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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 30,
2006 |
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sports-page
2-online
edition |
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Members
of the Twin Valley Lady Panthers
basketball team for the 2006-07
season are (from left), seated:
Sarah Honaker (#22), Courtney
Hagerman (#30), Nikki Honaker
(#34), Samantha Vandyke (#14)
and Sarah Harman (#32).
Standing: Julie Ratliff (#20),
Sarah Mullins (#24), Caitlin
Wimmer (#40), Holli Tatum (#44),
Kim Street (#52), Martha Mullins
(#42), Josie Honaker (#4) and
Sydney Gilbert (#10).
(Staff photo/Mike Stiltner.) |
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Four
Returnees
Bring
Experience
to Lady
Panthers
Highly
Respected
Coach
Goodman
Returns
to Head
Coaching
Ranks |
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by Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
Twin
Valley
lost
one
of
the
best
players
in
the
state
and
three
other
quality
starters
from
last
year
to
graduation.
The
Lady
Panthers
start
this
year,
however,
with
four
experienced
returnees
and
gain
one
of
the
most
highly
respected
coaches
in
the
state.
Rick
Goodman
returns
to
the
head
coaching
ranks
with
the
Lady
Panthers
after
spending
last
season
as
an
assistant
on
the
state
runner-up
boys
squad.
Goodman,
who
guided
Council
to
six
state
tournament
appearances,
two
state
finals
and
one
Group
A
title,
inherits
a
mix
of
experience
and
youth.
All-state
guard
Brittany
Maxwell
is
now
at
UVA-Wise,
but
the
Lady
Panthers
return
four
players
with
significant
experience,
including
senior
wing
Samantha
Vandyke
(5-7),
who
set
a
VHSL
single-game
record
for
three-pointers
with
11
against
Honaker.
Vandyke,
along
with
seniors
Nikki
Honaker
(5-7)
and
Courtney
Hagerman
(5-6)
and
junior
post
Kim
Street
(5-7)
give
the
Panthers
(19-7)
plenty
of
experience.
“We
have
four
or
five
good
ones
back,”
Goodman
said.
“We
know
we’re
not
ready
right
now
because
we
have
a
lot
of
young
kids.
But,
hopefully,
we’ll
be
ready
by
tournament
time.”
Early
on,
Goodman
says,
Vandyke,
Honaker
and
Hagerman
will
have
to
carry
much
of
the
load,
especially
offensively,
while
a
large
and
eager
contingent
of
young
players
develops.
“We
need
Sam,
Nikki
and
Courtney
to
step
up,”
Goodman
said.
“We
need
all
three
of
them
to
play
good
defense
and
hit
a
few
shots
for
us.
We
need
senior
leadership.
Hopefully
it
will
be
there.”
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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Referees
Needed
for
Recreation
B-Ball
League |
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Referees
are
needed
for
second
through
seventh-grade
basketball
for
the
time
period
of
December
through
February
2006-2007.
Anyone
interested
and
qualified,
can
apply
at
the
Richland's
Recreation
Park.
All
inquiries
can
be
received
at
276-964-2566.
Any
A.A.U.
or
AHSL
referee
is
encouraged
to
apply.
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Here Are My
Annual High School Hoop Predictions,
Along With the Coach's Pre-Season
District Polls |
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by
Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
During,
what
was
for
me
(among
others),
a
long
football
season,
I
consoled
myself
with
the
notion
that
“basketball
is
just
around
the
corner.”
My
football
season
officially
ended
Monday
night
in
Seattle
courtesy
of
one
of
the
worst
calls
in
NFL
history.
I
have
no
more
local
high
school
games
to
cover.
The
people
who
created
the
BCS,
and
those
who
bring
their
own
agenda
to
contribute
to it
in
the
polls,
have
their
two
teams
sorted
out
and
ready,
apparently,
to
play
for
the
“national
championship”
in
college
football.
The
Packers
are
all
but
out
of
the
NFC
playoff
picture.
And
the
other
NFL
team
I
like,
the
Browns,
may
never
again
be in
the
AFC
playoff
picture.
I’m
not
really
ready
for
the
holidays,
but I
am
ready
for
hoops.
High
school
basketball
starts
officially
Wednesday
night
when
Hurley
hosts
Pocahontas.
Except
in
Johnson
City,
where
Murry
Bartow
is
presiding
over
the
decline
of
what
had
been
an
outstanding
program,
this
should
be
one
heck
of an
exciting
college
basketball
season.
And
my
NBA
fantasy
league
team
already
has a
lock
on
last
place.
Basketball
is
here
and I
say,
to
borrow
one
of
the
dumbest
quotes
in
the
history
of
the
world,
bring
it
on.
Here
are
my
annual
high
school
predictions,
along
with
the
coach’s
pre-season
polls
in
each
respective
district.
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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More
and More
I Hear
Folks Say
Squirrels
Bark; As
Far as
I'm
Concerned,
They
"Squak" |
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by
Bill Anderson
Southwest Virginia Outdoors
As far as I'm concerned,
squirrels "squak."
However, more and more I hear
folks say squirrels
"bark." I'm not making
an issue of the subject, because
if we had a nationwide vote, I'd
probably loose badly.
I
once asked a friend, now deceased,
how often he heard the term "squak"
used. Now, this fellow had
traveled over a lot of this
country and a good many other
countries, and he talked hunting
and outdoors with people he met
whenever the opportunity was
available. According to this
fellow, he couldn't recall hearing
the term "squak," as a
squirrel sound, outside the
southern Appalachians, and maybe a
portion of the rest of the
southern United States.
But
here in the southern mountains,
squirrels squak, they are
sometimes called squakers. The
first person that I heard refer to
squirrels as "barking"
was from a great reader of outdoor
magazines. Maybe that's where he
got the term. At first, I thought
he was speaking of his dog, but I
soon realized that he meant that
squirrels bark.
I
was relieved to read an article by
a well-known outdoor writer, which
I've probably read numerous times
since, that squirrels squak, or
quak. I may be wrong, but I figure
the word squak comes from the word
quak or vice versa.
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story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
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