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Page 2B The Braselton News Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Swimming Ssgai NO SLOWING DOWN Grant Wesley pushes forward at a recent meet, despite having lost his goggles. Wesley finished eighth in the boys’ 100-yard backstroke during Saturday’s meet with Wesleyan. Photo by Brandon Reed Mill Creek defeats Wesleyan BY BRANDON REED The Mill Creek Swim and Dive team had another successful weekend, this time coming out on top of a match up with Wesleyan on Friday evening. Mill Creek scored a combined 392 points to Wesleyan’s 232. The girls had a big match, scoring 218 points to Wesleyan’s 91. The boys scored 174 to the Wolves’ 141. The Hawks took first in 15 of 24 events. Parker Schwab, Kevin Doran, Cristian Cardona and Matt Turnblom took first in the boys’ 200-yard medley relay. Katie Hayes, Karla Gibson, Sara Akoubian and Caroline Roloff won in the girls’ 200-yard medley relay. Akoubian won in the girls’ 200-yard free style. Schwab was tops in the boys’ 200-yard IM. Jordan Evans won in the girls’ 50-yard freestyle. Kevin Doran won the boys’ 100-yard butterfly. Sommers Creed took first in the girls’ 100-yard butterfly. Evans won in the girls’ 100-yard free style. Stephanie Doran won in the girls’ 500-yard freestyle. S. Doran, Alex Warner, Elizabeth Todd and Evans took first in the girls’ 200-yard freestyle relay. K. Doran was tops in the boys 100-yard backstroke. Schwab won in the boys’ 100-yard breaststroke. Karla Gibson took top honors in the girls’ 100-yard breaststroke. M. Turnblom, Joey Turnblom, Tom White, and Zach Tillman took first in the boys’ 400-yard freestyle relay. Roloff, Akoubian, Marlie Creed and Evans won in the girls’ 400-yard free style relay. The swim and dive Hawks will be off until January 4, when they’ll travel to Collins Hill to face off against North Gwinnett at 6:45 p.m. Wrestling Hawks compete at Meadowcreek, take 14th The Mill Creek Wrestling team took part in the Gwinnett County Wrestling tournament over the weekend at Meadowcreek. The team finished 14th out of 18 teams competing, with a final overall score of 37.00. The team’s next meet will come this weekend, as they’ll take part in the Knightmare Duals at Central Gwinnett. They will then move on to face Chattahoochee on the road Jan. 4. 2007-08 MainStreet Newspapers T \W Pigskin Pickers ■■ Sportswriter (Overal|/last week] MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. Publication Dec. 28. Emerald Bowl: Maryland vs. Oregon State Dec. 29, MeinekeCarCaie Bowl: UConn vs. Wake Forest Dec. 29, Liberty Bowl: Cent. Florida vs. Miss. State Dec. 29, Alamo Bowl: Penn State vs. Texas A&M Dec 30, Independence Bowl: Alabama vs. Colorado Dec. 31. Armed Forces Bowl: California vs. Air Force Dec. 31. Humanitarian Bowl: Ga. Tech vs. Fresno State Dec. 31, Sun Bowl: South Florida vs. Oregon Dec 31, Music Gty Bowl: Kentucky vs. Florida State Dec 31, Insight Bowl: Indiana vs. Oklahoma State Dec 31, ChickffA Bowl: Clemson vs. Auburn Allen Luton (107-39,4-2) The Jackson Herald Oregon State Wake Forest Cent. Florida Penn State Colorado California Fresno State South Florida Kentucky Oklahoma Sate Auburn Ben Munro( 10^40,3-3) The Madison County Journal Oregon State UConn Cent. Florida Penn State Alabama California Ga. Tech South Florida Kentucky Oklahoma State Auburn Zach Mitcham (106-40, 3-3] The Madison County Journal Oregon State Wake Forest Cent. Florida Penn State Alabama California Ga. Tech South Florida Kentucky Oklahoma State Auburn Chris Bridges, (89-57, 5-1) The Banks County News Oregon State Wake Forest Cent. Florida Penn State Colorado Air Force Fresno State South Florida Kentucky Indiana Clemson Brandon Reed, (84-62,3-3) The Commerce News Oregon State Wake Forest Mississippi St. Texas A&M Alabama California Ga. Tech South Florida Kentucky Indiana Clemson Take An Alpaca Farm Tour This Holiday Season! Visit Our Gift Shop For Christmas! • Hand Felted Hats • Hand Knitted Scarfs • Socks • Stocking Caps Alpaca is 99% hypo-allergenic and makes great unique gifts! Sign Up Now For Knitting Classes Starting In January! 770-601-7376 Gilliland's Heritage Alpacas 1587 Dee Kennedy Road • Hoschton, GA 30548 www.georgia-alpacas.com Auto Racing Peachstate opens 2008 G.A.S. season 2008 Georaia Asohalt Series Schedule March 29 Peachstate Speedway Jefferson, Ga. April 11 Anderson Motor Speedway Anderson, SC May 3 Peachstate Speedway Jefferson, Ga. June 7 Watermelon Capital Speedway Cordele, Ga. June 14 New Senoia Speedway Senoia, Ga. July 3 Peachstate Speedway Jefferson, Ga. July 18 Anderson Motor Speedway Anderson, SC Aug. 2 Watermelon Capital Speedway Cordele, Ga. Aug.16 New Senoia Speedway Senoia, Ga. Aug.30 Peachstate Speedway Jefferson, Ga. Sept. 20 New Senoia Speedway Senoia, Ga. Oct. 18 Peachstate Speedway Jefferson, Ga. Nov. 7-9 World Crown Weekend Jefferson, Ga. (* schedule subject to change) JEFFERSON, GA — With the new year just around the comer and teams are beginning to pre pare for the upcoming race season, the Georgia Asphalt Series (GAS) released its 2008 schedule last week. Jefferson is tops on the list, as the series’ home track of Peachstate Speedway will open up the sea son on March 29. The track will also conclude the schedule on Nov. 7-9 with the annual World Crown Classic. GAS director, Vince Whitmire said this year’s schedule is full of races close to home. “As you may notice, we’ve cut out a lot of the traveling for the teams. This will help to keep their cost down and hopefully they can race more,” Whitmire said. With most races within two hours of Atlanta, the teams will be able to save on fuel cost and lodging. The GAS will kick off the sea son at its home track of Peachstate Speedway, Home of the World Crown Classic. That will be the first of six visits to the 1/2 mile oval for the series including a special Thursday night, July 3rd event. In addition, the GAS will make two visits to Anderson Motor Speedway in South Carolina, two visits to Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, and three visits to New Senoia Speedway in Senoia. The season will end at Peach State Speedway with the annual World Crown Classic. “We have some real exciting things in the works for the upcom ing season and the World Crown,” adds Whitmire. It should be a great year.” For more information about the the series, visit www.georgiaas- phaltseries.com. GETTING READY Cannie Ash, a 16-year old flatwater sprint Kayaker from Hoschton, recently traveled to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. 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