The Orange County Sportsplex set the backdrop for the Zumbathon Charity Event on Oct. 27, raising nearly $1,000 for Susan G.Koman for the Cure. “Movin’ to End Breast Cancer” was the theme for the Party in Pink. Donations were strictly voluntary. The event garnered so much enthusiasm the Party in Pink will take place again next year.

Meantime, instructors plan to host another Zumbathon in December to raise money for the Toys-for-Tots foundation.

The date and time for that event will be announced at a later date.

The Orange County Sportsplex is located at 101 Meadowland Drive in Hillsborough.

For more information about the programs offered at the Sportsplex, please call 919-644-0339.

Highlanders Rugby starts 10th season

The Highlanders Rugby Football Club will start training in preparation for its 10th season at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lincoln Center field.

Representing the Chapel Hill/Carrboro community, the Higlanders have won five state championships, a Southeast U.S. championship and have competed for a national title. They’ve sent players to the USA Eagle national team and North Carolina All-Star programs.

The Highlanders field U11 thru U19 premium rugby sides. All coaches are certified through USA Rugby.

All new players, ages 10 through 19, are welcome, regarles of experience. For more information, please like www.Facebook.com/HighlandersRugby and/or visit www.highlandersrfc.org.

Orange dominates at SONC games

Special Olympians from Orange county returned last weekend from a successful trip to the Special Olympics of North Carolina Fall Tournament. According to the SONC webpage, nearly 900 athletes participated in the tournament, and SOOC sent 106 (or 12 percent of the total athletes) into the event.

“Wow, no wonder we dominated in soccer, cycling, golf and in the our brand new sport, tennis,” SOOC coordinator Collen Lannigan wrote.

SOOC athletes taking part included: Megan Alexander, Robert Atwater, Sarah Austin, Brandon Barbaro, Bradley John Barnett, Shaquiera Bynum, Florin Caligari, John Caye, Philip Chall, Shenisha Clemmons, Anna Coleman, Alec Conrad, Paul Conway, Chris Cordeiro, Priscilla Crisp, Pierre Crisp, Ryan Day, Alisha Dey, Erik Eide, Zachary Fields, Gillian Fink, Maurice Finks, Adam Folsom, Natalia Edwards Fouts, Steven Fromberg, Brandie Grady, Olivia Megan Hadley, Cheryl Hamlett, Brenda Harward, Travis Hatley, Nicole Hester, Antonio "Jamie" Hester, Christina Irizarry, Caleb M. Ivey, Steven Jones, Kaylee Jordan, Rawley Kabrick, Joey Kessler, Larissa Kiefer, Kristin Kinert, Christie Knudson, Max Kuller, Scott Lambeth, Chris Lanier, Bobby Lee, Stephanie Madden, Lisa Marion, Katherine Matthews, Michael Matthysee, Andrew McKenna, Ronald McKoy, Cody Miller, Glenn T. Miller, Erin Montgomery, Ishan Munshi, Michael H. Nager, Keyana Nettles, Lela "Shanta" Noel, Curtis Nold, James Obie, Symoni Patel, John Pendzich, Aaron Persons, Frankie Peterson, Giuseppe Polcaro, Michael Pollard, Heather Porter, Ahmad Rahman, Jason Ravenscraft, Kenneth Reid, Roscoe Rogers, Frank "Ricky" Sampson, Darrell Schwartz, Sandra Snyder, Brenda Spivey, Hunter Stanford, Olivia Simone Strong, Raghav Swaminathan, Alexis Teplin, Jessica Thompson, Peri Thomson, Ewan Toscano, Joseph Totaro, Preston Uhlenberg, Dana Vanderlinden, Richard Vaughan, Marco "Ulises" Vazquez, Daniel Weiss, Amy Carol Whitfield, Latasha Whitted, David Whitted, George Tommy Wilcox, Emily Wiley, Dorothy "Dot" Williams, Allison Canaday Wright, and Anna Rose Zrubek.

W.E. Warnock