BRIEFS

Cherokee Speedway results (10-25)

LIMITED SPORTSMAN: 1. 57- Adam Yarbrough (Denver, NC) 2. 3- Scott Tessner (Blacksburg, SC) 3. 21-Chuck Pearson (Shelby, NC) 4. 16-Lance Miller (FLat Rock, NC) 5. 00-Jake McCray

SUPER LATE MODEL: 1. 2- Dennis Franklin (Gaffney, SC) 2. 99- Jeff Cooke (Gaffney, SC) 3. 32-Larry Blankenship (Mooresville, NC) 4. 421-Anthony Sanders (Spartanburg, SC) 5. 93-Raymond Brown (Danbury, NC)

RENEGADE: 1. 33-Adam Mckay (York, SC) 2. 0-Joe Stephenson (Chester, SC) 3. 12-Jason Jolley (Columbus, NC) 4. 80-

Freddy Dungy (Flat Rock, NC) 5. 21-James Abernathy (Inman, SC)

STREET STOCK FOUR: 1. 14- Randy Cantrell (Spartanburg, SC) 2. 12-Blake Bentley (Duncan, SC) 3. 14-Brandon Lambert (Gaffney, SC) 4. 92-Tyler Love (Rock Hill, SC) 5. 3- David Guy (Spartanburg, SC)

YOUNG GUNS: 1. 11-Zack McNeely (Cherryville, NC) 2. 17- Justin Ward (Wellford, SC) 3. 4-Joey Stamey (Union, SC) 4. 18-Ricky Greene (Matthews, NC) 5. 7-Justin Pennington (Gaffney, SC)

SUPER STOCK FOUR: 1. 11- Greg Carroll (Greer, SC) 2. 70- Damon Crump (Charlotte, NC) 3. 97-Brian Harris (Chesnee, SC) 4. 7- Mike Harris (Gray Court, SC) 5. 28- Greg Haynes (Pelzer, SC)

PURE STOCK: 1. N15-Travis Burdette (Inman, SC) 2. 82-Buddy O-Sullivan (Campobello, SC) 3. X2- Wayne Clayton (Roebuck, SC) 4. 2X-Gary Tucker (Landrum, SC) 5. 88-Alan Walker (Cowpens, SC)

Limestone tops Converse, 3-0

Behind the steady play of its senior class, Limestone completed its season sweep of Converse, 3-0 in Conference Carolinas volleyball action.

The win snaps the Lady Saints two-game skid and brings their record to 14-12 overall and 11-5 in the conference. Converse drops to 2-25 on the season, with a 2-13 record in the conference.

With junior Melissa Thomas inactive, freshman Nina Milovanovic led the Lady Saints with a team high 9 kills.

Senior Samantha Flannery continued her strong play with 8 kills and, in her first start of the season, freshman Olivia Willis recorded 8 kills as well. Freshman Danielle Seibert had a team high 25 assists, as well as 4 aces.

Junior Chelsea Anthony tallied 3 aces, while junior Brooke England and freshman Holli Dawson each added 9 digs apiece.

"I was very proud of the contributions from everyone on our team for this victory," said Head Coach Tim Loesch. "With a starter out, our seniors provided strong leadership today, our other starters played great, the reserves stepped up and our freshman played with confidence."

Celts get rings and win

Banner No. 17 is up in the rafters, and win No. 1 is in the books.

NBA finals MVP Paul Pierce scored 27 points and the defending champion Boston Celtics followed an emotional ring ceremony and banner-raising with a 90-85 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. LeBron James scored 22, but he missed a driving layup with 41 seconds left and two free throws in the last 11 seconds.

It was the Celtics' first game since beating the Los Angeles Lakers to clinch their record 17th NBA title, and Boston honored the 2007-08 team with a 20-minute ceremony that brought Pierce to tears.

The Celtics captain and the longest-tenured member of the team ¿î choked up when he was handed the championship trophy by Hall of Famer John Havlicek, and again when he received his ring from owner Wyc Grousbeck. Once all the players had received their gaudy diamond and emerald baubles, Pierce took the lead in pulling the ropes that slid the "2008 World Champions" banner into the rafters among all the others.