Just like the golf company, this Lady Pointer is Taylor-made.

Callie Taylor, a sophomore for the South Point Lady Pointers, shot an 82 and finished second at the Southeast Division II sectional golf tournament last Wednesday at Upper Landsdowne Golf Course in Asheville.

An all-district first team selection, Taylor will play in the district tournament Thursday at Upper Landsdowne.

Multi-sport Flyer

Sara Burcham just loves nets.

The Ironton St. Joseph Female Flyers’ senior is a starter for the volleyball team, but she also plays tennis.

Burcham will be playing in the district tennis tournament Tuesday at Portsmouth’s Mound Park in the singles division.

A total of 16 teams will participate including Ironton, Athens, Circleville, Hillsboro, Logan Elm, Miami Trace, Portsmouth Notre Dame, Portsmouth, Unioto, Lucasville Valley, Vinton County, Waverly, Wheelersburg and Washington Court House.

Matches will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday and continue on Wednesday.

Volley Good Show

The Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers turned in a strong performance at the Ashland Invitational Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.

Ironton played in Pool B and advanced all the way to the semifinals as the No. 1 seed before falling to Franklin County 2-0 in the best-of-three matches.

Ironton opened with a 2-1 win over Fairview. The Lady Tigers then beat North Hardin 2-0, Rose Hill 2-0 and Bath County 2-1.

Rose Hill ended up as the No. 2 team in Pool A and lost 2-0 to Seneca in the other semifinal match. Seneca beat Franklin County 2-1 to win the invitational.

Seneca finished 5-0 in the pool play while Ironton and Franklin County were 4-1. Rose Hill was 3-2, Ashland and Bath County 2-2, North Hardin and East Carter 1-3, and Greenup County and Fairview 0-4.

Highlight Film

Sam and Penny Heighton of Heigh-Tone Productions are planning highlights to highlight the postseason.

The duo film Ironton football games and they are planning to release a 2009 football season highlight tape sometime around the holidays.

Anyone interested in a highlight tape should contact the Heightons at (740) 532-7951.

Sam always produces a first-rate product and it’s well worth the purchase.

—— Sinatra ——

Jim Walker is sports editor of The Ironton Tribune.