The second Pee Wee Howle Golf Tournament is schedule for June 25 at Grayson Valley Country Club. Proceeds will benefit the Erwin High School Athletic Department.

It’s a shotgun start at 8 a.m., scramble format, and registration is from at 6:30-8 a.m. The costs is $85 per person or $340 per four person team. That covers practice balls, golf carts, appreciation bags, tournament prizes, door prizes and a buffet lunch. For non-players, lunch will be $15 cash or checks made to Pee Wee’s Golf Tournament. Awards and prizes will be handed out at 1 p.m. J.T from 96.5 radio will act as Master of Cerimonies.
 
A hole sponsorship can be purchased for $100 per hole, $200 per putting green or driving range spot.

The deadline was June 20, but you may be able to talk Patsy Howle into getting you in even same day. Contact her at: Howlep@bellsouth.net.

Here’s a link to a Webpage put up after the first tournament two years ago, with photos…

The PeeWee Howle Golf Tournament Web Page

The Erwin boys basketball team lost to Williamson Friday in a low scoring game, 47-31.

Williamson (32-2) frustrated Erwin (21-10) with a tight zone defense that bottled the Northeast region champs up all game long as the Eagles shot a dismal 24.3 percent from the field on 9 of 37 shooting for the game.

The Eagles Have Landed

Also, here’s an interesting example of how newspapers are going local, local, local to try to stay in business. The Birmingham News did not have a story up before midnight on Friday, or even the score. Their stories are posted on their Website at like 4 a.m. or something with the “shovelware” Advent software they use.

But, they already had a photo gallery up of the Williamson game. Believe it? Or not…

Erwin v. Williamson Basketball Photo Slide Show

The Erwin Eagles upset No.5 Butler 45-38 in the Class 5A Northeast Regional final to earn their first ever Final Four berth in high school basketball.

The unranked Eagles (21-19) will face top-ranked Williamson (31-2) at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena on Friday, March 2, at 1:30 p.m. in a Class 5A boys semifinal.

Fourth-ranked Decatur (27-5) and eighth-ranked John Carroll Catholic (30-5) will meet in the other semifinal, according to the Birmingham News.

Eagles Fly Into First Final Four

If they win the next game, they will be playing in the finals for the state championship.

“To my knowledge, Erwin has never won a state championship (in basketball), so this would be historic,” said Danny Garrett, president of the class of 1976.

He and Alan Taylor are urging Erwin alumni to support the program and attend the game.

For more information, check out the Erwin HIgh Basketball Schedule.