Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 270, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Page: 7 of 10
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Sweetwater Reporter Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ■ Page 7
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Lady Stangs stop B ridge
BRECKENRIDGE — The Sweetwater
High School volleyball team earned its first
district win Tuesday as the Lady Mustangs
swept past Breckenridge in three games by
scores of 25-17, 25-22, 25-10.
Sweetwater (1-1 in district, 14-17 overall)
was led by the tandem of Dedra Brown and
Hanna Kite with 17 kills apiece.
“This was a much-needed win," coach
Liz Miller said. “We generated a lot more
offense and played better defense. I am very
proud of the team because it truly was a
team effort, from the ones who didn’t see a
lot of playing time to the ones that did."
Sweetwater had dropped three straight
matches, including its District 2-3A opener
at Wylie on Friday. The Lady Mustangs will
play their first district home match against
Graham this Friday.
“We still have to continue to improve so we
can compete with Wylie and Brownwood,”
Miller said, “but 1 see this team making the
climb up.”
Wylie defeated Brownwood, the defend-
ing champion, in three games Tuesday.
Kelsey Painter had 12 digs for Sweetwater
while Brown had seven digs, Lavonta Moore
six and Kite, Laci Jones and Brittney Garza
three.
Jones had 20 kill assists and Garza 16,
and Jones also had six aces.
Moore had four kills, Kathleen Campbell
two and Garza one. Campbell and Lakeisha
Robison had two digs and Jerren Villa
one, while Kite had two blocks and Brown,
Robison, Kendra Chowning and Alicia Finn
one.
Garza and Kite also had service aces for
Sweetwater, while Chowning and Finn each
had one kill assist.
8th grade spikers stay unbeaten
Sweetwater Middle School’s eighth grade
Red volleyball team is now 6-0 in district
matches after recent wins over Brecken-
ridge and Brownwood.
The team beat Breckenridge 25-8, 25-23
here on Sept. 21 and came back on Sept. 28
to outlast Brownwood 22-25, 25-18, 28-26.
“This team is a very strong team," said
coach Carla Lambert. “They are playing
very well. It is hard to keep them challenged
in practice. 1 hope they continue to keep
rocking on and are able to see this same
success late in the season.”
Against Breckenridge, Taylor McPherson
served 16 points and Larissa Loeklar six
in the first game while Karlee Mu iff had
six service points, Loeklar four and Alyssa
I leredia two in the second game.
Attack leaders were I leredia and Loeklar
with six and Kayla Chowning and Megan
Carney with three. Sydney Vanderbilt had
two attacks and Murff one. In kills, Loeklar
led the way with six while Heredia had four,
Chowning two and Vanderbilt and Carney
one. McPherson had seven service aces,
Loeklar six, Murff four and Carney two
while Mikki Resehman had three digs and
Lexie Stewart two.
Sweetwater then traveled to Brownwood
this past Monday and kept its district record
spotless with a hard-earned victory in three
tough games.
In the first game, Heredia had four ser-
vice points while Loeklar, Murff and Van-
derbilt had two and McPherson one.
In the second game, Vanderbilt led the
way with seven service points while Here-
dia had three, Loeklar and Murff two and
Carney one. In Game 3, Loeklar and Van-
derbilt had three service points, Murff and
McPherson two and Shaneese Brown one.
The attack leaders were Vanderbilt with
nine, Chowning and Loeklar with eight,
Carney with four, Heredia, Brown and
McPherson with three, Resehman with two
and Murff with one.
Block leaders were Loeklar and Vander-
bilt with four, Brown with three and
Chowning and Heredia with one.
Resehman led the team with six assists
while McPherson had five, Sabrina Valdez
four, Loeklar three and Carney two.
For more Sweetwater Middle School
results from the matches with Brownwood
and Breckenridge, see the information in
the box at below left.
Mercury’s Taurasi is
named WNBA’s MVP
SMS
volleyball
results
MONDAY, SEPT. 21
Vs. Breckenridge
8th grade White
won 21-25, 25-14,
25- 21
Service points: Taylor
Ramsey 8. Alyssa Williams
7, Ziggy Collins (1, Allison
Winslett 4, Lena Lovelad)
4, Katlin Rendon 4, Anna
Venegas 4, Vanessa Rotlri
guez3, Katherine Montoya
3, Megan < )den 2. Coach's
comment: 'After a slow
start, we finally found our
serves in the second and
third game. I feel that our
defense won both the sec-
ond and third game by
pressuring Breckenridge
to keep the ball in play.
Our girls were ready to
set up and attack. We won
with a total team effort.”
MONDAY, SUM 28
at Brownwood
8th grade White
won 23-25. 26 24.
26- 24
Service points: Ziggy
Collins to, Alyssa Williams
10, Taylor Ramsey 7,'1'rista
Gonzales 6, (unknown) 6,
Anna Venegas 4, Megan
Oden 4, Lena Loveladv
3, Allison Winslett 2.
Coach's comment: "After
a slow start in Game 1 we
played better in Game 2.
Our Game 3 was a real
roller coaster. After being
down 16-K our girls made
a great comeback, seat-
ing 18 points while giving
up only 8. Our last server
served six in a row and our
attack overcame a 24-20
deficit to win 2(1-24. It was
a great team effort.”
7th grade Bed won
25-16, 25-16
Game 1 service points:
Savanna Hall 5. Marissa
Duran 4, l.indzi Clemmer
3, Maddie Jones 2, Cierra
Knox 2, Marina Duran t,
Megan Moisey 1, Claire
Williams 1. Game 2 ser-
vice points: Maddie Jones
7, Savanna Hall 5, Marina
Duran 4, l.indzi Clemmer
2, Claire Williams 2, Cierra
Kmix 1. Attacks: Caroline
Brennan 0. Cierra Knox
6.
7th grade White
won 25-11, 11-25, 25-19
Service points: Veronica
Baldivia if,. Alexis Castillo
10, Isabel Mendez 7, Kayla
Wofford 6, Samantha
Ortega 4. Attacks: Lauren
Young 2, Kori Gutierrez
2, Veronica Baldivia t.
Corynn Martin 1, Kayla
Wofford 1, Katie Melendez
1. Passes in settei: K.ivla
Wofford 2, Veronica Bal-
divia 2, Corynn Martin 2,
Gabby Reyes 1. Lauren
Young 1.
The Associated Press
PRO BASKETBALL
P1IOKN1X Phoenix
Mercury star Diana Tau-
rasi has been named the
WNBA’s most valuable play-
er. The former No. 1 draft
pick out of Connecticut was
presented the award at a
news conference prior to
the team’s WNBA Finals
opener against the Indiana
Fever. The Mercury won
120-1x6 in overtime to take
tt 1-0 lead in the hest-of-five
series.
Taurasi, a four-time
WNBA All-Star and two-
time (flympic gold medalist,
led the league in scoring at
23.8 points per game as the
Mercury went a league-best
23-11 in the regular season.
UNDATED - The NBA
has told teams it's going
ahead with replacement ref-
erees, days after the league
thought a deal had been
reached with locked-out
officials.
The league sent a memo
informing teams it had “no
expectation of concluding
;i timely labor contract."
According to the memo, the
sides had agreed in prin-
ciple on a new two-year deal
Friday. But the National
Basketball Referees Associa-
tion rejected the NBA's pro-
posal Sunday.
Commissioner David
Stern previously ended
one of the bargaining ses-
sions when the league felt
the referees backed out of
previously agreed upon
concessions. The NBA held
referees training camp
with replacements over the
weekend and will release
National
sports briefs
its roster of backups before
the first preseason game,
scheduled for Thursday at
Utah.
BASEBALL
HOUSTON Former
major leaguer Chuck
Knoblauch was charged
with assaulting his com-
mon-law wife. A judge
set Knoblauch’s bond at
$10,000 after he appeared in
court. According to a crimi-
nal complaint, Knoblauch’s
wife told police he hit her
in the face and then choked
her at their Houston home
on Friday.
The 41-year-old former
infielder is a Houston native
and a four-time All-Star who
played for the Minnesota
Twins, New York Yankees
and Kansas City Royals
from 1991-02.
Knoblauch was one of
more than 80 players who
were accused of using per-
formance-enhancing drugs
in the 2007 Mitchell Report
on baseball’s steroids era.
He later acknowledged us-
ing performance enhanc-
ers.
PRO FOOTBALL
MIAMI - Chad Pen-
nington’s season officially
ended with a trade that didn't
involve him. The Miami
Dolphins placed Pennington
on the reserve-injured list
to create a roster spot for
quarterback Tyler Thigpen,
who was acquired from the
Kansas City Chiefs for an
undisclosed draft pick.
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SHS cross country team
The members of the Sweetwater High School cross country team are, bottom
row from left, Morgan Young, Lyndi Loeklar, Stephanie Moya, Morgan Kunge,
Alvssa Gutierrez, Sterling Reeves; lop row, Ashley Kincheloe, Marissa Paquin,
Belinda lletnvi, Jayci Shelton, Brittany Lashinski, liriana Garcia, Addisyn
Clecklcr, Briana Munoz, Annie Lansford, Taylor Mckov, Erika Vaughn, Char-
Ice Ross, Genea Cherry, Aubra Hendrix, Jontac Jones. Also on the team but not
pictured is kanesha Anderson.
SHS tennis teams are staying busy
The Sweetwater High School varsity and
JV tennis teams were both in action this
past week.
On Sept. 22, the varsity hosted Snyder
and won 10-9.
Individual winners included Cameron
Dahar in No. 1 boys singles, Brice Carrion in
No. 3 boys singles, Allie Myers in No. 2 girls
singles, Jessica Bond in No. 3 girls singles,
Jenny Ordway in No. 4 girls singles and
Heidi Taylor in No. 6 girls singles. Carrion
won his match in a third set tiebreaker.
In addition, Sweetwater swept all three
of its girls doubles matches and also won in
No. 1 boys doubles.
On Sept. 24, the JV traveled to Snyder
and lost 13-6.
Sweetwater got individual wins from
Javier Solano in No. 2 boys singles, Jsiah
Hernandez in No. 3 boys singles, Bryson
Wallace in No. 5 boys singles and also from
Monique Lopez in No. 1 girls singles.
Sweetwater’s JV aiso got wins at Snyder
in No. 1 boys doubles as well as No. 3 boys
doubles.
Sweetwater’s varsity hosted Frenship in
a match played this past Saturday, Sept. 26
and lost 15-4. The undefeated No. 1 girls
doubles team of Hanna Hunter and Jessica
Bond won 6-4, 6-0 in their match while in
No. 2 boys doubles, Sweetwater’s Aaron
Ortiz and Aaron Shipp won 10-7 in a third
set tiebreaker. Hunter, who was the No. 1
seed, was the only girl to win in girls singles
as she played very well on Saturday.
In No. 3 boys singles, Chris Hernandez
got a win for Sweetwater.
Hernandez, a sophomore, was moved up
to the No. 3 spot due to an injury to another
player on the team.
On Sept. 28, the JV hosted Midland
Christian and won the match 13-6.
Sweetwater’s individual wins came from
its No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 boys
singles players as well as its No. 2 and No. 3
boys doubles teams, and also from its No. 1,
No. 2 and No. 3 girls singles players and all
three of the girls doubles teams.
On Sept. 29, the varsity hosted Wylie but
results were not available at press time.
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Angels eliminate Texas from playoff
contention; Red Sox clinch wild card
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Texas
Rangers had their ace on the mound and
the desperate motivation of their flicker-
ing playoff hopes.
With their own postseason ticket
already punched, the Angels had a fill-in
starting pitcher and a patchwork lineup of
youngsters and backups.
The way Sean O’Sullivan saw it, every-
thing was lined up perfectly for Los
Angeles to win the Rangers' last mean-
ingful game of the year.
Bobby Abreu homered, O’Sullivan
earned his first win in two months and
the Angels eliminated Texas from playoff
contention with a 5-2 victory Tuesday
night.
Texas’ third straight loss clinched the
AL wild card for the Boston Red Sox, who
will meet the Angels in the first round for
the third consecutive postseason. With
their 93rd victory, the Angels earned
another chance to beat Boston, which lias
won all four of the clubs’ previous post-
season meetings.
One day after the Angels clinched their
third straight AL West title with an 11-0
victory over the second-place Rangers
(85-72), Los Angeles took it easy, resting
two-thirds of its usual starting lineup. Yet
pinch-hitter Mike Napoli had a two-run
single as the Angels improbably battered
Scott Feldman, while O’Sullivan (4-2)
combined with three relievers on a five-
hitter.
“It’s almost like you're more loose in
our situation," said O’Sullivan, who threw
a no-hitter in Triple-A since his last vic-
tory for the Angels on July 21. “We’re just
out there having a good time playing the
game, and 1 think that’s when you should
play vour best baseball."
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