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♦ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2006 2B | ~ * if ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County’s Jennifer Doebereiner and Brittany Pierce go up to block a slam from a Morrow player, Thursday at Houston County. SECOND From page iB ladies on to victory,” Jones said. “I was nervous as we start ed the match,” Jones added. “During warm-ups we were a little flat and missed sev eral swings at the ball. Then in the pregame huddle I saw a look in everyone’s eyes that 1 have been waiting to see all season and I knew we had Morrow.” Morrow, he added, “played a heck of a match and we had to earn the victory but the ladies just had the look of a champion in their eyes.” Jones also singled out Doebereiner for her leader ship and said it was great to see the students rush the court and cheer and hug the girls. wbS?** WiHHK &** IK jA f H jHßpgk JH A* B JB BBT ' "•* i '-^r n;r; 4^H ™ l Wj| [ i BMp- m *—B| M Ms ' l ” -1 ENI Gary Harmon Catherine Goodman blocks an attempted slam by a Morrow player. Preston makes a return as two Morrow players attempt a block. ENI Gary Harmon — ' _ ENI/Gary Harmon Fans help the Lady Bears celebrate the win. Houston County versus Morrow statistics: Aces Digs Kills Blocks Assists Alicia Hess 2 Samantha Moncada 8 5 Devon Preston 3 2 2 Dhwani Patel 10 Brittany Pierce 2 12 2 3 8 Leah Justin 8 3 Morgan Hollars 5 7 2 4 14 Nicole Williams 1 2 4 Catherine Goodman 2 5 7 4 1 Adrienne Pate 1 Jennifer Doebereiner 2 2 3 3 1 “That was a huge way to send out the seniors and propel us into the postsea son,” he said. The Lady Bears still have the most wins in the state in the AAAAA classification but remain unranked. The wins improved their season record to 32-7 over all and 7-1 in in Area 2- AAAAA. The team plays today in Suwanee at Peachtree Ridge High School then heads into the 2-AAAAA Area Tournament. That is slated for Friday and Saturday. SPORTS Ik -*WM ’m Vr ~W ~ ■ mSSB •lournal/Don Moncrief Jets runner Matthew Anderson (26) attempts to loose the grip of Saints defender Jacob Pierce during their Warner Robins Recreation Department game Saturday at Tanner. For more pics, see Wednesday’s Houston Daily Journal. Trouble tightens Chase tor the Championship Jeff Burton warned every driver in the Chase for the Championship will have problems in at least one of from) NOTEBOOK Don Coble Morris News Service unscheduled pit stop at the Talladega Super speed way. That dropped him from fourth place in the race to a 27th-place finish. It wasn’t much better for a lot of other drivers in the playoffs. Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Denny Hamlin all crashed, including Earnhardt Jr. and Johnson on the final lap while running one-two. Burton leads Matt Kenseth by six points heading into next Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Mark Martin is third, 10 points behind, while Harvick is fourth, down by 33 points. Hamlin is fifth (51 points behind), followed by Earnhardt Jr. in sixth (106), Gordon in seventh (147), Johnson in eighth (156), Kasey Kahne in ninth (185) and Kyle Busch in 10th CLEATS / ~~ 7T~ >v « I ' well TMAf's> a m^sase rue/ won't f .J™ ug 1i \ 4 f yeah . you're S be Rents on taeir locker room ( Troormi TSm JIJ nm) § wail ro pump up tas rimy ' | ~ V v I / WWW gocomcs com e-mail Cleatsmail@aoi com f not GOmG tO | [YeeAMsunj |p 3 | s d/— —\y. w— > Boy&J J •loy. &ji v>Mi j(y_i F NASCAR Thi« Week Ifor the latest news* It updates Jk Drag racing (185). WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS: Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed on the final lap Sunday, just a mile shorj of the finish line. He was leading when Brian Vickers rear-ended Jimmie Johnson, which turned Johnson’s car into Earnhardt Jr.’s. Vickers went on to win the race. Earnhardt Jr., however, wasn’t mad at Vickers. He was upset with Jeff Gordon. “(Vickers) just got excit ed trying to push the No. 48 (Johnson),” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I don’t think he should lose any points or anything. He didn’t wreck anybody on purpose. He was just racing hard there.” Gordon complained sev eral times that Earnhardt Jr. was using his front bum per as a battering ram to push people through traffic - or knock people out of the way. “I pushed Jeff Gordon into the lead five times and every time I do that, he com plains that I’m bump-draft ing him in the corners an blah, blah, blah,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “So I’m not going to push him anymore. Besides, every time I help him out, he never gives it back in return. That’s why he doesn’t have too many friends out there.” [OCAYION, LOCATION. LOCATION: The final 20 spots on pit road proved to be a popular the final 10 races. Sunday’s U AW-Ford 500 was his turn. Burton cut a tire late in the race and was forced to make an Char-Broiled Sizzling Steaks gre^ndfftoy vi%fum\ u*mt-Mt7 HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL place Sunday. Teams were allowed to pick their spots on pit road based on results from pole qualifying, and the spots closest to Turn 1 went in a hurry. The reason: A giant television screen. The 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway is the big gest track in NASCAR, so it’s easy for pit crews to lose sight of their drivers. The giant Nextel Vision screens allowed teams at the end of pit road to turn around and watch the race. MARTIN STIU FISHING Although Mark Martin will drive 22 races next year for MB2 Motorsports and Chevrolet, he’s still trying to land a deal in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with Jack Roush. The car owner, however, wasn’t biting. Roush uses Fords and he said it’s not likely Ford will allow a Chevrolet driver inside one of their trucks next year. “That’s an interesting prospect, but unless Ford changes their position on it and the other manufactur ers would do the same, we really don’t have the pre rogative to mix our manu factures and our programs,” Roush said. “I don’t see that. I’ll be talking to Cisco Codina on Sunday and I’ll certainly bring that to his attention, but I think it’s unlikely.” Prime Rib Seasoned to Perfection Biff" <831! ITS f*H 13§ • •87-4477 138884 [38838