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Today's Sports

  • Rocco steps down at Staunton...

    Staunton River head football coach Dave Rocco resigned last week, following the Golden Eagles? 0-10 finish.

    ?He made it official just before Thanksgiving,? said Staunton River Athletic Director Ricky Falls. ?It was his decision. No one forced him out.? Falls also noted that Rocco did not resign his teaching position at the school.

    Rocco seemed at ease with his decision. ?I felt it was time to move on and give someone else a shot,? he said. ?It was a rough year.?

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  • Firemen extinguish pooch's...

    +?+??ord Volunteer Fire Department reigned victorious in this year?s college football forecasting contest. The Bravest beat Chunky, the Yellow Lab, by a single-game margin. The pooch was charging hard at the end, but just couldn?t overcome the gap the Bravest had built early in the season.

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  • The Army-Navy game non-analysis

    This weekend we will be treated, once again, to the grandeur and sheer joy that is the Army-Navy football match. A game that has held no meaning to the national championship for half a century, the game still evokes a great amount of interest for two schools that very much merit the support.

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  • Eagles are District co-favorites...

    The girls? basketball scene should be a lively one this year. While returning Seminole champion Brookville brings back a lot of talent, it appears that Staunton River is poised to give the Bees a run for their money. The Eagles look loaded with talent and may be poised to peak at the absolute right time. Meanwhile, Jefferson Forest is a year older and a year wiser. If the team can crack the code on scoring, it has a shot at cracking the top three of the District.

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  • Liberty should be in thick of...

    The three Bedford County boys? basketball teams enter the season with a wide variance in what they bring to the table.

    In a nutshell, Liberty looks as though it will be one of the powerhouse teams of the Seminole District, featuring some of the marquee talent in the league. Forest will aim to build off the surprisingly good season it had last year. Staunton River looks to be in a rebuilding mode, having graduated all five of last season?s starters.

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  • Hunters for the Hungry primed...

    With deer season coming into full swing, the opportunity for hunters and non-hunters to help their fellow Virginians presents itself through the Hunters for the Hungry program.

    Hunters for the Hungry (H4H), has set an ambitious target of facilitating the movement of 360,000 pounds of meat from the woodlands of Virginia to the supper tables of the state?s neediest families.

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  • From Minutemen to Ironmen

    In the mid-1980s, a couple of jocks graduated from Liberty High School. Kevin Willis and Chris Tharp were fast friends who played football for the Minutemen. Willis was a middle linebacker and Tharp was a slightly-built defensive lineman. They played for Dr. John Walker, and ?You walked a straight line under him,? according to Willis.

    Fast forward twenty-some years, and the two are teammates again. Only now, instead of tackling Cavaliers and Bees, the two are taking on the grueling course of the Ironman world.

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  • Marathon Man

    Editor?s note: Bill Vickery, a resident of Bedford, recently ran in the Richmond Marathon. He was invited to share some of the experiences he had in training up for the race.

    The Training

    Training for a marathon is like having to eat your peas before dessert, except in this case, there are so many peas you wonder if it is worth it. I trained for the Richmond marathon for two months. I ran the marathon to raise money for the Bedford Hospice Hardy Fund.

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  • Barry Bonds' plight--...

    So, Barry Bonds was indicted by a federal grand jury last week. Is anybody surprised?

    I'm no Barry Bonds fan, nor am I an apologist for the man. In my opinion, he is a gifted athlete who has shown zero regard for the fans. His selfishness is legion. Also, it is obvious that the guy bulked up somehow.

    I question the merit of putting Bonds behind bars. This has been a witch hunt, plain and simple. And Bonds makes a pretty good witch. Now, the talking heads are wringing their hands, decrying the end of baseball as we know it.

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  • Bee-wildering

    There was no rest for the weary, while the well-rested ran roughshod.

    Liberty limped into Stinger Stadium for its VHSL Regional semifinal against top-seeded Brookville. The Minutemen limped out of the joint following a 42-14 pasting at the hands of the Bees.

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