Ram girls land cross country title
Highland boys finish 3rd to earn regional bid, Chargers finish 5th
BY GEOFF COX • STAFF WRITER
      COVINGTON - Highland's Haley Billingsley finished second in the district championships Thursday and her Ram teammates gave it their all to finish one point ahead of Craig County and capture the Pioneer District championship in Covington.
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Rams beat Bulldogs then bow out
BY GEOFF COX • STAFF WRITER
      Highland at James River BUCHANNON - The district leading James River Knights clinched a regional playoff berth and the district title by defeating the Highland Rams in straight games last Thursday. Highland fell behind 22-2 in game one and took a 25-4 loss.
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District title, playoffs on the line Friday at River
BY GEOFF COX • STAFF WRITER
      WARM SPRINGS - Friday evening the Bath County Chargers come off a bye week, taking a well-rested team to James River to battle district co-leader James River and find out whose season will end next week. "It's definitely for the district championship," said Charger coach Will Fields.
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Pioneer District football
      Standings Last week Parry McCluer 41, Covington 24 James River 56, Craig 6 Bath - idle This week Bath at James River Craig at Parry McCluer Covington- open
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Two-weeks sports schedule
      Highland Friday, November 9 Fall Athletic Banquet and Midnight Maddness, TBA Bath Thursday, November 1 Volleyball District Finals @ Parry McCluer, 7 p.m. Friday, November 2 Football @ James River, 7:30 p.m.
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Chargers roll into district tournament
Trimble begins, ends regular season by breaking BCHS kill record
BY GEOFF COX • STAFF WRITER
      COVINGTON- Like a cat playing with its captured prey, the Bath County volleyball team toyed with the Covington Cougars long enough for Charger Carey Trimble to break the school record in kills and went on to beat the Cougars in four games Thursday night.
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      A total of 14 teams participated in the 2nd Annual "take the backroads to Bath" Chamber Classic Golf Tournament at The Homestead's famous Cascades Course on Sunday, October 28th at 2:00pm. It was a beautiful Autumn day to play such a gorgeous course.
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     Coach Lane Brown's BCRL U-12 team are (l-r) front row: Ally Durette, Ethan Good, and Carson Kincaid. Back row: Evan Essex, Logan Walton, Dennis Maddow, Robin Stevenson, Chad Dufour, Roselin Clayton, and coach Brown.
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     Chris Hicks of Staunton, formerly of Highland County, killed his first black bear with a bow on Saturday, Oct. 20. The bear weighed 170 pounds. (Recorder photo by Brandi Bussard)
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     Bobby Blankgo killed this male bear weighing 120 pounds while hunting in Highland on Tuesday, Oct. 16. (Photo courtesy Jimmy Ballard)
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     Dougie Bussard of Monterey bagged this 200-pound black bear with his bow on Friday, Oct. 19. (Recorder photo by Brandi Bussard)
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     George Childress bagged this doe with his bow while hunting in Highland County guided by Steve Henley. (Photo courtesy Jimmy Ballard)
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     Highland's David Leech battles with Bath's Sage Tanguay for control of the ball during their border battle in Ashwood while Bath's Sarita Hough, left, and Highland's Will Beasley, on ground, struggle for position. (Recorder photo by Geoff Cox)
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      The Virginia Renegades 14 and under team is shown after polishing off the Lynchburg Fillies for the Championship of the NSA Fall Classic tournament recently in Salem.
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On Campus
By Mark Griffin • Contributing Writer
      The weekend produced three losses for the former Bath County High School athletes playing college football across Virginia this fall. In Williamsburg, Jake Phillips and William & Mary dropped a hard fought 48-34 decision to No. 4 Massachusetts in Colonial Athletic Association play.
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HIGHLAND MIXED LEAGUE Winter League
      Oct. 24, 2007 Ten Down- (11-5): Sue Dudley, Brenda Pullin, Anita Davis, Henry Harper, Gary Curry. Golden Oldies - (10-6): Phil Munchel, Rebecca Klugh, Rick Griffin, Guy McCutcheon. Time to Spare - (10-6): Freda Bird, Sharon Harper, Vernon Wooddell, Steve Pitsenbarger. Wide Open - (9-7): Judy Gordon, Shawn Arbogast, Jimmy Waybright, Mark Waybright.
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Tips for a safe hunting season
      RICHMOND - More than 300,000 hunting licenses are sold in Virginia each year, making the sport one of the most popular in the commonwealth. When you combine its popularity with the inherent dangers of guns and bows - and include a shrinking hunting area due to increased suburban construction - the mantra of "safety first" carries a tremendously important role.
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