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by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
When
he left high school, Rob Colley figured he was
through with organized sports.
After all, the multi-talented athlete turned
down
offers to play basketball and football at several
smaller schools to concentrate on academic pursuits at
Virginia Tech.
When he left college, the son of longtime Haysi
High
School football coach James Colley had reconsidered
and figured he would return to his alma mater as both
a teacher and coach.
Then came a conversation between his father and
Emory
& Henry College football coach Don Montgomery, and now
the younger Colley’s career may be headed in an
entirely different direction.
Colley has been hired as a graduate assistant
football
coach at Emory, where he will work on a Master’s
Degree in American History Education and coach running
backs under Montgomery.
"I knew coach Montgomery was looking for
someone,"
Colley explained. "Dad mentioned it to him that I was
looking (for a coaching job) and that kind of got the
ball rolling.
"The plan was to start out teaching and
coaching and
maybe go back (home), but this was too good an
opportunity to pass up."
Colley had no plans to pursue such an
opportunity when
he started taking classes in Blacksburg in 2002. That
changed, especially after he helped his dad out as a
Haysi assistant exactly one year ago.
For more of the story, see the print
edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at newsstands now.
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call 276-935-2123 today.
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15th Annual YMCA Benefit Golf
Tourney Set August 11 |
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The 15th Annual
YMCA Benefit Golf Tournament has been scheduled for Friday August
11, and will be hosted by Willowbrook Country Club, near the
Breaks.
Anyone wishing to participate in a day of fun,
fellowship and golfing competition are urged to enter the event,
which will feature several outstanding prizes for this year’s
field of competitors.
The format for play will be a two-player
Captain’s Choice, flighted by average team handicaps.
Registration will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., followed by a
shotgun start to begin play at 10:30 a.m.
Upon completion of play, a dinner and awards
ceremony will take place with trophies being awarded to the top
three finishers in each of four flights and prizes presented to
special award winners as well.
The first entry is a flight sponsorship for
$1,000 – this entitles two players to compete, plus their
company name prominently displayed on the scoreboard. There is
expected to be four flights.
The second is a hole sponsorship for $500 –
this entitles the sponsor to a sign which will bear their company
name displayed on a randomly selected hole, plus sponsorship of
two persons (one team) in the tournament.
The third is a non-participating sponsorship
for $300 – this entitles two players (one team) to participate
in the tournament.
The final sponsorship is an individual sponsor
for $150 – this will allow one person to participate in the
tournament. Individual participants will be paired with other
individuals to form teams on a random basis. Should two individual
sponsors want to play together, please note this when entering the
tournament.
Also, any businesses or individuals who are
unable to play, may still contribute a donation or sponsorship fee
for the event.
All the proceeds from the tournament will be
used for the continuation and promotion of the YMCA Mission to
Buchanan County. Contributors will be recognized whether or not
they participate in the tournament.
Entry forms are available at the YMCA or anyone
needing further information about the event, should call the YMCA
at 935-8871. |
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