Thursday, May 4,  2006

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by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
        Honaker was prepared for speed.
        Whitney Compton gave them off-speed.
      Compton tossed a two-hitter and Haysi stopped Honaker, 2-0, in Black Diamond District softball action Thursday afternoon at Haysi Kiwanis Park.
       Compton got all the run support she needed from senior first baseman LaRae Boyd, who drove in the only two runs of the game. Compton fanned only five, but striking out people wasn’t necessarily the game plan for Haysi (6-4, 2-0).
       A hard-throwing, 6-foot-1 senior, Compton used a series of off-speed pitches to get 13 ground-ball outs. After a first-inning triple by freshman Paige Tiller, Honaker (5-6, 0-1) failed to get the ball out of the infield the rest of the game.
       “Honaker came in geared up for high-speed, high-octane stuff,” Haysi Coach Darrol Poston said.
       “But we ‘junked’ them to death. We wanted to pitch them differently this time and it worked pretty well.”
         Compton out-dueled Raeanne Slate. The Honaker ace only gave up four hits. The senior also struck out five batters while squaring off against Compton for the 11th or 12th time in four years.
        “I think we’ve played (Haysi) maybe 12 or 13 times the past four years, and this is the kind of game you usually get,” Honaker Coach Donovan Helton said. “This time it just went Haysi’s way.
         “This is what everyone expects. This is what everyone comes to see. (Haysi) won this time with timely hits, and that’s something we didn’t get.” Boyd collected three of Haysi’s four hits in the first battle of Lady Tigers this season. She tripled home Keisha Bartley in the second and singled home Candace Sutherland in the fourth.

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Grundy Kiwanis Club 27th Annual 5K Run Is Saturday Morning

          The Grundy Kiwanis Club has announced it will hold its 27th annual 5K Race this Saturday, May 6 The run/walk event will take place through the streets of downtown Grundy and will get the start at 9 a.m.
            This year’s race, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Grundy and TruPoint Bank, will feature a pancake breakfast for all participants and broadcast live remote by WMJD 100.7 FM.
           The event’s associate sponsors for this year includes Comfort Inn of Grundy, Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp., Falcon Coal, Radio Station WMJD and Artwear.
           The racing, covering some 3.1 miles for runners and offering a 1.8 mile course for all walkers who wish to take part, is a popular local event and usually attracts participants from Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
           Over winner’s trophies for the first place male and the first place female runners will be presented, along with a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. Awards will be given to the top three runners in each age category for both male and female participants. The first three males and first three females finishing the 1.8 mile walk will receive trophies as well.
           A $50 U.S. Savings Bond and trophy will be presented to the top male and female Masters Division (age 40-and-over) finishers.
 

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          The Twin Valley girls edged Mountain Mission, while Haysi nearly outscored the other four boys teams combined in a five-team open track and field meet Thursday at Twin Valley Middle School.
           The meet was rescheduled after being rained out Wednesday evening.
          Haysi won nine of 13 individual events and both relay races in the boys meet. Tyler Powers and Zack Counts each won two events to lead the Tigers, which tallied 140 team points.
          Mountain Mission was second with 56 points, while the other three squads, Ervinton (38), Twin Valley (35) and Council (27) combined for 100 team points.
          Counts won the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.28 and ran the 200 in 23.2 seconds. Powers won the triple jump and high hurdles.
           Mountain Mission’s Ermias MeKonnen won both the 800 and 3200 meter runs, while teammate Chala Teressa took the 1600 meter run.
          Haysi also got wins from Lucas Powers (shot put),] Caleb Powers (discus), and Chad Barton (400). In addition, the Tigers captured the 4x100 (400) and 4x400 (1600) meter relays.
           Ervinton’s Fleming won the 300 meter hurdles.
           Council’s Jan Jindra jumped 5-8 to edge Mountain Mission’s Maty Abebe and Twin Valley’s Garrett Horne in the high jump. Ervinton’s Adam Kiser won the long jump.
           Krenda Keen (high jump and long jump) and Nikki Honaker (both hurdles) each won two events for the Twin Valley girls. Josie Honaker won the 800 meter run for the Lady Panthers.
           The Mountain Mission girls had five individual first-place finishes, including Elizabeth Tamene (discus), Zakia Zghzaoui (3200), Zeleya (triple jump), Adome Lilay (1600) and Rebecca Salmeron (400).
           Twin Valley won the 400 meter relay and the Lady Challengers took the 1600 meter relay. Council freshman Stephanie Cornett won the shot put.

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