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Lady Cobras Earn Top Honors on All-BDD Volleyball Squad
Kelsey Geary Named BDD 'Player of the Year'

      Council earned most of the top honors on the All-Black Diamond District volleyball team for the 2009 season, as voted on by the district's head coaches.
       The Lady Cobras were undefeated in BDD play in winning the first regular season district title in the history of the program and claimed two of the three top player honors.
       Council senior Kelsey Geary was named BDD Player of the Year. Senior teammate Laken Hurley was named BDD Hitter of the Year.
       Honaker's Nicole Roman was named BDD Setter of the Year. Council coach Danny Rasnake was voted by his peers as BDD Coach of the Year.
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SWCC Golf Classic Winners Announced

by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
      The annual Southwest Virginia Community College Scholarship Golf Classic was held Thursday, September 24 at Tazewell County Country Club. Many sponsors and players provided the support to raise over $25,000 for scholarships. Tournament sponsors were: Alpha Natural Resources, Clinch Valley Medical Center, Community Home Care Services, Compliments of a Friend, Charles R. King, King College, Kwik Kafe, Meridian Management Corp., New Peoples Bank, Richlands Pharmacy Associates, Ginger Robertson, J. A. Street & Associates, Street Law Firm and TruPoint Bank. Hole Sponsors were: Appalachian School of Law, CGI, Ceramic Technology, Cimarron Coach of Virginia, Clinch Valley Bank, a division of Grundy National Bank, Consolidated Steel, First Community Bank, GASCO Drilling, Huffman Insurance Agency, Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes, Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp., Lindsey Wilson College, PEMCO, Inc., Preferred Home Health Services, SWCC Bookstore/Validis Resources, Twin Enterprises and Willis Chiropractic Office.
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The Front Row
Maybe a Good High School Football Playoff Game Would Do Us All Good; Here's Days, Times for Weekend

by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter    
      Still reeling from the fact that Bill Belechick actually made a mistake???
      Feeling so boxed in you feel like Mike Tyson trying to hurry his family through LAX?
      Morehead State at Kentucky and Brown at Virginia Tech basketball don't excite you?
      Maybe a good high school football playoff game would do you some good. Here's a list of games, days and times for this weekend.
      FRIDAY
      Marion (8-3) at Richlands (9-1); Region IV, Division 3 semifinals; 7:30 p.m.
      Graham (5-6) at Cave Spring (8-2); Region IV, Division 3 semifinals; 7:30 p.m.
       Rural Retreat (4-7) at Holston (9-1); Region C, Division 1 semifinals; 7:30 p.m.
       Ft. Chiswell (10-1) at Chilhowie (7-3); Region C, Division 2 semifinals; 7:30 p.m.
       SATURDAY
       Haysi (5-5) at J.I. Burton (8-2); Region D, Division 1 semifinals; 1:30 p.m.
       Thomas Walker (6-4) at Clintwood (8-2); Region D, Division 1 semifinals; 1:30 p.m.
       Powell Valley (5-5) at Gate City (9-1); Region D, Division 2 semifinals; 1:30 p.m.
       J.J. Kelly (8-2) at Lebanon (6-4); Region D, Division 2 semifinals; 1:30 p.m.
       While Region D will once again parade every regional finalist to UVa.-Wise for the finals, the top seeds get to host in Region IV and Region C next week. Too many principals and principle parties at too many schools in Region D think they're too good to go to certain places to play championship games or tournaments, which is why, for example, we all have to go to Virginia High for every regional basketball final, or Wise for every football final.
       They want to do the same in baseball, but it hasn't reached that point yet. It's the same in volleyball, where a few people from Gate City and John Battle seemed to resent having to travel "over two hours" to Council for last week's Region D tournament. I missed Thursday's finals. Tuesday's whining made me that sick. If it took them even two hours to get from Gate City to Council they need to hire a driver or get a better GPS. I still brag about making it from Royal City to Gate City in an hour-25 when I was 17, and that was racing up and down into the sun on the roller coaster road (Route 71) from Dogtown to Nickelsville and Gate City.

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