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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Newman, Mayfield increase title hopes
Special to the HHJ
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -
While Jeremy Mayfield and
Ryan Newman were a part
of history - and the inaugu
ral “Chase for the NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP” - repeating
the experience is on their
minds a year later.
Both are among the group
of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
Series drivers who kicked
off NASCAR Preseason
Thunder Jan. 11 at Daytona
International Speedway.
NASCAR Preseason Thunder
is the annual preseason test
sessions at Daytona, and
teams that finished in odd
number positions in the final
2004 car owner point stand
ings tested then through
Thursday of this past week.
Teams that finished in
even-number positions in
the final 2004 car owner
point standings began test
ing Tuesday and will con
tinue through Thursday of
this week.
Prior to this past
Thursday’s session, Mayfield
and Newman discussed
many topics with the media,
among them the experi
ence of participating in the
new method of crowning
a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
Series champion and the
learning curve that it gener
ated.
“The bottom line is you’ve
REMATCH
From page 1B
many as 32 points in a game
this season.
Underwood is disrupter.
She challenges opponents
foolish enough to drive into
the paint and is also a strong
rebounder, especially on the
defensive side of the ball.
Wilson, Holder and Brown
are strong shooters who
aren’t afraid to put it up any
time they can get the open
shot.
More importantly, the sup
porting cast can seamlessly
fill the gaps. Arlisha Tripp,
Dee Dawsey, Sonyetta Davis,
Shun’kia Turner, Tamara
Wright, Ayana Ferguson and
Paige Mitchell step on the
court and the juggernaut
continues to role.
“I tell them not to look
at the scoreboard,” Coach
Wilson said. “I ask them to
play with intensity.”
She say scoring isn’t as
important as how well they’re
playing. Wilson is confident
that if the Lady Eagles are
playing well, they will score
and as their record shows,
they will win.
“Right now we want to get
the kinks worked out,” she
said. “It doesn’t matter if
you’re 25-0 if you lose in the
first round.”
The Lady Eagles want to
finish in the top two of their
region, but they want much
more than that and after
three years of struggle and
growing together, they might
just get it.
Eagles become a team
As far as Northside's boys,
they defeated Hardaway 75-
50 Friday to improve to 3-1 in
Region 3S-AAAA. According
to their head coach, Kevin
UNDERWOOD
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since.
Even her hobbies include
basketball. She likes movies;
her favorite is “Love and
Basketball.” No surprise
there.
And it’s no surprise she’s
a good student. Underwood
maintains a 3.0 grade point
average. Math is her best
subject.
Underwood plans to par
lay her basketball skills for
a college scholarship, sev
eral are talking to her, and
majoring in nursing.
“I’m taking classes now
where I get to work with
LPNs,” Underwood said.
“I want to become a nurse
and get a job in a doctor’s
office.”
Bumping around in the
low post for loose balls is
all there is the Underwood’s
game. She loves to play
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Richard Petty, left, and Jeremy Mayfield were on hand at Daytona International
Speedway recently for the unveiling of the 2005 Dodge Charger.
just got to do your best,”
said Newman, who finished
seventh in the final 2004
point standings. “Go for the
win and focus on getting the
best finish you possibly can.
For us, that’s no change.”
For Mayfield, the impetus
is immediate: Winning the
season-opening Daytona 500
on Feb. 20.
“If you’ve been there and
have never won it, you get
frustrated,” said Mayfield,
who finished 10th in the
final 2004 point standings.
“It’s where it all started and
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Northside's Stefan Lewis (15) looks for a teammate in the Eagles' win Jan. 4 over
Westside. The two will meet again Friday at Northside.
Smith, that puts them in a tie
with Carver for the number
one spot in the subregion.
“We have finally jelled
together,” Smith said. “Our
starters are doing a good job
setting the tone and going
out and executing.”
The Eagles starters are
Kenith Ward, Jeremy Holden,
B.J. Stewart, Anthony
Williams and Stefan Lewis
with Jamal Brunson the
super sub.
“ Brunson is starting to score
a lot of points off the bench,”
Smith said. “He scored 16
against Peach County and 16
against Hardaway.”
Scoring from the bench
has been something Smith
says hadn’t been doing until
Brunson caught fire.
In the Hardaway victory,
the Eagles scored 32 points
defense too.
She is so self-effacing that
its hard to believe that how
aggressive she can be.
“Kaisha is aggressive and
moves very well,” Wilson
said. “She’s always ready.”
Underwood admitted that
she likes to “get in my oppo
nents face. I like to force a
lot of turnovers.
“I have to bring my ‘A’
game every day,” she said. “I
practice hard and do what I
have to do for my team.”
The team is her favorite
part of playing. Underwood
says that it's fun to be with
the team and work together.
For her it is especially mean
ingful because she has played
through the losing years and
now sees the opportunity for
team success.
“Now we are starting
to be more comfortable,”
Underwood said. “We’re
where it’s all happening.
You talk about the Daytona
500 and the Brickyard (400),
there’s a lot of big races,
but there’s nothing like the
Daytona 500.”
Both Mayfield and
Newman hope for better luck
in 2005. Both return with
stable, burgeoning teams
- Newman with Penske
Racing South and Mayfield
with Evernham Motorsports
- and both have high stan
dards based on 2004 results.
“If you win races, the
championship comes by
in the third quarter to turn
the game into a runaway.
Northside’s lone region
loss came at the hands of
Warner Robins. Those two
will meet again Jan. 28.
Prior to that, Northside has
a rematch with Westside
Friday in the the Eagles’
Nest.
The Eagles won’t be nest
ing much because five of
their six remaining subre
gion games are away. After
Westside, they won’t have
a home game until Central
Feb. 4. That is also the last
game of the regular season.
The site of the subregion
tournament will be played
at the school of the third
seeded girls’ team.
This week will be the
toughest because Northside
plays three games between
working as one. The whole
team contributes.”
Maybe the crowd doesn’t
notice Underwood but her
teammates do. When asked
what she though they would
say about her, Underwood
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itself if you win the right
races,” Newman said.
Paired with 2004 Raybestos
Rookie of the Year Kasey
Kahne, Mayfield thinks the
synergy of their teams may
prove to be an unbeatable
combination in 2005.
“We’re working for the
future,” said Mayfield, citing
team owner Ray Evernham’s
leadership. “All we worry
about is racing now, but
so many things are going
on that’s going to help our
race team as a whole for the
future.”
Tuesday and Saturday,
including a trip to Crisp
County - although that’s not
region - Saturday.
Then the Eagles travel
to Carver Tuesday, Warner
Robins, Jan. 28, and
Hardaway Feb. 1.
Although they are 9-7
overall, numbers crunchers
might want to look closely at
the caliber of opponents.
Northside has lost to Peach
County three times. The
Trojans defeated Perry, are
undefeated in their region
and have only one loss.
Perry is 17-1 and had
defeated Northside twice.
That accounts for five of
their losses.
“We control or destina
tion,” said Smith. “I told the
team that if we win, we’ll be
number one."
said, “I always have a posi
tive attitude and hustle on
and off the court.”
She may not be the
one everybody sees, but
Underwood is the one who
leads.
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Braves ink Furcal
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA - Shortstop
Rafael Furcal agreed to a
$5.6 million, one year deal
with the Atlanta Braves
on Monday, and new closer
Dan Kolb also avoided arbi
tration with a $3.4 million
contract for 2005.
In addition, the Braves
reached a $1.65 million,
one-year deal with reliever
Chris Reitsma, another of
the five players who filed
for arbitration last week.
Furcal is a key part of
the Braves’ offense, batting
.279 with 14 homers, 59
RBIs and 29 stolen bases
from the leadoff spot. He
made $3.7 million in 2004.
But Furcal had problems
off the field. After the sea
son ended with a playoff
loss to Houston, he served
21 days in jail for his sec
ond drunken-driving arrest
in four years. He also had
to serve four weeks in a
court-ordered treatment
program.
MONCRIEF
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You don’t spend some
odd years (in a 20-year Air
Force career) with a par
ticular unit without becom
ing as “one.” You don’t wear
gas masks and chemical
warfare suits, or sleep in
tents while living in aus
tere environments, or build
something special together
(in the metaphysical sense)
without bonding.
Coaches are a family and
that is true and just.
I should have acknowl
edged that. In insinuating
one or more might have
been disloyal, I was ques
tioning all.
That was a catastrophic
mistake on my part.
The truth is, my respect
for coaches has no end (for
me that statement applies to
those from the youth leagues
on up to high school).
The Medical Center
of Central Georgia
Polyheme Trauma Study
The Medical Center of Central Georgia of Macon, Georgia is
one of a select number of Level I trauma centers in the
United States that may take part in a clinical study of a new
treatment. This new treatment may save the lives of severely
injured patients who are bleeding and in shock. The study
has been given preliminary approval by the Institutional
Review Board (1RB) of The Medical Center of Central
Georgia. Since it is most likely that patients will not be able
to provide consent due to their injuries, this study will not
require informed consent (according to federal regulations 21
CFR 50.24). Patients, their legal spokesperson, or a family
member will be told as soon as possible if they are included
and the details of the research study.
In the planned trial, male and female patients over age 18
who are severely injured, bleeding and in shock will be
eligible to be randomly enrolled in the trial. Patients enrolled
may receive either the trial treatment or standard of care.
Treatment would be given by chance and begin before getting
to the hospital, either at the scene of the injury or in the
ambulance. Treatment would continue for 12 hours after
injury in the hospital. Half of the patients enrolled in the
study will receive the current standard of care, saline solution
(salt water). The other half will receive the trial therapy,
called PolyHeme.
PolyHeme is an oxygen-carrying blood product that has been
closely studied in trauma patients in the hospital setting.
The results of prior clinical trials show that PolyHeme may
increase survival in severely injured and bleeding patients.
This is done by providing early oxygen-carrying capacity when
blood is not available.
Several meetings will be held throughout the community to
discuss this study. All members of the community who want
to learn more and offer feedback to representatives of The
Medical Center of Central Georgia may attend. The Medical
Center of Central Georgia’s contact for this clinical trial is
Ms. Debra Kitchens. She can be reached at (478) 633-3315.
TOWN HALL MEETING DATES:
January 20 at 11:00 am - CHECC Colonial Mall-Macon
January 20 at 7:00 pm Temple Beth Israel
January 27 at 7:oopm Mulberry St. United Methodist Ch.
The Medical Center
of Central Georgia
777 Hemlock Street
Macon, Georgia 31201
113548
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2005 ♦
Kolb was traded to the
Braves last month for
prized pitching prospect
Jose Capellan and a player
to be named. The right
hander takes over the role
filled the last three years
by John Smoltz, who is
moving back into Atlanta’s
starting rotation.
Kolb had 39 saves, a
2.98 ERA and made the
All-Star game. To avoid an
arbitration hearing, the
Braves more than doubled
the $1,575,000 he earned
in his final season with the
Brewers.
Reitsma was a disap
pointment in his first year
with the Braves, when he
made $950,000.
Pitching in a setup role,
the right-hander set a team
record with 84 games but
had a 4.07 ERA.
The Braves have yet to
reach deals with two other
players who filed for arbi
tration: second baseman
Marcus Giles and reliever
Kevin Gryboski.
And not for all the rea
sons you might believe.
Sure I like it when they
win. Who doesn’t?
But more important I
believe is what the players
are being taught outside of
the Xs and Os.
Coaches are making good
citizens. They teach disci
pline. They teach children
to respect their elders. They
teach the rewards of hard
work and how to pick up
and carry on after failure.
The laundry list of values
they pass on is enormous.
I am in awe of their abil
ity, their love and dedica
tion, and at the same time,
I am fully aware of the role
they play in society.
They are invaluable to all
of us.
To think I have offended
any is unacceptable. And for
that, I apologize.
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