SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010
KLMNO HIGH SCHOOLS VIRGINIA AAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
West Springfield hits its way to a state title 10
Wahl strikes out 7, has 3 RBI
vs. Woodbridge by Preston Williams
West Springfield senior pitcher Bobby Wahl had often wondered what winning the Virginia AAA championship would feel like, particularly after his Spartans got knocked out in the state semi- finals last year. He knows now, after being dominant when he needed to be and collecting three hits and three RBI in a 10-2 state champi- onship win over previously un- beaten Woodbridge on Saturday at Westfield. “I never dreamed it’d feel this
good honestly,” a grinning Wahl said during his team’s postgame celebration. “I’ve dreamt about winning the game in the state championship, falling on the mound and everything, but noth- ing compares. Nothing compares. “All the memories of West
Springfield [and] four years kind of hit me. I had flashbacks going on. It was just one of those feel- ings that I will never feel again in my life, I don’t think.” Even though Wahl, a Missis- sippi recruit, and first baseman
Tyler Thomas. Thomas doubled in a run off Wahl in the third in- ning and was up with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth and sixth, but he struck out swinging both times. “In the early innings, it didn’t seem like his velocity was up,” Thomas said. “But it started pick- ing up later on in the game. I just didn’t get the bat on the ball.” “Those were adrenaline at-
bats,” West Springfield Coach John James said. “I think [Wahl’s] velocity jumped up about 5 to 7 miles per hour in those at-bats.” The Spartans (24-4), the first
RICHARD A. LIPSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST West Springfield pitcher Bobby Wahl pitched and hit his way to a win over Woodbridge.
Charlie Morgan, who is going to Wake Forest, have received the bulk of the attention this season, they had plenty of help from their teammates in the final. Junior leadoff hitter Aaron Self singled three times, walked and
scored three runs. Senior Kyle Snyder had two hits and knocked in two runs. Sophomore Daniel Allen drove in two of the Spar- tans’ five runs in the fourth in- ning. Junior Garrett Wooddell had RBI on a groundout and a
GOLF Plan is in place for the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional congressional from D1
explain his true impact on each Open.
Over the past four years, Davis
worked with Congressional offi- cials, course architect and her- alded “Open Doctor” Rees Jones and other members of his USGA staff to create a course that everyone involved believes is bet- ter than the Congressional that hosted the 1997 Open. It is longer — by a healthy 355 yards, a total of 7,568. It will play at par 71, as opposed to par 70 back then, with both the sixth and 16th holes now dare-you-to-reach-it- in-two par 5s. It will have a fun- damentally different feel, with the former 18th hole, a par 3, now completely altered and serv- ing as the 10th, and old No. 17 — a rollicking, treacherous, down- hill par 4 — providing a proper, and potentially thrilling, finish. “One thing we really worked hard on is trying to continue to make sure that the U.S. Open is the hardest test the players see each year,” Davis said. “Maybe we don’t get it every year, but we try. But we wanted to do that, and make it fair, where good shots were rewarded and bad ones were penalized.” When the USGA made the de- cision to award Congressional’s Blue Course the Open in 2004, it had an idea of aspects it wanted to change. Get rid of the mounds along the fourth and eighth fair- ways, for instance. Add some tee boxes. The real negotiations be- gan in 2006 and ended last spring. “Mike and Rees each spent a
day on the front end and came up with this kind of wish list, be- tween what Mike Davis thought would be good and what Rees
111th U.S. Open Championship June 13-19, 2011, Congressional Country Club, Blue Course
Hole Yardage 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
402 233 468
460* 413 558 173 354
9637
Par 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 5
Hole Yardage 10 218 11 494
12 470 (401)** 13 193 14 467 15 491 16 579 17 437 18 521*
IN: 3,870 (35) OUT: 3,698 (36) TOTAL: 7,568 (71)
* - Denotes a new teeing ground to be built. The Maryland State Golf Association should be con- tacted upon completion of the construction of the two new teeing grounds. It should measure yardage at all the new teeing grounds. Yardage plates should be installed at new teeing grounds. ** - The 12th hole could, on some days of the Open, tee off from a portion of the 15th tee box.
SOURCE: USGA
thought would be good,” said Paul Klinedinst, who serves as co-chairman of Congressional’s U.S. Open committee with Ben Brundred Jr. “Ben and I kind of said yes or no to each, and we got it whittled down to what you see now.” The most significant differ-
ence: In 1997, the 18th hole was still a par 3. Finishing in that manner — forcing a player to just make one full swing under in- tense pressure, rather than two or three — had always been con- troversial. “With a PGA Tour-level player,
you let them put a mid-iron in their hand, they’re not going to hit it in the water,” Davis said.
Open to changes The PGA Tour’s AT&T National
— staged at Congressional from 2007-09, and due to return in 2012 after giving way to the Open —played with the current layout, finishing with the old 17th. But
the Open is the Open, so things have to be set up differently (read: harder). When Ernie Els won the 1997 Open at Congres- sional, he hit 5-iron into that green. When Hunter Mahan shot a 62 in the final round of last year’s AT&T National, he had a pitching wedge in his hand, es- sentially taking out of play the water that protects the green to the left and back. “They had to push it back,”
Jones said. So they did, to a daunting 521 yards.Davis said he expects many players to need, say, a 4-iron, from a downhill lie, to reach the green. “I just think that the 18th hole now is one of the great holes in the world,” Jones said. “At a great golf course, it’s really wonderful to have a great finishing hole, and we have that now.”
Making them ‘think more’
The new tee box at 18 is just one of seven for the 2011 Open,
Par 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4
areas created not just to add length, but to change some holes so they fit into Davis’s vision for what an Open course should be. Davis has been involved in set- ting up Open courses for two decades, and has been in charge of the process — one he describes as collaborative — since 2006. He has received almost universal praise from players because he has taken away some of the bru- tal, punishing aspects of Open courses and instead gotten cre- ative — introducing, for instance, the idea of graduated rough, which gets progressively deeper farther from the fairway. “He’s a very good player, and second of all, he’s very intelli- gent,” Jones said. “What I like about him is he doesn’t make snap decisions. He gets the feel of the place. He gets the feel of what he wants. . . . He’s mixing up some yardages on some of the holes from day to day. That makes players think more. When they think more, I think they play better.” That took hold at Congression- al. During the AT&T National, for instance, the sixth hole played as a par 4. But the club and the USGA put in a new teeing ground, and it opened up some possibilities. “I kept looking at it, and I
talked to the tournament chair- man, and I just said, ‘I don’t like it as a par 4,’ ” Davis said. “It be- comes an unfair, long par 4. We wanted it to be a risk-reward par 5.We can get aggressive with the hole locations, and give the play- ers a choice. If the hole’s tight to the water, it could be tough, even if they lay up. I think it’s a better, more interesting hole that way.” Thus, the layout is par 71, rath- er than the par 70 it plays to dur-
SCOREBOARD
BASKETBALL NBA Finals
Best-of-Seven; x-If necessary Lakers and Celtics tied, 2-2
Game 1: at Los Angeles 102 ..................... Boston 89 Game 2: Boston 103 ..................... at Los Angeles 94 Game 3: Los Angeles 91 ........................ at Boston 84 Game 4: at Boston 96 ....................... Los Angeles 89 Sunday: Los Angeles at Boston ............................... 8 Tuesday: Boston at Los Angeles ............................. 9 x-Thursday: Boston at Los Angeles ....................... 9
WNBA
Eastern Conference W L Pct GB Connecticut .............................6 2 Atlanta ......................................7 3 Washington ..............................6 4 Indiana ......................................5 4 New York ..................................4 5 Chicago .....................................4 6
.750 — .700 — .600 1
.556 1A .444 2A .400 3
Western Conference W L Pct GB Seattle .......................................9 1 xPhoenix ...................................4 5 San Antonio ..............................3 5 xTulsa ........................................3 5 Los Angeles ..............................2 7 Minnesota ................................2 8
.900 —
.444 4A .375 5 .375 5
.222 6A .200 7
x-Late Game. Saturday’s Results
at Washington 82................................... New York 65 Tulsa at Phoenix.................................................... Late Sunday’s Games
Minnesota at Los Angeles..........................................3 San Antonio at Atlanta .............................................. 3 Connecticut at Indiana.............................................. 6
NEW YORK (65) McCarville 2-6 0-0 4, Powell 3-7 0-0 9, McWilliams-Franklin 3-5 2-2 8, Mitchell 2-8 0-0 6, Pondexter 6-11 6-7 20, Greene 2-3 0-0 4, Car- son 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson 5-6 2-4 12, Spencer 0-0 0-0 0, Vaughn 0-0 0-2 0, Blue 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 24-49 10-16 65. WASHINGTON (82) Currie 6-11 6-6 20, Langhorne 6-13 1-2 13, Sanford 2-7 0-0 4, Smith 2-4 0-0 5, Har- ding 6-11 0-0 13, Ajavon 4-8 3-3 11, Melvin 2-4 0-0 4, Coleman 2-4 0-0 5, Monroe 2-2 1-2 5, Houts 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 33-66 11-13 82. New York ............................... 12 19 18 16 — 65
Washington ........................... 23 20 26 13 — 82
Three-point goals: New York 7-15 , Washington 5-9 . Fouled out: None. Rebounds: New York 34 , Washington 32 (. Assists: New York 12 , Washing- ton 16 . Total fouls: New York 13, Washington 15. Technical fouls: Pondexter, Smith. A: 8,492 (10,100).
AUTO RACING
Sour Cream Dips 400 Lineup After Friday’s Qualifying; Sunday’s Race At Michigan Int’l Speedway; In Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2 miles; (Car # in parentheses) Top 10 of 43 start positions
NASCAR Sprint Cup Heluva Good!
1. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 189.984. 2. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.788. 3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 189.668. 4. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 189.623. 5. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 189.474. 6. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 189.359. 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 189.145. 8. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 189.051. 9. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 188.907. 10. (42) J. Pablo Montoya, Chev., 188.655.
NASCAR Nationwide Meijer 300 Lineup
After Saturday’s Qualifying; Saturday’s Late Race At Kentucky Speedway; In Sparta, Ky. Lap length: 1.5 miles; (Car # in parentheses) Top eight of 43 start positions 1. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 177.212 mph. 2. (18) Brad Coleman, Toyota, 174.995. 3. (12) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 174.995. 4. (7) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 174.814. 5. (21) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 174.436. 6. (33) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 174.385. 7. (32) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 174.357. 8. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 174.126.
NASCAR Camping World Truck-VFW 200 Results
At Michigan Int’l Speedway; In Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2 miles; (Start pos. in parentheses) Top three of 36 Drivers
1. (10) Aric Almirola, Toyota, 100 laps, 118.7 rat- ing, 190 points.
2. (7) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 100, 129.2, 180. 3. (8) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 100, 133.1, 170. Average Speed of Race Winner: 118.558 mph. Time of Race: 1 hour 41 minutes 13 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.111 seconds.
Canadian Grand Prix Lineup After Saturday’s Qualifying; Sunday’s Race At Circuit Gilles Villeneuve; In Montreal, Canada Lap length: 4.361 miles; Third Session Top three of 24 start positions
1. L. Hamilton, Eng., McLaren, 1 min., 15.105 sec. 2. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:15.373. 3. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 1:15.420.
Formula 1 SOCCER
Women’s Professional Soccer W L T Pts GF GA
FC Gold Pride ................ 5 2 1 16 11 7 Washington................... 4 2 3 15 15 11 Philadelphia .................. 4 2 2 14 10 7 Sky Blue FC.................... 3 3 2 11 7 8 Chicago .......................... 2 4 3 9 6 8 Boston ............................ 1 2 4 7 5 7 Atlanta............................ 0 5 2 2 2 9
Saturday’s Result
at Washington 2 ................................ Chicago 2 (Tie) Sunday’s Games
Sky Blue FC at Boston.................................................4 FC Gold Pride at Philadelphia .................................. 6
Chicago ..................................... 1 1 — 2 Washington .............................. 2 0 — 2
First half: 1, Washington, Wambach 4 (Whitehill), 11th minute. 2, Washington, Sawa 3 (Bompastor), 18th. 3, Chicago, Cristiane 2 (Carney), 30th. Second half: 4, Chicago, Cristiane 3 (Nogueira), 82nd. Yellow Cards: Rapinoe, Chicago, 36th; Bompastor, Washington, 70th; Spilger, Chicago, 79th. Red Cards: Spilger, Chicago, 90th. Lineups
Chicago: Jillian Loyden [GK], Marian Dalmy, Whit- ney Engen, Kate Markgraf, Natalie Spilger, Formi- ga, Katie Chapman, Kosovare Asllani (Casey No- gueira, 73rd), Cristiane, Karen Carney (Anita Asante, 68th), Megan Rapinoe (Ella Masar, 60th). Washington: Erin McLeod [GK], Nikki Marshall, Cat Whitehill, Becky Sauerbrunn, Sonia Bompas- tor, Homare Sawa, Sarah Huffman, Allie Long, Re- becca Moros, Christie Welsh (Jill Gilbeau, 56th), Abby Wambach.
LOCAL RUNNING
Crossroads 17.75K In Quantico, Virginia Men
David Burhnam, Arlington, 1 hour 3 minutes 37 seconds; Jeff Poindexter, Stafford, 1:05:56; Wil- liam Mikolajczak, Triangle, 1:07:08 Women
Erin Moore, Springfield, 1 hour 15 minutes 56 sec- onds; Judy Doldorf, Woodbridge, 1:21:05; Sarah- Burnham, Arlinton, 1:21:38
GOLF
Robert Garrigus .............................67 66 66 — 199 -11 Robert Karlsson .............................67 66 68 — 201 -9 Heath Slocum ................................69 67 66 — 202 -8 Lee Westwood ...............................63 68 71 — 202 -8 Shaun Micheel ...............................68 66 70 — 204 -6 Tim Petrovic ...................................66 68 70 — 204 -6 Lee Janzen ......................................68 66 70 — 204 -6 Garrett Willis ..................................66 65 73 — 204 -6
PGA St. Jude Classic Third Round, Leading Scores
LPGA State Farm Classic
Friday’s Second Round, Leading Scores Thunderstorms ppd. Saturday’s round with 46
players still on the course M.J. Hur .................................................66 66 — 132 -12 Amy Yang .............................................68 65 — 133 -11
Thomas Bjorn, Denmark Richard Green, Australia Damien McGrane, Ireland
PGA Euro Estoril Open de Portugal Third Round, Leading Scores
67-65-65_197 67-69-64_200 64-70-68_202
LOCAL GOLF
Northen Virginia B Team Matches CC of Farifax 61, Heritage Hunt 47 Piedmont 67, Trump National 51 Belle Haven — Carol Moore won the career wom- en Charlie Muck tournament with 68. Belmont — Bob Blair and Jack Valentic won the Belmont classic. Bethesda — Gene Gould Jr. and Jeff Axt won the member-guest. International — Joe Balsamo and John Grandel won the member-guest . Loudoun — In the parent-child championship, Bill and Bryan Buckner won low gross. Debbie Rieger and Bill Gibbons won low net. Bob and Joey East- man won the 12-and-under division. Manor — Ted Girard and Mark Cooper won the spring member-guest event. Norbeck — Dave Ryan and Brian Stark won the member-guest. Old South — Jean Chipouras, Steve Chipouras, Tom Nicholson and Phyliss Nicholson won the couples’ guest event with 107. Patuxent Green — LGA criss cross tournament win, Carmel Roche low gross. Toni Griggs low net. South River — Gary Fitzgerald won the match- play finals.
BASEBALL
NCAA Division I Super Regionals Best-of-Three; x-If necessary
Visiting team plays as home team for Game 2 Coin flip determines home team for Game 3 In Tallahassee, Fla.
Friday: at Florida State 9....................... Vanderbilt 8 Saturday: Vanderbilt 6 ......................Florida State 2 Sunday: Vanderbilt (46-19) vs. FSU (46-18) ...........1 In Austin, Texas
Friday: Texas Christian 3 ......................... at Texas 1 Saturday: Texas 14 ...................... Texas Christian 1 Sunday: TCU (50-12) vs. Texas (50-12)................... 4 In Gainesville, Fla.
Friday: at Florida 7 .........................................Miami 2 Saturday: Florida (46-15) vs. Miami (43-19).... Late x-Sunday: Miami vs. Florida..................................... 7 In Los Angeles
Friday: Cal State-Fullerton 4 .........................UCLA 3 Saturday:UCLA(46-14) vs. Cal St.-Full. (46-16) Late x-Sunday: Cal State-Fullerton vs. UCLA ...............10 In Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Saturday: South Carolina 4 ...... Coastal Carolina 3 Sunday: Coastal Carolina (55-9) vs. S.C. (47-15).. 1 x-Monday: S.C. vs. Coastal Carolina............... 1 or 7 In Charlottesville
Saturday:Virginia 3 ................................Oklahoma 2 Sunday: Virginia (51-12) vs. Oklahoma (47-16).... 4 x-Monday: Oklahoma vs. Virginia................... 1 or 7 In Clemson, S.C.
Saturday:Alabama 5 ................................. Clemson 4 Sunday: Clemson (41-23) vs. Alabama (42-23) .....7 x-Monday: Alabama vs. Clemson.................... 1 or 7 In Tempe, Ariz.
Saturday: Arkansas (43-19) at Az St. (50-8).... Late Sunday: Arizona State vs. Arkansas..................... 10 x-Monday: Arkansas vs. Arizona State.................. 7
RESULTS
SUMMER BASKETBALL Nike Summer League
MacNamera 49, Friendly 36 Springbrook 70, Cooldige 53 Gonzaga 65, Chavez 47
SUMMER BASEBALL Cal Ripken League
Alexandria Aces 5, Baltimore Redbirds 4
washingtonpost.com TENNIS ATP Gerry Weber Open
At Gerry Weber Stadion; In Halle, Germany Purse: $897,000 (250); Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles — Semifinals: L. Hewitt (8), Australia, def. B. Becker, Germany, 6-7 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; R. Federer (1), Switz., def. P. Petzschner, Germany, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
ATP AEGON Championships At The Queen’s Club; In London
Purse: $854,000 (250); Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles — Semifinals: S. Querrey (7), USA, def. R. Schuettler, Germany, 6-7 (11-9), 7-5, 6-3; M. Fish, USA, def. F. Lopez (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
WTA Tour AEGON Classic At Edgbaston Priory; In Birmingham, Engl. Purse: $220,000 (Intl.); Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles— Semifinals: M. Sharapova (2), Russia, def. A. Riske, USA, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; L. Na (1), China, def. A. Rezai (4), France, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
HIGH SCHOOLS SATURDAY’S RESULTS
BASEBALL— Virginia AA Final, PPD. BASEBALL — Virginia AAA Final West Springfield 10, Woodbridge 2 BOYS’ LACROSSE— Virginia State Final Loudoun Valley vs. Langley, Late BOYS’ SOCCER— Virginia AAA Final Cox vs. Battlefield, Late BOYS’ SOCCER — Virginia AA Final Blacksburg vs. Hidden Valley, Late BOYS’ SOCCER — Virginia A Final, PPD. BOYS TENNIS — Virginia A Final
George Mason 5, Radford 1 GIRLS’ LACROSSE— Virginia State Final Western Albemarle 14, W.T. Woodson 13 GIRLS’ SOCCER— Virginia A Final
George Mason 3, Radford 1 GIRLS’ SOCCER — Virginia AA Final Broad Run 2, Loudoun County 0 GIRLS’ SOCCER — Virginia AAA Final Stone Bridge 4, Cosby 0
SOFTBALL — Virginia AAA Final
Lee-Davis vs. McLean, Late SUNDAY’S GAMES
BASEBALL — Virginia AA Final Potomac Falls vs. Poquoson, 10 a.m. BOYS’ SOCCER — Virginia A Final George Mason vs. Radford, 10 a.m.
ing the AT&T National. Another fundamental change comes at perhaps one of the course’s best holes, the 494-yard, par-4 11th. Last year, when Woods won the AT&T National, his four results on 11 — which is protected by a stream down the entire right side of the fairway — were bogey, bo- gey, double bogey, bogey. “Tiger actually helped me
change that hole when he hit it in the water there,” Jones said. The thinking: Get rid of the bunkers that actually gobbled up some balls that might have gone into the creek, and slide the fairway down to the right. The result: a fairway that is just two paces from the stream in most sec- tions, and a tee shot that’s even more daunting. The changes, though, don’t all
have to do with making Congres- sional unrelenting. In fact, Davis, Jones and Klinedinst believe there will be some places where members will find it more forgiv- ing because the trouble lies far- ther away than they can hit it. “Obviously, some members are
going to be upset with it,” Kline- dinst said. “But the good golfers are going to be happy with it, and it’s not going to really affect the average golfer.” When the field of 156 assem-
bles at Congressional in a year, there won’t be an average golfer among them. What awaits, it seems, will be more than an aver- age test. “We really want to just look at each hole for what it is and say, ‘How can we really showcase the architecture of this given hole?’ ” Davis said. “With the changes, I think we’ve done that. I’m really excited about the way Congres- sional should play.”
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sacrifice fly. Wahl fanned seven and walked six, not recording a strikeout the first time through the lineup. But he allowed just one hit after the fourth and twice won show- downs with Woodbridge All-Met
Northern Region champion since Madison went unbeaten in 2002, collected six hits off Woodbridge senior right-hander Nick Rogow- ski in the first three-plus innings. Woodbridge (27-1) left 11 runners on base. “It’s hard to lose a state cham- pionship when . . . you’ve come so far and got so close,” Rogowski said. “Maybe they can do it next year.”
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D7 WORLD CUP NOTEBOOK W. SPRINGFIELD WOODBRIDGE 2
See you next year?West Springfield and Woodbridge will return a combined 11 starters in 2011.
Germans are eager to impress
Germany wants more than a simple victory when it be- gins its schedule Sunday. It is after an emphatic win over Australia.
A lopsided decision could prove that its young team is a legitimate title challenger in South Africa, even without captain Michael Ballack. The midfielder is out after injuring his right ankle in Chelsea’s FA Cup victory over Portsmouth. But Coach Jo- achim Loew still has a wealth of talent at his disposal for Sunday’s Group D match in Durban as Germany seeks its fourth World Cup title, and first in 20 years. “We want to start with a win, to give the team another shot of confidence,” Germany captain Philipp Lahm said. “It’s a young team and the players are hungry.” The second-youngest Ger-
man World Cup squad has an average age under 25. “We can go in with confi- dence, but we have respect for Australia,” Loew said. “It’s a well-organized team. Not spectacular, but they work hard, they have exceptional organization, good passing, they are incredible physically and they have almost perfect defense organization.” Even so, Loew added, “We want to be able to embarrass oppo- nents with our playing skills.”
Robben to miss opener
Arjen Robben has been ruled out of the Netherlands’ opening match against Den- mark, after flying in to join his teammates six days late be- cause of a hamstring injury. Dutch Coach Bert van Mar-
wijk said Saturday it was too risky for the winger to play at Soccer City on Monday. But he hopes Robben will be fit in time to face Japan in Durban on June 19 and Cameroon in Cape Town five days later. Robben sustained the in-
jury in a tuneup against Hun- gary on June 5.
Drogba nursing arm
Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba missed a training ses- sion with his teammates Sat- urday to visit team doctors for further treatment on his bro- ken right arm.
Drogba is hoping to be fit
for Ivory Coast’s opening match against Portugal in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday after breaking the arm in a tuneup against Japan on June 4. He had surgery a day later. Drogba trained with the team the past two days, but wore a protective cast as he worked on his ball skills and fitness. After the training session,
midfielder Didier Zokora said he was unsure when Drogba might play, but insisted Drog- ba is in good spirits. — From news services
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