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CHICAGO (AP) — So much for all the talk about the impenetrable goalies, and forget about those lane-clogging defensemen. It was all about the offense in Game 4, and the hangover could extend into the final three games of the deadlocked Stanley Cup finals. Chicago’s 6-5 overtime victory at Boston on Wednesday night was the highest-scoring game in this year’s NHL playoffs. There were breakaways, rebounds, long slap shots and tips. Eleven goals in all, coming from all over the ice. It all raises questions about how the remainder of this com- pelling series will look. “I guess a series like this can take some unexpected turns some- times, and you saw that last night,” Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said. “I’m not going to make any predictions for what happens in the next game, but obviously there’s a lot of things we want to carry into this game, Game 5, here.” The biggest variable could be the recovery of goalies Tuukka Rask of the Bruins and Corey Craw- ford of the Blackhawks, who have a couple days to find their game again before the series resumes in Chicago on Saturday night. Rask and Crawford had been the best two goalies in the playoffs before each of them stumbled under heavy pressure in Game 4. Rask gave up too many prime re- bound opportunities, and Craw- ford was beaten repeatedly on his glove side. “Every goal is stoppable, but I don’t think there was any weak one, so to speak,” said Rask, who was coming off a 2-0 shutout and had allowed just eight goals in the previous eight playoff games. “Mis- takes piled up and I wasn’t able to bail our guys out. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don’t.” Crawford was great in each of the first two finals games in Chicago. He had 51 saves in the three-overtime series opener, keep- ing the Blackhawks in the game long enough for Andrew Shaw to score the winning goal in a 4-3 vic- tory. Crawford had 33 stops when the series shifted to Boston for Game 3, but Chicago was unable to get anything going against Rask. And then came more of the glove- side problems on Wednesday night that the Bruins have exploited all series long. “A couple tough breaks last night, especially when we had the lead at 3-1 or 4-2, Boston is going to open up a little bit,” Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane said Thurs- day. “I think for us that we can play better defensively, maybe get in some shooting lanes and block some of those shots.” Chicago held leads of 1-0, 3-1, 4- 2 and 5-4, but Boston rallied each time. The glove-side issue is a tricky little one for coach Joel Monday, 6.21.13 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net SPORTS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] 8A PRESS DAKOTAN sports DES MOINES, Iowa — South Dakota freshman pole vaulter Peter Chapman cleared 15 feet, 11 inches to place seventh in the junior men’s pole vault at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Champi- onships in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday. Chapman cleared the mark on his first attempt, but missed on his attempts at 16-4 3/4. Chapman finished his season as the Summit League’s champion in the event and had a season-best mark of 16- 8. Daven Murphree won the event with a mark of 16-8 3/4. The Coyotes will have four athletes in action on Friday. Meghan Dennis will lead off by competing in the junior women’s javelin at noon, while Christian Nielsen will compete in the junior men’s 200-meter dash at 12:45 p.m. Madison Mills and Hunter Wilkes will wrap up the day by competing in the junior women’s pole vault at 1:15 p.m. Wambach Breaks Hamm’s Mark For Career Goals HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Move over Mia Hamm. Abby Wambach is now the greatest goal scorer in international soccer. Wambach scored four times in the first half to break Hamm’s record for interna- tional career goals with room to spare in a 5-0 victory over South Korea on Thursday night. The four goals gave the 33-year-old Wambach 160, two more than Hamm had in a storied career that ended in 2004. Wambach connected three times in the first 29 minutes to break Hamm’s mark of 158 international goals, and she added an- other in injury time to give her a nice round number. Ali Daie of Iran holds the men’s record with 109. The historic 159th came on a line-drive header that ripped into the twine in the back of the net off a corner kick by Megan Rapinoe. “I’m just so proud of her,” Hamm said. “Just watching those four goals, that’s what she is all about. She fights for the ball, she’s courageous and she never gives up. Her strength and perseverance is what makes her so great and it’s what defenders and opposing teams fear. “From being her teammate early in her career, I know all she ever wanted to do was win, and she continues to do that. I’m just glad I got to share 158 with her. It was short, but it was fun.” After the record-setting goal, Wambach turned and ran a couple of steps in the di- rection of the U.S. bench, then stopped as Rapinoe jumped into her arms. The Rochester, N.Y., native was then mobbed by teammates on the field and those who streamed off the bench as the crowd of 18,961 at Red Bull Arena cheered wildly. After the hugs, Wambach turned to the stands and blew a kiss toward her parents, Judy and Peter. Chants of “Ab-bee, Ab-bee, Ab-bee,” cascaded through the stadium as officials got the ball and gave it to the U.S. bench. The four goals in the friendly were the second most by Wambach in an interna- tional game, and will allow the spotlight that has followed her in her chase of Hamm’s record to finally dissolve. Her first goal Thursday came on a shot in the box past South Korean goalkeeper Kim Jung-mi in the 10th minute. The sec- ond came nine minutes later in the friendly on a flicking header. Lauren Cheney set up the first two goals on crossing passes on plays that Wambach eluded Korean defender Shim Seo-yeon. Wambach’s fourth goal was an easy tap-in after Alex Morgan made a run down the right side and centered the ball to the on-rushing Wambach, the 2012 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year. Wambach had a chance for a fifth goal, which would have tied her single-game record, but she could not get her head on a cross early in the second half. Wambach was given a standing ovation by many in the crowd when she was re- placed in the 58th minute by Christen Press. Before leaving the field, she ex- changed hugs with long-time teammates Rapinoe, Heather O’Reilly and Carli Lloyd and a few other players. As she got to the sideline she applauded the crowd and then hugged her coaches and teammates. The crowd chanted “Abby Wambach” in return. Chaney added the final goal for the United States on a header in the 64th minute. Goalkeeper Hope Solo made her first start for the United States since having wrist surgery in early March. She faced one weak shot as the ball stayed in the South Korean half most of the game. Chapman Seventh At USA Junior Championships U.S. Star Becomes Tops On International Career Goals Chart Baseball | South Central League Menno Blanks Cardinals MENNO — Macon Oplinger struck out eight batters in a com- plete game 2-hit shutout as the Menno Mad Frogs came out on top of a 1-0 pitchers dual Thurs- day night in South Central League amateur baseball action in Menno. Oplinger allowed only a dou- ble to Simon Healy and a single to Wes Robertson in helping the Mad Frogs (2-7) snap a 7-game losing streak. Seven different players had a single for Menno, which scored its only run in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI ground out by Jay Thaler. Josh Homme pitched all eight innings for Irene and struck out five batters. Both teams return to action Sunday night, with Menno at Tabor and Irene at home against Freeman. IRENE (5-4)............................................000 000 000 — 0 2 1 MENNO (2-7) .........................................100 000 00X — 1 7 1 Josh Homme and Pat Sees; Macon Oplinger and Jay Thaler Crofton 5, Lesterville 0 CROFTON, Neb. — Matt Tramp and Rand Thygeson combined on a 2-hit shutout as the Crofton Bluejays blanked Lesterville 5-0 in South Central League action Thursday night. Tramp pitched six innings and Thygeson went the final three frames for the Bluejays (8-1), who have won eight straight league games. Crofton has now pitched shutouts in three of its last five SCL games. Thygeson doubled in the win, while Nick Hegge, Aaron Losing and Cody Wilken all had two sin- gles. Tyler Edler pitched the whole game for Lesterville (3-6). Crofton travels to Beresford for a non-league game Sunday, while Lesterville visits Wynot on Sunday night. LESTERVILLE (3-6) ...............................000 000 000 — 0 2 2 CROFTON (8-1) ..................................010 101 20X — 5 10 0 Tyler Edler and Zach Johnson; Matt Tramp, Rand Thygeson (7) and Carl Schieffer JEREMY HOECK/P&D Menno Mad Frogs starter Macon Oplinger delivers a pitch during Thursday night's South Central League ama- teur game against Irene in Menno. Oplinger tossed a two-hitter as Menno won 1-0. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Gay was barely out of breath after breezing through his 100-meter heat. Same with Justin Gatlin moments later. Gay and Gatlin hardly worked up a sweat as they easily cruised through the first round of the 100 on Thursday at the U.S. track championships. Their times were hardly blistering, but that wasn’t the point on this windy day, only advancing in as little effort as pos- sible. By moving on, they’re moving toward a showdown in Friday’s final. “It felt good,” said Gay, who trimmed his hair to be more aero- dynamic. “Just get the nerves out.” This was a game within a game between the two — show just enough, but not too much. Gay powered down his lane to win his heat in 10.28 seconds. Gatlin easily cruised across the line in 10.37, taking second in his heat. He estimated he ran at maybe 70 percent, conserving his energy for when he really needs it, possibly to hold off Gay. “Tyson is something of an enigma,” Gatlin said. “When he’s healthy, he’s one of the most dan- gerous sprinters you can compete against.” And he’s healthy, maybe as healthy as he’s ever been. Asked about his hip, the one that’s given him problems for quite some time, Gay simply said, “Feeling good.” Gay has the world’s top time this season. But Gatlin has some- thing perhaps even more impres- sive — a recent win over Usain Bolt, which very few sprinters have done since the Jamaican’s rise to power. While Gay and Gatlin were the center of attention early on at na- tionals, Dentarius Locke of Florida State stole some of the spotlight as he turned in the top time of 10.19, just ahead of Jeff Demps. “I just went out there and ran my race,” Locke nonchalantly said. “I know tomorrow will be a differ- ent day. Hopefully everything will fall into place.” The women’s 100 lacked some star power as world champion Carmelita Jeter was out with a sore right quadriceps and Allyson Felix skipped the race to save en- ergy for the 200. Barbara Pierre won in 11.18. For Jeter, there’s a safety net, with an automatic spot at worlds re- served for her courtesy of her win in 2011. Given that, her coach, John Smith, said there’s no reason to take any chances. He feels confident Jeter will be ready to defend her title in Moscow in August, provided she backs off the throttle now. The 33-year-old Jeter captured three medals at the London Olympics, finishing third in the 200, second in the 100 and helping the 400-meter relay team to gold. Gay, Gatlin Easily Advance In 1st Round Of 100 TRACK | PAGE 9A CUP | PAGE 9A SCOTT STRAZZANTE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/MCT The Chicago Blackhawks celebrate Brent Seabrook’s goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Wednes- day, June 19, 2013, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Chicago’s 6-5 win evens the series, 2-2. High-Scoring Game 4 Flips Script On Stanley Cup OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Wes Rea never stops hearing from people who are amazed he passed on the opportunity to play major college football to indulge in his baseball passion at Mississippi State. “When we do win this national championship,” he said after prac- tice Thursday, “I’ve got a one-line answer for all the guys who say, ‘Why didn’t you play football?’ I can show them the ring and say, ‘That’s why.” Rea was one of the nation’s top offensive line prospects coming out of Gulfport, Miss., in 2010. A na- tional title in football certainly would have been possible for him considering how much interest he attracted from Southeastern Con- ference programs. Rea took official football recruit- ing visits to Alabama and LSU, and Auburn also wooed him until he let it be known he would play baseball in college. “That’s where my heart was,” he said. “Looking back on it, if I were to say I could win a national cham- pionship in football or baseball, I’d pick baseball every time. So that’s what we’re working for right now.” The Bulldogs’ 6-foot-5, 272- pound first baseman hit a key home run in super regionals against Vir- ginia and drove in the go-ahead runs in a College World Series-open- ing win over Oregon State. He’s bat- ting .444 in Omaha, with two doubles, and .296 for the season. He also scooped a bouncing throw from closer Jonathan Holder for the last out against Indiana on Monday. Mississippi State will play Ore- gon State on Friday needing one win to advance to next week’s best- of-three finals. If the Bulldogs lose, they’ll play Oregon State again Sat- urday. Coach John Cohen said people who know Rea best know that he’s a “baseball guy.” “I think people, because of his size, just assume he’s this big phys- ical guy who has a brute-type per- sonality. He is a baseball savant. He gets it.” Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen is one of Rea’s biggest fans, even though he playfully con- tinues to encourage Rea to put down his baseball glove and put on football pads. “Coach Mullen teases him re- lentlessly about being a sissy,” Cohen said. “It’s all good-natured fun.” Right fielder Hunter Renfroe, Rea’s roommate for three years, said Rea still follows football closely in the fall. When they watch games on television, Renfroe said, Rea dissects plays and talks about what he would do differently if he were on the field. “He was a great football player, no doubt about that,” Renfroe said, “and he could have been a great one for us. He’s a great baseball player now, and that’s all he needs to worry about.” THE OTHER GUYS: UCLA is in its third CWS in four years, and coach John Savage said his team feels like outsiders. Savage isn’t complaining. It’s just that the Bruins have drawn un- Bulldogs’ Rea: Picking Baseball Over Football Easy CWS | PAGE 9A NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police said Thursday they have no sus- pects in a burglary at the home of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops. Norman Police Sgt. Jennifer Newell said officers received a call from the house at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday reporting that a break- in had occurred overnight. Newell said the exact time of the burglary is part of the department’s ongoing investigation. Newell said several members of the Stoops family were home when the burglary occurred, but no one was injured. “There were people at the house at the time,” she said. Newell would not confirm whether Stoops was at the house. He and several Oklahoma players were in Wichita, Kan., on Wednesday night for an appearance at an OU Club of Wichita event. Newell said a number of items were reported missing after the burglary, including a vehicle. “It was personal property and my understanding is a vehicle as well,” she said. Newell said she was not aware of any other burglaries reported in the same neighborhood recently. She also said she did not know of additional security precautions that are being taken following the burglary. Police: No Suspect In Burglary At Stoops’ Home NEW YORK (AP) — The daugh- ter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made a quick- thinking save Wednesday when she caught a baby who had tumbled off of a second-floor Brooklyn apart- ment’s fire escape, the baseball great has confirmed. Cristina Torre did not respond to a request for comment. Police said a 44-year-old woman caught a 1-year-old boy who fell from a fire escape outside a Brook- lyn apartment building but did not identify the bystander. They said the baby somehow climbed out of the apartment onto the fire escape and tumbled from above. That’s when Torre caught the baby as she walked on the sidewalk below. The baby is in stable condition, police said, while the parents were charged with reckless endanger- ment and acting in a manner injuri- ous to a child under 17. Torre’s Daughter Catches Falling Baby

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CHICAGO (AP) — So much forall the talk about the impenetrablegoalies, and forget about thoselane-clogging defensemen. It wasall about the offense in Game 4,and the hangover could extendinto the final three games of thedeadlocked Stanley Cup finals.

Chicago’s 6-5 overtime victoryat Boston on Wednesday night wasthe highest-scoring game in thisyear’s NHL playoffs. There werebreakaways, rebounds, long slapshots and tips. Eleven goals in all,coming from all over the ice.

It all raises questions abouthow the remainder of this com-pelling series will look.

“I guess a series like this cantake some unexpected turns some-times, and you saw that last night,”Blackhawks captain JonathanToews said. “I’m not going to makeany predictions for what happensin the next game, but obviouslythere’s a lot of things we want tocarry into this game, Game 5,here.”

The biggest variable could bethe recovery of goalies TuukkaRask of the Bruins and Corey Craw-ford of the Blackhawks, who have acouple days to find their gameagain before the series resumes inChicago on Saturday night.

Rask and Crawford had beenthe best two goalies in the playoffsbefore each of them stumbledunder heavy pressure in Game 4.Rask gave up too many prime re-bound opportunities, and Craw-ford was beaten repeatedly on hisglove side.

“Every goal is stoppable, but Idon’t think there was any weakone, so to speak,” said Rask, whowas coming off a 2-0 shutout andhad allowed just eight goals in theprevious eight playoff games. “Mis-takes piled up and I wasn’t able tobail our guys out. Sometimes youdo, sometimes you don’t.”

Crawford was great in each ofthe first two finals games inChicago. He had 51 saves in thethree-overtime series opener, keep-

ing the Blackhawks in the gamelong enough for Andrew Shaw toscore the winning goal in a 4-3 vic-tory.

Crawford had 33 stops whenthe series shifted to Boston forGame 3, but Chicago was unable toget anything going against Rask.And then came more of the glove-side problems on Wednesday nightthat the Bruins have exploited allseries long.

“A couple tough breaks lastnight, especially when we had thelead at 3-1 or 4-2, Boston is goingto open up a little bit,” Blackhawksforward Patrick Kane said Thurs-day. “I think for us that we can playbetter defensively, maybe get insome shooting lanes and blocksome of those shots.”

Chicago held leads of 1-0, 3-1, 4-2 and 5-4, but Boston rallied eachtime. The glove-side issue is atricky little one for coach Joel

Monday, 6.21.13ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net

SPORTS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTANsports

DES MOINES, Iowa — SouthDakota freshman pole vaulterPeter Chapman cleared 15 feet, 11inches to place seventh in thejunior men’s pole vault at the USAOutdoor Track and Field Champi-onships in Des Moines, Iowa, onThursday.

Chapman cleared the mark onhis first attempt, but missed onhis attempts at 16-4 3/4. Chapmanfinished his season as the SummitLeague’s champion in the eventand had a season-best mark of 16-8.

Daven Murphree won theevent with a mark of 16-8 3/4.

The Coyotes will have fourathletes in action on Friday.Meghan Dennis will lead off bycompeting in the junior women’sjavelin at noon, while ChristianNielsen will compete in the juniormen’s 200-meter dash at 12:45p.m. Madison Mills and HunterWilkes will wrap up the day bycompeting in the junior women’spole vault at 1:15 p.m.

Wambach Breaks Hamm’s Mark For Career GoalsHARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Move over Mia

Hamm. Abby Wambach is now the greatestgoal scorer in international soccer.

Wambach scored four times in the firsthalf to break Hamm’s record for interna-tional career goals with room to spare in a5-0 victory over South Korea on Thursdaynight.

The four goals gave the 33-year-oldWambach 160, two more than Hamm hadin a storied career that ended in 2004.

Wambach connected three times in thefirst 29 minutes to break Hamm’s mark of158 international goals, and she added an-other in injury time to give her a niceround number.

Ali Daie of Iran holds the men’s recordwith 109.

The historic 159th came on a line-driveheader that ripped into the twine in theback of the net off a corner kick by MeganRapinoe.

“I’m just so proud of her,” Hamm said.“Just watching those four goals, that’swhat she is all about. She fights for theball, she’s courageous and she never givesup. Her strength and perseverance is whatmakes her so great and it’s what defendersand opposing teams fear.

“From being her teammate early in hercareer, I know all she ever wanted to dowas win, and she continues to do that. I’mjust glad I got to share 158 with her. It wasshort, but it was fun.”

After the record-setting goal, Wambachturned and ran a couple of steps in the di-

rection of the U.S. bench, then stopped asRapinoe jumped into her arms. TheRochester, N.Y., native was then mobbedby teammates on the field and those whostreamed off the bench as the crowd of18,961 at Red Bull Arena cheered wildly.

After the hugs, Wambach turned to thestands and blew a kiss toward her parents,Judy and Peter.

Chants of “Ab-bee, Ab-bee, Ab-bee,”cascaded through the stadium as officialsgot the ball and gave it to the U.S. bench.

The four goals in the friendly were thesecond most by Wambach in an interna-tional game, and will allow the spotlightthat has followed her in her chase ofHamm’s record to finally dissolve.

Her first goal Thursday came on a shot

in the box past South Korean goalkeeperKim Jung-mi in the 10th minute. The sec-ond came nine minutes later in thefriendly on a flicking header.

Lauren Cheney set up the first twogoals on crossing passes on plays thatWambach eluded Korean defender ShimSeo-yeon.

Wambach’s fourth goal was an easytap-in after Alex Morgan made a run downthe right side and centered the ball to theon-rushing Wambach, the 2012 FIFAWomen’s World Player of the Year.

Wambach had a chance for a fifth goal,which would have tied her single-gamerecord, but she could not get her head ona cross early in the second half.

Wambach was given a standing ovationby many in the crowd when she was re-placed in the 58th minute by Christen

Press. Before leaving the field, she ex-changed hugs with long-time teammatesRapinoe, Heather O’Reilly and Carli Lloydand a few other players. As she got to thesideline she applauded the crowd andthen hugged her coaches and teammates.The crowd chanted “Abby Wambach” inreturn.

Chaney added the final goal for theUnited States on a header in the 64thminute.

Goalkeeper Hope Solo made her firststart for the United States since havingwrist surgery in early March. She facedone weak shot as the ball stayed in theSouth Korean half most of the game.

Chapman SeventhAt USA Junior

Championships

U.S. Star Becomes Tops On International Career Goals Chart

Baseball | South Central League

Menno Blanks CardinalsMENNO — Macon Oplinger

struck out eight batters in a com-plete game 2-hit shutout as theMenno Mad Frogs came out ontop of a 1-0 pitchers dual Thurs-day night in South Central Leagueamateur baseball action inMenno.

Oplinger allowed only a dou-ble to Simon Healy and a single toWes Robertson in helping theMad Frogs (2-7) snap a 7-gamelosing streak.

Seven different players had asingle for Menno, which scoredits only run in the bottom of thefirst inning on an RBI ground outby Jay Thaler.

Josh Homme pitched all eightinnings for Irene and struck outfive batters.

Both teams return to actionSunday night, with Menno atTabor and Irene at home againstFreeman.IRENE (5-4)............................................000 000 000 — 0 2 1MENNO (2-7).........................................100 000 00X — 1 7 1

Josh Homme and Pat Sees; Macon Oplinger and Jay Thaler

Crofton 5, Lesterville 0CROFTON, Neb. — Matt Tramp

and Rand Thygeson combined ona 2-hit shutout as the CroftonBluejays blanked Lesterville 5-0 inSouth Central League actionThursday night.

Tramp pitched six innings andThygeson went the final threeframes for the Bluejays (8-1), whohave won eight straight leaguegames.

Crofton has now pitchedshutouts in three of its last fiveSCL games.

Thygeson doubled in the win,while Nick Hegge, Aaron Losingand Cody Wilken all had two sin-gles.

Tyler Edler pitched the wholegame for Lesterville (3-6).

Crofton travels to Beresfordfor a non-league game Sunday,while Lesterville visits Wynot onSunday night.LESTERVILLE (3-6)...............................000 000 000 — 0 2 2CROFTON (8-1) ..................................010 101 20X — 5 10 0

Tyler Edler and Zach Johnson; Matt Tramp, Rand Thygeson(7) and Carl Schieffer

JEREMY HOECK/P&DMenno Mad Frogs starter Macon Oplinger delivers a pitch during Thursday night's South Central League ama-teur game against Irene in Menno. Oplinger tossed a two-hitter as Menno won 1-0.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —Tyson Gay was barely out ofbreath after breezing through his100-meter heat. Same with JustinGatlin moments later.

Gay and Gatlin hardly workedup a sweat as they easily cruisedthrough the first round of the 100on Thursday at the U.S. trackchampionships. Their times werehardly blistering, but that wasn’tthe point on this windy day, onlyadvancing in as little effort as pos-sible.

By moving on, they’re movingtoward a showdown in Friday’sfinal.

“It felt good,” said Gay, whotrimmed his hair to be more aero-dynamic. “Just get the nerves out.”

This was a game within a gamebetween the two — show justenough, but not too much.

Gay powered down his lane towin his heat in 10.28 seconds.Gatlin easily cruised across theline in 10.37, taking second in hisheat. He estimated he ran atmaybe 70 percent, conserving hisenergy for when he really needs it,possibly to hold off Gay.

“Tyson is something of anenigma,” Gatlin said. “When he’shealthy, he’s one of the most dan-gerous sprinters you can competeagainst.”

And he’s healthy, maybe ashealthy as he’s ever been. Askedabout his hip, the one that’s givenhim problems for quite some time,Gay simply said, “Feeling good.”

Gay has the world’s top timethis season. But Gatlin has some-thing perhaps even more impres-sive — a recent win over UsainBolt, which very few sprintershave done since the Jamaican’srise to power.

While Gay and Gatlin were thecenter of attention early on at na-tionals, Dentarius Locke of FloridaState stole some of the spotlight ashe turned in the top time of 10.19,just ahead of Jeff Demps.

“I just went out there and ranmy race,” Locke nonchalantly said.“I know tomorrow will be a differ-ent day. Hopefully everything willfall into place.”

The women’s 100 lacked somestar power as world championCarmelita Jeter was out with asore right quadriceps and AllysonFelix skipped the race to save en-ergy for the 200. Barbara Pierrewon in 11.18.

For Jeter, there’s a safety net,with an automatic spot at worlds re-served for her courtesy of her winin 2011. Given that, her coach, JohnSmith, said there’s no reason to takeany chances. He feels confidentJeter will be ready to defend hertitle in Moscow in August, providedshe backs off the throttle now.

The 33-year-old Jeter capturedthree medals at the LondonOlympics, finishing third in the200, second in the 100 and helpingthe 400-meter relay team to gold.

Gay, Gatlin EasilyAdvance In 1stRound Of 100

TRACK | PAGE 9A CUP | PAGE 9A

SCOTT STRAZZANTE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/MCTThe Chicago Blackhawks celebrate Brent Seabrook’s goal against theBoston Bruins in overtime in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Wednes-day, June 19, 2013, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Chicago’s6-5 win evens the series, 2-2.

High-Scoring Game 4 Flips Script On Stanley Cup

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Wes Reanever stops hearing from peoplewho are amazed he passed on theopportunity to play major collegefootball to indulge in his baseballpassion at Mississippi State.

“When we do win this nationalchampionship,” he said after prac-tice Thursday, “I’ve got a one-lineanswer for all the guys who say,‘Why didn’t you play football?’ I canshow them the ring and say, ‘That’swhy.”

Rea was one of the nation’s topoffensive line prospects coming outof Gulfport, Miss., in 2010. A na-tional title in football certainlywould have been possible for himconsidering how much interest heattracted from Southeastern Con-ference programs.

Rea took official football recruit-ing visits to Alabama and LSU, andAuburn also wooed him until he letit be known he would play baseballin college.

“That’s where my heart was,” hesaid. “Looking back on it, if I wereto say I could win a national cham-pionship in football or baseball, I’dpick baseball every time. So that’swhat we’re working for right now.”

The Bulldogs’ 6-foot-5, 272-pound first baseman hit a key homerun in super regionals against Vir-ginia and drove in the go-aheadruns in a College World Series-open-ing win over Oregon State. He’s bat-ting .444 in Omaha, with twodoubles, and .296 for the season.He also scooped a bouncing throwfrom closer Jonathan Holder for thelast out against Indiana on Monday.

Mississippi State will play Ore-gon State on Friday needing onewin to advance to next week’s best-of-three finals. If the Bulldogs lose,they’ll play Oregon State again Sat-urday.

Coach John Cohen said peoplewho know Rea best know that he’sa “baseball guy.”

“I think people, because of hissize, just assume he’s this big phys-ical guy who has a brute-type per-sonality. He is a baseball savant. Hegets it.”

Mississippi State football coachDan Mullen is one of Rea’s biggestfans, even though he playfully con-tinues to encourage Rea to putdown his baseball glove and put onfootball pads.

“Coach Mullen teases him re-lentlessly about being a sissy,”Cohen said. “It’s all good-naturedfun.”

Right fielder Hunter Renfroe,Rea’s roommate for three years,said Rea still follows footballclosely in the fall. When they watchgames on television, Renfroe said,Rea dissects plays and talks aboutwhat he would do differently if hewere on the field.

“He was a great football player,no doubt about that,” Renfroe said,“and he could have been a greatone for us. He’s a great baseballplayer now, and that’s all he needsto worry about.”

THE OTHER GUYS: UCLA is inits third CWS in four years, andcoach John Savage said his teamfeels like outsiders.

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Policesaid Thursday they have no sus-pects in a burglary at the home ofOklahoma football coach BobStoops.

Norman Police Sgt. JenniferNewell said officers received a callfrom the house at 8:30 a.m.Wednesday reporting that a break-in had occurred overnight. Newellsaid the exact time of the burglaryis part of the department’s ongoinginvestigation.

Newell said several members ofthe Stoops family were home whenthe burglary occurred, but no onewas injured.

“There were people at thehouse at the time,” she said.Newell would not confirm whetherStoops was at the house. He andseveral Oklahoma players were inWichita, Kan., on Wednesday nightfor an appearance at an OU Club ofWichita event.

Newell said a number of items

were reported missing after theburglary, including a vehicle.

“It was personal property andmy understanding is a vehicle aswell,” she said.

Newell said she was not awareof any other burglaries reported inthe same neighborhood recently.She also said she did not know ofadditional security precautionsthat are being taken following theburglary.

Police: No Suspect In Burglary At Stoops’ Home

NEW YORK (AP) — The daugh-ter of former New York Yankeesmanager Joe Torre made a quick-thinking save Wednesday when shecaught a baby who had tumbled offof a second-floor Brooklyn apart-ment’s fire escape, the baseballgreat has confirmed.

Cristina Torre did not respondto a request for comment.

Police said a 44-year-old womancaught a 1-year-old boy who fellfrom a fire escape outside a Brook-lyn apartment building but did notidentify the bystander. They saidthe baby somehow climbed out ofthe apartment onto the fire escapeand tumbled from above. That’swhen Torre caught the baby as shewalked on the sidewalk below.

The baby is in stable condition,police said, while the parents werecharged with reckless endanger-ment and acting in a manner injuri-ous to a child under 17.

Torre’s DaughterCatches Falling Baby