Extreme Step classes scheduled and gym program update
Extreme Step classes are being scheduled with possible 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our Gym Dandys Gymnastics program is setting fall classes with instructor Billy Jones. Call 325-5707 or 540-322-1372 to sign up or inquire. Paul Sutphin has graduated and will teach at Bluefield High School, joining other former employees advancing to college degrees.
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Bluefield High School
Paul
Local Sports Briefs From Bluefield Area Activities
Bluefield Middle School starts volleyball practice at 3 30 today for players with completed physiques. GARDNER A hosts a men's double elimination softball Aug 26 27 at PikeView High with 125 entry, 3 top teams receive shirts. call Rick 487-6561 or Doug 487-2625. Princeton offers fall flag football from Sept 9 with 60 per team, must be 18, call 487-5040. Volleyball tryouts at Princeton Middle School run 11 4 today and 4 7 Aug 28. men’s fall softball league entry $250 due Aug 24. 487-5040. Camden Yards trip Aug 26 27 via Bluefield Oriole Booster Club costs 110. Molly Robinson 304 248 8229 or babyboosters hotmail com. State softball Aug 26 27 at Fitzpatrick Park Beckley. call 304 253 3009 or 304 732 9489. Mercer County Humane Society golf Aug 25 Wolf Creek Bastian four person scramble. $50 includes golf and post tournament food. deadline 6 pm Aug 24. Submit briefs PO Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 or call 304 327 2813.
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PikeView High School
Rick
Doug
Camden Yards
Bluefield
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Baltimore Orioles
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Molly Robinson
Hotmail
Beckley
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Humane Society
Bastian
Mercer County Humane Society
Wolf Creek
A.B.C.D
Liberty reach WNBA finals with 81 67 win over Rockers
New York Liberty defeat Cleveland Rockers 81-67 to advance to the finals for the third time in four years. Tari Phillips and Crystal Robinson sparked a 30-2 run, Tamika Whitmore led with 19 points, and Suzie McConnell Serio played her final game as Cleveland fell short, trailing 46-27 at halftime. The Liberty will meet the Houston Comets, who beat New York in 1997 and last year. Game 1 is at Madison Square Garden.
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Tari N Phillips
Crystal Robinson
New York Liberty
Cleveland Rockers
Liberty
Houston Comets
Houston
New York
Madison Square Garden
Becky Hammon
Cleveland
Suzie McConnell
Ers
Phillips
Robinson
Tamika Whitmore
Vickie Johnson
McConnell Serio
Merlakia Jones
Rockers
Chasity Melvin
Whitmore
Johnson
Rushia Brown
Hammon
Referee Mitch Halpern Dies From Gunshot Wound in Las Vegas
Boxing referee Mitch Halpern 33 known for many title fights was found dead at his south Las Vegas home from an apparent personal safety related gunshot wound. Metro Police and the Clark County Coroner confirmed the death as investigators review details with no note released. The Nevada Athletic Commission mourned the loss noting Halpern as one of the sport’s finest referees. Halpern began refereeing in 1991 and tallied 87 championship bouts among hundreds of other fights worldwide.
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AS Vegas
Mitch Halpern
Halpern
South Side
Metro
Wayne Peterson
Peterson
Clark and Coroner’s Office
Nevada Athletic Commission
Commission
Athletic Commission
Edwin “Flip” Homansky
Orioles split four-game set as Mussina bounces back
In a Monday night MLB recap, the Orioles edged the Tigers and Athletics in a split of a four-game series. Mussina regained late season form despite prior rough outings, earning a win while Brook Fordyce contributed a run and a score. Tigers reliever Sparks continued solid work, staking Detroit to a 3-1 win over Oakland and closing in on the wild card race. Yankees beat Texas 12-3 as Royce Clayton booted an error enabling unearned runs, with Jorge Posada driving in four and Orlando Hernandez earning the win.
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Royals
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Mike Trombley
Ryan Kohlmeier
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Athletics
Detroit
Steve Sparks
Oakland Athletics
Oakland
A’s
Sparks
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Yankees
Rangers
NEW York (Ap
Royce Clayton
Jorge Posada
New York Yankees
Texas
Orlando Hernandez
Mets
Hernandez
Brian Sikorski
Blarton
Joe Slusarski
Houston Astros
Chicago Cubs
Sammy Sosa
Cubs
Chicago
Octavio Dotel
Slusarski
Ricky Gutierrez
Mark Grace
Hokies Face Tech in Season Opener With Vick at Helm
Virginia Tech, coming off a 11-1 season and No. 2 ranking, hosts Georgia Tech led by quarterback Joe Hamilton successor. Coach George O Leary notes replacing Hamilton is impossible as Tech fields a veteran lineup. Tickets remain available through Tech’s ticket office.
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Hokies
Florida State
New Orleans
Michael Vick
Tech
Vick
O’leary
Hamilton
Black Coaches Association
Lakers and Knicks weigh bold four team trade
Lakers seek rebounding help after releasing A C Green and may swap Rice for Laettner with Dudley as O Neals backup. Baker could start at center for the Knicks as New York eyes star acquisitions like Grant Hill, Brian Grant and Fortson, amid a four team trade rumor with Pistons and others.
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Lakers
Shaquille O’neal
Kobe Bryant
A.C. Green
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Laettner
Green
Dudley
O’neal
Baker
Knicks
Grant Hill
Brian Grant
Danny Fortson
New York
Scott Layden
Miami
Utah
Dallas
Boston
Golden State
ESPN
David Wingate
Pistons
Vernon Maxwell
Vladimir Stepania
Lazaro Borrell
Greg Foster
Sonics
Tyronn Lue
John Celestand
Detroit
NBA
Red Sox Rally Upset Angels In Extra Innings
Brian Daubach delivered a two run homer in the ninth to force extra innings and capped the comeback with a two run single in the 11th as Boston defeated Anaheim 7-6. Adam Kennedy tied it with a squeeze in the 11th before Boston cleared the bases and won.
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Red Sox Angels
Boston
Brian Daubach
Boston Red Sox
Anaheim Angels
Anaheim
Adam Kennedy
Red Sox
Shigetoshi Hasegawa
Jason Varitek
Bluefield Memories Highlight life and work in Bluefield
An interview recalling Herbert Humphreys life from Bluefield's rail yard era to postwar growth. He recalls family, Lutheran faith, Wade School teachers, and bygone recreation, plus his father’s Mercer Garage role and later Humphreys Drug Store. He reflects on Bluefield’s revival and shared community effort.
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Orie
Herbert Humphreys
Herbert
Railroad
Bluefield
Wade School
Osborne
Mr. Francis
Mary Anne McClaugherty
Stanley Martin
Wade
Mercer
Oeick
Princeton Ave
Humphreys
Wimmer
United States Navy
Carrie Peery _ Humphreys
Ebenezer
W.va
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George Simons
Beth ’ Jackson
Bluefield Middle School
Princeton
Princeton Rec
Princeton Middle School
Teddy Paynter
S.E
Rin
Gentlemen's Choir
Shelter Road
Liberty Top Rockers
With Robin Lefler
Buchanan County
Virginia
Timber Company
the Timber Company
Steve Park
Pennzoil
Nascar
Rogers St
Rogers Street
A. Pennzoil
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