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By CHIP CIRILLO StaffWriter Justin Reid look like a spot starter last night. He looked like an ace who was hitting all his spots as he struck out eight of the first 11 batters he faced, leading the Sounds to a 5-1 victory over Memphis at Greer Stadium. Reid, a reliever who was named the starter 90 minutes before game time, allowed only two hits and one walk, striking out eight in four innings. just had all four pitches working: curveball, changeup, slider and Reid said. give a lot of credit to (Sounds catcher) J.R.

House because he paid attention to the game yesterday and knew what to call and when to call The 6-foot-6 righthander is the all-time strikeouts leaders (329) at Division II California-Davis. The Sounds (13-12) have won nine of their last 12 games. Nashville narrowly missed its first shutout since a 5-0 victory over New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2003. Last year Nashville led the PCL with 16 shutouts.

Ruben Mateo and Chris Truby broke a scoreless tie with consecutive solo homers to start a four-run rally in the sixth. Mateo leads the team with nine homers, second- best in the Pacific Coast League. Nashville, the top home- run hitting team (40), has homered in 20 of its last 21 games. Leadoff hitter Tony Alvarez added a two-run double, increasing the lead to 4-0. Transactions: Injured Sounds infielder Terry Shumpert (hamstring) was put on the Williamsport roster so Reid could be activated yesterday.

Outfielder Roger Cedeno joined Memphis on rehab from St. Louis after straining his left hamstring. www.tennessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Wednesday, May 5, 2004 5C CYANMAGYELBLK TennesseanBroadsheet Master TennesseanBroadsheet Master 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 TennesseanBroadsheet Master TennesseanBroadsheet Master 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 5C HIGH SCHOOLS CALL TO GET YOUR GIFT PACKAGES TODAY! Gift certificates are non-refundable. All packages have a termination date six months after issue. Loews Vanderbilt, 615.321.2321 Brentwood, 615.370.0088 Cool Springs, 615.370.0025 a gift package for everyone Face The Day European cleansing facial, lip treatment, manicure spa pedicure $180 Euphoric Dreams 60-minute full body hot stone massage, manicure spa pedicure $175 Just For You manicure spa pedicure $80 Rest Relax 60-minute full body hot stone massage manicure $120 Treat Me Right facial manicure $100 The Great Escape 60-minute, full body massage, manicure spa pedicure $155 TM MINOR LEAGUES SOUNDS 5, REDHAWKS 1 MemphisABRHBINashvilleABRHBI Prieto cf4010Alvarez cf4032 Cedeno rf3000Brooks p1000 Ortiz 1b1110Acevedo p0000 Gall lf3000Figueroa 3b4000 Witt 3b3010Ward 1b3000 Mabry rf4111 Hart 2b3000Truby 2b4121 Horgan p0000Abad lf3010 Seabol ph1000Thompson cf0100 Mahoney c3000House c3011 Alviso ss3110 Ryan p2000Reid p1000 Stemle p0000Bay ph1000 Bowers ss1000Almonte p0000 Allen Totals30151Totals32595 Mahoney.

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Ryan 2. Sounds 5, Redbirds 1 Next: Today, vs. Memphis When: noon PCL standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE Central DivisionWLPct.GB Iowa Albuquerque Col. Springs Omaha Eastern DivisionWLPct.GB Oklahoma Nashville Memphis New Orleans PACIFIC CONFERENCE Northern DivisionWLPct.GB Edmonton Tacoma Salt Lake Portland Southern DivisionWLPct.GB Tucson Sacramento Fresno Las Vegas PCL schedule results Albuquerque 11, Colorado Springs 5 Portland 5, Salt Lake 3 Nashville 5, Memphis 1 Edmonton at Tacoma Fresno at Sacramento New Orleans at Oklahoma Omaha at Iowa Tucson at Las Vegas games Albuquerque at Colorado Springs Edmonton at Tacoma Fresno at Sacramento Memphis at Nashville New Orleans at Oklahoma Omaha at Iowa Salt Lake at Portland Tucson at Las Vegas Game at a glance Winning pitcher: Hector Almonte (1-0). Big stick: Leadoff hitter Tony Alvarez went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI, raising his batting average to .280.

How they won: Nashville broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the sixth inning and added one more in the eighth. Four Sounds pitchers combined to hold the Redbirds to one run on five hits with 10 strikeouts. What they said: was a well-pitched game and hopefully a sign of things to come because we need that bullpen. Coming into the year we felt we had the makings of a good Sounds manager Trent Jewett. pitchers: Sounds LHP Sean Burnett (1-0, 3.72 ERA).

Redbirds RHP Rhett Parrott (1-1, 4.35). CIRILLO SOUNDS Reid a reliefas a starter By JEFF LOCKRIDGE StaffWriter HENDERSONVILLE Some teams you just want to see in the opposing dugout when the postseason begins. Put the Hendersonville atop that list. The Lady Commandos took care of their second Midstate softball giant in as many weeks yesterday, defeating Wilson Central 1-0 at Drakes Creek Park behind a five- hit shutout from junior Casey Teal. The Lady Commandos (28-19, 85) are in position to lock up a No.

3 seed for the District 9-AAA tournament behind champion Beech and runner-up Wilson Central (30-7, 10-3). Hendersonville dealt Beech its only district loss, 3-2, last week. beat the good teams and sometimes we lay down for the not-so-great Teal said. mental more than anything. But I think becoming a tougher team, and definitely hitting the ball better and playing better With those two facets taken care of, Teal (11-10) provided the pitching.

She struck out Wilson Central catcher Sara Williams on three pitches with two outs in the seventh inning, stranding runners at second and third base. Infield hits from Lindsay Antone and Kelsey Lee had given the Lady Wildcats their best scoring opportunity. The only other inning Teal permitted a runner to reach second base was the fifth, when she coaxed a pop-up from Meredith Auld with two outs. bats were pretty much Wilson Central Coach Ashley Putman-Serbin said. year Hendersonville put us out of it.

They are definitely not one of the teams you want to see in the first or second round facing Hendersonville scored its run off pitcher Amber Derryberry in the fourth thanks to a pair of errors. Jessie Bain reached on a grounder when shortstop Chelsea throw pulled Ashley George off the bag at first. Bain came around to score when a one-out single from Dawn Hellweg scooted past Auld in center field. needed this Hendersonville Coach Andy Griffin said. district is so tight in the middle.

From top to bottom, I think this district would fare well against anybody. We went to the state in 2000, and about the hardest part was getting out of our Hellweg and Antone had two hits each. Teal struck out eight, while Derryberry fanned two. Wilson Central, which beat Hendersonville 4-1 on March 22, was without standout Amber Lain, who is in Oklahoma all week for a Future Farmers of America conference as a soil judge. Teal leads Commandos gle stick with her head, which types her thoughts onto a small screen and produces a computer- generated voice.

Steiner recently received a of award in front of the Centennial student body. is said Steiner, excited to be talking about Hippensteel last weekend at her Brentwood residence. said, I want you to meet Laura and I hit it off because Laura is just down to A friendship blossomed, as well as a deeper understanding of one another. more Laura came in, the more comfortable she said Toombs, who is now at Hillsboro High coaching baseball. an issue for everybody when working with these kids.

When you see them for face value, no way you will ever get to know them. You have to sit down and spend time with them. what Laura It was during yearbook signings last year when Hippensteel knew she wanted to study special education and assist young people. Steiner could not sign yearbook, but she conveyed her sentiments through the communicator. The message: are my An overwhelmed Hippensteel proudly copied down those words.

interested in learning about Hippensteel said. think I want to work with younger kids. I shadowed a special education class at Poplar Grove Elementary School and I liked it a lot. There were kids with autism, speech disabilities I would like to help Hippensteel will concentrate on her studies at the University of Tennessee, but she be giving up softball entirely. She plans to play on an intramural team.

And still the business of her senior season at Centennial. The Lady Cougars open District 11- AAA tournament play in the coming days and are a legitimate contenders to reach the state tournament. So for Hippensteel, back to displaying her many talents. Thanks to a good friend, those talents now have direction for the future. used to be said to me, do Steiner said.

my mom said, needs just love and to try Jeff Lockridge covers high school sports for The Tennessean He can be reached at 259-8023. FROM PAGE 1C Softball: Centennial athlete inspired to help less fortunate BILL STEBER STAFF Laura Hippensteel comes home in 11-1 victory over Franklin. By JESSICA HOPP StaffWriter Both teams knew walking on the field that whoever walked off the winner of last matchup between Centennial and Hillsboro would claim the second seed heading into next District 11- AAA tournament. And despite falling behind by a goal early, Centennial (7-3-1) claimed that No. 2 spot with a 2-1 win over the Burros (8-7) on Cal goal with seven minutes remaining.

all wanted said Centennial senior midfielder Patrick Rummel, who picked up a goal and an assist. would rather play Hillsboro or Franklin again than Brentwood, the No. 1 seed and the host of next district tournament, is also ranked second in the state among Class AAA teams. The rest of the seeding has yet to be determined. Hillsboro will determine its future tonight as it wraps up regular-season district play at Overton.

Playing a big role in the outcome will be how the Burros deal with the loss of all- state senior defender Nguyen Nguyen, whose season came to an end last week when he tore his MCL. Hillsboro Coach Rickard Scott was encouraged by the performance despite the loss. thought we played a good match Scott said. now all missing is the key in the The Burros knocked in the first goal just 10 minutes into the game. Justin Mooneyhan hit a sharp pass right to a waiting Mario Ruiz.

Centennial goalie Patrick Lazear came out to challenge Ruiz, but Ruiz hit a shot low to the opposite corner to give the Burros the 1-0 lead. fast footwork and calculated play through the middle kept Centennial from answering quickly, but the home team was not put off and 20 minutes later Rummel tied the score. His shot from just inside the right side of the box bounced off the left foot of keeper Hal Nichols and into the goal. gave up a goal Rummel said. when we go down we always talk about picking it up a level.

got the ball and got On the winner, Rummel received the ball 15 yards out and hit a short pass to Long on his left. Long unleashed a shot that hit the top of the net and rolled in. started out said Centennial Coach Jim Helmintoller. we were able to pick it up even though they scored the first Jessica Hopp covers high school sports for The Tennessean She can be reached at 259-8253 or Centennial edges Hillsboro 2-1 HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL HELLWEG Why keep writing checks when The Tennessean's EZPay system makes bill-paying easier? With just a call to 242-NEWS, we'll set up an automatic bank draft or credit card charge, so your subscription bill will 'pay And when you switch today, we'll give you a $10Kroger gift card Keep getting The quit getting the bills. It's the easiest $10you ever made! Call 242-news today! And if you're not already a subscriber, call 242-NEWS and get The Tennessean delivered to your home.

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