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       Riverview Squad Finishes 9-1 Season
Riverview's Middle School football team recently closed out an impressive season with a 9-1 record.  (Contributed Photo.) 
Lady Wave Cross Country Team Finishes 15th in Group AA Meet

  Blacksburg and Brentsville District dominated the Group AA cross country championships Saturday at the Great Meadows course in Warrenton, Va.
  Blacksburg won the girls team title while Brentsville won the boys crown and finished second among the girls.
  The top Southwest District runner was Carroll County’s Megan Roper, who finished 72nd with a time of 22 minutes-17.38 seconds. The girls individual winner was Catherine White of Northside, who ran the course in a time of 19:18.05.
  The four Region IV teams finished in the bottom four spots among the 16 teams on hand. Grundy finished 15th with 438 team points, while Virginia High was 16th.
  Region IV champion Abingdon was 13th and Patrick County finished in the 14th spot.
  Grundy’s top runner was Hailey Stiltner, who finished 101st with a time of 22:23.86. Other Lady Wave runners included Courtney Hibbitts (114th place), Alexandra Sutherland (115), Corie Rife (124), Kasey Bowman (130), Alex Stiltner (131) and Sara Davis (138).

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Haysi, Honaker Eliminated in Region D Volleyball

   Gate City and Rye Cove have dominated their respective districts, the region and state in volleyball for some time now.
   For Gate City, that time is still now.
   The defending state champion Blue Devils won the Region D volleyball crown with a 3-0 sweep of two-time champ Rye Cove in the finals Thursday at Clinchport.
   Both local teams, Honaker and Haysi, were swept in earlier rounds.
   Gate City eliminted Black Diamond District champion Honaker, 25-18, 25-8, 25-17, in semifinal play on Wednesday.
   J.J. Kelly eliminated Haysi, 25-22, 25-15, 25-23, in quarterfinal action last Monday (Nov. 6).
   Honaker opened Wednesday’s semifinal match with a 6-4 lead, but Gate City (23-3) dominated from that point on behind Kaitlyn Musick and Chelsea Spivey. Musick had 19 kills and Spivey contributed 33 assists for the Lady Blue Devils, who won their 11th straight match.
   Honaker (18-5) got four kills from Paige Tiller and six service points from Kristy Fuller.

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SwVCC Golf Tournament Raises $25,000 in Funds for Scholarships

 Seventy-six golfers played in the 15th Annual Scholarship Golf Classic sponsored by Southwest Virginia Community College, Thursday, September 28, at Tazewell County Country Club. In spite of rain, hail, lightening and a drop of 20 degrees in the temperature, over $25,000 was raised for student scholarships. This event was in appreciation of Dr. Charles R. King for his 40 years of dedicated service to SwVCC, the community and the Commonwealth and the scholarship funds will be designated for the Dr. Charles R. and Mary L. King Endowment.
  Flight winners were as follows: Championship flight: Patty Forbes and Chris Dye, runners-up were Brent Warner and Nathan Smith. First flight winners were Mark Nelson and Ron Barrett, Gene Forbes and Bud Acken were runners-up; second flight winners were George Hayes and Joe Leonard; runners-up were Lou and Nathan Ballenberger;  third flight winners were Nick and Brenda Persin; runners-up were Matt Washburn and Lee Osborne; fourth flight winners were Bur Looney and Joe Matney; runners-up were Matt Mason and John Sullivan; fifth flight winners were Tom Pruitt and Dave Thomas; runners-up were Dave Darden and John Berry; and sixth flight winners were Ginger Robertson and Betty Shields; runners-up were Frank and Patsy Nunez.

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Successful Hunters Continue to Feed Virginia's Hungry Through Harvests

  Through the archery season, successful hunters across the state have shared with those in need. Hunters for the Hungry has been receiving donations of deer and providing the venison to the hungry of the Commonwealth. Including donations of deer from damage permit harvests, over 80,000 pounds of meat have been provided so far this year.
   The muzzleloading and general firearms season will provide even more deer for those less fortunate among us. The Hunters for the Hungry program is hopeful of receiving, processing and distributing 350,000 pounds of venison during the 2006 season. This is enough meat to provide 1.4 million servings to hungry children, the elderly, the homeless and families in crisis across Virginia.
  The operation of the program is a common sense approach to the utilization of natural resources to battle the hunger problem. Hunters are encouraged to donate deer that are surplus to their own needs. Funds are raised to cover the costs of professional processing. The meat is distributed in the areas where it is harvested through foodbanks, soup kitchens, churches and other local charities providing for those in need. Hunters for the Hungry has proven to be a win-win program that has distributed over 2.6 million pounds of venison since its inception in 1991.
  As a 501 (c) (3) corporation, all financial contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. This year, as in the past, financial support is critical to the success of this effort. The Hunters for the Hungry charity receives no government support and is dependent upon the contributions of individuals, civic clubs, churches, businesses and corporations.

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