Celebrations of Yesteryear
1998 Big South Champions - Radford Reunion Celebration
Jon Belt, Ryan Charles, Coach Ron Bradley, Kevin Robinson, and Corey Reed showing off the hardware
In July of last year, Hallsley’s Fleetwood Road was buzzing with warm celebrations of yesteryear. It was quarter of a century ago when Radford University made their debut in the NCAA Tournament by winning the Big South Championship, and thus being awarded an automatic bid into the “Big Dance” where as a #16 seed they were paired against star-studded #1, Duke University, for a match up in Lexington Kentucky’s Rupp Arena.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary, Ryan & Bethany Charles threw a backyard pool party at their home where the players, coaches, team managers, and sports information personalities, along with their friends and family, came from as far away as Texas and Arizona to party the afternoon away. It was an event for the ages, full of storytelling and reminiscing and complete with a Fireside Pizza food truck and a surprise pool house showing of the ESPN-televised 1998 Big South Championship game, where the Radford Highlanders beat the UNC Ashville Bulldogs on a last second shot at the buzzer.
Ryan Charles, one of Stroll's long-term supporters has a March Madness message for Hallsley. It is officially time to “hoop” it up. We thought a basketball story from a resident would be appropriate the inspire all the basketball fans for the 2024 March Madness Tournament.
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