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.jpg) Richmond loses a broadcast legend By Charlie Leffler .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) The Richmond airwaves lost a friend and a historic voice on Thursday evening when longtime radio broadcaster Terry Sisisky passed away after a brief bout with cancer. Sisisky was diagnosed in April, soon after completing television broadcasts of the VHSL state basketball championships. Nicknamed “T-Man” Sisisky was best known as the voice of VCU basketball, where he spent 28 years. Inducted into the VCU Hall of Fame in 2009, Sisisky was part of 840 Rams basketball games prior to his retirement in 2008. .jpg) Mechanicsville 9-10 squad takes state softball title Submitted by Robert Phipps The Mechanicsville Little League 9-10 year old girls softball team captured the 2010 Virginia State Championship on July 21 in Yorktown, Virginia. It was stellar pitching, team offense and defense that secured the state title The Mechanicsville All-Star team went undefeated in eight through district and state tournament games where they outscored opponents 92-7. They defeated Bridgewater Little League in their final game 9-2 to win the state championship.
Read more... .jpg) Atlee All-Stars advance to Tournament of State Champions By Charlie Leffler .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) After going 2-1 in state tournament pool play, the Atlee 9-10 All-Stars faced a strong challenges in the first two rounds of the single-elimination state championship. In their elimination round opener against Great Falls, Atlee exhausted the eligibility of their top two pitchers. Jack Dragum threw 70 pitches and Nick Zona closed the game with 56 pitches, burning them from throwing for the rest of the tournament. In the bottom of the seventh, with the game tied at three, Jack Chenault was walked then Zona got a… Read more... .jpg) Rusty Wallace uncaps Miller Lite promotion By Charlie Leffler .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Last week, NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace returned to victory lane at Richmond International Raceway. However, this time around the man, who ranks as the third all-time winner at Richmond with six victories, was not there to celebrate a race victory. Instead the former driver of the Miller Lite #2 car cruised into victory lane behind the wheel of a new white Ford Mustang as part of a promotional partnership between RIR and Loveland Distributing- a local distributor of Miller Lite and Miller-Coors. “It’s great to be back… Read more... .jpg) Skills challenge hopes to be bigger draw By Charlie Leffler .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Before the professional golfers tee things up for a chance to win the Greater Richmond Golf Classic August 13-15 at Richmond Country Club, a select few will face a different kind of challenge. As the host site for the finals of the Sun Mountain Challenge, four of the Duramed FUTURE Tour’s top golfers will lead teams of local amateurs in an event organizers hope will quickly turn into a fan favorite. Last year RCC was host of the semifinals of the Sun Mountain Skills Challenge, but the event went largely unnoticed due to its… Read more... .jpg) Lee-Davis’ Franzen earns spot at Loretta Lynn’s Submitted by Robert Franzen =Mechanicsville’s Dori Franzen, a 15-year-old dirt bike racer, recently qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world; the 29th Annual AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Franzen took on over 20,000 hopefuls from across America to earn one of just 1,386 qualifying positions. Franzen spent the last four months qualifying for the event. The top finishers in area and regional qualifiers earn a guaranteed spot at the National Championship race. The amateur national… Read more...  Tuckahoe & Mechanicsville claim 9YO titles By Jim Ridolphi .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) The Atlee Nationals entered the championship game of last week’s Atlee 9 Year Old Tournament with a 5-0 record, but couldn’t overcome a Tuckahoe team that also entered the contest undefeated to run away with a 13-6 win. “They were just better than us out there today,” said Atlee manager John Swierczewski. “They hit the ball when they needed to and made plays all over the field. They were the better team today. “I’m still proud of what these boys accomplished and they’ve… Read more... |
