Sports score roundup from multiple leagues
A compact summary notes baseball results with the San Francisco Giants leading 1-0 over Anaheim after a 4-3 win, plus ongoing updates from the sixth inning in the Sunday game and upcoming games in MLB. MLS results show Los Angeles beating New England 1-0. High school regional scores include Mount View versus Wyoming East and James Monroe versus Shady Spring with Sunday results Anahein 3 Colorado 2 OT and Dallas 5 Washington 2.
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Amaker on the challenges of college football
Donald Amaker, former Bluefield Beaver star, says the road to playing college football is tough and many people cannot cut it. He emphasizes the difficulty and commitment required to reach the higher level.
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Offenses explode early in Game 2
In Anaheim, the Angels built a seven run first two innings to lead the Giants 7-5 after three. Darin Erstad Garret Anderson Brad Fullmer and Scott Spiezio drove in runs in a five run first. Fullmer scored on a double steal for his 14th World Series steal. Tim Salmon homered, while Reggie Sanders and David Bell answered for San Francisco. Jeff Kent opened the third with a homer as Appier left the mound.
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Darin Erstad
Garret Anderson
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Busch holds off Benson to win Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville
Kurt Busch, starting 36th, used a 15.3 second pit stop with 91 laps to go to grab the lead and fend off Johnny Benson by 0.46 seconds. Benson pressured Busch in the final laps as traffic and handling challenges produced a dramatic finish on the oldest shortest track. Stewart extended his points lead while Johnson and Martin trailed.
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Amaker Steps Up After National All-America Honor
Donald Amaker, former Bluefields High School running back now at Tusculum College, earned All-America Second Team honors from National Weekly Football Gazette after last season. He says he’s stepped up production this year, already earning Special Teams Player of the Week in the South Atlantic Conference. Amaker also received preseason First Team honors from the Gazette and Street & Smith.
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San Diego Chargers stun Raiders in overtime victory
In Oakland, LaDainian Tomlinson ran 19 yards for the winning touchdown with 11:22 left in overtime as the Chargers beat the Raiders 27-21. Tomlinson carried 39 times for 153 yards, extending Marty Schottenheimer’s success against Oakland. Raider tying TD came on a 7-yard catch from Rich Gannon late in regulation.
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Mountaineers crush Syracuse in 34-7 rout at home
West Virginia dominates Syracuse in all phases for a 34-7 victory, the biggest WVU margin over the Orange since 1993. Avon Cobourne passes 1,000 yards in a fourth straight season as Rasheed Marshall shines in passing and rushing, with Mark Fazzolari pinning six punts inside the Syracuse 20.
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