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Sweetwater Reporter
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 ■ Page 7
Lady 'Stangs hold off
Lady Hornets, 40-30
BY RON HOWELL
Sports Editor
Thanks largely to a pair
of big scoring runs — one in
each alf — Sweetwater gave
Candice Wyatt a successful
debut as head girls basket-
ball coach here on Tuesday,
as the Lady Mustangs held
on to beat Highland 40-30.
With the game tied 11-11
early in the second quar-
ter, Sweetwater ran off 15
straight points en route to
a commanding 26-12 half-
time advantage.
Highland trimmed the
lead to eight, 27-19, mid-
way through the third peri-
od but Sweetwater got hot
again, launching a 12-0 run
— capped by a 3-pointer
by Candice Hernandez — to
increase its lead to 39-19
and all but secure the win,
though Highland used a
late 11-1 run to make the
final score more respect-
able. Sweetwater also won
last year's all-Nolan County
opener in Highland, 57-45.
Sweetwater outscored
the Lady Hornets 21-10
in the middle two periods
Tuesday. Wyatt was "very
pleased" afterward, though
she admitted there is room
for improvement.
"We've got some ground
to cover before district," she
said. "We've got to get in
better shape. We had our
moments of intensity, and
also a few breakdowns. But
it's early in the season and
that stuff is correctable."
Kendra Crosson scored 10
points to pace Sweetwater
while Kinsey Browning fin-
ished with nine, Alicia Finn
eight, Hayley Brownlow five
and Hernandez and Shelby
Cason four. Brownlow also
hit a 3-pointer.
Highland was led by Sier-
ra Allen's 10 points while
Kara Hughey had eight and
Lora Stewart, who sank two
treys, had seven. Jessica
McCain had four points and
Beth Richburg one. Sweet-
water's JV also won, 55-9,
in its season opener on
Tuesday with 12 different
players scoring points. The
hosts led Highland by 30,
34-4, at halftime.
Lexi Castillo scored eight
points while Mikki Resch-
man, Shaneese Brown and
Cierra Knox had six. Elise
Lawrence scored five while
Maddie Jones, Sydney Van-
derbilt, Taylor McPherson,
Whitnee Murff and Claire
Williams had four and Lar-
issa Locklar and Karlee
Murff two. For Highland,
Madison Mosely had three
and Mia Herrera, Tarin
Weldy and Schyler Kimbrell
two. Sweetwater hosts San
Angelo Lake View on Friday,
while Highland returns to
its home gym on Friday to
take on Eula.
Sweetwater's Kinsey Browning drives past Sierra Allen (22) and Lora Stewart of
Highland in Tuesday's season opener for both teams at Mustang Gym. Kathleen
Campbell of Sweetwater is also pictured. Sweetwater defeated Highland 40-30.
Photo by Betsy Howe
NBA players make it clear: no deal, no cear o ultimatum
The Associated Press
PRO BASKETBALL
NEW YORK - NBA play-
ers made it clear: No deal.
No fear of Commissioner
David Stern's ultimatum,
either.
Instead, the players said
they will ask for another
meeting with owners before
Stern's Wednesday after-
noon deadline — and sound
willing to agree to a 50-50
split of revenues under the
right circumstances — in an
attempt to end the lockout
and save the season.
In an interview on NBA
TV, Stern said that whether
he agrees to meet "would
be guided by the labor rela-
tions committee."
NBA spokesman Mike
Bass said the league has not
yet heard from Hunter.
A month of the season has
already been lost, and the
NBA risks losing fans with-
out an agreement soon.
ST. LOUIS - Ed Mac-
auley, one of the NBA's first
big stars who won a cham-
pionship with the St. Louis
Hawks and was traded by
the Boston Celtics for Bill
Russell, has died. He was
83.
Saint Louis University an-
nounced Macauley's death
but had no other details.
"Easy Ed" was a standout
player with the Billikens,
eading them to the 1948
NIT title.
COLLEGE
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -
Coach Joe Paterno is fight-
ing for his job amid "erod-
ing" support from Penn
State's board of trustees
and a widening sex-abuse
scandal and possible cov-
er-up centered on former
National
sports briefs
assistant and one-time heir
apparent Jerry Sandusky.
Paterno's regularly sched-
uled news conference was
abruptly canceled. A uni-
versity spokesman cited
"ongoing legal circumstanc-
es," a reference to charges
announced during the week-
end that Sandusky molested
eight young boys between
1994 and 2009, and that two
PSU administrators who
have since stepped aside
failed to notify authorities
of a 2002 incident reported
by an eyewitness.
The board said it would
appoint a special committee
to conduct an investigation
into the "circumstances"
that resulted in the indict-
ments of Sandusky, athletic
director Tim Curley and vice
president Gary Schultz. The
committee will be appointed
Friday at the board's regular
meeting.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A new
study says that the racial
and gender composition of
people in key leadership
positions at schools that
compete in the NCAA's
Football Bowl Subdivision
remains decisively white
and male.
The report by The Institute
for Diversity and Ethics in
Sport at the University of
Central Florida shows that
90 percent of FBS presi-
dents are white, along with
88 percent of athletic direc-
tors.
Men comprise 81 and 95
percent of those positions,
respectively.
Diversity also is severely
lacking among the leader-
ship at the various FBS
conferences, where 100
percent of conference com-
missioners are both white
and male.
The biggest strides show
up on the sidelines of the
playing field. There are an
all-time high of 19 head
coaches of color, including
17 African-Americans.
PRO FOOTBALL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -
The New England Patriots
took just half a season to
decide they didn't need
Albert Haynesworth.
Two days after he sat
out most of the second
half against the New York
Giants, the Patriots released
the defensive lineman they
obtained after his rocky
two-year stay with the
Washington Redskins.
In six games with the
Patriots, Haynesworth had
just three tackles and no
sacks.
His last play came in
Sunday's 24-20 loss to the
Giants when left guard
David Diehl blocked him to
clear the way for Brandon
Jacobs' 10-yard touchdown
run with 9:10 left in the
third quarter.
SOCCER
NEW YORK - Sporting
Kansas City forward C.J.
Sapong was voted Major
League Soccer's Rookie of
the Year.
The 22-year-old, selected
10th in January's draft after
playing at James Madison,
received 42 percent of
media votes, 30 percent of
player votes and 34 percent
of club votes for a weighted
total of 106 in balloting.
D.C. United defender Per-
ry Kitchen was second with
a weighted total of 34.6,
followed by Philadelphia
midfielder Michael Farfan
(33-5). Portland midfielder
Darlington Nagbe (29) and
Houston forward Will Bruin
(28).
WORLD SERIES
OF POKER
LAS VEGAS - Pius Heinz,
a young poker professional,
won the World Series of
Poker main event and $8.72
million, capturing the title
with an ace high.
The 22-year-old German
wagered the last of his chips
against Martin Staszko of
the Czech Republic with an
ace-king.
Staszko held a seven-10 of
clubs. The board was a five
of clubs, deuce of diamonds,
nine of spades, jack ofhearts
and four of diamonds, help-
ing neither player.
Staskzo won $5.43 mil-
lion for second place.
Las Vegas poker profes-
sional Ben Lamb was elimi-
nated earlier in the night.
GOLF
HENDERSON, Nev. -
Kenny Perry made nine bird-
ies and led the Champions
Tour to the title at the
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge.
The Champions Tour team,
made up of Perry, Jay Haas
and Mark Calcavecchia,
were a combined 15 under
in the two-player, best-ball
format that allowed each
team to discard one score
per hole.
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lames' tumultuous time
at Tech now wrapping up
LUBBOCK (AP) - The
nasty voicemails and emails
don't weigh on Adam James
anymore. And he doesn't care
if people view him as a pari-
ah, the guy who brought an
end to the high-flying Mike
Leach era at Texas Tech.
James is more interested in
helping the Red Raiders get
to a bowl by winning at least
one of their last three games.
The 23-year-old senior tight
end is wrapping up his career
at Texas Tech, and he said
he doesn't carry any baggage
around from the ugly end-
ing to Leach's career in West
Texas two years ago.
"I don't really think that
much about it," James said
during his first interview
since Leach was fired in
December 2009. "I really
have never let what people
say or think about me affect
me, unless it was somebody
that really knew me and
knew who I was."
James has never spoken
at length about what hap-
pened with Leach. There
were allegations that James
had suffered a concussion,
and that Leach basically
ignored it while forcing the
sophomore to twice stand
for hours while confined in
a dark place during prac-
tice.
Leach has denied the alle-
gations, but he was fired
and wound up suing Texas
Tech in a legal fight that
still isn't settled. Adding to
the intrigue were sugges-
tions that James' father,
former SMU star and ESPN
analyst Craig James, had
pushed school officials to
fire Leach.
In the two years since, the
younger James has never
spoken publicly as he put
together a solid, unremark-
able career on the field. He
sat down with three report-
ers on Monday, politely and
matter-of-factly answer-
ing questions about his life
on campus and what has
turned out to be his best
season.
James didn't play much the
year after Leach was fired but
so far this year he has caught
19 passes for 240 yards. He
caught a touchdown — the
third in his three years at
Texas Tech — against in-state
rival Texas A&M.
But the touchdown
brought a few boos from the
home crowd in Lubbock,
illustrating how challenging
his life has been.
"I guess when you get
60,000 strong it's easy to
voice your opinion," James
said. "You can't let what
other people say get to you
because the people that
know me, that's the impor-
tant thing."
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