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The Lady Knights managed only three hits on J.H. Rose pitcher Kellie Beres and never found the scoreboard as they dropped out of the state softball playoffs in the first round with Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to the Rampants.

Rose held a tenuous lead until its two-run sixth inning, but Beres nixed 12 of Heart tag charm necklace 24 attempts at the plate to preserve the win.

“The pitcher for Rose really shut us down,” Knightdale coach Adam Hamrick said.

Beres took the win for the Rampants, while Kayla Boggs took the loss for the Knights.

Knightdale was led in hitting by Alexis Brock, Alex Blough and Boggs, all of whom went 1-3 on the game.

On offense, Beres went 1-3 on a triple, Casey Hargett went 2-3 with a double and scoring two runs, Lindsey Corbett went 2-3 with two doubles and an RBI, Ginny Howard went 1-2 with a run scored and Rebecca Phillips went 1-3 with two RBIs for Rose.

Read more on the game between Knightdale and Rose in next Wednesday’s edition of the Heart tag Key ring Wake News.

Knightdale 6,

Clayton 3

The Lady Knight softball team won Thursday’s tiebreak game against Clayton 6-3 to advance to face J.H. Rose as a four seed in the opening round of the state playoffs yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon.

With the win over Clayton, the team record rose to 13-10 overall — the best record in school history — and first-year coach Adam Hamrick said he couldn’t be more pleased with his team’s showing.

“I am tickled to death to have the opportunity in my first year of coaching this program to experience the playoffs,” Hamrick said. “I think it’s great for our softball program and I see a lot of positives here that will keep us moving in the right direction.”

Hamrick said the win over the Comets was one of the best all-around games his squad played this season. He said before-seen defense was in full effect and pitcher Kayla Boggs hit her marks before exiting the game for back pain after four innings. Boggs was replaced by Taylor Burt, who managed to guide the team out of a fourth-inning, bases-loaded pickle with no outs. Burt finished the final three innings allowing just one Comet run.

At the plate, C.J. Moose finished 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of RBIs. Lexi Horse charm bracelet and Paige Peterson kept their bats hot, both finishing 2-for-4. Hamrick said Clayton’s four errors certainly made a difference in the win, but the Lady Knights’ 10 hits couldn’t be overlooked.

“It was an all around team effort by the girls,” he said. “I am proud of each and every one. They have really grown as a team and have gotten better and each and every day and that’s credit to them and their incredible work ethic.”

Before yesterday’s state playoff game in Greenville, Hamrick said he had full faith in his team’s postseason capabilities.

“I know there may not be a lot of people that believe we can make a run, but I believe in my girls and what we are about. All we have to do is survive and advance one inning at a time,” he said.

Knightdale 2,

East Wake 0

Monday’s 2-0 win over East Wake secured a state playoff spot for the Lady Knights while taking the opportunity away from the Lady Warriors at the same time.

“We could get people on base. We just weren’t able to finish,” East Wake coach Christina Stevenson said of the long-awaited rematch between the two teams.

Knightdale (12-10, 6-8 in the Greater Neuse) scored both its runs in the bottom of the third inning after Kayla Boggs singled to push teammate Lexi Brock to third base with no outs. A Paige Peterson single followed to score Brock and push Edwinna Kolio, running for Boggs, to third. C.J. Moose then grounded out, but Kolio made it to home plate.

East Wake (5-15, 4-10) didn’t go to sleep after giving up a mere two runs. To start the fourth inning Katie Watkins tripled and Ashlee Miller found first on an errant throw to Anna Powell at first. But like Stevenson said, getting the runners home proved to be an issue. Shelley Bishop struck out looking for the second out of the inning, and while Miller snuck to second Jaquilla Lindsey hit straight to Boggs on the mound, keeping East Wake off the scoreboard.

The Warriors didn’t get the bat on the ball in the fifth like they had in the previous inning. I Love You drop pendant did, however, starting with Boggs’ leadoff single, answering Watkins’ triple from the inning before in the feud between pitchers. Peterson doubled as the result of an overthrow to third intended to beat Boggs to the bag, but the Knights failed to capitalize. Megan Champion grounded out, Moose bunted only to have Watkins scoop it up and flick it to Miller at home plate for a tag out on Boggs, and Powell’s pop-fly ended the inning.

Little hitting took place for either team in the sixth inning, and last call began for East Wake with Casey West up to bat. West took two strikes, one on a foul ball, before whiffing at a Boggs pitch for the first out. Heather Brannan then stepped up, loaded the count and was walked, but Boggs finished a senior night showing the way she would’ve hoped. She caught Meche Rico swinging for a third strike, and did the same to Kaitlin Glover for the win and the berth in the playoff game.

With the Lady Knights ending the regular season tied with Clayton, a playoff game for the fourth seed took place Thursday.

“The girls have worked hard this year and it has paid off,” Knightdale coach Adam Hamrick said. “Like I told them, it’s not how you start but how you finish.”

Hamrick said the pitching duel between Watkins and Boggs was the story of the night, but good sportsmanship showed its face early as Watkins gave Boggs a senior night gift before the game. Still, the win gave Knightdale its second trip to the playoffs in as many years.

“It was a total team effort. We only managed four hits ourselves and did get some runners I Love You Lock charm necklace base but had trouble getting runs across,” Hamrick said just as Stevenson had. “I have really enjoyed coaching these girls and I look for us to put together a good run in the playoffs.”

A disappointing stretch of tennis came to a screeching halt for the Lady Elsa Peretti Apple pendant on Saturday as the girls squad steamrolled Ronan 6-1 in a conference dual.

The win snapped a five-dual losing streak for the Lady ‘Dogs, and more importantly gave the team a shot of confidence going into the divisional tourney, slated for today and Friday in Kalispell.

Whitefish’s No. 2, 3 and 4 singles players easily won their matches with Ronan, and the doubles teams swept the competition.

The senior duo of Anne Miller and Hannah Weaver at No. 1 doubles tallied their first win of the season as a team, taking down Darian Blixt and Katelyn Matkovich 6-2, 6-2.

In the longest match of the day, Bailey Chauner and Alexa Holliday went three sets Elsa Peretti Bean bracelet Taylir Colvile and Sarah Anderson before sealing the win 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

In singles, Kendall Sattler continued her impressive year, topping Jonillo Lauer 6-1, 6-1. Tara Sullivan and Emily Blumhardt each scored two-set wins for the Lady ‘Dogs, as well.

For the divisional tourney, Whitefish coach Mike Watson says he expects his team to be competitive and leave the tourney with a few wins — and hopefully qualify some players for state.

“I’d like to see the seniors finish up their careers strong,” Watson said.

Senior Courtney Wilder is the No. 1 seed from Whitefish and faces a tough opening Elsa Peretti Bean necklace against Polson’s No. 2 player, Erika Nunlist.

Freshman standout Sattler is at No. 2, while Sullivan plays at No. 3 and Megan Danczyk is at No. 4.

In doubles, Miller and Weaver claimed the top seed from Whitefish and will face Shay Grilley and Krystal Bedford of Columbia Falls in the first round.

Bailey Chauner and Alexa Holliday are at No. 2 doubles, and Ryan Chauner and Hailey Craven are at No. 3 doubles.

Tournament games will be played at Flathead Valley Community College and The Elsa Peretti Butterfly pendant starting at 10 a.m. today. The top-four singles players and the top-three doubles teams from the tourney earn a ticket to the Class A state tournament in Billings on May 27-28.

Standing in front of her classmates, teachers and family, Elsa Peretti Starfish earrings Rose Crane stared at her prize. The pink bike gleamed in the middle of the gym floor.

The 7-year-old Rushville, Mo., girl collected more than $600 for the Rushville Lions Club.

For 32 years, the organization has had a tradition of raising money with an annual bike ride. And for at least one local family, that tradition means winning.

Like Autumn, her cousin Robert Wheeler has won the fundraiser; he did it seven times. And his older brother, George, won it twice.

While the five-mile ride on May 1 was a major feat, Autumn has had an even more difficult journey. The first-grader was born with aortic valve stenosis, which occurs when the aortic valve doesn’t form properly.

“It’s awesome to me,” said Wanda McCaulley, Autumn’s Elsa Peretti Teardrop bracelet, “because this child has already had problems. I’m so proud of her.”

Since she was born, Autumn has had four surgeries, and an open-heart procedure when she was 5.

Her mother, Mary Crane, and grandmother said it took Autumn about three hours to ride her bike in the fundraiser.

“She would stop, take a break, and then start going again,” Ms. McCaulley said.

In recent months, Ms. Crane said Autumn has been seeing her heart doctor more frequently. Chest pains and shortness of breath can signal alerts to the family of a child with heart problems. Ms. Crane said a September appointment will determine if Autumn will undergo another procedure.

“It’s hard because I’m an EMT,” said Ms. Crane. “It’s a helpless Elsa Peretti Teardrop necklace. There’s nothing you can do.”

But health problems don’t deter Autumn. Winning the bike, grabbing a sack lunch and visiting with friends as summer break starts was all in a day’s work for her.

As for the Lions Club, secretary Gary Black said the organization uses the nearly $1,500 it makes every year for supplies for the schools, eyeglasses and exams for those who are in need, and a scholarship for the DeKalb High School.

“It’s the main fundraiser for the club,” he said. “It’s supplies Elsa Peretti Teardrop pendant service for the community.”

Jennifer Hall can be reached at jennhall@npgco.com.

When Ray Henderson woke up at 5:30 a.m. every Cupcake charm and chain during the 2009-10 school year, he hit the ground running — and never stopped.

With his responsibilities in the classroom, running a school store and coaching the Capital High girls basketball program, Henderson didn’t have much time for anything else.

That ability to juggle his day caught the attention of Capital principal Melanie Romero, and she offered Henderson chance to develop a business program at the school.

However, that required Henderson to give up his head coaching duties, which he did Wednesday afternoon.

He was head coach for two seasons, compiling a 19-33 record. He also was an assistant coach for the 2007-08 season.

“Teaching comes first,” Henderson said. “And if I wouldn’t be giving the same passion I had to basketball to teaching — especially in building that program — I wouldn’t have a teaching job next year. That’s one of the things I have to do.”

Henderson’s duties will be to build a business curriculum, help run the Delta Double heart pendant Chi Association marketing program and continue to oversee the school store.

What Henderson has learned in 15 years of coaching, especially the program building aspects, will be necessary skills for helping build a successful business model.

The most important quality, in Henderson’s mind, is communication.

“We build off that,” Henderson said. “We do a lot of career guidance and assessment. That’s kind of what the DECA program is about. You’re building yourself in a professional and individual manner.”

Still, Henderson was disappointed that he will not be a part of an athletic Elsa Peretti for the first time in two decades. He has had head volleyball coaching stints at Roy, McCurdy School and Escalante, while also assisting at Capital and Escalante in basketball.

This was his first head coaching job at basketball, and he was doing it with a program that had gone through two coaches in as many years when he was hired in 2008 and three in five years.

Unfortunately, he is now a part of a string that grows to four in seven years, and that was what he was trying to avoid.

“I really wanted to provide that,” Henderson said. “I talked to my administrators and said, ‘I don’t feel like I can do it.’ The thing is, we have a lot of the team coming back and I feel they can take us deep into the (state) tournament.”

He can point to point guard Dominique Vigil-Lovato and forward Elsa Peretti Apple pendant Romero as key returnees, as well as forwards Stephanie Oeillien and Ashley Sorenson. They helped Capital to an 11-14 record in 2009-10, finishing in a tie for fourth with Taos in District 2AAAA.

Contact James Barron at 986-3045 or jbarron@sfnewmexican.com.

2010 JUN 1 – (VerticalNews.com) — AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) announced that the AMD Foundation has awarded a $115,000 grant to BGCA to implement Club Tech: Game Tech, a digital game development program, in four new Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. Cupcake charm and chain also will provide $60,000 to install four technology centers in these same Clubs in Washington, D.C.; Orlando, Fla.; Bellevue, Wash.; and Sunnyvale, Calif. The grant supports AMD’s signature education initiative, AMD Changing the Game, a program that encourages teens to learn critical STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills and become more globally conscious citizens by developing digital games with social content. By the end of 2012, AMD and the BGCA plan to implement the Club Tech: Game Tech program at 14 Clubs, located primarily in AMD site communities in the United States.

BGCA enables young people, especially those who need Clubs most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, some 4,000 Boys & Girls Clubs serve more than 4.2 million children and teens through Club membership and community outreach. Through BGCA’s Club Tech initiative, and the Game Tech program in particular, the organization provides Club members the opportunity to experience the digital arts and enhance their technology skills in order to develop creative and marketable workforce skills. Hundreds of Club members are expected to participate in the Game Tech program, and thousands of Club members will benefit from the technology center installations.

“Technology programming offers a unique opportunity to extend learning and encourages Double heart pendant to be actively engaged in determining their successful futures. There are clear indications this occurred during our Game Tech pilots,” said Judith J. Pickens, BGCA’s senior vice president, Program & Youth Development Services. “It was only natural to seek to expand this gaming program to new Clubs, and we’re grateful to AMD for helping us broaden this activity to reach more youth across the nation.”

“Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a well-respected organization that positively impacts the lives of millions of children,” said Allyson Peerman, president, AMD Foundation. “AMD is proud to expand our relationship with BGCA, helping them bring the Club Tech: Game Tech program to new Club sites. Not only will Game Tech help enhance educational and life skills for participating Club members, but it will also contribute further to BGCA’s legacy of providing hope and opportunity to America’s youth.”

Game Tech is a multi-unit program that guides Club members through the design process of creating computer games, and is led by local Boys & Girls Club professionals using a platform called Scratch. Club members gain valuable STEM skills in the process. In addition to the Game Tech program implementation, the grant provides ongoing site support for Boys & Girls Clubs that previously piloted the Game Tech program in Boxborough, Mass., and Ft. Collins, Colo. AMD’s grant also funds targeted training and technical assistance for Club professionals. AMD Changing the Game AMD Changing the Game is designed to take gaming beyond entertainment by inspiring teens to create digital games on important social issues, such as energy or the environment. As a result, they enrich their educational experience by learning critical science, technology, education and math (STEM) and life skills. The initiative is rooted in AMD’s commitment to and experience in supporting education, and the Elsa Peretti passion and expertise in the graphics processor and gaming industries.

The Owensboro High School girls’ track team has won the Class 3-A, Tiffany Key Trefoil key pendant 1 title for four straight years.

But OHS coach Robin Joska said he expects the Lady Devils to have a much tougher fight if they are to claim No. 5.

The 3-A regional boys’ and girls’ track meet will start at 4 p.m. today at Henderson County High School.

“As far as the points spread, it’s going to be a lot closer,” Joska said. The Lady Devils Tiffany Key Vintage oval key pendant also the defending state champions and have won state two out of the last three seasons.

“I think that Marshall County and Daviess County are going to be right up there, and we’re going to battle it out for the title,” Joska said.

OHS has its share of top seeds with experienced runners such as Shanice Carbon in the 100-meter dash and Allyson Hughes in the pole vault.

The Lady Devils did suffer a setback when Sade Greer, who held down the top spot in the 200-meter dash, was diagnosed with a stress fracture in a leg and will only compete in the high jump, Joska said.

Daviess County is also battling injuries, Lady Panthers’ coach Lil Brunson said.

“These are injuries that have been coming on,” Brunson said. “We had some shin splints and Tiffany Nature Dragonfly disc pendant stress fractures.”

Still, DC has good balance in the running and field events. The meet could come down to a number of close finishes.

Taylor Lawrence in the 400, along with Shelby Shelton in the 100 hurdles and Brittany Clark in the high jump, are just a few to watch for Daviess County.

At Apollo, the overall numbers are down from last year’s squad that finished second, the E-Gals’ best regional showing in years. Sophomore discus thrower Casey Peach is a threat to win that event. Brianna Rhodes is among the leaders in the triple jump and long jump.

“I feel like in specific events we can do really well,” E-Gals coach Holly Tiffany Nature Dragonfly pendant said.

In boys, OHS is also the favorite.

“We’re going to have a fight on our hands and everybody is going to try and knock us off,” Red Devils’ coach Bob O’Brien said. “We’re just going to try and stay focused and do what we have to do . . . I think Daviess is always going to be a threat regardless of their ranking. (DC coach) Tony (Rowe) knows what he is doing.

“Apollo, with their throwers and some of their distance people and a couple of sprinters they have, is going to put on some pressure as well.”

OHS is solid in the sprints and relays with Marcus Winstead (100) and Dradell Johnson (200 and 400) among the best in the state all year.

Rowe said he was encouraged by the Panthers’ strong showing at their Tiffany Notes band ring meet last week as a number of competitors turned in their top performances this year.

Wyatt Young (pole vault), the 3,200 relay team and Evan Ehrenheim (1,600 and 3,200) are among the favorites in those events.

“I think that we competed well in our invitational, probably as well as we have all year,” Rowe said. “That’s what you want this time of year. Our four-by-eight ran really well; we had four personal-best splits with that . . . I think middle-distance and distance guys are ready.”

Apollo suffered a big loss when standout middle distance runner Justin Tiffany Notes Pendant was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left foot and will miss six weeks. That also hurts the Eagles’ 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams with House out of running a leg in those events.

Harris Bivin is back as a top-ranked shot and discus thrower. His brother, Hunter, made a splash last week when he beat his old shot put personal best by four feet with a 50-foot toss at Daviess County.

That moved him from fifth in the region to fifth in the state, first-year Apollo head coach Charlie Shoulta said.

“We’re competing really well,” Shoulta said. “We’re peaking at the right time.”

Hancock County and Owensboro Catholic will compete in the Class A Tiffany Notes ring. McLean County is the host school.

The Lady Aces were third in last year’s regional. Catholic coach Jim Ivey has beefed up his team’s numbers to 20 from nine last year.

That depth should help Catholic compete for a title.

“We’re a little banged up,” Ivey said. “But we’ll mend a little bit and have some kids I hope are healthy. I think they have a shot at doing real well.”

Stephanie Duper is among those favored in the high jump and is also expected to be pushed by Jessica Ralph. Lauren Yevincy also is expected to do well in the pole vault along with Kate Murphy in the 100 hurdles and Elizabeth Searcy in the 100 dash.

Tanisha Johnson of Hancock County is top-ranked in the triple jump.

In boys, Catholic runner Michael Goedde should do well in the 1,600 Tiffany Notes Round earrings 3,200.

“We’re in a position to go first or second (in the regional, but it’s going to be a dogfight with Green County),” Ivey said.

Jordan White is another one to watch in the shot and discus, as is McLean County’s Michael Burden in the shot and David Burden in the high jump.

Brooke Skinner made the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings a winner.

Skinner went 4-for-4 with six runs batted in as the Lady Vikings blanked the Federal Hocking Lady Lancers 10-0 to win the Div. IV sectional tournament.

“It was a nice first tournament game,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep.

“Brooke Skinner had a whale of a game and Nikki Nance did great job keeping the discount tiffany low and keeping the hitters off-balance with her change-up.”

Nance got the win as she pitched a four-hitter. She struck out eight and did not walk a batter.

Symmes Valley took a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

Nance walked, stole second base and scored on a hit by Skinner. Chelsea Wall singled and the duo pulled off a double steal. Erica Corn reached on an error as Skinner scored and Kayla Ross hit into a fielder’s choice to score Wall.

The Lady Vikings got a run in the second when Jessie Morris singled, Nance hit into a Tiffany Bangles choice and Skinner had an RBI single.

The Lady Vikings ended the game early with six runs in the sixth inning.

Ada Humphrey was safe on an error and Morris singled to start the inning. Nance singled to load the bases and Skinner cleared the bases with a triple off the top of the fence.

Wall singled home Skinner, Corn reached on an error, both moved up on a wild pitch and Ross was hit by a pitch to reload the bases.

Brittany Foster hit into a fielder’s choice to score a run and a wild pitch scored Corn to end the ball game.

Symmes Valley (21-5) plays Sciotoville East at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Tiffany Bracelets.

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Soccer people call these kind of plays 50/50 balls, because two players on Tiffany Money Clips team presumably have an equal chance to gain control of the ball.

Maggie Bosley, a South Aiken senior center midfielder, has a way of tilting the odds of these moments to her advantage. She won a 50/50 ball in the middle of the penalty box and whistled in a shot to start the scoring of her team’s Class AAA state quarterfinal against Airport on Friday night.

“If there is a 50/50 ball on the field, she’s the girl we want going after it,” South Aiken coach Jason Holt said.

Bosley, a Wofford recruit, helped South Aiken to its 10th consecutive win, a 4-0 rout of Airport. South Aiken beat its region opponent for the fourth time this season and will play at Hilton Head Island in the semifinals Monday. The winner will play for the state title Friday in Columbia. South Aiken lost in the state final 2-0 to Riverside (Greenville area) a year ago.

South Aiken (19-2-2), whose only losses this year have come against Class Tiffany CuffLinks teams White Knoll and Wando, shut out its sixth consecutive opponent and did not allow Airport to take a shot on goal.

The Thoroughbreds had won their previous two playoff games by a combined 19-0 and had beaten Airport 2-1, 3-2 and 4-0 earlier in the year. It took South Aiken nearly the entire first half to register a goal, but once it did even a 1-0 lead seemed insurmountable.

Anna Loudermilk scored two second-half goals in the final 11 minutes for South Aiken, which outshot the visitors 18-0. Amanda Harris also scored for South Aiken.

“It just took us a little while to wake up as a team,” Holt said. “Our touches were a little off. I don’t really have a n explanation for why, but once we warmed up and started to get a little hungry, we got back in the rhythm of the team we think we can be. Once we get close to the goal and see our captains start to lead the way, the whole team rallies behind them and we start to play good soccer”.

The first goal was the most important against a team Holt said he expected to play a defensive game and attempt to take the Thoroughbreds to penalty kicks.

That plan scooted awry six minutes before the half, when Bosley fought off a defender inside the box, chased a well-touched pass from Harris and gained control of the ball. From there, all it took was a simple touch to beat Airport goalkeeper Cassie Shumpert. It was the Thoroughbreds’ 12th shot of the half, Tiffany Key Rings included a scorching strike from Bosley 15 minutes into the game that smashed off the crossbar.

Gwen Jocson couldn’t help but notice the symmetry when she reflected on her first competitive Tiffany Necklaces in more than a decade.

Jocson, 43, began her relatively brief but highly successful career with a victory in 1989, then capped it with a win in a race Friday afternoon.

“Well, I won my first race and I won my last race. If I hadn’t won this race, I’d have to go back to riding and get back even. It felt great because it was for a cause,” Jocson said.

Injuries prematurely ended Jocson’s career. Raising money for breast cancer research put her back on the saddle, if only for a day.

Jocson won the inaugural Lady Legends Race For The Cure at Pimlico Race Course on Friday Tiffany Rings, joining seven other retired female jockeys in a six-furlong race.

The ride was fairly competitive, with Jocson taking the lead for good at the top of the stretch atop Honor In Peace. The horse then held off a late rally from Chapel of Love, ridden by former Maryland-based jockey Andrea Seefeldt.

Ages for the female jockeys ranged from 43 to 60, and many trained months in advance for the race.

“I can relax now,” said Mary Tortora, jockey for Rasher, who finished third. “My sister died of breast cancer, so this was very dear to me.”

Jocson said outside of mild trouble coming off the eighth pole, where she nearly fell off the horse, the ride was exhilarating. Her 376 victories in 1991 was a women’s record.

She finished with 763 wins in her 10-year career before retiring in 1999.

“I felt like I was on a rocket,” said Jocson, who suffered neck, ribs and back injuries during her Tiffany Money Clips. “When the gates opened, all I felt was horse. He broke sharp, and it felt so good to have that much power underneath you to where you can just move it where you want. It makes me want to come back to riding.”

Calvin ‘Bo-Rail’ no more

If Calvin Borel is to be believed, you won’t see him riding Super Saver along the rail for victory as he did in the mud at the Kentucky Derby.

For Borel, a different track means a change in strategy.

“I wouldn’t ride it like I ride Churchill, to stay on the fence,” Borel said. “I think it’s a little heavier here on the fence from my racing and working Street Sense [in 2007] on it. I think the fence is a little deeper than Churchill. I’m not going to ride him like I did the last time, on the fence, I don’t believe.”

Schoolyard Dreams arrives

Schoolyard Dreams was the last in the 12-horse field to arrive at Pimlico, reaching the Tiffany CuffLinks about 7:30a.m. Friday from Monmouth Park, a day earlier than originally scheduled.

Stable mate C C’s Pal, who ran in the Black-Eyed Susan, and Ponzi Scheme, who is scheduled to run in today’s James Murphy Stakes, accompanied Schoolyard Dreams.

The Lady Chargers are certainly riding the crest of a soccer wave of glory Tiffany Bracelets the moment.

Crest is entering unknown territory in the sport: the Lady Chargers will be playing for the first time ever in the third round of the state soccer playoffs early next week. That came as result of defeating Fred T. Foard Friday night, 3-2, at Sid Bryson Stadium in a 3A second-round encounter.

Crest, now 11-7-3 on the year, will take on the Saint Stephens/Asheville winner possibly as early as Tuesday.

The Crest girls, who had upset Tuscola on the road in the opening round, Tiffany Pendants trailed in this one. Tied 1-1 at the half — and forced to play without team captain Amy Burch due to an injury — the Lady Chargers were spurred on by enthusiastic crowd and were able to punch two goals in and hold on for the win.

“I’m very proud of them, we beat a real good team,” Crest coach Zachary Wortman said. “We had to make some adjustments at the half with our captain (Burch), who plays 80 minutes a game, out of there. We challenged them to step up and find a leader and they answered it.”

Kaitlyn Washburn scored off a Brayden Pruitt assist with 21:17 remaining to give Crest the lead for good at 2-1. Pruitt then headed a ball into the net with 14:25 to go for a 3-1 advantage, thanks to Jesse Heavner’s assist.

Foard (14-8), got the second goal of the night from all-region player Erica Detweiler with 7:20 to go for a 3-2 score, but Crest stayed on the attack and was able to wipe out the clock the rest of the way.

“We did focus on No. 5 (Detweiler),” Wortman said. “Kelsey Stroud did an excellent job Tiffany Earrings her.”

Crest — the third-seeded squad out of the Big South Conference — had grabbed a 1-0 lead only four minutes into the game when Chelsea Hamrick converted a shot after a rebound from the post.

Haley Johnson was in goal for the win for the Lady Chargers.