Urbandale takes an 11-game winning streak - including a 4-2 victory over Davenport Central in the state championship game last summer - into the 2008 season. The J-Hawks return championship starters Stephen Englund, Andrew Weeks, Austin Duede, K.C. Spooner and Brandon Wood. Iowa City High has a band of experienced pitchers in Ted Schmidt, A.J. Derby, Tyler McCreedy and Iowa recruit Shane
The fans booed when A.J. Pierzynski was announced as the White Sox's starting catcher Friday night. They booed even louder when Pierzynski stepped to the plate in the top of the first (he grounded out). And they seemed to cheer with added zeal when he air-
Sacramento State shone Saturday in the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, with the women winning the school's first title in the meet and the men finishing second at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex.
A.J. Scerra hit a game-winning RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift Marlborough to a 3-2 extra-inning win over visiting Nashoba in a Mid-Wach B matchup.
INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, May 17, 2008 – Twenty-two drivers qualified for the 92nd Running of the Indianapolis 500, filling starting positions 12-33 on the grid and setting up a Bump Day that should feature three drivers attempting to earn their way into the field.
GRAHAM RAHAL (#06 Hole in the Wall Camps Dallara/Honda/Firestone): (About his qualifying run): “It is nice to get in. Obviously, I feel bad about my comments last week. This team is certainly known for its preparation, and we showed it today. We’ve had a good car so far.
Americans Graham Rahal and Townsend Bell led 22 qualifiers in filling the Indianapolis 500 grid here Saturday in the penultimate time trial session for the May 25 race.
For Graham Rahal, driving in the Indianapolis 500 has been an almost lifelong ambition. The son of 1986 Indy winner and IRL IndyCar Series team owner Bobby Rahal has been coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since he was a small child, and he has visualized himself in a car on the famed 2 1/2-mile oval many, many times.
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