Page 10A THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD November 11, 2009 Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports ■ E-mail: [email protected] November 11, 2009 www.townscountyherald.net Hiawassee, Georgia Indians, Lady Indians return to the hardwood By Jerry Kendall that opportunity. The Towns County TOWNS COUNTY HERALD The Lady Indians kickoff teams will face Pisgah, Ala., Hardwood action is just the contests with a 6 p.m. tip on Monday and Nantahala, around the corner as the Towns off with the Lady Wildcats. NC, on Tuesday with Rabun County Indians and Lady The Indians matchup with the County playing Nantahala Indians prepare for their 2009- Wildcats immediately follows on Monday and Pisgah on 2010 debuts. the Lady Indians-Wildcats Tuesday, beginning at 4 p.m. Round Ball action contest. each day. begins Nov. 17 when both Regular season activity The middle school teams square off against the will get underway the following Indians and Lady Indians Wildcats of Andrews, NC in week when the Lady Indians get their seasons underway the Bill P. Kendall Gymnasium. and Indians host the annual on Thursday at the Middle Fans desiring an early look Towns County Tip-Off Classic School. Game time: 4 p.m. The at the Towns County Lady on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. locals play host to the Rebels Indians and Indians Varsity 23 and Nov. 24, beginning at 7 of Fannin County. Basketball Teams will have p.m. each night. NASCAR 2009 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter The other Busch wins Texas race Kyle Busch had the fast- Top-12 Chase Contend- est car and the lead, but with ers: 1. Johnson-6297, 2. Mar- two-laps remaining in Sun- tin-6224, 3. J. Gordon-6185, day’s Sprint Cup Dickies 500, 4. Kurt Busch-6126, 5. Stew- he ran out of fuel. Brother art-6119, 6. Montoya-6061, 7. Kurt, who was running second Biffl e-6050, 8. Hamlin-5975, assumed the lead and went on 9. Newman-5973, 10. Kah- to victory lane. ne-5898, 11. Edwards-5857, Kurt had pitted two laps 12. Vickers-5777 later than Kyle and most of the KYLE BUSCH GETS TEX- other drivers, so he still had AS NATIONWIDE WIN fuel when Kyle, Dale Earn- Kyle Busch scored his Former Towns County Lady Indian Ellie Parton, center, was named to the Region XVII All-Region hardt Jr., David Reutimann, eighth Nationwide win of the Cross Country team, the school announced last week. Photo/Jim and Lisa Bryant and others ran out. season at Texas and increased “I knew we had the fuel his points lead to 272 over ri- Kurt Busch YHC’s Parton named All-Region X-Country runner mileage to get to the end,” said val Carl Edwards with just two than on aspects of the NA- Former Towns Coun- and fourth, respective- time of 28:30.31, while Kurt Busch. “I was confi dent. I races remaining. All Busch SCAR Chase. knew that Kyle couldn’t make needs to do is fi nish 15th or Patrick’s NASCAR fu- ty Lady Indians cross ly. Childree fi nished the Tyler clocked a time of it. We were fast and were play- better next week to clinch the ture was a hot topic this week, country star Ellie Parton 8,000-meter course in a 28:44.53. ing cat and mouse with Kyle title. and most Sprint Cup drivers has advanced to the next on the restarts. Top-10 points lead- believe her arrival would be a “For us to come away ers after 33 of 35: 1. Kyle good thing. level with ease. with the win and knock him off Busch-5374, 2. Edwards-5102, Even Eddie Gossage, Parton, a freshman at his sweep, it’s bittersweet.” 3. Keselowski-5082, 4. Lef- president of TMS got into the It was Kurt’s fi rst win at fl er-4349, 5. Allgaier-3831, discussion. Young Harris College, Texas Motor Speedway, and 6. Bliss-3818, 7. S. Wal- “She is a fi gure that has and three Mountain Lion his second of the 2009 season. lace-3726, 8. Keller-3701, grabbed the American atten- Denny Hamlin fi nished 9. Gaughan-3678, 10. An- tion and I think she’ll be re- teammates have been se- second. nett-3395 ally good for NASCAR if she lected to the All-NJCAA “We had a really good HORNADAY TO WRAP UP comes here,” said Gossage. car, but we had some problems FOURTH TRUCK TITLE “At the same time as an Indy- Region XVII team, the on pit road,” said Hamlin. “We Last season, Ron Hor- Car promoter, I really hate to school announced last just dropped so many spots on naday battled Johnny Benson lose her more over there than pit road that we couldn’t get to the last lap of the last race I would like to gain her over week. near the front. I hit the wall in the Camping World Truck here because she is an incred- As a high school senior, Prep Football and killed our car, but the good Series, but fi nished second to ibly valuable, marketable icon Towns County 0 Glascock County 37 part about that was I was able Benson, by seven points. Parton led the Lady Indi- for IndyCar racing.” Union County 48 Banks County 20 to save fuel, and that’s what This year, it’s different. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and ans’ cross country team got us here.” Whether for lack of competi- his JR Motorsports team are to a ninth place fi nish in Hart County 35 Elbert County 0 The top-10 fi nishers: 1. tion, or the sheer strength of negotiating with her about White County 35 Gilmer County 0 Kurt Busch, 2. Denny Hamlin, his Kevin Harvick Inc. team, driving a partial Nationwide the state championships 3. Matt Kenseth, 4. Mark Mar- Hornaday has run away with Series schedule in 2010 and he last season in Carrollton. Lumpkin County 13 North Hall 40 tin, 5. Kevin Harvick, 6. Tony the title.. believes there’s competition to Dade County 6 Coosa 47 Stewart, 7. Clint Bowyer, 8. He has fi nished no worse Parton fi nished 42nd in land Patrick. East Jackson 21 Jefferson 35 Greg Biffl e, 9. Jeff Burton, 10. than seventh in the standings “We’ve been talking to a crowded fi eld of 180 A. J. Allmendinger since joining the group in Rabun County 14 Oglethorpe County 42 her,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “Oth- runners. Kyle Busch had won 2005 and gave the organiza- er teams are talking to her as Dawson County 0 Riverside Academy 27 both the Camping World Truck tion its fi rst title in 2007. The well. She’s really serious about Parton and Mountain and Nationwide Series races group has worked together to Prince Avenue 7 Commerce 33 coming to NASCAR. A lot of Lion sophomores Re- at TMS, and appeared to be earn 19 wins during the span, people, I guess, thought that it Georgia Military 0 North Paulding 42 headed for his third win of the and Hornaday has become the was just a media hoax or her becca Westbrooks and weekend before losing fuel series-leading winner with 45 North Forsyth 50 Northview 7 kind of blowing smoke. Stacey Keahon fi nished pressure on the track and fi n- victories. “She’s really serious Chestatee 20 Creekview 42 ishing 11th. Both Hornaday and crew about it, and she’s going to do in the Top 10 recently in Gainesville 49 Flowery Branch 17 Chase leaders Jeff Gor- chief, Rick Ren continually it with somebody. We’re work- the Region XVII meet. don and Carl Edwards were point out the Harvicks’ work ing on details and trying to be Jackkson County 26 Stephens County 23 victims of a Juan Montoya ethic and their commitment part of that puzzle. We’ll know Parton was sixth with a Fannin County 17 North Oconee 7 mishap. Edwards hit the out- to looking forward instead of more in the future.” time of 21:45.62, West- side wall, and wound up with backwards when it comes to Weekend Racing: All three of Buford 45 GAC 14 a DNF, while Gordon fi nished making changes or recovering NASCAR’s major series will brooks fi nished eighth, Social Circle 14 Athens Academy 41 13th. from a setback. They simply be in action at the 1.0-mile with a time of 21:49.88 Clarke Central 31 Madison County 13 Dale Earnhardt Jr. had refuse to dwell on what might Phoenix Raceway. a good run, before running have been. Instead, they look Fri., Nov. 13, Camping World and Keahon was 10th Forsyth Central 0 Tucker 41 out of fuel on the backstretch over any mechanical failures, Lucas Oil 150, race 24 of 25; with a time of 22:32.09. with three laps to go. His car dismiss any incidents that were Pickens County 10 East Hall 7 Starting time: 7:30 pm (EDT); The Mountain Lions also stalled on pit road and he fi n- out of their control and move TV: Speed Channel. Franklin County 20 Eastside 22 ished 25th. on to the next race. Sat., Nov. 14, Nationwide Se- placed two members Oconee County 33 Morgan County 13 The Championship It has clearly been a win- ries Arizona 200, race 34 of from its men’s squad West Forsyth 42 West Hall 14 Chase took a dramatic turn as ning formula. Hornaday has 82 35; Starting time: 4 pm (EDT); points leader Jimmie Johnson top-10 fi nishes since joining TV: ESPN2.