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SECTION E SPORTS CAPSULE E2 HIGH SCHOOLS E3-4 SPORTS E5 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2007 A very bad Manny the final out of a game. In six of Ramirez makes TODAY’S GAME those at-bats, he accounted for ALDS — Game 2: Red Sox the tying or go-ahead run, but Angels pay for (Schilling) at Angels (Weaver), failed to deliver. 3:07 p.m., TBS Once again, a team chose to pitch to Ramirez instead of walking Ortiz MORE BASEBALL - E5 clutch- machine with the game on the line in By DAVID BROWN ■ Schilling owns postseason stage. the ninth inning. But this time, Standard-Times staff writer Ramirez made the opposition BOSTON — ■ Diamonbacks close out pay, blasting a 1-1 fastball from is a bad man. Cubs. Angels’ closer Francisco Rodri- In case the rest of us forgot guez, one of the best in the that, he hit a towering reminder special like that). But I haven’t game, over the . into the Boston night, his first been right all year (long). But “It was great to see his face walk-off in more I guess, you know, when you after he hit that,” Red Sox sec- than a decade, to give the don’t feel good and you still get ond baseman Red Sox a 6-3 victory over the hits, that’s when you know you said. “That ball was crushed, he Angels on Friday and a 2-0 lead are a bad man.” put a great swing on it. That’s in the Divi- The ninth inning of Friday’s why he’s one of the great- sion Series. game produced a familiar est right-handed hitters of all ELISE AMENDOLA/The “It feels great, man,” Ramirez situation with an unfamiliar time.” Manny Ramirez and teammate David Ortiz celebrate Ramirez' game-winning home run against said. “It’s been a long time result. Seven times this season Ramirez said it was a special the on Friday night. It was Ramirez’ first walk-off home run in more than a (since I’ve done something Ramirez was responsible for See MANNY E5 decade. Up to the challenge DAN PIRES Inside the Patriots Thomas feeds humility to teammates FOXBORO — Adalius Thomas sees time as a precious commodity. That explains why he doesn’t like to waste it. He’s also a very quick learner, which would almost make him the perfect New England Patriot by default. While it’s true that plum of this year’s free agent class has been a member of the Patriots for exactly 218 days, it took him literally seconds to adapt to the team’s culture. There’s a very good reason for that ANDREW T. GALLAGHER/Standard-Times special — Thomas sees an opportunity here that Above, GNB Voc-Tech’s Tyler Rose runs with New Bedford’s Jared Correia, Ethan Santos, and Dylan Mello at the start of the South Coast he’s experienced only once since turning Challenge Cross Country. Correira finished third overall to help the Whalers win the boys race. Below, New Bedford’s Jaclyn Souza came in pro in 2000. 23rd overall with a time of 22:33.94 in the girls race. Still, he’s one of the few outsiders who have fit in seamlessly. Correia takes third to help New Bedford boys win SouthCoast XC Challenge TODAY’S GAME He’s not BROWNS (2-2) AT particularly keen By MIKE ROCHA PATRIOTS (4-0) on talking about Standard-Times correspondent MORE HIGH SCHOOLS — E3-4 When: 1 p.m. himself. He NEW BEDFORD — Seven deep and ■ GNB Voc-Tech gets last-minute doesn’t talk about seven strong, the New Bedford boys cross TV: CBS (4, 12) touchdown to beat Case for Bears’ teammates. country team announced its return to the victory of the season. Line: Patriots by 16. He’s also made it top Saturday with a first-place finish at ■ Upset-minded Old Colony falls to clear to reporters the South Coast Cross Country Challenge South Shore Voke in wold fourth quarter. that he’s not at Brooklawn Park. going to be their personal go-to guy for The Whalers have been a top team in ■ Dartmouth’s Francisco and GNB information. After the Week 2 win against the state at different times throughout Voc-Tech’s Tabitha Bergeron settle the San Diego Chargers, Thomas told a the last 30 years, but may have reached a for second against record-breaking television sportscaster that he was wasting out-of-town runners in SouthCoast XC bottom last season when, through injury Challenge. his time. and inexperience, they finished 22nd at “If you think you’re going to get the Division 1 championships at Frank- information out of me, you’ve got the lin Park. This year the Massachusetts ferent top finisher on Saturday in senior wrong guy. Uh, uh…not me,” Thomas State Track Coaches Association has the Jared Correia. New to cross country after repeated several times not so quietly as he team ranked 11th among Division 1 and running the 600 meters in winter track quickly walked away from his locker and 2 teams. and the 800 meters in spring track last the dejected media member. “We’ll find out more next Saturday when year, Correia finished third (16:40.56) By that standard alone the man has we go to Franklin Park (for the Bay State behind Evan Tsembelis (16:07.49) of to rate on 10 on Bill Belichick’s Patriots- Invitational),” head coach Steve Gardiner Grand Isle, N.Y., and Dartmouth’s Jeremy Meter. said. “These kids are really committed. Francisco (16:11.19). There were also other signs he’d be the They ran all summer on there own. This “He’s our phenomenon,” junior Ethan perfect fit. As soon as the ink on the five- is one spot they meet. All the North End Santos said of Correia. “He comes out year deal worth over $35 million contract kids would get together in the summer from doing the 600 and 800 and he comes dried on the first Saturday in March, and off they’d go.” out with me and Dylan Mello and really Thomas packed up his family along with The Whalers (5-0) had their third dif- surprises us. He’s a blessing to have on his personal belongings and moved to the See WHALERS E4 area so he could get right to work. “I came in and started working out because I didn’t know anybody here,” See PIRES E7 Spartans rush to COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD No. 1 LSU ...... 28 No. 9 Florida ...... 24 victory over ORR Stanford ...... 24 No. 2 USC ...... 23 By JONATHAN DARLING BISHOP STANG 28, Standard-Times staff writer MATTAPOISETT — Bishop OLD ROCHESTER 0 No. 4 Ohio St...... 23 No. 23 Purdue ...... 7 Stang scored 41 points last week against Dighton-Rehoboth by back Rob Gianferante and running Illinois ...... 31 concentrating its offensive attack back Walter Butler to average more WINSLOW TOWNSON/ on the outside. No. 5 Wisconsin ....26 The Associated Press than nine yards per carry and two BC The Spartans showed Satur- touchdowns apiece. No. 6 S. Florida ...... 35 day they’re not a one-trick pony “That’s where we get to see what Matt Ryan threw by running up the middle for big Florida Atlantic ...... 23 we’ve made of,” Simmons said for 312 yards to gains in a 28-0 rout of Old Roches- give the Eagles ter. of running up the middle. “We’re No. 7 BC ...... 55 starting to click on the offensive Bowling Green ...... 24 their best record “They were prepared for our in 65 years with a perimeter game which we ran last line. We know what each other’s No. 10 Oklahoma ..28 win over Bowling week against D-R, so we tried to doing and we’re getting better No. 19 Texas ...... 21 Green. E8 change it up and turn it inside,” every week.” Stang coach Bill Kavanaugh said. Bulter thrashed through the ANDREW T. GALLAGHER/Standard-Times Special That was good news for 295- middle of ORR’s defense on the Complete college results, E8-9. Bishop Stang running back Walter Butler ran for 96 yards and two pound guard Lenny Simmons, second play of the game for a 45- touchdowns in the Spartans’ 28-0 victory over Old Rochester on Saturday. who paved the road for quarter- See STANG E3