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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010
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TODAY
Baseball
Thomasville
@ Salisbury
4:30 p.m.
Baseball
E. Davidson
@W. Davidson
7 p.m.
Baseball
Ledford
@ Asheboro
7 p.m.
Golf
SW Randolph
@ E. Davidson
4 p.m.
Tennis
Ledford
@ SW Guilford
4:30 p.m.
Softball
Salisbury
©Thomasville
4:30 p.m.
Softball
W. Davidson
© E. Davidson
7 p.m.
Softball
Ledford
©Asheboro
5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Soccer
Thomasville
© Salisbury
7 p.m.
Softball
N. Davidson
© E. Davidson
7 p.m.
Tennis
Thomasville
© W. Davidson
4 p.m.
Tennis
E. Dayidson
© C. Davidson
4 p.m.
Game Report
Deadlines:
Monday-Friday
9 p.m.
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Tire call propels Newman to victory
BY REID SPENCER
NASCARMedia.com
AVONDALE, Ariz. — It was a game of
nmnbers — two and four.
Capitalizing on a late caution that extend
ed Saturday’s Subway Fresh Fit 600 three
laps past its scheduled distance of 375 laps,
Ryan Newman and crew chief Tony Gibson
snatched victory from Jeff Gordon, Jimmie
Johnson and Kyle Busch with a two-tire caU
under the final caution.
Both Busch and Johnson took four tires
on Lap 373, under caution for Scott Riggs’
blown tire in Turn 4 one lap earlier. Gordon,
who took two tires and left pit road with the
lead, spim his tires on the decisive restart on
Lap 377, allowing Newman to surge into the
top spot.
After two circuits under green at the flat
one-mHe track, Newman crossed the finish
line .130 seconds ahead of Gordon to win
his 14th NASCAR Sprint Cup race and his
first since the 2008 Daytona 500—a 77-race
drought.
Johnson charged from seventh to third
during the green-white-checkered-flag fin
ish. Mark Martin, also on two tires for the
final restart, ran fourth, one position ahead
of Juan Pablo Montoya. Matt Kenseth, Carl
Edwards, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Joey
Logano completed the top 10.
Johnson extended his lead in the series
standings to 36 points over Kenseth in sec
ond and to 96 over third-place Greg Biflle,
who finished 22nd Saturday.
“I’ve got to throw Gibson under the bus
— he wanted to go four, and I said, ‘Just give
See CALL, Page 8
GEHY IMAGES
Ryan Newman celebrates in Victory Lane after
his win in the desert.*
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
Pitch
unkind to
Lady ‘Dogs
TIMES Staff Report
Thomasville allowed West
Davidson striker Mo Yarboro to
score five goals, as the visiting
Green Dragons walloped the
Lady Bulldogs, 6-0 in Central
Carolina Conference play.
The first 20 minutes were bru
tal for THS, with Yarboro scor
ing four of her goals during
that stretch.
Her first tally came around 10
seconds into the game when she
took the kickoff, dribbled down
the field and booted the ball in.
She was at it again at the 10
minute mark, breaking away
on the left side for a goal.
Joslyn Spires had the best
scoring opportunity for THS
moments later, but her shot
was safely defended by the West
goalie.
Yarboro picked up the first
half hat trick with 22:30 stiU to
play, and added one more a min
ute later to make it a foLm-goal
night.
West added one more goal be
fore the half.
Thomasville played consider
ably better in the second half,
limiting West to a single goal
scored off the foot of Yarboro.
“We start out flat and get de
flated so easily,” said Thomas
ville coach Huey Timner. “If we
take away the first 10 minutes
of a game, we will be aU right.”
Thomasville falls to 0-3 in the
CCC and is currently 2-7 over-
aU.
TIMES PHOTO/ZACH KEPLEY
Thomasville striker Heather Smith chases after a loose ball against West David
son on Monday.
Sportsman Division grows at Bowman Gray
TIMES Staff Report
As Bowman Gray Sta
dium prepares to kick-off
their 2010 racing season
on April 24, the complex
ion of the Sportsman
field may be changing.
Judging by pre-season
registrations and by the
attendance at the GRIZ-
ZLYPre-Season Practic
es, the Webb Heating &
A/C Co. Sportsman Se
ries may have 30 or more
cars vying to make a 24-
car field.
The quantijty of cars
is due in large part to
the relatively low cost of
competing in the Sports
man Division.
“The Sportsman Series
is really one of the most
affordable classes of rac
ing right now,” said Gray
Garrison, promoter of
Bowman Gray Stadium
Racing. “Sportsman
cars can have economi
cal ‘crate’ motors and we
also run an affordable
tire. Many drivers feel
they can be competitive
and stfil keep their costs
reasonable.”
To set the field of
24 cars for the open
ing night 40-lapper, the
Sportsman Series wiU be
qualifying the previous
day. The 14 fastest quali
fiers will make the field,
with 10 provisional spots
being given to drivers
who were in the top 20
in 2009 points standings
and were unable to enter
the lineup on qualifying
time. If there are any re
maining spots, they wUl
be given to the remain
ing competitors in order
of qualifying time. Then,
the entire field of 24 cars
will draw for starting po
sitions.
That first qualifying
lap of the season will be
crucial, especially for
new drivers to the divi
sion who need to turn a
fast lap in order to make
the field. Joseph “Bobo”
Brown will be one such
driver to jump behind
the wheel of a Sportsman
car this season. Brown
won three races last sea
son in the 104.1 WTQR
Street Stock Series and
finished an incredibly
close second-place in the
final points standings.
See GROWS, Page 8
VIEWPOINT
ZACH KEPLEY
Sports Editor
More than
just a green
jacketfor
Mickelson’s
There have been
plenty of feel-good mo
ments throughout the
years in sports, but per
haps none as tear-jerk-
ing as Phil Mickelson’s
Masters win on Sunday
at Augusta National.
Lefty already had
two green jackets,
but this one did more
than just place him in
rarefied air with some
of the tournament’s
greatest players — it
represents hope, and a
realization that there
are things far greater
than the game of golf.
Mickelson’s wife,
Amy, was diagnosed
with breast cancer
last year, making
the past few months
some of the most dif
ficult for the family.
Golf was the last thing
on Phil’s mind for a
while, but the Masters
is golf’s grandest stage,
and what better place
to bring awareness to
cancer than there.
With a pink ribbon
on his cap throughout
the tournament, Mick-
elson made a steady
climb up the leader-
board, but Amy was
not on course to see it.
Beginning the final
round of competition
one stroke back, Mick-
elson made a charge
on the back nine that
is one for the ages.
He pulled off a mi
raculous shot at No.
13 out of the woods
with a 6-iron to make
birdie, moments after
rolling in a crowd-roar
ing putt at No. 12.
See MORE, Page 9