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THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD April 1, 2015 Page 11 Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] Indians end five-game skid with 2-2 draw at unbeaten Union By Shawn Jarrard Towns County Herald Staff Writer Blairsville - The Towns County Indians soccer team tied undefeated Union County 2-2 on Monday, March 23. In the last 25 seconds of the game, Union senior Kyle Hamby scored on a long ball, ending the Indians’ chance to beat their rival Panthers. “That was a heartbreaker at the end,” said Indians Head Coach Michael Huwe. “As a coach, there’s lots of times where it’s not a prevent defense like in football, but you start playing a little defensive. We had a couple of shots where we didn’t crash the net in the end because we were trying to stay back. Maybe it could have gotten us an extra goal, but their player had a beautiful strike from about 30 yards out that hit “But they are playing coach for the boys team, while and playing a little bit of soccer the upper corner. Really, there’s really well. They’re handling Coach Tucker Blackmon acts will help, too. not a lot you can do about that the basics – they’re trapping, as head coach of the girls team. “We’re a small school, when a player makes a shot they’re passing, they’re getting They are each other’s assistant the kids are great. They work that’s that good.” open. They’re covering for each coaches when the other is head hard, they’ve done everything Heading into the game, other defensively. We’ve got to coaching. we’ve asked of them, and it’s the Indians record was 0-5 and eliminate mistakes and we’ll be “The program just needs just a progression. We’re in the Panthers were undefeated, right there with teams.” to have a steady growth,” said stage one of a progression that sitting at 5-0. Coach Huwe Making the team are Coach Huwe. “We need to usually takes two or three years. said that in a game that close seniors Dallas Manus, Cory get the middle school more And throughout the season, I against a team as good as Union Ellis, Grayson Carver, Kyle involved, but where everyone mean every game, I can see County, a tie is much better Davis, Efren Figueroa; juniors is playing the same system and them grow a little bit, and I than a loss. Dalton Bradley, Shea Under- playing soccer more than just think Coach Blackmon would “We played as well as I wood, Austin Watson, Chaiz during the season – passing and say the same thing.” think we can play,” said Coach Davenport, Gavin Langelier; getting together on weekends Huwe. “We passed the ball, we sophomores Tyler Sisco, Tyler had good strikes on goal, we Grimsley, Marshall Ledford, Indians on the wrong finished, we played great defen- Owen Bouchard; and freshmen sively, limited them throughout Xavier Hogsed, Dawson Hog- end of no-hitter vs GWA the entire game, and we played sed and Trent Whidden. under control. So, it’s probably The boys played their By Shawn Jarrard The first game was an some of the best soccer I’ve first home game of the year Towns County Herald Indian defeat, 12-2, but the seen us play at Towns County on Friday, March 27, against Staff Writer second game saw the Indians so far. You’ve just got to be able Indians at Union County soccer photos by Lowell Nicholson Lakeview, losing 5-3. bouncing right back, winning to reproduce that over and over other high school and middle four, five good plays in a game. Heading into the half, the The Towns County Indi- 5-4 in a close and exciting and over again.” school programs. So, they’re starting to under- score sat at 2-0, Lakeview in the ans varsity baseball team lost contest. This is not Coach Huwe’s “Overall, the boys are re- stand how to play soccer and lead. Towns County went on to 11-1 at home against George Overall, the Indians, first time coaching soccer, ei- ally coming along,” said Coach how to play as a team. Right score three goals in the second Walton Academy on Tuesday, headed up by Coach Shannon ther. He played goalie in high Huwe. “We’re starting to be now, we just don’t have the half, aided by a brilliant header March 24. Floyd with Assistant Coaches school and has coached all able to pick out three, four, five skill to overcome mistakes very by a Lakeview player into his It just wasn’t in the cards Josh Rider and Scott Neal, are levels, from little kids all the mistakes during the course of a easily, so we almost have to be own goal. for the Indians that day, as the sitting right at a 6-8 record for way up to assistant coach of game instead of it being three, perfect to stay in games. Coach Huwe acts as head Bulldog pitcher threw a no- the season, with 2-4 in Region hitter, and George Walton’s play. offense supplied 14 hits, includ- The team has at least nine NASCAR 2015 ing a 3-run-homer in the second more games to play before the By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter inning. season is over, and certainly has three races this year when The Bulldogs scored 1 time to swing its record back to Hamlin holds off Keselowski Busch was suspended. run in the first, 5 in the second, the positive. MARTINSVILLE, Danica Patrick was Larson became the 4 in the fourth and 1 in the On Thursday, April 2, at Vir.—Denny Hamlin ended seventh, her highest finish third driver to miss a race seventh inning. 6:30 p.m., and Friday, April 3, a 31-race winless streak as of the season. this season with medical Towns County’s single at 5 p.m., the Indians will play he held off a hard-charging Kevin Harvick, who problems. run came in the fifth inning to against Athens Christian, away Brad Keselowski to win came in eighth, saw his Kyle Busch is side- avoid a shutout, when Adam and home. Sunday’s Sprint Cup race string of top-two finishes lined indefinitely after Barrett, who reached base on Nearly a week later dur- by less than two-tenths of end after eight. breaking his right leg and a walk, was able to steal home ing spring break, the Indians a second. Jeff Gordon came on left foot in the season open- as the Bulldogs attempted to will play Providence in a dou- The race was char- strong in the latter stages ing Xfinity Series race at catch Kobe Denton stealing bleheader at home, Thursday, acteristic Martinsville, be- of the race, even leading 21 Daytona on Feb. 21. second base. April 9, beginning at noon. cause of the bumping and laps. A pit road speeding Brian Vickers, who Barrett came in to pitch at After that, Towns County shoving, but it was also the penalty during the race’s drives the No. 55 Toyota the top of the fifth, and was able heads to Commerce on Mon- best Cup race of the season last caution sent him to the for Michael Waltrip, is to get three strikeouts before the day, April 13, to play at 5 p.m., so far. tail-end of the field, but he out while being treated for game ended. only to come back home to face still managed a ninth-place Denny Hamlin celebrates his blood clots. He missed the Hamlin, who led 91 Martinsville Cup win Offensively, the Indians them again on Tuesday, April laps took the lead from finish. first two races, returned at were connecting with the ball 14, at 5:30 p.m. Matt Kenseth on lap 473 “We struggled early was second, followed by, Las Vegas and Phoenix, Erik Jones, Johnny Sauter, – just right at Bulldog defend- Hebron Christian will of the 500-lap race and in the race,” said Gordon. and then was pulled out of ers. be the next opponent for the held on for his first Cup “We finally got our car in Tyler Reddick, Daniel Su- the car last week prior to arez, James Buescher, John The Indians played three Indians, as they play home on win of the season, which a position to win, then-‘oh the California race. more games last week, losing Thursday, April 16, at 5:30 automatically assures him my gosh’-I really messed Wes Townley, Matt Tift, Meanwhile Joe Gibbs and Justin Boston. two and winning one. p.m., and away on Friday, April a Chase spot. up.” Racing announced that J.D. Against George Walton 17, at 5 p.m. “It was just a great Jamie McMurray was Top-10 leaders after Gibbs, president of Joe 3 of 23: 1. Crafton-128, 2. Academy away on Thursday, The last two games of the car the guys gave me to- the 10th-place driver. Gibbs Racing, is starting March 26, the Indians lost once year will be against Lakeview, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had Reddick-126, 3. Jones-122, treatment for symptoms day,” said Hamlin. “If I more to the bulldogs, but by a away on Tuesday, April 21, at 5 a rough day on the track. 4. Sauter-112, 5. J, Bue- impacting areas of brain hadn’t won, I would have slimmer margin, 9-5.