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A  Microsoft X-Box 360 tournament was held in the Student Lounge in Martin Hall Thursday , February 21.  Eight students participated. They decided to play NCAA Football 2012. The winners were: third place, Zach Neal; second place, Brock Lusk, and first place, Kevin Powell. Congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to all who participated. The next video game tournament will be held in September.

Spring 2013 Video Game Tournament

From front to rear; Kevin Powell, Dylan Swecker, Zach Neal, Austin Rich, and Brock Lusk.

Nine students participated in the Pool Tournament on Wednesday, February 20. The winners were: third place, Kevin Taylor;  second place: Jonathan Howland; and first place, Dylan Swecker. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all who played in the tournament. The next intramural pool tournament will be held in September.

Spring 2013 Pool Tournament Participants

Right to left: Zach Neal, Jonathan Howland, Mike Davis, Brad Beckelhimer, Tyrell Johnson, Trevor Hedge, Kevin Taylor, Dylan Swecker, and Matthew Dotson

The spring 2013 Ping Pong tournament was held in the lounge on Monday, February 18.  Eight students participated in single-player, single-elimination matches to determine the top three players. The winners of the tournament were: third place, Zach Neal; second place, Trevor Hedge; and first place, Mike Davis. The winners received

Players pose for a moment before commencing to play in the tournament matches.

Walmart gift cards as prizes. The next NRCC Ping Pong tournament will be held in September.

Sunday, October 21, 2012 Radford University Basketball Club RU Peters Hall  11:00 a.m.
November 3-4, 2012 JMU Duke Dog Classic JMU, Harrisonburg TBD
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Virginia Highlands Community College  Home  7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 11, 2012 King College  Bristol, Va. 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Radford University Club Home  7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 18, 2012 Bluefield College Bluefield, Va. 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Wytheville, Community College  Wytheville 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 30, 2012 Virginia Western Community College Roanoke 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 2, 2012 Roanoke, College Roanoke 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Lynchburg College Home  7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Southern University Buena Vista 7:00 p.m.
       
2013 Schedule Opponent Location Time
Saturday, January 26, 2013 Southern University Buena Vista 12:00 noon
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 WythevIlle Community College Wytheville 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Radford University Club Home 7:00 p.m.
TBD April 2013 ACIS Tournament N.C. State  TBD

The three winers of the Football Xbox 360 video game tournament were: 1st place: Zack Neal; 2nd place: Tyrell Johnson; 3rd place: Trevor Hedge; 4th Place: John Hambly. Congratulations to all our winners! The next video games tournament will be held in February.

The four winners pose for a picture before the close of the tournament.

Tournaments for chess, pool, video games, and ping pong were held in the Lounge in Martin Hall recently. Here are the final results: Eight players participated in the chess tournament on February 21. Winners were: first place, Mike Davis; second place, Lee Edney; third place, Tommy Morris.  The pool tournament was the largest one with 18 players participating on February 22..  The winners were: first place, Tommy Morris; second place, Mike Davis; third place, Sara Hale.  The 8 participants of the video game tournament on Thursday, February 23,  chose to play a Microsoft X-BOX 360 game entitled “NBA 2K12.” The winners were: Tyrell Johnson, first place; Mike Davis, second place; and Zach Neal, third place. The Ping Pong Tournament held on Monday, February 27, also drew 8 players.  The winners were: Zach Neal, first place; Tommy Morris, second place; and Billy Davis, third place. Congratulations to all winners and many thanks to all participants who helped make each tournament very exciting to follow. The next tournaments will be held in September 2012. These contests are sponsored by NRCC Student Activities and are open to all NRCC students.

Students interested in playing in the ping pong tournament are invited to the Lounge on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at  2:30 p.m.  Please be ready to play.  There are no advance sign-ups for this event.  This will be a single player, single elimination tournament. (1-on-1 games). There will be prizes offered: 3rd place:  $10.00 Walmart gift card; 2nd place:  $15.00 Walmart gift card; 1st place:  $25.00 Walmart gift card. Consolation prizes:  License plate frames.    Sponsored by NRCC Student Activities. Please contact Ben Kramer, NRCC activities counselor, if you have any questions about the Ping Pong Tournament. He may be reached at bkramer@nr.edu or 540-674-3600, ext. 4431.