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PAGE 2B - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS - TULY 9, 2008
CHS Softball
CHS Softball Tryouts Start Aug. 4
Commerce High School and Middle School softball tryouts are
scheduled to being Monday, Aug. 4.
Tryouts will be held Monday through Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. at the Commerce Recreation Department fields. All athletes must
have a physical and other paperwork completed prior to the tryout
day.
The varsity team will open its season with tournament play at Lanier
Point. A varsity scrimmage will be held Aug. 12 against Hart County at
home.
The first JV game will be August 18 at Hart County. The middle school
team will open its season Aug. 19 at Banks County.
The returning Varsity and JV players will also be travel to Carrollton
for camp July 21-23. Coach Pam Canup says while there, the teams will
play a combined total of 13 games.
Commerce Park and Rec
Tigersharks Host Jefferson Thurs
The Commerce Tigersharks had
a weekend off, but still used the
off week to prepare for their up
coming meets.
Coming off strong performanc
es at the Dacula Invitational on
June 28, where the Tigersharks
racked up 25 top ten finishes, the
team extended some of its prac
tices in anticipation of Thursday’s
home stand against the Jefferson
Sea Dragons and Saturday’s Dis
trict Meet in Habersham County.
Commerce’s busy week starts
off Thursday at 6 p.m., as it plays
host to Jefferson. It’s the second
meeting of the two teams this sea
son.
On Saturday, the Tigersharks will
travel to the Habersham County
Aquatic Center to take part in the
District Meet. The top three quali
fiers from each event will qualify
for state competition in Tifton on
July 25 and 26. In between, Com
merce will host the Winder Bar
racudas on Tuesday, July 15, at 6
p.m.
—Honoring Raymond Parks
Cont. from Page IB
on Parks for advice. He also
called on Parks when money
to run the organization became
tight.
Without that help, it’s doubt
ful that NASCAR would have
made it to where it is today.
Parks helped bring stock car
racing out of its rough and
tumble beginnings, where a
promoter was more likely to
take off with the gate money
rather than to pay the purse,
to a place of prominence and
respect in the motorsports
world.
The IMHOF thought enough
of him to bring him on stage
with all the other NASCAR hall
of fame championship winners.
There’s no reason for them not
to add his name to their ranks.
Several hundred folks turned
out at J.B. Day’s place in South
Carolina a few weeks ago to
honor Mr. Parks on his birth
day.
Now it’s time for IMHOF
folks to do the same. They
don’t need to mess around and
make the same mistake with
him that they did with Wendell
Scott, and honor him after he’s
not around to enjoy that which
he deserves.
He’s more than earned such
an honor.
Brandon Reed is a reporter
for MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
Contact him at brandon@main-
streetnews.com.
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— Crane Wins, Fleeman Loses Points Lead At Peach State
Cont. from Page IB
do battle with Sieg and Senter,
while 2007 GAS Rookie of the
Year Kyle Fowler began moving
up through the top ten.
The caution flew again on lap
89, sending many of the lead
ers to pit road for fresh rubber.
It was the first time Peach State
fans had the chance to see live
pit stops all year, and the GAS
teams didn’t disappoint. Fowler’s
crew got him out and off of pit
road first, while Crane came out
third.
But rookie driver Kyle Mitchell
decided to try to pull a rabbit
out of his hat by staying on the
track, gambling that he had taken
enough care of his tires to last
the final 35 laps of the event.
The gamble paid off, at least for
awhile, as Mitchell was able to
hold off Fowler on the restart.
But Crane’s fast car would not
be denied as he roared his way
up to second place before the
caution again flew, this time for
Michael Phelps’ crash in the third
turn.
On the restart, Crane quickly
passed Mitchell, and pulled away
from the field again. Mitchell was
working to stay in the top five
when his night ended with a bro
ken rear end tube, bringing out
the final caution of the night.
When the green came out,
Crane dropped the hammer and
moved away from all competi
tion.
When the checkered flag flew, it
was Crane for the win, Sieg sec
ond, Kelley third, Senter fourth
and Fleeman fifth.
Fowler took sixth, Jefferson’s
Clay Dale was seventh, T.J. Reaid
eighth, Josh Adkins, who came
back from a qualifying crash,
took ninth, and Jefferson’s Nick
Potts rounded out the top ten. It
was Potts’ sixth top-ten finish of
the year.
Sieg’s second place finish hand
ed him the GAS points lead over
Fleeman by six points. It’s the
first time that Fleeman has not
held the series points lead since
summer of 2007.
The GAS series next heads
for Anderson Motor Speedway,
where they’ll race on Friday, July
18.
In local racing action, after
being sent to the back for contact
with another car, Hoyt Stephens
thundered back through the field
to take the win in the Outlaw Late
Model division. Stephens had to
pass teammate Russell Shore for
the lead late in the going, but
was able to hold Shore at bay
for the final laps. David Murphy
finished third, with Terry Martin
fourth and Chad Atha fifth.
Wes Whitfield led from the pole,
and held off a charge by Matthew
Rouse to take the victory in the
Toyota Tundra Supertrucks divi
sion race. Roger Adkins finished
third, Andy Gaddis fourth and
Leslie Law finished fifth.
It was another wild and wooly
Mini Stock event, with 22 cars
taking the green flag. At the end,
Aaron Calvert was flagged the
winner. But Calvert was disqual
ified after his car was found
illegal in post-race inspection,
giving the win to Scotty Beck.
Trace Embry took second, with
Jefferson’s Steve Hill third,
Wayne Hammond fourth and
Wayne Smith finishing fifth.
Clint King took the win in the
first Pro Challenge series event
at Peach State of the year.
The next scheduled local events
at Peach State will be on August
30, along with the GAS Series.
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