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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2007
Page
9
A list of boys basketball appearances includes Thanga facing Ao Honaker at Twin Valley, Big Creek competing at Gilbert, and Boys Council meeting Grundy Narrows at Glenvar in Virginia tournament play.
Virginia athletics director Craig Littlepage welcomed the Gator Bowl bid as proof of a successful season. The article lists game times for several college football matchups and notes local honors, highlighting Bluefield State freshman Eva Grose and Concord senior Samm Nester who received honorable mention from the West Virginia Conference for week performances.
West Virginia supporters who bought trips to New Orleans for the Jan 7 national title game saw plans upended after the Mountaineers lost to Pittsburgh. The upset dashed expectations of a championship appearance and strained travel budgets for many fans.
Taylor Robertson the record-setting James Monroe Mavericks junior running back earned Player of the Year at the Pocahontas Coal Association Bluefield Daily Telegraph Football Awards Banquet. He led JMHS to a 12-2 season and state runner-up finish, rushing for 1,871 yards and 28 touchdowns with a standout 355-yard week five performance in a 55-32 win over Scott.
Bluefield defeats Montcalm 65-54 behind Tiara Carper’s 23 points and 12 rebounds in the season opener. Havens 19 and Bogart 16 pace Montcalm, which led 20-15 late in the first before Bluefield surged with a 12-0 start to the second half.
Devin Myers, sidelined this season by injury, remained a key presence as Bluefield High won the Class AA state football championship in Wheeling. Coach Fred Simon ensured Myers held the championship trophy postgame, and Myers called the achievement a blessing beyond words.
Fiesta Bowl chooses West Virginia Mountaineers to play Oklahoma Sooners after weighing two options West Virginia and Hawaii. John Junker, Fiesta president, describes the simple selection as pairing the 11th-ranked Mountaineers against the third-ranked Sooners, both teams' national title hopes fading with their seasons.
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