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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, November 23,
2006 |
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sports-page
2-online
edition |
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HONAKER
JUNIOR running back Logan Ball
(#22) is caught from behind by
Powell Valley speedster Malcom
Pinkston after a picking up a
first down late in the third
quarter of Saturday's Region D,
Division 2 playoff game at
Bullitt Park in Big Stone Gap.
Ball finished with 184 yards
rushing, putting him over the
1,400 yard mark for the year.
The Vikings took advantage of
several Tiger turnovers late in
the second quarter to pull away
to a 40-14 win and advance to
Saturday's Region D finals at
UVa-Wise.
(Staff photo/Sam Bartley.) |
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Honaker
Falls to
Powerful
Vikings
In
Playoffs,
40-14
Powell
Valley
Advances
to Meet
Clintwood
in Finals |
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by Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
It’s
probably
something
of
an
understatement
to
say
this
game
was
decided
in
the
second
quarter.
A
33-point
second
period
gave
Powell
Valley
a
40-14
win
over
Honaker
in
the
Region
D,
Division
2
semifinals
Saturday
at
Bullitt
Park
in
Big
Stone
Gap.
The
two
teams
combined
to
score
47
of
the
game’s
54
total
points
in
the
second
quarter.
Cedric
Mitchell
threw
for
294
yards
and
three
touchdowns,
while
freshman
Myron
Pinkston
scored
three
times
for
Powell
Valley
(8-3).
It
was
the
sixth
straight
win
for
the
Vikings,
who
play
Clintwood
in
the
regional
finals
Saturday
at
UVA-Wise.
After
Mitchell’s
15-yard
touchdown
pass
to
Terrell
Turner
gave
Powell
Valley
the
early
advantage,
Honaker
took
its
only
lead
of
the
game
with
a
60-yard
scoring
drive.
A
25-yard
run
by
senior
fullback
Justin
Newberry
set
up
a
15-yard
TD
run
by
Logan
Ball
with
9:35
remaining
in
the
second
period.
Justin
Hall’s
extra-point
kick
gave
the
Tigers
a
7-6
lead.
Ball
finished
with
184
yards
rushing,
putting
the
junior
over
1,400
yard
mark
for
the
year.
Honaker
finished
the
season
with
a
6-5
mark
after
an
0-2
start.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
newsstands now. For more information on how to subscribe to the Mountaineer,
call 276-935-2123 today.
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I
Rarely Go
a Day
Without
Being
Thankful
for
Something,
But Tend
to Be
More
Thankful
For Some
Things |
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by Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
I
rarely
go a
day,
much
less
a
year,
without
being
thankful
for
something.
But I
do
tend
to be
more
thankful
for
some
things
than
others.
For
example,
I’m
thankful
for
everything
I
get.
I’d
just
like
to
get
more.
Let
me
rephrase
that.
I
have
a
lot
to be
thankful
for,
but I
wouldn’t
mind
being
thankful
for
even
more.
I’m
thankful
I got
enough
of a
break
between
high
school
games
to
see a
few
college
football
games
this
season,
and
actually
got
paid
to
see
some
of
them.
You
can’t
beat
getting
paid
to
watch
a
game.
Even
the
scouts
who
worked
for
late
Reds
owner
Marge
Schott
appreciated
that.
I’d
be a
great
deal
more
thankful
if a
bunch
of
sports
writers
didn’t
get
to
decide
who
plays
for
the
national
championship.
Why
does
Michigan
gain
in
the
BCS
after
losing
to
Ohio
State,
but
not
suffer
for
barely
beating
Ball
State,
all
this
while
Florida
paid
dearly
for
barely
beating
a
good
South
Carolina
team.
Why
is it
when
West
Virginia
and
Louisville
combine
for
78
points
they
have
lousy
defenses
but
when
Ohio
State
and
Michigan
combine
for
81
points
it’s
an
instant
classic?
But
enough
complaining.
It is
Thanksgiving.
I’m
thankful
I got
to
see
Brett
Favre
play
in
person.
But I
would
be a
lot
more
thankful
if
the
Packers
would
surround
him
with
a
better
team
so I
have
a
chance
to
see
him
play
again.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
newsstands now. For more information on how to subscribe to the Mountaineer,
call 276-935-2123 today.
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Virginia DCR
to Present Draft Outdoors Plan at Public
Meeting |
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A
new
draft
of
the
state's
outdoor
recreation,
conservation
and
open
space
plan,
including
local
recommendations,
will
be
the
focus
of
public
meetings
held
in
Marion,
Duffield
and
Lebanon.
Planners
from
the
Virginia
Department
of
Conservation
and
Recreation
will
present
the
draft
Virginia
Outdoors
Plan
at 3
p.m.
and 7
p.m.
meetins
at
the
Mount
Rogers
Planning
District
Commission
office
in
Marion,
Monday,
Nov.
27;
the
LENOWISCO
PDC
office
in
Duffield,
Wednesday,
Nov.
29
and
Thursday,
Nov.
30,
at
the
Cumberland
Plateau
PDC
office
in
Lebanon.
These
are
among
more
than
40
meetings
to be
held
statewide-
through
Dec.
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DGIF
Has Been
Sampling
Wild And
Captive
Deer for
Chronic
Wasting
Disease
Since
2002 |
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by
Bill Anderson
Southwest Virginia Outdoors
The
Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries (DGIF) has been sampling
wild and captive deer for Chronic
Wasting Disease (CWD) since 2002.
However, in 2005, the discovery of
CWD in deer from Hampshire County,
WV, approximately 10 miles from
the Virginia state line, resulted
in the partial activation of the
CWD Response Plan that called for
increased surveillance in the area
of Virginia closest the outbreak.
A CWD Active Surveillance
Area that includes parts of
Shenandoah, Frederick, Loudoun,
and Clark counties was established
and last year. Some 559 samples
from road-killed and hunter
harvested whitetailed deer from
this area were tested. CWD has not
been detected in over 2,000
samples collected since 2002 in
Virginia.
For the 2006 hunting
season, DGIF plans to collect the
same number of samples from the
same CWD Active Surveillance Area.
DGIF will be working cooperatively
with the Virginia Department of
Transportation (VDOT) to collect
road-killed deer. Nelson Lafon,
Deer Project Coordinator said,
"The cooperation we have
received from the VDOT staff has
been wonderful. We could not
achieve our sampling goals without
their assistance." In
addition, our DGIF biologists will
be collecting samples from deer
harvested by hunters in the CWD
Active Surveillance Area to
supplement road-kill samples.
Hunter participation in the DGIF
efforts will enable DGIF to move
quickly and more effectively
monitor the area for the presence
of CWD.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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