Summersville USSSA Middle School Baseball Team finishes

July 8, 2010
RMS boys win CWVAC
track title; SMS runner-up
The Richwood Middle School
Lumberjack boys’ track team took
first place in the Central West Virginia Athletic Conference (CWVAC)
track meet on Saturday, May 8, at
Nicholas County Memorial Stadium
in Summersville.
The meet was directed by Nicholas
County High School assistant track
coach Rocky Roberts and Richwood
Middle School physical education
teacher Jack Cole.
RMS, coached by Head Coach
Lynn Sommerville and assistant
coach Kristy Mazzella, scored 158
points in their first place finish in the
seven-team meet.
Summersville was runner-up with
119 points followed by Glade with
84, Braxton County 65, Webster
Springs 27, Walton 25 and Spencer
10.
Combined with the girls team,
Richwood scored 256 points to win
second place in the boys’ and girls’
overall combined score competition.
Richwood results
Tyler Williams took three first
places winning the 100-meter dash,
the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter run. Williams was also the high
point boy for the meet with 30 points.
Also winning first for RMS were
the 4 x 400-meter relay team, the
shuttle hurdle relay team and Ben
Weber in the high jump.
Results for the RMS boys in the
CWVAC meet were as follows:
100-meter dash: 1. Tyler Williams,
12.23 seconds; and 3. Josh Kitzmiller, 12.49 seconds.
200-meter dash:
1. Williams,
25.35 seconds; and 2. Josh Kitzmiller, 26.08 seconds.
400-meter dash:
1. Williams,
57.82 seconds; 2. Josh Kitzmiller,
59.42 seconds; and 3. Ben Weber, 1
minute, .35 seconds.
High jump: 1. Weber, 5 feet.
4 x 400-meter relay: 1. (Colby
Knight, Weber, Justin Kitzmiller, and
John Bard), 4 minutes, 30.14 seconds.
Shuttle hurdle relay: 1. (Collin
Frame, Jared Amick, Braden Johnson
and Levi Mowery), 41.19 seconds.
4 x 800-meter relay: 2. (Logan
Brown, Josh Kidwell, Justin Kitzmiller and Knight), 11 minutes, 25
seconds.
Shot Put: 2. Weber, 35 feet, 11
inches; 4. Larry Gwinn, 31 feet, 7
inches.
Discus: 2. Gwinn, 110 feet, 8
inches.
4 x 200-meter relay: 2. (Frame,
Johnson, Amick and Knight), 1 minute, 54.58 seconds.
200-meter hurdles:
3. Frame,
33.53 seconds.
4 x 100-meter relay: 3. (Justin
Kitzmiller, Tommy Bess, Mowery
and Johnson), 59.55 seconds.
3200-meter run: 3. John Bard, 12
minutes, 34 seconds; and 6. Lane
Blankenship, 17 minutes, 55 seconds.
Young and friends run the Grand Canyon
Bill Young, of Hookersville, and
his buddies had a different idea of
seeing the Grand Canyon than most
other people.
Most people who have the opportunity to visit the Grand Canyon
view its breathtaking vistas from
the safety of the South Rim. Many
take in the National Park Service’s
museum, along with the restaurants
and shops, which supply road-weary tourists with practically anything
imaginable. More adventurous visitors sometimes hike partway down
one of the trails that lead to the Colorado River and some take a mule
train down to the bottom as well.
Less than 10 percent of the park’s
visitors drive to the remote North
Rim which is almost 1,000 feet
higher in elevation and is open from
mid-May to mid-October, due to the
Park Service’s concern for the safety of visitors.
Bill, 43, and his friends are off-
65-meter high hurdles:
4.
Amick, 12.55 seconds; and 5.
Mowery, 12.59 seconds.
Long jump: 4. Josh Kitzmiller,
13 feet, 8 1/2 inches.
1600-meter run: 4. Bard, 5 minutes, 42 seconds.
800-meter run: 5. Brown, 2
minutes, 59.78 seconds; and 6.
Kidwell, 3 minutes, 5.84 seconds.
Summersville results
The SMS boys, coached by
head coach Robin Martin and assistant coach Tony Martin, scored
119 points in their runner-up finish. They combined with the SMS
girls team to score 266 points and
win the conference trophy for the
school with the highest boys and
girls combined score.
Cody McClung took two first
places for NCHS winning both the
shot put and discus. McClung set
a new school record in the discus
with a distance of 115 feet, 8 inches.
Other first places for Summersville came from Wade Leggett in
the 200-meter hurdles and the 4 x
800-meter relay team.
Results for the SMS boys in the
CWVAC meet were as follows:
Shot put: 1. Cody McClung, 38
feet, 1 inch; 5. Wade Leggett, 31
feet, 4 inches; and 6. Hunter Coleman, 30 feet, 7 inches.
Discus: 1. McClung, 115 feet,
8 inches (new school record); 3.
Coleman, 85 feet, 9 inches; and 4.
J.B. Keene, 83 feet, 2 inches.
4 x 800-meter relay: 1. (Tyler
Hamrick, Jesse Burrell, Troy Jackson and Josh Jarvis), 11 minutes,
10.17 seconds.
200-meter hurdles: 1. Leggett,
32.06 seconds; 4. Jacob Jones,
33.78 seconds; and 5. Cody Kelly,
34.09 seconds.
800-meter run: 2. Jarvis, 2 minutes, 42 seconds; and 4. Hamrick, 2
minutes, 55.6 seconds.
4 x 100-meter relay: 2. (Trey
Malcolm, Jones, Ryan Coffman
and Cody Kelly), 58.8 seconds.
4 x 400-meter relay: 2. (Coffman, Kelly, Burrell and Jarvis), 4
minutes, 32 seconds.
Shuttle hurdle relay: 2. (Leggett,
Malcolm, Burrell and Jones), 42.35
seconds.
65-meter hurdles: 3. Leggett,
12.27 seconds.
High jump: 4. Troy Jackson, 4
feet, 8 inches.
3200-meter run: 4. Jackson, 13
minutes, 36.9 seconds.
4 x 200-meter relay: 4. (Coffman, Malcolm, Anthony Thomas
and Kelly), 2 minutes, 1.32 seconds.
Long jump: 5. Jones, 12 feet, 4
inches; and 6. Jarvis, 12 feet.
400-meter run: 5. Jackson, 1
minute, 3.71 seconds.
200-meter dash: 6. Thomas,
28.27 seconds.
SMS athlete sets school records
Summersville Middle
School track team member Cody McClung set
an impressive new school
record in the discus event
by throwing 115 feet, 8
inches during this year’s
track season.
Cody also broke a
record in the shot put
event.
Lumberjack Athletic
Club meeting
The Lumberjack Athletic Club (LAC) would like to thank the community, businesses and fans of Richwood High School for their support for
the 2009-2010 year. The LAC is proud to have the opportunity to support
the athletes and athletic programs at RHS.
It is time again to elect officers and sign up for membership for the
2010-2011 year. They would like to encourage any fan or supporter of
RHS to attend their next meeting. Annual membership dues are $10 per
person. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to sign up
to be a member, you may send your membership dues, along with your
name, address, phone number and email address to LAC, c/o RHS, 1 Valley Avenue, Richwood, WV 26261.
The next LAC meeting will be on Tuesday, July 13. at 7 p.m. in the
Richwood High School Cafeteria.
Young viewing the Colorado River from a 1,000-foot drop off on the South Kaibab Trail
Turn to CANYON on 6-B
Summersville USSSA Middle School
Baseball Team finishes successful season
The Summersville Yankees
USSSA Middle School baseball
team finished their inaugural season May 30 by placing second in
the league.
The team was made up of sixthseventh- and eighth-graders from
the Summersville area. It was
coached by Pat Justice, Greg Bishop, Tony Mayes and Charlie Justice.
The middle school league was
started in Beckley this year by Tim
Epling of the Upper Deck Baseball
Training Center. It consisted of six
teams with the others being Beckley-Stratton, Park, Independence,
Shady Spring and Dunbar. Games
were plow at the newly-constructed Linda K. Epling Field, which is
also the home of the Beckley Miners, the summer Prospect League
team for college players.
There were 20 regular season
games and a tournament at the end
of the season. Summersville finished with a 13-7 regular season record, second to Independence. The
local team finished second in the
post-season tournament as well.
An awards banquet was held at
the Beckley Convention Center
on May 25. All-Conference players were selected and voted on by
The Summersville USSSA Middle School Yankees, front, from left, Sam Hamilton, Matt
Dodrill, Tate Mayes, Matthew Bennett, Wil Mayes, Coach Pat Justice and Isaac White.
Back, from left, Coach Tony Mayes, Manager Greg Bishop, Cord Hayhurst, Logan Tinnel, Jared Price, Tyler Sagraves, James Shumate, Tyler Knight, Andrew Bishop and Coach
Charlie Justice.
coaches. Summersville players receiving recognition were as follows;
Tyler Sagraves — First Team utility
player; Jared Price — Second Team
catcher; Wil Mayes — Second Team
first baseman, and Andrew Bishop —
Second Team pitcher.
Summersville 9-and 10-YearOld All-Stars lose twice
The Summersville 9-and 10-YearOld boys’ baseball All-Star Team
was eliminated in tournament play
with a pair of losses in the District
8 9-and 10-Year-Old Tournament
on Saturday, June 26, and Sunday,
June 27, at Holly Gray Park near
Flatwoods.
Summerville, the runner-up in
South Area, was overwhelmed in a
23-6 loss to Elkins Blue, North Area
winner, on Saturday, June 26, and
then was eliminated in the loser’s
bracket when their bats went silent
in a 14-1 loss to Tygarts Valley, runner-up of the North Area, on Sunday, June 27.
Summersville finished 2-3 overall in South Area and District 8 play.
In the bottom of the third inning,
Elkins Blue continued the onslaught
with eight runs to build the lead to 234.
Summersville completed the scoring with a pair of runs in the top of
the fourth inning. D.J. McCutcheon
walked and scored on a single by Luke
Bostic. Sagraves singled in Bostic.
Gregory pitched one inning with
two strikeouts, and Nutter pitched one
inning with one strikeout. Trey Milam,
Nick Kiser and Spencer combined to
pitch one inning with no strikeouts.
Sagraves and Nutter were both 2 for
3 at the plate for Summersville. Bostic
was 1 for 1 and Sergeon 1 for 2.
Summersville 112
2 - 6
Elkins Blue
2(13)8 x - 23
Elkins Blue 23
Summersville 6
A big 13-run second inning by Elkins Blue proved to be the downfall
for Summersville in their 23-6 loss,
which was halted after four innings
by the 10-run mercy rule.
Summersville took a 1-0 lead
in the top of the first inning when
Nick Nutter singled, advanced to
third and scored on a sacrifice fly by
Jerad Gregory.
Elkins Blue answered with a pair
of runs in the bottom of the first inning for a 2-1 lead.
Summersville knotted the score
2-2 with a run in the top of the second inning. Isaac Sergeon tripled
and scored on an error.
Elkins Blue took the lead for
good when they erupted for 13 runs
in the bottom of the second inning
to make it 15-2.
Summersville added two runs in
the top of the third inning with the
first coming when Jared Sagraves
singled and scored on a triple by
Nutter. Nutter stole home to make
it 15-4.
Tygarts Valley 14
Summersville 1
A nine-run fourth inning by Tygarts
Valley broke open an otherwise close
game in Summersville’s 14-1 loss,
which was halted after four innings by
the 10-run mercy rule.
Tygarts Valley took a 1-0 lead with a
run in the top of the first inning.
The Randolph County team made
it 5-0 with four runs in the top of the
third inning.
Summersville scored their only run
in the bottom of the third inning when
A.J. McManus walked, advanced to
scoring position and came home on a
single by Skyelar Frame.
Tygarts Valley made the game a rout
with nine runs in the top of the fourth
inning and a 14-1 margin.
Milam pitched three innings for
Summersville with five strikeouts.
Kiser pitched one inning with one
strikeout and Sergeon pitched zero innings with no strikeouts.
Hitting well for Summersville was
Sagraves 1 for 2 and Frame 1 for 1.
Tygarts Valley 104 9 - 14
Summersville
001 0 - 1
Sagraves was also selected as the
Most Valuable Player of the league.
All the players devoted time and
energy to practice and improved over
the season so their hard work paid
off.
The team expressed appreciation
to Coach Pat Justice for all his dedication and time and also to the parents, grandparents, and others who
supported the team. This was also the
inaugural season of the league and it
is anticipated to grow with additional
teams added in the future.
Summersville 11-and 12-YearOld Girls Softball All-Stars
announced
The Summersville Little League 11- and 12-Year-Old Girls’ Softball
All-Star Team has been selected.
The team will begin play in the West Virginia 11- and 12-Year-Old
Girls’ Softball State Tournament at Barboursville on Friday, July 16.
Summersville was the automatic champion of District 8 as the result of
there being no other all-star teams in the district.
Playing for the Summersville 11- and 12-Year-Old Girls’ Softball AllStar Team are Kati Lilly of the Braves, Jessa Bradford of the Phillies,
Sammi Sams of the Tigers, Jordan Frame of the Pirates, Kaycee Tinnel
of the Tigers, Lauren Heflin of the Tigers, Shelby Groves of the Braves,
Madeline McCoy of the Tigers, Hanna Overbaugh of the Tigers, Lindsey
Butcher of the Tigers, Kinley Coleman of the Braves and Coartney Taylor of the Angels.
Ron Lilly of the Braves is the manager, and John Bradford of the Phillies is the coach.
Summersville 9-and 10-YearOld Softball All-Stars
announced
The Summersville 9-and 10-Year-Old Girls’ Softball All-Stars have
been selected.
The team will represent District 8 in the West Virginia 9- and 10-YearOld Girls’ All-Star Softball Tournament at Lewis County beginning
Thursday, July 15.
There were no other all-star teams in District 8 so Summersville was
the automatic district champion.
Playing for the Summersville 9- and 10-Year-Old Girls’ Softball AllStars are Anna Brown of the Angels, Lindsey Brake of the Phillies, Emily McPherson of the Craigsville Tigers, Sierra Wine of the Angels, Kati
Mullens of the Craigsville Tigers, Felicia Cunningham of the Pirates,
Chelsie White of the Angels, Zoe Spencer of the Braves, Olivia Stear of
the Angels, Megan Nuckols of the Angels, Emily Hellems of the Phillies
and Sloan Miavitz of the Phillies.
The manager of the team is Suzanne Brown of the Angels and the
coaches are Steve Nuckols and Jim Brown of the Angels.