BRIEFS

Cherokee Speedway

results

SUPER STOCK FOUR: 1. 77- Brian Bentley (Duncan, SC) 2. 1- Paul Sisk (Spartanburg, SC) 3. 22- Allen Sisk (Spartanburg, SC) 4. 97- Brian Harris (Chesnee, SC) 5. 05- Andy Mattison (Woodruff, SC)

CITY LATE MODEL: 1. 22-Joey Phillips (Shelby, NC) 2. 114-Chris Cantrell (Chester, SC) 3. 87-Ross Bailes (Clover, SC) 4. 51-Douglas Davis (Shelby, NC) 5. 17-Josh Harell (Concord, NC)

STREET STOCK FOUR: 1. 48- Newman Presnell (Travelers Rest, SC) 2. Y2K-Bryan Harrelson (Spartanburg, SC) 3. 27-Patrick Bailey (Weaverville, NC) 4. 6-CJ Phillips (Shelby, NC) 5. 12-Dallas Miller (Pauline, SC)

LIMITED SPORTSMAN: 1. 68- Mike Messer (Clover, SC) 2. 3-Scott Tessner (Blacksburg, SC) 3. 25-Josh Wilkerson (Hickory Grove, SC) 4. 00- Jake McCray (Gastonia, NC) 5. 99- Josh Robbins (Kings Mountain, NC)

YOUNG GUNS: 1. 88-Trent Ivey (Union, SC) 2. 41-Ashley Harvey (Inman, SC) 3. 67-Jacob Harrell (Belmont, NC) 4. 7-Justin Pennington (Gaffney, SC) 5. 3-Cody Williams (Blacksburg, SC)

RENEGADE: 1. 41-Heath Williams (Landrum, SC) 2. 16-Brian Kuykendall (Landrum, SC) 3. 27- Lance Smith (Roebuck, SC) 4. 19- Shane McDaniel (Gaffney, SC) 5. 25- Danny Tessnier (Roebuck, SC)

Local hoop league

begins signups

The Giving Back Organization is signing up students (boys and girls) ages 5 to 18 for the Free Spring/Summer Basketball Program.

Applications can be picked up at: The Boys and Girls Club, SageSport or WFGN 1180, and must be turned in by April 25.

For more info contact Stan Crosby 864-487-9733; Eddie Palmer, Sr. 864- 489-9255; or Johnny Sarratt, Sr. 864-

425-0628

Summer hoop league registration continues

Registration is continuing at SageSport, the Boys and Girls Club and the Recreation District for the Cherokee County Summer Youth Basketball League. The league is for boys and girls ages 5 to 17. You also can sign up by calling Chris Dewberry at 488-9596 or Laymond Dewberry at 425-5860.

Braves, Jurrjens

sweep Dodgers

Move over, Andruw Jones. The fans in Willemstad, Curacao, may have a new favorite son.

Jair Jurrjens pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, striking out Jones three times, and the Atlanta Braves beat Los Angeles 6-1 Sunday for their first sweep of the Dodgers in eight years.

Jones, a 10-time Gold Glove winner with the Braves before signing with the Dodgers, was only the second major league player from Curacao. Jones followed Hensley Meulens, who played for the Yankees from 1989-93.

Jurrjens said he was a bat boy when his older brother and Jones played in an amateur league in Curacao. He said facing the star for the first time was a thrill.

"I try not to look at him because I know he's going to smile," Jurrjens said of Jones.

Sixers shock

Pistons, 90-86

The Detroit Pistons were hanging out at the scorer's table as if it was a preseason game, joking around with a former teammate as he enjoyed a drink and nachos in the front row.

Philadelphia made them pay for it.

Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the 76ers stun Detroit 90- 86 Sunday in Game 1 of their firstround series.

Sixers forward Reggie Evans smiled when told the Pistons were shooting the breeze with Flip Murray during breaks in the game.