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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2007
Page
9
Tall 6-foot-9 John Isner delivered a stunning upset on day one at Flushing Meadows defeating No. 26 Jarkko Nieminen as he blasted 24 aces. Top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin advanced in straight sets.
Bluefield and James Monroe each earned two votes in the West Virginia Class AA poll fronted by Wayne with six first place votes. Grafton tied with Sentt ar Veen, Berkeley Springs Daily Mail notes Wyoming East and Frankfort tied, Webster County and Mount View also appear with points, Poca and Keyser listed in rankings.
Tank Tunstalle switches to defense for Concord University football and shares the conference Defensive Player of the Week award with Chris Rotella of Charleston after a standout first start. He logged 19 tackles in the 23 to 16 loss to Tiffin, including four for loss and 12 solo stops.
Friday at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke the football field will be named for Merrill Gainer, a former Bluefield and Big Creek coach. A bust of the late coach will be unveiled in a pregame ceremony and his family plus former players will be honored at halftime. Gainer coached Roanoke football from 1969 to 1977.
Friday night games begin at 7 30 p m with Bluefield at Princeton Christiansburg at Graham Tazewell at Gate City Man at Mount View Richlands at Honaker James Monroe at Shady Spring Blacksburg at Giles Williamson at Montcalm Eastern Montgomery at Narrows Burch at Jaeger Grundy at East Ridge Ky Haysi at Clintwood St Paul at Twin Valley Pocahontas at Craig County Open Big Creek Bland County Hurley Pike View
Boarded for A-1 coverage, Michael Vick admitted guilt in a Richmond courtroom to a federal dogfighting charge. He condemned dogfighting and said such acts are unacceptable. Sentencing is scheduled for December 10 with potential prison time of one to five years. Games listed include Bluefield Orioles at Elizabethton and Princeton Devil Rays at Johnson City as the Appalachian League season nears end.
The Cleveland Indians executed their first triple play in 15 years during the seventh inning against Minnesota with Mike Redmond grounding to Casey Blake who touched third for the first out, Cabrera relay to Martinez completing the play. Astros fire Garner and Purpura. Cecil Cooper named interim manager as Houston trails St. Louis.
Bluefield Orioles win 6-5 in 11 innings over Greeneville Astros at Bowen Field. Kieron Pope drove in Eric Perlozzo with a single in the 11th to give George McGonagle a triumphant final night as president and GM. Pope praised McGonagle for his care of the team. Bluefield rallies from five runs down, forces extras.
Mountaineers look to avoid upset by MAC favorite Western Michigan as Rich Rodriguez sets 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Milan Puskar Stadium televised on WOAY. Cubit notes Broncos return eight starters led by back Mark Bonds and receiver Jamarko Simmons, posing big test after 11-2 season.
DeJuan Franklin, redshirt freshman from Camden Alabama, led Concord Mountain Lions with seven receptions for 49 of the team’s 109 passing yards in a 23-16 defeat to No. 27 Tiffin. He said he expected to get the ball.
LUEFIELD Va Monday featured debut nights for both teams at the Bluefield College Dome. Jamie Bowman opened as Lady Rams head coach while King College Lady Tornado boss Chris Toomey fared better in his first match. King won the opener 30 26 then swept the next three 30 16 30 25 30 12. Toomey cited pride in following his mother who coached at King for 23 years.
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