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          <title>High school scoreboard for Friday&#8217;s games</title>
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Friday night&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Liberty prepares for VMI&#8217;s triple option attack</title>
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Richard Anthony isn&#8217;t even on Liberty&#8217;s official football roster. Spencer Landis is a fourth-string quarterback who hasn&#8217;t played a snap this season.

Yet those two became important players at practice this week, as the Flames prepared for tonight&#8217;s game against VMI &#8212; Liberty&#8217;s home finale &#8212; and the Keydets&#8217; triple-option offense.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UVa hopes to sweat out victory in Miami</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s football practices this week were conducted in sweats, not because the temperature was low in Charlottesville, but rather to try to imitate the heat the Wahoos will face today in Miami. 

&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to simulate, but we&#8217;re trying to get as close to it as we can here,&#8221; receiver Vic Hall said.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Hokies&#8217; defense held its own against Pirates</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8212; Though it was pushed to the brink a few times, Virginia Tech&#8217;s defense didn&#8217;t concede much in the Hokies&#8217; 16-3 win over East Carolina on Thursday night.


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          <title>Staunton River falls to Northside, backs into Region III playoffs</title>
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Staunton River clinched its first playoff berth in more than a decade despite losing Friday night&#8217;s game to a Northside team that was an offensive buzzsaw.

The Vikings rolled up 601 yards of total offense in a 51-26 victory that sealed the Blue Ridge District title outright.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gretna bounces back from rare loss with big win</title>
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GRETNA &#8212; It&#8217;s an odd feeling for a Gretna Hawk football team: Trying to bounce back from a regular-season loss more than once in a year.

It hasn&#8217;t happened since 2002, when the Hawks went 8-4. But that was exactly the task in front of Gretna this week. The Hawks were coming off a loss to Appomattox, the first Dogwood team other than William Campbell to defeat them in the last seven years. Gretna also lost its season opener at LCA.

And pity poor Chatham, which was on the other side of Gretna&#8217;s rebound effort. The Hawks scored two touchdowns before the Cavaliers could blink as Gretna cruised to a 52-0 victory that lasted less than two hours, thanks to a second-half running clock.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:16:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst clinches Seminole crown with ugly win at Rustburg</title>
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If football games were beauty pageants, Friday night&#8217;s Amherst-Rustburg matchup would not have even made it out of the first round. 

But thankfully they&#8217;re not, and Amherst clinched another Seminole District championship with a 45-0 victory over the Red Devils.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Raiders&#8217; Thomas scores twice at Dan River in memory of father</title>
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RINGGOLD &#8212; Neal Thomas did not play like his heart was heavy and his mind was elsewhere. For the senior wide receiver, the plays that he made on offense and defense seem to come as naturally as they would in any other game.

Thomas, who lost his father earlier in the week, scored two touchdowns midway through the Raiders&#8217; contest against Dan River that swung the tide toward the Appomattox sideline. 

That momentum &#8212; and a key stop by the Raiders&#8217; defense on a potential Dan River game-tying two-point conversion in overtime &#8212; gave the Raiders a 28-26 victory and ensured Appomattox a share of the Dogwood District title and a berth in the Region B, Division 2, playoffs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Minutemen roll into playoffs with rout of Pioneers</title>
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Fourteen jumping jacks. That&#8217;s how many the Liberty Minutemen football team will do in practice.

The number is 14 because that is how long coach Chris Watts wants this season to be. A 14-game season for the Minutemen would mean a first-round bye in the playoffs and a run to the state championship game.

The playoff picture may still be uncertain, but with a 43-23 home win against Heritage on Friday, the Minutemen locked up that first-round bye and assured themselves of at least two more weeks of practice and sets of 14 jumping jacks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:56:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Brookville knocks rival JF out of Region III playoff picture</title>
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FOREST &#8212; Early in the fourth quarter of Friday night&#8217;s Seminole District finale at Sabre Stadium, Brookville&#8217;s Deshon Foxx took a pitch from quarterback Kendall Becraft, just like he had three times before.

He had turned one into his second first-half touchdown, slanting inside the left pylon on fourth-and-goal from Jefferson Forest&#8217;s 2.

But this time, with the game tied at 20 and the Bees facing third-and-8 at JF&#8217;s 28, Foxx rolled to his right and unleashed a 30-yard spiral that hit Alec Thompson in stride in the right side of the end zone for the winning touchdown in a 27-20 triumph.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Scores for week 11, Nov. 6</title>
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Brookville at Jefferson Forest and G-Dub at Fleming top the list of games this week. Staunton River still has a chance to get into the playoffs if they can win against Northside. Check back for scores and highlights. Don&#8217;t forget to make sure we&#8217;ve got your team&#8217;s score. You can call 540-981-9126.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:36:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dogwood District&#8217;s balance of power in state of flux</title>
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At the start of this season, Appomattox second-year coach Ben Martin anticipated there would be five legitimate contenders in the seven-team Dogwood District race.

Two obvious candidates were Gretna and William Campbell, which have won the last nine district titles, capturing six state championships in the past seven seasons.

The rest included the Raiders, who last won a district title more than 10 years ago, Altavista which last made the regional playoffs nearly 20 years ago, and Dan River.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:05:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Friday&#8217;s high school football capsules</title>
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Preview capsules of Friday night&#8217;s football games involving area teams           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:03:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hokies win ugly, but impressively, at ECU</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8212; Virginia Tech got back to its winning ways Thursday night, style points be darned.

It wasn&#8217;t always pretty, but the 22nd-ranked Hokies did enough to wrestle away a 16-3 win from East Carolina in front of a revved up crowd of 43,569 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.            ]]></description>
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          <title>ACC announces bowl destination changes for 2010</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8212; The Atlantic Coast Conference announced a revamped bowl lineup for 2010 on Thursday. The changes? The Gator and Emerald bowls are out and the Sun and Independence bowls are in.

The Sun Bowl, which is played in El Paso, Texas, will take the Gator&#8217;s place in the ACC pecking order. It&#8217;ll get the ACC championship game loser, if available, or the third pick out of the conference after BCS selections in a matchup with a Pac-10 school.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Governors pull rank on Colonels, defend Dogwood tournament title</title>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; There was no thrilling comeback or heartbreaking loss for Nelson County on Thursday in the Dogwood District volleyball tournament championship match in Altavista, hosted by the Colonels.

Nelson County simply swept aside Altavista, the regular-season champion, to repeat as the tournament champions, 25-15, 25-20, and 25-20.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:44:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Glass stuns JF early, wins first Seminole final in four</title>
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BEDFORD &#8212; To prepare for its first Seminole District tournament, E.C. Glass&#8217;s volleyball team scheduled a late-season match against its former Western Valley District nemesis, Patrick Henry.

The Group AAA tune-up, won by the Hilltoppers, helped them to play at a higher level in Thursday night&#8217;s championship match against Jefferson Forest at Liberty High School.           ]]></description>
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          <title>JF hosts rival Brookville in regular&#45;season&#45;ending clash</title>
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There will be plenty at stake tonight at 7 at Sabre Stadium when Jefferson Forest, which occupies the sixth and final spot in the Region III, Division 4, playoff race, hosts Brookville, rated third in Region III, Division 3.

But even if that wasn&#8217;t the case, there would still be a different vibe in the air for this Seminole District showdown.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:30:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia AD casts ominous cloud over Groh&#8217;s future</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) &#8212; Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage says a decision on Al Groh&#8217;s future as the school&#8217;s football coach will come at the end of the season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Undersized Ehrmann plays big for Deacons</title>
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Coach Jim Grobe of Wake Forest sees redshirt freshman Joey Ehrmann as the kind of player who will grow on you.           ]]></description>
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In the past 30 years, the Washington Redskins have seen the best of times&#8212;three Super Bowl victories&#8212;and the worst of times, one playoff appearance between 1994 and 2004, including a 0-7 start in 1998 and a 0-5 start in 2001.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Phillies&#8217; bid for repeat falls short against Yanks</title>
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Defending champions the Philadelphia Phillies fell two wins short in their bid to become the first NL team in 33 years to win consecutive World Series titles. Their quest ended with a 7-3 loss to the New York Yankees in Game 6 on Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governors volley past Generals in Dogwood semis</title>
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Volleyball is a fast-paced game, and there is little time to play it safe. A perfect example was found in Dogwood District semifinal match between visiting Nelson County and William Campbell in Naruna on Wednesday.

The Generals won the first two games only to have the Governors (15-3) dominate the next three games and take the match 21-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-18 and 15-11 and advance to the Dogwood District championship match today at 7 p.m. in Altavista, where they will face the Colonels.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Broggin&#8217;s versatility comes in handy for Flames</title>
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Danny Broggin was a state-championship winning quarterback at William Campbell High School in 2005, but once he took the final snap in the Generals&#8217; 18-0 win over J.I. Burton at James Madison&#8217;s Bridgeforth Stadium, he knew his time as a signal caller was done.

No one was recruiting the 6-foot Broggin as a quarterback, and the school who eventually offered him a scholarship &#8212; Liberty &#8212; had no plans of using him behind center.

When he arrived in the fall of 2006, though, Broggin had no idea what his role would be. It&#8217;s a theme that&#8217;s carried over throughout his Flames career.           ]]></description>
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          <title>JF girls repeat as Region III champions, boys runners&#45;up</title>
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DALEVILLE &#8212; A couple of brother-sister tandems were largely responsible for Jefferson Forest&#8217;s girls cross country team capturing its third consecutive Region III championship and the Cavaliers&#8217; boys squad finishing runner-up for the second straight season, Wednesday at Lord Botetourt&#8217;s 3.1-mile Greenfield Park course.

Sophomore Mary Deis was the girls&#8217; champion, winning in 20 minutes, 47 seconds, and senior brother Robert Deis placed an area-best fifth in the boys race in 17:28.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Playing for pride, Tech out to avenge loss to ECU</title>
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Three weeks ago, Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team had so much to play for. It was still in the national title hunt and was the odds on favorite to win its third straight ACC championship.

After two losses and a precipitous fall in the rankings, the Hokies have had to dig deep for inspiration.

There&#8217;s still at least one major motivator on the line for the rest of the season.

&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely pride,&#8221; Hokies senior linebacker Cody Grimm said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Prep scoreboard for Wednesday&#8217;s events</title>
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Wednesday&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
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Andy Pettitte against Pedro Martinez, with the Yankees one win from ecstasy. Now that&#8217;s a World Series matchup worth talking about.            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams stayed up all night Thursday thinking about the fumble that led to the deciding points in North Carolina&#8217;s 20-17 upset win over then-No. 14 Virginia Tech.

His teammates tried to convince him that he wasn&#8217;t to blame for the Hokies&#8217; loss, but his fumble at the Tar Heels&#8217; 24-yard line with 2:02 left stayed with him. It haunted him. &#8220;It makes me sick to my stomach,&#8221; he told reporters Sunday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:42:17 EST</pubDate>
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When Liberty football coach Danny Rocco first decorated his office at the Williams Football Operations Center when it opened in 2006, he adorned the walls with photos from previous coaching stops.

There was a shot of Virginia&#8217;s linebacking corps, which included players like Ahmad Brooks and Darryl Blackstock. There was a shot of Boston College beating Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.

As the years went by, he replaced the art with photos of Liberty&#8217;s football accomplishments. There&#8217;s a shot of the Flames winning their first Big South crown on Gardner-Webb&#8217;s field. There are photos of key members of this season&#8217;s senior class, a group that&#8217;s near and dear to the head coach&#8217;s heart.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:28:27 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; It&#8217;s an exaggeration to say that Virginia is the worst team in a BCS conference when it comes to scoring points. 

But it&#8217;s not too far off.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:19:15 EST</pubDate>
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Prep scoreboard for Tuesday&#8217;s games            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:09:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>JF, Glass set up rubber match in Seminole final</title>
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BEDFORD &#8212; After splitting with newcomer E.C. Glass and finishing tied for first place in the Seminole District regular season, Jefferson Forest&#8217;s volleyball team won a coin flip to determine the top seed for this week&#8217;s district and next week&#8217;s Region III tournaments.

Thursday at Liberty, the two teams, who swept their semifinal opponents on Tuesday, will have the opportunity to settle the score on the court in the district championship match.           ]]></description>
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Win or lose, week 10 highlighted some outstanding individual efforts.           ]]></description>
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Despite woeful numbers and the apparent changes coming at the McCue Center, Virginia&#8217;s players will attempt to win for Coach Al Groh and each other.           ]]></description>
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By the ninth inning, Phillies fans were preparing for the worst. The New York Yankees were at it again, chipping away at a dwindling lead and threatening to take away the Phils&#8217; World Series title right there at Citizens Bank Park. Desperate to hang on, somehow Chase Utley and the Phillies did.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bump and Run: Despite new rule, last laps turn into free&#45;for&#45;all</title>
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - NASCAR demanded drivers be on their best behavior at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting sanitized what&#8217;s usually one of the most spectacular races of the season.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:20:30 EST</pubDate>
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PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Alex Rodriguez waited all game for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole career.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:54:41 EST</pubDate>
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Lynchburg College dodged an early bullet from visiting Randolph College in the first round of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference&#8217;s men&#8217;s soccer tournament Saturday and went on to roll to an impressive 6-0 victory over the WildCats.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:27:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Up by five late, UVa yields 16 points and loses to Duke</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; Each dropped pass in Jameel Sewell&#8217;s 8-for-22 outing was an inkblot test for fans.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:26:22 EST</pubDate>
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It was an odd scene Saturday evening. As Liberty finished a 55-19 thrashing of winless Presbyterian, avenging the loss from last season that cost the Flames a berth in the FCS playoffs, the crowd at Williams Stadium looked much like the one that shows up Friday nights for LCA games.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:23:13 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; At times last Saturday, Virginia&#8217;s cornerbacks felt like they weren&#8217;t even playing the game. 

Chris Cook and Ras-I Dowling anchor the ACC&#8217;s best pass defense, and Georgia Tech didn&#8217;t have any interest in trying to throw on them &#8212; there were just eight passes attempted all game. 

&#8220;Those guys are always saying they wish they had more action,&#8221; coach Al Groh said. &#8220;Well, they&#8217;re going to get their wish.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:02:16 EST</pubDate>
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Presbyterian has something on Liberty that no other Big South conference team does in the last three seasons. The Blue Hose have beaten the Flames.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:55:29 EST</pubDate>
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AMHERST &#8212; Jefferson Forest&#8217;s football team gave Amherst its toughest test of the season, Friday night at Lancer Stadium, before allowing the Lancers to capitalize on a couple of big plays and come away with a 30-0 victory, their second shutout of the season.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:51:45 EST</pubDate>
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Brookville got back to the basics in practice, and it got back to its winning ways on the football field.

The Bees&#8217; defense held E.C. Glass to 67 total yards and four first downs and their offense accounted for 342 yards in a 32-0 home victory Friday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:45:07 EST</pubDate>
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NARUNA &#8212; Altavista had endured a lot of pain at the hands of William Campbell over the years, and plenty of humiliation.

The scores the last four seasons: 28-3, 56-0, 56-6, 70-0, all in favor of the Generals.

And when the Generals won those games, they made sure the Colonels knew how many points they scored, jumping up and down at the middle of the field once for each point tallied.

So it was with great satisfaction Friday night after Altavista&#8217;s convincing 28-6 victory that the Colonels gathered at one end of William Campbell&#8217;s stadium and jumped up and down 28 times.           ]]></description>
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CHATHAM &#8212; As Chatham&#8217;s defense time after time held Nelson County out of the end zone when the Governors were threatening in regulation, it was only fitting that the defense made two stands in overtime to give the offense a chance to get that elusive first win.

Chatham junior quarterback Cam McClellan scored on a touchdown run on the Cavaliers&#8217; first play in the second overtime, sending Chatham to a thrilling 28-22 homecoming victory Friday night in a Dogwood District matchup.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:37:40 EST</pubDate>
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Kenny Scott already had two touchdowns by the end of the third quarter. Both of them came on the ground, the first from four yards out and the second from 15. 

Still, the Gretna Hawks had held him mostly in check, limiting him to short carries and stifling the passing game. So when Scott stood over the ball on his own 20 after a Gretna punt, with the game tied at 20 in the fourth quarter, facing a Hawks team he had never beat, he must have felt the eyes of the home crowd watching him, silently pleading with him to make a play.

Scott did, breaking loose from a pack of defenders on first down for an 80-yard touchdown, putting the Raiders on top for good in a wild 28-26 shootout win on senior night at Appomattox.           ]]></description>
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Heritage scored 13 unanswered points in the second half to knock off Rustburg 34-14 in a Seminole District matchup at City Stadium on a decidedly emotional senior night for the Pioneers.

&#8220;We knew with all the injuries coming into the year that it was going to be rough, but they stuck it out,&#8221; Heritage coach Doug Smith said.           ]]></description>
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Friday night&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:19:07 EST</pubDate>
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E.C. Glass plays Brookville, and Gretna travels to Appomattox in two of the big games this week. Send your scores in, or call to report scores at 540-981-9126           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:33:08 EST</pubDate>
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One thing is very clear when you talk to Virginia freshman Tristan Spurlock - he&#8217;s not some shy, timid kid who&#8217;s just hoping to make an impact on the program someday in the future.           ]]></description>
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Is it a sign of how far Virginia has fallen?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:07:30 EST</pubDate>
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Once in the running for Liberty&#8217;s starting quarterback job, Spencer Landis fights through elbow surgery and is determined to help the team during his senior season           ]]></description>
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Freshman Evan Gordon making an impression for Liberty           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:12 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; The Yankees waited six long years for this.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:03:20 EST</pubDate>
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Thursday night&#8217;s prep scoreboard           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:29:23 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams sat dejected on Virginia Tech&#8217;s bench as North Carolina&#8217;s players celebrated wildly on the Lane Stadium field.

Williams, the 14th-ranked Hokies&#8217; star tailback, lost a fumble deep in Tech territory with two minutes left in the fourth quarter, and Casey Barth kicked a 21-yard field goal as time expired to give the Tar Heels a 20-17 upset win Thursday night.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer wasn&#8217;t kidding earlier this week when he said North Carolina&#8217;s defensive front was better than any the Hokies had seen this season.

The Tar Heels&#8217; front seven caused all kinds of problems for Tech in the first half of Thursday night&#8217;s nationally televised game at Lane Stadium.            ]]></description>
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Amherst coach Cecil Phillips got a first-hand glimpse at Jefferson Forest junior running back Rashad Hall&#8217;s speed last spring, during a football combine held at Lancer Stadium.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s been a season of struggles for Heritage&#8217;s football team, ever since senior quarterback O&#8217;Shawn Bryant blew out his right knee in the Pioneers&#8217; opening scrimmage at GW-Danville.

&#8220;We&#8217;ve been through a lot of adversity this year,&#8221; said fellow senior Lakuan McPhaul, Bryant&#8217;s replacement who grew up playing basketball in Brooklyn, N.Y.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG - Eight games into last season, Virginia Tech&#8217;s offense needed a jolt as the Hokies prepared for their first Thursday night game of the year, against Maryland.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; The ho-hum catch that tickled his teammates, the behind-the-back snag that looked so easy.           ]]></description>
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No major-league team has had a longer history in Lynchburg than the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have been the Hillcats&#8217; parent club since 1995.           ]]></description>
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T.J. Yates was walking off the field at Kenan Stadium last Thursday night when something flew out of the stands and hit him in the helmet. It was thrown by a disgruntled North Carolina fan, upset by the loss to Florida State. Yates said he thought it was a pen, but he didn&#8217;t stop to find out.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams heard the excitement from his dorm room. That&#8217;s where he was almost a year ago to the day when Virginia Tech running back Darren Evans broke the school single-game rushing record with 253 yards in the Hokies&#8217; 23-13 Thursday night win over Maryland.

Lane Stadium was just a short walk away, but Williams, who was redshirting at the time, chose to watch the game on television instead. He didn&#8217;t have to pay too close attention to the TV screen. He could tell what was going on with each roar of the crowd. 

&#8220;It was crazy loud,&#8221; said Williams, who has filled in nicely for the injured Evans as the 14th-ranked Hokies&#8217; starting tailback.           ]]></description>
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FOREST &#8212; Sometimes, sibling rivalry transcends gender.

Such is the case for Jefferson Forest&#8217;s Robert and Mary Deis, a brother and sister tandem who swept the boys and girls individual championships at Wednesday&#8217;s Seminole District cross country meet at Forest&#8217;s Wolf Branch Farm.           ]]></description>
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Wednesday&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:57:35 EST</pubDate>
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Lynchburg College&#8217;s men&#8217;s soccer team, which was one win away from claiming the Old Dominion Athletic Conference regular-season title last week, has relied heavily on former Jefferson Forest standouts Cameron and Hunter Smith this fall.

The junior identical twins have been inseparable for the Hornets (13-2-2, 7-1-2 ODAC), starting all but one game.            ]]></description>
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Tuesday&#8217;s high school scoreboard            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:58:07 EST</pubDate>
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Nelson County won the first two games of its Dogwood District match at Altavista on Tuesday night only to have the Colonels roar back and sweep the last three games.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Episcopal School coach Bob Leake voted for Liberty Christian Academy goalkeeper Chris Lawson in the all-Virginia Independent Conference boys soccer selections.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; The first mention of it came Sunday.           ]]></description>
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Aldreakis Allen lined up behind quarterback Tommy Beecher last Saturday at Charleston Southern, like he does any time Liberty sets up in the power-I formation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:20 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer tried to set the record straight during his Tuesday news conference.            ]]></description>
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Fridayfootball.com&#8217;s Week 9 saw its share of outstanding performances. Here are three of the best.           ]]></description>
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For better or worse, Virginia&#8217;s football players are given a game plan for their upcoming contest on a weekly basis. At no point, however, have the back-to-back plans been of greater variety as what Virginia will face in transitioning from Georgia Tech to Saturday&#8217;s tilt with Duke at Scott Stadium.           ]]></description>
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) &#8212; DeSean Jackson scored on a 67-yard run and a 57-yard reception, both in the first half. His night might have been perfect if his tender right ankle hadn&#8217;t messed up his touchdown tap dance.           ]]></description>
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The New York Yankees, baseball&#8217;s biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte.           ]]></description>
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Denny Hamlin felt a little d&#233;j&#224;-vu in the closing laps at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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Jimmie Johnson should consider making some room in his trophy case.           ]]></description>
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#8217;s nightmarish season rolled on, or, more precisely, continued limping along into the wall as Little E struggled to a 29th-place finish in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 on Sun-day at Martinsville Speedway.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; It didn&#8217;t take Jameel Sewell long to pick up on what was going on &#8212; Georgia Tech was disrespecting the Virginia passing game.            ]]></description>
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. &#8212; Tommy Beecher has proven time and again this season that he&#8217;s not afraid to take a hit. The Liberty quarterback has no issues ducking and running in the open field, seemingly inviting vicious contact at time with his fearless running over the middle.           ]]></description>
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This week&#8217;s inspirational message at Liberty&#8217;s football operations center: &#8220;Leave nothing to chance.&#8221;

It&#8217;s plastered all over the walls on sheets of white copy paper, accompanied by Charleston Southern logos. The point is to remind Liberty&#8217;s players that they essentially hold the key to the rest of their season. The Flames have been the dominant team in the Big South since 2006, winning 12 straight league games.

Liberty has outscored today&#8217;s opponent, Charleston Southern, 72-0 in the last three halves between the two teams and 92-10 overall.           ]]></description>
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High school scoreboard from Friday night&#8217;s action and a look at Saturday&#8217;s events           ]]></description>
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The logjam atop the Dogwood District didn&#8217;t loosen up Friday night as Gretna, Altavista and Appomattox all won convincingly.

The Raiders routed Nelson County 50-14 to stay in the race for the district championship. Quarterback Kenny Scott accounted for 193 total yards (139 rushing) and two rushing touchdowns, and Joe Reed rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries to lead the attack.
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GRETNA &#8212; Gretna running back Andre Dickerson rushed for career highs of 219 yards and five touchdowns as Dan River could never find an answer for the fleet-of-foot running back in the Hawks&#8217; 33-20 Dogwood District victory Friday night.           ]]></description>
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The name on the schedule was Chatham, just another in a string of conference games for Altavista. But it might as well have read trap game. 

The Colonels were coming off an emotional 19-6 road win over Appomattox and facing a winless Chatham team that nearly knocked off William Campbell last week. Coupled with homecoming, the game had the makings of a letdown. However, Altavista dominated both sides of the ball, forcing five fumbles and scoring seven touchdowns to notch its seventh victory of the season, 47-14.           ]]></description>
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FOREST &#8212; With its backs against the wall, Jefferson Forest&#8217;s football team was at its absolute best, Friday night in a back-and-forth Seminole District battle against Heritage at Sabre Stadium.

All four of the Cavaliers&#8217; touchdowns in the 29-26 triumph were set up by or scored on fourth-down conversions, including the last two by sophomore slot receiver Marcus Jones.           ]]></description>
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Our featured games include Salem at Christiansburg, Dan River at Gretna, and Heritage at Jefferson Forest            ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Tony Bennett has been running basketball practices at U.Va. for a week now. In that time, and since workouts started this fall, the players have learned a few things about him.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Virginia has a 3-3 record, which generally denotes an average team.           ]]></description>
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I&#8217;m a peaceful guy, wishing nothing but happiness and harmony for everyone and everything.           ]]></description>
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As expected, Virginia defensive end Matt Conrath was ruled out on Thursday for the upcoming Georgia Tech game with an ankle sprain.           ]]></description>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; In the seven seasons Mike Reavis has served as Mike Scharnus&#8217; defensive coordinator, dating back to their years at Rustburg, his players have had a history of hard knocks.

This year&#8217;s defensive unit at Altavista may rank as the hardest hitting group the two have coached, led by two senior, four-year starting linebackers Daelyn Myers and Chris Clark.           ]]></description>
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The last time Gretna&#8217;s and Dan River&#8217;s football teams met, Sept. 11 in Ringgold, there were no Dogwood District implications.

Tonight&#8217;s rematch, starting at 7 at Gretna, counts in the district standings, with the two-time defending Group A, Division 2, state champion Hawks (5-1, 2-0 Dogwood) in the driver&#8217;s seat, leading the Wildcats (5-2, 2-1), Altavista and Appomattox by half a game.

And they have home-field advantage and a healthy quarterback to boot.           ]]></description>
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Holy Cross&#8217; boys soccer team couldn&#8217;t contain its excitement after beating Virginia Independent Conference rival Liberty Christian Academy 2-1, in its regular-season finale, Thursday at home.

The Gaels&#8217; gave unsuspecting coach Randy Turille the traditional Gatorade shower, only with water, moments after the inspirational win, clinched by Joe Bruzek&#8217;s late penalty kick.           ]]></description>
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Friday night&#8217;s high school football preview capsules            ]]></description>
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