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          <title>Glass eliminated in state volleyball semifinals</title>
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RICHMOND &#8212; With a handful of players plagued by the flu, E.C. Glass&#8217; volleyball team was at a decided physiological and psychological disadvantage in its Group AA state semifinal match against Grafton (28-0), Friday night at VCU&#8217;s Siegel Center.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Amherst hammers Spotswood</title>
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The Spotswood and Amherst players didn&#8217;t get off on the right foot Friday when the Lancers hosted the Trailblazers in the Region III, Division 4, semifinals.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Brookville fails to protect lead</title>
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ROANOKE &#8212; It was almost too easy. Freshman quarterback Kendall Becraft just threw the ball in senior wide receiver Alec Thompson&#8217;s direction, and time after time, Thompson came down with the pass for a big play.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Altavista defense pitches a shutout</title>
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Through 10 regular-season games, the Altavista Colonels&#8217; defense allowed just 12.7 points per game, a stingy number by any measure.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Playoff scores: Nov. 20</title>
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Lots of local teams remain in the playoffs. We&#8217;ll have scores here. You can call your team&#8217;s score in to 540-981-9126.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Amherst, Brookville, Liberty set for Region III semifinals</title>
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The three Seminole District teams competing in this weekend&#8217;s Region III playoff semifinals &#8212; Amherst, Brookville and Liberty &#8212; are postseason regulars with something to prove.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Liberty University forecast on target</title>
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Anyone who looked at Liberty&#8217;s roster and the Flames&#8217; early-season schedule could see something like this coming.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Friday night&#8217;s high school football playoff preview capsules</title>
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Preview capsules for Friday night&#8217;s three high school football playoff games.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Region B playoffs kick off tonight with Altavista in Division 1</title>
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As the Region B playoffs finally get under way this weekend, Gretna and Appomattox find themselves in familiar positions. The Raiders are in the playoffs for the third consecutive season and the Hawks have won four state titles in the past six seasons.

The ninth consecutive trip to the postseason for Gretna comes without perennial Dogwood power William Campbell. Taking its place in the Division 1 field is Altavista (9-1), which hosts Madison County tonight at 7.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Prep athletes of the week for Nov. 9 to 14</title>
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High school athletes of the week for Nov. 9 to 13           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tech&#8217;s Taylor making better use of all his tools</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; There were times earlier in Tyrod Taylor&#8217;s career where he found it easier to tuck the ball and run. Then, as he evolved as a starting quarterback, he made more of an effort to stay in the pocket and pass.
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          <title>Cavs win so easy, they play &#8216;Sheezy&#8217;</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; Will Sherrill always makes a lot of noise &#8212; it&#8217;s in his nature, he says &#8212; but as a walk-on he&#8217;s usually doing it from the bench.
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          <title>FridayFootball.com Players of the Week for November 19, 2009</title>
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The playoffs are in full swing and the top teams are producing some outstanding individual efforts. This last week seems to have been all about running backs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cavaliers stomp Spartans</title>
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Chelsea Shine received a perfect birthday present from her teammates: the basketball.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Wake Forest defense too much for High Point</title>
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There was reason to believe Wake Forest would take charge in the second half last night against High Point of the Big South Conference, so the most pressing questions for the crowd of 9,344 at Joel Coliseum were when and how.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UNC trying to work out the kinks</title>
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North Carolina will face a double dose of stress today in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic semifinals at New York&#8217;s Madison Square Garden.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Knaus succeeding by learning how to handle failure</title>
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) &#8212; Chad Knaus was clearly distracted as he leaned against a cart during a casual conversation before last week&#8217;s race in Phoenix. His eyes darted around, finally settling on an aerosol can and a box of towels.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Heritage grad makes an impact on High Point women&#8217;s soccer team</title>
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Growing up in Lynchburg, Heritage High graduate Brielle Spencer and her family made an annual trek to Chapel Hill, N.C., nearly every November to watch the University of North Carolina&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer team play in the early rounds of the NCAA tournament.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Streeter keeps the LU offense clicking</title>
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Like the two men who interviewed before him, Brandon Streeter arrived at Liberty&#8217;s football operations last winter dressed to the nines in a suit and tie, eager to speak to Flames coach Danny Rocco for the position of offensive coordinator.           ]]></description>
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The Randolph College men&#8217;s basketball team is no longer a rookie learning the ropes of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NFL scouts interested in UVa&#8217;s Hall, Cook</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; The bowl representatives have quit visiting, but Virginia&#8217;s football complex is still a hot spot for NFL scouts.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Glass sweeps Hidden Valley in Group AA quarterfinal</title>
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In volleyball, where games often stay in the balance to the end, learning how to finish well is critical, as E.C. Glass showed Tuesday night before a raucous home crowd in its cozy auxiliary gym.

Making their first state tournament appearance, in their first season competing at the Group AA level, the Seminole District and Region III tournament champion Hilltoppers (26-2) swept their fifth straight opponent, beating Region IV runner-up Hidden Valley, 25-21, 28-26, 25-23 to stretch their string of games won to 16.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; A decision Ryan Williams made in the first quarter of No. 16 Virginia Tech&#8217;s first game turned out to be the best thing that could have happened for Jayron Hosley. It turned out to be a pretty good thing for the Hokies football team, too.           ]]></description>
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Tuesday, Big South Conference commissioner Kyle Kallander submitted a report to the NCAA FCS playoff committee on Liberty, the conference&#8217;s only potential playoff team.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Massacre in the morning: Clemson defeats Liberty, 79&#45;39</title>
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22nd-ranked Clemson obliterated the Flames with a 79-39 win Tuesday, leaving Liberty to deal with the second worst home loss in LU&#8217;s Division I era.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gretna to host Buckingham, not Appomattox, in Region B playoffs</title>
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Gretna&#8217;s football team finished tied with Clarke County with 24.2 points in the final VHSL power ratings for Region B, Division 2, after Monday&#8217;s rain-delayed makeup games. But the Eagles (10-0) received the No. 1 seed by virtue of their perfect record, bumping the two-time defending Group A champion Hawks (8-2) to No. 2.

Instead of entertaining fourth-seeded Appomattox in Saturday&#8217;s Region B, Division 2, semifinals, as was reported on Tuesday, Gretna will host third-seeded Buckingham (10-0) at 1 p.m. Appomattox (8-2), meanwhile, must travel to Clarke County (10-0) near Winchester for its 1:30 p.m. semifinal.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Clemson smashes Liberty, 79&#45;39</title>
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The Tigers&#8217; suffocating defensive pressure turned a normally team-oriented Liberty club into a bunch of one-on-one basketball players.           ]]></description>
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          <title>South Florida dominates UVa</title>
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TAMPA - Tony Bennett pursed his lips, leaned back in his court-side seat and let out a big sigh.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hillcats&#8217; coaches for 2010 season announced</title>
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With a new organization comes new managerial blood for the Lynchburg Hillcats.

The Cincinnati Reds, the new parent club for the Lynchburg franchise, have assigned longtime minor-league manager Pat Kelly to Lynchburg for the 2010 season, where he&#8217;ll become the 16th manager in Hillcats history.           ]]></description>
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It appears Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team won&#8217;t have to make a trip to Cincinnati in 2012 as earlier planned. The two teams, who met in last season&#8217;s Orange Bowl, will face off instead at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., according to a written release.            ]]></description>
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The Region B football playoff pairings were finalized on Monday, with Dogwood District co-champions Altavista and Gretna receiving the No. 2 seed in Division 1 and 2, respectively and Appomattox, which also earned a share of the district title, seeded fourth in Division 2.

The two-time defending Group A, Division 2, state champion Hawks (8-2) will host third-seeded Buckingham (10-0) in one Region B, Division 2, semifinal on Saturday at 1 p.m. before Appomattox (8-2) travels to top-seeded Clarke County (10-0) in the other.           ]]></description>
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The Supreme Court won&#8217;t hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL&#8217;s Washington Redskins football team is offensive.           ]]></description>
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) &#8212; Jim Zorn&#8217;s Washington Redskins seemingly were delivering a tutorial on how NOT to set up a trick play on fourth-and-20 at the opponent&#8217;s 35:           ]]></description>
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Lynchburg College finished 4-22 last season and won just two of its 16 games in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference under first-year head coach Hilliary Scott.           ]]></description>
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) &#8212; Jimmie Johnson won&#8217;t plan any parties this week, or waste a minute pondering his place in NASCAR history.           ]]></description>
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Representatives from the Champs Sports Bowl sat in motionless fashion to listen on as Virginia coach Al Groh met with reporters following the Cavaliers&#8217; 14-10 loss to Boston College.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. &#8212; Disappointment doesn&#8217;t linger long with Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; A team that started the season with too many quarterbacks suddenly found itself with none on Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. &#8212; Friday night at the team hotel, Liberty coach Danny Rocco pulled Mike Brown aside and told him to get a good night&#8217;s sleep, because as Rocco put it to his sophomore captain, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to work you like a dog.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; The Strasburg volleyball fans who made the three-hour trip to Altavista for the Region B championship match barely had time to settle into their seats before heading back home with the championship hardware.

Seniors Jenna Smoot and Jaclyn Ayers combined for 26 kills and 15 blocks in the Rams&#8217; 25-17, 25-18 25-21 sweep of the Colonels on Saturday.           ]]></description>
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ROANOKE &#8212; Playing in its seventh consecutive Virginia Independent Schools Division I state championship match, Liberty Christian Academy&#8217;s volleyball team wasn&#8217;t intimidated by facing defending state champion Flint Hill&#8217;s giant front line.

The Bulldogs (22-10) gave the Huskies (31-2) a spirited battle before falling in four games, Saturday at North Cross, 25-14, 25-16, 20-25, 25-18.           ]]></description>
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MONETA &#8212; As it did in the Seminole District tournament final, beating Jefferson Forest in four games, E.C. Glass&#8217;s vol-leyball team had a little extra motivation going into Saturday night&#8217;s Region III championship match at Staunton River.

The Hilltoppers (25-2) avenged the second of their two regular-season losses with a 25-21, 25-16, 25-14 sweep of Lord Bo-tetourt, which had beaten them in two games in the final match of an early season tournament it hosted.           ]]></description>
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Prep scoreboard for Saturday&#8217;s games           ]]></description>
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NARUNA &#8212; For years, the William Campbell-Gretna game has been a high-stakes affair.

Though that was not the case this year for the Generals, the Hawks still had plenty on the line in their regular-season finale, including a share of the Dogwood District title and a No.1-seed in the Region B, Division 2, playoffs. 

Playing on Saturday instead of Friday because of the weather, which wreaked havoc on area football fields, the Hawks, led by senior running back Andre Dickerson&#8217;s 169 rushing yards, steamrolled the Generals 69-30.           ]]></description>
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A few weeks ago, after Liberty&#8217;s football team returned from a 20-13 win at Charleston Southern, Flames tailback Aldreakis Allen expressed surprise at just how dead the atmosphere at CSU Stadium was.

The atmosphere today at Gardner-Webb figures to be a bit better, but not by much. The Bulldogs average 5,124 fans per game at Spangler Stadium, the place where Liberty clinched its first Big South championship two seasons ago with a 31-0 victory.           ]]></description>
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Whether it is Virginia&#8217;s two losing streaks, the Cavaliers&#8217; lone winning streak or Boston College&#8217;s dismal road record, the number stands out entering today&#8217;s showdown at Scott Stadium. 

For Virginia (3-6, 2-3 ACC) another three-game winning streak is a must. Without that turnaround, the Cavaliers and coach Al Groh will spend the holidays at home for the third time in four seasons.            ]]></description>
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It can&#8217;t be a good omen when a new jersey combination is the No. 1 reason to get pumped for a game, can it?

As sure as rain is wet, Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams said Tuesday that he&#8217;ll be excited to play ACC Atlantic Division cellar-dweller Maryland today at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md., because of the all-white jerseys and white helmets the 20th-ranked Hokies will be wearing.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; If Friday night was any indication, there won&#8217;t be many games this year where fans can leave early to beat the traffic.

Virginia defeated Longwood 85-72 to open the Tony Bennett era after a second-half surge brought the Lancers within eight points late in the game.           ]]></description>
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GRETNA &#8212; As Kevin Saunders was being introduced as the new coach of Gretna&#8217;s football team back in May, a game that was being highlighted on the upcoming schedule was the season finale for the Hawks &#8212; at William Campbell.

With the two teams combining to win the past nine Dogwood District titles, many felt that this game &#8212; the first time the two teams have played in the regular season finale since 2002 &#8212; would decide the champion of the Dogwood.           ]]></description>
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Liberty&#8217;s defense set the tone for its season-opening victory over Winston-Salem State on Friday evening, keeping the Lady Rams off the scoreboard for the first 8:44 of play. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman Devon Brown took care of things on the offensive end, exploding for 26 points in the Lady Flames&#8217; 71-26 win at the Vines Center.
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Either someone forgot to tell the Potomac Panthers that they were playing in the state semifinals or the Liberty Flames, not the LCA Bulldogs, were on the field Friday night in LU&#8217;s Williams Stadium.

One way or the other, the Panthers were outmatched and overwhelmed against the Bulldogs. Up 56-0 at halftime, LCA mercifully called off the dogs in the second half and went on to win 63-0.           ]]></description>
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The wait is over for Altavista&#8217;s football team, which last won a Dogwood District title 38 years ago in 1971 when Richard Nixon was in his first term as president.

The Colonels earned a share of the district crown Friday night when they defeated visiting Nelson County 43-13. If Gretna beats William Campbell today, the Colonels, Hawks and Appomattox will all have a piece of the title.           ]]></description>
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FAIRFAX &#8212; If you&#8217;re looking for theatrics or emotional outbursts from a college basketball coach, Dale Layer is probably not your guy. 

He was on his best behavior Friday night in his first game as Liberty&#8217;s coach. He stayed calm, even though his team trailed by as many as 19 points in the second half. He was composed. 

His team followed suit.

The young Flames, with a new coach and a lineup devoid of a superstar guard who now calls Durham home, didn&#8217;t throw in the towel. They followed their coach&#8217;s lead and rallied to within three points before succumbing to host George Mason 76-72 at the Patriot Center.            ]]></description>
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AMHERST &#8212; Never before in Jeff Woody&#8217;s six seasons as Brookville&#8217;s coach had the Bees won a football game by scoring a touchdown to overcome a deficit in the final minute.

They nearly did it in last year&#8217;s Group AA, Division 3, championship game, but their last-ditch drive on Liberty University&#8217;s turf stalled and they fell to James Monroe in a 50-46 shootout.

Friday night, playing in the Region III, Division 3, quarterfinal on Amherst&#8217;s home turf since Stinger Stadium was left too wet by this week&#8217;s torrential rain, Brookville (9-2) delivered the knockout punch against Alleghany (6-5) on a fourth-down sweep by junior Deshon Foxx with 35 seconds left in regulation.           ]]></description>
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The Old Dominion Athletic Conference&#8217;s football season once again has boiled down to one of college football&#8217;s oldest rivalries.           ]]></description>
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The rain has forced several date and location changes. Here are the games from this region that we&#8217;re reporting on. If you get news of a change or a final score that&#8217;s not shown here, please call us at 540-981-9126.           ]]></description>
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FISHERSVILLE &#8212; E.C. Glass proved to be a little too much for Fort Defiance on Thursday night in the Region III semifinals. The Hilltoppers swept the Indians in three games 25-16, 25-20, 25-14.           ]]></description>
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Preview capsules of tonight&#8217;s football games, including three playoff contests.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:06:02 EST</pubDate>
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Brookville&#8217;s Region III, Division 3, quarterfinal football game against Alleghany has been moved to Amherst High School, the first in the area to install Pro-Grass field turf, due to the wet field conditions at Stinger Stadium caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida.           ]]></description>
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Wet weather conditions have forced Liberty Christian Academy&#8217;s football team to practice inside the past three days, meaning the Bulldogs, who are coming off a bye week, could be a bit rusty going into tonight&#8217;s Virginia Independent Schools Division I state semifinal against Potomac School.

Fortunately, they will have the luxury of playing on the FieldTurf at Liberty University&#8217;s Williams Stadium.           ]]></description>
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Win or lose tonight, in its Region III, Division 4, quarterfinal at Spotswood, Staunton River&#8217;s football season has been an unqualified success.

&#8220;It&#8217;s been an unbelievable season,&#8221; second-year coach Rick Witt said. &#8220;It&#8217;s very exciting. Nobody in the world thought this team had a chance to go to the playoffs. Everything we do now is icing on the cake.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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MONETA &#8212; Jefferson Forest&#8217;s and Lord Botetourt&#8217;s volleyball teams came into Thursday night&#8217;s Region III tournament semifinal with identical 20-3 records.

The two sides, both nicknamed the Cavaliers, wore matching black uniforms with one subtle difference &#8212; JF&#8217;s had vertical white stripes under each arm while LB&#8217;s had one horizontal white stripe across the gut, resembling a lightning bolt.

That was symbolic of the advantage Botetourt had on Forest&#8212; a jolt of energy emanating from deep within. 

&#8220;We just didn&#8217;t have a lot of fire in our bellies tonight,&#8221; JF coach Steve Mills said after his Cavaliers&#8217; season came to an end with a 25-17, 25-22, 27-29, 25-19 defeat.           ]]></description>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; They&#8217;d been there before. A fifth game to decide who advances to the Group A state tournament. One point away.

Last year, Altavista came up one point short. This year, it closed the deal, and now will face the team it lost to in that epic fifth game last year for the 2009 Region B championship as the Colonels came back from 2-1 down to win a five-game slugfest over Madison County, 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 15-25, 25-22, 15-11).            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; This is the story of a strong friendship forged by fate and family intervention. It&#8217;s a story of two fiercely competitive, loyal, committed teammates who bonded the second they shook hands.           ]]></description>
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The ship was sinking, and everything that Jesse Sanders had watched develop during his freshman season was quickly slipping away. Seth Curry, the high-scoring freshman who helped put Liberty on the national radar, was gone. Ritchie McKay, the coach that recruited Sanders, left soon thereafter.           ]]></description>
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Heading into Saturday&#8217;s game against Boston College, the Cavaliers (3-6, 2-3 ACC) rank among the worst in the ACC in numerous categories.           ]]></description>
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Tommy Beecher knew Ervin Garner would be open. The two took one look at VMI&#8217;s coverage Saturday night and realized that the Keydets&#8217; safeties were dropping down in run support. Garner is quick, and once he made a move to get past the safeties and into one-on-one coverage with the cornerbacks, it was too late to adjust.           ]]></description>
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For years, Liberty&#8217;s identity heading into a women&#8217;s basketball season has been predetermined. First, it was Katie Feenstra&#8217;s team. Once she moved on to the WNBA, the Flames quickly became Megan Frazee&#8217;s team.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:43:01 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Two straight seasons of narrowly missing the NCAA tournament prompted major changes this preseason for Virginia Tech&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team.           ]]></description>
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Tuesday&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:49:24 EST</pubDate>
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If Holy Cross had any type of edge, it had to be experience. 

In terms of talent, the Gaels likely could have swapped uniforms with Roanoke Catholic and no one would have noticed the difference. After all, both teams do wear green. 

Experience, though, in the form of eight Holy Cross seniors, would be the ultimate decider in a No. 4 vs. No. 5 quarterfinal VISAA, Division 3, volleyball matchup. Led by their senior core, the fourth-seeded Gaels eked out a gutty 20-25, 25-18, 22-25, 27-25, 15-7 home victory over the visiting Celtics.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:47:18 EST</pubDate>
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There&#8217;s a saying: &#8220;If you can&#8217;t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.&#8221;

On Tuesday night, the third-seeded host Liberty Christian Academy Bulldogs&#8217; volleyball team proved to be top dog as it knocked off the No. 6-seeded Norfolk Academy Bulldogs, 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 25-21 in the Virginia Independent Schools Division I state quarterfinals.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:42:45 EST</pubDate>
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Central-Lunenburg played a slow-down game, but Altavista, despite some early troubles, still managed to race through the Chargers and into the Region B volleyball tournament semifinals with a 25-16, 25-16, 25-14 sweep in the quarterfinals Tuesday.

The Colonels (16-7) will host the winner of the Madison County-Riverheads match at 7 p.m. on Thursday for a chance to play in Saturday&#8217;s championship match and receive an automatic bid to the Group A state tournament.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:38:08 EST</pubDate>
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FOREST &#8212; Jefferson Forest senior Kelsey Stapleton didn&#8217;t limp on her injured left ankle for Tuedsay&#8217;s Region III quarterfinal match against Staunton River, a 25-10, 25-13, 25-17 Cavalier sweep.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:23:02 EST</pubDate>
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Liberty enters Saturday&#8217;s game against Gardner-Webb ranked fourth nationally in FCS football in scoring offense at 35.1 points per game, an amazing stat considering the Flames aren&#8217;t ranked in the top 40 nationally in total offense. Only one Flame &#8212; sophomore receiver Chris Summers &#8212; is ranked in the top five in the Big South in passing yards, rushing yards or receiving yards per game.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:55:06 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; A return to the playing field this season seems unlikely for Virginia Tech tailback Darren Evans, but it hasn&#8217;t stopped him from attacking his rehab from the torn left ACL he suffered in the preseason.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:54:30 EST</pubDate>
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Wake Forest&#8217;s 2008-09 season was like the meal with the mouth-watering appetizer followed by a main course so unpalatable that it was difficult, if not impossible, to keep down.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:18:51 EST</pubDate>
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ATLANTA - Losing is one thing. Losing with a distinct lack of class is another.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:45:14 EST</pubDate>
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CHAPEL HILL - Ryan Taylor is still having difficulty recovering from a knee injury and will likely take medical redshirt status this season at North Carolina, Coach Butch Davis said yesterday.           ]]></description>
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The NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:17 EST</pubDate>
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How strange that Boston College and Virginia have been members of the ACC for five years and have met only once on the gridiron leading into Saturday&#8217;s visit by the Eagles to UVa&#8217;s Scott Stadium.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:24:14 EST</pubDate>
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Speed kills.

E.C. Glass proved that maxim to be true in the sport of volleyball Monday night in the Region III tournament opener against visiting Waynesboro.

The Hilltoppers ran their quick-strike attack nearly flawlessly in the first game of a 25-9, 25-17, 25-15 sweep of the Lady Giants, setting the tone for the match that lasted just over an hour.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:36:41 EST</pubDate>
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After enduring a physical confrontation against Atlantic Shores Christian School with a 4-1 victory, Holy Cross&#8217; boys soccer team is headed for its third Virginia Independent Schools Division II Final Four in six seasons at Sports Backer Stadium in Richmond.
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STUARTS DRAFT &#8212; The Staunton River Golden Eagles ended Stuarts Draft&#8217;s volleyball season on Monday night, sweeping the Cougars in three decisive games, 25-12, 25-17, 25-14, during the first round of the Region III tournament.

Combining an impressive defensive effort with solid execution and precise hitting, the battle-tested Golden Eagles from the Blue Ridge District dominated the match from the start, leaving head coach Rich Northrup pleased.

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Prep scoreboard for Monday&#8217;s events           ]]></description>
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Demoralized and defeated, Virginia quarterback Marc Verica attempted to scurry off the field at Land Shark Stadium on Saturday.
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Despite tying Jefferson Forest for the Seminole District regular-season title and beating the Cavaliers in Thursday&#8217;s district tournament championship match, E.C. Glass&#8217; volleyball team is seeded second in this week&#8217;s Region III tips and must play in today&#8217;s first round.           ]]></description>
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) &#8212; Jimmie Johnson sat in his car going nowhere for more than an hour, his NASCAR Sprint Cup lead shrinking with every passing lap.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; Michael Turner prefers to stay on his feet. For some reason, it just felt right to jump.           ]]></description>
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Longtime Liberty PA announcer Jim Duffie retiring           ]]></description>
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The Keydets commit eight turnovers, helping Liberty to a 54-14 rout           ]]></description>
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Friday night&#8217;s high school scoreboard           ]]></description>
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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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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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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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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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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>
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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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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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