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Today's Sports

  • Peaks run a smashing success

    Perfect weather, a challenging course and the Christmas spirit combined to make the YMCA's annual Peaks of Otter Classic the largest in its 28 year history. The event, which included 5K and 10K runs, along with fun runs for the younger harriers, drew 350 eager participants.

    The sun broke through an overcast sky on the crisp Saturday morning just in time to welcome Bedford's finest runners across the finish line.

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  • Applied science

    A visit to Jeff Steele's classroom, is like a visit to another culture. There, one is exposed to formulae that rival the Rosetta Stone in their incomprehensibility. Equations analyzing rotational motion with constant angular accelerators are the norm.

    They make sense to Steele because he has worked with them most of his life. He is a trained nuclear engineer.

    Yet, Steele teaches calculus and physics courses at Liberty High School. He also serves as coach of the school's swim team and Minettes' soccer program.

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  • County Wrestling Preview

    Staunton River Head Coach Ron Long has taken an audacious stand in his first year at the helm of the Eagles' wrestling program. "This is the year the streak will be broken," said Long in reference to Brookville's 37-year stranglehold on the Seminole District title. "I think we can take Brookville."

    While the Bees have come to epitomize wrestling excellence for this area, the Eagles should give them cause to check their rear view mirror. Staunton River brings back a lot of experience, enthusiasm and expertise with 10 of its 14 starters returning.

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  • We're all winners here!

    "The nail that stands up is hammered down."

    -Traditional Japanese saying

    "My child is an honor student at XYZ Elementary School."

    -Traditional American bumper sticker

    There has been some discussion around the new format of the VHSL football playoffs. This is the first year in which Region III saw six entrants from Division 3 and six entrants from Division 4. In previous years, there had been four entrants from each division.

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  • 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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