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Stanford scored on its first four possessions of the second half to break open a tight Orange Bowl game with Virginia Tech en route to a 40-12 pasting Monday night. The loss ended the Hokies’ 11-game winning streak and sent them to their 19th loss in 20 games against top-five opponents under coach Frank Beamer….
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Stanford scored on its first four possessions of the second half to break open a tight Orange Bowl game with Virginia Tech en route to a 40-12 pasting Monday night. The loss ended the Hokies’ 11-game winning streak and sent them to their 19th loss in 20 games against top-five opponents under coach Frank Beamer….
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Freshman K.T. Harrell scored 15 points as homestanding Virginia posted a much-needed win, 64-50, over Louisiana State University Sunday in John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers (9-5) broke a two-game losing streak despite the absence of leading scorer and rebounder Mike Scott, who missed his second consecutive game relating to ankle surgery in mid-December. LSU,…
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Another night without Mike Scott, another wrenching performance, but Virginia also got another win. “We have a ways to go, but it was a nice little performance,” said UVa. coach Tony Bennett after the Cavs’ 64-50 win over LSU Sunday night.
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LOSER: ACC basketball Ugh. Outside of Duke, what do we have? Eleven dwarfs. North Carolina and Virginia Tech were supposed to contend for #2, but both are weak 9-4s. Traditional powers Georgia Tech and Wake Forest are 7-5 and 6-8, respectively, with losses to the likes of Kennesaw State, Stetson, Winthrop, UNC-Wilmington and Siena. The…
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Virginia Tech held Mount St. Mary’s to 11 points in the first half and 17 percent shooting for the game en route to an easy 99-34 victory Sunday. Erick Green led five Hokies in double figures with 17 points. Jeff Allen had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Tech (9-4, 0-1 ACC), which shot 69.2…
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Virginia State Police are investigating an aircraft collision that claimed two lives Friday afternoon in Augusta County. Trooper K. Hyden is investigating the incident and is still in the process of confirming the identities of the deceased. At 2:27 p.m. Friday, a single-engine Cessna 172H and a medical transport helicopter made contact in the air…
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It’s time to start worrying. “Now we’re back to square one,” UVa. coach Tony Bennett said of the health issues of senior Mike Scott, whose bad ankle kept him off the court for Virginia’s lackluster 60-47 loss to Iowa State Thursday night. He could also have been talking about his team as a whole. The…
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Virginia Tech got 17 points from Malcolm Delaney and 16 points and 15 rebounds from Jeff Allen as the Hokies overcame a sluggish first half to post a victory over South Carolina-Upstate, 64-53, Thursday night in Blacksburg. A 13-2 run to close out the first half erased a seven-point deficit and sent Tech into the…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia news. The segment begins with a look ahead to the 2011 Virginia General Assembly session. The focus at the outset will be on the proposal of Gov. Bob McDonnell to have the state privatize its ABC stores and on a related topic…
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