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Sports: Thursday, June 11, 2020

11 June 2020 Sports

Truex,Jr. Wins at Martinsville, Nats Draft Cavalli, Federer Out For 2020

Martin Truex,Jr. surged to a NASCAR Cup Series event last night at Martinsville Speedway. It was his first win of the season and second straight at Martinsville. Ahead of last night’s race came the announcement that NASCAR is banning the Confederate flag at all it’s events and venues. Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only African-American driver, finished 11th in a car that featured a #BlackLivesMatter design.

The Washington Nationals selected right handed pitcher Cade Cavalli out of the University of Oklahoma with the number 22 selection in last night’s 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Cavalli, a 6-4, 226 pound junior, was 1-2 with a 4.18 ERA this season for the Sooners, prior to the cancellation of their season. The Detroit Tigers had the number-one overall pick, and chose slugger Spencer Torkelson from Arizona State.

And, when and if tennis resumes play this year, it will be without Roger Federer. The 38 year-old Federer said yesterday that he’ll miss the reset of the 2020 season due to a setback in his recovery from knee surgery. The 20-time Grand Slam champ tweeted that a second procedure will delay his return until 2021.

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Lonnie's Fun Fact for Thursday October 29, 2020. Today we blast off, again. It was on this date in 1998 the John Glenn returned to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, 36 years after his first space flight. He was 77 and became the oldest person to ever travel in space. A decorated pilot, Glenn had flown nearly 150 combat missions during World War II and the Korean War. In 1957, he made the first nonstop supersonic flight across the United States when he flew from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes. Glenn was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen by NASA in 1959. Glenn made his first space flight in a craft dubbed Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, making three obits of the earth in just over five hours. By the mid 1960's Glenn had grown tired on inactivity within NASA and turned to politics, running for a Senate seat in his home state of Ohio in 1964. He withdrew from the race after a serious ear injury. He tried again in 1970 but lost that race. Four years later he ran again and won and was reelected three times. He even threw his hat in the 1984 Presidential race, seeking the democratic nomination unsuccessfully. John Glenn died on December 8, 2016 at the age of 95. Listen to the podcast here; theriver953.com/podcast/fun-fact-october-29-2020/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Miss out on today's news? No worries! Head over to theriver953.com to catch up on the latest from across the Shenandoah Valley. Some of today's headlines include:

-Eligibility criteria has been expanded for the Rebuild VA grant program

-City of Winchester VA - Local Government's leaf collection season will begin Nov. 2

-Lord Fairfax Community College is gearing up for spring enrollment

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