prepare for Portland forward Rasheed Wallace have a chance to get thrown out of the Tfail last regular-season game Portland even letting him suit up Wallace who has been ejected seven times this season and has racked up 41 technical fouls was suspended by Portland on Monday for detrimental to the success of the coach Mike Dun-leavy said Wallace who broke his own NBA record of 38 technicals set last season was punished for throwing a towel in the face of teammate Arvy-das Sabonis during an argument in a loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Lakers It was the second time this season Wallace has been suspended by Dunleavy top finishers Men 1 Lee Bong-ju South Korea 2:09:43 2 Silvio Guerra Ecuador 2:1807 3 Joshua Kenya 4 David Klptum Busienel Kenya 2:11:47 5 Mbarek Hussein Kenya 2:12 dll 6 Rod De Haven Madison Wis 2:12:41 Utan Nkete South Africa 2:1244 8 Fedor Ryjov Russia 2:13:54 9 Makhosonke Fika South Africa 2:14:13 10 timothy CherfgaL Kenya 2:1421 11 Joshua Kipkemboi Concord Mass 2:14:47 12 Moses Taoul Kenya 2:15:05 13 Joao NTyamba Angola 2:1800 14 Josh Cox 3 Cajon Calif 2:16:17 US Shem Kororla Kenya 2:17:02 16 Gezahegne Abera Ethiopia 2:17:04 17 Elijah LagaL Kenya 2:17:59 18 Motsehi Moeketsana South Africa 2:18:13 19 Mark Coogan Attleboro Mass 2:18:58 20 Makoto Ogura Japan 22024 21 David Morris Albuquerque NM 221:10 22 Kim Je-kyng South Korea 2212S 23 Samuel Lopez Mexico 22128 24 Sammy Ngatla Fort Carson Colo 22307 25 Scott Larson Boulder Colo 223:43 KANSAS CITV 1 Catherine Ndereba Kenya 223:53 2 Malgorzata Sobanska Poland 226:42 3 Lyubov Morgunova Russia 2:27:18 4 Lomah Kiplagal Kenya 22758 5 Fatuma Roba Ethiopia 22808 8 Irina Timofeyeva Russia 2:28:58 7 Ludmila Petrova Russia 22923 8 Wei Yanan China 22952 9 Bruna Genovese Italy 2:30:39 10 Kaori Tanabe Japan 2:3121 11 Albina Gailiamova Albuquerque NM 222:45 12 Zhang Sliding China 223:43 13 Gttte Karishot Oenrnaih 2:3628 14 JiHGaKenby Providence 81 22845 15 Susannah Beck Eugene Ore 2:37:12 18 Shlreen Crumpton New Zealand 2:4025 17 Rachel Hopklns-Cook Santa Cruz Calif 2:41:00 18 Beth Whitney Providence 81 2:41:42 19 Gordon Bakoulls New York 2:43:18 20 Rota Gutierrez Glendale Ore 2:43:18 21 Mai TagamL Japan 2:4327 '22 Josette Colomb-Janln France 2:4429 23 Gabrielle O'Rourke New Zealand 2:4453 24 Meghan ArbogasL Corvallis Ore 2:4552 25 loti StichZimmerman Beaverton Ore 2:4625 40 Miho Ichikawa Manhattan Kan 25758 2423 Maria Rhoden Topeka 3:16:55 4932 Karen Sanders Clinton Mo 32529 8073 Kathy Van Blarcum Kansas City 3:36:31 8092 Michele DamelL Kansas City 3:43:34 8458 Jamie Boatman Overland Park 3:4558 6538 Pamela Miller Overland Park 3:4624 8719 Melissa Trlcamo Leawood 3:4726 8937 Kelly Finn Overland Park 3:4813 7715 Kimberly Kosic Leawood 3:54:26 8065 Sarah Senneff Lee's Summit 3:5856 8176 Karen Yokley Topeka 357:47 8459 Kaye McCormick Overland Park 3:59:50 8540 Cary Boatman-Anderson Mission 4:00:35 10388 Kamin Coved Mission 42810 11569 Amy Bird Lawrence 42857 MIAMI SPEEDWAY: Driver gives Kansas track its first real test I Wednesday April 18th at Arrowhead Stadium imrai nwh in ftmn Mrrrn i irsm WmVn -rr he is also scheduled to drive in the Winston Cup race Sept 30 The thinking is that Newman who drives for Penske Racing in the Winston Cup portion of his schedule needs experience on tracks such as Kansas Speedway as much as his team needs information on potential setups gives Ryan a chance to leam the said Matt Borland Winston Cup crew chief It actually gives Newman an extra chance Winston Cup teams are allowed just seven private test sessions a season By testing an ARCA car at Kansas Speedway get seat time at a track he will race on twice this year without using one of those highly valued seven tests seat time is 60 to 70 percent of Newman said Monday Newman has seven ABC starts this season He has won two poles and has two top-10 finishes in Busch won an ARCA race at Daytona and has one Winston Cup start finishing 33td at Las Vegas Not that he's counting goal is to get experience and everything else is extra" he said The big extra Monday was ripping the wrapper off the newest superspeedway Continued from C-l and building and fretting angst relieving as well kind of like having he said thinking back to one of the big events in his life The speedway has played host to such things as driving-school cars and a track-surface test by an IRL car but never a real race car being pushed as hard as possible in a search for speed Newman's reaction to the track? He described it as smooth and fast and said a lot like Las Vegas Motor lVi-mile trioval That means Kansas Speedway has the potential to build into a multigroove surface that would be ideal for exciting door-to-door racing great news for local racing fans Newman meanwhile was thinking more about himself Newman 23 is running what is known as an ABC schedule this season driving in ARCA Busch Grand National and Winston Cup races He showed up Monday at Kansas Speedway ostensibly to work on the A part of his schedule He was driving an ARCA car which is almost identical to a Winston Cup car and testing such things as suspension setups and tires for that car But much of his work Monday was directed toward the part of his schedule In addition to driving in the ARCA race une 2 at Kansas Speedway from original Get your Kansas City Wizards replica Championship Ring! 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