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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
JCCHS CROSS COUNTRY
AUTO RACING
JCCHS girls perform well at state
By Brandon Reed
THE JACKSON County
Panthers girls" cross country
team placed 17th in AAA clas
sification in state competition
in Carrollton over the week
end.
Brittany Aikens finished
15th out of 202 runners with
a time of 20:26; Rachel Pasko
finished 46th with a 21:33;
Lexie Miller finished 93rd
with a personal best time of
22:53. Other girls competing
included Lauren Turner with
a 24:00; Katie Maiolo with a
26:15; and Susan Diesch with
a 27:45.
“It was a great experience
for the team and hopefully
one we can build off of for
the future,’’ said coach Joseph
Brubaker. “The girls worked
hard throughout the season
and were a joy to coach.“
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM
Members of the Jackson County Panthers girls’ cross
country team huddle together before the start of state
competition in Carrollton on Saturday.
Crane grabs Peach State win on wild night
By Brandon Reed
TO CALL the Saturday’s
run up to the World Crown
at Peach State Speedway wild
would be a bit of an understate
ment.
No less than 20 drivers
throughout the race card found
their cars disqualified before
the end of the night.
But one that had no problems
at all was former Jefferson resi
dent Ryan Crane, who domi
nated the US Auto Sales 100
for Super Late Model racers,
taking his second Peach State
victory of the year.
He won a GAS event at the
track back in July as well.
“It was a great race,’’ Crane
said. “I’m excited, it was a
great race for us. This car is
great.”
Crane, who now lives in
Panama City, Fla., said the win
was also special because he
grew up in Jefferson.
“This is big, because I’ve
got so many family and friends
here.
“To come back here and win,
it means a lot.”
Local classes ruled the day
as well, while one local class
would race on Sunday. That
was the Outlaw Late Model
class, where Jefferson’s David
Murphy out-dueled track
champ Hoyt Stephens for the
win, with the two swapping the
lead several times during the
50-lap event.
The rest of the local classes
raced Saturday night
It came as no surprise that
Steve Hill charged his way to
the front in the Mini Stock
division. Hill made some dar
ing moves to pick up position
early, then sailed to the win.
The Open Wheel Modified
division made only their second
appearance on Peach State’s
high banks Saturday, and put
on a big show for the fans, with
Darrell Bryson and Jason Bates
scrapping hard for the win. In
the end, both were disqualified
in post-race tech, handing the
victory to Marlin Gunter.
Races were also held for both
the Super Truck and Sportsman
divisions. However, all vehi
cles were disqualified in post
race tech either for illegal items
or modifications to their racers,
or for refusing to report to tech
inspection. No results were
available.
World Crown continued from IB
JCCHS FOOTBALL
Three Panthers named to All Region team
THREE JACKSON County football players
have been named to the 2008 Region 8-AAA
All Region team.
Offensive lineman Ben Brown, defensive end
Ryan Howe and cornerback Charlie Waycaster
were named on Monday to the team.
Eastside High School’s Justin Wray was
named the player of the year for region 8-AAA,
while Stephens County coach Travis Noland
was named coach of the year for the region.
Dragons continued from IB
Twenty seconds later, the Dragon Nation was
celebrating again as Jefferson scored their sev
enth touchdown of the night, giving the Dragons
a 35-0 lead going into the half.
HERE COMES THE RAIN
As the rain began coming down in sheets, the
intensity picked up on both sides of the ball in
the second half. Both teams found equal footing
as the weather continued to deteriorate. Both
Jefferson and East Jackson tried to move them
selves into scoring position, but neither seemed
to be able to break away to score in the third
quarter.
It was a different story for the Dragons in the
fourth quarter, as they broke into the end zone just
over a minute in, scoring their eighth touchdown
of the night, and advancing the score to 42-0.
The Dragons would score once more with just
over five minutes left in the game, but the Eagles’
defense managed to block the PAT attempt, leav
ing the score 48-0 to the end.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Quarterback Darius Minor had nine comple
tions on 15 attempts for 126 yards and two touch
downs. Minor rushed for 53 yards as well.
Virgil Appleby had 19 yards rushing, and
scored two touchdowns, while Tab Martin rushed
for nine yards and one touchdown.
Defensively, Lucas Redd had 16 tackles,
including two QB sacks.
Further statistics were unavailable at press
time.
Back under green, Kelley
passed Johnson on lap 12 to
take the lead, and would hold
the top spot until the halfway
break at lap 100.
Meanwhile, Satterfield,
former Jefferson native Ryan
Crane and Fleeman worked
their way into the top five,
and were fighting for position
when Fleeman slowed sud
denly on lap 53, the victim of
a cut tire.
He rushed to the pits,
where his crew quickly made
repairs and sent him back out.
Fleeman lost a lap to the lead
er in the process.
As Fleeman roared out of
the pits, Pollard made his way
around Kelley to get back on
the lead lap. A spin by Jimmy
Weller brought out the cau
tion again, allowing Pollard to
rejoin the race at the back of
the field.
The caution was a blessing
for Fleeman, who now had
the chance to restart alongside
the leader, and on lap 69, he
moved around Kelley to get
back on the lead lap. When
Commerce’s Dennis Wilder
spun on the backstretch on lap
81, Fleeman was able to rejoin
the field on the lead lap.
Kelley held the lead to the
halfway point, where the race
was halted for a five minute
break to allow teams to work
on their cars.
When the green flew again,
Pollard, who had worked his
way back up into the top five,
apparently experienced trans
mission trouble, and stopped
again on the front stretch to
bring out a caution.
Pollard was again penalized
one lap by race officials, but
would make up that lap again
later on in the race.
Kelley, meanwhile, came
under immediate attack from
Johnson, and gave up the lead
on lap 107. Fifteen laps later,
it appeared that Kelley struck
a piece of debris on the track.
and the entire left side body
work on his car flew up, flap
ping as he went by.
A caution two laps later gave
the three time World Crown
champ a chance to come in
and make repairs. He restart
ed at the back of the field.
Meanwhile, Fleeman
worked his way back into con
tention moving into the sec
ond spot. On lap 157, Fleeman
ducked low out of the fourth
turn, and took the top spot
away, and would never give
it back.
As Fleeman moved away
for his first World Crown
win, Satterfield moved to sec
ond, and Kelley roared back
through the field to third. But
neither could catch Fleeman,
who motored to victory lane.
Johnson would hold on for
fourth, while Crane finished
fifth. David Hole, Randy
Porter, Kyle Fowler, Max
Gresham and Pollard rounded
out the top ten.
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