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4B Monday, March 16, 2009
T HE D AILY C ITIZEN
CHS: LFO-NW in girls basketball: Who wins?
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start the program and get a
good foundation,”Whaley
said. “We’ve got 11 kids and
five are eighth graders, so
it’s a great foundation to
build something on. ... Next
year, we could be a pretty
good team.”
■ Former Northwest
Whitfield pitcher Emily
Headrick wasn’t someone
most Region 7-4A batters
looked forward to facing
when she was inside the circle
for the Lady Bruins.
As it turns out, she might
be gaining that same reputation
in college softball, but
any lack of love she feels by
opponents is probably made
up by popularity among
teammates — after all, who
doesn’t love having someone
on the roster who can go out
and throw the program’s first
no-hitter in five years?
According to Armstrong
Atlantic State University’s
Web site, that’s just what the
freshman righty did, striking
out six and allowing just
two baserunners (one on a
walk, the other on an error)
in an 11-0 win against fellow
Peach Belt Conference
foe Lander University in
AASU’s home opener last
month.
On the season, Headrick
has a team-best six wins
against four losses and also
leads the Pirates with 58
strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings.
And while she’s likely
making lots of new friends
on the team with her early
success, she already had a
familiar face there in
Savannah with fellow freshman
and former Lady Bruin
Morgan Herbort. A first
baseman/outfielder, Herbort
has earned some on-field
time as well, playing in five
games and notching her first
college start.
The Pirates (15-15, 3-3)
will be in the neighborhood
on Saturday,playing at
North Georgia College and
State University in
Dahlonega in another Peach
Belt matchup.
■ In a best of times,
worst of times moment on
the basketball court, the
Carden family recently had
a tough ending to a couple
of very good hoops seasons.
A few hours after
Northwest girls basketball
assistant coach Carrie
Brown (formerly Carden)
watched her Lady Bruins
come up short in the quarterfinals
of the Georgia
High School Association’s
Class 4A state tournament,
brother Allen Carden’s
Clearwater Tornadoes lost in
the Class 5A championship
of the Florida High School
Athletic Association’s state
tourney. (Carden is himself
a former Northwest athlete
and coach.)
The Tornadoes fell, 53-
46, to a Gainesville
Hurricanes — yes, the two
natural disasters most familiar
to Florida residents created
a perfect storm on the
basketball court — squad
with which they’d traded the
top two spots in the state
poll all season long.
Still, both Northwest and
Clearwater had nice seasons,
and there’s no doubt the
Carden family reunion will
have plenty of good basketball
stories spun next time
around. And with both teams
bringing back much of their
talent, including Carden’s
son Cory,there might also
be a few ruminations on
waiting ‘til next year.
■ High school basketball
game I’d have loved to seen
this year? Northwest’s girls
against Lakeview-Fort
Oglethorpe, which lost 51-
31 to Carrollton on Saturday
night in an all-Region 6
matchup for the Class 3A
crown.
With LFO’s Kayla
Weaver finally able to enjoy
an injury-free season after
being forced to watch much
of the past two from the
sidelines, seeing those two
programs playing some of
their best basketball in
recent years would have
been a lot of fun.
■ A shame to see Jeff
McDonald have to give up
his duties as coach of the
Southeast girls basketball
team, but his reasons for
doing so are more than
understandable.
I remember chatting with
McDonald last fall about the
heart attack he suffered over
the summer, aincident he
chalked up as getting a hold
of some bad catfish until he
went to the doctor for a regularly
scheduled appointment
a few days later and
found out it was something
much more serious.
With teaching positions
filled the last time the Lady
Raiders were without a
coach, McDonald’s hire was
a nice job of mining some
homegrown talent who
already knew the players
well from his experience at
the Whitfield County
Recreation Department. (It
would be less than surprising
to see a similar type of
hire this time around, too,
considering the economy
and its potential effects on
the availability of teaching
positions locally.)
You could sense
McDonald really enjoyed
seeing the progress made by
his players in his time with
them, and I know he was
looking forward to seeing
them take an even bigger
step next season.
He’ll still be around as a
teacher and to support the
team, but it will be different
not having the veteran U.S.
Marine standing straight and
tall on the Southeast sideline
during the national anthem.
■ The weekend’s weather
was much more suited to
watching basketball than
doing any of the outdoor
spring sports whose seasons
are now upon us, but we did
have a nice window of
pleasant climate conditions
recently.
Dalton’s Tom Bivens was
among those who took
advantage, and it’s a safe bet
he might have enjoyed his
trip to the golf course more
than usual — and not just
because the weather a week
ago was some of our most
hospitable so far this year.
Bivens used an 8-iron to
ace the 145-yard, par-3 No.
12 at Nob North Golf
Course in Cohutta, sinking
his first hole-in-one. The
shot was witnessed by
Preston Bivens and Jeff
Brock.
Whether you’re looking
forward to participating in
some outdoor sports soon or
just watching others play,
hang in there — it won’t be
too long before we’re complaining
about it being too
sunny,too hot and too dry to
do either.
Marty Kirkland is a
sports writer for The Daily
Citizen. You can write to
him at martykirkland@daltoncitizen.com.
S COREBOARD
L OCAL
Prep Schedule
Monday
Varsity baseball
Pope John Paul vs. Northwest Whitfield at
Heritage-Catoosa, 5
Varsity tennis
Murray County at Southeast, 4
Christian Heritage at LaGrange Academy, 5
JV baseball
Dalton at Fannin County, 4:30
JV soccer
Northwest Whitfield at Dalton, 4:30
Gilmer boys at Murray County, 5:30
Middle school baseball
Dalton at McCallie, 4:30
Christian Heritage vs. St. Jude at Dupont Park,
Chattanooga, 5:30
Middle school baseball
Dalton JV at McCallie, 5
Middle school soccer
North Whitfield at Christian Heritage, 4:30
Middle school tennis
TCPS vs. Christian Heritage at DGCC, 4:15
———
Tuesday
Varsity baseball
Murray County at Gordon Lee, 4:30
Ringgold at Northwest Whitfield, 5
Dalton vs. Heritage-Catoosa at AT&T Park,
Chattanooga, 5:55
Pope John Paul, Tenn. at Southeast, 6
Christian Heritage at Harvester
Varsity golf
Dalton, Northwest Whitfield boys at North Georgia
Invitational at Barnsley Gardens, 3
Dalton, Murray County, Northwest Whitfield,
Southeast girls at Indian Trace, 4
Varsity soccer
Northwest Whitfield at Gordon Central, 5
Southeast at Ringgold, 5
Christian Heritage boys at King’s Ridge Christian, 6
Varsity tennis
Northwest Whitfield at Notre Dame, 4
Ridgeland at Southeast, 4
Varsity track and field
Northwest Whitfield, Heritage-Catoosa at Baylor, 4
Dalton at Murray County
JV baseball
Murray County at Gordon Lee, 6:30
Ringgold at Northwest Whitfield, 7:30
JV golf
Dalton vs. Murray County, Spring Lakes, 3:30
Middle school baseball
Rome at Dalton, 4:30
New Hope at North Whitfield, 4:30
Valley Point at Eastbrook, 4:30
Gladden at Westside, 4:30
David Brainerd vs. Christian Heritage at
Lakeshore Park, 6:30
Middle school soccer
Eastbrook at Valley Point, 4:30
North Whitfield at New Hope, 4:30
Gladden at Westside, 4:30
———
Wednesday
Varsity soccer
Murray County at Southeast, 6
Calhoun girls at Northwest Whitfield, 6:30
JV soccer
Calhoun girls at Northwest Whitfield, 5
Murray County at Southeast, 4
———
Thursday
Varsity baseball
Northwest Whitfield at Southeast, 5
Murray County at LaFayette, 5
Varsity golf
Dalton, Northwest Whitfield boys at North Georgia
Invitational, The Farm, 3
Southeast vs. Ringgold at Windstone, Ringgold,
3:30
Varsity soccer
Gilmer girls at Murray County, 5
Rome girls at Dalton, 5:30
Varsity tennis
Dalton at Northwest Whitfield, 4
Southeast at LFO, 4
Murray County at Rome, 4:30
Varsity track and field
Northwest Whitfield, Pepperell, Chattooga at
Gordon Central, 4
Southeast at Dalton, 4
JV baseball
Murray County at LaFayette, 7
JV golf
Murray County, Heritage-Catoosa, LFO boys,
Battlefield, 3:30
Murray County, Heritage-Catoosa, LFO girls,
Spring Lakes, 3:30
JV soccer
Dalton boys at Rome, 6
JV tennis
Northwest Whitfield at Dalton, 4
Freshman baseball
Northwest Whitfield at Southeast, 7:30
Middle school baseball
Gladden at New Hope, 4:30
North Whitfield at Eastbrook, 4:30
Westside at Valley Point, 4:30
Middle school soccer
Eastbrook at North Whitfield, 4:30
New Hope at Gladden, 4:30
Eastbrook at North Whitfield, 4:30
———
Friday
Varsity baseball
LaGrange Academy at Christian Heritage, 4
Dalton vs. Science Hill, Red Bank at Red Bank, 4
Darlington at Murray County, 6
Varsity soccer
Christian Heritage girls at LaGrange Academy, 5
Northwest Whitfield at Rome, 5:30
North Hall at Dalton, 5:30
LFO at Southeast, 5:30
Murray County at Woodland, 5:30
Holy Spirit Prep boys at Christian Heritage, 5:45
Varsity softball
Christian Heritage at David Brainerd, 6
Varsity tennis
Christian Heritage at Griffin Christian, 4
Dalton at Cass, 4
Freshman baseball
Northwest Whitfield at Heritage-Catoosa, 5:30
Middle school baseball
Christian Heritage at Dalton, 5:15
New Hope at Valley Point tournament
Middle school soccer
Gladden at Christian Heritage, 4
Middle school softball
Christian Heritage at David Brainerd, 4:30
Middle school tennis
St. Jude vs. Christian Heritage at Lakeshore Park,
4:15
———
Saturday
Varsity golf
Dalton, Northwest Whitfield boys at Warrior
Invitational, Mossy Creek GC, Cleveland, 1
Varsity soccer
Sequoyah at Northwest Whitfield, 1
Christian Heritage girls at LaFayette Christian, 2
Osborne at Dalton, 6
JV baseball
Dade County at Northwest Whitfield, Noon
JV golf
Northwest Whitfield at Warrior Invitational, 1
JV soccer
Woodland at Murray County, noon
Freshman baseball
Dade County at Northwest Whitfield, 2
Middle school baseball
New Hope at Valley Point tournament
T RANSACTIONS
Sunday’s Moves
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with LHP
Jon Lester on a five-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Assigned RHP Tomo
Ohka and LHP Ryan Edell to their minor-league
training camp. Optioned LHP Rich Rundles to
Columbus (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS—Placed LHP Ryan
Feierabend on the 60-day DL.Claimed RHP Jesus
Delgado off waivers from Florida (NL).
TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned LHP Thomas
Diamond, LHP Kason Gabbard, RHP Guillermo
Moscoco, RHP Omar Poveda, 2B Jose Vallejo to
their minor league camp. Assigned RHP Casey
Daigle, C Manny Pina and C Kevin Richardson to
their minor league camp. Added C Emerson
Frostad to the major league spring training roster.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Released RHP Phil
Stockman.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Optioned RHP Samuel
Gervacio, LHP Tyler Lumsden, LHP Polin Trinidad,
OF Yordany Ramirez and INF Drew Sutton to
Round Rock (PCL). Reassigned INF Mark
Saccomanno to their minor league camp.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Optioned RHP Tim
Dillard and RHP Nick Green to Nashville (PCL).
Optioned RHP Omar Aguilar and RHP Alex Perard
to Huntsville (SL). Optioned RHP Mark Rogers to
Brevard County (FSL). Optioned RHP Cody
Scarpetta to Wisconsin (MWL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with
RHP Duaner Sanchez on a minor league contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled D Brian
Pothier and G Simeon Varlamov from Hershey
(AHL). Assigned G Michal Neuvirth to Hershey.
T ELEVISION
On Today
BASEBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — World Baseball Classic, round 2,
Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico, at Miami
11 p.m.
ESPN2 — World Baseball Classic, round 2, South
Korea-Mexico loser vs. Cuba- Japan loser, at San
Diego
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Noon
TGC — Tavistock Cup, first round, at Orlando, Fla.
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
VERSUS — Washington at Atlanta
TENNIS
4 p.m.
FSN — ATP/WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open, early
round, at Indian Wells, Calif.
10:30 p.m.
FSN — ATP/WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open, early
round, at Indian Wells, Calif.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament Selection
Show, at Bristol, Conn.
P RO B ASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
y-Boston 50 17 .746 —
Philadelphia 33 31 .516 15 1/2
New Jersey 28 37 .431 21
New York 28 37 .431 21
Toronto 24 43 .358 26
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
y-Orlando 48 17 .738 —
Atlanta 39 28 .582 10
Miami 36 30 .545 12 1/2
Charlotte 28 38 .424 20 1/2
Washington 15 51 .227 33 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Cleveland 52 13 .800 —
Detroit 33 32 .508 19
Milwaukee 31 38 .449 23
Chicago 30 37 .448 23
Indiana 28 40 .412 25 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 44 21 .677 —
Houston 43 25 .632 2 1/2
New Orleans 41 24 .631 3
Dallas 40 27 .597 5
Memphis 17 48 .262 27
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 42 25 .627 —
Portland 41 25 .621 1/2
Utah 41 25 .621 1/2
Minnesota 20 46 .303 21 1/2
Oklahoma City 18 48 .273 23 1/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
x-L.A.Lakers 53 13 .803 —
Phoenix 35 31 .530 18
Golden State 23 42 .354 29 1/2
L.A.Clippers 15 50 .231 37 1/2
Sacramento 14 51 .215 38 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
———
Saturday’s Scores
Miami 140, Utah 129, 3OT
Minnesota 108, Charlotte 100
Chicago 97, New Orleans 79
San Antonio 88, Houston 85
Denver 107, L.A.Clippers 94
Phoenix 106, Oklahoma City 95
Sunday’s Scores
Toronto 110, Indiana 87
Milwaukee 86, Boston 77
Philadelphia 85, Miami 77
Atlanta 98, Portland 80
Memphis 89, Detroit 84
L.A.Lakers 107, Dallas 100
Utah at Orlando, late
Sacramento at Washington, late
New York at Cleveland, late
Phoenix at Golden State, late
New Jersey at L.A.Clippers, late
Today’s Games
Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Denver, 9 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Sacramento at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Detroit at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at Utah, 9 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A.Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
L.A.Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
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H OCKEY
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 45 20 3 93 213 167
each
Philadelphia 37 21 10 84 218 196
Pittsburgh 37 26 8 82 222 216
N.Y.Rangers 36 26 8 80 177 190
N.Y.Islanders 24 38 8 56 176 224
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 45 17 9 99 237 167
Montreal 36 25 8 80 205 206
Buffalo 34 27 8 76 203 193
Toronto 28 29 13 69 209 249
Ottawa 28 30 10 66 177 198
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 43 21 6 92 228 205
Carolina 36 28 7 79 200 203
Florida 34 25 10 78 194 196
Atlanta 28 35 6 62 209 233
Tampa Bay 23 32 14 60 181 227
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 45 15 9 99 257 207
Chicago 37 21 9 83 220 178
Columbus 36 27 6 78 194 192
Nashville 34 30 5 73 175 189
St. Louis 31 29 8 70 190 202
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary 40 23 6 86 229 214
Vancouver 35 23 9 79 202 187
Edmonton 32 27 9 73 192 210
Minnesota 32 28 8 72 174 167
Colorado 31 37 1 63 183 214
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 44 13 10 98 218 167
Dallas 33 28 8 74 199 211
Anaheim 32 30 6 70 190 200
Los Angeles 29 29 10 68 179 199
Phoenix 28 35 6 62 168 212
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or
shootout loss.
———
Saturday’s Scores
Boston 2, N.Y.Islanders 1
Philadelphia 4, N.Y.Rangers 2
Detroit 5, St. Louis 2
Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO
Atlanta 4, Buffalo 3, SO
New Jersey 3, Montreal 1
Toronto 8, Calgary 6
Washington 5, Carolina 4, SO
Tampa Bay 4, Florida 3, SO
Dallas 3, Minnesota 2, OT
Colorado 3, Edmonton 2, OT
Nashville 2, Phoenix 0
San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, SO
Sunday’s Scores
N.Y.Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1
Pittsburgh 6, Boston 4
N.Y.Islanders 4, Chicago 2
Detroit at Columbus, late
Minnesota at St. Louis, late
San Jose at Anaheim, late
Colorado at Vancouver, late
Today’s Games
Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y.Rangers at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
AP S PORTLIGHT
Mar. 16
2001 — A record number of low-seeded teams
advance in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Indiana State, Butler, Temple, Charlotte
and Fresno State join 12th-seeded Gonzaga in
advancing, meaning 13 of the tournament’s 32
first-round games were won by underdogs.
2003 — Svetlana Feofanova reclaims the pole
vault world record from Stacy Dragila by clearing
15 feet, 9 inches at the World Indoor
Championships at Birmingham, England. The
Russian betters the mark of 15-8 1/4 Dragila set
at the U.S. Indoor Championships on March 2.
2005 — Norway’s Robert Sorlie wins his second
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in one of the closest
races in years. Sorlie completes the 1,100-mile
race across Alaska in nine days, 18 hours, 39
minutes and 31 seconds. He’s still in the winner’s
circle when Ed Iten of Kotzebue crosses the line
34 minutes later.
2006 — The U.S. squad loaded with All-Stars
loses 2-1 to Mexico to be eliminated from the
World Baseball Classic.
2007 — Kobe Bryant scores 33 of his 65 points
in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Los
Angeles Lakers to a 116-111 win over Portland.
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