THEFebruary NORTH 25 ,GEORGIA 2015 THE NEWS NORTH February GEORGIA 25, 2015 NEWS Page 13Page 13 MGC’s season is kicking into high gear after two February meets By Todd Forrest place finishes. North Georgia News Thompson took first on [email protected] the bars, second on the beam, and third on the bars for a first Lawrenceville - Blairs- place all around finish at the ville’s Mountain Gymnastics AAU Gold level. Center opened its 2015 Com- Kiernan was first all petitive Season last month at around at the AAU Silver level the Snowflake Invitational. after taking first on the vault The local gymnasts and the floor and second on competed in the AAU Level the beam. 1,2, and 3, along with the AAU Others from MGC at the Silver and AAU Gold. AAU Silver level were: Kier- The USA Gold squad sten Queen, who took second placed all six of its girls in all around after a first place fourth place or better in their performance on the bars. Tant respective age group. AAU Level 3 took third all around – taking Reagan Ledford placed second on the vault and the second all around – picking bars. Lee was fourth all around up first place on the bars, AAU Gold and second on the floor. Arp the vault, and second on the and Gregory each came in fifth beam. Mia McCombs was also while Barlow placed sixth. second all around with a first At the AAU Gold level, place finish on the beams and Swartz came in fifth all around, second on the vault, the bars, Swanson was sixth, and Truex and the floor. was seventh. Coming in third place The USA Gold level saw was Evelyn McBride and Lau- McBride and McGaha take ra McGaha. McBride took first first place all around. McBride place on the floor and third took first on the beam and the on the bars and on the beam. floor while McGaha com- McGaha placed second on the pleted the clean sweep – taking beam, while placing third on first in all four events. the floor and the bars. Hogsed came in second Erin Raper and Jaylen after taking second in all four Hogsed each placed fourth. events. Ledford was also sec- Raper finished in first place ond – taking first on the vault on the vault and second on the and the bars. Raper was third floor. Hogsed finished third on all around with a first place the vault. finish on the vault. McCombs The AAU Silver level finished fourth all around. saw Annalyse Kiernan place AAU Xcel Silver USA Xcel Gold At Level 2, Williams fin- third after taking first on the ished second all around with a floor and the vault while taking first place showing on the bars. second on the beam. Frechette was third all around Jacey Lee came in fourth – taking first on the vault and – taking third on the bars, the the floor. Patton was fourth beam, and the floor. Kiersten all around, Ludlum came in Queen also finished in fourth fifth, Hunter was sixth, Huff after taking third on the vault and Mason took seventh and and fourth on the floor. Bailee Stiles captured 13th. Kaitlyn Tant placed fifth The Level 3’s saw all around, Hana Gregory Matheson coming in third all was sixth, BreKailyn Arp and around after a second place Brandy Barlow came in sev- showing on the bars. Ariel enth. McCarter was sixth all around, The AAU Gold squad Poston was seventh all around, was led by Caymin Thomp- and Pelfrey was eighth all son’s fourth place all around around. finish – taking the top spot The Level 1 team was on the beam and on the floor. led by Leopold’s eighth place Chloe Truex came in fifth all all around finish after taking around with a third place finish second on the floor. Jones on the bars and on the floor. placed third on the beam for a Sofia Swartz took sixth place AAU Level 2 AAU Level 1 ninth place all around finish. all around following a fourth Ragan McCarter came in 11th, place performance on the floor. beam. on the bars. Zady Ludlum all around in AAU Level 3. Reece Jones also came in Barrett was 12th, and Banks Jordan Swanson was seventh Others competing in came in second on the vault Madison Pelfrey was eighth all eighth and Ragan McCarter placed 13th. after a second place finish on AAU Level 2 were Molly and ninth all around. Lola around while Ariel McCarter was 10th. Millie Banks and Up next is the Champion the floor. Williams and Lola Patton, who Hunter was 10th, while Rose and Josie Poston each finished Anna Barrett each took 11th. Cup on Feb. 28 and March 1 Avery Frechette took each took seventh. Lola Patton Huff. and Kennedy Mason. in ninth place. Tucker – Last weekend, in Roswell, followed by the fifth all around in the AAU took second on the floor. each finished in 11th. Nevaeh Leopold placed the MGC’s youngsters hit the Spring Breakout in Woodstock Level 2 competition af- Bailee Stiles was eighth Ella Matheson took sec- second on the floor and eighth floor at the Valentine Invita- on March 14-15. ter claiming second on the all around after placing second ond on the bars and sixth all around in AAU Level 1. tional and picked up four first Two Union wrestlers reach Sectionals Freshman Grizzly Breed- NASCAR 2015 love (pictured above) and soph- By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter omore Zach Payton reached the finish to earn his first career State Sectionals. Unfortunately, Great American Race goes to Logano NASCAR victory in his 40th both came up just short of be- DAYTONA BEACH, 42nd. start. coming Union County’s first Fla.—Joey Logano won the Brad Keselowski ran Reed got a push from wrestlers to reach the State 2015 Daytona 500 in an over- up front for most of the race Chris Buescher about halfway Tournament. time finish, followed by Kevin until losing an engine in his to the finish line on the final There are high hopes for Harvick and Dale Earnhardt No. 2 Ford on lap 159. He fin- lap, and breezed by Keselows- the future with the wrestling Jr. ished 41st. ki for the win. squad losing only one senior. Based on the prelimi- Logano took over the There were several nary races and many wrecks lead for the last time during Joey Logano celebrates his first wrecks that eliminated 23 that occurred in each race lead- lap 171. He was still the leader Daytona 500 victory. Furnished cars. At the end there were ing up to this year’s “500”, on lap 197, when Justin All- by NASCAR. only nine cars on the lead lap. most racers predicted Sun- gaier’s engine blew in his No. Buescher finished sec- surely strangled and beat an ond, followed by Ty Dillon, day’s 200-mile affair would be 51, causing him to brush the ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll a crashfest. outside wall. NASCAR put Austin Dillon, Brad Keselows- last fall and there was a “sub- ki, David Starr, Aric Almirola, But it didn’t happen. In- out the red flag, which meant stantial likelihood” of more stead, it was one of the milder the race would have a green- Kyle Larson, Ross Chastain, domestic violence from him in and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Daytona events, with only six white-checkered ending. the future. cautions. The “Big One” never For the g-w-c restart, Lo- TYLER REDDICK GETS Busch will not be al- FIRST TRUCK VICTORY happened. gano was on the outside front, lowed to race or participate in “I really don’t know while Denny Hamlin was on Tyler Reddick led 48- any NASCAR activities until laps on the way to victory in what to say,” said Logano. “It’s his inside. In the second row, it further notice given the “seri- all about hard work. That’s was Jimmie Johnson and Clint Friday night’s Daytona Truck ous nature of the findings and race. The win was the first of what got us here. We had a Bowyer. Then it was Martin conclusions” made by the Del- great car today. We knew we Truex and Kevin Harvick. his career. aware judge. Top-10 finishers: 1. Red- had a really fast car, but once Logano got a good jump Kurt appealed NA- the race started, the team was on the restart and pulled back dick, 2. Erik Jones, 3. Scott SCAR’s decision, but a three- Lagasse, 4. Austin Theriault, quiet. They didn’t know what into the lead, with Clint Bow- judge panel and the Appellate to expect. Well we did it and yer right behind him. Kevin 5. Ray Black, 6. David Gil- Administrator met on Saturday liland, 7. Bryan Silas, 8. Matt here we are.” Harvick managed to work his and upheld the ruling. Kevin Harvick, the run- way into the second spot. As Crafton, 9. Daniel Suarez, 10. Busch’s attorneys have Johnny Sauter. ner-up did not lead any laps. the field took the white flag, filed a motion asking the judge “We had a pretty good signifying the last and final lap, Weekend Racing: The to re-open the hearing so that Sprint Cup cars and Camp- plan and was where we wanted it was Logano and Harvick. they can present testimony to be, but there was no one to Midway down the back ing World Trucks will be at from three acquaintances of Atlanta Motor Speedway. The help push me past Joey,” said straightaway Austin Dillon got Driscoll, who they say were Harvick. “We wound it pretty into the rear of Jeff Gordon, 1.5-mile high-banked track is previously reluctant to get in- one of the fastest in the na- good coming out of that last sending him into the wall. volved, but have now come turn, but it’s like we were rac- There were a few other cars tion. While the present day forward to contradict state- track only dates back to 1960, ing each other. Neither one of that were damaged, but it was ments Driscoll made about her us had any drafting help. He not a major Daytona accident. its predecessor, Lakewood relationship with Busch. Speedway opened right after was in the lead and he won.” The leaders were half a Kurt Busch becomes the Dale Earnhardt Jr. fin- lap from the finish when the in- World War I. first driver suspended by NA- The track held races ished third and seemed to have cident occurred and NASCAR SCAR for domestic violence. a fast car, but all he said was, allowed the race to finish under between 1919 and 1979, in- Regan Smith replaced cluding events sanctioned “I got shuffled back on that last green. Busch in the No. 41 car for the restart. I got down on the inside BUSCH BROTHERS OUT by AAA/USAC, IMCA, and Daytona 500. NASCAR. It was a one-mile and couldn’t do anything.” INDEFINITELY Kyle Busch underwent Denny Hamlin was Neither Kyle nor Kurt dirt track which was located successful surgery to repair the adjacent to Lakewood Fair- fourth, followed by Jimmie Busch was able to make this fracture on his right leg and Johnson, Casey Mears, Clint year’s Daytona 500. Kyle, who grounds. Lakewood Speed- broken left foot, and was rest- way was considered the “In- Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., had qualified fourth, broke his ing comfortably in the hospital Kasey Kahne, and Greg Biffle. right leg and left foot in a crash dianapolis of the South” as it over the weekend. was located in the largest city Jeff Gordon started on with 8-laps to go in Saturday’s He will be out of compe- the pole and led the early part Xfinity race. in the Southern United States tition indefinitely. and it held an annual race for of the race. He was shuffled Kurt’s problems were Matt Crafton filled in back, and did manage to get not racing related. NASCAR Indy cars. for him during the Daytona Racing Trivia Ques- back up front twice, but he suspended him indefinitely on 500, but Joe Gibbs Racing has seemed to lose some of his zip Friday after a judge declared tion: Many drivers from Ow- not named a substitute driver ensboro, Kentucky have raced and wrecked near the end. He him guilty of domestic vio- for any other races. led six times for 87 laps, and lence. in NASCAR. Can you name at RYAN REED CLAIMS least three? was credited with a 33rd-place While it might be only DAYTONA XFINITY WIN finish. two or three months before Last Week’s Question: Ryan Reed caught Brad Who won the first Daytona Tony Stewart lost con- Kyle is back in a race car, it Keselowski in the final turn trol of his car on lap 41, and could be considerable longer 500, which was held in 1959? of Saturday’s Xfinity Series Answer. It was Lee Petty. smacked the outside wall. He than that for Kurt. race at Daytona Internation- returned to the track for a few NASCAR suspended You may contact the al Speedway, and took the Racing Reporter at: www. laps, but pulled it behind the Kurt Busch after a judge said checkered flag in a nail-biting wall and parked it. He finished the former champion almost [email protected]