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SPORTS
GCM SETS SOFTBALL PLAYOFF SERIES
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Friday, April 24,2009
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Crosby golfers rebound to take third at regionals
Huntsville finished second at 636.
SEE GOLF • PAGE 6A
Green ready for ring comeback
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Just when he thought he was out, they pulled
Calvin Green back in.
To a boxing ring.
But not exactly kicking and screaming.
Green, a 1997 Sterling graduate, is re-start-
ing his professional boxing career tonight
when the junior welterweight fights on the
Rumble 5 card at Houston’s Bar-Rio, 6400
Richmond Ave.
“I retired three
years ago,” says the
31-year-old Green,
multi-year
Gloves
in
who
Green’s comeback bout was originally scheduled for
late February, but that boxing card was canceled.
Promoter Tony Leonard of Houston and Antonio
Leonard Productions is putting on tonight’s show
in association with J. Prince Entertainment.
Doors open at 6 p.m., with a full card of bouts
a
Golden
champion
Houston
1996 Olympic
Trials, "and I hUH ’■*
had been
efitter.
“But every HgH ’ ' i
my
fighting. V
never a
chance to see
you fight. I want
to see you fight.’”
The boxer they call “Cool Cal” aims to
please.
He owns a 19-3 record as a pro that
includes 14 wins by knockout. His last fight
was three years ago in Dallas. This one will
be against an opponent from Monroe, La.,
Michael Williams, who has a record of 15-
12, Green said.
He’s been training for a comeback
since late last year, running three A
eight-minute miles before breakfast
and a trip to the gym for a three-hour
boxing workout followed by some
afternoon weight training.
“I always stay fit, so I said ‘Let’s
give it another shot,”’ Green
recalled his decision to stage a
comeback. “When you love some-
thing like this, it never gets out of
your heart.
“I’ve been boxing since 1 was 9.
I can’t do nothing better than box-
ing, and I think I’ve still got five
more years.”
his dad, James Green.
“The delay didn’t really
affect me at all,” the
boxer said. “It gave
k me more time to
work with my dad,
I get back into condi-
I tion. I didn’t mind
I atalL”
jf Before rejoining
his dad, Green
worked out with
trainer Phillip
Guillory.
“My dad’s
k been train-
■ ing me
■ since 1 was
I 9,” Green
I said. “At
first, he was
working a lot
of hours at his
job where he wasn’t able to work with
me. But he fixed his schedule so he
could train me again.
“It’s kind of good having him back in
my comer, too. There are certain
things we have a connection with.
He can look at me a certain way and
I know what I’m supposed to be
doing.
“Nobody stays on me harder than
him. He wants the best for me.”
With all his years in the sport,
Green says he’s well past the point
of being nervous before a fight.
I “Now I get excited,” he said.
“Last night I had a dream where
I was walking to the ring. I woke
up before I got to the ring and
couldn’t go back to sleep.
“I don’t get nervous any more.
I’m just excited.”
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race season.
Ouch.
If you’re longing for the days of
old-fashioned, driver-against-driver
competition, then head out to
Houston Raceway Park this Saturday
and Sunday for the O’Reilly Auto
Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series, and
you’ll have an up-close-and-personal
view of sportsman racing at its best.
According to the NHRA, bracket
racing is the most popular form of
drag racing. The idea behind this
type of contest is that two vehicles
with different performance potential
can race side by side on an even
basis, •
Before the race, each driver choos-
es a dial-in time, predicting the
elapsed time the driver estimates
necessary for his or her car to cross
the finish line. The time is written on
the car’s window so that the starter
can adjust the “Christmas tree” lights
on the starting line.
Next, the car with the slower dial-
in time is given the green light before
the faster car, the margin being the
difference of the two dial-in times
chosen by the drivers. If either car
“breaks out” or goes faster than its
dial-in time, it is disqualified
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total. Crosby’s 669 total marked a 13-shot our kids improved and we got third-place
In the Region 1I1-5A meet at Eagle second-day improvement for the Cougars
Pointe, Sterling wound up tied for 15th in from 341 to 328 and that’s what coach
Crosby’s golfers trimmed 13 shots from the boys’ team standings.
their opening team total and finished third
in the. Region I1I-4A boys’ tournament Momentum ShlftS fOP
Crosby, Barbers Hill
HUNTSVILLE - With first-round Haywood said.
leader Montgomery improving by 23
3/8 Milt DIRT
Thursday in Huntsville.
As only the top two teams advance to
the state tournament, third is normally a
tough place to finish. But given that sec- ]eader Montgomery improving by 23 Justin McKay led Crosby with a closing
ond-place Huntsville finished 33 shots strokes on its first-day score, the Bears set 78, giving him a 158 total for the tourna-
ahead of the Cougars, it wasn’t like one a standard that no one could better in win- ment, a few shots too high to qualify for
shot or even a handful made the differ- ning the Region II1-4A tournament with a his second straight state-tournament
ence. total score of 631 at Raven Nest Golf appearance.
Barbers Hill finished in seventh place Club. “He missed going to state by six
at 700, 31 shots behind Crosby’s 669 Huntsville finished second at 636. strokes,” Haywood said. “All but one of
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5 medals, but we don’t advance.”
from 341 to 328 and that’s what coach Rounding out the scores for Crosby
Lee Haywood focused on. were Cody Crabtree, who finished 79-
“As a team, they did pretty good today, 160; Jonathan Marek 87-174, Kyle
a lot more consistent than yesterday, but Rogers 85.i78 and John Patrlck 87_184.
The Cougars started the day in fifth
place, one shot and one spot behind
Barbers Hill. The Eagles ballooned from
340 Wednesday to 360 Thursday and fin-
ished in seventh place at 700.
“We’ve had better days, for sure,” BH
coach Jamey Horn said. “This is four
HKr beginning at 7 p.m. Green said he expects to fight
sometime around 9 p.m.
«j was kiHd of disappointed the fight in
February got canceled,” he said, “but the pro-
moter said I’ll put you in my main show. He told
me this is my shot. So I’m in the gym every day.”
The best thing about the delay is that it has
allowed Green to reunite with his
longtime trainer, who is also
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