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Suede Shirley
Alicia Finn
Kelsi Crosson
Kendra Crosson
Taylor McKoy
Jerren Villa
Shirley heads SHS
sofiball henerees
• Freshman shares top
offensive award; Finn,
Crossons are all-district
Even though Sweetwater
High School's softball team
was winless in District 2-3A
play, four Lady Mustangs
have earned first- or second
-team all-district recogni-
tion with freshman Suede
Shirley being named the co-
offensive player of the year.
"We are fortunate to
have this many individuals
on the all-district teams,"
said SHS head coach Steve
Roberts. "The coaches in
the area realize the talent
we have and honored them
for that reason. The future
looks bright for Sweetwater
softball."
Shirley hit .407 in district
(.487 overall) with a .519
on-base average and just
one strikeout in district.
Making the first team
were sophomore infielder
Alicia Finn and freshman
outfielder Kelsi Crosson.
Finn had a .500 on-base
average in district while
Crosson had a .480 on-base
average and batted .400 in
district with only two strike-
outs. Kelsi's twin sister,
Kendra, made the second
team after a .368 on-base
average in district play.
Earning honorable men-
tion for Sweetwater were
junior Taylor McKoy and
freshman Jerren Villa.
All-District 2-3A
District MVP — Sydney Laws, Brownwood, Fr.
Top Newcomer — Krisha Hamm, Graham, Fr.
Co-Offensive Players of the Year — Suede Shirley,
Sweetwater, Fr.; Lucero Espinoza, Snyder, Jr.
Defensive Player of the Year — Amanda Gober,
Brownwood, Jr.
Coach of the Year — Amanda Formaggio, Brownwood.
FIRST TEAM
Pitchers — Kate Atchlery, Brownwood, Jr.; Leslie
Henderson, Wylie, Sr.
Infielders — Sydney Darden, Brownwood, Soph.; Nat
Delatorre, Brownwood, Soph.; Alicia Finn, Sweetwater,
Soph.; Mackenzie Clay, Wylie, Sr.; Lindi Urias, Snyder,
Sr.; Caitlin Kruger, Graham, Sr.; Rae Robertson, Wylie, Sr.;
Tiara Brown, Sr., Brownwood.
Outfielders — Mallorie Maxwell, Brownwood, Jr.;
Braleigh Middleton, Wylie, Fr.; Taylor Smiley, Graham,
Sr.; Brooklyn Moore, Breckenridge, Sr.; Kelsi Crosson,
Sweetwater, Fr.
Utility Player — Heather Medrano, Snvder, Fr.
SECOND TEAM
Pitcher — Dawina Gomez, Breckenridge, Sr.
Infielders — Megan Vineyard, Snyder, Sr.; Brianna
West, Wylie, Fr.; Ashley Lopez, Wylie, Jr.; Nicole Fambro,
Breckenridge, Sr.; Brooklynde Parks, Breckenridge, Jr.;
Kandace Parker, Graham, Sr.; Emily Cernosek, Graham, Sr.
Outfielders — Maitlyn Yarbrough, Wylie, Soph.; Cherita
George, Brownwood, Fr.; Nicole Ramsey, Breckenridge,
Soph.; Micayla Redman, Snyder, Sr.; Kendra Crosson,
Sweetwater, Fr.
SWEETWATER HONORABLE MENTION
Taylor McKoy, Jr.
Jerren Villa, Fr.
Magic avoids
sweep with OT
win over Celtics
Rangers fie for bankruptcy; Brown f red
The Associated Press
BASEBALL
ARLINGTON - The
Texas Rangers have filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy pro-
tection in hopes of spurring
completion of the stalled
$575 million sale of the
team — and maybe clear the
decks for the new owners
to make pennant-chasing
decisions this summer.
The bankruptcy filing
Monday conies four months
after Tom Hicks announced
an agreement to sell the team
to a group led by Hall of Fame
pitcher and team president
Nolan Ryan and Pittsburgh
attorney Chuck Greenberg.
TENNIS
PARIS - Miffed by a
line call in his first match
as French Open defending
champion, Roger Federer
quickly regrouped to win
the opening set two points
later, then went on to beat
Peter Luczak 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.
Top-ranked Serena Wil-
liams encountered a stress-
ful situation herself late in
the first set, when she erased
three break points before
going on to beat Stefanie
Voegele 7-6 (2), 6-2.
No. 3-seeded Novak Djo-
kovic, a two-time semifi-
nalist, beat Evgeny Korolev
6-1. 3-6. 6-1, 6-3. No. 4
Andy Murray rallied from
two sets down for the fourth
time in his career and beat
Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-7
(5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.
Americans Taylor Dent and
John Isner also advanced.
The unseeded Dent won a
match at Roland Garros for
the first time in his 12-year
career, beating Nicolas
Lapentti 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
AnotherAmerican, Michael
Yani, lost a 71-game match
that equaled the longest at
the tournament since the
tiebreaker was introduced in
1973. Lukas Lacko beat Yani
4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5),
12-10. The match resumed at
8-all Monday after being sus-
pended overnight because of
darkness.
In women's play, No.
3-seeded Caroline Wozni-
acki eased past Alia Kud-
ryavtseva 6-0, 6-3. No. 5
Elena Dementieva, No.
8 Agnieszka Radwanska
and 2008 champion Ana
Ivanovic also won.
GOLF
TAD WORTH, England -
One day after the biggest win
of his career, Simon Khan
failed to qualify for the U.S.
Open. Khan, who won the
BMW PGA Championship
on the European Tour, was
the odd man out in a six-
man playoff for the last five
spots in a 36-hole qualifier
for the U.S. Open.
National
sports briefs
PLANO, Texas — Bo Van
Pelt was among eight PGA
Tour players who qualified
for the British Open, the
major he missed last year
while winning his only PGA
Tour title.
Tim Petrovic had an
11-under 129 at Gleneagle
Country Club to lead
the eight qualifiers at
Gleneagles Country Club.
Lie was one shot ahead
of Van Pelt, who won the
U.S. Bank Championship in
Milwaukee last year when
it was held the same week
as the British Open. The
British Open will be played
July 15-18 at St. Andrews.
Among those who failed
to qualify was Rickie Fowler,
Stuart Appleby, Davis Love
III and Rory Sabbatini. Love
has played every British
Open since 1987, while
Appleby has played every
Open since 1997.
HORSE RACING
ALBANY, N.Y. - New
York state is expected to
loan the New York Racing
Association $25 million to
preserve thoroughbred rac-
ing seasons at Belmont,
Saratoga and Aqueduct.
The NYRA loan is includ-
ed in a measure from Gov.
David Paterson to extend
basic state operations in the
absence of an approved bud-
get for this year. It would
have to be repaid by March
31 or within 30 days of a
state pact with a contractor
to install video lottery ter-
minals at Aqueduct.
PRO FOOTBALL
WASHINGTON - The
Supreme Court rejected the
National Football League's
request for broad antitrust
law protection, saying that
it must be considered 32
separate teams — not one
big business — when selling
branded items like jerseys
and caps.
"Although NFL teams have
common interests such as
promoting the NFL brand,
they are still separate, prof-
it-maximizing entities, and
their interests in licensing
team trademarks are not
necessarily aligned," said the
retiring Justice John Paul
Stevens, writing for an unan-
imous court.
The high court reversed a
lower court ruling throwing
out an antitrust suit brought
against the league by one
of its former hat makers,
who was upset that it lost
its contract for making offi-
cial NFL hats to Reebok
Internationa] Ltd.
AUTO RACING
INDIANAPOLIS - Paul
Tracy had one of the fastest
cars during practice for the
Indianapolis 500 only a few
days ago.
That's what made his fail-
ure to qualify for the race so
difficult to stomach.
Tracy withdrew a qualify-
ing time that would have
put him into the race in
an attempt to post an even
faster time. His strategy
backfired, and he knocked
himself out. Jay Howard
did the same on Sunday —
opening the door for rookie
Sebastian Saavedra to back
his way into the field.
PRO BASKETBALL
CLEVELAND - Less than
two weeks after their stun-
ning, second-round loss to
Boston in the NBA playoffs,
r — — — — -
the Cleveland Cavaliers fired
Mike Brown, an expected
move that perhaps indi-
cates the team believes it
can re-sign LeBron James,
the two-time MVP and free
agent-in-waiting.
Brown was the most suc-
cessful coach in franchise
history. In five seasons, he
led the Cavs to the playoffs
every year, to the finals in
2007 and to 127 wins in the
past two seasons. But Brown
failed to win a champion-
ship, and after Cleveland's
second straight early exo-
dus from the postseason
— a collapse that included
two blowout losses at home
and dissension in the Cavs'
locker room — and with
James about to explore free
agency, owner Dan Gilbert
decided to make a change.
BOSTON (AP) - The
Orlando Magic were ready
to go home — but not for
the summer.
Needing a win to avoid
a four-game sweep in the
Eastern Conference finals,
Dwight Howard had 32
points and 16 rebounds,
and Jameer Nelson made
back-to-back 3-pointers in
overtime to lead Orlando to
a 96-92 victory over Boston
on Monday night.
No NBA team has ever
come back from a 3-0 defi-
cit to win a playoff series.
With a victory in Game 5
in Orlando on Wednesday
night, the Magic would be
halfway there.
Dressing in the same lock-
er room where the Phila-
delphia Flyers celebrated
their comeback from a 3-0
deficit against the Boston
Bruins in the NIIL's East
semifinals, the Magic took
a strikingly similar first step
toward repeating the feat.
The Bruins also lost Game
4 in overtime.
"At some point, some-
body is going to come from
3-0 down and win a series.
The only thing I knew for
sure was it would start by
winning Game 4," Magic
coach Stan Van Gundy said.
"I figured that one out. You
have to win Game 4.... This
was a must-win."
Paul Pierce had 32 points
and 11 rebounds, and Kevin
Garnett had 14 points
and 12 boards for Boston.
Ray Allen hit consecutive
3-pointers in overtime, but
Pierce missed two tries
in the final minute as the
Celtics failed in their first
attempt to advance to the
NBA finals for the second
time in three years.
NBA playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
(x-if necessary)
Sunday, May 16
Boston 92, Orlando 88
Monday, May 17
L.A. Lakers 128, Phoenix 107
Tuesday, May 18
Boston 95, Orlando 92
Wednesday, May 19
L.A. Lakers 124, Phoenix 112
Saturday, May 22
Boston 94, Orlando 71
Sunday, May 23
Phoenix 118, L.A. Lakers 109, L.A.
Lakers lead series 2-1
Monday, May 24
Orlando 96, Boston 92, OT, Boston
leads series 3-1
Tuesday, May 25
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 26
Boston at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 27
Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 28
x-Orlando at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 29
x-L.A Lakers at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 30
x-Boston at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, May 31
x-Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.
Nelson finished with
23 points and nine assists
for the defending Eastern
Conference champions,
who led by 10 in the second
quarter and were up 85-78
with 2:24 left in regulation
before Boston scored eight
of the next nine points to
force overtime at 86-all.
Neither team scored for
the first 2:18 of the period
before Nelson hit a 3-point-
er and then added anoth-
er 43 seconds later. Allen
made a 3-pointer and, after
Howard dunked and drew
a foul — but missed a free
throw — Allen hit another 3
to make it 94-92.
Howard followed up
Nelson's miss with 53 sec-
onds left to make it 96-92,
then Garnett sailed a pass
over Pierce's head and into
the crowd.
Pierce missed a pair of
3-point attempts in the clos-
ing seconds.
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