THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD November 13, 2013 Page 9 Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] Out with a win ...continued from Page 8 Basketball scrimmage on Saturday By Jerry Kendall They finish the season dians a 4-1 second half, after a learning process, and a Towns County Herald process that found them 0-5 4-6 with bright prospects for dropping the season’s first Staff Writer five games. to begin the season. the 2014 season. Until Head Coach Blair Obviously, the Indians Congratulations to The fall sports season Harrison arrived, the Indians caught on to the Harrison Coach Harrison and the 2013 at Towns County High School had only dealt with the Wing- offense and made a go of it Towns County Indians. is now complete and the Lady T offense on defense. It was in the second half. Indians and Indians are all set to begin their 2013-14 varsity basketball season. The Class A TCHS Teams open the season this Saturday afternoon when they host Class AAAA Gilmer High School of Ellijay in scrimmage games which won’t count in their season records. The games were originally sched- Duncan Weekley Jim Melton uled for Friday night in Ellijay but the Bobcats’ football team The Lady Indians an all boys school, on Dec. is in the state playoffs and the will then travel on Satur- 10th and Jan. 25th. only available remaining time day, Nov. 23rd to Apalachee The Indians will also for both teams was Saturday High School near Winder be under the direction of new afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. where they will face the Class Head Coach Duncan Weekley Regular season play then AAAAA Winder-Barrow Lady as they see how they stack up gets underway next week when Bulldogs. They will also travel against a tough Gilmer County the Lady Indians and Indians to Apalachee to face the host team. host Blue Ridge High School school as part of a season Weekley is a former as- from Cashiers, North Carolina, opening tournament the fol- sistant coach at Towns County at 6 p.m. They then travel to lowing Tuesday. The Indians High School and takes over for Hayesville, NC on Friday with will not see action on these two former Head Boys Basketball the varsity games beginning nights as they will be facing Coach Ken Hamilton. there at 6:30 p.m. Riverside Military Academy, TCMS basketball swept at Union By Mason Mitcham Towns County Herald Staff Writer Blairsville - The season is off to a rocky start for the boys’ and girls’ Towns County Middle School basketball teams. The teams traveled away to Union county, where they faced off against the Panthers. The girls lost 41-12, and the boys lost 40-4. With the end of softball sea- son, many middle school softball players such as Lea Underwood have made the switch to basket- ball. However, the sudden switch hasn’t given the girls’ team much chance to practice before the be- ginning of the season. The end of TCMS fires a jumper over a Union defender. Photo/Lowell Nicholson the first half saw Union County important element in any sport. “I “We didn’t play well. We leading 32-6. Though Towns think were a factor in not being didn’t execute. We had no focus County battled back somewhat confident in their skills and their on what we wanted to get ac- during the third quarter, bringing ability, which they do have,” Ab- complished,” said Coach Daryl Seniors Evan Keyes (top) and Vonya Baldwin (bottom) will both be missed after laying a solid founda- the score to 34-12, Union held on ernathy admitted. McClure, who seemed to blame tion for future Towns County teams to build upon. Photos/Lowell Nicholson to its lead and ended the game Coach Lana Parker noted himself for the hard loss. “That’s 41-12. that the girls have work to do. “We a coaches responsibility, to get his “With less than two weeks have just a lot of girls that really team to understand what they need to prepare for the first game, the need to practice away from the to do to compete.” He added that NASCAR 2013 amount of defensive plays and of- court,” she said. “We need to work the Towns’ boys needed to work By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter fensive plays which you have to go on the defense, and we on getting on the technical aspects of their over in addition to conditioning, up and down the court.” game, including executing our of- it’s really hard to get prepared,” The boys’ team fared even fensive plays, getting and making Harvick wins at Phoenix Coach Carrie Abernathy said. worse. Union pulled ahead by 15 easy shots, playing great defense. Carl Edwards looked like as he crossed the finish line by The girls’ basketball coaches also points in the first quarter, which However, he did note that the sea- he was headed for a win in Sun- 4.347-seconds ahead of runner- added that Towns County’s perfor- ended 15-1 in favor of the Pan- son would offer opportunities for day’s Sprint Cup race, but one lap up Allgaier. mance might have had something thers. They increased their lead improvement and growth. “We’ve from the finish he ran out of gas. The only driver that could to do with first-game jitters. If the to 28-1 in the second quarter. The got a lot we need to do,” he said. Kevin Harvick, who had earlier run with Busch was Brad Kesel- athletes feel underprepared, they third quarter ends 32-3, and the “There’s potential here.” ran out of gas took the lead and owski, who led seven laps, but may lack confidence, which is an fourth quarter ended 40-4. went on to his fourth win of the was bumped from behind by Bri- season. an Scott on lap 143, and smacked Kevin Harvick talks with car “We really weren’t ex- the outside wall. His team made owner Richard Childress ‘Hometown Throwdown’ coming soon pecting to be handed the lead like repairs to the rear of his car and that,” said Harvick. “I thought he finished 19th, one lap down. 250 top-five and 400, top-10 fin- Blairsville - Universal that when we ran out of gas ear- “It was certainly a great ishes; was named the 1994 Sprint Championship Wrestling (UCW) lier, it killed our chance at win- day for us,” Busch said. “It’s a Cup Series “Rookie of the Year” is back in Georgia, on Saturday ning. We had a really fast car, testament to (crew chief) Adam and co-piloted the No. 29 Richard Night, November 23rd, with but the cautions seemed to work Stevens and the group of guys Childress Racing Chevrolet to a new lineup of more than 20 against us. that he’s got around us that do the 2007 NASCAR Nationwide professional wrestling stars and Series owner’s championship. “I know it’s a long shot such a great job for us and work legends. UCW’s “HOMETOWN to even think about winning the real hard and give us some great “It’s hard for me to imag- ine that I have driven in 1,000 THROWDOWN” begins at 7:30 championship, but we’ve still got equipment.” p.m., at the Union County High a shot.” Austin Dillon finished NASCAR races,” said Burton. “I’ve been lucky and blessed to School Gym, in Blairsville, Geor- Kasey Kahne finished sec- third, while Regan Smith was gia. This will be a fundraiser for fourth. Sam Hornish was fifth and have family and friends that have ond, with Jimmie Johnson third. the school. This will be filmed for Johnson went into the race now trails Dillon by eight points given me all this support. I also leading Matt Kenseth by seven in the series championship points have good relationships with ev- Cable TV. The event is sponsored points. Kenseth had a dull day and with one race left. Matt Kenseth eryone that I’ve worked with over by many local business including wound up 23rd. Johnson’s lead is was sixth, followed by Trevor the years to show for it, which is Union General Hospital & United now 28 points over Kenseth and Bayne, Elliott Sadler, Kevin Har- most important to me.” Community Bank. 34 ahead of Harvick. vick, and Ryan Blaney. Overall, the 46-year-old “Fans will have more of Johnson, who started on Top-10 leaders after 32 driver has made 689 Sprint Cup that same great action that we the pole, had his own problems. of 33: 1. A. Dillon-1148, 2. Hor- Series starts along with 306 starts loved to see on WTBS on Satur- He almost got spun around early nish-1140, 3. Smith-1093, 4. in the Nationwide Series and four day nights when WCW [World in the race after contact with Carl Allgaier-1065, 5. Sadler-1062, starts in the NASCAR Camping Championship Wrestling] was Edwards. He was able to regroup 6. Bayne-1047, 7. Scott-1041, 8. World Truck Series driving for Richard Childress Racing, Roush around,” said Ron Gossett, pro- and work his way back to the Vickers-970, 9. Larson-957, 10. moter and president of UCW. front. Kligerman-953. Fenway Racing and the Stavola “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner Brothers. Burton is the last driver “UCW has brought back the ex- Going into the race 17-YEAR-OLD WINS citement, family fun, and tradition of WWE, Brodie Chase of WCW, General Admission for Kenseth was a real contender, TRUCK RACE to lead 100 per cent of the laps in a NASCAR-sanctioned event, we all love.” ,LODI of WCW, Buff Bagwell, Children ages 6, to 12 is $7, and but his car never had the speed Erik Jones took the check- UCW, which has offices to run up front.