THEMarch NORTH 13, GEORGIA2013 THE NEWS NORTH March GEORGIA 13, 2013 NEWS Page 13APage 13A Woody Gap bounces back at Towns The Union County 11-12 All-star By Todd Forrest basketball team competes in state tournament North Georgia News [email protected] Woody Gap tennis faced some tough sledding at Rabun County last week but responded nicely at Towns County. Amber Gooch picked up a win for the Lady Falcons in the No. 1 singles match, taking her sets 8-3. Meanwhile, the Falcons dominated the courts in Hia- wassee. Eli Gooch won his No. 1 singles match 8-2. Dakota Etheridge and Easton Wood (L-R): 1st row - Brian Smith, Jared Nelson and Sawyer Drake; 2nd row - Coleson Daniel, Britt Waller, Dylan Snow, Chayton Schafer, Kanon Hemphill, Pier Allison, Kyle Morlock; 3rd row- Coaches Brian Al- edged out the Indians 8-6 in lison, Danny Hemphill and Trint Rich. No. 1 double action to remain The Union County 11- ment. Commerce had defeated chester. Manchester had beaten a perfect record on the season Amber Gooch Eli Gooch at 6-0. 12 All-star basketball team Union County in a hard fought some of this same group of kids Casey McKim and Kon- No. 2 doubles. Eli Gooch won traveled to Commerce the first battle for the District title by a two years ago in the state tour- ed doubles wins at Rabun for weekend in March to partici- score of 60 to 53. Union Coun- nament on their way to a state nor Sosebee debuted in style three games in his match. their only victories in Tiger. Staci pate in the Georgia Recreation ty came out fighting from the championship in the 9-10 year during No. 2 doubles compe- Clark and Rebecca Etheridge Woody Gap’s Tuesday and Parks Association state start and got revenge by beat- old division. Once again, the tition, thumping their Indian won four games in No. 1 Dou- match at Lumpkin County has tournament. ing Commerce by a score of 37 Manchester team was able to counterparts 8-1. bles. Lauren Adams and Brook- been changed to 5 p.m. at Ya- After Friday night’s pool to 33 due to some aggressive defeat our Union County team Etheridge and Wood add- lyn Dockery won six games in hoola Park. game, the Panthers were sched- defense that shut down a high on their way to another state uled to play Commerce in the scoring Tiger team. title. opening round of single elimi- This win earned Union Congratulations to the MGC dominant at Spring Break Out nation competition. Only eight County a spot in the state final all-star team for a great perfor- By Todd Forrest teams in the entire state had four and also a shot at revenge mance and ending up tied for advanced this far in the tourna- against the team from Man- third place in state. N(Mar13,Z6)CA North Georgia News [email protected] Thriller...continued from Page 12A Woodstock - The Moun- County Lady Patriots. to an early 1-0 lead and cruised they had too much speed at the tain Gymnastics Center’s Prep- They have quite a bit from there. back. We had a tough dilemma Op 1 squad took home a first more speed and quickness than “We did a poor job in the most of the game. To get more place overall finish on Mar. 3rd. we have,” Coach Hunter said. first half stringing passes to- players forward on offense we Eleven-year old Erin “They had a girl up front that gether and coming to the ball,” would have to pull defensive Raper picked up first place with we had to drop extra defenders Coach Hunter said. players who were already hav- an all around score of 35.8. just to deal with her speed. Any Trailing 2-0 midway ing a hard time with them. She finished first on the time you are facing a player like though the second half, the “Later in the game we vault, beam, and floor, and third that with a strong supporting Lady Panthers were able to didn’t have a choice and just on the bars. cast, then you are in trouble. regroup offensively but it was had to attack. They were a very Eight-year old Olivia “We did not play terribly too little, too late. sound and skilled team who I Blocker was first overall with well on top of it all and they “For the last 25 minutes knew were going to be tough.” a 34.525 score. She placed first really exposed many of our of the game we were the ag- The Union soccer teams in all four events. weaknesses. We are not very gressors but were not able to will return to action on Tuesday Jordan Swanson came fast as a whole, and speed kills get any goals on the board,” as they host Fannin County at 5 in second in the 10-year old in soccer” Coach Hunter said. “We tried and 7 p.m. age group, taking first place on Oglethorpe jumped out to play too many long balls and The J.V. squads will play the beam, second on the vault, host to Lumpkin County at 5 and third on the floor, and fourth 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, before on the bars. the varsity welcomes Region Nine-year old Emma 8-AA foe Greene County, also Patterson was third overall, at 5 and 7 p.m. placing first on the floor, second Mountain Gymnastics had a successful weekend in Woodstock at the The J.V. teams travels to on the beam and the bars, and Spring Break Out on March. 3rd. Photo/Todd Forrest Banks on Monday for a 5 and fourth on the vault. 6:30 p.m. encounter with the Sierra Louima picked up first all-around in their respec- seventh. Leopards and Lady Leopards. fourth among the 12-year olds tive age groups. Level 3, saw Caymin with second place finish on the Kaylee Kendall came Thompson place second, Haley beams, third on the floor, and in third, Evelyn McBride and Craig was third, Kaitlyn Daves fourth on the vault and bars. Reagan Ledford each picked fourth, AnnaLyse Kiernan fifth, In Prep-Op 2, Addy up a fourth place finish. Jacey Lee seventh, and Brandy Dockery, Laura McGaha, and Mia McCombs came in Barlow came in ninth. Lexi Stephens each finished fifth and Madelyn Savage was NASCAR 2013 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter Matt Kenseth gets Vegas win Matt Kenseth celebrated his 41st birthday by winning Sunday’s Sprint Cup Kobalt Kenna Bauman (#3) and Mikala Jones (#10) look on as Marissa Lady Panthers defending during 400. He gained the lead during Spaulding (#16) uses her hip to block kick. Photo/Todd Forrest the first half. Photo/Todd Forrest a restart on lap 240 of the 267- lap race and held off a hard have a lot to learn about it. It’s Fuzion Dance and Noteariety charging Kasey Kahne, who just not handling the way I led the most laps. thought.” featured in benefit concert March 23 It was Kenseth’s first Earnhardt believes he win in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Benefit Concert featur- Noteariety is an audi- can voice his opinion but ing Noteariety and Fuzion tion acapella group at Towns Racing after spending 15 years sometimes it needs to happen behind the wheel of a Ford for Dance Company on Saturday, County High School direct- behind closed doors. March 23 at 7 p.m. Towns ed by Chris Adams. The 12 Roush Racing. “I don’t think they mind “It’s always good to be County School Auditorium. members are Brittany Boyer, you coming up in the hauler Celeena Corbin, Christa Ha- a winner,” said Kenseth. “I and talking about what you Tickets: $10 adult, $5 stu- was nervous during those last think about the racing and how dent. mill, Kayla Olin, Natalie laps because Kasey had a great you think things could improve Proceeds to benefit the Freel, Megan O’Donald, Bon- car. Not taking on tires there at or what might improve things,” non-profit organizations of nie Bennett, Alana Calhoun, the end allowed us to be at the he said. McConnell Memorial Baptist Sierra Nichols, Jessie Poole, right spot at the right time.” Matt Kenseth, winner of Sunday Vegas Cup race and crew chief “I think that they’re Church Peru Mission Trip, Meagan Corbin, and LeAnn Kahne dominated most Jason Ratcliff open to listening to that kind Fuzion Dance Company and D e a n . of the race, but came up short Speedway. tion about this issue before I of stuff.” Towns County School Music The Fuzion Dance at the end and finished 0.6-sec- The win was Hornish’s was hit with a fine has some- Earnhardt then switched Program. Company, a project of Brass- onds behind Kenseth. second in NASCAR’s Nation- thing to say about our relation- the conversation to how much MMBC PERU MIS- town Dance Academy, was “I drove so hard every wide Series and his first since ship. What I said was one sen- he liked the new car, a move SION TRIP: McConnell Me- created in August, 2007 for single lap. I didn’t leave any- Nov. 12, 2011 at Phoenix. It tence taken completely out of that likely made NASCAR of- morial Baptist Church works the serious dancer ready to thing behind,” said Kahne. “I was the first Las Vegas victory context.” ficials smile. with Runa Simi, a Peru based spend more hours at the stu- thought we had the best car, for Penske Racing in any NA- Hamlin said he will not Tony Stewart pretty Mission, to spread the gospel dio training in a variety of but my tires began slipping SCAR series. pay the fine. much summed up the NA- of Jesus Christ to the Quechua dance styles. there at the end.” The Penske organization “Most drivers will tell SCAR organization back in Indians by providing health- Fuzion is a non-profit Brad Keselowski didn’t also collected its first victory you that we constantly have 2002, when he said, “It’s NA- care, building assistance, trade organization which promotes lead a lot of laps, but he passed after switching from Dodge to sponsors and NASCAR’s best SCAR’s way or the highway.” skills, & veterinary medicine. the performing arts and ex- Kyle Busch for third late in the Ford between seasons. interest in mind when speak- Hamlin is determined to pands the opportunity for race. Each year our team consists Busch rolled across the ing,” he continued. “On the fight back, and fans and com- of many from our local com- dancers to perform. Member- “We needed a little finish line in second, 1.1 sec- other hand I am a person that petitors are rallying behind more speed,” said Keselowski. munity churches, not just Mc- ship is by audition only and onds behind Hornish. Brian worked very hard from the him. Connell. Please prayerfully member are required to attend “When I lost spots on the track, Vickers ran third, followed bottom to get where I am today Fining Hamlin, or any- the guys in the pits helped me consider your involvement. Royal Academy of Dance by Trevor Bayne and Elliott and someone telling me that I one for stating their opinion examinations annually. Com- out. We didn’t have the fastest in a reasonable manner is go- For more information contact Sadler. Bayne recovered from cannot give my one hundred the church office at 706-896- pany co-directors are Madge car in practice, or during the percent honest opinion really ing to come back and bite NA- an early brush with the wall to 2281. Smith and Amy McIntyre. race, but it turned out pretty post the fourth-place result. bothers me. SCAR. good.” Austin Dillon, Regan “I feel as if today NA- This is a battle that NA- Kyle Busch raced back Smith, Alex Bowman, Brian SCAR lost one of its biggest SCAR cannot win. Mountain from a pit road speeding pen- Scott, and Travis Pastrana were supporters. So in the end there Its image is going to be alty to finish fourth. High Hikers the remaining top-10. are no winners. I said today I tarnished even more. Jeep “All in all, it was a great Top-10 points leaders would not pay the fine. I stand Weekend Racing: It will Hiking Club race,” said Busch. “Our short after 3 of 33; 1. Hornish-127, by that and will go through the be short track racing at Bris- speed was good, but we just 2. Allgaier-108, 3. Sadler-108, process of appealing. Trust me; tol’s .54 mile bullring for the Jeep? Come join the needed to pick up more speed 4. Scott-108, 5. Smith-103, 6. this is not about the money. It’s Nationwide and Sprint teams. Blairsville Jeep Mountain High on the longer runs.” A. Dillon-100, 7. Vickers-96, much deeper. I will now shift The Trucks do not race again owners group Hikers schedules two Carl Edwards finished 8. Bayne-95, 9. Piquet-93, 10. my focus on giving FedEx and until April 6. Do you wish you could hikes each Tuesday, fifth, followed by Jimmie Bowman-90. my team what they deserve Sat., Mar. 16, Nation- be more adventurous with your Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., occasional specialty NASCAR IS WRONG this weekend, a win.” wide Series, race 4 of 33; Jeep? Then here is the perfect hikes, and regular Martin Truex, Kevin Harvick, NASCAR has gone too The irony of this is that Starting time: 2 pm ET; TV: and Paul Menard. group for you to hangout with. trail maintaining trips far in attempting to manage its what Hamlin said about the ESPN2. No officers, no dues, just good Danica Patrick finished image. new car and the racing last Sun., Mar. 17, Sprint - all in the beautiful 33rd, six laps down. fun-loving people who all own mountains of Georgia The organization as- week at Phoenix wasn’t all that Cup Series, race 4 of 36; Start- some kind of a Jeep! Top-10 leaders after 3 of sessed Denny Hamlin $25,000 harsh. But because Hamlin ing time: 1 pm ET; TV: FOX. and North Carolina. 36: 1. Johnson-129, 2. Kesel- Racing Trivia Ques- We meet monthly every for bashing the new Gen 6 car. didn’t choose his words cor- 3rd Thursday, 6:30 p.m., in the Check the web- owski-124, 3. Earnhardt-119, rectly, or dared to compare the tion: Camping World Truck But he only stated what fans Cadence Community Room. site www.mountain- 4. Hamlin-102, 5. Edwards-98, saw in the first two races, that new car to the old one, he was Series champion Ron Horna- 6. Martin-95, 7. Kenseth-93, 8. If you need more information, highhikers.org for it’s difficult to pass and teams called out and made the poster day Jr. heads five 2013 induct- schedule and meeting Biffle-93, 9. Bowyer-89, 10. boy for free speech. ees into the West Coast Stock please send an email to blairs- need time to work on the new locations. Almirola-88. car, just like they did when the A few drivers like Dale Car Hall of Fame next week- [email protected] HORNISH IS VEGAS old model was rolled out. Earnhardt Jr., a ten-time fan fa- end. How many truck titles did to Jim, this group’s creator. NATIONWIDE WINNER Others drivers have said vorite are wishy-washy, when he win? Sam Hornish Jr. drove the same thing. it comes to voicing their true Last Week’s Ques- Benton MacKaye March hike an absolutely dominant car to “The short of the long opinions about what is hap- tion: Who owns the Las Vegas Benton MacKaye Trail Non-members welcome. Wear victory Saturday afternoon, of it is I believe I was severely pening in NASCAR. Prior to track? Bruton Smith and his Association's March hike will sturdy hiking shoes; no dogs streaking away from Kyle disrespected by NASCAR by Daytona practice, Earnhardt Speedway Motorsports Inc. be on Saturday, the 16th. The please. Call Hike Leaders, Vic Busch during a seven-lap dash getting fined,” Hamlin said. “I sang praises about the new car. 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