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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 2008
Page
14
The U S A volleyball team led by Heather Bown spiked to victory over Japan hours after a stabbing left the father of a former Olympic player. The Americans won the preliminary series 3 games to 1.
Starting up front at Watkins Glen, Kyle Busch leads in a Toyota followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a Chevrolet. Carl Edwards is third in a Ford, with Jimmie Johnson fourth in a Chevrolet and Jeff Burton fifth in a Chevrolet.
Albert Pujols powered St. Louis with one of four homers in a 12-3 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Pujols scored three times and had two of the Cardinals 16 hits, with Troy Glaus belting two homers and Skip Shumaker adding one. All four round-trippers came off Carlos Zambrano. The same day the Angels beat the Yankees and Cleveland topped Toronto in another baseball roundup.
The Appalachian League lists today’s Danville game at 4 p.m. against the Braves, then road games at Burlington and Bristol through August 16 with next home date August 18 versus Elizabethton. Separately, Prince ton High hosts tryouts for the West Virginia Blazers ABA team with noon registration and sessions from 1 to 3 30 p.m. and 3 45 to 6 p.m. A tryout fee applies.
The Tazewell High School football team gains 11 players from the closed Pocahontas High School expanding the squad beyond fifty. The development is reported on page C-2.
Orlando Gomez, manager of the Bluefield Orioles, spoke at Bowen Field on Saturday morning during the annual Bluefield Orioles Baseball Clinic. He urged players to learn self respect in baseball and in life, linking the sport to personal character.
Michael Phelps won his opening Beijing Olympic 400 meter individual medley preliminary in 4 minutes 7.82 seconds. He said he aimed to be top seed for tomorrow and achieved that goal.
Virginia Tech Hokies schedule lists openers and ACC matchups across August to November with key dates on August 30, September 6, 13, 20, 27, October 4, 18, 25, November 6, 13, 22, and 29. Atlantic Coast Conference game details indicate conference actions throughout the season.
Andres Romero, 27, Argentina, tied a course record with a 5 under 65 at Oakland Hills known as The Monster. Heavy storms halted play. Romero led today while J B Holmes and others awaited a restart. Romero began the day seven over and moved toward the top with seven birdies before play was suspended.
Virginia Tech enters Frank Beamer's 22nd season with 12 players leaving, eight drafted by NFL teams and four signed as free agents. Beamer cites inexperience but optimism as the team aims to reload while maintaining the program’s recent bowl success. Virginia Tech held media day at Lane Stadium and eyes a late August opener versus East Carolina in Charlotte.
Dakota Burnett, 7, watches as he practices catching pop flies during the Bluefield Orioles annual children’s camp at Bowen Field. Thirty-five kids aged 6 to 16 from Four Seasons Country participated under Orioles coaches and players, sacrificing weekend sleep to learn baseball from professionals.
Princeton High School to honor longtime basketball figure Ralph Ball with a dinner on September 20 at Stafford Drive. Alumni organizer Jeff Boyles says the honor is long overdue for Ball, who coached 643 games for Princeton.
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