thursday,march 7, 2013 - County Times - Southern Maryland Online

Sp rtsThe County TimesThursday, March 7, 2013 22CSM Lady HawksCompete in TournamentThe CSM Lady Hawks basketball team, led by Coach Andrew Norris, left, in his second season as head coach, fell to Harford Community College in thesecond round of the Maryland Junior College (MDJUCO) Tournament with a score of 58-57 on Feb. 14 in Harford. No. 8 seeded CSM narrowly lost toNo. 1 seeded Harford Community College in the final seconds of the game.On Saturday, March 9MIR will host a full day Testand Tune. Time runs, grudgeruns, testing, and tuning all daylong. MIR will also have a free$1,000 to win gamblers race forthe bracket racers. So bring yourgrudge matches, street cars,pro cars, bracket cars, imports,motorcycles, and Jr. Dragstersto MIR. Gates open at 10 a.m.,eliminations begin at 3 p.m., andthe test and tune is over at 6 p.m.Admission is $15.On Sunday, March 10 MIRwill host another full day Testand Tune. Time runs, grudgeruns, testing, and tuning all daylong. MIR will also have a free$1,000 to win gamblers race forthe bracket racers. So bring yourgrudge matches, street cars,pro cars, bracket cars, imports,motorcycles, and Jr. Dragstersto MIR. Gates open at 10 a.m.,eliminations begin at 3 p.m., andthe test and tune is over at 6 p.m.Admission is $15.For more information onthese events call 301-884-RACEor visit mirdrag.comTesting and Tuning atMIR this weekendBlue CrabsFill-in RosterSouthern Maryland Blue Crabs managerPatrick Osborn continued to fill-in the2013 roster, as he announced three moreadditions to the team today. OutfielderBrian Barton will rejoin the team thisseason, while infielders Renny Osuna andKody Hightower will play their first seasonwith Southern Maryland in 2013.Barton, 30, will return to the BlueCrabs for a second straight year after finishingthird on the team and 12th in theAtlantic League in batting average (.309)during the 2012 season. The six-foot-three,190-pound Barton also finished among thetop three for Southern Maryland in gamesplayed (130), runs (66), hits (153), triples(6), RBIs (60) and stolen bases (23), aswell as owning the highest batting average(.375) for the Blue Crabs during their 2012playoff run.Before coming to Southern Maryland,Barton spent a majority of his careerplaying Triple-A ball as part of the ClevelandIndians, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlantabraves farm organizations. Bartonalso appeared in 83 games for the Cardinalsand Braves as a utility outfielder witha .268 average, 23 runs, 41 hits, 13 extrabasehits and 13 RBIs from 2008-09.The Los Angeles, Calif. native wasoriginally signed by Cleveland as an amateurfree agent in 2005 and made his majorleague debut on April 1, 2008 for theCardinals. Barton last appeared in a majorleague uniform for Atlanta on June 3,2009.Changing pace to the IndependentLeague for the first time, 27 year-old Osunawill join the Blue Crabs after spendinglast season as a member of the Los AngelesDodgers Double-A Arkansas Travelersof the Texas League. In 124 games in 2012Osuna hit .258 with 64 runs (first on theteam), 123 hits, 28 extra-base hits and 43RBIs.Osuna, a member of the Texas Rangersorganization for six of seven careerseasons, reached as high as Double-A’sFrisco RoughRiders of the Texas Leaguebefore joining the Travelers in 2012. Infour Double-A seasons, Osuna played in438 career games, achieving a .277 averagewith 231 runs, 470 hits, 101 extra-basehits and 174 RBIs.A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Osunawas originally drafted by the TexasRangers in the 32nd round of the 2005MLB Amateur Draft from New MexicoJunior College.Another new addition Kody Hightower,27, joins the Blue Crabs after last appearingin the Australian Baseball Leaguein 2011. In 34 games Hightower hit .361with 26 runs, 44 hits, 18 extra-base hitsand 25 RBIs for the Canberra Cavalry,serving as a utility infielder.Hightower also has previous experiencewith the Midwest Sliders of the FrontierLeague of Independent Baseball in2008 and is originally from Lenoir, NorthCarolina.