Snapshots of the season

DECEMBER 17, 2012
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Play By Play
Bill Turner
Tommy Firebaugh
Snapshots of the season
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RVSGT 2012 Champion
Bill Turner
Hidden Valley Volleyball: Ever So Close!
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Charles Vassar (above) of Troutville was the overall points champion in the 2012 Roanoke Valley
Senior Golf Tour. Playing in the
Senior Golf Tour’s 10th year, Vassar
finished in first place out of a field
of 130 players by accumulating
844 total points and a 25th place
average finish for the season’s nine
tournaments.
The Titans (above, after winning the regional title) nearly brought home the
Group AA state championship trophy Nov. 17. Hidden Valley finished as runners-up
for the second time, losing to Loudoun County 3-2 at the Siegel Center in Richmond. The Titans, who held a 2-1 lead and were ahead 16-10 in game 4, were
riding a 12-match winning streak and had not lost in five weeks. Hidden Valley
finished 29-5, another banner season under coach Carla Poff.
Lee Johnson Resigns
The William Fleming head football
coach (above) has decided three
years is enough. After posting winning
records at Glenvar and North Cross
(including a 2008 state title with the
Raiders), Johnson moved to Fleming in 2010 when the new stadium
opened. He went just 2-28 with the
Colonels. Johnson will remain a physical education teacher in Roanoke.
College Signings
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Two Hidden Valley High
School seniors (right)
announced their college
plans Nov. 14 in the school
library. Volleyball player
Caroline Boone (seated
on the left in the picture,
surrounded by sister Catherine and parents Norvin
and Cheryl) will take her
game to Francis Marion University in South Carolina,
while baseball pitcher Ryan
Lauria (joined by parents
Chris and Lisa) will play for
Louisville.
Bill Turner photos
Bill Turner
Dave Ross Biddy
Bowl Raises Funds
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Proceeds from the third
annual youth football
championships held Nov. 11
raised $1,300 for Susan G.
Komen for the Cure. Ross
(second from right, front)
poses with the ceremonial
check along with K.C.
Bratton and Anne Fox.
Bill Turner
7Local Wrestler Wins
VMI freshman Armando HerreraDos Reis (left), a 2012 Roanoke
Catholic graduate, posted his first
collegiate wrestling win Nov. 11
at 125 pounds, defeating West
Virginia’s Mike Bolash 8-0 at the
Wolfpack Open at N.C. State. Look
for a story detailing the successful
Roanoke Catholic wrestling program in the next Play by Play.
Photo courtesy of Jason Hannah
‘Sweet Pea’ Visits Roanoke Valley Sports Club
1984 Olympic boxing champion Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker
(above) addressed the club at the Salem Civic Center Nov. 19.
Whitaker, who hails from Norfolk, used speed and a defensive
boxing style to win several world titles as a pro. Below, Whitaker
clowns with local youth boxers Monté Tyrone Dunnaville and
Danté Trayvon Dunnaville, twins who attended the dinner. The
Sports
Club’s next
meeting
will feature
former
Virginia
Tech star
and NFL
football
player
Pierson
Prioleau on
Jan. 21.