March 9 & 10, 2005 Baseball Fever ~ Page3 IRONMEN sy Lincolnton, 4 p.m. Gorin From Page 2 24 - Burns, 4 p.m. (scrimmage) have an excellent chance of making the - "MARCH varsity squad. 1 - at Mooresville, 4 p.m. Another ninth grader with varsity 3 - at Crest, 4 p.m. potential is Seth Freeman, who may 4 - Forbush, 4 p.m. see some time behind the plate as the 8 - Mooresville, 4 p.m. solution to Glover's departure. Oakers 11 - at West Lincoln, 5 p.m. L is also on the depth chart at catcher. 15 - North Lincoln, 6 p.m. : “We just want to stay around and 18 - at Hendersonville, 4 p.m. 5 hopefully improve and make the play- 21 - at Burns, 4:30 { offs,” Jones said. “By the end of the 22 - at Highland Tech, 7 p.m. "ul year, we might be able to beat any- 25 - Polk County, 6 p.m. 3 body. Right now, we are practicing 28-April 1 - Charlotte Observer . hard and working hard.” Tournament at East Gaston, TBA 8 Looking at the Southern Foothills : race, Jones said the league is not as . APRIL strong as last year, when the Ironmen 5 - Bessemer City, 7 p.m. and Hendersonville (21-6, 11-1) tied 6 - Lake Norman, 6 p.m. for first place. 7 - Hunter Huss, 6 p.m. “We are down some, and . 12 - at Maiden, 4:30 Hendersonville is going to be down. 15 - at North Lincoln, 4:30 But I think Bessemer City is going to 19 - Hendersonville, 4:30 be pretty good, and some other teams, 22 - Highland Tech, 7 p.m. like Maiden and North Lincoln, will be 26 - at Polk County, 7 p.m. i improved,” Jones said. “I think - 29 - at Bessemer City, 7 p.m. Bessemer City and Hendersonville will 8 be our competition.” MAY | 5 - Maiden, 7 p.m. : : ik oi : CHERRYVILLE SCHEDULE 9 - Conference tournament begins. § First baseman Trent Thornburg is one of the top returning players for 17 - State playoffs begin. 5 Cherryville. FEBRUARY Hit A HOME RUN WITH GREAT VALUES AT Howe Towns Harr CHERRYVILLE ANIMAL HOSPITAL Go Cherryville Ironmen! Robert E. Browning, DVM Theresa L. Taylor, DVM Paul J. Fryer, DVM WE WisH ALL THE TEAMS IN OUR AREA A na ML AND SUCCESSFUL SUN ~ || FE chemin Hours: M-F 8-6, Sat. 8-12 mo mer ( = Si 110 South Railroad Avenue, Kings Mountain (704) 739-4731