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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 2010
Page
9
Dallas Cowboys legend and Monday Night Football foil Don Meredith died at age 72. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised his great personality and lasting impact on the game and broadcasts.
Bluefield and PikeView sit neck and neck in the Class AA preseason AP poll released Monday. The Beavers are fifth and the Panthers sixth, with the season not yet underway.
Local boys and girls prep teams tip off at 7 30 except for 6 pm at Grundy Twin Valley and 7 pm for several college women and men matchups Concord travels to Glenville State and James Madison visits Marshall Radford meets Virginia while notable games feature Giles James Monroe Montcalm Greater Beckley Christian Mount View Westside Narrows Eastern Montgomery Tazewell Patrick Henry Princeton St Albans Wyoming East River View Bland County Graham Craig County Narrows and more.
Richlands, 13-0, faces Poquoson, 12-1, in the Division 3 championship at noon Saturday at Williams Stadium, Liberty University, Lynchburg. Richlands seeks its first title since 2006, aiming for a fourth state finals appearance in six years.
West Virginia linebacker J T Thomas was named the Big East defensive player of the week after leading a defense that held Rutgers to 203 yards in a 35 14 win. He made seven tackles, forced a fumble and returned a 12 yard fumble for a first quarter score helping WVU share the Big East title.
Virginia senior forward Mike Scott was named ACC men's basketball player of the week after averaging 19.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in victories at No. 15 Minnesota and Virginia Tech. He shot 15 of 29 from the field and 7 of 9 at the free throw line.
Washington Redskins defensive lineman Phillip Daniels challenged Albert Haynesworth in a public Monday comment. Haynesworth was inactive for Sundays loss to the New York Giants and had been late for practice and limited by illness earlier in the week. Coach Mike Shanahan said he would meet with Haynesworth this week.
The Steelers improved to 9-3 after a bloodless come from behind victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night. Isaac Redman and Antwaan Randle El celebrated the late win as Pittsburgh mounts a push to secure the division. Weather forced an early press run by the Daily Telegraph.
Stanford earns a bid to face Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl on January 3, after posting an 11-1 rise from 1-11 under Jim Harbaugh. Tech, riding an 11-game win streak, claimed its third ACC title in four years with a 44-33 victory over Florida State.
NC State (8-4) and West Virginia (9-3) meet in the Champs Sports Bowl at Orlando's Florida Citrus Bowl on December 28 after both missed out on conference titles. WVU seeks payoff after Peach Bowl wins and NC State looks to rebound from a late season loss to Maryland.
The West Virginia Supreme Court took no immediate action on an appeal petition related to the Class AAA high school football championship game. Additional briefs were filed by an attorney for four South Charleston High School players before the noon Monday deadline as the Secondary School Activities Commission sought to block enforcement of a Kanawha County judge's July ruling.
In Four Seasons Country a major football honors banquet will honor eleven top players plus a player and coach of the year at the Princeton Elks Lodge at 6 p.m. Richlands junior Devon Johnson leads Blue Tornado toward Saturday’s Group AA Division 3 state final against Poquoson in Lynchburg. Johnson has 1376 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns this season with 861 yards and 12 scores in the last seven games, plus 397 yards and three TDs in three playoffs. His father’s August death frames a standout campaign as one of six juniors honored tonight.
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