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          <title>Tiger Woods to return to golf at the Masters</title>
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Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Once elusive dream of a BMS Sprint Cup ticket is now a reality for NASCAR fans</title>
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A ticket to a Sprint Cup event at Bristol Motor Speedway once represented an elusive dream for NASCAR fans.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cavaliers play host to Catamounts</title>
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Revenge was sweet, but now it&#8217;s time to move on. That&#8217;s the general mindset of Virginia heading into tonight&#8217;s game against Vermont at Klockner Stadium.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Are NCAA pools good for the office? You bet!</title>
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 The national onset of round-ball fever started Sunday, when the NCAA men&#8217;s basketball tournament brackets were announced, sparking workplace betting pools and the annual debate about the drain on productivity.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Homeschool hoops tourney hosted by LU bringing 60 teams</title>
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They may be educated at home, but the 60 teams from as far away as Iowa that will flood Liberty University this week for the 14th annual East Coast Homeschool Basketball Championships hope to do some schooling of their own &#8212; of their opponents.

It&#8217;s the fourth year LU has hosted the event over its spring break after tournament director Chris Davis started it and ran it for 10 years in Fredericksburg.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:27:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Liberty women draw Kentucky in NCAA opener</title>
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Amber Mays admittedly doesn&#8217;t know a whole lot about Kentucky women&#8217;s basketball.

&#8220;I know about John Wall,&#8221; Mays said. &#8220;He&#8217;s my favorite men&#8217;s college player.&#8221;

In the next few days, Mays and her Liberty teammates will get plenty familiar with UK&#8217;s women&#8217;s team. The 13th-seeded Flames will meet fourth-seeded Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Louisville&#8217;s storied Freedom Hall, which is set to close after this season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Prep scoreboard for Monday&#8217;s games, Tuesday&#8217;s events</title>
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Monday&#8217;s high school scoreboard and Tuesday&#8217;s events           ]]></description>
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          <title>London debuts new Cavaliers football team</title>
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The waiting is over for Mike London. He&#8217;ll take the field and run the Virginia football players through their first practice of the spring this afternoon.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hokies passed up for the Big Dance once again</title>
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The Hokies compiled an NCAA Tournament-worthy resume this season, but it wasn&#8217;t good enough to be selected for the Big Dance. They were one of the last teams left out of the field of 65 and were relegated to the NIT for the third straight year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Red Storm beats Liberty in final game of baseball series</title>
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Liberty was six outs from a three-game sweep of visiting St. John&#8217;s when the Red Storm rallied from a 5-2 deficit with a four-run eighth inning and went on to salvage the third game of the series with a 7-6 victory in 11 innings.           ]]></description>
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          <title>ACC notebook: Coach K discusses a bigger dance</title>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; If the NCAA Tournament does expand, what would that mean for conference tournaments?           ]]></description>
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          <title>LU notebook: Flames get physical</title>
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HIGH POINT, N.C. &#8212; Liberty built its substantial first-half lead in Sunday&#8217;s Big South tournament championship game thanks to brusing, physical play.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Scheyer helps Duke put away Georgia Tech in ACC championship</title>
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Scheyer, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils&#8217; senior guard, knocked down a 3-pointer in the closing seconds to shut the door on pesky Georgia Tech on Sunday in Duke&#8217;s 65-61 ACC Tournament championship game win at Greensboro Coliseum.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lady Flames win Big South championship</title>
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Liberty escaped with a 68-66 victory, earning an NCAA tournament berth for the 13th time in the last 14 years.           ]]></description>
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          <title>ACC Tournament Day 4: Live blog</title>
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News, notes and ruminations from the Greensboro Coliseum in advance of today&#8217;s ACC Tournament championship. Blog will be updated throughout the day.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Excruciating Saturday for Hokies</title>
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Upsets reduces the number of at-large spots available for Virginia Tech&#8217;s basketball team.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Forest holds its own in Preseason Jubilee</title>
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Jefferson Forest&#8217;s up-and-coming lacrosse club showcased its potential in Saturday&#8217;s Preseason Jubilee, an eight-team, two-day tournament hosted by E.C. Glass on its FieldTurf stadium.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Devils ride out Hurricanes&#8217; attack</title>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; Kyle Singler provided a textbook example for attacking a 2-3 zone defense in the second half of Duke&#8217;s 77-74 ACC Tournament semifinal win over Miami on Saturday at Greensboro Coliseum.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Desperate N.C. State loses to Georgia Tech</title>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; Javier Gonzalez was desperate, and desperation makes for great theatrics on the basketball court.            ]]></description>
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          <title>LU guards make their point</title>
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HIGH POINT, N.C. &#8212; Task one on a scouting report on Liberty&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team: Contest everything Devon Brown does.           ]]></description>
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          <title>ACC Tournament Day 3: Live blog</title>
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News, notes and ruminations from the Greensboro Coliseum in advance of today&#8217;s ACC tournament semifinals. Blog will be updated throughout the day.           ]]></description>
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          <title>N.C. State topples Florida State</title>
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Freshman forward Scott Wood scores all 18 of his points on 3-pointers in Wolfpack win.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:55:37 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Greenberg offers ambiguous response to St. John&#8217;s rumors</title>
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Greenberg simply says, &#8220;I&#8217;m coaching at Virginia Tech.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Madison blocks Altavista&#8217;s avenue to a state championship</title>
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RICHMOND &#8212; With Friday&#8217;s Group A, Division 1, state championship boys basketball game hanging in the balance, Altavista&#8217;s Tavonne Payne tip-toed along the top edge of the scorer&#8217;s table trying to save a loose ball from going out of bounds.           ]]></description>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg has the next couple of days all figured out. He thinks he can keep his players&#8217; minds off their team&#8217;s still-questionable NCAA tournament fate by doing a few simple things.           ]]></description>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; Late in Virginia&#8217;s 57-46 ACC Tournament quarterfinal loss to Duke on Friday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum, Cavaliers guard Sammy Zeglinski stole the basketball from Duke&#8217;s Jon Scheyer, raced the length of the court, missed an easy layup, got the rebound, missed another layup and watched as Duke&#8217;s Lance Thomas pulled down the rebound.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dan River battles James River in Group A semifinal</title>
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RINGGOLD &#8212; Dan River senior guard Reggie Stone&#8217;s eyes widened and his grin slowly grew larger as the question was asked during the press conference following the Wildcats&#8217; thrilling 48-45 victory over Essex in the Group A, Division 2 state quarterfinals.           ]]></description>
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          <title>ACC Tournament Day 2: Live blog</title>
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News, notes and ruminations from the Greensboro Coliseum in advance of today&#8217;s ACC tournament quarterfinals. Blog will be updated throughout the day.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Georgia Tech ousts North Carolina, 62&#45;58</title>
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Start fast, stumble to the finish. The preceding sentence perfectly summed up both North Carolina&#8217;s basketball season and its 62-58 first-round ACC tournament loss to Georgia Tech on Thursday evening.           ]]></description>
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          <title>How much does Greenberg love New York?</title>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg is a New York fella through and through. But when it comes to basketball, the Long Island native has made himself quite a home in Blacksburg.           ]]></description>
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In the Big South, non-Gardner-Webb division, Liberty&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team was completely dominant this season.           ]]></description>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; A first-round bye gave the Virginia Tech men&#8217;s basketball team a much-needed break entering today&#8217;s ACC tournament quarterfinal matchup with Miami at Greensboro Coliseum.            ]]></description>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; When the buzzer finally sounded Thursday, Jeff Jones turned around, clapping, waving his arms in the air, encouraging the group of Virginia fans that made the trip to the Greensboro Coliseum to cheer along with him.           ]]></description>
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Altavista&#8217;s boys basketball team has reached three of the past four Group A, Division 1, Final Fours at VCU&#8217;s Siegel Center. Today at 3:45 p.m., it will make its first appearance in the championship game since beating Riverheads in 2004 for its only state title.

The Colonels challenge Madison County in a rematch of the Region B, Division 1 final at Spotswood, won by the Mountaineers 59-31.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND &#8212; Long after the frustration had worn off after being defeated by Madison County in the Region B championship game, Altavista junior forward Jerrell Jordan, and arguably every one of his teammates, wanted a chance to play the Mountaineers again.

Two weeks and two solid defensive efforts later, the Colonels have their wish on high school&#8217;s biggest stage. 

Altavista is in position to claim a second state championship after a dominating defensive performance in a 46-34 Group A, Division 1, boys basketball state semifinal victory over Appalachia on Thursday night at the Siegel Center on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, setting up a rematch with Madison County (25-0) at 3:45 p.m. today.           ]]></description>
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BRISTOL, Tenn. &#8211; While Bristol Motor Speedway officials are fretting that Bluff City&#8217;s new speed cameras on U.S. Highway 11E might upset and alienate unsuspecting race visitors, city officials said Wednesday that the controversial detectors will be operating during the March 19-21 race weekend.           ]]></description>
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WELCOME, NC - As far as Clint Bowyer is concerned, Carl Edwards actions Sunday in Atlanta, crossed a line.&nbsp; &#8220;There wasn&#8217;t anybody who saw that&#8230; you, me, anybody.&nbsp; Everybody knew that it was too far.&nbsp; It was very scary&#8230; could have killed somebody, and very stupid&#8221;, said Bowyer.           ]]></description>
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Sammy Zeglinski scored 21 points and Jeff Jones added 14 this afternoon to lead Virginia to a 68-62 victory over Boston College in the first round of the ACC tournament, snapping a nine-game losing streak.           ]]></description>
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Virginia coach Tony Bennett says there has been at least one advantage in not having leading scorer Sylven Landesberg and senior captain Calvin Baker available for the ACC tournament.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; The Sylven Landesberg situation is a perfect example of what Tony Bennett has dealt with during his first year as Virginia&#8217;s basketball coach. Bennett had to make a big-picture decision that had a direct effect on the Cavaliers&#8217; short-term fortunes.

By the time Bennett made the call last Saturday to suspend Landesberg for the season due to academic issues, those short-term fortunes were mostly irrelevant. In Bennett&#8217;s mind, there had to be consequences for Landesberg&#8217;s failure to live up to clearly defined expectations set by the coaching staff at the beginning of the season. Not university expectations, mind you, but Bennett expectations.           ]]></description>
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Altavista boys basketball coach Mike Cartolaro is a good friend and former coaching rival of Appalachia&#8217;s Patton Jervis.

When the Colonels (17-5) and Bulldogs (23-5) square off at 5 this afternoon in the Group A, Division 1, state semifinal at VCU&#8217;s Siegel Center, the players will be countering jumpshots and defensive stops on the floor while their coaches match wits from the sideline.           ]]></description>
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DARLINGTON &#8212; Elliott Sadler doesn&#8217;t blame Carl Edwards for his actions during Sunday&#8217;s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.           ]]></description>
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BRISTOL, Tenn. &#8211; Rock slides, daylight saving time and new traffic signals and speed cameras on U.S. Highway 11E might prove challenging for race weekend motorists later this month, city and race officials said Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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So, now that Sylven Landesberg is gone, along with Calvin Baker, does Virginia have any chance of advancing past the opening round of the ACC tournament on Thursday against Boston College? Not really.           ]]></description>
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Greivis Vasquez accepted the Atlantic Coast Conference&#8217;s top individual honor the same way he plays the game: with boundless emotion.            ]]></description>
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Lynchburg College made Averett pay for several hit-batters and walks with key two-out hits that scored runs in the Hornets&#8217; 10-5 victory over the Cougars on Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney received a couple more postseason honors Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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Junior named to Sporting News All-America team and USBWA&#8217;s All-District 3 team.            ]]></description>
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RICHMOND, VA&#8212;Chris Wilbers and George Templeton discuss this week&#8217;s developments in NASCAR, including Carl Edwards aggressive driving.           ]]></description>
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On the basketball court, Virginia sophomore Sylven Landesberg could be considered an artist of sorts.           ]]></description>
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The dates have been set for the return of the Dixie Youth O-Zone World Series in Madison Heights. The tournament will be Aug. 5-Aug. 11, 2011.           ]]></description>
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Tech point guard Malcolm Delaney was one of three unanimous selections to this year&#8217;s All-ACC squad, along with Maryland guard Greivis Vasquez and Duke guard Jon Scheyer. Clemson&#8217;s Trevor Booker and Duke&#8217;s Kyle Singler were also named to the first team.           ]]></description>
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During Liberty&#8217;s 73-48 win Monday night at the Vines Center, High Point&#8217;s Mackenzie Maier once again found some rough moments while going up against the Flames.           ]]></description>
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Hokies junior guard Malcolm Delaney becomes only the second first-team All-ACC pick for the Hokies.            ]]></description>
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DURHAM - As gyms go, the ceiling is small. The banners are large and plentiful, crowded rows of white banners draped from brass rods, signifying ACC championships.           ]]></description>
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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) &#8212; Kurt Busch was running out front with three laps to go when things really got interesting.           ]]></description>
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While the level of certainity remains unknown, Virginia football coach Mike London landed a pair of commitments on Sunday for the Class of 2011 after the third Junior Day in Charlottesville.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; Tony Bennett trudged into the Virginia locker room after the Cavaliers&#8217; emotional 74-68 loss to Maryland on Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena and apologized to his players.

With 38.6 seconds remaining and UVa trailing by one, Jerome Meyinsse tried to get in front of Sean Mosley and take a charge. Instead, the contact was ruled a block, and Bennett lost it. He tore his jacket off and spiked it to the floor near the UVa bench. And with JPJA already at a fevered pitch after the foul call, official Jamie Luckie tagged Bennett with the first technical foul of his career.
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Baseball took a backseat for a few minutes Saturday at Fox Field as Lynchburg College&#8217;s team took time before its scheduled doubleheader against Washington &amp; Lee to remember the passing of three members of its baseball family and an member of its extended family.

The Hornets asked for a moment of silence to honor Jeff Taylor Sr., Doug Knowles, Betty Spencer and ODAC official Jay Youngquist.            ]]></description>
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WILLIAMSBURG &#8212; Altavista junior center Jerrell Jordan guarded West Point forward Aaron Roane man-to-man in the post in Saturday&#8217;s Group A, Division 1, state quarterfinal, holding him to five points &#8212; at least 12 below his average.

That was the difference in the Colonels&#8217; 56-44 victory at William &amp; Mary&#8217;s Kaplan Arena.

&#8220;Jerrell on Roane was a great matchup,&#8221; Altavista coach Mike Cartolaro said. &#8220;He was really active and got out and challenged him on the perimeter and did a good job.&#8221;
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Saturday&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
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WILLIAMSBURG &#8212; Surry County earned its first trip to the Group A, Division 1, Final Four in Richmond with a 60-48 victory over Altavista in Saturday&#8217;s state quarterfinal at William &amp; Mary&#8217;s Kaplan Arena.

The Chargers (20-4) came out firing a flurry of jump shots, opening a 14-5 lead on Britney Johnson&#8217;s 15-foot swish from the right wing on transition and ReaChaun Edwards&#8217; long two-pointer from the left wing off a cross-court, inbounds assist from Whitney Johnson.

&#8220;We just like to push the ball and expose a team&#8217;s weaknesses and capitalize off of that,&#8221; said Britney Johnson, who had 16 points and nine rebounds.
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Virginia&#8217;s leading scorer will miss the rest of the year after being suspended for academic issues.           ]]></description>
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The Temple Christian School girls&#8217; basketball team rallied from 31-13 halftime deficit to put a fourth-quarter scare into Mt. Caramel Academy on Friday in the VACA state semifinals at Timberlake Christian School.           ]]></description>
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Delaware State came to Lynchburg on Friday with barely enough players to hold an intrasquad scrimmage. Suspensions have ravaged the Hornets&#8217; roster, and for the second straight weekend, they played with just 12 players.           ]]></description>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; In the nine years Altavista has been a Group A school, its boys basketball teams have qualified for seven state tournaments.           ]]></description>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; Chelsea Stephens, the Dogwood District girls basketball player of the year, does plenty of positive things for Altavista in the post, but shot blocking is not one of her strengths.           ]]></description>
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Amber Mays knows that flipping the switch is one of the toughest things to do in sports.           ]]></description>
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Trailing 45-26 at halftime to Ridgeview Christian in the semifinals of the Virginia Association of Christian Schools state tournament, Faith Christian looked like a team out of gas.           ]]></description>
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Monica Wright will walk into the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum tonight for an ACC tournament game with a new honor.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s defense already has to replace plenty of talent when spring practices begin March 31. Now, the Hokies will spend the spring, and at least part of fall practice, without another defensive starter.            ]]></description>
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It was cold, windy and still very soggy in places, but Lynchburg College&#8217;s baseball team finally took the field for its home opener Thursday and the Hornets rewarded their hardiest of fans with a memorable performance.           ]]></description>
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Evan Gordon, Antwan Burrus and Patrick Konan were the key signees in Liberty coach Dale Layer&#8217;s first recruiting class, and all signed in the late period.           ]]></description>
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In Chestnut Hill, Mass., Virginia star Sylven Landesberg was back in action. Unfortunately, it didn&#8217;t make any difference for the spiraling Wahoos.           ]]></description>
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The victory clinched a winning ACC record for the Hokies &#8212; their third winning conference mark in the last four seasons &#8212; and kept them very much alive for one of 34 at-large bids to the NCAA tournament.           ]]></description>
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Scott Thacker, a Jefferson Forest graduate and senior swimmer at Florida State Univer-sity, was the 100-yard breast-stroke champion at Saturday&#8217;s ACC championship finals, clocking a time of 53.59 seconds.           ]]></description>
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Bulldogs, Wednesday&#8217;s Virginia Independent Schools Division I girls basketball quarterfinal that pitted Liberty Christian Academy and visiting Norfolk Academy, turned into an all-out dogfight.

&#8220;I&#8217;ve coached basketball for 20 years and that might have been the ugliest game I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; LCA coach Mike Morris said after his team&#8217;s 41-36 triumph. &#8220;Both teams were playing very aggressive defense, and the referees let it go a little bit (but) we came out on top.&#8221;

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Wednesday&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
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Scattershooting around the ACC in anticipation of tonight&#8217;s perhaps prelude to next week&#8217;s conference tournament championship game ...           ]]></description>
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R&amp;R Racing. NASCAR heads to Atlanta, where Chris and George pick Kevin Harvick or Jeff Gordon.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; Earlier this season, Jerome Meyinsse was promoted to a starting spot in the lineup, unseating sophomore Assane Sene. This is the sort of thing that can create ill will among teammates.           ]]></description>
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The losing streak is concerning, but Virginia Tech&#8217;s play of late is not.           ]]></description>
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ROCK HILL, S.C. &#8212; Two Liberty players scored more than 20 points in Tuesday night&#8217;s Big South tournament quarterfinal game against Winthrop, but no one else scored more than six.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;We&#8217;re hoping within the next two of three races that we&#8217;ll be able to be at a point where we say it&#8217;s time to take the wings off and put the spoiler on,&#8220; NASCAR president Mike Helton said Monday.           ]]></description>
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Liberty coach Dale Layer doesn&#8217;t know what to make of the Flames&#8217; ledger of late. Since Jan. 28, Liberty hasn&#8217;t won two in a row or lost two in a row, alternating wins and losses ever since winning two straight at the end of January.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; Monica Wright&#8217;s once-slender shoulders are now strong and sturdy. And that is a good thing, because Wright, a senior wing guard, has carried the University of Virginia women&#8217;s basketball team throughout the 2009-10 season.           ]]></description>
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For all 40 minutes of Sunday night&#8217;s game against Duke, Virginia sophomore Sylven Landesberg &#8212; suffering from a badly bruised right thigh, sat next to Brad Soucie &#8212; the school&#8217;s director of basketball operations.           ]]></description>
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) &#8212; An Olympics that began with the death of a luger ended Sunday with an exuberant celebration of Canada &#8212; reflecting a determined comeback by the host country&#8217;s organizers and athletes.           ]]></description>
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Regional college roundup for Saturday&#8217;s events.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; The epic game ended in crushing fashion for the Virginia Tech men&#8217;s basketball team.

The Hokies made countless plays to keep pace with Maryland, but they couldn&#8217;t stop Terps guard Greivis Vasquez (career-high 41 points) or prevent a 104-100 double-overtime loss on Saturday night at Cassell Coliseum.
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Amherst senior Terrance Morse staged come-from-behind wins in the 300- and 500-meter runs to pace the Lancers to a surprise third-place team finish in Saturday&#8217;s Group AA indoor track and field championships at Liberty University&#8217;s Tolsma Indoor Track Center.

Morse overtook Bassett&#8217;s Quentin Parker on the final lap of the 500, crashing across the line in 1 minute, 6.57 seconds, bettering his personal record time of 1:08.33 set at last week&#8217;s Region III meet, also run at LU.           ]]></description>
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Before Liberty Christian Academy&#8217;s Blue Ridge Conference championship Saturday night, Bulldogs coach Michael Morris admitted his team was the underdog against top-seeded Miller School. 

The reason: Miller&#8217;s three-headed monster of Whitney Martin, Ashley Bowles and 6-foot-7 senior center Ruta Lizdenyte.

LCA countered with a star of its own in senior Edina Musa, who finished with 19 points. But it wasn&#8217;t enough as Martin and Bowles combined to lead the Mavericks to a 52-48 victory over the Bulldogs at Virginia Episcopal School.           ]]></description>
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PENN LAIRD &#8212; Riverheads&#8217; dream season added another chapter Saturday night in the Region B, Division 1, Championship. 

The Gladiators defeated Altavista 58-31 at Spotswood High School to win their first Region B title since 1988.            ]]></description>
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Prep agat from Saturday&#8217;s competition           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:23:50 EDT</pubDate>
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Miller School&#8217;s front line consists of two 6-foot-8 players from Cameroon in Hippolyte Tsafack and Brice Kofane. LCA coach John Patterson reasoned his team wouldn&#8217;t have much of a shot of winning Saturday night&#8217;s VIC, Divison I championship at VES if the Bulldogs tried to defend those two man-to-man.

So they dared senior guard Preston Terrell to beat them. And he did.

Terrell hit three big 3-pointers during a third-quarter Mavericks run, giving Miller the space it needed in a 53-46 victory.
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Friday&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
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SALEM &#8212; Lynchburg College&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team played about as well as it could in Friday&#8217;s Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal against Guilford. But the Hornets still came up short, 69-61, against the Quakers and 6-foot-11 ODAC Player of the Year, Tyler Sanborn.

Guilford advances to today&#8217;s semifinals and will play third-seeded Virginia Wesleyan at 8 p.m. at the Salem Civic Center. The Marlins defeated Washington &amp; Lee 85-80. The other semifinal will feature the top seed, Eastern Mennonite, versus fourth-seeded Randolph-Macon at 6 p.m. The Royals defeated Bridgewater 87-67 and the Yellow Jackets knocked off Hampden-Sydney 84-48.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:21:19 EDT</pubDate>
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AMHERST &#8212; At the start of the season, Altavista girls basketball coach Debra Spencer didn&#8217;t entertain thoughts that her team might return to the Group AA, Division 1, state tournament.

Tonight, the Colonels, who lost all but three players from last year&#8217;s squad and feature four freshmen and three sophomores on an 11-girl roster, will follow Altavista&#8217;s boys in the Region B, Division 1, championship doubleheader at Spotswood High. 

Both teams receive automatic berths to the Group A, Division 1 tournament in the same season for the second time since they won their first state titles in 2004. 

&#8220;We&#8217;re going to the &#8217;ship,&#8221; Colonels senior Carrie Cox shouted as she hugged Chelsea Stephens on the way out of Amherst High School&#8217;s gym, site of Friday night&#8217;s 67-31 semifinal victory over Central-Lunenburg.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:40:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lindsey Vonn skies out of Olympic slalom</title>
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Lindsey Vonn&#8217;s Olympics is over after she skied out of the women&#8217;s slalom, her last Alpine event in Vancouver.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:31:29 EDT</pubDate>
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