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Olivia Cleary of Auburn High School has made the 14U Shamrocks team, a top-ranked softball team out of Northern Virginia. Here's the full release from Bill Cleary:

"Local Fastpitch Softball Player Makes 2010 14U Shamrocks"

Riner-Freshman Olivia Cleary of Auburn High School has made the 2010 14U Shamrocks nationally competitive travel softball team based out of northern Virginia. Olivia is a former New River Valley Diamonds & Virginia "Class-Action" Scrappers player. She will be competing this fall & next spring/summer in tournaments throughout the United States. Her willingness to practice & strength conditioning year-round has allowed her to "step outside of the box" by setting goals to achieve that will "raise the bar" for her future endeavors within the softball diamond. A former coach once told her "the number does not make the player but the player makes the number. This phrase has stuck with her and given determination to succeed by making the number. She gives credit to such coaches as Sherry Millirons, Julie Akers, Dave Potts, Dave Hurd, & Ron Reynolds who have helped her develop the competitive skills to play at the Shamrock organization level which is well known to NCAA Division 1 recruitment teams. Some of the tournaments will be played in Colorado, Oklahoma, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, etc.. Olivia is a solid utility player with a strong bat and good speed around the bases. She gives credit to her accomplishments towards her parents/family for financial & emotional support as well as all the coaches that have helped her along through this adventurous journey. NCAA softball camps have attributed to her game by showing her the correct skills/drills to use. Olivia has a vision of playing NCAA Division 1 softball after high school and studying hard to make good grades for a possible scholarship in the horizon!!!

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Wendell Jones shares this photo gallery from Friday's Pulaski-Radford football game.

Thanks, Wendell.

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Thanks to Art Price of Christansburg who sent in these pictures!

If you would rather see these pictures with their descriptions simply click here to see the gallery.

The first picture was sent in by Dawn Wilson of Allison and Colin Wilson of Blacksburg on their first day of school. The second was sent in by Amanda Deane of Blacksburg.

Thanks guys!

Summer is finally winding down. Do you have any pictures of those first days of school when it's still sorta exciting? Quick, send them over to us at newriver@roanoke.com.

Nancy Kent of Radford sent in this picture of Alex Dunn at Radford's Fridays After Five. Alex got her face painted and got a balloon hat at the event and clearly had a lot of fun.

Thanks Nancy for sending this in!

Do you have pictures of people or events from New River? Send them over to us at newriver@roanoke.com.

Whether it's rec league soccer and football, or school sports, you can share your photos at newriver@roanoke.com and we'll help you show them off right here on newrivervalley.com -- and squeeze as many as we can into the pages of The Current.

Some tips for sports photos -- or any photos, for that matter:

* Large file sizes work best.
* If you can let us know who's who in the photo, please do!

We look forward to seeing your photos!

Teresa Hurt of Radford shares this photo of Bobby Hurt and grandson, 2 1/2 year old Trenten Akers, from Hillsville, at Clayton Lake. Trenten caught this big cat fish with his little Tazmanian Devil fishing rod.

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Joyce Sims of Radford shares this photo and says: “A beautiful scene after the rain on August 19."

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Herb Hobbs of Blacksburg shares these photos and says: Missy enjoys “copying”her friend on the family room floor.”

Jared Bond of Christiansburg shares this photo and says: “On a 90 degree day, Betty Bond found a quick way to quench her thirst. Arthur Bond was only too happy to oblige.”

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