0000097818 82008 LEC. Al www.pal-item.com Sports Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008 Palladium-Item Page B5 BULLETIN BOARD HUB LEAGUE Hub League Youth Football sign-ups for grades 3-6 are 6-8 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Aug. 25 and 26 at Tiernan Center tennis courts.
Info: Tom Williams (765) 935-4018. RHS REUNION BASKETBALL Tickets are on sale for the Richmond reunion basketball fundraiser Saturday. Cost is $5 and tickets can be purchased at Tiernan Center, the RHS athletic office or Phillips Drugs. Photo and book-signing session at 6:30 p.m.; game at 7:30. Info: Boogie Sanders at (765) 488-1041.
RHS CHEERLEADER REUNION Former RHS cheerleaders are invited to attend the alumni basketball game Saturday. Social event at 5:30 p.m. in Tiernan Center; Game at 7:30. Info: Dawn Sonsini at HAGERSTOWN JH FOOTBALL Hagerstown Junior High football players need to report to Cory Field at 6 p.m. Tuesday for registration and equipment issue.
Physical must be on file. Info: Coach Regan (765) 489-5976. ALL-SPORTS TICKETS Richmond all-sports tickets are on sale 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. weekdays at the athletic office. Adult cost is $60.
Other passes also available. Info: (765) 973-3316. Lincoln all-sports tickets are on sale at the high school. Family is $120, adult $50 and senior citizen $20. Eaton passes go on sale Monday.
They are $80 for adults and $200 for families. Free passes are available for residents who are 60 and older. Info: (937) 456-1141. WIFFLEBALL TOURNAMENT Richmond Baseball League Wiffleball Tournament Aug. 28-31 at F.O.P.
Diamond. Cost is $75 per team. Info: Bill Hofer (765) 962-8762 or Travis Holland (765) 994-6444. CO-ED SOFTBALL Richmond Baseball League co-ed softball tournament Sept. 11-14 at F.O.P.
Diamond. Cost is $200 per team. Info: Bill Hofer (765) 962-8762 or Travis Holland (765) 994-6444. 7TH-GRADE BASKETBALL Richmond High School will be the host of a boys seventhgrade fall league Sept. 21 to Oct.
26. Cost: $325 per team. Info: Phil Taylor at (765) 977-5831. 3-ON-3 BASKETBALL a The New Paris 3-on3 basketball tournament is the weekend of Sept. 27.
Cost: $50 per team. Call Mike Harrison at (937) 336-0488 or Jeremy Everman at (765) 977- 6209 by Sept. 20 for more details. The Hoops for the World 3- on-3 tournament is Sept. 6 at Cambridge City Christian Church.
Check in is at 7:30 a.m., play starts at 9:00. Cost is $60 per team. Info: (765) 478-5123. FLAG FOOTBALL -The Richmond Family YMCA is accepting flag football registrations for grades K-5. Cost is $30 for members, $45 others.
Info: (765) 962-7504. a Knights Flag Football sign ups for first and second graders is 6-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 12-2 p.m. Saturday at the Williamsburg baseball diamonds. Cost is $25.
Info: Andy Baker at (765) 886-4593. COOPS BOOGIE SOFTBALL The annual Coops Boogie slow-pitch softball tournament is Aug. 30-Sept. 1. Age divisions are U8, U10, U12, U14 and U16.
Enter by Aug. 25. Info: Richmond Parks and Recreation Dept. at (765) 983-7275 or e-mail CHEERLEADING The Richmond Family YMCA is accepting early fall registrations for cheerleading for grades K-5. Cost is $25 for members, $35 non-members.
Participants will cheer at YMCA flag football games. Info: (765) 962-7504. CANAL DAYS CLASH An open 12-team tournament for girls ages 10U is planned Sept. 5-7 in Cambridge City. Pool play into single elimination; minimum of four games.
Cost: $300 per team. Info; (765) 277-1997. WCCTA TENNIS TOURNEYS I WCCTA Summer championships are Aug. 29-30 in junior and adult divisions. Cost: $15 singles, $10 each for doubles.
Fall session begins today and runs through Oct. 12. Info: Mike Sherer (765) 969-2151 or WEEKLY FUN RUNS A 4-mile fun run sponsored by Earlham College will start at 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 27.
Participants should arrive before start time in the Street parking lot. Info: Pat Thomas at (765) 983-1494. WAYNE CO. SOCCER ASSOC. Fall signups have started for four divisions for boys and girls ages 5-13.
Games on Sundays at Wayne County Fairgrounds. Fees: $45 for one child, $40 each additional from family. WCSA also offers travel teams for ages 8-19. Info: www.waynecosoccer.com RICHMOND BOXING CLUB The Ezzard Charles Boxing Club Classes for young people from 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays at Townsend Center.
Also, training has started for Ringside World Championships amateur tournament. Info: (765) 488-1350. BIKE RACE IN ARCANUM The Tour de Donut race is Sept. 6 at Brumbaugh Fruit Farm in Arcanum, Ohio. Cost is $25.
Limited to 400. Register at www.active.com. Info: Roger Bowersock at (937) 548-2511. RICHMOND YMCA Richmond Family YMCA Women on Weights for ages 18 and up from 9 a.m. -noon Saturday and Sept.
13. Cost is $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Info: (765) 962-7504. Carl Edwards wins Nationwide event war AR Sprint GUARD adido GOOD)YEAR IN A Associated Press photo by Russ Hamilton will be trying for a sweep of this year's Sprint Cup Series races at Michigan. Earnhardt aims for Michigan sweep Fuel mileage often affects outcome at 2-mile track BY MIKE HARRIS ASSOCIATED PRESS Dale Earnhardt Jr.
talks to crew members last weekend at Watkins Glen, N.Y. Today, Earnhardt BROOKLYN, Mich. NASCAR drivers got into the stock car sport for the speed. But feathering the gas peddle to save gas is a regular and dreaded part of their jobs. Michigan International Speedway is one of the places where fuel economy often comes into play.
That's how Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended a 76-race winless string on Michigan's 2- mile oval in June, and it's likely to be a factor in today's 3M Performance 400. Drivers are either apologetic or defiant after winning a race by getting to the finish line on fumes while their closest competitors run out of gas or are forced to pit. "My fans are happy and I'm happy for them," he said after barely stretching his last fuel load to the finish. "The other half are going to tear this apart on how we won this race.
But I got the trophy and I got the points." Earnhardt, who will start fourth today, hasn't won since the last Michigan race and has slipped from third to fourth in the season points. "Just the race tracks we have been going to," he said. "I don't have good finishes at those race tracks. Couple of road courses, Pocono, it is just typically not a good part of the season where we have run very good. We are always strong at the races the first third and last third of the season." Another victory here would be a good way to gain some momentum with only four races left until the start of the Chase for the Championship.
And, if he has his choice, it will be a full throttle win. "It would be good to get another win to show everybody we can do it on a full tank of gas," Earnhardt said. "It would be a good to get a win anywhere, but Michigan is a good place because of the manufacturers being close. Being close to Detroit, Motor City." Asked what he will do if crew chief Tony Eury Jr. RLC RINKHART'S LAWN CARE LANDSCAPING "Professional Landscapers since 1990" IN (765) 962-7940 OH (937) 456-7168 0000096812 LITTLE PIGGIES IN THE HOUSE.
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"I'm just so happy that we won this thing," Edwards said. "We've been close before. I don't know if we would have been able to get by Tony or not. He was pretty quick. "The car was awesome all day.
There were a couple of cars that were real fast Tony and Brian Vickers. But my pit crew just did a great job there at the end. I don't know what kind of problem Tony had on pit road, but it was sure a lot easier to pass him there than it would! have been on the racetrack." It was the 19th victory for team co-owner Jack Roush at Michigan, but the first in the series previously sponsored by Busch since 1998. "We've certainly had more than our share of good finishes here, and it seems like it's a track where we always race well," said Roush, whose headquarters are in nearby Livonia. "It'sa very good Edwards, who led a racehigh 71 laps on the way to his third Nationwide victory of the season, was nearly 3.5 seconds ahead of runner-up Vickers before Danny Efland crash at the start of the last lap.
The race finished under caution. "You don't want to come across greedy, but I'm getting sick and tired of not winning one of these races," said Vickers, who will start from the pole in Sunday's Cup race. "We feel like every race we've been in we've led, but we haven'tled the right lap." Asked what the difference was between Edwards' Ford and his Toyota, Vickers said, "I really feel like it was the power difference between the Ford and the Toyotas with the new (restrictor) plate. Carl just got too far out ahead of us at the end and we didn't have enough time." Stewart wound up third, followed by Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Mike Bliss and 18- -old rookie Joey Logano. ON THE AIR What: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 3M Performance 400 When: 2 p.m.
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