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THE VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINEER |
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On-Line Edition |
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Buchanan County's
Family Newspaper Since 1922 |
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Thursday, April 27,
2006 |
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sports-page
2-online
edition |
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MEMBERS OF the Honaker Tiger
baseball squad for the 2006 season are, (from left)
kneeling, J.D. Eades, Hunter Wilson, Cody Israel, Matt
Hayes, Chance Dye, Fisher Wilson and Kevin Lester;
standing, David Keene, Aaron Whited, Justin Newberry,
Michael Tiller, Adam Honaker, Logan Ball, Koby Miller
and Justin Hall.
(Staff photo/Mike Stiltner.) |
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Honaker
Opens BDD
With 25-1
Rout of
Council |
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by
Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
One day after surviving a triple play to
defeat
Castlewood,
Honaker
needed
precious
little
help
in
opening
BDD
play
with
a
25-1
rout
of
Council
Tuesday
(April
18)
at
Willie
Sullivan
Field.
The Tigers scored in double figures in each
of
its
first
two
at-bats,
taking
a
21-0
lead
in
the
second
inning.
Honaker packaged 15 hits, eight hit batsmen and
nine
Council
errors.
Freshman
David
Keene
led
the
Tigers,
going
3-for-5
with
three
runs
scored.
Aaron Whited was 1-for-3 and scored four
runs,
while
Chance
Dye
was
2-for-3
with
three
runs
and
two
RBIs.
On the mound, Adam Honaker and Kolby Miller
combined
on a
two-hitter
for
the
Tigers.
Council’s lone hit through four innings
was a
single
to
right
by
Corey
Barton
in
the
third.
The
Cobras’
lone
run
came
on a
walk
to
Shannon
Breeding
and a
two-out
RBI
single
by
Daniel
Lester
in
the
fifth.
Honaker hosts Haysi in a key BDD
contest
Friday.
Council hosts Hurley on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s
Game
Honaker
25,
Council
1
Hon. (11)(10)1 21—25 15 1
Council 000 00— 1 2 9
Honaker, Miller (3) and Newberry, H. Wilson (3).
W.
Jackson,
Bostic
(2),
Helton
(3),
Ball
(4),
SH.
Breeding
(5)
and
Lester,
N.
Wilson
(3),
C.
Jackson
(5).
W—Miller.
L—W.
Jackson.
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Haysi
Boys,
Mountain
Mission
Girls
Capture
Open
Track and
Field
Meet |
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Haysi and Mt. Mission
claimed top honors at a recent open track and field expedition that also saw
athletes from Twin Valley, Council and Ervinton compete.
The Haysi boys, placing
first in nine events, won the competition with a score of 132. Twin Valley (50),
Council (43), Ervinton (40) and Mt. Mission (33) round out the team scores.
The Tigers' Caleb Powers
(38'11") won the shotput event, with teammate Josh Edwards (37'3") placing
second.
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story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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Grundy
Girls, G-Men Claim Team Titles in Open
Track & Field Meet |
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by
Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
The Grundy girls took advantage of the
situation
and
dominated,
while
the
Graham
boys
slipped
past
Haysi
and
Mountain
Mission
at an
open
track
and
field
meet
Wednesday
at
Nelson
Memorial
Field.
In a match that featured mostly Southwest
District
and
Black
Diamond
District
teams,
including
a
Richlands
girls
squad
missing
one
of
its
best
athletes,
the
Lady
Wave
tallied
169
team
points.
Mountain Mission finished second
with
94
points.
Elizabeth
Lindsay,
Kaitlyn
Riley,
Ashleigh
Stephens,
Ashley
Cook
and
Corrie
Rife
led
the
way
for
Grundy.
“We caught Richlands a little shorthanded,”
Grundy
girls
Coach
Craig
Plymal
said.
“They
had
some
girls
out
with
a
little
church
group.
But
we’d
been
within
10 to
12
points
of
them.
“We can win in the district with
these
girls.
We
just
have
to
take
some
seconds
and
fourth
and
fifths
in
each
event.”
The Lady Wave won six individual
events
Wednesday,
including
five
field
events.
Lindsay won both the high jump
(4-8)
and
long
jump
(14-11)
and
placed
in
three
other
events.
The
Grundy
senior
finished
second
in
the
100
meter
dash,
third
in
the
triple
jump
and
fourth
in
the
400
meters.
Riley won the discus with a
throw
of
87-feet-2
inches.
She
placed
in
four
events
overall,
including
a
second-place
finish
behind
Stephens
in
the
shot
put.
A freshman, Riley was third in the
300
meter
hurdles,
sixth
in
the
100
meter
hurdles
and
fifth
in
the
long
jump.
Stephens,
who
heaved
the
shot
some
29
feet,
placed
second
behind
Riley
in
the
discus.
Cook won the triple jump (27-11 ¾)
and
placed
second
in
the
long
jump.
Rife
was
the
only
Lady
Wave
winner
in
running
events,
capturing
the
400
with
a
time
of
1:07.8.
“This is the second time this
year
we’ve
won
every
field
event,”
Plymal
said.
“We
had a
great
meet.
Elizabeth
was
close
to a
standard
in
the
long
jump.
Corrie
Rife’s
been
running
real
good
in
the
sprints.
“Riley has really come on the
last
two
meets.
She
scored
28
points
for
us in
a
meet
at
Richlands.
She’s
the
new
addition
that
we
needed.
And
Ashley
Cook
has
been
coming
along.”
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
newsstands now. For more information on how to subscribe to the Mountaineer,
call 276-935-2123 today.
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Cobras
End
8-Game
Losing
Streak
with 6-5
Non-District
Victory
Over Twin
Springs |
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by
Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
Council staged two
comebacks Thursday.
First it got past an
embarrassing defeat it suffered
earlier in the week. Then it
overcame a five-run deficit.
The Cobras ended an
eight-game losing streak with a
dramatic, 6-5, non-district
victory over Twin Springs Thursday
evening at Willie Sullivan Field.
Cody Jackson scored the
game-winning run on a balk in the
bottom half of the sixth. It broke
a tie game in which each team
scored five runs in one inning, in
a game where each squad gained one
run after debating a call with the
umpires.
Twin Springs plated five
runs, four of them unearned, in
the second. The Titans got just
two hits in the inning and managed
just three hits overall against
winning pitcher Kegan Bostic.
The unusual rally
included a walk, a balk and two
errors. It began with runners on
second and third, a strikeout,
wild pitch and a delay, because
the defense thought the home plate
umpire had ruled the ball dead.
The runner was sent back
to third and the batter was called
out. Twin Springs’ Coach Jerry
Fields pleaded his case, the
Titans got the first run of the
game and the batter was awarded
first.
The Cobras bounced back
in the fifth. A two-run double by
Corey Barton keyed the five-run
rally.
Natasha Wilson
added an RBI single as Council
(2-8) tied the game at 5-5.
In the sixth,
Jackson was originally called out,
but was awarded home on a balk
after Council Coach Dave Rasnake
successfully pleaded his case that
the pitcher threw to third before
he stepped off the pitching
rubber.
It was a big turnaround for
Council, and not just because of
its 5-0 deficit and month-long
losing streak. The Cobras entered
Thursday’s contest on the heels of
a 25-1 loss to Honaker on Tuesday.
“I talked to all the kids about
playing with heart,” Coach Rasnake
said. “We talked about it after
Tuesday’s game. We talked about it
in class. And the kids responded.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
newsstands now. For more information on how to subscribe to the Mountaineer,
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Co-Ed
Softball Tournaments Set in May,
June |
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There will be two co-ed softball
tournaments held to raise money for
Whitney Newberry, a softball athlete at
Honaker High School, who was chosen to
represent
the USA in an international softball
tournament in Italy this summer.
The fundraising tournament will be
held May 13 and 14 and June 3 and 4 at
Lincolnshire Park in Tazewell.
Entry fee is $100 per team and all
teams should have at least three females
(preferably five).
There will be first, second and third place
trophies awarded as well as a “Home-Run
Derby” for each tournament.
For further information,
contact Pam at (276) 873-5083 or (276)
596-0407.
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