Several local players were on the Virginia Raptors 10th grade AAU basketball team that recently won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games at Liberty University in Lynchburg. The team went undefeated. Front row, left to right, are Danny Cruff, Taylor Young, Marshal Snider and Hayden Clark. Second row; asst. coach Mack Garmon, asst. coach Darren Clark, Greyson Cornett, Logan Poff, Jordan Richeson, Landry Gerbers, Rane Garmon, asst. coach Danny Cruff and head coach Billy Shepherd. Vinton players are Cruff, Young, Cornett, Poff and Garmon. Nathaniel Fedor, also from Vinton, is not in the photo.
