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here's karen loftus. time to check-in with some d3 basketball and semifinal saturday at the odac tournament. starting with the men, who had the evening games henry taking-on lynchburg. this was quite the one-sided affair from the jump. austen arnold getting the long- range dialed-in. he had 11 of the hornets first 17 points of the game and finished with 16. then it was the bobby ford show. he goes 6 for 9 from beyond the arc, including 4 in a matter of 3 minutes in the first half, giving lynchburg a 20-point lead just 10 minutes into the game. they're onto the championship game with the 94-64 win over emory and henry next-up, another lynchburg school in randolph college, taking-on second- seeded virginia wesleyan. the marlins strike first with a 3-pointer from tim jones. he led all scorers with 24 points, but after that brown hits a 3 of his own on his way to 16 on the night. then it's josh freund, who just could not miss. he gets back-to-back buckets for the wildcats as part of an 11-oh run they went-on
here's karen loftus. time to check-in with some d3 basketball and semifinal saturday at the odac tournament. starting with the men, who had the evening games henry taking-on lynchburg. this was quite the one-sided affair from the jump. austen arnold getting the long- range dialed-in. he had 11 of the hornets first 17 points of the game and finished with 16. then it was the bobby ford show. he goes 6 for 9 from beyond the arc, including 4 in a matter of 3 minutes in the first half, giving...
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here's karen loftus. let's get to some college basketball now, where 7th-ranked virginia was on the road at duke saturday. the cavaliers trying to snap a 21-year lose-streak at cameron indoor. uva riding a 7-game win-streak coming into their game against the unranked blue devils. let's get it gill, always putting- on a show. he throws it down between the defenders. then mike tobey coming- up big in the first half. he had 8 first half points-- both of these buckets part of 15-2 run, giving the cavs a 25-14 lead. going outside now, it's malcolm brogdon for three, helping keep the blue devils at an arms length. but duke's brandon ingram would pour in a game-high 25. the dunk helping duke cut the lead to three the second half, matt jones capping-off a 10-oh blue devil run with a big three. duke now in front, up 51-44. uva battles back though, down just one with 14 seconds to go. hard to see, but it's brogdon with the tough lay-in to give the hoos the 62-61 lead. duke with one last chance. grayson allen on the
here's karen loftus. let's get to some college basketball now, where 7th-ranked virginia was on the road at duke saturday. the cavaliers trying to snap a 21-year lose-streak at cameron indoor. uva riding a 7-game win-streak coming into their game against the unranked blue devils. let's get it gill, always putting- on a show. he throws it down between the defenders. then mike tobey coming- up big in the first half. he had 8 first half points-- both of these buckets part of 15-2 run, giving the...
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karen loftus has more. the 2016 high school wrestling season is in the books, as the vhsl state championships wrapped-up saturday at the salem civic center for classes 1 through 4a. the third place matches were going-on earlier in the day with action on 4 classifications competing for titles. heading into the afternoon, the 1 and 2a titles were all but locked-up before the finals even started. in 1a rural retreat is your state champion with 227 points, beating-out rappahannock county who was the 1a runner-up with 105.5 points. then in 2a it was another familiar face in grundy, taking-home the title, beating-out clarke county by more than 120 points. 3a was a pretty tight race between christiansburg and cave spring, but the blue demons are able to take the crown, winning by 20 points. then in 4a, faquier county is your champ there. the 58th running of the daytona 500 gets rolling this afternoon just after 1 o'clock, and as a driver, if you're fortunate enough to make it to the last lap of the 500, it's a whi
karen loftus has more. the 2016 high school wrestling season is in the books, as the vhsl state championships wrapped-up saturday at the salem civic center for classes 1 through 4a. the third place matches were going-on earlier in the day with action on 4 classifications competing for titles. heading into the afternoon, the 1 and 2a titles were all but locked-up before the finals even started. in 1a rural retreat is your state champion with 227 points, beating-out rappahannock county who was...
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here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. let's finally get this 2016 nascar sprint cup season going, with the 58th running of the daytona 500. rookie chase elliott, running in the 24-car for the retired jeff gordon. he's the youngest pole-sitter in the history of the daytona 500. elliott only led for the first 3 laps of the race before dale earnhardt junior passes him, but then things get worse for the 20-year old. lap 19, elliott gets loose coming-off turn 4 and goes sliding into the infield turf, doing damage to the front end of his car. fast go, another hendrick motor sports driver in trouble. dale jr. brings-out the 5th spins-out and goes crashing into the inside barrier and the final lap and all the excitement. matt kenseth running up front, along with 4 other toyota cars, won the daytona 500. here comes his teammate, denny move up high. kenseth blocks, and and splits kenseth and martin truex jr. kenseth falls back, saving a wreck there. 14th. now the drag- and truex jr, where it's hamlin winning by just inches, in the
here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. let's finally get this 2016 nascar sprint cup season going, with the 58th running of the daytona 500. rookie chase elliott, running in the 24-car for the retired jeff gordon. he's the youngest pole-sitter in the history of the daytona 500. elliott only led for the first 3 laps of the race before dale earnhardt junior passes him, but then things get worse for the 20-year old. lap 19, elliott gets...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. with all of the talent that has come through hargrave military academy's post- graduate basketball program, there have been some pretty special individual throughout the years. but the show that hargrave's braxton couple of weeks ago, won't be easily forgotten. zac glover explains, in this weekly. zac glover: hargrave's braxton beverly says he's been working on his game basically since birth. braxton beverly, hargrave guard: "i've lived it, breathed it. everything since i was a little kid. i grew up with a basketball in my hands." zac glover: the kentucky-native came to hargrave in chatham, virginia, with hopes of refining his skills before going onto play at college. but what happened a couple of weeks ago against genesis academy, went beyond expectation. a.w. hamilton, hargrave head coach: "you just don't see that very often. it was a special day. you know, we had a community walk to raise awarness for cancer. we had a pink out, the whole gym is covered in pink. we're raising money
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. with all of the talent that has come through hargrave military academy's post- graduate basketball program, there have been some pretty special individual throughout the years. but the show that hargrave's braxton couple of weeks ago, won't be easily forgotten. zac glover explains, in this weekly. zac glover: hargrave's braxton beverly says he's been working on his game basically since birth. braxton beverly, hargrave guard:...
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here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. virginia tech's men's basketball team has had a tough stretch the past 10 days, losing 3-straight heading into sunday's road contest at pittsburgh. buzz williams and his guys trying to get back in the win column against a 16 and 4 pitt team, who's won 5 of the last 6 meetings between the 2 former big east foes. in the first half, the panthers with the slight lead, when jamel artis gets it to sheldon jeter for the dunk. lots of ball movement from pitt, which had 30 assists as a team. on the other end, seth allen seemingly doing it all with a career high 28 points. his 3 ties the game at 23, but from there, the panthers get hot, rattling-off 3-straight threes in about a minute-span. they take the 41-32 lead at the break. ahead to the second half. zach leday trying to get something going. he gets the kick-out from allen and drains the 3. he finished with 12 points and 9 rebounds. turnovers though, were a huge issue for the hokies-- they had 20 in the game, which led to 33 points for the
here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. virginia tech's men's basketball team has had a tough stretch the past 10 days, losing 3-straight heading into sunday's road contest at pittsburgh. buzz williams and his guys trying to get back in the win column against a 16 and 4 pitt team, who's won 5 of the last 6 meetings between the 2 former big east foes. in the first half, the panthers with the slight lead, when jamel artis gets it to sheldon...
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good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the denver broncos are your super bowl 50 champions. let's get right to the action and take you out to levi's stadium. cam newton and the nfc champion panthers taking-on peyton manning and the afc champion broncos. denver up 3- nothing in the first, and this was just the begining of the lights-out broncos defense. von miller with the strip-sack. and malik jackson recovers it in the endzone for the broncos td. the panthers respond in the second. jonathan stewart leaping over the line for the carolina deficit to 3. same score later second, jordan norwood on the punt return for denver. he gets loose around the right side and takes it 61 yards-- the longest punt return in super bowl history. that leads to a broncos field goal, giving them the 13-7 lead at the break. ahead to the 4th. now 16-10 denver. cam trying to lead his team to a go- ahead score, but von's got other ideas. his second forced fumble, which tj ward recovers. moments later, cj anderson puts this one on ice. the 2- yard sc
good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the denver broncos are your super bowl 50 champions. let's get right to the action and take you out to levi's stadium. cam newton and the nfc champion panthers taking-on peyton manning and the afc champion broncos. denver up 3- nothing in the first, and this was just the begining of the lights-out broncos defense. von miller with the strip-sack. and malik jackson recovers it in the endzone for the broncos td. the panthers respond...
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here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. it was a special night thursday at william troy daniels' jersey. daniels, who is now a guard for the charlotte hornets, graduated from fleming in 2009, then went-on to star at vcu under shaka smart. he's in his 3rd season in the nba, and made it back to his hometown for the ceremony, during halftime of the colonels' basketball game. troy daniels, charlotte hornets guard, "it's an honor. just to get my jersey retired here, it means a lot. it feels like yesterday i was at the park dreaming about this moment. and now it's finally happened. i have my family here, my friends, so it's a great feeling. i was just a young kid. a young kid with a lot of dreams. my dreams happened to come true just because i believed. when i talk to kids from this area, i tell them, just keep dreaming. you want to be the president of the united states or the author of a book, just keep dreaming and it could come true." onto action from that game. fleming hosting northside. the colonels taking the early lead in
here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. it was a special night thursday at william troy daniels' jersey. daniels, who is now a guard for the charlotte hornets, graduated from fleming in 2009, then went-on to star at vcu under shaka smart. he's in his 3rd season in the nba, and made it back to his hometown for the ceremony, during halftime of the colonels' basketball game. troy daniels, charlotte hornets guard, "it's an honor. just to...
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here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. in division 3 hoops, the odac tournament gets rolling at the salem civic center with the women's quarterfinals this afternoon, followed by the men's quarterfinals on friday. roanoke college is the 3-seed and earned a first- round bye, so their first post-season game will be friday night against randolph, who beat washington and lee tuesday night. coach page moir and his guys have had a great season to this point, at 11 and 5 in conference, and are hoping to keep things rolling this weekend. page moir, roanoke basketball head coach, "the old coaches' adage is dance with the one that brung you and we're going to do a lot of the things that we've done all season long. we've got a few things we can tweak, some things we can get better at. we try to remind the guys some things we maybe we didn't do so well late in the season that we did better early in the season. we're going to try to put our best foot forward but we're excited about going into the tournament. we're reasonably healthy and
here's karen loftus with more. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. in division 3 hoops, the odac tournament gets rolling at the salem civic center with the women's quarterfinals this afternoon, followed by the men's quarterfinals on friday. roanoke college is the 3-seed and earned a first- round bye, so their first post-season game will be friday night against randolph, who beat washington and lee tuesday night. coach page moir and his guys have had a great season...
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here's karen loftus with the highlights. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus sports. uva's men's basketball team is back in the top-5 in the rankings, as they night to take-on a tough miami team. the third-ranked cavaliers up against hurricanes. both acc play. 1st half, miami up 5. late in malcolm brogdon hits the corner 3, but miami quickly inbounds, and sheldon mcclellan pushes it up the court and launches the running 3 that goes to end the half. miami up 30-25 at the second, miami still up by 5, when davon reed comes-off the screen and rattles-in the 3. he led the hurricanes with 21 points. uva still fighting from behind with just over 2 minutes to play. brogdon again. 3 more of his 28 points, and the hoos are with-in 3. same deficit now with 4 seconds left. london perrantes, the guy you want taking the last shot if it's gotta be deep. he lets it fly but it's no good. miami hangs-on to win it 64- 61. in women's d3 basketball, we're already in the post- season with roanoke college hosting virginia wesleyan in the first round of the odac tournament. the maroons comin
here's karen loftus with the highlights. good morning everyone, i'm karen loftus sports. uva's men's basketball team is back in the top-5 in the rankings, as they night to take-on a tough miami team. the third-ranked cavaliers up against hurricanes. both acc play. 1st half, miami up 5. late in malcolm brogdon hits the corner 3, but miami quickly inbounds, and sheldon mcclellan pushes it up the court and launches the running 3 that goes to end the half. miami up 30-25 at the second, miami still...
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i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the race to make the daytona 500 field takes another step tonight with the running of the can- am duels at daytona internatiol speedway. after winning the saturday night, denny hamlin is one of the favorites tonight, along with his joe gibbs racing teammates. while being out front at the super speedway isn't always the best place to be, it has gotten a bit easier over time to lead the way. denny hamlin/sprint unlimited champ: i think it's getting easier to hold guys off simply because we're getting smarter and more knowledgeable. and i think there's more guys getting more knowledgeable with the draft and even i was actually surprised at how many lead changes there were back and forth even though it was just between a few drivers on saturday night. i had a tough time holding off the pack once they got a big run so i think our package is really, really good. it promotes good racing. we don't have any of that tandem drafting anymore so i think we've got a package here that can last for a
i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the race to make the daytona 500 field takes another step tonight with the running of the can- am duels at daytona internatiol speedway. after winning the saturday night, denny hamlin is one of the favorites tonight, along with his joe gibbs racing teammates. while being out front at the super speedway isn't always the best place to be, it has gotten a bit easier over time to lead the way....
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i'll know who could see some light us then. everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the virginia tech softball season, which includes a challenging slate right off the bat. coach scot thomas and his team have a balanced roster that includes 7 talented 4 seniors. the hokies open the south florida friday, before saturday games against south carolina and illinois state. sunday brings two more games-- one against top ranked florida, and the other against 2nd-ranked michigan-- the two the national title last spring. scot softball coach: is the toughest schedule that we've played out of the box probably in the history of the program really. we've got one and two on next sunday but we can't overlook south florida who's got a great program, south carolina who is building an sec program and is doing well, up and coming, and illinois state this always perennial in their conference as well so it's a busy weekend coming into the michigan/ florida as it turns out, doubleheader on sunday. kelsey mericka/vt senior catcher/third baseman: every team is different every single year so
i'll know who could see some light us then. everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the virginia tech softball season, which includes a challenging slate right off the bat. coach scot thomas and his team have a balanced roster that includes 7 talented 4 seniors. the hokies open the south florida friday, before saturday games against south carolina and illinois state. sunday brings two more games-- one against top ranked florida, and the other against 2nd-ranked michigan-- the two...
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despite better in everyone, i'm karen loftus in for travis wells. we begin tonight with news out of the nascar world, where tony stewart will miss the start of his final sprint cup season with a fractured vertebrae. the 3-time sprint cup champion suffered a broken back sunday while riding in a dune buggy, and underwent surgery wednesday. there is not set date for his return to the track, but he is expected to make a full recovery and get back to racing this year. the 44-year-old annoucned in september that 2016 would be his final season in cup racing. stewart has 48 sprint cup victories but has never won the daytona 500, which is now about 2 yesterday we had a ton of high school athletes committing to play at the next level on national signing day, and today we had a few more signing on the dotted line. hidden valley's ashley sweet is going d-1 in girls soccer, signing her letter of intent to play for the naval academy in annapolis, maryland. sweet is a 4-year starter for the titans and will be joining the midshipmen as a goal keeper. she is a 3-spo
despite better in everyone, i'm karen loftus in for travis wells. we begin tonight with news out of the nascar world, where tony stewart will miss the start of his final sprint cup season with a fractured vertebrae. the 3-time sprint cup champion suffered a broken back sunday while riding in a dune buggy, and underwent surgery wednesday. there is not set date for his return to the track, but he is expected to make a full recovery and get back to racing this year. the 44-year-old annoucned in...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. while we got our first look at the radford baseball team wednesday, we also got our first look at their brand new indoor practice facility. the project has been in the works for a few years, and was finally finished this offseason, with players able to start using it at the end of january. the indoor facility is 82- thousand square feet, and will be for both the softball and baseball teams to use. in addition to the practice space, there are also 4 offices for each program and a coaches' locker room. for the players and coaches, it's a welcomed addition to they're really loving-- especially when it's this cold outside. daniel bridgeman, radford senior pitcher, "it's awesome being able to come and workout in here. right now it's 25 with a 15 mile an hour wind blowing. you can't stand out there much less practice. this would be a day that we didn't get work in. and now, as you can see, we're in here throwing bullpen, working on our defensive drills, stuff like that. it's a game changer
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. while we got our first look at the radford baseball team wednesday, we also got our first look at their brand new indoor practice facility. the project has been in the works for a few years, and was finally finished this offseason, with players able to start using it at the end of january. the indoor facility is 82- thousand square feet, and will be for both the softball and baseball teams to use. in addition to the practice...
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i'm karen loftus with a look at sports. we begin with big news in the nascar world as stuart haas racing announces they're making the switch from chevrolet to ford cars this season. n hr has had chevy cars since its inception in 2002 and has won two print cup championships with the manufacturer. co-owner and driver tony stuart plans to retire at the end of the season living kevin what are vick, danika patrick to making the change. basketball team picks up a win on the road over boston college last night. uva is looking to bounce back from their road loss monday their sites to north carolina on saturday. it is. few guys out with injuries. >> we've been playing, obviously, anthony, isaiah, and mike, and then evan, those are kind of in the four and now without evan, i went to jarod. the size, you know, that's why all guys have to be ready. he's played for us. at times we've gone four premier players. i think all things are on the board, and you have to be ready based on, you know, what the game is printing and, you know, the m
i'm karen loftus with a look at sports. we begin with big news in the nascar world as stuart haas racing announces they're making the switch from chevrolet to ford cars this season. n hr has had chevy cars since its inception in 2002 and has won two print cup championships with the manufacturer. co-owner and driver tony stuart plans to retire at the end of the season living kevin what are vick, danika patrick to making the change. basketball team picks up a win on the road over boston college...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the can am duels at daytona take the green flag at 7 o'clock tonight as the sprint cup drivers try to claim the best starting spot they can for sunday's daytona 500. while last saturday night's sprint unlimited was a fairly aggressive affair, tonight's 150 mile qualifying races should be a little more calm. thirty-eight drivers are locked into the field with 2 spots still up for grabs from the open teams. some drivers will choose to race, while others will just try to ride. joey logano/2015 daytona 500 champ: you know in the duels it's a completely different atmosphere because this is your best car and you don't want to crash this one, but you want to have a good starting spot. it is important. so you've got to kind of weight out the risk versus reward would in the unlimited. ryan newman/2008 daytona 500 champ: the competition is gonna be a little bit different because there used to be more guys that were fighting to get in and now we've got less. we've got basically three or four tea
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. the can am duels at daytona take the green flag at 7 o'clock tonight as the sprint cup drivers try to claim the best starting spot they can for sunday's daytona 500. while last saturday night's sprint unlimited was a fairly aggressive affair, tonight's 150 mile qualifying races should be a little more calm. thirty-eight drivers are locked into the field with 2 spots still up for grabs from the open teams. some drivers will choose...
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and our own travis wells and karen loftus also played in tonight's game, with jean jadhon as emcee. the tech women continue to struggle on the court plus zac glover checks in with a super bowl champ from radford but first our extra point, tony stewart will miss the start of racing season after he suffered a broken vertebrae sunday in an atv accident, undergoing surgery wednesday. there is not set date for his return to the track, but he is expected to racing this year. women returned to the cassell coliseum court tonight to face georgia tech trying to get back on track. early on domonique powell goes to work down low for the tough bucket on the strong move. then it's vanessa downtown, that's good for three. and how about regan magarity with the finish. magarity can dish it too, as she does here. but it wasn't enough as georgia tech won it 51 to 34. this sunday will also mark the six- year anniversary of superbowl 44, when the new orleans saints defeated peyton manning and the indianapolis colts. wdbj7's zac glover caught up with former hokie and current radford resident, pierson pri
and our own travis wells and karen loftus also played in tonight's game, with jean jadhon as emcee. the tech women continue to struggle on the court plus zac glover checks in with a super bowl champ from radford but first our extra point, tony stewart will miss the start of racing season after he suffered a broken vertebrae sunday in an atv accident, undergoing surgery wednesday. there is not set date for his return to the track, but he is expected to racing this year. women returned to the...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. we'll get things going tonight on the track, as we set the field for sunday's daytona 500. the can-am duel races will determine starting spots 3 through 38, for the 58th running of the great american race. chase elliott kenseth will join him on the front row after sunday's qualifying. drivers in the first duel will line up on the inside row for the daytona 500 based on their finishing order in the race, and drivers in the second duel will be on the outside. in the first, dale earnhardt junior makes the pass on denny hamlin with 5 to go, and he hangs-on to win it, doing so on the 15th anniversary of his father's death. he'll start third on sunday. then in the second duel, all the action at the end. in the final lap, coming-out of the tri-oval. jamie mcmurray gets in front of jimmie johnson, who then spins-out and gets in a big wreck, with outside pole sitter matt kenseth and martin truex jr also involved. meanwhile, kyle busch picks-up his third duels win. let's get to some college bas
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. we'll get things going tonight on the track, as we set the field for sunday's daytona 500. the can-am duel races will determine starting spots 3 through 38, for the 58th running of the great american race. chase elliott kenseth will join him on the front row after sunday's qualifying. drivers in the first duel will line up on the inside row for the daytona 500 based on their finishing order in the race, and drivers in the second...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. with all of the talent that's come through hargrave military academy's post-graduate basketball program, there have been some pretty special individual performances throughout the years. but the show that hargrave's braxton beverly put on just a couple of weeks ago, won't be easily forgotten. zac glover explains, in this week's edition of hometown hoops weekly. zac glover: hargrave's braxton beverly says he's been working on his game basically since birth. braxton beverly, hargrave guard: "i've lived it, breathed it. everything since i was a little kid. i grew up with a basketball in my hands." kentucky-native came to hargrave in chatham, virginia, with hopes of refining his skills before going onto play at college. but what happened a couple of weeks ago against genesis academy, went beyond expectation. a.w. hamilton, hargrave head coach: "you just don't see that very often. it was a special day. you know, we had a community walk to raise awarness for cancer. we had a pink out, the w
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. with all of the talent that's come through hargrave military academy's post-graduate basketball program, there have been some pretty special individual performances throughout the years. but the show that hargrave's braxton beverly put on just a couple of weeks ago, won't be easily forgotten. zac glover explains, in this week's edition of hometown hoops weekly. zac glover: hargrave's braxton beverly says he's been working on his...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. it was a special night at william fleming high school, where they retired troy daniels' number-30 jersey. daniels, who is now a guard for the charlotte hornets, graduated from fleming in 2009, then went-on to star at vcu under shaka smart. he's in his 3rd season in the nba, and made it back to his hometown for the ceremony, during halftime of the colols' boys' basketball game. troy daniels, charlotte hornets guard, "it's an honor. just to get my jersey retired here, it means a lot. it feels like yesterday i was at the park dreaming about this moment. and now it's finally happened. i have my family here, my feeling. i was just a young kid. a young kid with a lot of dreams. my dreams happened to come true just because i believed. when i talk to kids from this area, i tell them, just keep dreaming. you want to be the president of the united states or the author of a book, just keep dreaming and it could come true." onto action from that game. fleming hosting northside. the colonels takin
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. it was a special night at william fleming high school, where they retired troy daniels' number-30 jersey. daniels, who is now a guard for the charlotte hornets, graduated from fleming in 2009, then went-on to star at vcu under shaka smart. he's in his 3rd season in the nba, and made it back to his hometown for the ceremony, during halftime of the colols' boys' basketball game. troy daniels, charlotte hornets guard, "it's an...
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here's karen loftus with all your sports news. the history of the daytona international speedway is undeniable, but the track has taken a huge step into the future with a huge renovation project. here's travis wells with more on the first motorsports stadium. the track eliminated 40 thousand backstretch seats and replaced more than 101 thousand seats on the frontstretch with new wider, more comfortable ones with nearly perfect sight lines. getting into the facility is easier with more than 40 escalators at 5 different injectors, a fancy word for oversized gates. appropriately for nascar, each injector is sponsored and leads to a huge interactive breezeways. there is wifi throughout along with 14 hundred hd tv monitors that span the stands, which are nearly a mile long. joie chitwood/ daytona international speedway president: that marquee sign and that facade when you get off that exit at isb and you drive down and see the daytona international speedway now, i think it catches your breath and that's what we want to be. we want you
here's karen loftus with all your sports news. the history of the daytona international speedway is undeniable, but the track has taken a huge step into the future with a huge renovation project. here's travis wells with more on the first motorsports stadium. the track eliminated 40 thousand backstretch seats and replaced more than 101 thousand seats on the frontstretch with new wider, more comfortable ones with nearly perfect sight lines. getting into the facility is easier with more than 40...
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and our own travis wells and karen loftus also played in the game, with jean jadhon as emcee. foreign policy and progressive values issues hillary clinton and bernie sanders tackled during last night's democratic debate. how all of the candidates plan are pushing for support before the new hampshire primary. the former pharmaceutical ceo infamous for hiking the price of a life- saving drug appears on capitol hill. how martin shkreli's lawyer is explaining his odd behavior at the hearing. and, one of the texas anti- abortion activists involved in the undercover planned parenthood video turns himself in. posted to be freed. friday, february 5. i'm garrett turner. and i'm kimberly mcbroom. candidates running for president are embarking on a weekend push to win over voters ahead of tuesday's new hampshire primary. last night, democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in their fifth debate. weijia jiang has the latest from hampshire. the gloves came off last night -- as hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced each other one-on-one for the first time...sparring over pr
and our own travis wells and karen loftus also played in the game, with jean jadhon as emcee. foreign policy and progressive values issues hillary clinton and bernie sanders tackled during last night's democratic debate. how all of the candidates plan are pushing for support before the new hampshire primary. the former pharmaceutical ceo infamous for hiking the price of a life- saving drug appears on capitol hill. how martin shkreli's lawyer is explaining his odd behavior at the hearing. and,...
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here's karen loftus with more. good morning loftus with your look at sports. we'll get things going on the track, as we set the field for sunday's daytona 500. the can-am duel races will determine starting spots 3 through 38, for the 58th running of the great american race. chase elliott already secured the pole and matt kenseth will join him on the front row after sunday's qualifying. drivers in the first duel will line up on the inside row for the daytona 500 based on their finishing order in the race, and drivers in the second duel will be on the outside. in the first, dale earnhardt junior makes the pass on denny hamlin with 5 to go, and he hangs-on to win it, doing so on the 15th anniversary of his father's death. he'll start third on sunday. then in the second duel, all the action at the end. in the final lap, coming-out of the tri-oval. jamie mcmurray gets in front of jimmie johnson, who then spins-out and gets in a big wreck, with outside pole sitter matt kenseth and martin truex jr also involved. meanwhile, kyle busch picks-up his third duel win. let'
here's karen loftus with more. good morning loftus with your look at sports. we'll get things going on the track, as we set the field for sunday's daytona 500. the can-am duel races will determine starting spots 3 through 38, for the 58th running of the great american race. chase elliott already secured the pole and matt kenseth will join him on the front row after sunday's qualifying. drivers in the first duel will line up on the inside row for the daytona 500 based on their finishing order in...
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here's karen loftus with more. good morning loftus with your look at sports. virginia tech's men's basketball team in action sunday, hitting the road as we're quickly approaching the acc tournament. tech looking for their third-straight acc victory, taking on wake forest. right out of the gate, justin bibbs catches fire. he knocks-down a slew of three- pointers, racking- up 11 points in the first eight minutes of the game. he ends- up with a game-high 22. seth allen also had it going in the first half, with three of his 14 here. bibbs and allen combining for 20 of the hokies first 25 points. zach leday starts to come- on later in the first. he throws it down, on his way to 17 and 8 on the night. but the hokies only up one at the break. in the 2nd, the freshman, chris clarke, working hard. puts back his own miss. he had 6 and 6 off the bench. and just as big as bibbs was to the first half, justin robinson was to the 2nd. he drives, getting the bucket and the foul. tech wins it, 81-74. here's zac glover with more from winston-salem. tech was only 1-6 on the road
here's karen loftus with more. good morning loftus with your look at sports. virginia tech's men's basketball team in action sunday, hitting the road as we're quickly approaching the acc tournament. tech looking for their third-straight acc victory, taking on wake forest. right out of the gate, justin bibbs catches fire. he knocks-down a slew of three- pointers, racking- up 11 points in the first eight minutes of the game. he ends- up with a game-high 22. seth allen also had it going in the...
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here's karen loftus. now to some high school hoops, and the 5th annual roy stanley memorial shootout going-on all day saturday. rockbridge blew out liberty and north cross got past overtime in the first two games. fast forward now to the final game of the day. northside taking-on the defending state champs in martinsville. the first meeting between the two schools since 2010. this one was all bulldogs early and all devonte holland. bucket after bucket for the 6-7 senior, as martinsville jumps out to the 11-4 lead. it takes northside nearly 6 minutes of game clock to get their first field goal-- here from devon russell with the lay- in. they trail by double digits through the first quarter. then in the second, kendrick tucker knocks- down the 3.the vikings close the gap to 5 at the half and make a late surge to beat martinsville 60- 52. elev8 school out of florida making the trip up to take-on hargrave military academy. the tigers with a slight lead in the first half and adding to it. de'riante jenkins on
here's karen loftus. now to some high school hoops, and the 5th annual roy stanley memorial shootout going-on all day saturday. rockbridge blew out liberty and north cross got past overtime in the first two games. fast forward now to the final game of the day. northside taking-on the defending state champs in martinsville. the first meeting between the two schools since 2010. this one was all bulldogs early and all devonte holland. bucket after bucket for the 6-7 senior, as martinsville jumps...
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((karen castro)) karen castro, 8 news now. ((brian loftus)) sheriff lombardo tells 8 news now... "calls for service" come from the strip and fremont street. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > quest preparatory academy parents spoke about their concerns... as to where their children will go to school this fall. officals say the roberson campus could possibly close... due to the expiration of a special use permit. this comes after years of controversy surrounding the charter school... which has been investigated on issues including misuse of money.. and abuse of authority. the state- funded charter school is being managed by a receiver... due to its past problems with financial management. parents are not happy with what they feel is short notice about the possible closure. we reached out to the receiver of quest academy for comment.. and have not heard back. /// > we'll be right back./// since 1961, pearle vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doctors like lisa hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. beca
((karen castro)) karen castro, 8 news now. ((brian loftus)) sheriff lombardo tells 8 news now... "calls for service" come from the strip and fremont street. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > quest preparatory academy parents spoke about their concerns... as to where their children will go to school this fall. officals say the roberson campus could possibly close... due to the expiration of a special use permit. this comes after years of controversy surrounding the charter school... which has...
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reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. ((brian loftus)) > the minor accused of killing swans and other birds at desert shores.. admitted to a felony charge today in court.. and will serve probation and go to counseling. court this morning.. while protesters rallied outside the courthouse. activists from the nevada political action for animals group...call the swans' deaths brutal.. and wanted justice for the birds. ((stacia newman/president nv political action for animals: i can't even imagine how horrible the swans felt because they were loved and cared for by the community and then to have someone come in and brutal murder these swans it's (gets choked up) it's is. it's horrible )) ((brian loftus)) six other charges of maiming.. poisoning.. or killing an animal were dismissed as part of the plea deal. the teen will also be on probation until his 21-st birthday./// ((brian loftus)) > the man police say hit and killed a pedestrian last week.. is now behind bars. 24-year-old eric leppard turned himself into henderson police over the weeke
reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. ((brian loftus)) > the minor accused of killing swans and other birds at desert shores.. admitted to a felony charge today in court.. and will serve probation and go to counseling. court this morning.. while protesters rallied outside the courthouse. activists from the nevada political action for animals group...call the swans' deaths brutal.. and wanted justice for the birds. ((stacia newman/president nv political action for animals: i can't even...
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./// ((brian loftus)) > metro police are investigating a deadly shooting that killed one person... in southeast valley. it happened at the meadow vista apartments near karen and lamb last night. police say there was some sort of confrontation before the victim was shot. police say one vehicle was also hit by gunfire... another bullet went through a window. it's possible the shooting could be gang related. police have little detail on the but urge you to call crimestoppers if you have any information. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > a man is in the hospital this morning... after he was struck by a car in north las vegas. the crash happened near lake mead and rancho. north las vegas police say the man was not using a crosswalk when he was hit. the driver did remain on the scene... the man was later taken to u-m-c with critical injuries: ((officer ann cavaricci/north las vegas police: so right now as the temperatures warm up we really want to caution that there is more people on the roadways walking around to and from home, work, and stores, shopping, so we want to remind them to make sure that they're using crosswalks and we want to remind our drivers to be vigilan
./// ((brian loftus)) > metro police are investigating a deadly shooting that killed one person... in southeast valley. it happened at the meadow vista apartments near karen and lamb last night. police say there was some sort of confrontation before the victim was shot. police say one vehicle was also hit by gunfire... another bullet went through a window. it's possible the shooting could be gang related. police have little detail on the but urge you to call crimestoppers if you have any...
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karen. we'll see you shortly. it's definitely one of those days you'll want to stay inside as long as possible. while a loftus have been bundled up in their beds, volunteers have been working to make sure those without homes have a warm place to go. drew smith in wilmington, delaware. drew, another shelter opened up. >> that's right, rosemary. churches have been taking turns opening sanctuaries and meeting rooms. right here people getting ready to head inside. this is a busy day for churches. they are trying to make it available because when wind blows it does sting. earlier this morning volunteers with friendship house served a hot breakfast for 150 people. they wanted to open early, for good reason. the place filled to capacity around 5:00. organizers tell us they served more than 1,000 cups of coffee. they are not just helping with food and drink. they want to make sure people have the right extreme cold weather gear. >> we gave away 400 pairs of gloves, 200 pairs of socks. we gave away hats. that will do it. it keeps people sur. >> survival is what we want out here. that's why they have offered up service
karen. we'll see you shortly. it's definitely one of those days you'll want to stay inside as long as possible. while a loftus have been bundled up in their beds, volunteers have been working to make sure those without homes have a warm place to go. drew smith in wilmington, delaware. drew, another shelter opened up. >> that's right, rosemary. churches have been taking turns opening sanctuaries and meeting rooms. right here people getting ready to head inside. this is a busy day for...
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needed: (( karen morrison, pedestrian: it's an amazing idea there's a lot of people out here getting killed on the sidewalks. people running into bus stops it's ridiculous. )) ((brian loftus)) north las vegas city hall held a meeting to get public input on the project. work is expected later this summer. /// ((brian loftus)) farmers are learning to use a new device... that can help with their crops. ((kirsten joyce)) how drones are now playing a big part in the agricultural field. /// new security measure... that will make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iphone. that's according to a new york times report. apple continues to battle with the f-b-i... over onlocking one of the phones used by the san bernardino shooters. c-e-o apple tim cook says... he's prepared to take this case to the supreme court: (( tim cook/ceo, apple/courtesy: abc news: "what is at stake here is can the government compel apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable around the world, including the us." )) ((kirsten joyce)) apple has until tomorrow to appeal the judge's ruling. even though the company is protesting... they have
needed: (( karen morrison, pedestrian: it's an amazing idea there's a lot of people out here getting killed on the sidewalks. people running into bus stops it's ridiculous. )) ((brian loftus)) north las vegas city hall held a meeting to get public input on the project. work is expected later this summer. /// ((brian loftus)) farmers are learning to use a new device... that can help with their crops. ((kirsten joyce)) how drones are now playing a big part in the agricultural field. /// new...
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good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. with all of the talent that's come through hargrave military academy's
good evening everyone, i'm karen loftus with your look at sports. with all of the talent that's come through hargrave military academy's