Martinsville and Pulaski Lead Early Minor League Standings
Score updates show East Division leaders Martinsville Astros and Pulaski Rangers atop their groups with 4-2 and 5-1 records respectively. Tuesday results include Danville 9 Elizabethton 1 and Bluefield 17 Johnson City 8, while Wednesday’s games feature Bristol Bluefield and Pulaski Danville among others.
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Spurs Edge Knicks 89 81 In Championship Series
Basketball recap notes Spurs beat Knicks 89 81 to take a 2 1 series lead. Game set for Wednesday at 9 p.m. in New York with San Antonio visiting.
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Concord College Golf Tournament at Wolf Creek July 21
The Mountain Lion Club hosts a charity golf event at Wolf Creek Golf and Country Club on Wednesday July 21 with 9 am shotgun start. Registration opens at 8 am, entry fee 50 dollars per person, limited to 30 foursomes. Proceeds support Concord College student athlete scholarships.
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Hot hitter Lama powers Princeton early in season
Princeton Devil Rays outfielder Jesus Lama opened the 1999 Appalachian League with a torrid start, hitting .444 with four homers and nine RBIs in five games. Manager Bobby Ramos and hitting coach Mike Tosar praised his power, bat speed, and ability to drive the ball to all fields.
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Boog Powell A Hall of Fame slugger from Lakeland to Orioles legend
Boog Powell rose from Lakeland Florida youth baseball to a Baltimore Orioles star. The 6 4 250 pound left fielder helped form a murderers row alongside Brooks Robinson and Frank, earning MVP honors in 1970. He recalls a close knit clubhouse, four 20 win pitchers, and a love of the game.
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Young fan returns first pro home run ball in Cedar Bluff tale
Bluefield report recalls Princeton Devil Rays center fielder Josh Hamilton homering in his first professional game at Bowen Field. An eight-year-old from Cedar Bluff, Michael Ascue, and his father retrieved the ball from a creek rock and returned it to Hamilton, saying it was the right thing to do.
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Epperly Leads Virginia Women's Stroke Play Championship
Newport golfer Chris Epperly shot 75 in round two to lead the Virginia Women's Stroke Play Championship at Wytheville Golf Club with a two day total of 150. Glenna Buchanan and Judy Honaker trailed, while Dot Bolling moved into third at 155. Debutant leaders and other competitors posted mixed scores as play set for final round at 8:30 a.m. local time.
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James River Country Club
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Fincastle Country Club
Debbie Kitts
Leighani Coe
Indians Snap Jays Streak With 9-6 Win in Toronto
Richie Sexson homered and drove in four as the Cleveland Indians halted Toronto's four-game run. Sexson hit a solo shot off Paul Quantrill in the eighth to put Cleveland ahead 5-4 and added a two-run single in the ninth to make it 8-4. Roberto Alomar went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, tying the game with a fifth-inning groundout and giving the Indians the lead with an RBI double in the ninth.
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Pair of BC hoops camps set
Bluefield College in BLUEFIELD VA hosts two July basketball camps led by Coach Tommy Brown at the Dome Gymnasium. First session June 28 to July 2 for ages 12 to 17, second session July 12 to 16 for ages 6 to 12, 9 am to 4 pm with one on one instruction from Brown and players Ben Beshears, David Spencer, and Josh Saunders. Lunch, free basketball, and camp shirt included. sign up via phone.
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