Towns County Herald’s Sporting News

Indians and Panthers try to get in a softball scrimmage

JIM BRYANT Sports Writer It was pouring down rain at the house, bright and sunny at the YHC softball field and looked like a good day for a softball scrimmage against the Softball UC Lady Panthers. Wrong! Towns County 0 Union County 3 Half way into the second in- ning, the skies opened and the (rain) (Scrimmage) bottom fell out, forcing a can- Towns County 0 Social Circle 12 cellation of the field soaked JV Towns County 6 JV Social Circle 19 game. The score after one in- ning was 3-0 in favor of the fe- Union County 4 Banks County 0 lines. The field was too muddy Union County 10 White County 5 for a reschedule so the game was called. The Indians got a break as the floods came and the game was temporarily called. Gilmer County 0 Flowery Branch 2 Jefferson 2 Providence Christian 1 West Hall 16 Johnson 1 (3) West Hall 1 Habersham Central 0 West Hall 11 Lambert 1 (5) North Hall 3 Chestatee 1 Hart County 12 East Hall 0 Banks County 9 Habersham Central 0 Fannin County 8 Gainesville 0 Blessed Trinity 12 Chestatee 0 Hebron Academy 4 East Hall 2 West Hall 1 Habersham Central 0 Fannin County 11 Holy Innocents 1 White County 6 Chestatee 5 Hart County 4 Rabun County 0 Lanier Point Softball Invitational Emily Smith watches in frustration as a Lady Panther slides in Gold Bracket safely at home. Photos by Jim & Lisa Bryant Chelsey Noblet watches as the ball heads for the plate. Union County 4 Fannin County 1 White County 9 Hart County 1 minum foil over the rack. Blessed Trinity 12 Hebron Academy 2 Place it over your coals, with the shiny side of the foil facing Dawson County 5 Banks County 2 downward towards the food. Be Union County 6 White County 3 sure the foil is fastened down securely before placing on the Blessed Trinity 4 Dawson County 0 coals, because the rising heat Fannin County 3 Hart County 2 will cause the foil to blow off. Hebron Academy 3 Banks County 2 If you are handy with tin snips, th you can cut a one gallon can in Hebron Academy 6 (7 ) Hart County half and make a sturdier arch. Fannin County 2 (5th) Banks County 1 Simply place your food on the rd wire rack and set your “dome” White County 6 (3 ) Dawson County 2 over it. Blessed Trinity 8 (1st) Union County 7 Hanging can in a can: Silver Bracket This is a fun little cooker. You need a one gallon can and a Dawson County 6 Gainesville 0 smaller can which will fit into Blessed Trinity 9 Pepperell 1 the big cam. First cut both ends Baking light methods in the woods from the big can. Next add West Hall 9 Holy Innocents 1 about six holes with a beer Chestatee 4 East Hall 3 CAN OVENS can. The larger can should opener to the bottom of the can. Rabun County 6 Pepperell 3 Can ovens are a light- have a foldable lid. It is rec- Now take the small can and weight way to cook. They are ommended that several 1” rocks place three holes an equal dis- Habersham Central 9 Gainesville 0 especially useful to backpack- or briquettes be placed in the tance around the top of the can. West Hall 10 Chestatee 0 ers who wish to travel light. bottom of the larger can. Next Affix three metal coat hanger They are very small and best place the can containing the wires through the three open- Habersham Central 10 Rabun County 0 used on a one to one basis. food on top of the rocks and ings, keeping the wire an equal East Hall 11 Holy Innocents 3 They are used for baking foods. close the lid on the outside can. length. The length of the wires Makayla Moody lets a fly ball They can be easily created by This keeps the food baring can will depend on the size of the get past her as the Cats took a Pepperell 7 Gainesville 3 placing food inside one can or off the immediate bottom. bigger can. The food to be 3-0 lead in the first inning. Holy Innocents 13 (7th) Gainesville 7 pan, then placing a larger can Place several hot coals on top cooked is placed inside the East hall 5 (5th) Pepperell 1 over the top to act as an oven. of the larger can to even out small can and hooked on to the rd There are several types of can the heat. top lid of the big can. Put the Chestatee 4 (3 ) Rabun County 1 ovens. Arch oven: An easy way entire apparatus over the hot Habersham Central 11 (1st) West Hall 1 Dutch oven can: A small to make this oven is to place coals. You may increase the can filled with your food is your foods on a wire rack, then temperature by piling the coals Football placed inside another larger form an arch with heavy alu- up the sides of the big can. Towns County 15 Union County 30 (Scrimmage) Buford 51 Grovetown 0 NASCAR 2009 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter OUTRUNS the third-place finisher. “850 in the race, his car developed sion sent Busch’s Toyota hard into MARTIN AT BRISTOL horsepower, hot tires, a concrete electrical problems, and he fin- the frontstretch wall. Reed BRISTOL, Tenn.— Kyle track. I just got greedy on the right ished 33rd Sorenson’s Chevy also was col- Swallow Creek WMA Hunt Busch outdueled Martin in a dra- foot and spun the tires. Last re- Top-15 Chase contenders lected in the wreck. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources matic two-car battle at Bristol start I just tried to baby it to make with two to go: 1. Stewart-3564, Busch climbed from his car will hold an archery hunt on the Swallow Creek Motor Speedway after the final sure I just solidified my position. 2. Johnson-3344, 3. J. Gordon- and disappeared into his trans- Wildlife Management Area, Sept. 12 thru Oct. 16. restart of the 500-lap race with I managed to get past Greg 3310, 4. Hamlin-3141, 5. porter, as NASCAR red-flagged four laps left. In doing so, Busch (Biffle) on the inside there. He Edwards-3110, 6. - the race for more than 15 min- Area deer, bear, and hogs are the legal game. Hunter gained his fourth victory of the was pinched down. That's all I 3103, 7, Newman-2995, 8. Biffle- utes for track cleanup. It was a sign-in is required prior to hunting and sign-out of season. needed to do. 2986, 9. Montoya-2975, 10. Mar- kinder, gentler Busch who harvested game is required on date of kill. Statewide “—what a “I'm learning as I go. tin-2971, 11. Kahne-2963, 12. emerged some 10 minutes later. limit applies on deer and bear. No limit on hogs. class act,” said Busch, who won When you get an opportunity to Kenseth-2945, 13. Kyle Busch- “I saw a slow car up high, for the 16th time in the Cup se- run at the front like that with six 2911, 14. Vickers-2906, 15. and he came right across the nose, For more info, ries. “He deserved to win this laps to go, you can't learn that Bowyer-2833 right in front of me,” Busch said. contact the race. I’m sorry he came home in anywhere else but when you're RAGAN WINS, KYLE BUSCH “I didn’t know where to go ex- Gainesville Game second. I know how he feels. I out there doing it. You're up WRECKS cept where I was going. I had drove as hard as I could. against the best. When you make finished Harvick on my outside, and he Management Office “He had a chance. He a mistake, you're exposed. But ahead of his teammate Carl was able to miss it. Pretty unfor- could have done it (moved Busch really proud to have finished third Edwards in Friday night’s Na- tunate there that we got caught up out of the way). But he didn’t. He tonight and had a good last re- tionwide Series race after Kyle in that mess. 770-535-5700770-535-5700 raced me clean.” start. Busch was involved in a wreck. Top-10 points leaders after Busch showed he is not out “I just tried always to keep Ragan led the final 56 laps 24 of 35: 1. Kyle Busch-3900, 2. of the Chase picture, and Martin my nose clean. I don't want to of the NASCAR Nationwide Se- Edwards-3652, 3. Keselowski- Middle School Football 2009-10 strengthened his hold for a Chase ruin anybody's race. I want to ries event at the .533-mile speed- 3597, 4. Leffler-3353, 5. Allgaier- spot. Busch moved up two posi- race as hard as I can. When my way, but Edwards was the big 2843, 6. S. Wallace-2785, 7. tions to 13th, 34 points behind night is on, I'm going to race as winner, as he trimmed Kyle Keller-2727, 8. Bliss-2713, 9. 12th-place . hard as anyone and take those Busch’s lead in the series stand- Gaughan-2649, 10. McDowell- “He gave me plenty of chances, try to do it clean. I did ings from 339 to 248 points. Busch 2608 room, and I got sideways,” said it at Watkins Glen on Kyle. I did was the victim of an early acci- Weekend Racing: The Cup Martin, who led a race-high 240 it tonight. dent and finished 28th, 59 laps teams have an off weekend. The laps. “We finally got a decent “When I get my chance at down. Camping World Trucks are at the finish in a great race car. ... But the front, I try to do the right “It was a fun night to drive 1.5-mile Chicagoland track, while anybody that thinks I was soft out thing. I try to race 'em hard but such a fast racecar,” said Ragan, the Nationwide Series teams there on the race track wasn't fair.” who chose the outside line for the travel to , Canada. watching. I raced my guts out.” ran fourth, fol- final restart, as the race went four Fri., Aug. 28, Camping Martin also gained two lowed by , Ryan laps beyond its scheduled dis- World Series Chicagoland 250, spots to 10th in the standings. The Newman, Kurt Busch, Jimmie tance. “The outside had been great race 16 of 25; Starting time: 8:30 top-12 drivers after the Sept. 12 Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and all night. I really struggled pass- pm (EDT); TV: Speed Channel. race at Richmond qualify for the Matt Kenseth. ing cars on the bottom. Sun, Aug. 30, Nationwide Chase. failed to A hard wreck on Lap 52 Series NAPA Auto Parts 200, Martin was honored before win at Michigan last weekend due forced Busch to give back much race 25 of 35; Starting time: 2 pm Opponent Date Time Place the race for making his 1,000th to fuel miscalculations, and en- of the gains he made in the Na- (EDT); TV: ESPN2. NASCAR start. It marked his dured more late problems at tionwide standings last week when Racing Trivia Question: Prince Avenue Sep 1 5:00 Home 746th Sprint Cup race, 231st Na- Bristol. Johnson pitted with the Edwards wrecked on Lap 3 of last How many NASCAR Truck tionwide Series and 23rd Camp- rest of the leaders, but his team Saturday’s race at Michigan In- championships has Ron Hornaday Lakeview Sep 10 5:00 Home ing World Truck Series event. He had difficulty with the right-rear ternational Speedway. won? is the third driver to achieve this tire, and he was forced back down Busch had just passed Last Week’s Question: Rabun County Sep 15 5:30 Home mark, behind only Richard Petty pit road. Harvick for the lead and was bar- Which Cup team does Brian and . In all three Points leader reling out of Turn 4 when Bristol Vickers drive for? The No. 83 Red North Georgia Falcons Sep 24 5:30 Away series, Martin has won 93 points- was plagued by early radio rookie , with a tire Bull Toyota. paying events. troubles, which forced him to pit. down on his No. 07 , You may contact the Rac- Hebron Christian Academy Oct 1 5:00 Home “I wanted to win the race He lost two laps and was later pulled down the track into Busch’s ing Reporter at: so bad,’ said Marcus Ambrose, caught speeding on pit road. Later path. The resulting violent colli- [email protected] Athens Christian Oct 6 5:00 Away

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