Southwest Virginia: Sports
Thursday, August 23, 2007
New fishing book covers Virginia HighlandsDr. Michael Smith has published a new fishing book.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Tazewell Varsity football scheduleBulldogs open season at home Aug. 24
The frustrations of golf mixed with its joys last week for Chris Dillow as he played in his first PGA Tour event.
Dillow, a Bland native, will be entering his junior season competing for Radford University’s golf team. He tuned up for his upcoming season with an appearance at golf’s top level.
The Wytheville Community Center hosted its first Rock the Wall climbing competition on Aug. 11.
Here are the top three climbers in each age category.
Fort Chiswell Golf Press Report
Match at Galax on Thursday August 15th.
The match was played at Blue Ridge Country Club in Galax at a par of 35 over 3133 yards.
The Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce Chamber golf tournament will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Wytheville Golf Club.
The Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce Chamber golf tournament will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Wytheville Golf Club.
The eighth annual Virginia’s New River Trail Challenge, a unique athletic competition, will be held in New River Trail State Park Saturday, Sept. 15. Entries are available by mail and online at http://www.dcr.virginia.gov. Entries must be postmarked by Aug. 31.
Competitors bike 40 miles, canoe 12 miles and run 13.1 miles along Southwestern Virginia’s 57-mile-long New River Trail State Park. The race is presented by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Looking for a golf challenge—one with an opportunity to win a $10,000 cash prize? Interested in testing your green skills against the area’s best, while at the same time providing valuable support to the athletic program at Bluefield College?
This Saturday night at the high banked, half mile dirt super speedway of Wythe Raceway it will be Ladies Night with the first 3,000 Ladies admitted free in the Grandstands!
This will be the first Ladies Night at Wythe Raceway and the stands are expected to be full as the ladies get treated to an entire program of racing action headlined with the Exit 54 Exxon Late Model Division.
