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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 2009 Sports shorts Comer’s Powell excels at turkey shoot Brandon Powell, Comer, placed “high overall’’ at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 16 ,h -annual Turkey Shoot Aug. 14-16. Powell broke 49 clay targets while competing in the 5-Stand event, M class of the NSCA Division at The Meadows National Gun Club in Forsyth. Powell also placed runner up in the main event, M class of the NSCA Division. Nearly 500 shooters took aim at clay targets thrown from a variety of angles, distances and speeds to compete in one of the premier sporting clays tournaments in the country. The event drew some of the nation’s finest shooters, out door product vendors and shoot ing representatives. The turkey shoot was separated into two divisions — the highly competitive National Sporting Clays Association division for professional shooters and the hunters’ division for recreational shooters. Participants tested their skill in a number of events, including the Charles Daly Side by Side, Browning 12-gauge Preliminary, the 50-bird Briley Squaded Subgauge competition, and the 200-target Sporting Clays Championship. Rec Dept, offers women’s self defense class The Madison County Recreation Department will offer a women’s self defense class on Thursdays from Sept. 17 through Oct. 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the old Colbert gym. The fee is $40. The instructor is Jess Croya. No martial arts experience is needed to take this class. Rotary hosts charity golf tourney Sept. 19 The Madison County Rotary Club will sponsor a charity golf tournament at Sunrise Golf Course in Colbert Saturday, Sept. 19, with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The event will end at 12:30 p.m. Zeb’s BBQ will be served at the course following the tourney with recognition of winners and door prizes. The tourney will be a four- person Lauderdale format and winners will be determined from 9-hole blind draw by a course pro. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning teams and there will be prizes for the longest drive and closest to pin, along with numerous door prizes. A special hole-in-one prize (a Ranger boat, motor and trailer valued at over $25,000 and provided by Bond’s Marine Sales) will be awarded, and prizes will also be given away for a hole-in-one on all par 3’s. Entry fees are $75 per entrant and $300 per foursome. Individual or team registration is accepted. A $150 sponsor fee includes one player and a tee sign. The fee includes lunch, greens fees. cart and participant gift packs. Tournament proceeds will go to benefit Madison County Rotary’s support of local charities and ser vice activities performed by the club, organizers said. For registration forms or ques tions, call Jeff Dillard at 706- 206-5724 or email jsdillar@ southernco.com Touchdown Club offering $10,000 prize The Madison County Touchdown Club will hold its 23 rd annual "$10,000 Giveaway’’ Oct. 24 at the Danielsville Volunteer Fire Department. Contact Ricky McElroy at 706- 789-2305 for tickets. The Touchdown Club is also selling 911 signs, while spots for the Raider Wall of Fame (located on the back of the press box) are still available. Madison Co. Cruisers schedule continues The Madison County Cruisers — a local automobile organiza tion — continues its schedule with shows on Sept. 19 and Oct. 17. The October date is a special cruise-in, organizers note. Shows are at Danielsville City Park, run ning from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “All makes and models are welcome — rat rods, finished and unfin ished,” organizers said. “As long as it has wheels and an engine, it’s invited. We want to see it all.” The registration fee for all shows is $5. For more informa tion, contact J.J. at 706-255-2196 or James at 706-795-2645. MCMS • continued from page IB the momentum early, forcing three-and-outs in the first quarter and getting on the board first with a second-quarter touchdown pass from Johnson to Freeman. Hart County, however, scored late in the sec ond quarter to take an 8-6 lead that it wouldn’t relinquish. Drake noted that mistakes hindered Madison County's second half effort with the Mustangs giving up big plays on defense and fum bling the football and committing penalties on offense. Meet.. . continued from page IB County (49 points), but finished 10 points off the pace of meet winner Hart County (32 points). On the girls’ side, Elise Coberly led Madison County with a 29:16, good for eighth overall, as the Lady Raiders (45 points) finished second behind Stephens County (15 points). “I’m pleased with the perfor mances on Tuesday,” second- year MCHS coach Tim Cornett said. “Elise had an excellent race for us, earning her the top spot for our team. Corey mixed it up at the front of the race, eventu ally finishing third overall.” Madison County runs Saturday in the UGA Invitational, which is both a college and high school event hosted jointly by the University of Georgia and Oconee County High School. “I’m excited about the improvement of our team, espe cially on the difficult course we have,” Cornett said. "The progression shows increased fit ness, and we can’t wait to get on a fast course Saturday to see what we can do. Others scoring in Tuesday's meet on the boys' side were Dalton Owensby (fourth, 19:52), Codey Brakhage (eighth, 20:31), Scott Barnes (ninth, 20:37) and Chaves Smith (20 th , 22:20). Other girls running Tuesday were Mendi Cromer (ninth, 29:42), Jenna Jansen (11 th , 29:59) and Alexia Supakomdej Elise Coberly led the Lady Raider cross country team with a 29:16 Tuesday. Ben Munro/staff (31:29) and Haley Costello (15 th , 32:26). Madison County competed a week earlier (Sept. 8) at Banks County with the boys finishing fourth out of seven teams and the girls placing fifth out of seven teams. Owensby led the boys with a 21:55, while Jansen set the pace for the girls’ squad with a 32:07. RECENT TIMES •Tuesday home meet vs. Stephens Co., Hart Co. Boys: 3 Corey Brakhage (19:30) 4 Dalton Owensby (19:52) 8 Codey Brakhage (20:31) 9 Scott Barnes (20:37) 20 Chaves Smith (22:20) 23 Jessie Wade (22:36) 28 Chris Brown (23:19) 33 Austin Kelley (23:49) 34 Brett Coggins (24:00) 35 Crew Mayne (24:27) 37 Colt Nguyen (24:48) 43 Mark Pulliam (26:50) 44 Blayne McElroy (28:02) 45 Dustin Stanley (28:39) 46 Taylor Crouse (28:58) 47 Morgan Mena (29:38) Girls: 8 Elise Coberly (29:16) 9 Mendi Cromer (29:42) 11 Jenna Jansen (29:59) 13 Alexia Supakomdej (31:29) 15 Haley Costello (32:26) • Sept. 8 meet at Banks Co. Boys: Dalton Owensby (21:55) Scott Barnes (23:06) Chaves Smith (24:25) Corey Brakhage (24:38) Crew Mayne (26:29) Chris Dove (26:57) Chris Brown (27:00) Brett Coggins (27:34) Morgan Mena (28:36) Codey Brakhage 30:53 Colt Nguyen (31:06) Blayne McElroy (31:33) Mark Pulliam (32:11) Taylor Crouse (34:49) Kyle Manning (34:58) Dustin Stanley (37:34) Girls: Jenna Jansen (32:07) Elise Coberly (34:52) Alexia Supakomdej (36:16) Mendi Cromer (38:40) Haley Costello (38:44) Middle School Softball MCMS softball team wins four more games The Madison County Middle School softball team beat Franklin County 9-2 (Sept. 8), Hart County 10-0 (Sept. 11) and then swept Stephens County 13-3 and 4-0 in a double headers (Sept. 12) to up its record to 11-1. The Mustangs are a perfect 7-0 in region play. Madison County plays its region finale Sept. 18 at Elbert County. The region tournament starts Sept. 25 as the Mustangs shoot for another NEGLAA crown. Racing Hull’s Chamberlain takes title in Stock V-8 class By Heather Rhoads Correspondent After a season-long battle for a points championship, it all came down to the very last points race of the season for three of the seven divisions at Hartwell Speedway. For Hull's Ricky Chamberlain and George Fortson of the Stock V-8 class, it came down to a mere two points of separation. When the night was over, it would be those same two points that would still separate the two for a championship. George Fortson would wait to the very last lap of the race to take the lead from Otis Fleeman and claim what he thought was the 2009 Stock V-8 Championship. A pro test, however, from Chamberlain would see Fortson disqualified on technical merits. Fortson would in-tum protest Chamberlain, who would also be disqualified on technical merits. However, because neither driver was allotted any points for this event, the original point standings held up, allowing Chamberlain to claim the championship. Another class to go down to the wire in the points chase was the Stock Four Cylinder class with only a seven-point separation between front runner Justin Lord and Comer's Jimmy Little, Lord won that race, however, and Little finished fourth. In other action involving Madison County drivers over the weekend at Hartwell Speedway, Chad Hoopaugh took first in the Modified Street division while Comer's Chuck Finch placed sixth in that race. Danielsville's Josh Wade was 10 th in Stock Four Cylinder racing, and Colbert’s Robin Collins and Comer’s Mark Parham finished third and fifth, respectively, in the Limited Late Model classification. Colbert’s Kenny Collins was sixth in Late Crate Model racing. THIS WEEKEND Racers gear-up for the Georgia State Championships this week- end at Lavonia, with racing in eight divisions and thousands of dollars and trophies up for grabs. The Madison County High School softball team gathers around pitcher Sarah Smith during a recent game. The team won the Shaw Invitational over the weekend, going 5-0 and run ning its winning streak to 11 games. Ben Munro/staff Softball.. • continued from page IB Madison County beat Hardaway (8-0), Jordan (17-0), Cherokee (4-3) and Class AAAAA’s no. 3-ranked team Greenbrier (6-3) and then rallied to down Lowndes (6-5) to win the coveted gold divi sion title. "We've played in it several years, but we had never won it all ... It was a big weekend for us,” Kesler said. Madison County had to go through several larger classification schools to win the trophy. "Saturday, we saw that we were playing three Class AAAAA teams, so that was exciting,” Kesler said. “That’s what we go down there for, to play good teams.” But Kesler said his team will “hang its hat” on its 6-5 win over Class AAAAA Lowndes County in the championship game. Due to time constraints, the sixth inning was the final inning, and Madison County trailed 5-4. But the Raiders tied the ballgame that inning and won in the tie-breaker in the seventh. Leading hitters for the tournament were Sam LaZear, who went 11-for-18 and scored nine runs; Haley Peeples, who went 9-for-18 and scored five runs; and Olivia Duncan, who was 5-for-14. On the mound, Erin Gibson went 3-0 and Sarah Smith was 2-0. Kesler said the team’s slappers and speed suc cessfully put pressure on opposing defenses in the title run. "All 14 players had a role over the weekend in the five wins,” Kesler said. SHAW INVITATIONAL MCHS 8, Hardaway 0 HHS 00000 — 0 MCHS 30005 — 8 Offense: Peeples 3-4; LaZear 2-4; Bolin 2-4; Duncan 2-3; Gibson and Atkinson 1 hit Pitching: Gibson 5IP, 1H, 9K, 2BB MCHS 17, Jordan 0 MCHS 2609 —17 JHS 0000 — 0 Offense: Peeples 3-3; Boggs 2-3, Mann 2-3; Atkinson 2-4; Ellisor, LaZear and Osborne 1 hit Pitching: Smith 3IP, OH, 3K; Boggs IIP, OH, 2K MCHS 4, Cherokee Co. 3 MCHS 30001 — 4 CCHS 10200 — 3 Offense: LaZear 2-3; Gibson 2-3; Bolin, Duncan and Mann 1 hit Pitching: Gibson 6IP, 5H, 4K, IBB MCHS 6, Greenbrier 3 MCHS 1203000 - 6 GBHS 1020000 — 3 Offense: LaZear 3-4; Peeples 2-4; Bolin, Osborne and Bates 1 hit Pitching: Smith 7IP, 4H, 5K, IBB MCHS 6, Lowndes Co. 5 MCHS 003021 — 6 LCHS 0230000 — 5 Offense: LaZear 3-4; Duncan 2-4; Bolin 2-3; Peeples, Gibson and Mann 1 hit Pitching: Boggs 2 1/3 IP, 4H, OK 3BB; Gibson 4 2/3IP, 7H, 4K All Your Metal Needs GeorgiaMetals.com • 866-232-6920