our leading scorer kevaney martin was at the cassell and gives us a post game wrap up that takes the cake. 01-0526-3041-46win a battle take a bite. know the battle and how you are it's ok to celebrate when you win. that's he message buzz williams gave to his team after their 10 point win over florida state. there six acc win of the seasonwin a battle take a bite. that was the core of it. the background is a long story. the core of the story is what is the battle and how are we and then when we win that take a bite and celebrateit's a great win. its just a step. it was like the message you can take one bite of the cake because you can take one bite at a time so its a great win and its a great start we want to way.it was a group effort tonight with five players scoring in double figure seth allen leading the with 23 point reporting in blacksburg kevaney martin wfxr sports. thanks kevaney.staying in the new river valley area.........the radford highlanders fresh off their win over liberty thursday hosting the high point panthers in a key big south game.-radford brando holcomb rebound an

repporting from the john paul jones arena in charlottesville, kevaney martin wfxr sports. big south action.....liberty hits a school record 17 3 pointers as the beat gardner-webb on senior day 86-81. radford's justin cousin scored a career high 24 as the highlanders lose their senir day game to longwood 92-81. in the southern wins their senior day game......111-95 over the citadel. qj peterson lead the keydets with 26 points. in big south women's action, congratualtions to liberty head coach carey green.....he school as liberty beat longwood in lynchburg 67-47. coming up......we roll over to the salem civic center for semifinal saturday as teams try to punch their ticket to sunday's final/ plus, a pretty good match up in vinton as the george washington eagles battled the william byrd terriers. highlights are coming up on the salem civic center....the headquarters for odac hoops this weekend. today its the semifinal round of the tournament. the first men's semifinal game featured a battle of the bees......its the 5th seeded emory and henry wasps and the top seeded lynchburg

in charlottesville, kevaney martin wfxr sports... coming up-planting season is coming- but where is the crops?we explain in tonights (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. around the corner- and - it will soon be planting season. experts at the bedford county co-op say-- yield potential-- and pest resistance-- are some of the first things to consider when picking out field is the same.there are different seeds for different environmental conditions. for more information on seed placement- and where you can get help picking out ideal crops- head to our website virginia first dot com and click on the ag life tab. beef cattle looking for shelter from the cold- could be at risk for disease in overcrowded barns.experts at purdue university experts say extrem

kevaney martin was there at the cassell with all the ecitement and has more on virginia techs big win 01-0518-2339-43the hokies snapped their 5 game acc skid double figures zach leday leading the way with 19 but buzz and the players agree it was the crowd that was the factorthe last three home games the way things have blossomed is what we need because it is becoming a gard place to play and i dont think that has been the case for a along time and we need old people young people, in school never went to school we need to get them here.amazing, the crowd was amazing. i try not to listen to them but we hear them.reporting in blacksburg kevaney martin wfxr sports our guy john cucko has been out in san francisco all week... nfl commissioner roger goodell held his state of the league address today. the big news maker? the nfl will return to mexico and play a game there next season. sorry folks- script and info below on that fan pkgbg2016 natpkg 1:03 "if they're going to san francisco..."broncos! panthers! yes! so fly what's in your head...peyton manning, the best.sorry, but it will be caro

kevaney martin was at virginia tech's signing day event this afternoon... it's the quarterbacks that are :01 :21:35yeah jeff, the hokies are feeling very confident with this group of 21 signees especially at the quarterback position signing two 4 star recruits jer od evans and joshua jackson. a position that is extremely important in justin fuente's high powered offense we are sitting there obviously on the offensive side of the ball we need to continue to add depth to the offensive line. we had one quarterback commitment and went and got jerod to continue to add some depth and add some competition there immediately we are trying to find the best quarterback that we can find. they have to be winners and competitors. some guys are going to be better runners than others we are not going to eliminate guys because of a certain style. but it has to fit into that style that we are looking for.with three quarterbacks returning there will be a total of five players competing for the starting role which will make kevaney martin wfxr sports thank you very much kevane

kevaney martin has a preview of what to expect from this season's squad... that's next as sports the 2015 radford highlanders baseball team had a story book season which ended in the ncaa tournament... but the departure of several seniors has radford picked 5th in their conference... but as kevaney martin reports, this team is not concerned with :21:511:011:11 the radford baseball team is coming off their best season in programs history. the highlanders finished the season 45-16 and 20-4 in the big south capturing the conference regualr season and tournament champions earning their first bid to the ncaa tournament you know it was a great season and obviously it is one to look back on and learn a lot of things from. how the team was built. what arethe things we need to take from last year and continue from a recruiting standpoint? and our players inside the program how to take the next jump again.to make that next jump the highlanders will the have the challenge of filling the six starting positions, but they are confident there is plenty of talent in their f

but as kevaney martin reports... grit, determition and some good coaching have the flames in the top half of the conference and on a current 6 game win streak... :20:29:401:06 little was expected of the liberty men's with the nation's youngest roster and a first year head coach, it looked to be a rebuilding year. but the flames sitting at 11-15 overall and two games out of first in big south are surprising everyone, excpet for themselvesright now we have already surprised some people, but that is not good enough for us because from the beginnig we felt like we were a championship level team and since noone believed it we wanted to prove it.it's surprising from the stand point from you never know what a season is going to bring, but i like our guys i like our chances to be in a game in the end and thats all you can ask forstandup: the old addage offense sells tickets and defense wins championsships is ringing true for the flames as they are on a 6 game win streak behind ritchie mckay's pack-line defensethe pack line d

we are not done talking about hoops, coming up kevaney martin profiles one of the best long range shooters in history. stick and stay for the story the 40th annual big orange wrestling classic wrapped up the two day tournament at william byrd high school yesterday. this event was pushed to this weekend because of last weekends snowy weather. in the end, the christiansburg blue demons defended their title to win. congratulations to all the wrestlers in the tournament. when you think of great 3 point shooters in college further than blacksburg native doug day. keveney martin reports on how the sharpshooter is giving back to his hometown. 01-0540-45 doug day is best known for his accuracy behind the arc. although the local shapr shooting legend is years removed from his playing days at radford university, he still spends most of his time on the hardwood, but now as a coach for his alma mater blacksburg high school...on december ninth radofrd university honored the number 20 jeresey that was worn by the 6'1'' sharp shooting guard doug day ru from 1989-93 making him the first men's basketball p

but as kevaney martin reports... grit, determition and some good coaching have the flames in the top half of the conference and on a current 6 game win streak... :20:29:401:06 little was expected of the liberty men's with the nation's youngest roster and a first year head coach, it looked to be a flames sitting at 11-15 first in big south are surprising everyone, excpet have already surprised some people, but that is not good enough for us because from the beginnig we felt like we were a championship level team and since noone believed it we wanted to prove it.it's surprising from the stand point from you never know what a season is going to bring, but i like our guys i like our chances to be in a game in the end and thats all you can ask forstandup: the old addage offense sells tickets and defense wins championsships is ringing true for the flames as they are on a 6 game win streak behind ritchie mckay's pack-line defensethe pack line defesene is a work in progress. but our guys do have a commitment to it and it has

but as kevaney martin reports, this team is not concerned with the forecast. :21:511:011:11 the radford baseball team is coming off their best season in programs history. the highlanders finished the season 45-16 and 20-4 in the big south capturing the conference regualr season and tournament champions earning their first bid to the ncaa tournament you know it was a great season and obviously it is one to look back on and learn a lot of things from. how the team was built. what arethe things we need to take from last year and continue from a recruiting standpoint? and our players inside the program how to take the next jump again.to make that next jump the highlanders will the have the challenge of filling the six starting positions, but they are confident there is plenty of talent in their freshman class to help fill the void. our talent this year is great. our freshman coming in should be fine. colby higgerson and kyle butler comign in they are ready to go and i dont think we are missing much but experience.with our staff being a little slim with injurioes a few of the freshman are go

kevaney martin has more from the vines center on the liberty campus... :00-:06:16-:22:28-:34:44-:50 in women's basketball, use a win...1. sidney cook came ready to play for the hokies... the nice move in the lane for 2 of her game high 20... all tied at 9...2. if going inside worked once, try it again... great entry pass and an easy basket for taijah campbell... tech try to hang around...3. but duke was up to the challenge... freshman faith suggs calmly knocks down the 3... the hokies have now dropped 8 of their last 9 with a 66-62 loss at the hands of the blue devils... high school basketball conference tournaments continuing tonight... william fleming hosting pulaski county...1. the cougars would strike quickly... the move down the lane draws the foul and gets the basket... cavaliers up 1 early...2. the colonels would explode from there... tyrell adams to shiquay price who gets the friendly bounce to put william fleming up...3. the colonels would continue to pour it on... adams from nba range... his shot is pure... that caps a 12-0 run...this game would get a lot closer, but william

i'm jeff archer, she is kevaney martin... and this is virginia sports live...area teams took another step towards a state title...tonight jermaine ferrell saw one those teams that could make a run to richmond with northside facing lord botetourt... when northside and lord botetourt hook up on the court....these teams grind it out...it is an old fashion game. the northside sign head crew was out so we are giving them some face time.1-vikings shey webb...drible and shoots the triple.......5-4 northside 2-lb ryan fralin drives and scores.....6-5 lord botetourt 3-lb trey hornebeck with a trey...the cavs go up by the dolly parton score of 9 to 5. 4-northside....i will take nick price for the goes coast to coast......11-9 vikes5 northside.....webb going steph curry on us with the triple........14-11 vikings 6-northside.....webb triple northside when you win this game .....a conference title....you get a trophy. northside goes on to get the 65-44. 01-0518-21sotpope trt :24it was a tough ball game. i thought lord botetourt had a real

kevaney martin has more from danville... :00-:06:17-:23:29-:35every

let's get to kevaney martin who has dteails on the big game! the carolina panthers go for their first super bowl win in franchise history... the big game is only 5 days away...our guy john kucko is out in gets all the attention, but that panthers defense is very good as well isn't it??? it's a birthday bash- for a special member of we'll show you who's turning one! plus-do you grow your own food or just like to use local products?where you can sell your wares- or pick up something tasty in tonight's ag life report-- a little later.john? rain will arrive after .tonight...cloudy . rain likely...mainly after midnight. nearsteady temperature in the mid 40s. southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. gusts up to 35 mph after midnight. chance of rain 70 percent..wednesday...showers. breezy and not as cool with highs in thelower 60s. south up to 45 mph.chance of rain near 100 percent..wednesday night...mostly cloudy. a slight chance of showers inthe evening. lows in the upper 30s. west winds 10 to 15 mph withgusts up to 30 mph. chance of rain 20 percent. .thursday