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Some
37
area
golfers
turned
out
at
Willowbrook
Country
Club
last
Thursday
evening
to
compete
in
the
annual
Thursday
Night
Shoot-Out.
Four
teams
finished
tied
atop
the
leader
board
after
the
regulation
nine-hole
event,
all
posting
rounds
of
three-under-par.
Following
a
blindhole
draw,
scorecard
playoff
to
determine
the
top
three
finishing
spots,
the
team
of
Mike
Rife,
Dennis
Ratliff
and
Jack
Sykes
took
home
first-place
honors.
Second-place
honors
went
to
the
team
of
Willie
Looney,
Ethan
Taylor
and
Danny
Dale,
while
the
threesome
of
Eddie
Stiltner,
Debbie
Sykes
and
Danny
Sawyers
took
home
third-place
honors.
The
shoot-out
begins
at
6
p.m.
each
Thursday
evening
and
is
open
to
members
and
non-members.
Each
player
is
asked
to
put
$5
in
the
pot
for
prizes
and
to
help
with
the
price
of
food.
The
shoot-out
is
played
on
a
captain’s
choice
format
over
nine
holes
of
competition.
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Six
Honaker
Boys/Girls
Baseball
and
Softball
Teams Win
District
11
Championship
Titles |
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Four
Honaker
baseball
teams
and
two
Honaker
softball
teams
won
District
11
championships
and
will
represent
Honaker
Little
League
at
state
tournaments
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
One
of
those
teams,
Honaker's
Junior
(13-14
year-olds)
baseball
team
will
host
games,
at
the
senior
league
field
and
Harding
Field
starting
today
(Thursday).
Other
Honaker
baseball
teams
playing
at
state
include
the
Boys
9-10
year
olds;
Honaker
Senior
baseball
(15-16)
and
Honaker
Major
baseball
(11-12).
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Commonwealth
Games
of
Virginia
Officially
Open
Friday,
July
18
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The
Coventry
Commonwealth
Games
of
Virginia
organized
by
Virginia
Amateur
Sports,
officially
opens
on
Friday
night,
July
18
at
8:00
pm
with
the
opening
ceremonies
being
held
at
the
Roanoke
Civic
Center. Join guest speaker Ethan Zohn, Survivor: Africa winner, as he
addresses
the
athletes,
their
families
and
guests. This colorful and festive ceremony will include the parade of
athletes,
pyrotechnics,
lighting
of
the
cauldron
and
much
more.
This
weekend
offers
competition
in
over
30
sports
with
basketball
being
held
in
14
gymnasiums,
NSA
Girls
softball
being
held
at
the
Moyer
Complex
and
at
Roanoke
County’s
Green
Hill
Park,
track
&
field
at
Botetourt
High
School,
All
Star
field
hockey
and
girls
lacrosse
at
W&L
University,
karate
at
Catholic
High
School,
canoeing
and
kayaking
in
Montgomery
County
and
bowling
at
the
New
River
Valley
Superbowl
facility.
Archery
at
Green
Hill
Park,
auto
cross
at
the
Danville
Regional
Airport
and
badminton
are
a
few
more
of
the
sites
and
locations
of
the
sports
being
played
this
weekend.
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