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Sun Sports
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
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Lee, on the other hand, has a
young team this year, but head
of reach.
Six golds — not to mention the very real possi-
Games.
Phelps is the greatest all-around swimmer in the
Contributed photo
THE 2004 RANGER TENNIS senior team captains are,
front from left, Sarah Brister, Emily Collins; back, Mark
Whittaker and Colby Jones.
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Anahuac
Advance tickets for the Anahuac
Panthers 2004 football season are not
available.
Panther fans can purchase tickets on
game day at the gate. For Thursday
games, the gate opens at 4:15 p.m.
Games start at 5 p.m. Gates open on
Friday at 6 p.m. Games start at 7 p.m.
Tickets are general admission only.
By CODY STARK
The Baytown Sun
By MARK COLVIN
Special to the Sun
LET US KNOW
Have questions about today's stories
or a story idea? Call Managing Editor
David Bloom at 281-425-8016 or e-mail
at sunnews@tfaytownsun.com or
david.bloom@baytownsun.com
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Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newmeh ■ '■
son, Solano Sedeno ill,- :
imentary School. Goose-
Barbers Hill
Season tickets for the Barbers Hill
Eagles 2004 football season not pur-
chased by previous season ticket hold-
ers are now available for purchase by
the general public.
Tickets are $25 per packet; the pack-
et includes tickets for all five of the
Eagles’ home games. Tickets are on
sale Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Barbers Hill 1SD
Tax Office, 9600 Eagle Drive, in Mont
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&AYT0WN — The Lee and
Sterling tennis teams take to the
courts today for the start of the
2004 fall season. Lee will travel to
Clear Brook, and Sterling will visit
Dojbje in non-district action.
coacji Jan Strubbe and the senior P35* if was just fke boys. We
Lee and Sterling football fans have
just a few more days to purchase sea-
son football tickets for the 2004 high
school season.
The deadline to purchase season
tickets is Wednesday. Tickets may be
purchased at the Goose Creek Athletic
Office located in the Goose Creek
Administration Building, 4544 I-IQ
East.
Season tickets for the 2004 six-game
Sterling package are $30. The 2004
five-game season ticket package for
Lee sells for $25.
Senior citizens possessing a Goose
Creek Gold Card may purchase a Lee
package for $5 or a Sterling package
for $6. Gold Cards are available at the
Administration Building and must be
presented at the time of season ticket '
purchase.
The sale of season tickets is open to
all football fans, regardless of purchas-
ing season tickets in the past.
Tickets are on sale Monday through
Thursday from 8 to 11 a.m. and from
noon to 4 p.m. Tickets will be sold
from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday.
Photo by Cindy Lamb
on Lucas heads for class;
i Creek.
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TflE RACEWAY PARK limited modified racecar is one of
rri&ny attractions at the race track.
Thorpe spoils Phelps
shot at Spitz’s record
that is sponsored by the River Queen Saloon, race fans were chosen from the weekly, “ride in
For Craig and his No. 57, every race is a learn- a race car” raffle. This week’s winners were
ing experience. Craig’s goals are very similar Redia Butcher of Dayton and Thad Freeland of
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Next Saturday night Butcher and Freeland
Craig shows up to win and Saturday night will strap themselves in the two-seater limited
was a display of how well he his learning his modified.
On a weekly basis, Houston Raceway Park is t0 most rookie drivers finish without
home to some of the Gulf Coast’s most experi- wrecking”.
enced drivers. The 3/8-mile dirt oval in
Baytown is also the best place to see up and
coming drivers cutting their teeth on the dirt lessons as he drove the No. 57 to victory in the
and getting schooled by the veterans. ~
This past Saturday was no different as the
Thunder Bombers, UMP Modif
ifieds, Limited 57 hopes to take more double checker flags the two-seater limited modified racecar for a
Modifieds, and TUSA Modifieds demonstrat- from Houston Raceway Park’s flag man Ricky ride with one of Texas’s most experienced dirt
track drivers, Gary Rollo.
Knowing Rollo’s past track accomplish-
ments, I knew this would definitely be the
other returning players from last and Emily Collins, the boys’ and miSsed out last year in going to
year’s team. girls’ senior captains, respectively, regionals in doubles and there
“Looking at the district and not to lead the team this season. Also, game has really picked up over the
knowing what Spring and (Spring) Heather Gardner will be a player to summer.”
Westfield bring, I expect a strong watch along with the boys’ doubles
second-place finish and maybe team of Slate Angel and Nick Binz.
“Colby just missed the regionals coach Kerry Tilton is optimistic
Strubbe said. “We have a lot of last year, and he has gotten better that the team will be able to remain
Expectations are high for head dep* on both sides where in the over the summer,” Strubbe said, competitive.
' " " • * ' —‘ are “Emily is the girls’No. 1, but right “I’m looking for the returning
i. By PAUL NEWBERRY
The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece — The kid couldn’t catch the
Thjorpedo — and he won’t be catching Mark Spitz,
either.
Michael Phelps’
quest for seven gold
medals ended after
just, three events,
doomed by another
bronze Monday night
in the most anticipated
race at the Olympic
pool — the head-to-
head showdown with
Alitalia’s Ian Thorpe
in S> the 200-meter
freestyle.
£borpe has ruled this event for years, but Phelps
couldn't resist seeing what he could do against the
man in black — part of the larger goal to break
Sprtz’s record from the 1972 Munich Games.
Adding even more luster to the event: defending
Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband,
who pulled off a shocking upset of Thorpe four
years ago at Sydney.
Van den Hoogenband got off to a quick start and
wds more than 1 second under world-record pace at
the halfway point. But he couldn’t maintain that
pace and finished with the silver.
His long arms churning smoothly through the
azUre water, Thorpe caught van den Hoogenband in
the homestretch, finishing with an Olympic record
of 1 minute, 44.71 seconds. The Dutchman’s time
was 1:45.23, while Phelps never caught the top
twA.
The 19-year-old from Baltimore was in third
most of the way, setting an American record of
1:45.32 that was only good enough for third. Associated Press photo/David J. Phillip
“It takes a lot more out of you racing in the IAN THORPE, of Australia, touches the wall to win the gold medal as The Netherlands Pieter van den
finals,” Phelps said. “I think it’s definitely a lot dif- Hoogenband, center, wins the silver and Michael Phelps, of the United States, top, the bronze in the 200-
ferent from the trials, a whole lot more emotional- meter freestyle at the Olympic Aquatic Centre during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Monday.
ly draining.”
Phelps got off to a good start in his pursuit of
Spitz, opening the Olympics with a world-record Games. “ 1 ” beside his name.
performance in the 400 individual medley. Phelps is the greatest all-around swimmer in the Thorpe and van den Hoogenband quickly
But he could do no better than bronze when the world, and he didn’t really need to swim the 200 clasped hands, while an exhausted Phelps clung to
free at ^Olympics. But he knew it was his only • a lane rope< watching a replay of the race on the
video board. Finally, he came over to congratulate
his two rivals, then turned to swim out of the pool
on the opposite side from everyone else.
On his way off the deck, Phelps turned to take
his audacious challenge fell short, he could be ty looked at the scoreboard and thrust a fist in the one final glance at the scoreboard before he disap-
remembered as something of a failure at the Athens ajr> yelling as if to say “Take that! ” when he saw a peared behind the stands.
over
“Emily is the girls’ No. 1, but right
ladep Sterling squad. The Rangers going to try some new things and on her heels is Heather Gardner. I piayers to remain consistent,”
hav^ four senior boys and four see how it goes.” expect the girls to really do well.
—«--:_i_ _ _i------:*u Strubbe will look to Colby Jones “Nick Binz and Slate Angel just
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Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newman
enda Hastings-Gongora,,,
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American team faltered in the 400 free relay on I
Sunday. Now, with only five races left, Spitz is out chance to face Thorpe in an individual event, so the
challenge was issued.
Phelps had nothing to be ashamed of. He swam
biliiy of winning eight medals of varying colors — faster than he ever has in thq 200, but it wasn’t fast
would put Phelps in storied company. But because enough. A defiant Thorpe touched the wall, quick-
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ed their racing capabilities to the Gulf Coast’s Owens.
most enthusiastic race fans. New to the entertainment mix at Houston
Russell Craig, 43, of Baytown, is part of the Raceway Park’s 3/8-mile dirt track is the
budding talent at the speedway. Saturday was Houston Raceway Park two-seater limited
Craig’s sixth race in the # 57 Thunder Bomber modified racecar. This Saturday two brave
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first heat race. As the Saturday night weekly Last week, track officials insisted that I, the
racing season speeds along, Craig and his No. track writer, put down the pen and strap into
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