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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 2014
Page
9
Giles head football coach Jeff Williams received the Coach of the Year award during Tuesday night's festivities in Princeton. Williams led Giles to a 12-1 record this season and a 27-game win streak dating back to the 15-0 state championship season in 2013.
Austin Emerson of Bland County 34 led the Bears to a 76-28 victory over Eastern Montgomery while Tawell Gee Tucker starred for Ta 2well’s Bulldogs who fell 61-50 to Fort Chiswell.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton suffered fractures to his lower back in a two car crash Tuesday and will spend the night in the hospital. He is in fair condition with no other internal injuries and does not require surgery. It remains unclear if he can practice or play Sunday against the Buccaneers.
Kristen Benson swam for Graham High School at the Southwest Virginia high school invitational in Christiansburg on Saturday. The meet drew about 700 swimmers. Benson finished in the top quarter in both freestyle and breaststroke under coach Tommy Parham.
First place Gamon Trigg of Bluefield's Forza Wrestling Club topped the 120-pound class at the Mountain Man Classic in Abingdon last Saturday. Zack Jenkins finished second in the 70-pound weight class, 2nd to 3rd grade division.
Prep boys feature Mount View at Montcalm, Abingdon at Tazewell, Twin Springs at Council, Narrows at Craig County, Holston at Twin Valley, all at 7 30 p m with two games later. Prep girls include Princeton at Nicholas County and Craig County at Narrows plus Woodrow Wilson at Wyoming East and others at 7 30 p m. College women host Salem International at Marshall, Bluefield College at Charleston, and UNC Central at Virginia Tech with Duquesne at West Virginia at 7 p m.
ESPN2 airs Columbia at Kentucky at 7 p.m. followed by Wisconsin at Milwaukee. ESPNU shows High Point at Ohio State at 7 p.m. FS1 carries Kansas at Georgetown at 7 p.m. ESPN2 also has Washington St. at Gonzaga at 11 p.m. NBA on ESPN features New Orleans at Dallas at 8 p.m. and Miami at Denver at 10:30 p.m. NBCSN presents Toronto at Detroit in the NHL at 8 p.m.
The Thursday Daily Telegraph will feature the BDT Bounce special with rosters schedules and profiles for 44 boys and girls teams from 22 area schools. The BDT Bounce site at bdtbounce.com will launch later this week.
West Virginia Coal Association head Bill Raney spoke at the 14th annual Pocahontas Coal Association Bluefield Daily Telegraph Player of the Year Banquet in Princeton. He addressed nine football players and families plus area coaches and coal people, praising their poise and noting his coal economics and politics lesson. Raney reflected on prior visits to the Princeton Elks venue.
Bluefield defeats Graham 67 55 at Brushfork Armory in a season opener. Bluefield junior guard Jordan Ponder led the attack with multiple baskets while freshman Donta Hopkins opened scoring. Graham trimmed the deficit in the second quarter before Bluefield held on for the victory.
River Michaels of Richlands won the Pocahontas Coal Association Bluefield Daily Telegraph Player of the Year at the Princeton Elks Lodge. He edged Bluefield High’s D J Stewart and Giles’ Bret Whitlow in a close vote, becoming the third Blue Tornado to win the honor.
PikeView opened the regular season with a 73 44 victory over the Wyoming East Warriors. The Panthers built a 17 4 lead after one quarter and forced turnovers with pressure defense. Coach Colton Thom praised the well coached and talented opponent.
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