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Buchanan
County
native
and
long-time
fighting
enthusiasts
Stoney
Hale
defended
his
Gladiator
Fighting
Championship
belt
this
past
Saturday
night
with
an
impressive
six-second,
first-round
knockout.
Hale,
who
scored
a big
win
two
weeks
ago
in
his
Mixed
Martial
Arts
debut,
scored
the
early
KO
against
number
one
contender,
Ricky
Conley.
Saturday
night,
July
22 in
Jenkins,
KY.
Hale
was
presented
the
Ground
’n
Pound
Fighter
of
the
Night
Award
following
his
bout.
As
soon
as
the
bell
rang
to
start
the
round,
both
fighters
met
at
the
center
of
the
cage
and
Hale
fainted
a
left
and
then
came
with
a
hard
straight
right
hand,
knocking
Conley
to
his
back
dazed.
Hale
immediately
went
for
the
finish,
landing
three
brutal
shots
to
Conley’s
head
while
he
was
on
his
back,
forcing
the
referee,
Bobby
Strouth,
to
stop
the
bout
just
six
second
into
the
fight.
“I’ve
worked
this
punch
for
the
last
seven
years
since
Elmer
Jackson
taught
me,”
an
excited
Hale
said.
“Elmer
told
me if
someone
fears
your
striking
power,
to
take
advantage
of
it.
Fake
a
hard
left
and
then
throw
everything
into
the
right.”
Hale doesn’t have a
definite
fight
lined
up
next,
but
is
getting
more
offers
from
Atlanta,
GA,
with
Undisputed
Productions,
and
with
AFC
in
Miami,
FL.
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47
Compete
in
Willowbrook
Country
Club's
'Chic
Grundman'
Memorial
Ladies
Invitational |
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Some 47 ladies
representing four different states gathered at Willowbrook Country Club on
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 to honor and remember the late Chic Grundman.
Special guests of
honor during the event were Chic’s sister, Mary Manning; Chic’s twin
daughters, Pam Cottingin and Pat Petty, who traveled from her home in Ohio to be
at WCC on this special day. Sue Klingel, a special friend of the family, also
accompanied the family.
The event turned
out to be a day of remembrances of not only the late Chic, but of WCC members
who had gone on before.
A memory garden
was dedicated on Hole #1 in memory of Ruby Blevins, Dot Dellinger and Grundman.
A collage of
photographs, dating back to when the Ladies’ Association was formed in 1971,
was also on display.
Although the
temperature was a scorching 94 degrees, everyone had a wonderful day as former
members and guests enjoyed the fellowship and competition.
The team of Rosa
Epling and Tara Roswall captured first place honors in the championship flight,
posting a score of 67 and beating out the runner-up team of Judy Honaker and
Jean Vencill by one stroke. Honaker and Vencill finished the 18-hole event with
a round of 68.
In the first flight,
the twosome of Lois McHugh and Vicky Salyer won the title with a one-stroke
swing. McHugh and Salyer posted a round of 73, while the twosome of Judy Witt
and Glenna Messer took home runner-up honors after posting a round of 74.
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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The wrestling mats,
locker rooms, weight room and saunas of the Grundy Wrestling Club are now
protected by the most advanced antimicrobial available – the colorless,
odorless SportsAide™ from SportCoatings.
Winners of 13 Virginia AA State Championships in the past 18
years, the Grundy Wrestling Club joins Virginia Tech University in setting new
standards of proactive protection for wrestling facilities nationwide by
treating its facilities with SportsAide. Virginia Tech became the first
Division 1 University to apply SportsAide to protect its wrestling and football
facilities in May of this year.
The antimicrobial powering SportsAide creates a long-lasting
antimicrobial layer effective against a very broad spectrum of all known
bacteria, mold, fungi and algae.
“There are lots of infamous bacteria and fungi in the world
of wrestling from Ring Worm and Impetigo, to the most menacing staph infection -
MRSA,” said Brant Robertson spokesperson for the Grundy Wrestling Club. “We
wanted to provide the best possible environment for our wrestlers.”
While
Grundy’s championship wrestling program has been fortunate not to experience a
bacterial problem at its training facilities, it wanted to take additional steps
to ensure the safety and welfare of its wrestlers.
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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