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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 6,
2006 |
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sports-page
2-online
edition |
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DOZENS OF
runners and walkers jump off the starting line at the
fourth annual ASL Memorial 5 K Run/Walk at the
Appalachian School of Law on Saturday. The event was
held in memory of Tony Sutin, Tom Blackwell and Angela
Dales. |
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Wilson,
Mailemariam
Claim top
Male,
Female
Trophies
in Fourth
Annual
ASL 5K
Run/Walk |
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by
Scotty
Wampler
Staff
Reporter
Brian Wilson had the overall
fastest
time
at
Saturday's
ASL
Memorial
5K
Run/Walk.
The fourth annual event saw
dozens
of
runners
and
walkers
line
up in
front
of
the
Appalachian
School
of
Law,
all
vying
for
trophies
and
bragging
rights.
Held in memory of Tony Sutin,
Tom
Blackwell
and
Angela
Dales,
the
race
benefited
the
Anthony
Sutin
and
Thomas
Blackwell
Endowment
Scholarship
Funds,
in
memory
of
those
who
died
on
January
16,
2002.
The fastest female runner at
the
event
was
Adome
Mailemariam,
logging
a
time
of
20:54
in
the
15-19
year-old
female
group.
Wilson
finished
the
race
at
the
18:06
mark,
winning
the
30-34
year-old
male
group.
Also in the 30-34 maile group,
Hale
Murray
(18:36)
finished
second
and
Stewart
Harmon
(19:44)
finished
third.
Patty
Barlow,
the
lone
female
in
that
group,
finished
the
race
at
the
27:39
mark.
Rebecca Salmeron (23:59
and
Angelica
Argueta
(28:22)
rounded
out
the
females
behind
Mailemariam
in
the
15-19
group.
Eyob
Berihun
(18:14)
won
the
male
15-19
age
group,
with
Ermias
Mekonnen
(18:28)
finishing
second
and
Yonas
Haile
(18:58)
finishing
third.
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Panthers
Edge Wave
in
Thriller,
10-7 |
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by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
One senior got things
started and another finished strong.
In between a pair
of freshmen led the way for Twin Valley.
Freshmen Hunter Simpson and
Ethan Prater delivered key hits as the Panthers edged Buchanan County rival
Grundy, 10-7, in non-district action Thursday evening at Twin Valley.
It was the third win in
five starts for Twin Valley (3-1-1). The Panthers edged Ervinton, 5-3, in a
non-district game last Tuesday (March 28) at TVHS.
Thursday ’s contest was
called in the middle of the sixth inning due to darkness.
Simpson and seniors J.J.
Matney and Jeremiah Lester, were involved in three of the Panthers’ four scoring
rallies. Prater added a game-tying, pinch-hit double in the fourth and later
scored to give his club a 7-6 lead as Twin Valley erased a deficit for the third
and final time.
“It’s good to see
our freshmen come through,” first-year Twin Valley Coach Steve Hamro III said.
“Hunter came up
with some big hits and Ethan’s double
really helped us out.”
Making like the
quintessential leadoff man, Matney walked and scored three times and stole four
bases. He started rallies in the first and second innings and again in the
decisive fifth, when Simpson delivered the only hit in a three-run rally that
snapped a 7-7 tie.
“J.J. Matney got us
going,” Hamro added. “He did what a good leadoff man is supposed to do. He got
on base all three times he came to the plate.”
Simpson finished 2-for-4, with
two singles plus a shot through the shortstop’s legs and a sharply-hit ball to
third. Lester, who tossed a three-hitter for the win, singled, doubled, walked
and scored twice.
Grundy (0-4) started off
well, taking a 2-0 lead two batters into the game after Kevin Vandyke walked and
sophomore catcher Cody Billiter blasted a home run to right.
Billiter
drove in three runs, but the Golden Wave struggled after turning two walks and a
pair of Twin Valley errors into two runs and a 6-5 lead in the third. In that
inning, Grundy had two base runners thrown out and got precious few
opportunities the rest of the way.
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Grundy's
Coach Rife Voted Top Coach in Southwest
Virginia |
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Grundy
Coach
Greg
Rife
was
named
the
top
coach
in
southwest
Virginia,
joining
several
area
players
on
the
All-Southwest
Virginia
boys
basketball
team,
as
selected
by
writers
at
the
Bristol
Herald-Courier.
Rife, a first-year
head
coach
for
the
Golden
Wave,
received
the
paper’s
Coach
of
the
Year
award
after
guiding
an
injury-plagued
Grundy
squad
to a
Southwest
District
tournament
championship
and
the
Region
IV
semifinals.
The former Golden
Wave
standout
was
17-10
in
his
first
year
at
the
helm
of
his
alma
mater.
Rife
previously
coached
at
Garden
and
Twin
Valley.
He
was
assisted
this
past
season
by
his
father,
Roger
Rife,
one
of
the
winningest
coaches
in
southwest
Virginia
history.
Grundy’s leading
scorer,
Theo
Justus,
and
Twin
Valley’s
Jeremiah
Lester
were
named
to
the
All-Southwest
Virginia
First
Team.
Twin Valley placed Matthew
Baldwin
on
the
second
team
and
Kent
Goodman
on
the
third
team.
Haysi’s
Kevin
Viers
was
chosen
for
the
second
team.
Among those receiving
honorable
mention
were
D.J.
Barton
(Council);
Jimmy
Ashby
(Grundy);
Ryan
Jones
(Haysi);
Justin
Newberry
(Honaker);
Eric
May
(Hurley);
Logan
Shortridge
and
K.T.
Vandyke
(Twin
Valley).
Mark Dockery
of
Twin
Springs
was
named
Southwest
Virginia
Player
of
the
Year.
The Bristol
Herald-Courier
All-Southwest
Virginia
Boys
Basketball
Team
for
2005-2006:
First
Team:
Theo
Justus,
Grundy;
Jeremiah
Lester,
Twin
Valley;
Mark
Dockery,
Twin
Springs;
Adam
Hood,
Rye
Cove;
Cole
Wilder,
George
Wythe.
Second
Team:
Matthew
Baldwin,
Twin
Valley;
Kevin
Viers,
Haysi;
Michael
Thomas,
Holston;
Lorenzo
Miles,
J.I.
Burton;
Andrew
Adkins
Coeburn.
Third
Team:
Kent
Goodman,
Twin
Valley;
Pance
Kecev,
Twin
Springs;
Drew
Justice
and
Travis
Brannon,
Patrick
Henry;
Taylor
Perdue
Abingdon.
Honorable
Mention:—Black
Diamond
District:
Council—
D.J.
Barton;
Haysi—Ryan
Jones;Honaker—Justin
Newberry;
Hurley—Eric
May;
Twin
Valley—Logan
Shortridge
and
K.T.
Vandyke.
Southwest
District:
Grundy
—Jimmy
Ashby;
Carroll
County—Clay
Guynn;
Graham—Eric
Hoosier;
Richlands
—Brandon
Robinson.
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Grundy's
Justus
Named
Second
Team On
VHSCA
All-Group
AA Boys
Squad |
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Grundy senior Theo Justus was
named to the Second Team on the
VHSCA All-Group AA boys basketball
squad for 2005-2006.
The Golden Wave standout
averaged 17 points per game in
leading Grundy to a 17-10 record
and the Region IV semifinals.
A four-year standout at GHS,
Justus was the only Southwest
District player to make the first
two teams, as selected by a panel
of coaches from the Virginia High
School Coaches Association
representing each Group AA region.
R.E. Lee’s Eli Crawford
was named Player of the Year and
his coach, the legendary Paul
Hatcher, was named VSHCA Group AA
Coach of the Year.
VHSCA All-Group AA Boys
Basketball Team-
First Team:
Brandon Johnson, Bassett;
Allan Williams, Greensville
County; Eli Crawford, Robert E
Lee; James Otey, William Fleming;
Shaquan Beamer, Martinsville;
Waverly Drake, Greensville County.
Second Team:
Theo Justus, Grundy;
Ronald Thornhill, Brunswick
County; Bradley Starks, Orange
County; Austin Twine, Pulaski
County; Chad Moore, John Handley.
Player of the
Year—Eli Crawford.
Coach of the
Year—Paul Hatcher, Robert E.
Lee
Honorable
Mention:
Taylor Perdue,
Abingdon; Clay Guynn, Carroll
County.
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