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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 2016
Page
9
The closing ceremony at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro featured fireworks as the Summer Olympics concluded on Sunday night. The United States led the medal tally with 121 total medals, including 46 gold, in the final medal table.
Appalachian League game slate shows Princeton visiting Pulaski for a doubleheader at 5 p.m. Bluefield travels to Danville for a 7 p.m. matchup with both contests shaping league standings.
Week one schedules feature Pikeville visiting Bluefield at 6 p m Thursday. Friday night slate includes Bland County at Craig County Giles at Blacksburg Hannan at Montcalm Narrows at Auburn Bluefield at Graham Greenbrier East at James Monroe Holston at Hurley Lebanon at Honaker Mingo Central at Wyoming East Mount View at River View Princeton at Shady Spring Richlands at Gate City Summers County at Pike View Twin Valley at Grundy Virginia High at Tazewell all games listed with 7 30 p m starts.
Alabama opens as No 1 in the AP preseason Top 25, earning 33 of 61 first place votes and 1,469 points. Clemson sits No 2 after losing the College Football Playoff title to Alabama in January.
Jose Ramirez delivers clutch moments for the Cleveland Guardians, receiving congratulations from a teammate after a narrowly won matchup. Ramirez's late heroics and steady hitting pace helped secure the close result for Cleveland.
The U S men’s basketball team defeated Serbia 96 66 to claim Olympic gold in Rio Durant led with 30 points as coach Mike Krzyzewski ends his era with a record third Olympic title George and Anthony praised the team’s focus after earlier buzz and closer games.
Kevin Harvick overtook Denny Hamlin with 70 laps left to win at Bristol Motor Speedway, finishing after a two day rain delay. Harvick led 128 laps for his second Sprint Cup win of the season and celebrated with Tony Stewart in Bristol’s final race. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took second with Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon, and Chris Buescher closing the top five. Kyle Busch led 256 laps but spun after a crash ending his strong run.
Bluefield improves to 32-24 as Vladimir Guerrero Jr homers to break a scoreless tie in the sixth, driving in Lance Jones. Juandy Mendoza adds a solo shot and Jones collects three RBIs on a bases loaded double in an inning of five Bluefield runs off Zach Rice. Gutierrez earns the win with Angel Alicea closing out the last two innings for the save. Danville falls to 27-28 after Luis Mora allows the deciding runs in the seventh.
Willy Ortiz improved to 7-0 this season helping the Princeton Rays to a 3-1 victory over the Pulaski Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader at Caffee Park. Ortiz worked five innings, fanning five, while Reimin Ramos added two perfect frames for the save. Elcardo Cabrera opened the scoring with a solo homer, and Emilio Gustavo doubled home Josh Lowe in the second as the Rays moved ahead 2-0.
Mount View High School senior Jaquane Imes aims to unite the Golden Knights this season. He calls senior year a big step and says leadership means leading by example to get the team to play as one and work together.
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