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The Daily Dispatch
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Two-minute drill Spartan varsity, JV netters fall to Parrott Local Sports Youth b-ball sign-ups soon at Rec Dept. The Henderson/Vance Recreation and Parks Department is holding youth basketball sign-ups during the week ov Nov. 2-7. The hours during the weekdays will be 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and hours for Saturday, Nov. 7 will be 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The registration fee is $30 for players who have not participated in a sport with the recreation department this year, or $20 for players who have participated this year. All new players must bring a birth certificate when they sign up. For more information, call Steve Osborne at (252) 438-2670 or Gene King at (252) 438-3948.
NFL Panthers LB Davis questionable against Bills CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina Panthers leading tackler Thomas Davis is questionable for Sunday’s game against Buffalo with a hamstring injury. The starting weakside linebacker missed his second straight practice Friday with an injury apparently sustained in practice Wednesday. Kickoff specialist Rhys Lloyd, running back Jonathan Stewart, fullback Brad Hoover and linebacker Na’il Diggs are also questionable, but all practiced in full Friday. The speedy Davis is off to the best start of his career with 55 tackles, two sacks and an interception. He’s spearheaded Carolina’s improved play on defense the last two weeks. Landon Johnson would likely fill in if Davis can’t play, with James Anderson also seeing more time.
Ochocinco, Hope, English, Vilma draw fines NEW YORK (AP) — Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco was fined $10,000 by the NFL on Friday for a uniform violation. The colorful Cincinnati wideout was fined for wearing the wrong colored chin strap (black) during the Bengals’ loss to Houston last Sunday. Also fined $10,000 was Tennessee Titans safety Chris Hope for roughing-the-passer against New England in a 59-0 loss during which Tom Brady threw for six touchdowns. San Diego rookie linebacker Larry English was fined $7,500 for a horse collar tackle in the Chargers’ loss to Denver on Monday night. Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma received a $10,000 fine for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Earlier in the week, the league suspended Carolina safety Dante Wesley one game for launching himself into defenseless Tampa Bay returner Clifton Smith. Wesley will lose $36,000 in salary for the game.
Local Preps Saturday, Oct. 24 Tennis n NCHSAA individual regionals Volleyball-HS 3A first round Southern Vance (16-11) at Western Harnett (12-3) 11:30 a.m.
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Sports on TV Saturday, Oct. 24 AUTO RACING 10 a.m. n ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. 10:45 a.m. n ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Kroger on Track for the Cure 250, at Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. n SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, Kroger 200, at Martinsville, Va. 3:30 p.m. n ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Kroger on Track for the Cure 250, at Memphis, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. n ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. (sameday tape) COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon n ESPN — Minnesota at Ohio St. n ESPN2 — Illinois at Purdue 12:30 p.m. n FSN — Iowa St. at Nebraska VERSUS — Oklahoma St. at Baylor 3:30 p.m. n ABC — Regional coverage, Penn St. at Michigan, Oregon at Washington, Clemson at Miami or Oklahoma at Kansas n CBS — National coverage, Tennessee at Alabama n ESPN — Regional coverage, Penn St. at Michigan or Clemson at Miami n NBC — Boston College at
Notre Dame 4 p.m. n VERSUS — Air Force at Utah 7:30 p.m. n ESPN — Florida at Mississippi St. n ESPN2 — Auburn at LSU n VERSUS — TCU at BYU 8:07 p.m. n ABC — Regional coverage, Oregon St. at Southern Cal or Texas at Missouri 10:15 p.m. n FSN — Arizona St. at Stanford GOLF 8:30 a.m. n TGC — European PGA Tour, Castello Masters, third round, at Castellon, Spain 2 p.m. n TGC — Nationwide Tour Championship, third round, at Charleston, S.C. 5 p.m. n TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, third round, at Scottsdale, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. n TGC — Champions Tour, AT&T Championship, second round, at San Antonio (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7:30 p.m. n FOX — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 6, L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees (if necessary) SOCCER 7:30 a.m. n ESPN2 — Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Aston Villa, at Wolverhampton, England
From STAFF REPORTS
Kerr-Vance’s varsity and junior varsity tennis teams were defeated by Arendell Parrott Academy Friday. Varsity coach Dave Donaldson said his team improved over its first meeting, but were still defeated 8-1. Donaldson’s squad is 7-9 overall and 3-4 in Eastern Plains Independent Conference play. The Spartans have their final conference match against Cary Christian. PARROTT ACADEMY 8-, KERR-VANCE 1 Singles n No. 1 — PA’s Campbell Huddle def. Emily Adkins 6-2, 6-3 n No. 2 — PA’s Tilden Mauck def. Elizabeth Hill 6-0, 6-2 n No. 3 — PA’s Teigha Beth Bailey def. Kat Blackburn 2-6, 6-2, 10-2 n No. 4 — PA’s Liz Mitchell def. Morgan Watkins 6-2, 7-5 n No. 5 — KVA’s Meredith Freeman def. Mary Scott Manning 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 n No. 6 — PA’s Jessica Cunningham def. Winnie Irvin 6-4, 6-1 Doubles n No. 1 — PA’s Huddle and Bailey def. Adkins and Hill 8-6 n No. 2 — PA’s Mauck and Mitchell def. Freeman and Alexandra Gwynn 8-4
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Kerr-Vance’s Winnie Irvin hits a backhand return during her sixth seed singles match against Parrott Academy Friday afternoon. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www. hendersondispatch.com. n No. 3 — PA’s Manning and Cunningham def. Blackburn and Watkins 8-1
the season 7-6.
The junior varsity team was defeated 7-2 Friday, in what was their final match of the season. The Spartans finish
PARROTT ACADEMY 7, KERR-VANCE 2 Singles n No. 1 — PA’s Danielle McLaughlin def. Kendall Thomason 8-4 n No. 2 — PA’s Lucy Manning def. Erin Crews 8-6 n No. 3 — PA’s Kayla King def. Price Wester 8-0 n No. 4 — PA’s Emily Riley def. Cameron Ford 8-6
n No. 5 — KVA’s Cassidy Tucker def. Summer Taylor 8-6 n No. 6 — KVA’s Caitlyn Holmes def. Lauren Thomas 8-3 Doubles n No. 1 — PA’s McLaughlin and Manning def. Tucker and Holmes 8-0 n No. 2 — PA’s King and Riley def. Clara Freeman and Bailey Redecker 8-1 n No. 3 — PA’s Taylor and Thomas def. Shavani Patel and Maggie Thompson 8-1
Avalanche get the best of Hurricanes, 5-4 DENVER (AP) — Seeing Darcy Tucker injured on a check into the boards was bad enough. Colorado coach Joe Sacco tried to make sure things didn’t get any worse, urging his team to rein in its emotions after seeing Tucker taken off the ice on a backboard. The talk seemed to refocus the Avalanche, with Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scoring goals in quick succession after Tucker’s injury and Colorado went on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Friday night. “You can go two ways there,” Avalanche captain Adam Foote said. “Joe grabbed the guys and told them to regain their composure and not go running around trying to get guys back. “You can lose your whole team on a hit like that, end up in the box and lose the two points. It’s probably a good thing (Carolina forward Tuomo Ruutu) got the major and got kicked out of the game.” Tucker was hurt when he was slammed into the boards by Ruutu as he tried to play the puck in the Hurricanes’ end at 14:34 of the second period. Tucker’s face hit the glass hard and he fell to the ice on his back unconscious as Avalanche doctors and trainers attended to him, bringing a hush to both benches and the crowd. Medical personnel ap-
subsequent power play, converting a feed from Paul Stasny to put the Avalanche up 3-2 at 10 minutes of the second period. Forty seconds later, Wolski scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season, one-timing a shot off a pass behind the net from Chris Stewart. “After what happened there, we got two goals and got momentum in the game,” Stastny said. “First and foremost, I’ll keep him in my thoughts.” Carolina coach Paul
Maurice said he didn’t see Ruutu’s hit on Tucker. “All I can say is the league will take care of looking at it and I’m a huge, huge Darcy Tucker supporter and I hope he’s OK. I really do,” said Maurice, who coached Tucker with Toronto. He added that Ruutu’s hit also cost the Hurricanes. “We missed him,” Maurice said. “There’s no question. On the road, to lose a forward like that, we missed him.” Carolina, trying for its first win in five road games, pulled within one on Matt Cullen’s goal at 16:15 of the second period and was in position to tie it early in the third period when Ray Whitney was awarded a penalty shot after David Jones interfered with his path to the net from behind. Whitney rushed up to net and let loose a shot from up close that goalie Craig Anderson blocked by getting his stick out front and dropping to his knees. Anderson had 32 saves on the night while making his 10th consecutive start to open the season, a franchise record. He had his seventh win this month, tying the team record for most wins in October. The teams traded goals in the third period, with Paul Stastny scoring his second goal of the night with Colorado in a 5-on-3 power play.
ed from its own end zone. The boot was shanked for just 10, and Louisburg was miraculously set up at the Eagles’ 15 with 31 ticks left. LHS ran one play up the middle and then spiked the ball to set up an attempt by Ragland. The kick was long enough, but sailed wide left. Miles was 10-of-16 passing for Warren County for 120 yards. The Eagles compiled 186 total yards and took advantage of four
Louisburg turnovers. LHS racked up 257 yards — 182 on the ground and 75 through the air. Blacknall combined for 125 total passing/rushing yards, and Hunt ran for a game-high 80 yards on 17 totes. Markeith Kearney was Louisburg’s tackle leader with 10. Warren County will return home next Friday to meet Bunn, which is currently in second place in the NCC.
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Colorado center Paul Stastny picks up the puck as Carolina right winger Chad LaRose comes in to cover in the third period of the Avalanche’s 5-4 victory in Friday’s game. plied a neck brace before strapping the forward to a backboard. Tucker appeared to regain consciousness as he was moved off the ice, revealing a pool of blood where he had been laying for more than 5 minutes. The team said Tucker had a concussion but was alert and taken to the hospital for further treatment and evaluation. Ruutu was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct, and Hejduk scored on the
EAGLES, from page 1B and the Warriors had the early homecoming advantage at 7-0. Warren County responded later in the period by going 55 yards in four plays, with signal-caller E.J. Miles connecting with Anthony Judkins on a 30yard TD pass with 1:50 to play before the break. The Eagles missed a 2-point run, leaving Louisburg ahead 7-6. The Warriors, with limited time remaining in the quarter, quickly drove downfield following the kickoff. Ervin Hunt then dove into the end zone from 3 yards out with 27 seconds left. The PAT was unsuccessful, and Louisburg went to halftime ahead by a 13-6 score. Warren County put together a drive to open the second half, but the Eagles were stopped on downs at the LHS 8. But three plays later, Warren County’s Jonell Brown recovered a fumble,
and the Eagles had the ball back at the Louisburg 13. On second play, Miles found a wide-open Kelby Henderson for a 15-yard touchdown hookup. Warren County opted to go for the important 2-point conversion, and Barry Williams went into the end zone on a sweep off the right side to give the Eagles their first lead at 14-13 with 2:17 to play in the third frame. Both teams picked up defensive stands on fourth down in the final quarter before Louisburg eventually took over at its own 41 with 4:03 left. Aided by a 15-yard face mask infraction by the Eagles, LHS methodically moved downfield and got to the WC 8 before fumbling the ball. Warren County’s Tevin Henderson recovered with 57 seconds remaining, but Louisburg still had three time-outs. The Eagles were unable to move the ball and punt-
Winning Tickets RALEIGH — These numbers were drawn Friday afternoon by the North Carolina Lottery: Early Pick 3: 0-1-1 Late Pick 3: 9-1-6 Pick 4: 6-0-2-3 Cash 5: 3-23-27-36-37
RICHMOND, Va. — These numbers were drawn Friday afternoon by the Virginia Lottery: Pick 3: 7-2-2 Pick 4: 0-7-4-8 Cash 5: 1-9-13-16-24 These numbers were drawn Friday night: Pick 3: 0-2-2 Pick 4: 4-9-1-2 Cash 5: 2-13-14-17-21 Mega Mill.: 27-45-48-54-56 Mega Ball: 2