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October 20, 2008
Stock car championship decided at Eastside
On a bright, chilly Sunday afternoon, Eastside Speedway’s final day of stock car racing took place with a good crowd on hand bundled up to watch the final laps of the season.Expect no underdog when Delaney comes to town
There have been two constants in the life of Colin Delaney — wrestling and being the underdog.Johnson’s win changes purpose of Chase
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No offense to Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards, who trail Jimmie Johnson by substantial point deficits yet still think they can win the championship.
Pooch Punt: McDaniel says Gap is good, but missing No. 7
Derek McDaniel is a lot of things.
He’s a down-home, aw-shucks country guy that bleeds Wilson Memorial green and white. He’s a former athlete who was an injury away from getting a sniff of pro baseball. He’s the kind of guy you expected that, when his own dreams of pro ball went south, would return home to coach the team he once played his heart out for.
October 19, 2008
Portis runs for 175 as Redskins win
LANDOVER, Md. — For 2½ quarters, the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns produced lots of punts and no points.
Jimmie Johnson dominates
MARTINSVILLE — Jimmie Johnson is on a roll again, and whether he’s willing to admit it or not, while everyone else in NASCAR is chasing him, he’s chasing history.
Coffey takes super pro win
At Saturday’s SBRA’s event, a new offical track record was set by Joe Kiser, running a 4.05 to secure the record, though unofficially running a 4.017 at 180.54 mph on his final pass.Moyer excited about World Series
PHILADELPHIA — Jamie Moyer remembers the delirious Phillies fans swaying from light poles, climbing trees, sitting on shoulders, doing anything they could to catch a glimpse of that 1980 World Series parade.October 18, 2008
Caissons roll on
Fishburne Military School earned its second win of the season on Saturday defeating Massanutten Military Academy 34-22 on Parents Weekend in Waynesboro.
Benson wins, takes truck series points lead
MARTINSVILLE — Johnny Benson passed Ron Hornaday Jr. with 46 laps to go and won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday.Virginia wins in OT
CHARLOTTESVILLE— Cedric Peerman scored from two yards in overtime to give Virginia a 16-13 win over No. 18 North Carolina on Saturday, continuing the Tar Heels’ struggles in Charlottesville.
Saturday Pooch Punt: Ramblings from Friday night football
Sports columnist/blogger Jim Sacco's take on Friday Night football in Augusta County.
R.E. Lee drops 40 on Spotswood in win
R.E. Lee drops 40 on Spotswood in winOctober 17, 2008
Waynesboro’s defense wakes up
Pom-poms and silly string were thrown into the pile of Waynesboro players lifting their helmets in the air after they celebrated their first, and only, Southern Valley District win of the season.Johnson’s 3 scores continue Bison tear
FISHERSVILLE — Falling behind by two touchdowns early, coupled with an anemic red zone offense spelled out a 35-9 loss for Wilson Memorial on Friday night against visiting Buffalo Gap.
SLIDESHOW: Friday Night Sights—Week 9
SLIDESHOW: Friday Night Sights -- Week 9Fort’s Wright will commit to Radford
FORT DEFIANCE — Fort Defiance’s Daniel Wright verbally committed to play baseball for Radford University, a Division I school in the Big South Conference.W’boro bests Fort
Waynesboro came to play Friday night against district foe Fort Defiance in it homecoming game. The Little Giants came up big on defense and offense to defeat the Indians 40-16.
Martinsville may pose problems for Jeff Burton
MARTINSVILLE — They got through Talladega, the biggest trouble spot in the 10-race playoff, virtually unscathed. But as the leaders in NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup prepare to do battle at Martinsville, Jeff Burton fears something is bound to happen.
POOCH PUNT: Mmm … Friday Night Sodas … wait … I mean picks
I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I know all the answers. Sure, I know most of them, but not all of them. (As the wife will surely tell you.)
But of all the things I know (and don’t know) there’s one thing I pride myself on: My ability to know when I’m drinking a fine, fine soda. Sadly to say, for you that is, this is something that one can neither teach nor learn. The lucky few are born with it.
October 16, 2008
Waynesboro shuts down Broadway
Waynesboro got the win Thursday night and the fans got the assist.GAME OF THE WEEK: Fort, Waynesboro ready for ‘dogfight’
Waynesboro and Fort Defiance have not won a district game this season, but that will change tonight for one of the teams Little Giants coach Steve Isaacs has not changed his tone sticking to what he has said before every game.Alec Gunn, Tim Wion to replace Driskill
Waynesboro High School has hired two track coaches to take over the Waynesboro program.Stuarts Draft wakes up to knock off Lee
STUARTS DRAFT – After Game 1’s wake up call, Stuarts Draft came back to beat Robert E. Lee in four games 17-25, 25-11, 25-15 25-23 on Thursday.
TNV Sports’ Top 5
TNV Sports staff votes on the top five football teams in the area. Eligible are all eight local teams (Buffalo Gap, Wilson Memorial, Riverheads, Stuarts Draft, Waynesboro, R.E. Lee, Fort Defiance, Fishburne) and all Southern Valley and Shenandoah district teams.New Clemson coach tries to heal Tigers
When Dabo Swinney got to work Monday morning, he never figured a few hours later he’d be in charge of resurrecting a Clemson season gone wrong when the coach who first brought him onto the college football field stepped down.POOCH PUNT: Someone buy these young ladies a Fresca
Because nothing says “thank you” like the carbonated citrusy goodness of this fine soft drink. And if anybody had earned the right to wet their whistles it’s the Little Giants volleyball leadership triad of Norah Curtis, Rachel Binda and Haley Quesenbery.
October 15, 2008
Wilson picks up a win
In Fishersville, the Wilson Memorial boys cross country team demolished Stonewall Jackson 21-34, led by a 17-minute, 48-second performance by Michael Barnes.SACCO: Casto has come a long way
After one season, he was probably wondering what the heck he was doing in Greenville.
Stacking the deck
After playing an intrasquad game at practice last week, the Waynesboro volleyball team gathered around coach Lori Aleshire and picked from a deck of playing cards.
