Seahawks Dominate Broncos In AFC Wild Card Win
Seattle quarterback Dave Krieg threw three touchdown passes and completed 12 of 13, including the final 10 in a row, guiding the Seahawks to a 31-7 victory over Denver in the AFC wild-card game. Krieg tied Largent on a first-quarter 17-yard TD and Seattle advanced to face the Dolphins in Miami.
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Sun Bowl routs SMU as Alabama paces 28 7 win
Alabama overwhelmed Southern Methodist 28 7 in the Sun Bowl at El Paso. Ricky Moore ran 28 times for 113 yards with two first quarter TDs, while Walter Lewis passed for 148 yards in the first half and scored, earning MVP honors. The Crimson Tide built a 28 point lead before SMU finally scored, finishing 10-2.
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Wildcats edge Illinois in last second Christmas Eve shocker
Kentucky, ranked No. 2, beat Illinois 56-54 on a James Blackmon 15‑footer with two seconds left after a tense second half. Illinois led 33-26 at halftime as Altenberger led with 19 points, but Kentucky shot 72 percent in the second half to snatch victory on the road.
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Virginia Side's Elite Neal Absher Top All Area Girls
Daily Telegraph Virginia All Area honors name Neal of Rocky Gap as Player of the Year and Radford-bound Absher as captain. Chaffins earns coach of the year after guiding Tazewell's Lady Bulldogs to regionals. First and second teams list multiple players from Grundy, Council, Hurley, Pocahontas, and other area schools with season averages and key stats.
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Princeton High to Hold Champions Basketball Classic Tournament
Princeton High School will host its Champions Basketball Classic Thursday and Friday in the school gym. Bluefield, Northfork and Huntington challenge defending champion Tigers. Bluefield meets Northfork at 7 p.m. and Princeton faces Huntington at 9 p.m. Consolation and championship games follow Friday night.
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Searching Out Santa From Bluefield To The North Pole
Sports writer Amy Teegraph presents a whimsical Christmas fiction set at the North Pole. Santa explains how his workshop designs kids sport gear and how elves, UTMA union influences, and reindeer stables fit into a humorous tour narrated in a period newspaper voice.
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