Full Court Press High School Basketball Scores - Feb. 21 Boys Scores: Rustburg 53, Northside 51 Heritage 76, Harrisonburg 68 (OT) Dan River 55, Clarke County 33 William Campbell 63, Altavista 34
Blacksburg - Mike Scott scored 20 points and Sammy Zeglinski had 13, all in the second half, and No. 25 Virginia hung on to beat Virginia Tech 61-59 Tuesday night. For the second game in a row, the Cavaliers
Tuesday night was a big night for the Heritage and Rustburg girls and boys basketball teams. All four teams won their first-round regional games to advance to region semifinal action.
Lynchburg - Junior Colton Hunt poured in a game-high 26 points to lead Randolph to a 69-62 win over Roanoke in round one of the ODAC Tournament. With the victory, Randolph (13-13) advances to play No. 3 Guilford in the tournament quarterfinals Friday night at 8.
Area Scores - Monday, Feb. 20 Men's College Basketball: Norfolk State 66, Longwood 52 (Longwood's Antwan Carter scored 19 points, becoming the school's all-time scoring leader now at 1808 points. ) Rust College of Mississippi beat Virginia University of Lynchburg 104-97.
Tuesday, February 21 2012 1:05 AM EST2012-02-21 06:05:53 GMT
Lynchburg - Liberty Flames righthander John Niggli is the Big South Pitcher of the Week for games played this past weekend. Niggli scattered four hits over six-plus innings in LU's 12-0 season-opening win over Richmond. The Flames are 4-and-0 heading into Wednesday's home opener against Radford.
The ACC has publicly reprimanded official Karl Hess for failing to follow procedure when ejecting two former N.C. State stars from the stands in Saturday's loss to Florida State in Raleigh.
Blacksburg - It's the rematch Tuesday night in Blacksburg as the Hokies host arch-rival UVa. Game time 9 o'clock in Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies won the first meeting in Charlottesville 47-45.
Reporter: Dennis Carter Lynchburg - The ODAC Men's Tournament tips off Tuesday night. On the men's side, one of the first-round games pits Roanoke at Randolph. The two teams split during the regular season with both winning on the other's home court.
Sunday, February 19 2012 5:09 PM EST2012-02-19 22:09:48 GMT
Virginia Wesleyan College finished its ODAC regular season with a pair of victories on the final weekend to lock up the top seed in the 2012 ODAC Men's Basketball Tournament.
Saturday, February 18 2012 10:34 PM EST2012-02-19 03:34:41 GMT
Jared King (Sr., Radford, Va.) and Chris Taylor (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.) each hit three-run home runs to rally the Cavaliers and then break the game open.
Saturday, February 18 2012 6:38 PM EST2012-02-18 23:38:53 GMT
Malcolm Brogdon added 14 points and Sammy Zeglinski 11 for the Cavaliers (20-6, 7-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), who ended their first two-game losing streak of the season.
Saturday, February 18 2012 6:37 PM EST2012-02-18 23:37:35 GMT
Jesse Sanders scored 21 points to lead four Liberty players in double figures. Antwan Burrus added 13 points, John Caleb Sanders had 12 and Tavares Speaks 10 for the Flames (12-17).
Saturday, February 18 2012 6:36 PM EST2012-02-18 23:36:40 GMT
Michael Sparks added 15 points and Keith Gabriel 12 for the Keydets, who gave coach Duggar Baucom his 100th win at VMI. Only Bart Bellairs (1995-2005) has more wins than the Keydets coach with 116.
State High School Wrestling/College Baseball: Brookville is a half-point out of second place after day one of the VHSL State Wrestling Championships at the Salem Civic Center. The Bees have advanced six to Saturday's semifinals, Jefferson Forest three and Staunton River one.
Lexington - VMI Head Football Coach Sparky Woods has hired a new defensive coordinator. Jeff Farrington comes to VMI from Mercer University where he was an assistant under Bobby Lamb.
Reporter: Dennis Carter Halifax County - Ten years ago, South Boston native Ward Burton won the Daytona 500. This year, Burton is back, this time in a truck to help kick off his son Jeb's jump to the Camping World Truck Series.
Area Scores - Thursday, Feb. 16 Men's College Basketball: (20) Florida State 48, Virginia Tech 47 (5) Duke 78, N.C. State 73 Maryland 81, Boston College 65 Women's College Basketball: (8) Maryland 73, Virginia 56
Tallahassee, FL - The Hokies blew a 15-point second half lead, and 20th-ranked Florida State nailed a three with two seconds left to beat Virginia Tech 48-47 Thursday night in Tallahassee.
Reporter: Dennis Carter Lynchburg - High school boys action at L.C.A., the Bulldogs took Miller School out of Albemarle to overtime before Miller prevailed 58-53. With the Bulldogs down 3, 13 seconds left, L.C.A.'s Matt Moats buried a three that forced overtime before Miller goes on to win.
Reporter: Dennis Carter Campbell County - Thursday morning at Brookville, Bees receiver Guy Morris off of this year's state championship team signed his college letter-of-intent. Morris will play for Division Two Alderson-Broaddus in West Virginia.
Lynchburg - Lynchburg College led ODAC leader and number 3 in the country Virginia Wesleyan for much of the game last night at L.C. The Hornets' Andrew Simmons even hit a shot from beyond midcourt before the final buzzer that would have won the game. But Lynchburg had called a timeout just before the shot. Virginia Wesleyan won the game in overtime 73-62.
Reporter: Dennis Carter The Seminole District Tournament boys and girls championship games are set for Friday night at Heritage High School. Wednesday night's boys action, Amherst County beat Heritage while Rustburg defeated Brookville. In the girls semis, Brookville won over Rustburg, Heritage beat JF. So it's Brookville and Heritage Friday night for the girls title.
Reporter: Jonathan Merryman Danville - Today's high school Team of the Week is the G.W. girls swimming squad. The Eagles completed a perfect undefeated regular season for the first time in school history.
Clemson, SC - Andre Young and Tanner Smith scored 13 points each and Clemson held No. 22 Virginia to its second-lowest point total this season in a 60-48 victory Tuesday night at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Tuesday, February 14 2012 10:59 PM EST2012-02-15 03:59:10 GMT
The Dan River Wildcats proved why they're ranked number one in the state and number one in the FCP top 13 poll. Plus scores and highlights from district tournaments.
Monday, February 13 2012 11:01 PM EST2012-02-14 04:01:26 GMT
E.C. Glass and Heritage go to overtime to decide a spot in the Division 4 Regional Tournament. Plus scores and other highlights from Monday night's area high school basketball action.
Monday, February 13 2012 10:48 PM EST2012-02-14 03:48:23 GMT
In the midst of its Big South season-low 33.9 percent (19-of-56) shooting night from the floor, Liberty used defense and free throw shooting to pull away from the Chanticleers.
Friday, February 10 2012 11:32 PM EST2012-02-11 04:32:25 GMT
"Like coach London, I too have had a number of inquires about my future at Virginia and I am excited to let everyone know I am still a Cavalier and will be a part of coach London's staff for the upcoming season," Lazor said.
Coral Gables, FL - Reggie Johnson scored 15 points as Miami defeated Virginia Tech 65-49 Thursday night. Erick Green was the only Hokie to hit double figures, he scored 17 points.
Lynchburg - Girls action at V.E.S., the Bishops hosted the Carlisle Chiefs out of Martinsville. Carlisle took control of this one early, Kindall Allred buried two of her nine points. Maggie Moomaw had 23 for V.E.S., but the Bishops fall to Carlisle 71-36. Courtney Puckett led the Chiefs with 28.
North Charleston, SC - Antwan Burrus heaved in a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Liberty a thrilling 75-74 win on the road at Charleston Southern.
Reporter: Dennis Carter Rustburg - Virginia Tech-bound Marshall Wood poured in a game-high 31 points to power Rustburg to a hard-fought 51-46 win over E.C. Glass.
Chapel Hill - Freshman Austin Rivers buried a 3-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night. Rivers scored a season-high 29 points and hit six 3's.
Charlottesville - Senior forward Mike Scott made all nine of his field goal attempts and scored a game-high 19 points to lead Virginia to a lopsided 68-44 ACC win over Wake Forest Wednesday night in Charlottesville.
Reporter: Dennis Carter Lynchburg - Austin Chillemi scored 20 points, grabbed five rebounds and added two steals to help lead Lynchburg College to a 63-56 ODAC victory at Randolph College Wednesday night.
Tuesday, February 7 2012 5:24 PM EST2012-02-07 22:24:03 GMT
Six home games and the first meeting with the Naval Academy since 2003 highlight the 2012 football schedule released Tuesday afternoon. It will be the most homes games for a VMI football team since the Keydets played the same number during the 2007 season slate.
He says it was a hard decision but he whittled his choices down to Alabama and Virginia Tech and on National Signing Day, Brookville's star defensive tackle chose to Roll with the Tide.
Saturday, January 28 2012 6:36 PM EST2012-01-28 23:36:52 GMT
With sponsorship money tightening up, NASCAR's latest trend is downsizing. Roush-Fenway and Richard Childress have both trimmed back to three full-time Cup teams this season. That could be welcome news for single-car teams like veteran Bobby Labonte.
A weak disturbance passes through the state this evening,
producing occasional showers. While most
will be light, a brief heavier downpour or thundershower is also possible. Temperatures will hold in the 40s overnight.
Thursday will be warm and breezy with highs soaring into the
upper 60s, but then the colder air will begin to seep in on Friday. After a few showers Friday morning, winds
turn from the northwest, holding the afternoon temperatures near 60 degrees.
Colder this weekend. Windy with more clouds than sun on
Saturday and highs near 40. Sunday will
be the sunnier, less windy, and milder day this weekend with highs in the upper
40s.
Expect another chance at soaking rain late Tuesday or
Wednesday of next week.
