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THE VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINEER |
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On-Line Edition |
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Buchanan County's
Family Newspaper Since 1922 |
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Thursday, October 19,
2006 |
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sports-page
2-online
edition |
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A
HOST of rebel defenders
including Clint Justus and
Scottie Hurley take down Tug
Valley running back Devin
Valentine (#22) after a short
gain in the third quarter of
Friday night's battle at 'The
Cliff'. The Panthers took a big
early lead and held on to spoil
Hurley's homecoming.
(Staff
photo/Sam Bartley.) |
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Rebels
Drop
Homecoming
to 15th
Ranked
Tug
Valley |
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Tug
Valley
spoiled
homecoming
for
Hurley
with
a
38-6
win
over
the
Rebels
Friday
night
at
The
Cliff.
The
Panthers,
who
have
gone
from
last
year’s
0-10
campaign
to
being
the
15th
ranked
Class
A
team
in
West
Virginia,
scored
twice
in
each
of
the
first
two
periods
and
built
a
32-0
halftime
advantage.
Nathan
Justus
provided
a
couple
of
bright
spots
for
Hurley
(0-7),
rushing
for
over
100
yards
and
scoring
the
only
Rebel
touchdown
of
the
game.
Justus
returned
a
third
quarter
kickoff
80
yards
for
a
touchdown
after
Tug
Valley
(6-2)
had
extended
its
lead
to
38-0.
A
senior,
Justus
ran
for
107
yards
on
21
carries
and
had
187
all-purpose
yards.
There
were
few
other
highlights
for
the
Rebels.
At
least,
says
first-year
Hurley
coach
Greg
Tester,
his
young
team
still
plays
hard.
"The
kids
won’t
quit,"
Tester
says.
"Things
haven’t
gone
very
well
for
us
this
season,
but
the
kids
are
hanging
in
there.
"We
just
have
to
teach
them
to
become
better
football
players.
We
have
to
get
back
to
the
basics
and
keep
working
on
the
fundamentals."
It
was
the
fifth
straight
win
for
Tug
Valley,
which
got
most
of
its
283
yards
of
total
offense,
including
181
yards
passing,
in
the
first
half.
A
complete
scoring
summary
or
individual
stats
for
the
Panthers
were
not
available.
Hurley
got
152
of
its
168
yards
on
the
ground.
The
Rebels
travel
to
Haysi
for
a
Black
Diamond
District
contest
Friday.
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Haysi
Suffers
First
Loss at
Hands of
Lee High,
28-18 |
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A
pair
of
second-half
fumbles
proved
costly
for
Haysi
as
Lee
handed
the
Tigers
their
first
defeat
of
the
season,
a
28-18
setback
Friday
night
at
Five
Star
Stadium
in
Ben
Hur,
Va.
Haysi
out-gained
Lee
on
the
ground
(202-168)
and
in
the
air
(68-40).
Lance
Compton
threw
two
touchdown
passes,
both
to
Nathan
Boyd,
for
the
Tigers,
while
freshman
quarterback
Tyler
Mullins
ran
for
two
scores
for
the
Generals.
A
24-yard
field
goal
by
Allen
Owens
in
the
first
quarter
and
an
18-yard
touchdown
pass
from
Compton
to
Boyd
in
the
second
period
gave
Haysi
(5-1)
a
10-7
halftime
lead.
Fumbles
set
up
two
of
Lee’s
three
TD
runs
in
the
second
half.
Mullins,
who
scored
on a
53-yard
run
in
the
first
period,
gave
the
Generals
the
lead
for
good
with
a
one-yard
touchdown
run
in
the
third
quarter.
Mullins
accounted
for
109
of
Lee’s
208
yards
of
total
offense.
Lee
(2-5)
built
a
28-10
lead
with
two
fourth
quarter
scores.
Haysi
scored
on a
five-yard
touchdown
pass
from
Compton
to
Boyd
late
in
the
final
period.
Haysi
hosts
Hurley
in
Black
Diamond
District
action
Friday
at
Sandlick.
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story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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Honaker
Overcomes Turnovers to Earn Win Over
Bearcats |
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Honaker overcame five
turnovers
with
solid
defense
and
two
fourth-quarter
touchdowns
to
earn
a
14-7
non-district
win
over
Virginia
High
Friday
night
at
Fuller
Field.
Justin
Newberry
capped
the
exciting
comeback
with
a
game-winning,
six-yard
TD
run
with
34.7
seconds
remaining.
It
finished
an
18-play,
79-yard
drive
which
lasted
seven
minutes
and a
second
and
it
gave
the
Tigers
their
fifth
win
in
six
games.
Defense
kept
Honaker
(5-3)
in
the
game
in
the
first
half.
Virginia
High
(4-3)
started
six
possessions
in
Tiger
territory,
but
scored
just
once,
on a
25-yard
TD
pass
from
Zak
Messer
Randy
White
late
in
the
first
quarter.
The
Bearcats
missed
a
25-yard
field
goal
and
lost
two
fumbles
inside
the
Honaker
25-yard
line.
"I
don’t
know
of a
time
where
I’ve
seen
a
team
put
someone
in
that
good
a
field
position
as
many
times
as
we
did,"
Honaker
coach
Doug
Hubbard
said.
Logan
Ball
got
Honaker
on
the
scoreboard
with
a
30-yard
touchdown
run
early
in
the
final
quarter
and
picked
up a
key
first
down
on
the
game-winning
drive
later
in
the
period.
Ball
finished
with
91
yards
rushing
and
now
has
1,104
yards
on
the
ground
in
eight
games.
Allan
Eccleston
rushed
28
times
for
145
times
for
the
Bearcats.
Virginia
High
turned
the
ball
over
three
times.
Honaker
has
an
open
date
this
week.
The
Tigers
travel
to
Hurley
for a
Black
Diamond
District
contest
Oct.
27.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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Honaker
Clinches
Tie for
BDD
Volleyball
Title
With
3-Game
Sweep of
Council |
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by
Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
Honaker
clinched a tie for the Black
Diamond District
regular season volleyball crown by
sweeping three
straight games from Council
Thursday night at Council
Elementary School.
Honaker had a chance to
claim the BDD title outright
by winning battle of Lady Tigers
at Haysi. A Hays
victory could force a playoff for
regular season
honors.
Tuesday’s showdown was
set up by Honaker’s 25-21,
25-18, 25-12 victory Thursday at
Council. The Lady
Tigers went to 7-0 in BDD play and
improved to 13-4
overall.
Samantha Farmer and Billee
Jo Mullins combined for 10
kills to lead Honaker, which
overcame a sluggish start
that included series of early
mistakes, including nine
bad serves in the first game
alone.
Paige Tiller got all of her
12 service points in in
consecutive fashion in the third
and clinching game,
when the Lady Tigers built a 17-1
advantage.
"Billee Jo and Sam
both stepped up," Honaker
coach Kim
Compton said. "And Paige got
us going in the third
game.
"We’ve been
inconsistent all season long. But
it’s
more mental than skill. The girls
have the skill, the
talent. It’s something we’ve
worked on. We just have
to get out of it before we can go
anywhere (in the
post-season)."
Council, which has
eight freshmen and two sophomores
on a 10-player roster, got five
service points each
from
Allison Presley and Kara Fuller.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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