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The Madison County Journal Sports IB Thursday, July 2, 2009 www.MainstreetnewsSPORTS.com Ben Munro/ ben@mainstreetnews.com (706) 795-2567 Seth McCain had just one bogey in 54 holes in his Georgia PGA Players Championship win at Chicopee Woods. Georgiapga. com Former Raiders Former Raider nabs Ga. PGA win McCain shoots 15-under-par By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews.com Seth McCain was no stranger to victo ries in the junior or prep golf ranks. Now, the 2005 Madison County High School gradu ate has a major tour nament victory on the Georgia PGA cir cuit to this credit. McCain bogeyed just once in the 54-hole Chicopee Woods Players Championship last week in Gainesville, firing a 15-under-par 201 to win the title. See ‘McCain’ on 2B Summer Softball Softball team loses just twice in summer ball By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews.com The Madison County softball team rolled through its sum- mi e r sched ule, los ing just twice GIBSON while address ing its needs for next year. The Raiders, 24-11 last year, wrapped-up See ‘Softball’ on 2B Summer Baseball Racing Two Madison Co. drivers take third at Lavonia Hull's Ricky Chamberlain and Danielsville’s Josh Wade both finished third in their respective races over the weekend at Lavonia Speedway. Chamberlain placed third in the Stock V-8 division and Wade took third in the Young Guns race. Other Madison County drivers placing over the weekend were Comer’s Jimmy Little (Stock Four Cylinder), Colbert’s Robin Collins (Enduro) and Colbert’s Kenny Collins (Crate Late Model). A FASTRAK Crate Late Model Extravaganza is planned at Hartwell Speedway, complete with a firework display. — report provided by Heather Rhoades Raiders finish summer strong MCHS must replace 7 seniors in ‘10 By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews.com Madison County's summer season ended with a smash, even if the games don’t really count. The Raiders rallied from a 9-0 deficit last weekend in their summer ball season finale to beat Greenbrier, 12-10, finishing the exhibition season at 8-6. The victory over Greenbrier came in the fourth and final game of the Brookwood tournament. Madison County went 3-1 in the event. “A lot of guys got better, and played bet See “Baseball’ on 2B Bracken Turner will be one of five Raider seniors on next year’s squad. Old-timers game Blast from the past Casey Bates, a star pitcher for Madison County from 1991-1994, takes a swing during Saturday’s homerun debry prior to the Madison County High School old-timers’ baseball game. Ben Munro/staff All-Stars The stars are out Madison Go. all-star teams begin play Six of the seven Madison County all-star teams began play this past week. Only the Madison County Little League baseball all-stars have yet to play. Their tournament starts Monday against Habersham National. Several teams were off to hot starts as of press time Wednesday. The 9-and-10-year-old baseball team won its first three games by an aggregate score of 42-12 to earn a spot in the semifinals tonight (Thursday) against Habersham American. Meanwhile, the Little League softball all-stars didn't surrender a run in one-sided victories in The Madison County junior league softball all-stars meet at the mound. The team beat Rabun County twice this week. Ben Munro/staff their first two games, outscoring their opponents 34-0. That team was slated to face Rabun County Wednesday in the semifinals, but results weren’t available at press time. In the Junior League softball ranks, Madison County beat Rabun County twice, 7-6 and 11-5. With only two teams in the junior league tournament, Madison County’s two victories gave it the District 7 title. The Junior League team starts state tournament play July 11 at Rabun County. Here's a rundown of each team’s results: 9-AND-10-YEAR-OLD BASEBALL (AT FRANKLIN COUNTY) •Madison Co. 16, Toccoa 6 (June 27) •Madison Co. 11, Franklin Co. 1 (June 28) •Madison Co. 15, Rabun Co. 5 (June 30) Notes: The team went 3-0 in pool play and plays in the semifi nals against Habersham American tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. See ‘All-stars’ on 2B Pitcher Leah Gearing fires the bail toward the plate Monday in the Madison County 9-and-10-year-old soft- ball all-stars game against Franklin County.