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"Astro Jet keeps getting better every year, and Pride Joy is a horse with championship potential. He over-strides and has that natural walking ability." The 19th annual Fun Show continues today at 10 a.m. with six junior andor pleasure horse classes while 1 1 classes are slated tonight beginning at 7 p.m. and concluding with the prestigious aged stallion class. LARRY TAFT Sports Writer SHELBYVTLLE, Tenn.

More than three decades in the horse business have taught Tom Bohl that uncertainty goes hand-in-hand with the Industry. That however, doesn't deter the 59-year-old Ohio resident who annually treks to the Midstate and throughout the Southeast in a quest of blue ribbons aboard Tennessee Walking Horses. And even though there is no sure victory, Bohl has come up with a pair of horses that are about as sure a winners as can be found in horse clr-, cles. The two are Ebony's Astro Jet a 12-year-old bay gelding, and Pride's Pride Joy, a nine-year-old black stallion. Astro Jet won the Dominion Bank Spring Fun Show specialty owner-amateur gelding class Thursday night at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration showgrounds.

And Pride Joy, last yeartspedalty reserve grand champion, remained unbeaten this year by winning first in last night's owner-amateur stallion specialty class. "We have a very good situation with our trainer, Paul Whitehead," 4 J'f I Jessica Greew Staff, iliddle Tennessee State baseball coach Steve Patterson, left, Paul Troops and assistant coach Ronny aughn sweep water from the field after rain delayed last night's Columbia-Mary ville game. McGavock alive, ousts Germantown 7-4 UNCOLNf.tERCURYMERKUn MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END SALE Prices Good Thru 5-31-89 ONLY Stk. 92009 McGavock pitcher Todd Schreeve took over in relief of starter Brian Law and pitched 4 innings of four-hit relief to pick up the win. Law was victim of a three-run Germantown third inning outburst, but after Schreeve came in and shut down the Red Devils on just one run the rest of the way.

Schreeve struck out three and walked three in his relief appearance. Mike Gray took the loss for German-town after pitching only of an inning. "We played against a super team today," said Germantown coach Phil Clark, whose team finished fourth in this year's tournament after a third place finish last year. "After they finished so late last -night, they didn't look sluggish at all today, but we did," he said. McGavock will play the loser of last night's winners bracket final between Columbia, 19-7, and Maryville, 21-8 at 10 am.

today. Last night's game was delayed four hours by rain before resuming late last night Maryville had handed McGavock a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat in eight innings on Thursday. The championship game will be played following this morning's game. HAROLD HUCCINS Sports Writer MURFREESBORO McGavock's Raiders began a climb back through the losers bracket of the Class AAA state baseball tournament with a 7-4 victory over Germantown yesterday afternoon. The Raiders, 37-5, exploded for six runs in the top of the first in the game at Middle Tennessee State to eliminate Germantown.

"I was proud of the way we bounced back today," said McGavock 1 Coach Mel Brown, who is trying to take his team to a fourth state title. "I expect us to play hard each time out, and it was good to see us do that today." When asked who he would pitch in the next game, Brown said: "The squad. It will be everybody, including the kitchen sink." Leadof batter Ken Finley smashed a triple and a single, knocking in two runs leading the Raider offense. The Raider center fielder also scored a run in the big first In the first, Finley and Kurt Kalan walked and Bart Browning was hit by a pitch. Mark Sutton, Billy Swoner and Chris Walker knocked in the first three runs.

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"He won the contest, and the next day the paper said 'Boo Ring wins halloween said his mom. He's been called "Boo" ever since. Ring is 6-2, 220. Ring's fastball was clocked between 67-91 mph In Columbia's win Thursday. Maryvllle third baseman Gary Clendennen and lettfiekjer Kevin dendennen are brothers.

Kevin singled in Gary with the winning run in Thursday night's 4-3 vitory over McGavock. in the big inning, slapped a single to left, scoring Rob Robinson, capping the big rally. Robinson scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning for McGavock's last run. good football player." Jones was a Heisman Trophy candidate last season at Vandy, but was not selected in the National Football League draft He could not be reached for comment last night at his Decatur, Ga home, but he is expected to accept the Lions' of fer. Coach Donovan said lions' training camp opens June 4.

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