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Michelle Furr has quickly earned a reputation as one of the top competitors in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series.

Though her racing career extends over three decades, she and her family first ventured into NHRA national and divisional competition just four years ago, and success quickly followed.  Driving her Ohio Crankshaft/Quickfuel Technologies entries in Super Comp and Super Street, Furr has already earned a pair of NHRA national event wins and racked up several top-tier finishes in the Lucas Oil series points standings.

Through shared experiences, bonds are made over the course of months or years, or even in the span of a few moments, that are unbreakable and unmatched by those who have not endured similar experiences.

Combat can create brothers out of people who otherwise may never have crossed each other’s paths.

High school football – or, combat on a civic, recreational scale – can make the closest of kin out of young men with different backgrounds or different skin tones.

A shared feeling of loss can result in the bonding of hundreds.

Following a lackluster performance Friday at Graham in which Galax saw a two-point third-quarter deficit turn into a 15-point loss, the Maroon Tide players experienced a little chewing out after the game and in practice the following Monday.

The Tide responded by doing a little chewing up on Wednesday.

Galax clamped down defensively on Fort Chiswell to the tune of just two first-half field goals, racing out to a 28-point halftime lead and bouncing back with a 70-47 Mountain Empire District win.

Well, we made it through another one. 

Earl Weaver, Stan Musial, Pat Summerall, Deacon Jones, Ken Norton and Todd Christensen, we wish you could have made it with us. Other notable losses during the year included George Jones, Jonathan Winters, Nelson Mandela, Paul Walker and Harold Camping.