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Sweetwater Reporter
Thursday, June 4, 2009 ■ Page 7
Morgan Shelton Caden Smith Zach Gutierrez
State track is here
Three Nolan County ath-
letes will be competing at
the University Interscholas-
tic League state track meet
this weekend in Austin.
Morgan Shelton will be
representing Sweetwater
at the state track meet for
the third straight year, but
she will be going in a third
different event in as many
years. Shelton, a senior, is
competing in the Class 3A
girls 300-meter hurdles af-
ter going in the 400-meter
dash as a sophomore and in
the triple jump as a junior.
Shelton is scheduled in the
girls 300 hurdles at 2:05
p.m. Saturday.
Caden Smith of Roscoe
is competing in two events,
the Class tA boys discus and
shot put. He is making his
first trip to the state meet.
Smith throws the discus at
4:30 p.m. Friday and the
shot put at 11 a.nr. Saturday.
Zach Gutierrez of Roscoe is
competing in the 1600 run
after qualifying in the 3200
a year ago. He runs in the
1600 at 2:55 p.m. Saturday.
Magic, LA begin finals
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sporting a body-
hugging tank top, Dwight Howard bound-
ed onto the press conference podium
flashing his megawatt smile and muscles
on muscles.
Unsure where to sit, he looked at the
high chair to his right, a perch he was told
was reserved for Los Angeles coach Phil
Jackson.
Not there.
So Howard slid into a seat occupied
moments earlier by Lakers star Kobe
Bryant, whose interview session was cold
and charmless. Orlando’s super center
was just the opposite. He beamed like a
little kid at the circus and then announced
his arrival at the NBA finals.
“This is the chance of a lifetime to
be playing for a championship,” Howard
said. “Our motivation is greatness. We
want to be a great team.”
They’ll have their chance.
Overlooked for months and an under-
dog throughout much of the playoffs, the
Magic will return to the finals for the first
time since 1995 tonight when they take on
the Lakers at Staples Center.
To understand these two teams and
their differences, one need look no further
than the two team's respective superstars:
Bryant and Howard.
The 30-year-old Bryant, with three
championship rings in his jewelry box,
is looking for his first without Shaq, his
former teammate with whom he shared
a love/hate relationship. But Bryant, who
maintained a stone-faced look throughout
his interview session, doesn’t feel he needs
a post-Shaq championship for his legacy.
“Not at all,” Bryant said. “It means noth-
ing. To me, it’s about winning another one,
just because I want to win another one.
Minor league Reis
Minor league Rei Sox
The 9-10 Reds, the first-place team this season in Sweetwater Minor League, play the
Breckenridge Mets at 6 p.m. today at Wylie’s Little League park in a first-round game at
the District 5 tournament in Abilene. Members of the team are Jon Basyc. Reed Colter.
Rogelio l)e La Cruz, Dylan Heiskell, Grant llowe, Kade Kent, Mason Maxwell. Jordan
McGee, Kiante McGee and Gage White. Also pictured are team manager I ed Basye and
coach Jordan Basye. Not pictured is coach Kerry Kent.
I he 9-K) Red Sox the third-place team this season in Sweetwater Minor League, play
N«>ith- >n N" ; .11 6 pan. today at Key City's Little League park in a first-round game
at the District 5 tournament in Abilene. Members of the team are lsak Alvarez. Blake
Benton, Kobe C lark. Matthew Hawkins, Rian Hill, Peyton Hill-Atkms, Ky Hoover,
Jacob Montgomery, Javier Olguin, Brandt Von At/igen and Kurt Wetsel. Not pictured
is team manager Joe 1 lull.
Today’s District 5 tournament schedule
MINOR LEAGUE
Sweetwater Reds vs. Breckenridge Mets, 6 p.m. tit
Wylie Little League park; Sweetwater Red Sox vs. Abilene
Northern No. 3 at Key City Little League park.
MAJOR LEAGUE
Sweetwater Phillieses. Snvder Braves, (1 p.m at Wvlie.
JUNIOR LEAGUE
Sweetwater Yankees vs. Abilene South fellowjackets. 6
p.m at Wvlie Junior League park.
SENIOR LEAGUE
Sweetwater Reds vs. Abilene North Rangers. 7 p.m. at
Abilene South park.
Rangers again have AL’s best record after defeating Yankees
NEW YORK (AIM
Scott Feldman pitched into
the seventh inning to win
his third consecutive start
and the Rangers cooled off
the New York Yankees with
a 4-2 victory Wednesday
night.
Elvis Andrus and Ian
Kinsler each had two hits
for Texas, which leap-
frogged New York for the
best record in the American
League. Andrus is batting
.417 (to for 24) in his last
seven road games.
Feldman (5-0) allowed
two runs, one earned, and
five hits in 61-3 innings. He
is 5-0 with a 2.63 ERA in
eight starts since he joined
the rotation in April._
.Jorge Posada homered
for the second straight day
for New York, which had
won five of six and 16 of
20. Andy Pettitte, who left
his previous start with a
stiff back, looked shaky in
his five-inning outing.
The Yankees were with-
out first baseman Mark
Teixeira, scratched with
a bruised right ankle.
Teixeira was injured when
he made a hard slide into
Andrus to break up a dou-
ble play in New York’s 12-3
victory Tuesday night.
C.J. Wilson replaced
Feldman with a runner on
first in the seventh and got
Brett Gardner to ground
into a fielder's choice
before Derek Jeter took a
called third strike to end
the inning.
Wilson then worked
the eighth before Frank
Francisco got three outs
for his 12th save in 12
opportunities.
Posada's drive leading off
the seventh was his eighth
of the season and No. 91 at
the $1.5 billion field.
The record for most hom-
ers in the first 25 games
at a major league ballpark
is 95 at Houston's Enron
Field in 2000, according to
the Elias Sports Bureau.
Pettitte (5-2) never
looked comfortable on a
damp and unseasonably
cold nis’ht in the Bronx__
Cowboys facility concerned officials
IRVING (AP) A series of text mes-
sages from city officials after the Dallas
Cowboys practice facility collapsed reveal
concerns about the structure’s quality and
suggest the team "pushes" things through
and receives preferential treatment.
The day after the facility collapsed
last month, living City Manager Tommy
Gonzalez referred to it as “a big ole tent
that “probably never was structurally sound
enough” to hold up against straight-line
winds.
The Cowboys' tentlike practice facility
collapsed on May 2, paralyzing scouting
assistant Rich Behm and injuring 11 oth-
ers.
Gonzalez characterized the Cowboys as
a team that “pushes" its projects through
the city bureaucracy. He wrote in a text to
another city official that "it was for the 'the
cowboys’ that’s just what my gut tells
The Dallas Morning News reported the
story in its Wednesday edition, using state
open records laws to obtain the text mes-
sages. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and
a team spokesman declined to comment
to the newspaper. Team spokesman Rich
Dalrymple also declined to comment to The
Associated Press on Wednesday.
Gonzalez sent a text message to Brenda
McDonald, the city's real estate and devel-
opment director, saying he was confident
proper permitting and inspection proce-
dures we 1 e followed, but addt d that he also
knows "how the D org pushes things thru.”
McDonald responded: “We experienced
that push' this spring on a stairway up to
the new temporary observation booth that
they constructed in Valley Ranch. It is a
model of the suites at the new stadium."
The exchanges illustrate a sentiment
among some Irving residents that the
Cowboys hold too much sway over city ofli
cials. City Council member Beth Van Duyne
said there is a perception that the Cowboy s
and Jones get whatever they want, and that
the council’s cooperation with the organiza
tion filters down to city employees.
Michael Irvin sued oxer TV show
DALLAS (AP) — A lawsuit three men
have filed against former Dallas Cowboy
Michael Irvin contends he stole the concept
for his reality TV show from them.
The men claim Irvin's "4th and Long"
is actually their concept called “Guts and
Glory.” Irvin’s show — in which 12 foot
ball amateurs compete for a spot with the
Cowboys — debuted in May on Spike TV.
Irvin’s attorney Larry Friedman called
the lawsuit bogus and said the men were
“looking for something for nothing." He
said Irvin had the idea years ago.
But Mark Taylor, the Dallas-based attoi
ney for the three plaintiffs, said his clients
were never given any indication that the
football star was working on a similar con-
cept .
“That’s inconsistent with what Michael
and his agents told them at the time they
were meeting and working on the deal," said
Taylor, The Dallas Morning News reported
Thursday. Taylor is the attorney for Jordan
Bealinear, Shannon Clark and Christopher
N. Harding who are suing Irvin.
“These guvs came to Michael and impel
sonated producers. When he finally met
with them, they had never produced a show
in their lives. These guys had n-o-t h 1
ng," Friedman told The Associated Press.
Friedman said Irvin met with the men a
year ago in Dallas.
Astros 9. Rockies 4
HOUSTON (AP) - Hun-
ter Pence thought he might
have a shot at an inside-
the-park home ran against
Colorado on Wednesday
night, but settled fora triple.
He left no doubt in his
next at-bat, launching a
solo home run to left field.
The Houston right fielder
also had two RBI singles to
continue his sparkling start
and help the Astros heat the
Rockies 6-4 for their fourth
straight victory.
The game was tied 3-3 in
the fifth inning when Pence
hit a towering drive off the
wall in left-center, missing
a home run bv a few feet.
The ball caromed sideways
.Johnson’s
bid for 300
p< istponed
WASHINGTON (AP)
The Big Unit was held up
by Mother Nature, put-
ting history on hold.
Randy Johnson’s bid
for 300 wins was post-
poned Wednesday night
after a series of thunder-
storms left the field at
Nationals Park unplay-
able for Johnson's San
Francisco Giants and the
Washington Nationals.
At 10:47 p.m. EDT
more than 3II hours after
the scheduled 7:05 p.m.
first pitch Nationals
president Stan Kasten
announced that the game
had been called and
would he made up as part
of a doubleheader, start-
ing at 4:35 p.m. today.
“The field is not play-
able, and that's the reason
we can't play," Kasten said
after sloshing through
masses of standing water
in the outfield with the
umpires. "We really tried.
We were all tlying to get
it done, hut at the end ol
the night, it's not worth
the risk to our players."
and Pence was ready to
round third and sprint for
home, but third-base coach
Dave Clark waxed his arms
to stop him.
The Astros then trailed
4-3 when Pence led off
the seventh and he ham-
mered a 2-1 slider from
Jason Marquis (7-4) over
the railroad tracks in left,
his sixth of the season.
Lance Berkman and Ivan
Rodriguez also drove in
runs for the Astros, who’ve
won five of six overall.
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