THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD May 29, 2013 Page 9A Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] YHC Announces Clay Dotson Open Golf Tournament Champions Young Harris – The an- ment were awarded as fol- Robbins. Longest Drive: Clay- Larry Owens, Gregg Rogers. L. Ferguson, PC, Carl Patter- Jones Chevrolet, Lord, Aeck & nual Clay Dotson Open golf lows: Morning Flight: Flight ton Knox. Closest to the Pin: Todd son Carpet Tile & Wood, The Sargent Architecture, Richard tournament to benefit student 1 Winner: Roger Miller, Debra Afternoon Flight: Flight Buchanan. Longest Drive: Brett Honorable Buddy Carter, ’77, McGinnis, Men on the Move, scholarships at Young Harris Patterson, Wade Patterson, Stan 1 Winner: Doug Adams, Rob- Owenby. Chestatee Golf Club, Choate Metcalf Davis, Kurt Momand, College was recently held on Woodard. ert Dumas, Joe Jordan, Ricky Alumni Challenge Win- Construction Company, Cisco ‘77, and Heather Momand, May 20 at Brasstown Valley Re- Flight 2 Winner: Adam Tanner. ners: Andy Burks, Ryan Burks, Systems, Inc., CMA Agency, ‘08, Montag & Caldwell, Inc., sort. Approximately 170 players Cohen, Jimmy Filler, Richard Flight 2 Winner: Mark Rick Davenport, Matthew Inc., Cornerstone Management, Myers McRae, Northeast Geor- enjoyed morning and afternoon Oates. Dehler, Reid Dyer, Paul Grib- Mashburn. Inc., Cox & Son Roofing, Inc., gia Living Magazine, Padgett flights followed by an awards Flight 1 Second Place: ble, Marvin McArthur. The students, faculty, staff Custom Home Painting, De- Group, Parker Petroleum, Park ceremony. Cary Cox, Daniel Davenport, Flight 1 Second Place: and administration of Young mand Engine, Inc., Duplicating Sterling Bank, Prime, Buchholz Prize categories included Larry Garrett, Lamar Paris. Michael Caverzasi, John Geh- Harris College extend thanks Products, Inc., Fieldstone Re- & Associates, William F. “Bill” overall winners for each flight as Flight 2 Second Place: rlich, Ben Kirby, Bryan Rey. to the generous sponsors of the sort, Follett Higher Education Roberts, ’52, SafeBuilt, Inc., well as second and third place Brett Butler, Paul Butler, Kurt Flight 2 Second Place: 2013 Clay Dotson Open: A & Group, Georgia Florida United Skyline Advanced Technology for each flight, longest drive and Momand, Mark Stancil. Andy Burks, Ryan Burks, Rick A Auto Rental of Blairsville, Methodist Federal Credit Union, Services, Sodexo, Southeast closest to the pin. The tourna- Flight 1 Third Place: Davenport, Matthew Mash- Advanced Disposal Services, Georgia Power, GeoWerks En- Water Productions, Steel, LLC, ment also featured an Alumni Gene Clopton, Clay Dotson, burn. AmeriGas, ArtBytes, Inc., At- gineering, Grizzle Grading & Stephanie W. McConnell, PC, Team Challenge in which a Drew Dotson, Tony Wade. Flight 1 Third Place: Lar- lantic Capital Bank, Batchelor Excavating, Inc., Hampton Well The Lambert Co., Tordust, prize was awarded to the team Flight 2 Third Place: ry Garrett, Mike Kelley, Brett & Kimball, Inc., Blue Moon Drilling, Hardin Construction, LLC, Towns County Lions of four YHC alumni with the Jim Basin, Kevin Floyd, Clint Owenby, Mike Patton. Printing, Blue Ridge Mountain Don A. Harp, Jr., ’61, Hope- Club, Tri-State Utility Products, lowest score. Hobbs, Matthew Mashburn. Flight 2 Third Place: EMC, Brailsford & Dunlavey, Beckham, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Inc., United Community Bank, Prizes for the tourna- Closest to the Pin: Chris Drew Dotson, Michael Kimsey, Brasstown Valley Resort, Bruce Henry M. Huckaby, ’62, Jacky VMDO Architects, PC.

Afternoon Flight 1 winners Flight 1 morning winners Afternoon 2nd Flight winners 2013 Summer Day Camp Summer is just around tivities, social game activities, the corner and that means hot field trips, nature hikes and much weather and Summer Day Camp more. Give your child a lot to do for boys and girls ages 6 thru this summer and sign them up for 12. This summer the Recreation Day Camp. You may send your Department will offer day camp child to any or all of the sessions. for 3 sessions, each session being Children need to bring a swim- two weeks, running Monday thru suit, towel, sprayable sunscreen Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 and sack lunch. The Recreation p.m. Department will furnish the Sessions will be as fol- drinks for the campers. No pre- lows: Session I June 3rd thru registration is required, just show June 14th; Session II June 17th up at the Recreation Center for thru June 28th; Session III July camp located on Hwy. 76 west 8th thru July 19th. Day Camp of Hiawassee. For more details please call us at 706-896-2600. Flight 2 morning winners The Alumni Challenge winners offers children sports game ac- Fishing Rodeos June 7th and 8th NASCAR 2013 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter “Happy” Harvick takes Coca Cola 600 221 laps led at Indy - more than any non-winner except Michael Kevin Harvick won A second red flag came Andretti and Rex Mays - but his Sunday’s Sprint Cup Coca Cola out on lap 225 after a big wreck second-place finish to Buddy 600, the season’s longest race took out the cars driven by Jeff Rice in 2004 was the closest he ahead of and Kurt Gordon, Mark Martin, Aric had come to victory. Busch. Almirola, Ricky Stenhouse, and He was leading when the When a late race caution . rain came in 2007, only to lose came out, Harvick, who was Kyle Busch’s team was to Dario Franchitti when the running fourth pitted for four able to repair damage to his car race resumed. fresh tires, while Kahne, who from the television cable, but on Carlos Munoz, a 21-year- was leading, elected to stay on lap 254, his engine expired, and old rookie making his first In- the track. he did not finish the race. Kevin Harvick, winner of Coca dyCar start, finished second and When racing resumed on The remaining top-10 fin- Cola 600 Hunter-Reay was third. Marco lap 389 of the 400-lap race, the ishers were: 4. Denny Hamlin, tionwide Series’ all-time great- Andretti was fourth, followed (L-R): Cole and Coy Chambers fishing in Rock Creek leaders were Kahne, Harvick, 5. Joey Logano, 6. Ryan New- est driver. He won the inaugural by Justin Wilson, and Helio Denny Hamlin, and Ryan New- man, 7. Tony Stewart, 8. Clint title in 1982 and again in ‘85. In Castroneves. Chattahoochee Forest ous agencies and groups will man. Bowyer, 9. Martin Truex, 10. his 10 years of competition in NASCAR driver A.J. All- National Fish Hatchery located provide information and activi- Harvick immediately . what was called the NASCAR mendinger, led 23 laps in his on Rock Creek Road off GA ties for youth and families on passed Kahne for the lead, and The top-12 unofficial Busch Series, Ingram had 31 Indy 500 debut for Roger Pen- Hwy 60 near Suches, GA, will Saturday. Youth will also have was never threatened. points leaders after 12 of 36: 1. wins, a record that stood until ske, and finished seventh. have the Seniors Fishing Rodeo the opportunity to participate “We made a good strate- Johnson-445, 2. Edwards-413, Mark Martin broke it in 1997. Fired by Penske from for adults ages 55 and older on in a scavenger hunt. Approxi- gy call there near the end,” said 3. Kenseth-394, 4. Bowyer-385, All but two of Ingram’s 31 wins his NASCAR ride last year af- Friday, June 7, and the Family mately 5,000 beautiful rainbow Harvick. “We had fresher tires 5. Kahne-370, 6. Earnhardt-364, came on short tracks. ter failing a NASCAR drug Fishing Festival for youth ages and brook trout will be stocked and were able to get by him 7. Harvick-362, 8. Menard-347, - A three- test, Penske gave him a second 16 and under on Saturday, June over the two days. Bring your (Kahne). That’s all we needed.” 9. Truex-336, 10. Keselows- time Daytona 500 winner and chance with this IndyCar oppor- 8. Each event is free and will be own fishing gear and bait. All For Kahne, who finished ki-335, 11. Kyle Busch-332, 12. two-time winner of the Brick- tunity. held rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 2013 Georgia Sport Fishing second, it was a decision that Almirola-328. yard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Allmendinger was lead- 12 noon. Free lunch and prizes Regulations will apply. For probably cost him the race. “ROWDY” BUSCH Speedway. His 32 Sprint Cup ing when his seat belt came un- will be offered both days. Ad- more information, please call “We were in a tough CONTINUES TO MAKE Series victories rank him 21st done, forcing him to pit. ditionally, exhibitors from vari- the hatchery at 706-838-4723. spot,” said Kahne. “We had HISTORY all-time. Ned and Dale Jarrett It put him off the pit cy- raced all day and thought we Kyle Busch continues to become the third father-son duo cle, and he was forced to stop had enough tires left. We had rewrite Nationwide Series histo- Fish for Food Fishing Tournament selected to the HoF. for gas twice far in advance of Matthew 25 Food Min- and end in October, occurring the a good car, but just didn’t get it ry. His latest feat came Saturday Maurice Petty - The chief the rest of the field. It meant he done.” at Charlotte, as he led 186 laps engine builder at Petty Enter- istries presents “Fish for Food second Saturday of each month had to drive his way back to the Fishing Tournament”. 60% of tour- rotating between Lake Chatuge, Third place finisher Kurt of the 200-lap race. It was also prises, Maurice supplied the front each time. Busch led some laps and ran his sixth win of the season, and horsepower that propelled Rich- nament money goes to feed needy Woods Grove Boat Ramp and Simon Pagenaud, Charlie families in our area. The remaining Lake Nottely, Deaver Road Boat with the leaders, but the battery 57th career victory, the most of ard Petty to a majority of his Kimball, and Ed Carpenter were on his No. 78 failed and he had any driver. record 200 NASCAR victories, 40% will go to tournament prize Ramp, from 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. the remaining top-10 drivers. money. Prize money will be award- Tournament schedule: to pit for his team to install a Before the race, Busch plus his seven championships. Weekend Racing: All new battery. was tied with Mark Martin for Maurice had a brief driving ca- ed for 1st Place, 2nd Place and 3rd June 8 - Nottely; July 13 - three of NASCAR’s major se- Place and biggest fish. Actual prize Chatuge; August 10 - Nottely; “I was shell-shocked by number of wins. reer, but was satisfied to work ries’ will be at Dover’s “Mon- that,” said Kurt. “We had a good “Every time you’re tied behind the scenes as one of the ster Mile.” this weekend. amount will depend on number of September 14 - Chatuge; and car and the battery just died in with somebody, you want to beat top engine builders. Fri., May 31, Camping entries. October 12 - Nottely. For con- it. We battled back, but you’ve ‘em,” Busch said. “But when - Glenn World Trucks, race 6 of 22; Entry fee is $50 per boat, tact information call David Crisp got to be perfect to win here.” you’re tied with the greats in Roberts, who got his legend- Starting time: 5 pm ET; TV: the tournaments begin in March at 706-897-5347. A broken television cable this sport, like the Mark Martins ary nickname from his days as SPEED. that fell across the race track or the Jack Ingrams, it makes it a hard-throwing pitcher in high Sat., June 1, Nationwide Chatuge Shores Ladies Golf news caused NASCAR officials to pretty special to beat those guys school, is perhaps the greatest Series, race 11 of 33; Starting Strike 3 was the game for best putter of the tournament was red-flag Sunday’s race for near- and the records they set at dif- driver never to win a NASCAR time: 2:30 pm ET; TV: ESPN. May 21. 25 women game out to Barbara Boswell, and Jeanne ly 30 minutes after lap 126. ferent tracks, whatever’s been title. He was arguably stock car Sun., June 2, Sprint Cup, play golf on a beautiful sunny Odom had the only chip-in. The cars of four driv- done before.” racing’s first superstar, an im- race 13 of 36; Starting time: 1 hot day. The winners are: A To date there are 46 active ers, including race leader Kyle Kasey Kahne finished mensely popular prototype for pm ET; TV: FOX. flight: 1st-Linda MacDonald, members of the league. The in- Busch, suffered damage after second, followed by Joey Loga- some of today’s competitors Racing Trivia Question: 2nd-Vicky Donaldson, 3rd-Bar- vitational is scheduled for June running over the wire. It was no, Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, who are stars on and off the How many road races does NA- part of the rigging used for the bara Boswell. B flight: 1st-Pat 25 which is a tee party. Active Trevor Bayne, Justin Allgaier, track. During his career he of- SCAR have on the 2013 Cup Mosteller, 2nd-Nancy Jenson, members from area clubs should overhead camera that is moved Matt Kenseth, Parker Kliger- ten came up big in the biggest schedule? 3rd-Nancy Steck. C flight: 1st - have received their invitations. up and down along the front- man and . events, winning the Daytona Last Week’s Question: stretch. Top-10 leaders after 10 Jeanne Odom, 2nd - Pat Seeley, Contact Claudia Rinaldo for this 500 in 1962 and the Southern Michael Waltrip won his first 3rd - Donna Workman. D flight: event. After hitting the debris of 33: 1. Smith -376, 2. Hor- 500 in 1958 and ‘63. Cup Series race in 2001. Which coming out of Turn 4, Busch nish Jr.-347, 3. Allgaier-336, KANAAN WINS 97th INDY 1st - Mary Rau, 2nd - Sandy Jer- Submitted by Judy Wright, race was it? It was the Daytona sey, 3rd - Bobbi Le Houllier. The Tournament Chair radioed his crew to say “Some- 4. Sadler-331, 5. Vickers-327, 500 500. thing fell apart. And of course it 6. Kligerman-322, 7. A. Dil- Tony Kanaan of Bra- You may e-mail the fell apart on us.” lon-321, 8. Scott-313, 9. Larson zil won Sunday’s Indianapolis Racing Reporter at: hodges@ Vogel’s Kids Fishing Rodeo Officials red-flagged the -288, 10. Bowman-282. 500, after taking the lead from race500.com. Vogel’s Kids Fishing Ro- ceive a tee shirt. Also the lucky race before bringing the field to 2014 NASCAR HOF CLASS Ryan Hunter-Reay on a late race deo will be held on Saturday, ticket holders will receive a pit road under yellow. The red ANNOUNCED restart. Immediately after tak- VFW Golf June 8, 2013 from 8 a.m. - noon prize. Park staff and volunteers flag was displayed once again NASCAR announced the ing over the front spot, Dario at Vogel State Park, 405 Vogel will be helping by giving out and teams were told they could five inductees who will com- Franchitti hit the outside wall, League news State Park Road, Blairsville, bait, baiting hooks, taking fish repair any damage thought to be prise the 2014 class of the NA- bringing out a caution, which GA 30512, located 11 miles off, and give out prizes. Prizes caused by the debris, and given 5/23/13 we had a beau- SCAR Hall of Fame. ended the race under yellow. tiful day. Again great weather south of Blairsville on Hwy. are paid for by donations from a 15 minute window in which to - A two-time “It is marvelous,” said 129/11, cost $5 per vehicle local businesses. do so. and 19 players. Thanks fellas NASCAR premier series cham- Kanaan, who started 12th and parking fee. A limited supply of loan- All teams were able to pion, Flock was one of the led 34 laps of the 200-lap race. for being there. With 19 we had make repairs to their cars. sport’s first dominant drivers. In 4 foursomes and 1 threesome. Vogel State Park and er rods/cane poles, corn and “That last lap was the longest of the Vogel Volunteers will host worms will be available. So Track officials announced 187 starts, Flock had 39 victo- my life. I got a little bit of luck For some strange reason the that 10 fans were hurt. Accord- ries, a total that still ranks 18th today and this is for the fans. I threesome was again the win- a Kid’s Fishing Rodeo. Wolf please, bring your own if pos- ing to a statement from track of- on the all-time wins list. He won was looking at the stands (on the ner, posting a core of 65, seven Creek will be stocked with sible. All fishing laws are to be ficials, seven fans were treated his first series title in 1952, and cool-down lap) and it was unbe- under par. Four birdies and one trout for children 12 years and followed. We want to teach the and released for “minor cuts his second in 1955. He dominat- lievable.” bogey on the front and four bird- younger to fish. Your child must children to protect and conserve and scrapes” at the speedway’s ed that season, posting 18 wins, It was Tony’s time. ies on the back. Team members be present at the registration the resources while having fun. on-site care centers. Three fans 32 top fives and 18 poles in 39 He had came up short were Mel Hafron; J. C. Berrong tent for sign-in and to receive For further information were taken to area hospitals for races. time and time again. In all, he and Chuck Woodworth. Great a free tee shirt prior to fishing. call 706-745-2628 or www.Geor- observation. Jack Ingram - The Na- went into Sunday’s race with shooting, guys. The first 300 children will re- giaStateParks.org.