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2B SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2006 STANDINGS, MORE CURTAIN CALL American League EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO Boston 51 32 .614 - 27-10 24-22 465 399 Won 1 6-4 NY Yankees 48 35 .578 3 26-17 22-18 468 399 Won 2 6-4 Toronto 47 38 .553 5 29-17 18-21 451 411 Lost 2 6-4 Baltimore 39 48 .448 14 24-21 15-27 424 484 Lost 3 4-6 Tampa Bay 38 48 .442 14.5 21-18 17-30 376 446 Lost 1 5-5 CENTRAL W L PCT OB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO Detroit 57 28 .671 - 26-14 31-14 445 323 Won 1 7-3 Chicago Sox 56 29 .659 1 32-12 24-17 506 394 Won 3 7-3 Minnesota 46 37 .554 10 30-10 16-27 412 382 Lost 2 8-2 Cleveland 39 45 .464 17.5 22-21 17-24 471 431 Lost 2 6-4 Kansas City 30 54 .357 26.5 18-21 12-33 375 507 Won 3 6-4 WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LlO Oakland 45 40 .529 - 24-19 21-21 374 381 Won 1 4-6 Texas 43 42 .506 2 23-24 20-18 434 417 Won 1 3-7 Seattle 42 44 .488 3.5 23-22 19-22 421 411 Lost 4 5-5 LA Angels 40 45 .471 5 19-23 21-22 394 410 Lost 1 6-4 National League EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LlO NYMets 51 34 .600 - 25-16 26-18 444 385 Won 3 4-6 Philadelphia 38 46 .452 12.5 19-25 19-21 404 446 Lost 2 3-7 Atlanta 38 48 .442 13.5 19-22 19-26 423 435 Won 2 6-4 Florida 36 46 .439 13.5 18-20 18-26 390 391 Lost 1 4-6 Washington 38 49 .437 14 20-21 18-28 394 452 Won 1 5-5 CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROADRS RA STRK LlO St. Louis 45 39 .536 - 26-17 19-22 418 412 Lost 2 3-7 Cincinnati 44 42 .512 2 20-22 24-20 434 446 Lost 6 3-7 Milwaukee 44 43 .506 2.5 29-17 15-26 404 464 Won 4 6-4 Houston 43 43 .500 3 28-19 15-24 395 413 Won 1 5-5 Chicago Cubs 31 54 .365 14.5 14-25 17-29 333 441 Lost 1 3-7 Pittsburgh 29 58 .333 17.5 20-24 9-34 403 455 Lost 3 3-7 WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO San Diego 45 40 .529 - 23-24 22-16 375 356 Won 2 6-4 Colorado 44 40 .524 .5 22-19 22-21 396 379 Won 2 7-3 LA Dodgers 44 41 .518 1 26-17 18-24 452 397 Lost 1 4-6 San Francisco 44 42 .512 1.5 23-20 21-22 400 388 Won 1 6-4 Arizona 40 45 .471 5 19-23 2T-22 409 435 Lost 3 4-6 CLEATS EVEN ON I f ARE THEY \ f THINK GO. THEY^ FOURTH OF JULY, IT'g/ THAT COULP I watch EAE»Y TO FORGET 3E ABfSY OR 11 l PIVE COMPETITION. $ I COME / l EMOTIONAL / THERE ARE YOUNG \ JACK GOME 5 rTTn7/ , "'l ~ rtf Ir\ WATCH? ( \ ABOUT IT. / sm| l | l|| g Thursday's Major League Linescores By The Associated Press New York 000 232 030-10 13 0 Cleveland 000 000 130- 4 7 2 RaJohnson, Beam (8) and Posada ClLee, FCabrera (7), RPerez (9) and Shoppach. W-RaJohnson 10- 7. L-ClLee 8-6. Boston 200 031 006-12 11 0 Tampa Bay 000 112 100- 5 5 0 Wakefield, Hansen (6), Lopez (7), Delcarmen (7). Timlin (8), Papelbon (9) and Mirabelli Shields, EJackson (6), Switzer (7), Camp (8), Harper (9) and Navarro. W-Wakefield 7-8. L-Shields 4-2. Toronto 000 000 101-2 5 1 Kansas City 112 200 00x-6 9 0 Taubenheim, Downs (3), Marcum (6) and BMolina MRedman, JoPeralta (9) and Buck. W-MRedman 6-4. L-Taubenheim 1-5. HRs-Toronto, VWells (21). Kansas City, Teahen PRO, COLLEGE BRIEFS Shackelford arrested MILWAUKEE (AP) - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brian Shackelford was arrested on suspicion of third-degree sexual assault. The 29-year-old player was arrested shortly after midnight at Miller Park, where the Reds played the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night, police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said. She declined to provide details on the arrest other than to say it involved a woman Monday. Prosecutors have not issued any charges. The Reds optioned the pitcher to the minors and said they will not dis cuss the case because of pending legal proceedings. NASCAR hammers Harvfckt team CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The crew chiefs for Kevin Harvick and Burney Lamar’s Busch Series teams were sus pended six races each for violations discovered at Daytona International JM 62006 by King Features Syndicate Inc. World rights reserved. (7)- Baltimore 003 002 003- 8 11 1 Chicago 005 020 40x-11 13 1 RuOrtiz, Britton (6), Birkins (7), Williams (7), Rleal (8) and RaHernandez JVazquez, Riske (6), Cotts (6), Politte (8), Thornton (9) and Pierzynski. W-JVazquez 9-4. L-RuOrtiz 0-1. Sv-Thomton (1). Los Angeles 010 201 100-512 1 Oakland 200 300 002-7 7 0 KEscobar, Romero (7), HCarrasco (7) Shields (9) and Napoli Loaiza, Halsey (6), Gaudin (7), Duchscherer (8) Street (9) and Kendall. W-Street 2-3. L-Shields 4-6. Florida 070 000 000 00-7 9 2 Washington 500 000 200 01-8 11 2 ASanchez, Kensing (6), Tankersley (7), Messenger (8), Herges (9), JVargas (11) and Olivo LHemandez, Bowie (2), Rauch (5), Majewski (7), Bray (8), CCordero (10) and Schneider. W-CCordero 5-3. L- Speedway. Shane Wilson, Harvick's crew chief, was thrown out of the garage before Friday night’s Busch race when NASCAR discovered unapproved aerodynamic modifications on the No. 21 Chevrolet. Harvick was also docked 50 driver points and Richard Childress was docked 50 car owner points. The points loss was hardly felt by Harvick, who still holds a 338-point lead over Carl Edwards in the Busch standings. Meanwhile, Lamar's No. 77 Chevrolet - owned by Harvick and his wife - failed post-race inspection when NASCAR dis covered unapproved alterations to the shock absorbers. Crew chief Gene Nead was suspend ed six races and fined $15,000. Boomn buMs toad to tour CAEN, France (AP) - Tom Boonen built his overall lead in the Tour de France by finishing second in the fifth JVargas 1-2. HR-Florida, Jacobs (11). Chicago 000 000 000-0 6 2 Milwaukee 000 020 00x-2 8 0 Maddux, Novoa (7), Eyre (7), Williamson (8) and HBlanco, Barrett (8) Capuano and DMiller. W-Capuano 10-4. L-Maddux 7-9. Pittsburgh 000 020 111-5 11 0 New York 021 220 00x-7 6 1 Gorzelanny, Bayliss (5), Capps (7), Marie (8) and Paulino Trachsel, Heilman (7), BWagner (9) and Lo Duca. W-Trachsel 8-4. L- Gorzelanny 0-1. Sv-BWagner (17). San Diego 001 130 000-5 12 0 Philadelphia 120 000 000-3 9 3 Park, Linebrink (8), Hoffman (9) and Piazza, Bard (5) Madson, Castro (6), Fultz (7), Geary (7), Cormier (8) and Ruiz. W-Park 6-4. L-Madson 8-6. Sv-Hoffman (22). Cincinnati 010 010 005 0-711 2 stage. He was runner-up to Spain's Oscar \ \\)Ol I II i.-r.-l Y\ \Fr | r 4 IQlmirtoPtoplPv JS “WteßteKiMm* Aft 4ft | f £r*k ■ - ■ #ii Ask for Brenda I SPORTS Thursday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press B BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Signed 3B Billy Rowell. ■ MINNESOTATWINS-Optioned RHP Boot Bonser to Rochester of the IL. ■ NEW YORK YANKEES- Claimed OF Aaron Guiel off waivers from the Kansas City Royals. Optioned OF Kevin Reese to Columbus of the IL. Purchased the contract of RHP Kris Wilson from Columbus. H ST. LOUIS CARDINALS- Acquired RHP Jeff Weaver from the Los Angeles Angels for OF Terry Evans. B SAN DIEGO PADRES- Reinstated OF Dave Roberts from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Ben Johnson on the 15- day DL. B CHICAGO BULLS-Named Jim Paxson consultant. B LOS ANGELES LAKERS- Signed G Jordan Farmar. B NEW ORLEANS HORNETS- Signed C Hilton Armstrong and F Cedric Simmons. Waived G Moochie Norris. B NEW YORK KNICKS-Signed F Renaldo Balkman and G Mardy Collins. fl ARIZONA CARDINALS- Signed LB Brandon Johnson and WR Todd Watkins to three year contracts. B CHICAGO BEARS-Signed S Danieal Manning and DT Dusty Dvoracek to four-year con tracts. He said it ... “We won the game, man, that’s all I want ed. The way I’ve been throwing the ball the last, few weeks, I was just happy with going Out'there, giving us a Chance 'to win, not put ting us in a hole, early.” < - The Braves’ Tim Hudson “Chicago has been .really good to us. We. have won a couple races .there and had . a lot of success. A lot of it goes back to the very first test that RCR had there. It was a great test and w’e applied a lot of that stuff over to the next couple of years and have been able to manage a lot of. success there.” - Nextel driver Kevin Harvick Atlanta 400 101 010 1-8 14 1 Mays, Standridge (6), Belisle (7), Yan (8), Mercker (9), Coffey (10) and Ross THudson, Mcßride (9), JoSosa (9), Ray (10) and McCann. W-Ray 1-0. L-Coffey 3-4. HRs- Cincinnati, Hatteberg (8), Valentin (2). Atlanta, AJones (19). St. Louis 000 200 000-2 6 2 Houston 100 200 01x-4 6 0 Ponson, Kinney (7), Wainwright (8) and YMolina, GBennett (3) Buchholz, Qualls (7), Wheeler (8), Lidge (8) and Munson, Ausmus (8). W-Buchholz 6-6. L-Ponson 4- 4. Sv-Lidge (21). HRs-St. Louis, Edmonds (10). Houston, Lamb (8). San Francisco 302 000 000-5 10 0 Los Angeles 002 010 100-4 7 0 Cain, Hennessey (5), Accardo (8), Benitez (9) and Alfonzo Hendrickson, Carrara (7), Beimel (9) and Martin. W-Hennessey 4-1. L-Hendrickson 0-2. Sv-Benitez (9). Freire, the three-time former world cham pion who prevailed in a closing sprint. ~ Concrete - •Driveways •Foundations •Form Boards •Grading •Refmishing •New & Remodeled SIGNS From page 1B there,” said Brunson. “I talked to him on the phone and he asked for some tapes. He said I could fit in with what they do there. I just took it. “They do kind of like what we did at Houston County. They like to run the fast break. They’re not that big, but they’re a pretty good team. Last year they were 19-13 and finished third in their region.” Brunson’s first visit to Mercy hurst North East is Aug. 18. School starts Aug. 28. “I don’t know what will be going on when I get there,” said Brunson. “I hope every thing goes good, though.” Last summer Brunson played on an AAU team and caught the attention of a Mercyhurst North East assis tant coach. Brunson said all throughout the most recent school term this coach tried to contact him, but he never heard from him. Then the e mail came, and that started the dialogue with the head coach. The Houston County season ended in the Class AAAAA state tournament’s Sweet 16 round back in late February. So it’s been roughly four months since Brunson’s last competitive basketball game, at least from a high school standpoint. AYER From page 1B to bothering him real bad, so he decided to have it taken care of.” That doesn’t mean Ayer will be the only member of the Perry club going - in a roundabout way that is. Joining him will be Ray Tawney of Brunswick, Jeff Coile of Hull and Ronnie and Susan Miller of Cordele. The Millers are actually mem bers of the Perry Horseshoe Pitchers Club but they are also members - and will be representing - the club they started in Cordele. As far as the venue this year, Ayer who won his world title in 2003 in Eau Clair Wise., said he likes it a lot better than last year’s, which was in Bakersfield, Calif. He’ll still be pitching dur ing the same hours of the day - 11 a.m.-2 p.m.- but in terms of temperature, California during the tour nament was “107” degrees while Wyoming, he said, is “mid-70s” in the daytime. “It’s nice,” he said, adding he has plans to do some sightseeing of the Black Hills. “Cold at night. Nice in the daytime.” In regard to the actual competition, Ayer will be in the J 2 Class. Each pitcher will throw 15 games, five a day. The winner he said, add ITS BACK! RT JB WAYNE MORRIS OWNER > Jjm : ; J^X COFFEE AND BISCUITS EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 7:30-10AM WAYNE^ 1608 SAM NUNN BLVD • PERRY, GA Monday-Friday B:3oam-Bpm Saturday 9am-6pm THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL They da kind of like what we did at Houston Couity. They Hke to run the fast break.' - Jamal Brunson “We play basketball eveiy day at Purdue Elementary,” said Brunson. “That’s how I stay in shape. I play with teammates from my school and Warner Robins and Northside. I lift weights here and there.” Brunson’s high school career started at Houston County, then took a one year detour to Northside his junior season. The Eagles won a region championship with him on the roster, and he added this was a positive experience for his growth. “It made me realize what you have can be taken away from you,” said Brunson. “I made the best out of the situ ation, and it made me a bet ter player. In my senior year when I came back to Houston County I was more relaxed. I want to thank coach (Kevin) Smith for what he did for me, he and coach (Scott) Wynn (at Northside). “(Houston County bas ketball coach Greg) Nix brought out the best in me. He made me have my ‘A’ game every game. I’m going to miss Houston County and Northside.” ing his game this year has been “up and down,” will be the one to have “three pretty good days.” “Last year I had two pret ty good days and one bad,” he said, also adding that he tries to make adjustments - i.e. he has a low pitch and a high pitch or he may move back a step - accord ingly. “You can’t do that. It’s whoever pitches the best for three straight days.” I . Harold LeGrand Hester, Jr. May 26,1957 July 9,1999 You Are In Our Thoughts Everyday We Love & Miss You! ( /ffarna, ' Zlutiy. ffirmta, &■ S)u>, c/tm. JJ0035738/ SENIORS <. DAY AT WAYNE MORRIS FORD MORRIS 478-987-2411 OR CALL TOIL FRIE I-800-741-5473 EXIT 136 ’ JUST OFF 1-75, Half-Mile West an KWY 341