Sports and Outdoors

Friday, March 26, 2010

Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Woodward back in old form
After being plagued by injuries last year, Coastal Carolina third baseman Scott Woodward is back to normal.
He’s hitting the ball, driving in runs, stealing bases and taking “one for the team” every once and awhile — like he did his freshman season.
After Tuesday’s 7-1 win over The Citadel, Woodward was batting .265 through 21 games. He has 18 hits in 68 at bats, with 13 runs batted in, a double and two home runs.
The 2007 Norwell graduate has walked 13 times, been hit by pitch 11 times, and has stolen 16 of 17 bases.
In the Chanticleer’s win on Tuesday, Woodward led off the fifth inning with his second home run.
Coastal Carolina (18-3) is slated to open a three-game series Friday night against San Diego.

Anderson Speedway opener set
ANDERSON, Ind. — Anderson Speedway will open its 2010 season Saturday with the ThunderCar Enduro 200.
The Front Wheel Drives Oval, Legends and Pure Stocks also will be in action, starting at 7 p.m.
Spectator gates open at 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12. Children five and under get in free.
The Front Wheel Drive Oval division will be showcased in a 20-lap feature, while the Legends have a 25-lap main event and the brand new Pure Stock division will debut in a 20-lap race.
For additional information, go on line at www.andersonspeedway.com or contact Anderson Speedway at 765-642-0206.

Eldora black flags tune-n-test
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Due to bad weather, Eldora Speedway officials have canceled Saturday’s tune and test session.
The first green flag will fall over the one-half-mile clay oval on April 2-3 with the Coca Cola Spring Classic. On tap will be two full nights of racing action for the non-winged United States Auto Club (USAC) Sprint Cars, as they mark their 49th consecutive season of competition at Eldora. Each night will be a doubleheader of action with the (UMP) Modifieds on Friday night and the Stock Cars on Saturday night.
Complete event information may be found on the track Website at www.eldoraspeedway.com.

Indiana girls’ All-Star team filled
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Miss Basketball Courtney Moses of Oak Hill leads the Indiana Girls’ All-Star selections.
The Indianapolis Star announced the team in Friday’s editions.
Four selections played on state championship teams this season — Ben Davis’ Dee Dee Williams and Demetria Nunley-Lash, Austin’s Katy McIntosh and Fort Wayne Canterbury’s Tabitha Gerardot.
All-Star selections Andrea Newbauer of Fort Wayne Concordia and Bryonna Davis of Merrillville played on state runner-up teams.
Other players are Logansport’s Jasmine Penny, Decatur Central’s Anna Munn, Winchester’s Sarah Hamm, Mooresville’s Maegan Calloway, Elkhart Memorial’s Jada Buggs, Western Boone’s Brandy Woody and Evansville Harrison’s Khristian Hart.
The Indiana boys’ and girls’ All-Stars play Kentucky’s All-Star teams June 11 at Bellarmine University in Louisville, then at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis the following day.

College football player murdered
MIAMI (AP) — FIU running back Kendall Berry was stabbed to death in an incident on the school’s main Miami campus, immediately sending shock and grief across the university community and putting police on a search for multiple suspects.
Berry, 22, was stabbed around 9 p.m., said Miami-Dade police Det. Javier Baez. Police were interviewing “several people that observed the incident,” Baez said, though he could not confirm if any suspect was in custody.
Shortly after the university confirmed Berry’s death, FIU indefinitely postponed football coaching clinics scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

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