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September Newsletter...

“I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” ~~~ 1 Corinthians 9:22 Robby’s Thoughts:  The Bridge This past Sunday at Campbellsville Baptist, we had the opportunity to hear from one of our Southern Baptist Missionaries,...

Auction Update!...

2010  SPORTS REACH 5TH ANNUAL AUCTION “CELEBRATING THE BEGINNING OF 25 YEARS OF MINISTRY” AUGUST 19, 2010, CHRIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST, 4614 BROWNSBORO RD., LOUISVILLE, KY Click Here For Directions and Info EMCEE- MIKE PRATT, FORMER UK BASKETBALL PLAYER AND CURRENT UK RADIO...

July Newsletter...

5TH ANNUAL SPORTS REACH AUCTION AND DINNER “Beginning our Celebration of 25 Years of Ministry” The 2010 Sports Reach 5th Annual Auction “Celebrating the Beginning of 25 years of Ministry” will be August 19, 2010 at Christ Church United Methodist,...

9th & Final Gam...

Reach USA 70 Russia Peak All Stars 69 Jingmen, China— Trailing by one with 3.4 seconds to go, Peyton Siva went coast-to-coast for a twisting game-winning layup over the 7 ft. 4 Russian and Reach USA pulled out a thrilling 70-69 win over the Russia Peak All Stars. In a game...

Game 1 vs. Russians...

Reach US 98 – Russian Peak All Stars 78 ——— Shinshou, China;  In our eighth game of the tour and first against a Russian foe, we trailed early, but took the lead at the 4:16 mark and jumped on the Russian Peak All Stars and didn’t ook back to finish...

Reach wins series...

Hard to believe what happens when you get to eat a little KFC before the game! Following the first taste of some good ol’ Kentucky Fried Chicken, Reach USA came out like gangbusters taking a 20-5 lead after 3:30 minutes into the game and cruised to a 97-62 win in the 7th game...

7th Game looms...

Yes, there is game seven drama building somewhere! While the NBA seems to be lacking in arriving to it’s own seventh game finale…  Reach USA and Bayi will “get it on” in game seven of their series after an 88-81 Bayi win today in game six of the series. Reach...

China Game 5, May 22...

Reach USA 78 Bayi 77 Shizhu, China-In a see-saw affair that came down to three free throws with no time  on the clock, Reach USA managed to edge out the Bayi Rockets 78-77 to take a 3-2 in the series. Both teams held leads of 8 or more in the game, but could not hold off their foe. The...

Reach USA 76 Bayi 67...

May 20, Pengshui, China-  “And a great day was had by all” was a phrase that was common in my hometown paper and I will use it for today as it was a great day! For starters, the guys got to “sleep in” until 10:30 am and we only had to endure a one-hour bus ride. ...

Our Game 3 in China...

May 19, 2010  Qianjiang, China Following a long 5 hour bus ride, we arrived in Qianjiang.  We did have opportunity to have a shoot around before the game and the arena is nice. We have been having packed houses each night and tonight was no exception- somewhere around 4,000. The...

Latest China Update...

May 18, 2010- Tongnan, China Long bus ride today, but tomorrow will be even longer. It will be a4-5 hour trip. which is the longest one we have, thank goodness! The guys are really meshing well. However, the day did not end quite the way we would have liked… GAME RECAP: Bayi...

Tour #2 begins...

May 17, 2010; 11:00 am- We have arrived in Chongquing  from an early morning flight from Beijing.   The team rolled out at 5:15 am to get to the airport for our 7:20 am flight.  We don’t have a great deal of flying on this trip which is always a blessing.  You are only allowed...