| Late rally keeps Lady Tigers season alive; Andalusia brings ...
BY BRUCE HIXON - SPORTS EDITOR Top-seeded Andalusia and second-seeded T.R. Miller took vastly different paths on their collision course to the championship game of the Class 4A Area 2 Girls Tournament held at Andalusia Thursday. Andalusia raced out to a 22-2 lead and never looked back on its way to a 55-30 win over fourth-seeded W.S. Neal. Meanwhile T.R. Miller needed a late fourth quarter surge to survive third-seeded Hillcrest-Evergreen 39-33. Andalusia and T.R. Miller met for the championship Saturday night. The winner will host the Area 1 Tournament runner-up (Escambia County or Thomasville) Thursday in the sub-regional round, while the loser will travel to the Area 1 champion that same day. T.R. Miller 39, Hillcrest 33 The Lady Tigers' third win of the season over Hillcrest was by far the hardest.
Spain and Germany up pressure on EU constitution
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Spain has reaffirmed its role of a vocal promotor of the EU constitution with renewed criticism of the UK, France and the Netherlands, while Germany is also upping the pressure saying it wants a new-style EU treaty before the end of the year. Alberto Navarro, Spanish Europe minister on Wednesday (1 March) reminded London, Paris and The Hague that the majority of 18 member states - representing also a clear majority of the EU population - have now ratified the EU constitution which French and Dutch voters rejected in referendums in 2005. .
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