. @>> it's begun for alex graves @and his staff. @>> in the @sure tomorrow runs right, @everything is going to be fresh @and early tomorrow. @we have to make sure it's @right. @the staff being ready our line-ups. @we get that done early. @out. @>> we'll cook wings at the @>> be at home and have a few @friends over. @>> why not get the wings here? @>> we're selling close to 40 500 in the @building during the game. @>> that's 1 and a half times as @much as any regular night when on. @>> biggest day of the year. @awesome, lots of happy people @and lots of wings. @55 tvs and it will be live in @here that's for sure. @>> part of what makes it lively @is the competition. @>> the broncos, i grew up @living around the corner from @manning, we have to drive by @their house to get to my house, @and we saw them outside @throwing the football. @>> i think he's going to @retire. @>> come on, where is the @defense. @tomorrow is a big deal and the @panthers and the broncos. @who is going to win, let me @know your opinion. @>>> enjoy, and in the bay area, @more than 1 million fans are @there, the big

-hornet's daniel rowe buries the 3 -alex graves on the fast break.. caps it off with the easy layup. -lynchburgs defense putting on the pressure.. zach burnett on the steal and brings home with the layin... and this one went to overtime and lynchburg is victorious 62-60 and are your conference champions. the second sprint cup race of the season.. this one in hot-lanta.. the folds of honor quiktrip 500. kyle bushc on the pole but after failing post qualifying inspection he starts from the back. -with 41 laps to go.. leader kevin harvick pits under green and jimmie johnson takes the lead. -and johnson appears to have it in the bag when ryan newman blows a tire bringing out the second caution of the day. -johnson ahead of bucsh on the restart.. and the 48 car is able to hold him off. -there is a wreck on the backstrech but johnson stays in front and gets the win in atlanta. mentioned them, they were all really late-race moments, and then sure enough here again, the way this one finished out, it was in that same vein, so it's amazing that way." here's a l

off the miss, odac player of the year alex graves spins for the one handed putback for the lead. then a.j hamilton dials long distance for three! 12-2 run, capped by lyndon white's trey at the buzzer! in the 2nd, hamilton on the break - the hoop and the foul! graves a double-double, 5 hornets in double figures, lynchburg rolls over hampden-sydney 90-67. 3 the hornets will play emory & henry in tomorrow night's 6 o'clock semifinal. e&h defeated 4 seed guilford 91-81 in today's second game. these are tonight's quarterfinals. randolph-macon and virginia wesleyan are just underway, randolph faces roanoke at 8. 3 dennis college basketball's marquis game tomorrow has number 3 virginia hosting acc leader and seventh- ranked north carolina at 6:30. noone has beaten uva in charlottesville this season. the cavs are 13-and-0, they've won 18 in a row at jpj dating back to last year. tony bennett, cavs 21-6, 10-5 in acc - "you hope you get a homecourt advantage where the crowd gets excited and there's just electricity and i think that's what's happened here and i'm so thankful for that. ralli

tonight, lc senior forward alex graves was honored as player of the year, roanoke's page moir coach of the year. lc's zack burnett also made the first team, along with randolph's zach desgain and roanoke's joey miller. 3 dennis high school hoops at magna vista featuring our number one in our full court press top 13, the brookville girls. hannah young and company squaring off against spotswood in the 3a west semifinals. the bees strike first, tiffany rixey dials up the three from the corner for the early lead. then kiala marshall beats her defender to the baseline for the layup. in the second, brookville comes out firing, chelsie moran's 3 circles the rim before falling in! however, spotswood beats brookville 50-42. the bees, though, have already qualified for states. 3 in the opener, the hidden valley titans faced off against the magna vista warriors. 4th quarter, warriors down 7, moriah hairston gets the running jumper to fall. then off the inbounds pass, hairston team high 18 for hairston, magna vista down just 5. but hidden valley staying one step head. yessena garay swivels past th

the marlins keep it close late with the three ball, but alex graves holds them off with the long jumper from the corner. team high 23 for graves. weslyan rallies to get it within three, but graves steps up to put the roof down on a celebrate! hornets win it, 80-75. they are now deadlocked with the marlins for 1st in the odac, heading into next weeks tournament.alex graves, 23 pts, 4 blocks in win "we were really just getting into the paint, then making it tough for their guards to get shots off. their guards are great players. we were really just trying to make it tough on them, and clog the paint up on them, and trying to hit the glass hard."hillary scott, head coach, lynchburg hornets "for us to do what we do, we've got to play great defense. we feel like we're pretty good in transition, but great transition teams are not taking the ball out every possession, so we had to get some stops" 3 3 dave senior day at randolph, the wildcats hosting w&l. late first half, jason eddie gets the block inside. time winding down, zach desgain will hit the running layup as the buzzer sounds. wildcats

the game put the wild cats back on top before alex graves again graves scored 17 on the night. josh froined had a big game for randolph. 13 points. lc down 3. final seconds. burnet to send it to over time. the shot won't go down. wild cats hang on for the 61-58 win. ; you know i thought we got better today. trending it's important. that win is big for us heading into the season games. ; we knew we could and did. seal them out to win the game. ; the way we played the first half was not like lynchburg basketball. it was not okay. terrible basketball. we'll fix that and be back. ; anchor: roanoke edged washington and lee. high school action in halifax county the blue comments battled the wild cats. jimmy smith junior fired from long range. durant driving to the hoop for the lay up. on the other hand morrison lay up rejected by womble junior. halifax took off. off the turn over. dibs through traffic for the duce. big night with an uncontested basket. smith 23. the comets second streak. amherst got 15. and a win over gretna. perimclure roles over a win. eugene banks spoke to the lyn

-alex graves on the fast break.. caps it off with the easy layup. -lynchburgs defense putting on the pressure.. zach burnett on the steal and brings home with the layin... and this one went to overtime and lynchburg is conference champions. virginia's dominance on their home court was evident yet again yesterday as the #3 cavaliers hosted #7 north carolina. uva hasn't dropped a home game since january 31st of last year. they're a perfect 14-0 at john paul jones arena this year.. but were put to the test hosting the acc's top team .. the tar heels. acc player of the year candidate malcolm brogdon had a team high 26 points and also added 6 rebounds.. 3 assists.. and 2 steals as the 'hoos beat unc 79-74. verbatim virginia travels to take on clemson on tuesday. virginia tech's men's basketball team only has 3 games left in the regular season. the hokies are in winston-salem to take on wake forest. the demon deacons are second to last in conference standings.. with just 2 wins in acc play... tip off is tonight at 6:30. to news and notes... --- wins the h

off the miss, odac player of the year alex graves spins for the one handed putback for the lead. then a.j hamilton dials long distance for three! lynchburg closes the half on a 12-2 run, capped by lyndon white's trey at the buzzer! in the 2nd, hamilton on the break - the hoop and the foul! graves a double-double, 5 hornets in double figures, lynchburg rolls over hampden-sydney 90-67. 3 the hornets will face 5 seed emory & henry in tomorrow night's 6 o'clock semifinal. john shelor buried a couple of 3s in the opening four minutes to help the wasps race to an early lead over fourth-seeded guilford, shelor had six 3s and 22 points. aaron ferguson led emory & henry with 23. they knock off the quakers 91-81. 3 in tonight's final game, three seed roanoke college. all-odac first team player zach desgain led four wildcats in double figures with 20. odac first-teamer joey miller led roanoke with 14. 3 randolph will face second-seeded virginia wesleyan tomorrow night at 8. the marlins rolled over randolph-macon 78-52. 3 so here's the odac tournament slate of games tomorrow. two women's sem

in the extra period, the hornets go inside to alex graves for two of his 9 points, but the issue was far from settled. randolph down two with a chance to tie it or win it. but the final shot is no good. lynchburg wins 62- 60, for the school's 2nd odac tourney title and first since 1979. hillary scott was an odac champ as a player at roanoke, and now has won as a coach. hilliary scott, lynchburg men's basketball head coach, "i always hear that coaches say hey, when you win you always sit back and watch your guys celebrate and that's kind of what i did man. that's what we get joy out of. like you said, i've gotten a championship before. i know how that feels so we try to work as a coaching staff to get these guys that feeling. it's nice to really see them celebrate and enjoy their hard work." in the women's championship, it was also lynchburg college in action, up against guilford. the hornets trailing by 7 early, but they kick it up a notch. sammi goldsmith pushes it up to chaney forbush underneath for 2 of on the other end, essence abraham from long range for the quakers. then check

zach desgain put the wildcats back on top before alex graves again tied the game with seven minutes left, graves scored 17 on the big game inside for randolph, he had 13. lc down 3, final seconds, burnett to send it to overtime, the shot won't go down. wildcats hang on for the 61-58 win. 3 high school action at halifax county, the blue comets battled the dan river wildcats. tied at 20 at the break. 2nd half, jimmy smith jr. fires from long range. the comets take the lead. dan river fires back - jaquan durant drives to the basket for the layup, then on the other end, ford morrison's layup is rejected by rodney womble jr. halifax took over in the fourth and wins 54-42, 3 and one-time duke all-american forward gene banks spoke to the lynchburg sports club tonight. the duke hall of famer led the acc in scoring his senior season in 1981, over greats like worthy. 3 mona yard-decorating is usually something you do for christmas or halloween.pattie but a family in henrico county goes all out with its and as nakkell williams reports, the neighbors love it. 3 with a name like stephanie loving...ho

in the extra period, odac player of the year alex graves hits the turnaround fadeaway to tie it at 58. next possession, graves puts the roof down on hornets lead by one late - last chance for randolph goes off the iron! the hornets win the odac, 62-60 in ot, in a classic battle. graves with 9 points and 11 rebounds named tournament mvp, lynchburg moves on to the ncaa d3 tournament for the first time in 37 years! 3 dave the lynchburg women with a chance to take home the title sunday against guilford. senior chaney forbush gets it going here, drilling a three. forbush with 14 points, 8 rebounds. sophomore caroline naumann knocked down big shots late in the half to draw the hornets within one at the break. lynchburg opens up a double digits lead in the second. guilford closed to within 6, but sophomore olivia defrancesco delivered a 3-point dagger as the shot clock expired just over two minutes to play. lynchburg wins its first-ever odac women's title, beating guilford 62-55. naumann takes home tournament mvp honors. 3 dave nascar in atlanta for the quiktrip 500. 3 laps left, jimmie john

and alex graves gets the turnaround fadaway. and hornets lead it by one. burnette makes the first free throw and misses the second. the brown makes the shot. and the hornets win the o.d.a.c. 62-60 in overtime. and lynchburg moves on to the n.c.a.a.d-three tournament. >> when the buzzer went off it i realized we got it done. >> we had two teams that were determined to want to win and committed to figuring out whatever they've got to do to come out on top. >> we've been playing so well. credit to them. battle lynchburg, nothing better than that. they came and played great ball. and [inaudible] really happy for them. >> reporter: and the lynchburg college women are also o.d.a.c. champions. and dennis carter covered the women's game. victory over guilford. >> reporter: the celebration was quite a change from last year's loss in the final. abbey smith vowed the hornets and forbush helped l.c. rally. anybody's game until lynchburg took charge in the forth. and guilford closed within six and then defrancesco delivered a 3-point dagger as the shot clock expired. l

in the extra period, the hornets go inside to alex graves for two of his 9 points, but the issue was far from settled. randolph down two with a chance to tie it or win it. but the final shot is no good. lynchburg wins 62- 60, in the women's championship, it was also lynchburg college in action, up against guilford. the hornets trailing by 7 early, but they kick it up a notch. sammi goldsmith underneath for 2 of her 14 points. on the other end, essence abraham from long range for the quakers. then check out lynchburg off the inbounds. they get it to caroline naumann who spins and scores. she led the way with 15, and was named the tournament's mvp. lynchburg wins it 62-55, claiming the school's first ever odac tournament title. in other women's hoops, virginia tech beats uva 60 to 55, and in nascar, jimmie johnson wins in atlanta, tying dale earnhardt with 76 career sprint cup wins. that's your monday morning look at sports. gymnastics is all about grace, power, and balance but one gymnast is adding some hip hop to her routine. a video of her floor routine ended up on social media and

in the extra period, the hornets go inside to alex graves for two of his 9 points, but the issue was far from settled. randolph down two with a chance to tie it or win it. but the final shot is no good. lynchburg wins 62- title and first since 1979. hillary scott was an odac champ as a player at roanoke, and now has won as a coach. hilliary scott, lynchburg men's basketball head coach, "i always hear that coaches say hey, when you win you always sit back and watch your guys celebrate and that's kind of what i did man. that's what we get joy out of. like you said, i've gotten a championship before. i know how that feels so we try to work as a coaching staff to get these guys that feeling. it's nice to really see them celebrate and enjoy their hard work." in the women's championship, it was also lynchburg college in action, up against guilford. the hornets trailing by 7 early, but they kick it up a notch. sammi goldsmith pushes it up to chaney forbush underneath for 2 of her 14 points. on the other end, essence abraham from long range for the quakers. then check out lynchburg off the i

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