Bluefield athletes named to West Virginia all state teams
Bluefield senior Jia Coppola earned All-Class AA first team honors from the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. River View junior Kiersten Roberts and Bluefield junior Dani Janutolo made the second team with Janutolo named captain. Bluefield’s Josiah Smith was a third team honoree.
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Bluefield
Jia Coppola
West Virginia Sports Writers Association
River View
Kiersten Roberts
Dani Janutolo
Josiah Smith
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Ocal Sports
High school and college sports results and schedule
Today's games include Narrows at Eastern Montgomery 4 30 p m Princeton at James Monroe 5 p m Mount View at Bluefield 5 30 p m Pike View at Greenbrier East 5 30 p m in baseball and Montcalm at Princeton 5 p m James Monroe at River View 5 30 p m in softball plus Bluefield at Ferrum 4 p m in college softball. Contributed photo features Graham's Caroline Wilkinson scoring the late winner against Richlands. Pike View beats Bluefield 8 5 at Bowen Field with Jacob Harmon earning the win and tallying two hits and three RBIs.
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Eastern Montgomery
Princeton
James Monroe
Mount View
Bluefield
Pike View
Greenbrier East
Montcalm
River View
Ferrum
Jessica Nuzzo
Chase Watkins
Cody Fuller
Panthers
Beavers
Bowen Field
PikeView
Tucker Meadows
Josh Wyatt
Jacob Harmon
Virginia Tech promotes Robie to head wrestling coach
Tony Robie is named Virginia Tech head wrestling coach after serving as interim since February. Robie led the Hokies to the ACC team title and a sixth place at the 2017 NCAA Championships, replacing Kevin Dresser who left for Iowa State. Dylan Cook, a Graham product and VT sophomore, gains a new mentor as part of Robie’s staff.
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Graham Product
Virginia Tech
Dylan Cook
Hokies
Tony Robie
Robie
St. Louis
Kevin Dresser
Iowa State
Cook
Graham
Snyder earns MEC Athlete of the Week honor
Concord junior Justin Snyder was named Mountain East Conference Athlete of the Week after finishing second in the 10,000 meters at the 49er Classic hosted by UNC Charlotte, posting a MEC best 32 14.19 and top collegiate in the event. This marks the second MEC weekly award for Concord in three weeks.
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Concord
Justin Snyder
Snyder
Unc-Charlotte
Princeton
Jonathan Gore
Four Seasons honors 2016-17 Player of Week recipients
The 16th Annual Pocahontas Coal Association Cole Chevrolet Bluefield Daily Telegraph Player of the Year banquet occurred Tuesday night at The Railyard. Front row features Pocahontas Coal Association President Rick Taylor with players Maggie Guynn Narrows Lexy Boyd Grundy Katie Dobbs River View Ericah Burton Richlands Kiersten Roberts River View Jia Coppola Bluefield Jaime West Princeton Laken McKinney Pike View Carly Moretto Graham Dani Jantolo Bluefield. Back row includes Jaquane Ines Mount View Cameron Allen Graham Darrin Martin Graham Luke Phillips Richlands Tyler Boyd Pike View Mookie Collier Bluefield Donta Hopkins Princeton Dominic Lewis James Monroe Cade Fix Princeton. Absent: Cydnee Moore Tazewell Scottie Ball Richlands Seth Meadows Pike View.
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Pocahontas Coal Association
Cole Chevrolet
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Railyard
Rick Taylor
Maggie Guynn
Narrows
Lexy Boyd
Grundy
Katie Dobbs
River View
Ericah Burton
Richlands
Kiersten Roberts
Jia Coppola
Bluefield
Jaime West
Princeton
Laken McKinney
Pike View
Carly Moretto
Graham
Dani Jantolo
Brian Woodson
Jaquane Ines
Mount View
Cameron Allen
Darrin Martin
Luke Phillips
Tyler Boyd
Mookie Collier
Donta Hopkins
Dominic Lewis
James Monroe
Cade Fix
Cydnee Moore
Tazewell
Scottie Ball
Seth Meadows
Cole
Chevrolet
Coal Association
Coppola
Collier
Luke
Pocahontas Coal Association banquet honors top area basketball players
Bluefield area honors 22 players 11 boys 11 girls at The RailYard banquet. Jia Coppola wins girls POY ahead of Kiersten Roberts and Maggie Guynn. Mookie Collier earns boys POY with Luke Phillips and Darrin Martin as close contenders. Past winners and lineage noted.
Bluefield Names Beavers Player of the Year Duo
Jia Coppola and Mookie Collier of Bluefield were named regional girls and boys basketball players of the year at the Pocahontas Coal Association banquet in Bluefield. Master of ceremonies Rick Taylor announced the honors as Coppola and Collier reacted with speeches and disbelief.
Wilkinson scores late to lift Graham-Girls past Richlands 2-1
In Richlands Virginia Caroline Wilkinson struck with six seconds remaining to give Graham a 2-1 win over Richlands at Ernie Hicks Stadium. Graham led 1-0 on Caroline Kammer’s second-half strike assisted by Jennifer Day. Ellie Lindsey equalized for Richlands on Bailey Hurst’s helper. Graham (2-0) hosts Tazewell next in a tripleheader at East River Soccer Complex.
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Emily Bail Graham
Caroline Wilkinson
Graham
Richlands
Ernie Hicks
Caroline Kammer
Jennifer Day
Ellie Lindsey
Bailey Hurst
Tazewell
East River
Marion
Justice Phillips claim coach awards at Bluefield banquet
Fred Phillips of Richlands High School earned the PCA CC/BDT Boys Basketball Coach of the Year for the second straight year, while Gehrig Justice of River View was named the PCA-CC/BDT Girls Basketball Coach of the Year for the first time. Justice credited the region's strong coaches as the reason for the surprise honor.
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Gehrig Justice
River View
Justice
Lady Raiders
Charleston
Richlands
Fred Phillips
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Tonya Wright
Bland County
Cassidy Smith
Wyoming East
Sykel
Roman Workman
Colby Hill
Anthony Eades
Tommy Symns
Craig Ponder
Jason Palmer
Taylor
Wilkinson
Logan Surface
Blue Tornado
Surface
Joey Dales
Brody Dawson
Phillips
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