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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 The Braselton News Page 5B Golf Mill Creek beats GAC The Mill Creek golf team hosted Greater Atlanta Christian (GAC) for a nine-hole match at Hamilton Mill Golf Club on Tuesday. The Lady Hawks beat GAC by five strokes, 80-85. Emilie Burger led all scorers with a one under par 35. Jennifer Nam and Ashley Frier each shot 45. Lindsay Adams was the top shoot er for GAC with a 42. Lauren Rogers added 43 for the Lady Spartans. GAC’s Lisa Licata shot a hole-in-one on the 107 yard, par-3 fourth hole. In the men’s match, Mill Creek defeated GAC by a score of 156-183. Kevin Lee led the Hawks with an even par 36. Ben Miller finished three strokes back with a 39. Mill Creek’s Shawn Yim shot a 40 and Geoff Hatfield added a 41. Andrew Robbins led GAC with a 44. Teammate Trey Martin finished one stroke behind with a 45. The Hawks’ next match will be Wednesday against Dacula. Tee time is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Hamilton Mill Golf Club. On Thursday, Mill Creek will host Norcross at Hamilton Mill. Tee time is set for 3 p.m. TEEING OFF Jennifer Nam shot a 45 in Tuesday’s match against Greater Atlanta Christian. Mill Creek beat GAC by a score of 80-85. AT THE TEE The Jackson County Lady Panthers’ golf team defeated Loganville and lost to Apalachee. The team has two members, Christan Stevens (right) and Jessica Stevens Photo by Justin Poole. KULL SHOOTS LOWEST SCORE Panthers’ Jamie Kull shot a 39, the low est score of the year for Jackson County. The Panthers played against Loganville and Apalachee last week. Jackson County shot 185 beating Loganville, 196 and losing to Apalachee, 179. Photo by Justin Poole Tour de Georgia EXCITING NEWS Sports Group 11 representative Jeff Corbett (left), Tour de Georgia Event Director Chris Aronhault (center) and Road Atlanta president Geoff Lee (right) announced plans for this year’s team trial por tion of the Tour de Georgia at a press conference last Wednesday. photo by Kristi Reed Fifteen teams to compete in Tour de Georgia Fifteen teams comprised of 120 professional cyclists from around the world will compete in this year’s Tour de Georgia. The eight member teams will race 600 miles in seven days for the honor of being crowned this year’s tour champion. This year’s competitors include: Astana Cycling Team (Luxembourg), Saunier Duval-Scott (Spain), Team CSC (Denmark), Team High Road (USA), Team Gerolsteiner (Germany), BMC Racing Team (USA), Slipstream/Chipotle presented by H30 (USA), Bissell Pro Cycling (USA), Health Net presented by Maxxis (USA), Jelly Belly Cycling Team (USA), Jittery Joe’s Professional Cycling Team (USA), Symmetries Cycling Team (Canada), Team Type 1 (USA), Toyota-United Professional Cycling Team (USA) and the GE/Marco Polo Cycling Team presented by Trek (China) “This is not only the most international field we have had at Georgia, but one of the most elite as well. Usually you only see names like Hincapie, Zabriskie, Leipheimer and Millar at the Grand Tours. Now you will see them at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T. We have many teams from across the U.S. and Europe that we just could not accommodate,” said Jim Birrell, managing partner of Medalist Sports and race director for the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T. This year’s diverse, 600-mile route, announced last week, will traverse from the shores of Tybee Island, to the Blue Ridge mountains, and back to the streets of Atlanta. A number of teams have been drawn to this event because of the scheduling on the calendar, look ing to make an impact this summer on the European cir cuit. The Team Time Trial, a discipline most commonly found in the European Grand Tours, and never before included in the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T, is slated for Stage 4 at Road Atlanta. “We will be bringing our ‘A’ team to the Tour de Georgia. The team time trial will give us a unique opportunity to showcase the depth of our squad. I am now on an American team and it will be great to race against top European races here,” said pro cyclist David Millar, member of Team Slipstream/Chipotle presented by H30, regarding the strong field coming to Georgia. Several exciting teams are scheduled to compete in this year’s tour. The Spanish team Saunier-Duval Scott, ranked 6th in the ProTour at the end of 2007 and winners of the team classification in last year’s Giro d’ltalia, is home to 2007 Tour de Georgia 3rd and 4th place finishers David Canada (ESP) and Rubens Bertogliati (SUI), both of whom are also Tour de France veterans. Last year, the team captured third at the Tour de Georgia. The Symmetries Cycling Team of Canada is the 2007 UCI America Tour Team Champion, and is led by Svein Tuft (CAN), the 2007 UCI America Tour Champion. Canadian Eric Wohlberg, a three-time Olympian and eight-time Canadian National Time Trial Champion also is a member of this team that placed first in the Team Time Trial, and overall, at the 2007 Tour of El Salvador. No. 1 NRC-ranked American squad HealthNet pre sented by Maxxis won the 17.1 km Team Time Trial at the 2007 International Tour de Toona, and placed second to the Discovery Channel Professional Cycling Team on overall Team GC at the 2007 Tour de Georgia. The team includes New Zealander Rory Sutherland, the No. 1 ranked individual in the 2007 NRC standings, and American Tim Johnson. The colorful Jelly Belly Professional Cycling Team (USA), sponsored by the infamous jelly bean com pany, includes Athens, Ga. resident Nick Reistad, who took first in the 2007 Georgia Cup, and is a former Wisconsin time trial champion. The team will also ben efit this year from the experience of two new additions, Brad Huff and Michael Lange. Team Type 1 (USA), a first year professional squad, makes its debut on American soil at this year’s Tour de Georgia. In its first professional outing of 2008 at the Tour de Langkawi, the team placed second over all. Australians Matt Wilson, a former National Road Champion, and Glen Chadwick, along with American Jesse Anthony lead this squad. Type 1 stands for Type 1 diabetes: the team objective is to draw attention to dia betes and the positive impact a healthy, active lifestyle can have in preventing the disease. American Chris Baldwin, former U.S. time trial champion, sprinter Ivan Dominguez of Cuba, and UCI B 2007 World Champion Ivan Stevie of Serbia make the Toyota-United Professional Cycling Team (USA) one to watch. Second overall in the 2007 NRC standings, the team is also home to Dominic Rollin of Canada who finished first in the sprint competition at this year’s Amgen Tour of California. Lending a truly international flavor to this year’s race is the GE Marco Polo Cycling Team presented by Trek, a team based out of China. The Chinese squad will be making its American debut at the Tour de Georgia. Leading the roster is Fuyu Li, a transfer from the Discovery Channel Professional Cycling Team, who expects to represent his home country in the Beijing Olympic Games this summer. The team also features Dutch athletes Bart Brentjens, a former Olympic, world and mountain bike champion, and Leon van Bon, an Olympic and world road champion. Other members of the team should be Russian sprinter Sergey Kudentsov, currently ranked fifth on the UCI Asia Tour, and Australians Jai Crawford and Rhys Pollock. Tennis Lady Panthers beat Loganville BY JUSTIN POOLE The Jackson County lady ten nis team does it again, beating Loganville 3-2. The next opponent for the team is Habersham County on Thursday, March 27. In a previ ous match against Habersham, the Lady Panthers lost 4-1. The match on Thursday offers the team a chance for payback. Number one singles Maggie Broome lost 2-6, 1-6. Number two singles Sarah Duff won 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. Number three singles Paula Henzel won her sets 6-2, 6-4. Number one doubles Andrea Camacho and Jocelyn Ryan won 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, and number two doubles Heather Carolus and Elena Jackson lost 3-6, 4-6. The win over Loganville leaves the ladies 2-5 overall. MEN’S PLAY The Panthers are showing some grit, but can still not break their los ing streak. The loss to Loganville on Thursday leaves the Jackson County men’s team with a 0-8 record. Coach Tammi Gowen said that the boys played strong against Loganville but were just unable to make it hap pen. The Panthers will be facing Habersham County on Thursday, March 27. In a match earlier in the season, Habersham swept Jackson County 5-0. The rematch will be at Habersham at 4 p.m. FOR THE BEST BUYS, READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS FOR ONLY $5 PER MONTH, YOU CAN LIST YOUR GROUP'S MEETINGS! 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