THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD September 17, 2014 Page 11 Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] Swain takes three-of-four vs Indians’ youth Tri-County Junior Golfers enjoying 12th year

By Shawn Jarrard special recognition after the He hit out of bounds – I’m talk- Towns County Herald game for showing remarkable ing in the coach’s box – and the Staff Writer kindness to those Devils. kid hit him so hard he knocked “We give out a sports- him into the fence.” The Towns County Youth manship award, and he won it The injured Indian went Indians had a hard day on this week because every time to the hospital with a possible Saturday, as the Swain County there was a player down, he concussion. And what did the Maroon Devils took three out of ran over there and helped pick Smokey Mountain Conference four games in . the other team up,” said Direc- referee do? He just stood there Swain County carries a tor Smith. looking on and didn’t throw strong football tradition in the The Termites suffered a a flag. Smokey Mountain Conference, loss Saturday, dropping their Thankfully, the young The Tri-County Junior area junior golf league is in The Fall Tournament and is loud and proud about it. record to 2-3 on the year. Indian was okay. Golf Association is currently their 12th year. We are pleased League continues through the “They’ve got state title Looking good on offense “We’ve got to have a holding their Fall Tournament to have local PGA profes- end of September. If anyone is championships all over the were scoring duo Brett Young, good week of practice and League. Thursday, September sional, Matt Liss, head up this interested in joining the league scoreboard and down on the who scored both of the touch- forget about that game,” said 4, 2014 – 75 junior golfers organization and hope it con- for next Spring’s league play, banks,” said Youth Football Di- downs, and Jensen Goble, who Mites Head Coach Patrick competed at Brasstown Valley tinues to grow and provide the please contact Matt at Chatuge rector Jimmy Smith. “They’ve made both of the extra points. Oakes. “It’s over and done with, Resort. Many thanks to Young children in our area the oppor- Shores Golf Course in Hayes- got a big billboard sign that’s “We just got outcoached,” and we’ve got to look forward Harris College for sponsoring tunity to experience the won- ville, NC. NT(Sep17,F1)SH got all the state championships. said Head Coach Joseph Goble. to playing Murphy.” last week’s event. This local derful game of golf. I said, oh boy, we’re in football “We’re going to have a good Towns County Midgets heaven down here.” week of practice and be ready lost 40-0, but the odds were Bowling scores 4-H Shooting Sports Teams Pee Wee Indians were the for Murphy coming in town.” stacked against them from the Monday Night Ladies: Am- only team from Towns County Director Smith was im- onset. ber Gilbert 201, Nell Rice 190. and Friends of NRA banquet to walk away with a win, 22- pressed with Swain County’s Swain County’s Midg- Monday Night Men: Dewey Allen Union County 4-H Shoot- For more information 12, effectively increasing their Termite team, and gives credit et team had a 6-foot-2-inch 246, Kevin Mohan 214, 245, Mike ing Sports Teams are working you can call Jammie Mur- season record to 4-1. where credit is due. 12-year-old. Newsome 202, Keith Rhodes 204, with Friends of NRA to hold a phy at the Union County “They struggled in the “They did double re- “I bet he weighed prob- John Stevens 235, Ray Everett 222, banquet at the Pat Haralson Civ- Extension/4H office 706- first half,” said Director Smith. verses, they did passes – it was ably 280 pounds,” said Director Jeb Plott 194, 256, 277, 727 Series, ic Center on September 27, 2014 439-6030 or Brad Hutson at “They had four fumbles, but unbelievable,” said Director Smith. “That’s what we played DeJay DeJoseph 223, Jay Burrell at 6 p.m. This banquet helps to 706-835-6484. Tickets can be they got them all back except Smith. “They were the best down there yesterday. They had 203, 209, Chris Ellinwood 203, raise money for grants given by purchased in advance or at one.” team I’ve seen yet all around. two or three like that, but he 203, Taz Matetzschk 257, Dave Friends of NRA to organizations the door for $30. An (8) per- Head Coach Shane I’m talking from the whole was the biggest kid.” Davis 275, 268, BJ Gilbert 204, like the 4H teams and church son table can be purchased at season, Swain County has got Mickey Whatley 207, Richard Tan- shooting sports organizations. a discounted price of $25 per Haney was really proud of Head Coach Rodney ner 212, Joe Teague 211, 213, Der- how his Termites performed. the best team out there, except Thomas didn’t let the loss get We will have a great din- ticket ($200 per table). rick Rice 228, 257, Rick Bracken ner catered by Steve’s Steak- Please come out and help After a rocky start, the young for the Pee Wees.” him down. 204, Larry Cannan 202, Mike men bounced back and had a The Indian Mites lost “’Jim, we’re going to house, a live auction, silent support the Friends of NRA as Davis 219, Gary Brown 248, Bill auction, and many games of well as the local 4-H Shooting good game. 36-6, ending their undefeated get one,’ he tells me that every Cox 223, Steve Whittenburg 200, Cruz Kitchens scored record for the season, so the week,” said Director Smith. “I chance. We like to call it din- Sports Teams Archery, BB, Bob Bischoff 233, Russ Southcott ner and a show! and Shotgun! N(Sep17,Z10)CA two touchdowns, Aiden Burrell stakes were high going into believe he’s going to get one 205, 212. Hazel Farmer Senior scored one, and Jameson Daw- the game. before it’s all over. Maybe it’s League: Ken Thigpen 217, Janet son had an extra point. “It was a very tough this weekend.” Burrell 205, Cliff Hall 209, Dewey Cooper Floyd had an ex- ballgame,” said Director Smith. North Carolina’s Murphy Allen 206, Bart Rogers 212, 221, tra point, two fumble recoveries “We went in undefeated and Bulldogs are heading to town Mo Rogers 231, Ron Gaucher 211. and three sacks, and he rushed they were, too. Everything went this weekend, and Preacher Thursday Night Fun Mixed: Ken for 80 yards, proving that he their way and nothing went our Shep Calhoun is all set to be Clark 209, Daniel Brown 217, Jeb had what it took to take the way.” there with the opening prayer. Plott 206, 248, 278, 732 Series, Devils to task Saturday. Refs at Saturday’s match- High School softball player An- John Moore 211, Zach Moore 213, “Lane Haney, he was ev- up were especially tough on the gel Moss will reprise her role 260, 213, Tim Moore 201, 225, 217, erywhere,” said Director Smith. Indians, and our little guys were singing the national anthem to Kirk Bass 235, Russ Southcott 267, “He played defense the best penalized 30 yards in 10 min- start each of the games. 224, 204, Dewey Allen 236, 232, I’ve seen him play all year. That utes on three separate sideline “I think we’ll do good Mike Davis 211, 208, Bob Landis kid was all over the field.” warnings. against Murphy,” said Smith. 226, Chuck Reeves 216, 206, Tony Aiden Reynolds exhib- “I believe we got the “We beat them in a scrimmage Lynch 223, Ray Everett 233, 234, ited stacks of star power as worst ref in the whole Smokey game, so maybe we can beat Timothy Fields 216, Jaythan Bur- the most improved player on Mountain Conference on our them again. Murphy usually rell 220, 207, Jay Burrell 238, Jor- the team. side Saturday,” said Director brings a lot of people, so I’m dan Moore 210, Pete Craig 200. “Reynolds did good on Smith. “I called the president hoping they do. Of course, I offense and defense,” said Di- of the league about it and told hope people come out and sup- rector Smith. him what he did and how bad he port us again this week.” NASCAR 2014 And Jonah Vargas gained was. And we had a kid injured. By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter Keselowski wins chase opener JOLIET, Il.—The first 250 ond, and then it was , laps of Sunday’s 267-lap Sprint , Trevor Bayne, Elliott Cup race was about as boring as Sadler, , , it gets. , and . But after a restart on lap Top-10 leaders after 26 of 251, brought the 33: 1. Elliott-951, 2. Smith-933, Chicago race fans to their feet. 3. T. Dillon-911, 4. Sadler-900, and Kyle 5. Scott-895, 6. Bayne-871, 7. C. Larson were switching positions Buescher-780, 8. Gaughan-751, 9. for first. Reed-706, 10. J. Buescher-697. Larson was on the high “ROWDY” KYLE BUSCH IS File photo of Brad Keselowski, side. CHICAGO TRUCK WINNER winner of Chicago Cup race Harvick was running low. Kyle Busch won his 41st Like gangbusters, Kesel- Truck Series race Saturday at Chi- First round: Chicagoland, owski sailed right between the two cagoland. New Hampshire, Dover; Second leaders, and said, “bye-bye” to the The remaining top-10 fin- round: Kansas, Charlotte, Talla- rest of the field.” ishers were: , Austin dega; Third round: Martinsville, There was one more cau- Dillon, , , Texas, Phoenix; Championship: tion after slapped Darrell Wallace Jr. Ben Kennedy, Homestead. the wall, but Keselowski had the , , and Four drivers will be elimi- speed, and for the last few laps, the Bryan Silas. nated in each round. Race winners only question was, who would be Top-10- leaders after 15 of (as long as they are still part of the runner-up. 22; 1. Crafton-560, 2. Sauter-555, Chase) automatically advance, There was a terrific battle 3. Blaney-544, 4. Wallace Jr.-525, and the remainder of the spots are for second, third, and fourth posi- 5. Quiroga-501, 6. Coulter-492, based on points scored in the three tions between Larson, , 7. Kennedy-478, 8. Peters-475, 9. Chase races. If drivers are tied in Lady Indians take Prince Avenue to the wire and Harvick. Hornaday-460, 10. Burton-459. points, ties are broken by best fin- ish in that specific round. After the By Shawn Jarrard At the end it was Gordon, AMBROSE LEAVING NA- Larson, and . SCAR first round, the 12 remaining driv- Towns County Herald “I’m not sure how we , driver ers have their points reset to 3,000. Staff Writer pulled this off,” said Keselowski. of the No. 9 Mo- After the second round, the eight “I don’t know how any of this hap- torsports Ford in the Sprint Cup remaining drivers have their points pened, except we had one hell of a Series will leave NASCAR at the reset to 4,000 and after the third The Towns County Lady fast race car. It was awesome and end of this season and return to round; the four remaining drivers Indians lost 1-0 to Prince Ave- doesn’t get any better than this.” his native Australia, to compete in have their points reset to 5,000. nue in a nail biter of a game that After the race, Gordon the V8 Supercar Series for Roger Drivers do not carry over went extra innings Tuesday, walked over to Larson and gave Penske. any bonus points for wins from Sept. 9, at Lowell Nicholson him some advice. “Marcos will always be a round to round. All remaining Field. “Man, the way those two part of our extended racing fam- drivers start the second, third and “This was an exciting guys were going at it, I thought ily,” said Richard Petty, co-owner championship round on equal foot- ing. game to watch,” said Head they were going to wreck in front of RPM. “He came over to the of me,” said Gordon. “I put ev- United States with his family and The driver who finishes best Coach Brandon Rowland. erything I had into this race, so to dedicated his time here to giv- among the four finalists at Home- “These are the kind of games come in second isn’t so bad.” ing it the best he had each week. stead is the champion. There are that get me excited to be soft- The third-place finish was I couldn’t ask anything more from no bonus points for those drivers ball coach.” Larson’s best in the Cup Series. Marcos and his commitment on based on a lap led or leading the Lady Indian hits were “I didn’t need that last cau- and off of the track to our race most laps. supplied by Tori Morgan and tion,” said Larson. “We had a good team and our partners. Away from Those drivers who are Zandra Churchill, and Alyssa car and I think we had a chance the track, he’s a family person first. eliminated in the first three rounds Pyle reached base on a walk. until we got bunched up on the last That’s something I respect and have their points adjusted by tak- ing their total points accumulated “What was impressive restart. I scraped the wall, and after we’ll miss Marcos, Sonja and their that it was hard to keep up.” children.” in Chase races and adding to their was the pitching dual by both Joey Logano was able to Ambrose has six NASCAR point total when they started the pitchers,” said Coach Row- pass Harvick for fourth, while Har- wins on the Watkins Glen road Chase. That way, a driver who is land. vick, who led the most laps (79) course. knocked out in the first round of Emily Ledford struck had to settle for fifth. “It has been fantastic,” said the Chase can finish as high as fifth 11 batters out and walked six, “The 42 car was better than Marcos. “I never thought I would in the final standings. with some of the walks being us at the end,” said Harvick. “For achieve what I have at the Sprint Weekend Racing: The Cup Emily Ledford fanned 11 vs Prince Avenue. Photo/Lowell Nicholson intentional due to the sudden whatever reason, my car devel- Cup level. I have survived here for and Truck teams will be at New death situation. runner allowed on second base The Lady Indians are in oped a tightness near the end of the years and I have had some wins Hampshire Speedway, while the per the sudden death rules – race and I had to go in a defensive but not enough and I feel like I Nationwide teams are at Kentucky Prince Avenue produced the middle of facing a series Speedway. Alyssa is by far the fastest base mode.” was up against it early on from my 13 strikeouts and a walk. of away games against George was sixth, background. I came from a country Sat., Sept. 20; Truck Series, “In the top of the ninth, runner on the team.” Walton, Hebron Christian, while Kyle Busch, , Ja- that doesn’t have any asphalt oval race 16 of 22; Starting time: 12:30 Prince Avenue laid down two Prince Avenue had the Lakeview, and Rabun County. mie McMurray, and racing at all and so I feel like I have pm ET; TV: FoxSports1. amazing bunts to move the top of Towns County’s lineup Their next home game will were the remaining top-10 finish- achieved a lot and am really satis- Sat., Sept. 20; Nationwide sudden death runner over to to face, and with a runner on be against Athens Christian ers. fied. Series, race 27 of 33; Starting time: third,” said Coach Rowland. second and no outs, the Lady on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 4:45 Top-10 Chase leaders after “There has been a lot of 7 pm ET; TV: ESPNNEWS. “The runner ended up stealing Indians had a real shot at vic- p.m. 1 of 10: 1. Keselowski-2059, 2. conjecture through the years but Sun., Sept. 21; Sprint Cup, home on a wild pitch.” tory. “I was very proud of our Gordon-2052, 3. Logano-2049, 4. I just want to get my kids home race 28 of 36; Starting time: 1 pm “Through a tough at bat, Harvick-2047, 5. Earnhardt-2042, to enjoy the Australian lifestyle, ET; TV: ESPN. So, 1-0, the Lady Indians Lady Indians for their effort Racing Trivia Question: had a chance to win the game Tori Morgan ended up striking 6. Johnson-2041, 7. Kyle and be able to make good choices against the team that is argu- Busch-2041, 8. Hamlin-2041, when they grow up. I feel like the Who has won the most Sprint Cup if they could only score two out,” said Coach Rowland. ably the best in Single-A,” said 9. Kurt Busch-2039, 10. Kah- time is right for me to stop in the races this season? runs, or could extend it to force “Emily Ledford laid down a Coach Rowland. “We had a ne-2034. U.S., and personally I think it is a Last Week’s Question: another inning with one. beautiful sacrifice bunt to move near perfect defense, only mak- “HAPPY” HARVICK TAKES great time to move back home to What year did Chicagoland Speed- “The bottom of the ninth Alyssa over to third. Zandra ing one error early and one wild NATIONWIDE RACE Australia with my family.” way open? Answer. The first race couldn’t have been set up any Churchill, our freshman third pitch late in the game. Offense Kevin Harvick led twice WHAT THE CHASE was held in 2001. better for the Lady Indians,” baseman, came up and hit a is still looking up. We were for 42 laps on the way to victory CONSISTS OF You may contact the Rac- said Coach Rowland. “Since rocket shot right at the second making contact, we just hit it in Saturday’s Nationwide Race at There are four rounds, with ing Reporter at: www.hodges@ Alyssa Pyle was the last out in baseman, who fielded it cleanly right at the opposing players.” Chicagoland Speedway. the first three consisting of three race500.com. NT(Sept17,C1)ac the eighth inning, she was our for out number three.” finished sec- races each: