Sammy Conner got to play with the famous players.

Ten students from Southwest Martial Arts Academy recently competed in this year’s State Karate Championships event at the 2007 Virginia Commonwealth Games.
The students won a total of 21 medals at the annual Games. The karate championship was held in Roanoke on July 21.
The team from the Southwest Martial Arts Academy of Wytheville won a total of 21 medals.

Kenny Peeples, Jr. of Rural Retreat had been preparing all week for the $2,000 to win FASTRAK Racing Series event at Wythe Raceway, but on Friday evening with the forecast for Saturday being 70 percent chance of rain, the speedway decided to move the FASTRAK Southern Series race to next Saturday night, Aug. 4, to help eliminate the possibility of the series regulars traveling from as far away as Alabama and not getting to race.

Danville’s bid to hold onto a 2 1/2 game lead in the Appalachian League East Division was derailed by rain on Monday, July 23. The Braves were leading Kingsport 4-0 when the contest was suspended in the second inning. That set a pattern for Appalachian games throughout the wet week ahead. In other Monday games, Johnson City shut out Elizabethton 3-0 in a game that was barely official when it was called after 5 1/2 innings. Burlington doubled up Princeton 6-3, keeping the Devil Rays in the East Division cellar and Greeneville and Bristol split a doubleheader with the Astros winning the opener 8-1 and the White Sox taking a 6-0 victory in the nightcap.

Ten names have been added to the 2007 “300 Club” at Richlands High School.

BLUEFIELD- The Bluefield Orioles just couldn’t make a 6-2 advantage hold up last Thursday as the visiting Bristol White Sox used a balanced performance by four different pitchers and some long ball hits to take an 8-6 Appalachian League baseball victory at Bowen Field.

Richlands High School student Paige Shifflett got to spend a summer vacation in 2007 that most can only dream about!

Season football tickets are now on sale in the Richlands High School main office.  Tickets are available each day, Monday through Friday from 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-3:00.
Season tickets this year cost $40 and reserved parking permits are $10.  The Southwest District has mandated a price increase so that all general admission tickets will be $6 for all Southwest District football contests for the 2007 season.

A former Wytheville resident stopped by the area recently to grab a handful of gold before heading back to California.

Sammy Conner got to scrimmage against the famous team.