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HEADLINES: Sabers, Lady Foresters Knocked Out Of State Basketball Tournament Forest City got off to a strong start in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association girls’ basketball tournament, but the Lady Foresters had their season come to an end in the first round of the Class A tournament. Twins Hannah and Erin Rush led Our Lady of Sacred Heart to a second-half rally that produced a 51-34 romp Saturday afternoon at Carbondale. Forest City took a 13-6 lead after one quarter and extended it to 22-8 early in the second quarter. After leading 24-21 at halftime, the Lady Foresters watched their lead get away in the third quarter and were unable to score in the entire fourth quarter. Hannah Rush scored 18 points, including the 1,000th of her career on a basket to open the second half and start Sacred Heart to a 30-10 advantage over the final two quarters. Erin Rush only had one basket, but it may have been the biggest, a desperation bomb to end the third quarter and push the Sacred Heart lead to 41-34. She also had six rebounds, six assists and six steals in the win for the District 1 runner-ups (13-13). Forest City, the District 2 champion, fell to 17-9. Cassie Erdmann and Katie Yale led the Lady Foresters with 10 points each. Jayni Webster added 13 points for Sacred Heart. WEEK IN REVIEW Susquehanna put up a strong fight for most of three quarters Feb. 8 before falling to host Antietam, 74-52, in a PIAA Class A boys’ basketball play-in round game. The Sabers made the nearly three-hour road trip as a big underdog after finishing second in District 2. The combination of Anthony Johnson and Andrew Day led the Antietam inside dominance that eventually broke the game open. Susquehanna was within 14-11 after one quarter and 35-24 at halftime. The margin was nine until Antietam closed the third quarter with a 14-4 run to a 54-35 lead. Cole Mallery led the way for the Sabers by going 8-for-12 from the floor and 6-for-8 at the line while scoring 23 points. Andrzej Tomczyk added 12 points. Johnson was 13-for-20 while scoring 26 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for Antietam. Day was 7-for-8 while scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Antietam more than doubled Susquehanna’s rebound total. In high school wrestling, the Lackawanna League had two medal winners at the PIAA Championships in Hershey. Western Wayne’s Casey Fuller was fifth at 160 pounds and Lackawanna Trail’s Eric Laytos was seventh at 215 pounds. Laytos won the title at 215 a year ago. COLLEGE CORNER Karin Mowry, a sophomore from Elk Lake, helped Baptist Bible College get off to a strong softball start. The Lady Defenders opened with a sweep of Penn State-Abington, 11-7 in eight innings and 7-2 in five innings. When the opener went into extra innings, Mowry doubled in the go-ahead run. She finished with two hits and three runs batted in. Mowry had three more RBI in the second game. THE WEEK AHEAD Elk Lake’s Adam Phillips is the sixth seed in the Class AA 100-meter breaststroke for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Bucknell University. TOM ROBINSON writes a weekly local sports column for the Susquehanna County Transcript. He can be reached online at RobbyTR@aol.com.
NASCAR Racing Kahne Cruises To Truck Win DARLINGTON, S. C. - Kasey Kahne cruised to victory in Saturday’s Truck race at Darlington Raceway. The victory made Kahne the first driver in the truck series to win three of his first four starts. “I enjoy winning,” said Kahne. “I don’t win enough, so to come here and win this weekend feels great. It’s exciting to win, whether it’s a truck race or Cup race. I don’t care which it is.”
Kasey Kahne, winner of Darlington truck race. Second alongside Elliott Sadler on a restart with 53 laps to go, Kahne immediately dispatched of Sadler - who had taken two tires under the previous caution - and held on through a final restart with three laps left to score the win. Four-time truck champion Ron Hornaday Jr. finished second, followed by defending series champion and 2010 Darlington winner Todd Bodine. Matt Crafton, James Buescher, Timothy Peters, Elliott Sadler, Cole Whitt, Johnny Sauter, and David Starr completed the top-ten. The victory was Kahne’s second at Darlington. Kahne, who has been full time in the Cup series since 2004, also has a victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Both came in 2004. He finished second last year at Pocono Raceway. It was Kahne’s second appearance in the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 18 Toyota normally driven by team owner Kyle Busch, who was vacationing in Cancun, after getting married last week. The race was slowed by 10 cautions, including one for a three-truck wreck involving Johanna Long, Ricky Carmichael and Nelson Piquet Jr. that brought out the red flag for 7 minutes, 37 seconds. Top-10 leaders after 3 of 25: 1. Crafton-111, 2. Whitt-105, 3. Peters-104, 4. Rogers-103, 5. Sauter-102, 6. Hornaday-99, 7. Bodine-92, 8. Dillon-92, 9. Papis-87, 10. Earnhardt-86. Commentary: Has NASCAR bottomed out? Brian France, CEO of NASCAR thinks it has. At a press conference last week, he told reporters that the Cup Series ended the year on a positive note, and 2011 is looking good. “We went out in a strong way, as you know, in 2010 down to the last laps,” said France. “We hadn't had that in a few years. You want to go out strong. It's really important to have a good playoff, a good finale. You see where that's helped the Super Bowls of late, which have been very competitive. So have some other series, other sports. You want to go out on a real high. We have a very short window to launch. If you're going out a little bit down, it’s a little harder to ramp up. “We had a very dynamic Daytona 500, having a really young star born, having the iconic 21 Wood Brothers team in Victory Lane, with 74 lead changes, very interesting way the competition played out during the Daytona 500. We started there and then on to Phoenix, getting Jeff Gordon back in Victory Lane, record lead changes again there, attendance up across the board. “Obviously, the competition has never been better. That's been brewing in terms of going in the right direction for a number of months, dating back well into last year.” When asked about the level of increasingly rough driving, he replied: “It's made the racing better. They've got to figure that out. They're doing that largely. I would say, too, with the wild card situation, where the last two spots are going to be decided by wins, if you don't happen to have the perfect top-10 performance in the first 26 events, I think you saw the disappointment with Tony not winning when he thought he should have won last weekend, he now counts that because he doesn't start fast. “I think you're going to see an escalation of that. That's what great competition is. I'm actually happy to hear people complaining about that. It means it's working.” He even touched on Danica Patrick running in the Nationwide Series. “I think that (fourth-place run at Phoenix) elevated her,” he continued. “There was some discussion, did she have the right stuff to compete in the Nationwide Series. You know, I think she dispelled a lot of that. There's always circumstances in the start of a new career. But sometimes things are out of your control, people can crash in front of you, a hundred other things. “I think she elevated herself quite nicely. That's nice to see. She's a very competitive person. She's always said she's here to compete, not just happy to be here. That fits my criteria.” France said fans should not expect to see many schedule changes in 2012. “Do we see any major changes in the schedule?” he said. “We don't release that for another month or so. We did have a fair amount of changes last year and even some in the last couple years. “So by definition I don't think you're going to see a lot of changes. We'll see how some of the new dates, their new time on the calendar works out. But I don't think there will be as much as there was, say, in 2010. “We don't want there to be. We prefer to have a good continuity. That's our preference.” France appears to be on the right track. After three races into the 2011 season, the television rating and track attendancee hasn’t equaled that of 2009, but it has certainly improved. Fans appear to be regaining interest. TV ratings have increased for all three of this year’s Cup races, including 13 percent for the Daytona 500, 9 percent at Phoenix, and 29 percent for last week’s race at Las Vegas. Attendance also seems to be up with near sell-out crowds at both Phoenix and Las Vegas. There had been rumors in the past few months that Volkswagen might be entering NASCAR, but they ended that speculation. “Nothing for us. There is certainly the one or the other person out there in the world that would wish for that, but we don't have that on the programme,” said Ulrich Hackenberg, head of technical development at Volkswagen. There has been speculation for months over whether VW would enter NASCAR with a factory team to bolster its appeal in the U.S. market, where it lags Japanese carmakers. Weekend Racing: It’s on to Bristol, Tennessee for the Cup and Nationwide teams. The Trucks are off. Sat., Mar. 19, Nationwide Series Scott’s EZ Seed 300, 4 of 34; Starting time: 2 p.m.; TV: ESPN. Sun. Mar. 20, Sprint Cup Jeff Byrd 500, 4 of 36; Starting time: 1 p.m.; TV: Fox. All times are Eastern. Racing Trivia Question: In addition to his NASCAR racing teams, Joe Gibbs has also coached two NFL teams. Who are these two teams? Last Week’s Question: Which state is Kasey Kane from? Answer. He is from Enumclaw, Washington. You may contact the Racing Reporter at: hodges@race500.com
2011 Trout Stocking Schedule Announced DATE: TIME; WATER AREA; MEETING PLACE; SPECIES TROUT 3/16: 1:30; Starrucca Creek; Lanesboro P.O.; Rainbow, Brown, TG 3/16: 1:30; Canawacta Creek; Lanesboro P.O.; Rainbow, Brown 3/22: 1:00; Snake Creek; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown, TG 4/1: 1:00; Salt Lick Creek; Trail Diner, New Milford; Brook, Brown, Rainbow, TG 4/6: 1:00; Quaker Lake; Quaker Lake, PFBC access; Rainbow 4/7: 1:00; East Branch Wyalusing Cr.; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown, TG 4/7: 1:00; North Br. Wyalusing Cr.; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown, TG 4/11: 1:00; Silver Creek; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown 4/11: 1:00; Fall Brook; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown, Rainbow, TG 4/13: 12:00; Wysox Creek; Int. Rts. 6 & 187, Wysox; Brook, Brown, TG 4/13: 12:00; Tuscarora Creek; Int. Rts. 6 & 187, Wysox; Brown Rainbow, TG 4/18: 1:30; Starrucca Creek; Lanesboro P.O.; Brown, Rainbow 4/20: 1:00; East Br. Wyalusing Creek; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brown, Rainbow 4/20: 1:00; North Br. Wyalusing Creek; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brown, Rainbow 4/20: 1:00; Sugar Run; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brown 4/26: 1:00; Quaker Lake; Quaker Lake, PFBC access; Rainbow 4/26: 1:00; Silver Creek; Quaker Lake, PFBC access; Brown, Rainbow 4/26: 1:00; Fall Brook; Quaker Lake, PFBC access; Brown, Rainbow 4/28: 1:00; Snake Creek; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown 4/28: 1:00; Gaylord Creek; Emberz Rest., Montrose; Brook, Brown 4/29: 12:00; Wysox Creek; Int. Rts. 6 & 187, Wysox; Brown, Rainbow 4/29: 12:00; Tuscarora Creek; Int. Rts. 6 & 187, Wysox; Brown 5/11: 1:00; Salt Lick Creek; Trail Diner, New Milford; Brown, Rainbow 5/11: 1:00; Silver Creek; Trail Diner, New Milford; Rainbow Trout season opens April 16 at 8:00 a.m. The creel limit is 5 per day. Fore more information, visit www.fish.state.pa.us.
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