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LEWISTON, Idaho -- The ninth-seeded Lee University baseball team beat No. 4 SSAC colleague Berry College authentic Tim McCarver jersey White 5-3 authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream in an NAIA World Series elimination game Tuesday, leaving the Flames as one of four teams left after they finished second last year. Junior Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a fourth-inning two-run home run that was Lee's first hit, and Brian Bistagne Matt Holliday official jersey and Chris Dubon also had RBIs in the win. Trey Burstrom was 2-for-3 and scored a run. Brandon authentic Tim McCarver jersey Cream Cunniff authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue improved his season Vince Coleman official jersey record to 4-1 with 51/3 innings of two-hit, two-run pitching, and Josh Rose finished up with four strikeouts and only hit and one run allowed. The Flames (53-13) made it easier for him to record his first save by scoring two unearned runs for a 5-2 lead in the eighth inning. Andrew Starr homered in the second inning and wound up 4-for-9 in the tournament for Berry, ending its season at 46-16. Lee is 3-1 in the tournament and has a rematch today against the team that administered its loss, top-ranked Lubbock Christian. No. 5 Southern Polytechnic, which with Lee and Berry comprised the most teams ever in the Series from authentic Matt Holliday jersey White one league, lost 8-4 to No. 2 Oklahoma City University later Tuesday.

        * McCallie School pitcher Ethan Speicher will be playing baseball for Berry next year, after receiving the Berry College Academic Scholarship and the Berry College Competitive Award. He went 6-2 during the 2009 regular Tim McCarver official jersey season with a 3.40 earned run average and 29 strikeouts in 37 innings. "Ethan has done a very good job for us this year, and I am happy that he has an opportunity to pitch at a strong program like Berry," McCallie coach Chris Richardson said in a posting on the local school's Web site. "It's been a joy to watching him grow and develop into the player he is." Said Speicher: "I am authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream thankful for the opportunity to continue my baseball career at the next level and continue my education at such a strong academic school. God has blessed me with supportive parents, family and friends, and I'm grateful for their support." He also expressed appreciation for the guidance he has received from Richardson and the Chattanooga Cyclones' George Koontz.
     * The Cyclones 18-under baseball team won its age group in the seventh annual Southern Wood Bat Invitational held at Lee University and Cleveland State. The Cyclones 18s started with a 1-0 win over the Cyclones 16s with Alec Rose getting the pitching win, Ryan Johnson a save and Ryan Casteel the deciding RBI double. Zane Leffew pitched a complete game in an 8-1 defeat of the Tennessee Copperheads, when Derek Shugart had three hits, two runs and an RBI and Casteel, Adam Hindman and Will Stansell each had two hits, an RBI and a run. Hindman had three hits and scored twice and Nolan Woody had two hits, an RBI and a run in an 11-4 win over The Buzz, when Brandon Radar was the winning pitcher. The Cyclones edged the East Cobb Indians 5-4 for the championship, with Cameron Brewster collecting three hits and scoring a run and Hindman and Jamie Harper each adding two hits and an RBI. Cole Brand pitched six scoreless innings, but Dakota Price was the second reliever in the seventh and got the win after the Indians' four-run uprising. In the tournament's 16-under division, the Tennessee Copperheads edged the Macon Tigers 2-0 for the championship.
BASKETBALL
* The Chattanooga Steam won the Southeastern 16-under basketball tournament in Birmingham this past weekend and qualified for both the AAU and YBOA nationals in July. The Steam's Nick Ross was named MVP after scoring 32 points in the 75-72 championship win over the Birmingham Storm. Travis Core added 14 points and Mason Harris had 12 rebounds. Randy Boyd scored 15 points as the Steam beat the Alabama Hawks, and Ross and Kelvin Clay scored 32 each in a defeat of the Georgia Jaguars and 15 apiece in an earlier win over the Storm. Core, Ross and Clay scored 17, 16 and 15 in a victory over the North Carolina Rattlers, and Boyd and Core scored 15 and 14 to pace a win over Alabama Unity.
* The Steam's 13-under team finished second in the Smoky Mountain Shootout in Asheville, N.C., falling 79-72 to Salisbury, N.C. Justus McMillan scored 23 points in that game for the Steam, and Jeremiah Nason and Jordan Wallace added 15 and 13. McMillan scored 20 and Nason 12 in a win over South Carolina Upstate, and Wallace and McMillan scored 14 and 13 in a win over the Spartans. Hall Allen had 23 points, including seven 3-pointers, and McMillan added 18 in a tournament-opening win over the Cougars.
HORSESHOES
* Bobby Fields from Pikeville won four awards from the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association for his 2008 success in the elders category -- men pitching from 30 feet. He had the best ringers average in the nation, 78.28 percent, and was second in high point game average (123.33 out of a possible 150) and in high game percentage (.925, 37 ringers out of 40 shoes). He had a third place for high game (136).
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* The Stan Musial official jersey Chattanooga Lookouts' home game Sunday at 5:15 p.m. against Mobile will serve as a backdrop for a championship cookout honoring the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's championship head coaches and new head coaches and their families, and anyone can enjoy the food and the game for $18. Gates for the picnic will open at 3:30, and dinner will be served until gametime. Anyone wanting to take part should call Buddy Sundstrom at 842-9288 by Thursday night.
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