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Show i "77 s Sunday, August 26, 2007 DAILY HE ItALD D4 i 7 t K . GOLF ROUNDUP NASCAR .r Stridter takes 1 want to win. If I cant place when the Chase for the championship begins Sept. 16 make the Chase, J want to win a race, Earnhardt said. in New Hampshire. Owl Ed- : Only Jeff Gordon and JimWhen we don't make (the BRISTOL, Tern wards picked up another U) bo- mie Johnson (four wins each) . Chase) everybody makes a big deal over it they talk about nus points to use in his punuit of and Tony Stewart (three) it preface and talk about it the Nextei entitle wih a domi- have more. dint Bowyer finished third postrace. Its a bummer when . nating victory Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. to move cIomt to his first you see that and watch that . Youre just, trying to let it go " Edwards passed Kasey Kah-n- e berth in the Chase. I am not going to count . under the radar when you for the lead with 166 laps to go and wasn't challenged the on that quite yet, not in its ; cant get it done. ' Newman is 14th in the rest of the way as he drove over, Bowyer said, to his second victory of the 7 Stewart was fourth and Dale standings, but hasn't given up . Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth. season. He beat Kahne to the making the Chase just yet. ' We still have a shot at it, : line by 1.405 seconds, then did. Busch, Ryan Newman, Bobby his trademark backflip on the Labonte, Kyle Busch and Greg he said. Mathematically, we finish line to celebrate, still have a chance. Were just Bifffe rounded out the top lOi, "This is the biggest win of my The race to make the Chase trying to give it our best shot, career said Edwards, who has didst change, as Kurt Busch each and every lap. Thats is still holding down the 12th six career victories. "It means good enough in my eyes whether its good enough to the world to win this race. and final position with two The top 12 drivers in the . ; races to go. make the top 12, well see. Kahne started from the pde .Were running more standings will run for the Nextei Cup title, and Edwards consistent, and thats what and was looking for his secclinched his spot with the win. it takes if you want to be a ond win in as many nights We re back," declared Ed-- , championship contender, said he won Friday night's Busch wards, who made the Chase Busch, who won Tuesday's . Series event and jt looked and finished third in the stand- raiitpostponed race in Michiearly as if hed get it as he led ings in 2005 but failed to make gan. But for us, we still have ' 305 of the 500 laps. But after losing his battle the field last season to get into the Chase Were not locked in, so : i for the lead with Edwards, he ; The Chase field win be seed-- , ed based on the bonus points we're not losing focus with 7 never challenged again. Refinish two more races." earned through "regular seagardless, the runner-uson victories. Edwards now Earnhardt, despite a strong was outstanding far Kahne, who is winless this season and has 20 points, which would tie run, gained only five points him with Kurt Busch for third and is 158 poirtts back. stuck in a horrendous slump. Jenna Fryer THE ASSOCIATED THE ASSOCIATED MESS HARRISON, N.Y. . . v . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-ho- p '' f " Strieker kept pouring in birdies at The Barclays until he had the lead to himself, and it wasnt long before an elec-- . tronic scoreboard projected .7 Strieker atop the FGA Tour Playoffs.. Right now, Strieker isnt the least bit worried about the FedEx Cup or its 1 10 million prize. An he wants is a trophy. In 4 season of Mown opportunities, Strieker gave himself the best chanceyet Saturday .' 65 that allowed with a him to zoorn past KJ. Choi and lead into the 7 take a one-shfinal round at soft, vulnerable Westchester Country Club. - Strieker has either been tied or withinone shot of the lead in the last round of four tournaments that year two of them majors but still is searching for his first victory since 2001. One of these times, itl go' ing to come out in my favor, said Strieker, whose tournament .199 tied the record. This time, at least he has the lead. : It was the fust time Strieker has had at least a share of the lead in nine years, and not since the 1996 Western-Ope- n has he had the outright lead going into the last round. : That wont make winning ; any easier. Choi lost control of bis fade shot off the tee along the back finnine, but a birdie-birdi- e ish enabled him to salvage a 70, leaving him only one shot behind. Hunter Mahan tied a tournament scoring record for the second time in five weeks, this one a Bunder 62 that took him from the middle of the pack to only two shots behind. t, 7 7 y.;7vV- - , ' 7- ;:u 7J 7: - 7 't ;s, ' ) W' A'- . V'- V.- - - . -- 1 . m.x .' y ' k Jt V-- 7 .' SO aETZAMOMlad Pmss hole during the bunker ontheI8th Steve Strkker hits out of a third round of The Barcloya In HanisoruN.Y., on Saturday. .. . . . Steve . -- ?; I . WHS . . , . 54-ho- le 7 - . round as could be expected Its goingto be importwit to ..from an unknown, Stewart get (rff to a good start tomorrow and just keep it going, .. expanded his lead And a vic--. Ochoa said. tory today win make Stewart: exempt an the Champions Tour Gustafson, who shared the lead going into Saturday's .7 for a full year. That means no more qualifyround with rookie " school or Monday qualify-ing togotolOkinder Oh,hada68 133. 134. Ochoe is at ing events. No complaints, he said ' I struggled withmy rhythm I think on the back and just Stewart, who only nude this kept missing fairways, Ochoa weeks tournament by survivsaid I missed 10, 11 and 17 playoff in a Moning a I got in trouble, you and o day qualifier, shot a funder know. I guess it was just meant 68 and is the surprising leader tq happen, making bogeys after at 10 under entering Sundays missing those fairways. But I'm finalround Denis Watson, Bruce still feeling good, Ochoa, who is from Mexico, Vaughn and Gil Morgan all v won the Canadian Womens joined Scott Hoch at 6 under... Open in Edmonton, Alberta, ' Vaughn also played in the last weds. It was her second. Monday qualifier and didnt gain an automatic spot hi the straight victory and fifth of the season. Her victory at the field but was the first alternate Women's British Open was her and got in the field when Jim first major title. Dent withdrew. : . 10-m- lS-S- . . . : After she bogeyed the par- - . I Dutch Open: At Zaandvoort, Netherlands, David Carter of 71 Sat- - . .' England shot a urday to share a twoshot lead,, at the Dutch Open and stay in ' contention for his first Euro-I Safeway Classic At Protlartd, Ore.; Lorena Ochoas fast start pean Tour title. Carter was joined by Ross Saturday jumped her into the lead of the Safeway Classic. I Boring Classic At Snoequakn- - Fisher (68) and Steve Alker (69) Now she wants to finish better. ie, Wash., the scoreboards v atop the leaderfooard after the Ochoa capped her round ... around the TFC at Snoqualmie third round Fisher had four 7 ' ' Saturday with two bogeys but . Ridge continued to tist Ray , birdies on his first eiglt holes.. was helped by right earlier Stewart's full name or) Satur-- . The trio is at Bunder 20(.. David Higgins carded his birdies to give her a 66 and a day, an appreciative gesture for e second straight 68 to tie Phil-- 7 lead over Sophie spectators who know nothing about the Boring Classic leader. lipPrice (67), Thomas Levet final round at Columbia ; This much is known: instead (68) and Jocist Luiten (71), two : of faltering in the second shots behind the leaders. Includes many of last year's drivers, fairways woods, hybrids, iron sets, putters, shoes and apparel 4 17th hole, Ochoas tee shot went into the trees on the par-- 4 18th. With her second shot into the rough in front of the green, Ochoa chipped within less than 10 feet but her putt lipped 7 out for the bogey. . . s ' 5.. . . one-strok- X-1- Irons 8 3-p- w . t. OREMOWLZ White SicyliMlMt.CsrtiinnanufaauMr'swMriaioni Odyssey ) my yply. Owlz Continued from D1 Ping Original 2 Ball Putter Craze G2 Putter off the field with me running by them and it was pretty in--; tense. It was fun; hopefully, I get to do that .a few more times inthe future. .. Although the Rockies looked stunned, several of the Orem players expressed ' that they weren't surprised by Grohkowskis big hit. Manager Tom Kotchman echoed those ' sentiments. 7. ' Obviously Gordies been our guy. Hes a veteran on. J. this chib and he's the leader, Kotchman said Sometimes you lead off tha ffeld and sometimes you lead On the field and tonight he led on the field. ? Moore, who scored the tying run, added It dont surprise me at all. Hes been in a mini- slump as yall would say, but I say he's a hittin machine. . rog. pnes $139.99 WhbSuppiailMr. Cew riwiulKUwt ipwem mjy apply Cleveland Halo Hybrids I Slingshot Tour Irons - y-- ' :;7'- - ' ,,7,'. Ivs'v ' . wMiSiqitatat JCatti mm4K1UMrtattidtonma)rpplp Nike ? . r 7 I . 'dfcwfc&f 3-p- w v . ' WMtSivpknlM. Cimw mwuhrluwrt nntoqmmrPpV OUIQDUEIIPbi supporting role were the pier- -. formances of jtchers.Jqrdan Walden and David Hurst, who kept the home team inthe game. Walden, who lowered his ERA. to 358, had yet anoth- - : Gronkowskisbighitwas er solid start. The just another milestone in his right-handwent seven outstanding season in wMrit he fa in the top five in the Pioneer innings, allowing on)y four. 7 League In batting average, ort-- . hits while striking out eight. ' base percentage, RBI and hits. Waldens onlymist akewss to It couldnt happen to a bet- - : Scott Robinson or a two-ru-n ter kid" Kotchman arid He homer m the sixth inning. had to go through the back The key here again was our injury last season and now its pitching. Its been a total, comhis time to step up and he has. plete turnaround from the first ' half, Kotchman said When Although Gronkowskis homer was the headlining act V youre winning games and ' ' for the night, playing a crucial 32, ftS obviously youre pitch- . . ; I . Nike ' 1 Dozen GolfBalls f :. Callaway Terrafjrma X ; i 1 ni 1 r II 7 Valuable Coupon . . ... SSBST .7 WMtSupplinlM. tmajrappV. T S4-.I- hard-throwi- er Golf Bag Wt ChMi NianuSctaaiS ' bat. Sun - . Valuable Coupon - ."! Clearance Apparel Ad J' Clearance Golf Shoes AdditionaL 1-- 0 ing And getting a hit when you need to get it. All five of the games runs came via the long ban, as Orems Julio tags hit a soio shot in the second inning off of Ruker ; FYazier. Perez narrowly ndssed a second home that would have tied the game in the bottom of the sevorth on his sharply hit single off the left field walL With the win, the Owlz im-prove to 15-l- in the second half and remain just a game behind Idaho Falls for the top spot in the PkxieerLeague South Division. Orem fa almost assured of a playoff spot as it leads third-plac- e Ogden by six games. ? : fjgijBiiisas urig) Rocky Nelson & Nelson Page -- Any ONE Pair of Golf Shoes I . Urntofwptf amomw lb mb mb mm, mm bb-bbb I. i hi . n 1 Any ONE item ' Is ' mm mb mb lint ana p im. curiam b,bm mb bm mb-b- ( are now at Cougar Auto Sales bI .: i v-- v ' ; iff - i r - r. JiSiV s . f . i i 1 . ; V uinta,, golf ROCKY NELSON 363-785- i I NELSON PAGE 5 376-59- 39 7 1 4 Herald left successfully slides bock intofint 77 base as Rockies first baseman it Jeff Cunningham Catches the ball on Saturday at Brent Bmwn Ballpark Orem's DeAndra Miler, . 1 .s V |