BRIEFS

Gaffney swimmer

finishes fifth

Gaffney High swimmer Brock Moss finished fifth in the 100-yard breasttroke and 23rd in the 200-yard imdividual medley at the Class 4A swimming championship on Saturday. Moss was the lone Gaffney High swimmer to qualify for the state meet.

Saints top

Coker

In soccer action, Limestone improved to 4-3-1 in the conference with a 2-0 win over Coker on Saturday.

The Lady Saints beat Coker 7-0.

Granard finishes perfect regular season

The Granard Warrior volleyball team completed an undefeated regular season.

The Lady Warriors are coached by Cathy Littlejohn.

Hillcrest tops

Gaffney runners

In cross country action, Hillcrest topped the Gaffney boys team, 44- 16. The Lady Indians fell 44-17.

Craig leads jayvees

over Hillcrest

Joe Craig passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead the Gaffney junior varsity to a 28-12 win over Hillcrest on Thursday.

TJ Parks and Phillip Humphries had the touchdown receptions.

The Gaffney ninth-grade team beat Hillcrest, 8-2, on Thursday.

Rice has one

catch for Vikes

Former Gaffney High star Sidney Rice had one catch for 13 yards in Minnesota's win over Chicago on Sunday.

Rockies lead

series 3-0

The Colorado Rockies were one strike away from not even making the playoffs. Now, they're one win away from their first World Series.

With a cold rain falling, Josh Fogg shut down Arizona's bats in his first postseason start and Yorvit Torrealba hit a tiebreaking three-run homer to fuel the Rockies' 4-1 victory Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series.

MVP hopeful Matt Holliday also homered as the wild-card Rockies took a 3-0 lead with their 20th win in 21 games, a streak that has taken Colorado from afterthoughts to the buzz of baseball.

''Tomorrow we're going to come here just like we have been doing,'' Torrealba said. ''We're going to relax, watch TV, and when it's time to play, we're going to try to get one more win.''

And not think about their first World Series until then.

''No, no, no, no, I'm not thinking about that,'' insisted the face of the franchise, Todd Helton, whose decade of disappointment has disappeared in one of the most incredible winning streaks in baseball history.

Gordon wins

sixth race of season

Jeff Gordon conceded the win to one teammate, worried another would take it from him, then stressed about a fuel issue he feared would prevent him from finishing Saturday night's race.

Despite all his concerns, Gordon made it to the finish line for his sixth win of the season, and staked his claim on the Nextel Cup title. Gordon's win at Lowe's Motor Speedway helped him widen his lead in the standings from nine points at the start of the night to 68 over teammate Jimmie Johnson.

''Just an incredible day for the team,'' Gordon said. ''We needed to get to the finish. We had such a hard time getting to the finish, whether we were wrecking or having a mechanical problem.''