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Washington Redskins' tilt at Green Bay features clash of QB styles
Redskins at Green Bay Sunday | 1 p.m. | WFXR ASHBURN - The more tape Washington Redskins defenders watch, the more effusive the compliments get. This week's matchup pits the Washington defense against Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is regarded as one of the game's top signal callers. Safety E.J.
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William Byrd stuns Salem in football win
A hard-nosed, blue-collar physical football team walked out of Salem Stadium on Friday with its third straight season-opening football victory. It was not the Salem Spartans. William Byrd butted into Salem's homecoming dance, turned over the punch bowl and headed back to Vinton with a pulsating 30-29 triumph for its first win over the Spartans since 2003. Quarterback Zac Hill had all the right moves for Byrd (3-0). The 5-foot-10 senior ran for 198 yards and three touchdowns and engineered the game-winning drive that ended with a two-point conversion pass to James Stinnette with 1:26 to play. The Terriers became just the third visiting team to win a regular-season game on Salem's home field in the last 10 seasons, overcoming a 15-0 first-quarter deficit to hand Timesland's second-ranked team its first regular-season loss since 2011. Hill, who passed for 70 yards and caught a pass for 11 yards, wasn't shocked. "I had a feeling today at school," he said.
High school football: Reed, Hendricks lead Demons to win
CHRISTIANSBURG - Tanner Reed rushed for 152 yards and score, and Kory Hendricks added three touchdowns to lead the Christiansburg to a 40-13 football victory over Bassett on Friday. Christiansburg 92-1), which had 521 yards of total offense got 86 rushing yards and two scores from Hendricks, and another 98 reception yards and a TD. Christiansburg quarterback Charlie Jackson completed 10 of 22 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns.
College sports: Virginia Tech rallies to tie Duke in men’s soccer
DURHAM, N.C. - Virginia Tech goalkeeper Kyle Renfro saved a penalty kick in the 78th minute and Robert Alberti scored with less than two minutes left in regulation and the Hokies (2-1-1. 1-0-1 ACC) forged a 1-1 draw with Duke in men's soccer on Friday.. Sebastien Ibeagha scored for Duke (2-1-2, 0-1-1) in the fourth minute to give the Blue Devils the lead for nearly the entire match. MEN'S SOCCER
High schools: Carlisle tops Trinity in boys soccer
LYNCHBURG - Kizza Edward and Andrew Okiring scored goals for Carlisle in a 2-0 boys soccer win over Trinity Episcopal in the first round of the VES/Seven Hills Tournament. Drew Hall and Osman Sillah recorded assists for Carlisle. Carlisle plays Fork Union at noon today, followed by Christchurch at 5:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Christchurch 0, North Cross 0 LYNCHBURG - Bennett Holley made 12 saves during the match that ended
Brookville tops Liberty on late two-point conversion
BEDFORD - Fourteen seconds remained on the clock at rowdy Liberty High School and Brookville's Neal Reynolds looked lost. It was now or never for the 6-foot-4 Bees quarterback. Brookville was trying for a two-point conversion after scoring a late fourth-quarter touchdown, but with Reynolds commanding, the Bees were dazed and confused. A delay of game pushed them back five yards. Then came the snap. The hesitation. The throw. Receiver
Thompson leads LB comeback over Glenvar
For three quarters on Friday night Glenvar's defense held Lord Botetourt star running back Chris Thompson in check, but then the fourth quarter arrived. Thompson rushed for two fourth quarter touchdowns including a 46-yard score with 10:21 left to break a 16-16 tie as the Cavaliers pulled away to defeat Glenvar 38-16. Thompson, who ended the night with 222 rushing yards, did most of his damage on the ground after
Northside rallies to earn win over Hidden Valley
On a night when one team remained unbeaten and the other remained winless, there wasn't a tremendous amount of separation between Northside and Hidden Valley on Friday. Maybe the statistics were a little one-sided, but Northside trailed at the half and didn't exactly coast to a 27-17 victory at Bogle Stadium. The Vikings (3-0) took a 24-17 lead on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Dominic Dunnaville to Harold Buckner with
Patrick Henry pulls out a win over Pulaski County
DUBLIN, Va. - Less than two minutes into the second quarter of Friday's game , Patrick Henry had held the ball for less than four minutes, committed four penalties, had just two plays that had gone for more than four yards and committed four turnovers. Final score: Patrick Henry 21, Pulaski County 14. "We had four turnovers in our first four possessions and I'm thinking, in the first half, we
Blacksburg rallies late to defeat Carroll County
BLACKSBURG - Isaac Johnston delivered touchdown passes on back-to-back offensive plays for Blacksburg in the third quarter, leading the Bruins to a 17-13 win over Carroll County on Friday night. Johnston finished 13 of 25 passing for 261 yards in Blacksburg's first win of the season. The Bruins were off last week after a devastating loss to Giles County in week one. "Well, anytime you get a win, it's good,"
Game day: Virginia Tech at East Carolina
Virginia Tech at East Carolina Saturday | Noon | Fox Sports 1 | DOWDY-FICKLEN STADIUM RECORDS: HOKIES (1-1) PIRATES (2-0) SERIES: Virginia Tech leads 12-5. Hokies won last meeting 17-10 in 2011. LINE: Virginia Tech by 7 1⁄2. OFFENSE: EDGE PIRATES ECU has a more flashy offense, with QB Shane Carden throwing for 315 yards a game. He has seven TDs. He'll spread the wealth but has a favorite target in receiver Justin Hardy,
History says this one will matter for Virginia Tech
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Noon start. Out-of-the-way locale. Minimal buildup. Is this where it happens for Virginia Tech? Is this where the course for the 2013 season really gets set? History suggests there’s a good chance of that, actually. After two games where the outcome seemed preordained, the Hokies travel to East Carolina today. It’s their first matchup that should give Fearless Forecasters participants pause. It was easy to click Alabama
East Carolina poses new challenge for Virginia Tech football
When Bud Foster’s crew largely held Georgia Tech’s option offense in check last season, many were quick to anoint that defense as the next great one at Tech. As the Hokies found out after getting run off the field against Pittsburgh in Week 3, early season performances can often be fool’s gold. “We fell off the face of the planet,” Foster said. “I don’t know if we thought we arrived
NASCAR adds Gordon to Chase field
JOLIET, Ill. - Jeff Gordon was added to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Friday when NASCAR chairman Brian France used his power to make an unprecedented expansion to the field after two separate investigations into radio chatter revealed numerous instances of race manipulation. France determined Gordon did not have a fair chance to race his way into the 12-driver field last Saturday night at Richmond because of the
High schools: Blacksburg volleyball tops Carroll County
BLACKSBURG - Catherine Goyle had a well-rounded game, logging 17 kills, 17 digs and three aces to help Blacksburg defeat the Carroll County 25-18, 23-25, 25-12, 25-15 in River Ridge District volleyball play Thursday. Chris Martin had a team-high 21 kills, 15 digs and one ace for Blacksburg (1-1, 1-1), while Abagail Phillips logged 10 kills and three digs. Eustacia Smith recorded a team-high 10 kills for Carroll County (1-3,
UVa women shut out Syracuse
CHARLOTTESVILLE - Makenzy Doniak and Brittany Ratcliffe each scored a goal and an assist as Virginia blanked Syracuse 3-0 in the ACC opener for both teams Thursday. Alexis Shaffer also scored a goal for UVa (7-0). Morgan Brian added two assists. Morgan Stearns made three saves as the Cavaliers outshot the Orange (4-3) 16-4.
Timesland football picks: Missing moniker edition
I was saddened to learn of the death of former Virginia Tech football star Dickie Beard, the Hokies hall of famer known as the "Cumberland Flash." The Cumberland Flash. Whatever happened to football nicknames anyway? When I was kid, the star players at my high school had good ones: Jesse "Sonny" Wade, Carl "Big Nugget" Hairston, Ricky "Skunk" Scales. Anthony "Madman" Hairston. "Slingin' " Eddie Jones. Mike "the Toy Bulldog" Swartz.
Legacy of success at North Cross School
“Family Ties.” “Family Feud.” “All in the Family.” Forget those television programs. The longest-running family show is taking place on the corner of Colonial Avenue and Electric Road in southwest Roanoke County. That’s where the latest Revercomb rerun is airing at North Cross School. North Cross junior quarterback Max Revercomb is the 10th member of his family to perform as an athlete for the Raiders. He’s had a tough act
All is not lost, UVa football faithful, even though it looked like it
There could be worse fates for this year’s Virginia football team than to be mentioned in the same breath as the Cavaliers’ 1984 squad. In that season’s opener, Clemson waltzed into Scott Stadium and handed Virginia a 55-0 licking that has stood as UVa’s most lopsided loss for almost 30 years. That dubious distinction appeared to be in jeopardy when No. 2 Oregon routed the Cavaliers 59-10 this past Saturday.
Logano defends his spot in NASCAR's Chase
CHICAGO — Joey Logano defended his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Thursday, rattling off his season statistics as proof he earned his spot in the 12-driver field regardless of any help he may have received in the deciding race. And make no mistake, Logano said: If anybody helped him at Richmond, he had no clue. The latest driver caught in the fallout of NASCAR’s investigation into
Washington Redskins' Biggers shifts over to safety
ASHBURN - The job description for an NFL player involves keeping secrets, and E.J. Biggers proved more than capable last week. The Washington Redskins' cornerback was approached by coaches and asked to move to safety, given the uncertainty surrounding starter Brandon Meriweather. Biggers made the move, something fans, reporters, and even his friends didn't learn until Monday night. "That's just something you know as an NFL player," Biggers said. "There's
Salem Red Sox find a magic kind of synergy
As she watched the players leave the field and move the celebration indoors, where bottles of champagne were waiting, Susan Schlossberg stood in the box seats of Salem Memorial Ballpark on Tuesday night and pulled out a photograph. “They were great guys, very classy and sweet,” Schlossberg said, looking down at her picture. “Some years, they are really great. Other years, they’re not. These are good kids.” Schlossberg has been
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