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Sun Sports
Section B
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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Craig Biggio had three doubles, three RBIs and
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Bike heats up
for nationals
Barbers Hill baseball and softball games
cancelled due to weather
The Barbers Hill baseball and softball home games were can-
celled on Monday due to recent thunderstorms. The Eagles var-
sity baseball game against Cleveland has been rescheduled for
Wednesday at 6 p.m.
The Eagles are 15-3 on the season and are currently tied for
first place in district with Splendora at 6-2. Barbers Hill will trav-
el to Splendora on Friday for a 7 p.m. game.
The Lady Eagles varsity game against Liberty has been
rescheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. and the junior varsity
game will be at 4:30 p.m.
The Lady Eagles varsity squad is 21-4 on the season and 8-2
in district play. Both squads will travel to Coldspring on Friday
with the JV game at 4:30 p.m. followed by the varsity at 6 p.m.
Jim
Lite
Robby Holland, a fourth-grader at
Barbers Hill Intermediate, tied for first ,
place at the Hoop Shoot Free Throw
Contest, sponsored by the 2004 Texas
Elks State Association and held in
Richardson. Holland sank 2P of 25 free
throws to create a three-way tie for first
place in the 8-9-year-old boys’ division.
He then made four of five shots to fin-
ish in third place overall. Holland
advanced by winning the local contest
at the Liberty Elks lodge, making 17 of
25 free throws. He then advanced to
the East District shootoff in Beaumont,
where he made 23 of 25 shots. Holland
is the son of Kelly and Tom Holland of .
Mont Belvieu.
Contributed photo
pitched one scoreless inning to get the win.
Hidalgo’s homer in the first off St. Louis starter
Woody Williams gave the Astros a 4-0 lead.
ST. LOUIS — Richard Hidalgo hit a three-run
home run and broke an eighth-inning tie with a sacri-
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By JIM SALTER
The Associated Press
By CODY STARK
The Baytown Sun
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Barbers Hill ready for district meet
MONT BELVIEU — Barbers Hill will host the
District 22-3A Track and Field Championships
today and Thursday at Eagles Stadium.
The Eagles boys and girls’ track teams will try
to benefit from home track advantage in their
Dixon placed third in the 100-meter dash at
Lufkin and Sweeny and Samantha Hardin has
of the area’s toughest track meets including been a force in the pole vault this year.
“Tameron is a legitimate sprinter,” Terrasso
said. “She runs about a 12.4 100-meter, a 25.5 200
Associated Press photo/Tom Gannam
HOUSTON’S BRAD AUSMUS tags out St. Louis’ Edgar and home on a hit by Mike Matheny in the fifth inning
Renteria after catching him in a rundown between third Monday in St. Louis. The Astros won 10-5.
“Daddy won!
Canyon
believe it?
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson
gathered up his oldest child in his arms
and held on tight, as though he needed
reassurance that everything he was feeling
was real.
“Daddy won!” Mickelson said.
The two of them were on the steps lead-
ing up to the scoring trailer behind August
National’s 18th green. Moments earlier,
Mickelson’s 18-footer for birdie tumbled
dramatically over the left lip of the cup and
all that remained to make it official was
for him to sign his scorecard.
Hundreds of people on every side
roared their approval. Four-year-old
Amanda Mickelson looked into her
father’s eyes, and smiled broadly.
“Can you believe it?” he asked.
This time, there was no need to wait for
an answer.
In the fading light of a hazy afternoon,
Mickelson slipped on a green jacket and
simultaneously shed the label of patron
saint to every striver and also-ran in
sports. For the record, it was his first win
after 42 straight misses in golf’s major
tournaments. It was as if the Chicago Cubs
had won the World Series, or the Buffalo
Bills finally broke through and grabbed a
Super Bowl.
“The most difficult part of the journey
has been dealing with — I don’t want to
say failure — but dealing with losses time
after time. It gets frustrating,” Mickelson
said. “You just can’t let it.”
Now, he has the one victory that vali-
dates all the others, 22 on the PGA Tour,
the first coming while he was still a junior
in college. That one created expectations
that he struggled years to fulfill. During
the final rounds of some majors, there
were spectacular mistakes and memorable
collapses. But other times, when
Mickelson played bravely and well, some-
one always seemed to play better.
One of the toughest of those losses
came at Pinehurst in the 1999 U.S. Open.
There, on the final green, the late Payne
Stewart did almost the same thing to
Mickelson that he did Sunday at the
Masters to Ernie Els: make a long putt to
nail down the win.
Mickelson had been prepared during
that week at the Open to rush back to
Scottsdale, Ariz., where his wife, Amy,
was in the last days of a rough pregnancy
with Amanda. He was already a bundle of
emotions. After the putt dropped, Stewart
shook Mickelson’s hand and told him,
“Good luck with the baby. There’s nothing
like being a father.”
The moment came flooding back as
Mickelson struggled with another wave of
emotions.
“I thought about that,” he said. “It was
very similar. We both made a putt at the
last hole, similar lengths to win by one. He
was very prophetic about family, too. I
thought about that as- I was holding
Amanda.”
Parenthood, like just about everything
else in his life, proved to be an easy segue
for Mickelson. But in a sense, even that
seemed to be working against him.
Early in his career, he seemed almost
too hungry to deliver on the promise his
enormous talent made. At critical junc-
tures in the biggest tournaments,
Mickelson tried reckless or nearly impos-
sible shots, sometimes, jt seemed, just to
prove it could be done. Later on, as matu-
rity and the experience of so many close
and costly defeats chastened him, the
question became whether family fame
and fortune had made Mickelson too con-
tented.
In between, rivals Tiger Woods, Els and
Vijay Singh surged past him as the most
likely heirs to the championship traditions
established by multiple-major winners
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Ben
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — Craig Treble has a
lot of making up to do these days.
After the Mateo Suzuki rider fin-
ished second in Pro Stock Bike
standings in 2002, he was a front run-
ner for the ‘03 NHRA POWERade
championship. Treble didn’t realize
his or anyone else’s expectations. He
claimed the last two race victories of
the season, but finished fifth overall.
The ‘04 season kicked off without
fireworks too. Treble qualified in the
No. 10 spot at the season opener in
Gainesville, Fla., before he lost to
Mike Berry in the first round.
But don’t count him out of the
championship race yet.
Treble is ready to make up for the
‘03 season starting at the 17th annual
O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals pre-
sented by Pennzoil at Raceway Park,
April 15-18.
The $1.9 million race is the fifth of
23 events in the $50 millipn NHRA
POWERade Drag Racing Series and
the second of 15 events for the Pro
Stock Bike category.
“I am very confident going into
Houston,” Treble said. “I promise a
better performance from Gainesville.
We’ve made a lot of test runs. We’ve
made 22 test passes since we left
Gainesville and I’ve competed in two
bracket races. Every time we go test-
ing, the numbers are stout. I don’t
know what happens on race day.”
“We’ve made a bunch of changes
and we finally figured out what hap-
pened to us in Gainesville. This bike
has so much potential. The numbers
are there.”
The same people helping Treble
develop more horsepower are the same
people that look to be the biggest com-
petition in the category. Treble gets his
engines from Vance & Hines and he
said the biggest threat to every race is
on the other side<of the shop. The
Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson team earned the first
win of the season and Treble doesn’t
see riders Andrew Hines or GT
Tonglet slowing down.
“Those Harleys are the ones to
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“We tried to put the kids in a situation twice this (meter) and she can compete with anyone,
season in Lufkin and Sweeny, to give them the Samantha has been real consistent in the pole
type of competition that would be at regionals,” vault for us and she has a really good shot at win-
girls coach Andy Terrasso said. “They were able ning district and could make a run at regionals.”
to meet that challenge and some were able to place The boys’ team has the ability to make a strong
in those meets.” push for the championship and several members
__________________________________.____ The girls’team features some great athletes who have a chance at individual titles. The Eagles have 1
quest to secure their respective district champi- have continued to place meet after meet. Tameron a deep team with almost three competitors jn each
onships. The Lady Eagles are the defending 22- Dixon Placed in the 100-meter dash at event. , , .
3A champs and both squads have competed in Lufkin and Sweeny and Samantha Hardin has “We plan to be able to win the meet,” boys
some of the area’s toughest track meets including been a force in the pole vault this year. coach Bryan Price said. “We have a good solid
the Pineywood Relays in Lufkin, which featured
5A and 4A schools.
off reliever Mike Lincoln (2-1), who allowed five runs ,
in 1 1-3 innings.
Jeff Kent was hit by a pitch leading off the eighth
and went to third on Lance Berkman’s single before
free fly to help the Houston Astros beat the St. Louis Hidalgo’s sacrifice fly made it 6-5.
Cardinals 10-5 Monday night. Later in the inning, with the bases loaded and two
Craig Biggio had three doubles, three RBIs and qu^ Biggio drove a pitch from Julian Tavarez off the
scored^ three dmeis ^or Astros. Ricky Stone (1-0) ieft-field wall to score three. Everett brought Biggio
home with a single.
The teams combined to send 16 batters to the plate
After the Cardinals took a 5-4 lead, the Astros tied in a 44-minute first inning, as hitters were apparently
it in the seventh when Adam Everett hit a sacrifice fly unbothered by the cold.
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