10 - Thomasville Times - Thursday, April 29, 2010 MISSED From page 7 SPORTS lowing one run, and was about to give up addition al runs with the bases becoming loaded. He was able to strike out C.L. Snider, though, then took part in getting a runner out at home to limit the damage. CDHS added a sacrifice fly in the fourth to add the fifth run. Meanwhile, East was giving away chances to score and Beck kept find ing ways to get out of jams. A pair of leadoff dou bles in the second put runners at second and third, but they would never move again. Beck struck out the next three he faced to slam the door shut. “Cody pitched a really good ballgame, and they obviously deserved to win it,” said Tricarico. East put runners on first and third with one out an inning later, but again could not work some magic. A 6-4-3 dou ble play kept the Eagles off the board and the Spartans in control. Needing to make some noise quickly with only nine outs left. East re gained its focus and made a push in the fifth. They would score three in the frame, with the big hit coming from Ty ler Lequire. He went the other way cranking a double into the right-cen- Your Town. Your Times. Subscribe today! 888-3511 3 Z V W s ■ S V 3 A ■ s 1 V 3 a 3 u V 3 1 N V 0 (1 1 a 3 0 1 A n 0 A Z V U 0 a N V G 1 1 M H s V V N V N ■ 3 n 0 0 1 0 3 IN 0 a ■ Q d 1 n a 0 V 1 9 V a ■ a >l 0 A V a 1 V ■ 0 1 N 1 ■ 0 d 1 s V N V w M 00 V 3 A V H 1 N 0 a S N 0 3 N ■ t 1 1 AHS 3 9 V N 1 w u a ■ 3 V a 3 a 0 >1 1 N 1 9 ■ a N 3 d s u 3 A 1 J ■ H V 3 A 1 N V M 0 n 1 3 3 Q 0 0 9 A 1 1 0 p 0 1 N n V 3 H u V 1 1 A V H s 1 a 1 d U n s 1 lS 3 1 V lAI TIMES PHOTO/ZACH KEPLEY East pitcher Keaton Hawks makes the throw over to first base after fielding a grounder near the mound. ter field gap, bringing in two runs. The Spartans tacked on an additional run in the sixth, then had to survive one last effort from the Eagles in the seventh. East loaded the bas es with two outs, and brought the go-ahead run to the plate which hap pened to be slugger Tyler Lequire. It was a guy the Eagles would want step ping in with the game on the line, but Beck showed no fear. Ahead 2-2 in the count. Beck delivered the pitch and got Lequire to go down swinging, end ing the night. With two games left on the conference schedule, it appears the best East can hope for is second place. The Spartans ap pear to be headed to a conference champion ship with Lexington and West Davidson remain- _ ing in their path. “Realistically, they have a lock on first place and we are battling for second place,” Tricarico said. Hawks wound up bat ting 3-for-3 while Braxton Shetley added two hits. CRUISE From page 7 mered a Tysinger offering 210 feet down the left field line. 7’he Spartans were able to breathe a sigh of relief, however, when the ball drifted just to the left of the foul pole. For Tysinger, that proved to be the last real scare of her remarkable performance. She surren dered just “We made too many mental and physical mis takes,” Fowler concluded. “When you play a team like Central, you’ve got to play a dog-gone good game.” Embler’s line Tuesday was unimpressive, as she was tagged with 13 runs over seven innings, but eight of the runs came in the sixth and seventh — long after the game was decided. Only three of the 13 were earned. With the seed for the postseason could prove significant as the team primes for yet another trip to Wal nut Creek in defense of a fourth straight title. “1 told my kids Friday, this was the most impor tant game of the season,” Newsday Crossword MALE BONDING by Fred Piscop Edited by Stanley Nevyrrian www.stanxwords.com ACROSS 1 Husband and wife 6 Hamilton adversary 10 Cable alternative 14 St. Theresa’s home 15 Ostrich relative 16 Golden Rule word 17 Honoree in a toasting tune 20 Aardvark morsel' 21 Informal assent 22 Cockpit crew 23 Hang in the balance 24 Card-game shout 25 Ref’s declaration 26 Lower in rank 29 Whiz kid 31 Long time 32 Wretched 34 Garish signs 38 “Chill out!” 41 Lone Star State ballplayer 42 Obsessed by 43 Opera that premiered in Cairo 44 Like a team of oxen 46 Disheveled 48 Word of protest 51 _XING 52 Noggin 53 Lawrence of Arabia star 55 Peter Pan dog 56 Gray shade 59 Steve Martirv’s sett-description 62 Clinched, as a game 63 Something borrowed 64 Dog- (worn) 65 Grub 66 Some roll-call votes 67 Urban air pollution DOWN 1 Goya subject 2 The Bard’s river 3 Steering-wheel optioti 4 Bookshelf bracket shape 5 Grant permission 6 Across-the- board 7 “I think I goofed” 8 Maroon, for one 9 Basketry fiber 10 As is proper 1 2 3 4 14 17 20 21 11 Place to moor 12 New parents’ lawn adornment 13 “In what way?” 18 League of Nations city 19 Cause of strange weather 23 Bakery buy 24 Remarkable 26 Tot’s word 27 They may clash at work 28 Needing realignment ■ 29 Mix smoothly 30 Enya’s music 33 Like some university walls 35 Skip over 36 Zip 37 Negotiations hangup ‘5 [9“ 39 Major publicity 40 Solar-eclipse sight 45 With intensity 47 Renders speechless 48 Alamo defender 49 City on the Mohawk 50 Boardinghouse sign 52 Fixes a hole, perhaps 54 Vegas calculation 55 Final Fourorg. 56 Tourist city of India 57 Port of Egypt 58 Demonic alter ego of fiction 60 Female rabbit 61 Starchy side dish ITS 18 19 122 123 26 28 31 38 41 10 11 12 13 25 30 IM 33 35 36 37 39 l42 40 143 l44 48 49 50 53 54 59 82 65 l51 146 47 153" |66' 57 58 61 IST" 157' CREATORS SYNDICATE ©2010 STANLEY NEWMAN STANXWORDS@AOL,COM 4/29/10 DADDY'S HOME BY TONY RUBINO AND GARY MARKSTEIN one run on three hits through seven in nings. She struck out nine. E m - bier’s out ing was not .without flaws, but she received no favors fi'om a leaky defense, which committed seven crucial errors. The Eagles’ huiT- er threw the ball effec tively and kept her team in it for five innings. 'We made too many mental and physical mistakes.' win, tral 8-0 tral lina Cen- (14-2, Cen- Caro- 2-A) ■IH|$ 1^ 'te WAIM INTO co^FiMAU’AppfWH. 15TORO|?I6IN^Ui “ " ‘ 0(?I6IN^ UPR16HX lOCYB> R>SlTlOM. ^ — Greg Fowler East softball coach now has a two-game strangle hold on the con ference and seeks to lock up a No. 1 seed down the stretch. The win over the Eagles (11-6, 6-2 CCC) Tuesday may serve more than just a boost within the con ference. Securing a high MOMMA Your BY MELL LAZARUS WIZARD OF ID BY PARKER AND HART TIMES PHOTO/LARRY MATHIS Spencer^mbler delivers a pitch against Central* mm (TI3 fiksTAIF’ KIT5 U)0K9 HKF OUK INVA5I(7N ^UTF