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Charlie Obaugh Auto Group Student Athlete of the Week: Trey Guzy
LURAY, Va. (WHSV) - For Luray senior Trey Guzy, success goes beyond Friday nights. The linebacker maintains a 4.42 GPA, serves as president of the school’s National Honor Society and gives back to his community while preparing for a future in engineering and law. “Since he came in as...
The State
ACC star said no to Gamecocks in portal. Why she's still a big Dawn Staley fan
Kymora Johnson had a tough phone call to make. Dawn Staley beat her to it. It was mid-April, and Johnson had just made a big decision: She was removing her name from the transfer portal and returning to Virginia for her senior season. She’d already told new UVA women’s basketball coach Aaron Roussell the news in person. Now she needed to tell Staley, who’d been recruiting Johnson to join the South Carolina Gamecocks instead. As Johnson left the team facility in Charlottesville that day, she called Staley from her car. Staley didn’t pick up. Turns out she was trying to call Virginia’s star point guard at the exact same time, so neither call went through. That coincidence alone felt like “God’s timing,” Johnson said. Once they connected, the conversation got even more memorable. “I think you should stay at Virginia,” Staley told Johnson. Wait, what? Johnson did a double take. She’d visited Columbia, hung out with Staley and met potential teammates. The Gamecocks recruited her hard, but they finished second. Given all their time and effort, shouldn’t she be the bearer of bad news? Instead, Staley was telling her over the phone that it was OK, that she also sensed
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MaxPreps
Football Preview: After Setting a New Season High with 78 Points, Buffalo Gap Now Faces Stuarts Draft + How To Watch
Buffalo Gap has won three straight games at home, while Stuarts Draft has won three straight on the road, but both streaks are on the line on Friday. The matchup is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
The News-Gazette
FD Runs Past ‘Cats, 56-14
FD Runs Past ‘Cats, 56-14 Indians Snap Skid While RC Loses 19th Straight. In its final home game of the season, the Rockbridge County High School football team suffered a 56-14 loss to Shenandoah District rival Fort Defiance on Friday night at Prasnicki-Ross Field at Veterans Stadium in Lexington.
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Bulldogs fall in fourth-straight loss, 28-6, to Central
LURAY, Oct. 23 — The Bulldogs gained more than twice as many first downs as the Falcons, had half as many penalties, and controlled the ball for more than 34 minutes…but still dropped their fourth-consecutive loss on Friday night to the visitors from Woodstock. Central only ran 10...
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Virginia Breeders Fund prep and elimination races conclude at Shenandoah Downs
Woodstock, VA — Scott Betts’ Ready Set Goo surged past Queen Jessica and PJ’s Lovin late in the stretch of Saturday’s (Oct. 24) $10,000 Virginia Breeders Fund 2-Year-Old Filly Trot prep and prevailed by one-half length in 2:00.4. The daughter of Googoo Gaagaa now advances to next Saturday’s $100,000 final leg, which is part of Shenandoah’s “Day of Champions” card for freshman pacers and trotters of both sexes.
Sun Belt Conference
App State Stuns James Madison in Overtime, Louisiana Tech Remains Unbeaten in Conference Play in Sun Belt Football Week 8
NEW ORLEANS — App State knocked James Madison from the ranks of the unbeaten in an overtime thriller on Thursday night, before Louisiana Tech recorded its second-straight shutout to secure its place as the last remaining unbeaten team in Sun Belt play. The Bulldogs’ shutout was the only Sun Belt Week 8 contest not decided by one possession.