NASCAR 2013 and Hope He Can Correct His by Gerald Hodges/The Racing Reporter Flaws So His Time on the Course Tips from the Range Will Be More Enjoyable
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THEMarch NORTH 20, GEORGIA2013 THE NEWS NORTH March GEORGIA 20, 2013 NEWS Page 13APage 13A Woody Gap takes three at Lumpkin Union golf finishes strong at Brasstown By Todd Forrest By Todd Forrest North Georgia News North Georgia News [email protected] [email protected] Dahlonega - The Woody Young Harris - The Gap Falcons and Lady Falcons Union County boys golf team tennis teams made the short trip came away from Brasstown south to Yahoola Creek Park Valley Resort with a first place in Dahlonega for a showdown tie with Hayesville, NC. with the Lumpkin County After 9 holes, each team Indians. finished with a total score of Both of Woody Gap’s 181. Third place Towns County No. 1’s were triumphant as Eli finished with a total score of Gooch dominated Lumpkin’s 245. Jimmy Grunnfelder in straight The Lady Panther golf sets taking two 6-0 victories. team finished with an 87, good Meanwhile, Lady Falcon Rebecca Etheridge Shelby Tumllin enough for second, eight strokes No. 1 Amber Gooch was a tad behind first place Towns County more merciful on her opponent, Wood fell by two points in the Kaniesha Martin dropped after just seven holes - due to Jordan Shoefitt, allowing the 10-point tie breaking third set. two matches to Sydney Vor- darkness. Lady Indians’ top player to pick The duo fell in the first hees, 2-6 and 0-6. The Lady Panthers’ Low up three sets, but at the end of set 5-7, rebounded in the sec- Stacey Clark and Rebec- Medalist went to Lydia Gray the day, Amber Gooch walked ond for a 6-3 win before drop- ca Etheridge came up short in with a score of 42. away with a pair of convincing ping the third 10-8 to Brandon No. 2 doubles action to Arlette The boys Low Medal- wins at 6-1 and 6-2. Otero and James Graycheck. Rojas and Sara McCrary. ists were Sam Wilson with a Woody Gap’s No. 2 dou- Meanwhile, the Lady Next up for Woody Gap 41, James Rowe shot a 44, and bles team of Casey McKim Falcons’ No. 2 Shelby Tumlin is a Tuesday trip to Region foe Grant Schuette came in with and Konnor Sosebee took their lost by a razor thin margin in Commerce, then a Thursday a 46. match 6-2 and 6-4 over Aveon the third set 10-8 to Bridget visit to another Region oppo- Their next match is on March 21st against Towns Harris and Chance Cooper. Grizzle. nent, Tallulah Falls. The No. 1 doubles team Her scores were 1-6, 6-2, County at Brasstown Valley Re- Both matches begin at sort. Tee-time is at 2:30 p.m. Clockwise: Kiersten Cox, Coach Allison and Lydia Gray, Grant of Dakota Etheridge and Easton and 8-10. 4 p.m. Schuette, and James Rowe. Photos by Joe Collins balance can wreck the swing Joe and cause confidence problems. Collins I am pulling for Mr. Barkley NASCAR 2013 and hope he can correct his By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter flaws so his time on the course Tips from the Range will be more enjoyable. that he and that team are going to To have good balance Kahne finishes strong at Bristol be a familiar face up there (in the standings) week in and week out Golfers are constant- and make proper impact, one Kasey Kahne came on the back of him, and both drivers and year after year,” said John- ly asking me for the “magic must stay away from the ball strong in the closing laps of Sun- were done for the day. son. move” to assist them with their and let the arms extend through day’s Sprint Cup race to register Gordon wound up 34th, “We have been able to stay swing. Too answer a question the hitting area. The path of his first win of the season. while Kenseth was 35th. in and around the top spot for the like this one must first realize the club head must be from the Jimmie Johnson slapped Top-10 points leaders after 10 years, 11 years, which is stag- that there are some common inside. Has anyone ever said to the wall during lap 460 to bring 4 of 36: 1. Keselowski-166, 2. gering to me that we have had fundamentals in each and every you, “you came over the top”? out the race’s 10th caution. Earnhardt-157, 3. Johnson-151, that type of staying power.” proper golf swing. Of these Well, that is an example of bad Kahne was lined up third 4. Bowyer-128, 5. Biffle-126, 6. That’s why it’s no shock certain fundamentals, only one balance. The upper part of the on the restart behind Brad Ke- Hamlin-125, 7. Kahne-124, 8. to Keselowski that Johnson is the selowski and Kyle Busch with is a sure fire way to help with body is ahead of the lower body Edwards-124, 9. Menard-118, driver he’s chasing. and the path of the club gets 35 laps to go in the 500-lap race. 10. Kyle Busch-115 You know the 48 (John- any decent effort at attempting Leader Keselowski spun his tires “ROWDY” BUSCH HOLDS son) is gonna be tough to beat the golf swing and that funda- outside of the takeaway path. and Kyle Busch, followed by OFF YOUNG ROOKIE and it’s flattering to be in a league mental is; Balance. You must always start from Kahne shot out front. Five laps Kyle Busch held off a where we can compete with them Balance is the first thing the ground up to swing the club Kasey Kahne wins at Bristol later, Kahne got around Busch determined and hard charging, week in and week out,” said Kes- that is affected in the swing properly and this means starting and held a commanding lead for young rookie, Kyle Larson to think some of the peers of mine -- elowski, who has won two of his when we feel nervous or tired the downswing with the lower the remaining 30 laps. win Saturday’s Nationwide race at least the ones that have a back- previous six Sprint Cup starts at and it is by design the least body. “This is a big win,” said at Bristol. bone had the nerve to stick up Bristol and threw in a 2008 NA- emphasized aspect in most It is very important that Kahne. “We’ve had good cars Larson, making his fourth for what they know is right and SCAR Nationwide Series victory modern day instruction. Proper you maintain the angles you in the past, but something has NASCAR Nationwide Series wrong – agreed,” said Hamlin. for good measure. establish at address or you will always come up to bite us. The balance can have a tremendous start, trailed Busch by five car “But what was the point in going “I feel like we’ve been positive affect on your swing fight poor balance. Don’t allow whole team was flawless today. lengths with 10 laps to go but another week or so. We’ve got tit-for-tat each of the last three Bristol has been a tough track for went high around lap traffic and faults. I have seen many good the angle of the upper body bigger fish to fry than to argue weeks. We’ve just got to keep to straighten in relation to the us, so this is a special win.” traded paint with Busch as the over what I said just for $25,000 pushing forward. I’m not so na- golfers develop poor balance Kyle Busch, the winner of two crossed the finish line .023 and it’s better just to move on and ïve to think that we can just keep and try different things to fix lower body through impact. Saturday’s Nationwide race came seconds apart, making it the sec- let NASCAR get its credibility our feet still and not be caught or their faults when all they really This angle will straighten if from the rear of the field to finish ond-closest finish ever at Bristol. back and they’re going to do that passed by anyone in the field.” succeed in doing is learning your balance gets to heavy over second, after a pit road speeding “I did everything I could and I’m going to move on and Weekend Racing: The bad habits. You need only to the impact area and that will penalty. to try to protect the momentum,” just focus on a championship. Cup and Nationwide teams will maintain your center of gravity move the spine to a more erect “We were just trying to Busch said. “A young kid like “Ultimately, I had some be at the 1.5-mile Auto Club over your ankles to promote position to try and keep the bal- stretch our luck on pit road,” said that, he’s got a lot of talent. He’s conversations with Brian France Speedway in California. The good balance. ance centered so you don’t fall Busch. “The car was tight at the obviously made a name for him- (NASCAR CEO) and we had a Trucks do not race again until Have you ever been on on your face. One of the main end and I wasn’t able to run the self. He was running hard, that’s lot of the same ideas. And I think April 6. the golf course and everything contributing factors of this is lower groove.” for sure.