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Kruger pockets 13th place at junior pool championship in Rochester
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
July 23, 2025
Hills Beaver Creek senior Bode Kruger shot his way to a 13th place tie in the 2025 Valley National 8-Ball League Association Junior Pool Championship in Rochester July 17-20. “I did better than I thought I might at the tournament playing older competitors,” he said Monday. The Valley National 8-Ball League Association is a non-profit organization established to promote the game of pool on coin-…
Kruger And Smith Honored For Race Careers And Accomplishments
By Greg Hoogeveen
July 27, 2023
This past week two local race car drivers were honored for their careers in the sport. Jeremy Smith was inducted into the Murray County Speedway Hall of Fame on July 15. Smith has been racing since he was 17 years old. He started out in the sportsmen class and worked his way through hobby stock, B-Mod and eventually A-Mods where he has been racing for the past seven years. Some of the races…