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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2018
Page
9
West Virginia forward Sagaba Konate and the Mountaineers played Florida on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic in New York. The game was ongoing at press time with details available at bdtonline.com collagesports.
College men feature Vini at Virginia Tech Marshall at Duquesne and Concord at Glenville State. Women play Concord at Glenville State and American at Virginia. High school girls include Tazewell at Fort Chiswell Bland County at East Montgomery Wyoming East at Shady Spring and Auburn at Narrows. Boys games list Tazewell at Fort Chiswell.
Graham reached state finals in 1962 finishing first after a forfeit by Andrew Lewis in Salem. In 1989 Graham won Division 3 at 13-1 with a 16 to 0 win over Southampton. In 1995 Division 3 at 12-2 Graham defeated King George 23 to 18. State runner ups in 1958 with 10-0 record, ranking No. 2 behind Hermitage. In 2001 Graham 12-2 lost to Harrisonburg 24 to 10.
Virginia Tech legend Frank Beamer was inducted in New York after signing autographs in Bluefield. The longtime Hokies coach tallied 238 wins, led Tech to four ACC and three Big East titles, earned national coach of the year in 1999, and shaped Beamerball with a reputation for aggressive special teams.
Grant McCall a 10 year old fourth grader at Richlands Elementary School captured the 100 age division in the National Golf Tournament at Orange County National Golf Club in Winter Garden Florida. He highlighted a strong season with a prior division title on the Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour and participation in the Virginia State Golf Association Seeds Tour and the Hurricane Tour. His sister Brittany Allen is Richlands High School’s all time leading scorer in basketball.
Leon Lambert scored 23 points to lead the Montcalm boys past Summers County 63-55 on Tuesday night. The Montcalm girls also prevailed, defeating Greenbrier West 61-48 as four players reached double figures. Roundup, B-2.
Princeton under new head coach Robb Williams rode relentless pressure to force Tazewell turnovers and raced to a 78-29 victory at Tazewell Middle School. CJ Wilborn led with 16 points as Chiron Cannady added 15 and Code Fix 12 while Williams praised the fast start and promised more work ahead.
Graham (13-1) travels to Salem Stadium to face unbeaten Goochland (14-0) for the Class 2 state championship at 4:30 p.m. Rex Bradshaw recalls the 2001 final loss to Harrisonsburg, stressing finish. Graham’s Chris Shinault intercepted four Glen passes in the 58-13 semifinal rout of Radford.
Bland County senior Jacob Watters is part of West Virginia's 17 man 2020 signing class announced by coach Randy Mazey. Watters, featured recently by the Daily Telegraph, committed after his prospect camp impression and is a multi sport standout with district and region honors and over 1000 career basketball points.
Taylor Scott hit a off-balance shot in the paint at the buzzer to lift Princeton past Bluefield Beavers 46-44 at Brushfork Armory. Maddie Blankenship created the final turnover and sank two free throws with 20.8 seconds left to force the tie.
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