John Hite (right) of Kenbridge and Mike Ligon of Richmond won their second consecutive Member-Guest golf title Sunday at Lunenburg Country Club. They shot 65-64— 129 (-13) over the weekend in modified scramble format and finished two shots ahead of Randy Whitlow and Southside Senior champ Andy Walker (67-64–131). Hite & Ligon also won the event previously in 2009. Ligon […]
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14-YEAR-OLD CROWNED AT CREWE COUNTRY CLUB
Golf is increasingly becoming a “young man’s game,” and nowhere was that more evident over the weekend than at Crewe Country Club. Nottoway High School golfer Cam McDaniel became the youngest golfer to win a club championship in Nottoway County history — shooting twounder par for the weekend (70- 72–142) to win Crewe Country Club’s men’s golf title. McDaniel recently […]
STATESMEN ARE TOO MUCH
Cougar golfers split at CCCNottoway High School golfers beat Lunenburg in the Cougars’ opening match but lost to division powerhouse Randoloph Henry. The three-way match — Nottoway’s first of the season — was held last Tuesday, Aug. 12th, on the Cougars’ home course at Crewe Country Club. Nottoway senior and twotime defending Crewe Club Champion Colton Lewis (oneunder par 35) and freshman Cam McDaniel […]
SPECIAL MOMENT AT OLE MISS
Blackstone’s Banks receives high honor from Coach KiffinT.B. TO WEAR COVETED #38 FOR REBELS Blackstone native Tyler Banks last week was surprised — and received a standing ovation from his Ole Miss football teammates — after being presented the 2025 Chucky Mullins Courage Award. Banks, a 2022 graduate of Nottoway High School, was selected from among several veteran defensive players by Head Coach Lane Kiffin and the […]
LOADED WITH TALENT
Cougar golfers eye district titleWith high hopes and optimism, Nottoway High School’s golf team was scheduled to open its 2025 season yesterday (Tuesday, August 12th) at 4:30 p.m. at Crewe Country Club against Central of Lunenburg and defending James River District champs Randolph-Henry. Returning Cougars from last year include senior Colton Lewis, two-time all-stater; senior Carsten Beck, a state tournament participant; and junior Hayden […]
Shot Of His Life
Long-time golfer Tim Redman of Crewe made his first career hole-in-one Saturday while playing in the Jimmie Hagaman Memorial golf tournament at Crewe Country Club. Redman aced the 153-yard, par-3 third hole, using an 8-iron into a slight breeze. He was playing with Brandon Seamster, Kim Stafford, and Mark Jernigan. The tournament namesake, James “Jimmie” Hagaman, was a long-time beloved […]
In Memory Of Jimmie
With a Captain’s Choice score of 15-under-par 57, the team of Brandon Mercier, Ross Crafton, Jason Covington, and Will Johnson (not shown) won the 3rd Annual Jimmie Hagaman Memorial Golf Tournament held Saturday at Crewe Country Club. Twenty teams competed. BELOW: Jimmie’s only surviving sibling, Edward Hagaman, granddaughter Tara Simmons, grandson Ben Simmons, and son-in-law Dean Simmons who also played. […]
CHAMPION GOLFERS OF THE YEAR
Names of Nottoway, Lunenburg youths engraved on plaquesJUNIOR ‘TOUR’ ENDS SEASON ON HIGH NOTE Stand-out golfers from Blackstone, Crewe, and Kenbridge were among those crowned 2025 Champions Thursday in the Southside Jr. Piedmont Golf Association’s season-ending tournament in Kenbridge. Representing Crewe Country Club, 14-year-old Cam McDaniel fired the low round of the day — a 1-over-par 72 at Lunenburg Country Club — to win the Boys’ 14-15 […]
SOUTH HILLIANS SIZZLE IN SOUTHSIDE ‘SAUNA’
Two Southside Virginia golf “heavyweights” proudly wore belts presented to champions of Nottoway River Country Club’s annual Two-Man Invitational. Seven-time Southside Champ Bryant Reese (left) and solid ball striker Jeff Kidd, both of South Hill, shot -18 for the weekend, putting a ‘Hulk Hogan leg drop’ on 47 other teams competing. With heat indexes here above 100°, golfers Bryant Reese […]
ANGEL EXCITEMENT IN SOUTH HILL
Nottoway girls runners-up in Dist. tournamentThe Nottoway Angels softball team (ages 10 and under) finished runner-up in the District One All-Star tournament that ended June 24th with their heartbreaking, 6-4 loss to South Hill in the bottom of the 5th and final inning. Nottoway opened its tournament by defeating Brunswick in a 16-5 slaughter rule victory. The following night, Nottoway suffered its first nail-biting loss […]
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