we begin at turner gym, the lynchburg hornets men tied for 2nd, playing host to first place virginia wesleyan. 2nd half, hornets up four, austen arnold nice move inside for 2 of his 17. great game for lynchburg's bench. jay arnold gets the acrobatic drive inside for the layup - arnold with 13. 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 g

featured a battle of the bees......its the 5th seeded emory and henry wasps and the top seeded lynchburg hornets. fans fired up for both teams lynchburg-alex lynchburg-odac player of the year austen arnold....4-0 lcemory & burnett also step back shot......hornets-omar kemp triple.......11 of the teams first 17 pointslynchburg advances to their 7th odac title game as the sting the wasps 94-64 bobby ford led the hornets with 18 6-9 from 3 the second semifinal featured the 6th seeded randolph wildcats and the 2nd seeded virginia wesleyan marlins. randolph-jason eddie to nick goble 13-6 catsvwc-justin watson triple 13-9 cats randolph zack desgain randolph-eddie triple...cats go up 9randolph-josh freund inside the wildcats hold off virginia wesleyan 69-61. it will be a hill city final as lynchburg takes on randolph at 3:30 at the salem civic center. on to the ladies.......the 4th seeded washington and lee generals lynchburg hornets. 2nd quarter w&l emily perszyk with an ankle breaking move to the hole tied at 27. defancesco with a dipsi do move to the hole.........lync hburg would take a 35-34 lead a

and the lynchburg hornets end up taking this one. the final, 83-63. 33 bench points for the horns, something the coaches say is important. >> [indiscernible] it's extremely critical, especially going down the stretch, especially with a long season of injuries. especially going through the tournament and having to play three games to get there. >> reporter: and lynchburg generals. and liberty makes it six in a row, 80-76. and five players finishing in double figures. the win pushes the flames into the fourth in the big south. saturday. and the n.f.l. announced the hall of fame class for 2016. let's have it out with liberty flames hockey. and logan takes one for the team and stops the shot. flames with a two goal lead heading into the third. and garcia gets a centering pass. and garcia, four goals of the night. and garbin knocks it out of mid-air and in. colden grizzlies 8-4. i like that the golden grizzlies. look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is deli

. >> reporter: the lynchburg hornets lacrosse team opens its 2016 season tomorrow. >> reporter: it was a historic 2015 season for the lynchburg college lacrosse team. an o.d.a.c. championship and a championship in philadelphia. and it's a run the 17 seniors on the squad want to make again. >> i think that everyone is just that much more motivated. it's high intensity. >> that's kind of been our goal here from day one this year. how can we get better? >> reporter: in 2015, the hornets wasted very few opportunities. after a 2 and 2 start, squad won 19 games in a row. stewart set a record. and murphy led the o.d.a.c. the players say they're focused on what's in front of them. >> [indiscernible] every kid always dreams of that. >> and we set our own expectations. we've had a certain expectation that we've wanted to really play to. and we get 17 games to do that. >> reporter: thank you, dave. randolph college has adjusted some basketball games. the men's game against emory and henry is tomorrow night at 7:00. and the women's game is now thursday at 7:00. and the appomattox raiders linebacke

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. the hornets take control in the third quarter. charmaine hairston with the good look from three. lynchburg wins it 62-55, claiming the school's first ever odac tournament title and automatic ncaa tournament bid. abby pyzik, lynchburg college women's basketball head coach, "we wanted to make history and do something special. as an alum, it's even more special to do that so i think that's why the emotion is behind it even more. bottom line is that the women i coach had sacrificed and committed so much to doing this. it's extremely hard to do it the first time and any coach will tell you that." caroline naumann, odac tournament mvp, "honestly, we were here last year at this exact moment and it was a very different feeling so we took that feeling and we fed it into everything that we did this year. honestly we knew what we had to do and we made every move to make that possible and we're can't describe how great this feels." the commonwealth clash hit the hardwood sunday afternoon, with the hokies hos

the lynchburg hornets men defeated shenandoah on the road by six. and austin arnold, 18 points. and wildcats are tied with randolph-macon for 5th place. and roanoke got 16 three pointers. women's action. lynchburg just going final with a 70-55 win. and randolph falls to randolph-macon, 90-66. more action today, bridgeford and guilford. and guilford hangs on. and washingtonton and lee holds off roanoke by ten. and top 25 action. kentucky and south carolina today. in less than two and a half in, perery is out. and watch this right here for the two handed jam. and the cats up 15 at the in the second, youlis will throw it off the back board to lee. and youlis is all kentucky. they roll over south carolina, 89-62. and conference championships for a lot of area high school track stars. conference 23 and 24 meet at liberty university. loving cleared the bar here at 4'7". and davidson set a record. it's nearly half a second faster than last year. and j.f. and l.c.a. dead locked. and we'll have the >> whitney: it seems like we just can't get past it. every time it feels like we're done wi

simmons in baton rough, louisiana. 4 of jordan's 5 wins have come by technical knockout. 3 dave lynchburg hornets lacrosse opening their home schedule against franklin and marshall. tied at 9 early in the fourth, lynchburg's austin stewart rolls into the slot, and fires the overhand blast! stewart with the sock trick - 6 goals in one game! minutes later, colin mcguire knocked down, but shoots as he's falling down, hornets go on to win 13-10. (man) this is where it all started. i received a call from our dispatch center. smoke was coming from a manhole, and that's not good. we entered the manhole. we discovered that the cables had been melted by the fire. we jumped in, we got to work, and in a little over eight hours, we had the power back on. hi, i'm john snyder, distribution system supervisor for appalachian power. it's my goal to keep the lights on and everything run smoothly, and no one even notices. (announcer) we may be a power company, but the true power in our communities we saw some wet but warm weather this weekend. over all it was pretty nice, temperature wise. on saturday we caught up

simmons in baton rough, louisiana. 4 of jordan's 5 wins have come by technical knockout. 3 dave lynchburg hornets lacrosse opening their home schedule against franklin and marshall. tied at 9 early in the fourth, lynchburg's austin stewart rolls into the slot, and fires the overhand blast! stewart with the sock trick - 6 goals in one game! minutes later, colin mcguire knocked down, but shoots as he's falling down, gets the bouncer to go in! hornets go on to win 13-10.s win it 13-10. that's all for sports. >> melissa: it is 6:26 tell be cloud and he cool. upper 40s and lower 50s. 45 by 8:00. highs around 51 for many of us and we will see the temperatures dropping in the upper 30s near 40. 20% chance for light rain and drizzle. very scattered in nature. our next system is developing there. just as pushing through the coast. track toward ohio valley and great lakes. tell bring us some wet weather. good news is it is locking like an all rain event. you remember last week we wondered how much cold air would virginia. now we are on the warm side it will be an all rain event. mix in higher elevations. f

the lynchburg college hornets, the #1 seed on the men's side, taking on hampden-sydney in the opener. and early in the second half, lynchburg pushing the lead to double- digits. austen arnold knocks down the three from the top of the key. hornets up 47-36. then in transition, it's lyndon white finishing off the fast- break. the hornets continued to buzz outside on the perimeter. the kick- out to zack burnett. he finds the bottom of the net, as the lead balloons to 16. burnett then, showing off the versatility. drives into traffic, but still gets it lynchburg just crusing down the stretch. a.j. hamilton flying down the court. the hoop and the harm, as the hornets are onto to the semifinals, beating hampden- sydney, 90-67. hillary scott, lynchburg college head coach: "i feel like our guys now, feel like they belong here. you know, feel like, 'you know, we've got a chance.' if we can play well, play to our expectations, then we have a chance to have some success here, and i thought we played like that. i think we started out 10-0, or 12-0, something like that, and when you can get that r

. >> mark: what a weekend for where the hornet >>> hi, everybody, the lynchburg college hornets double their pleasure on the odac tournament. the lc women and lc men captured odac championship and punched their tickets to ncaa play. the women bon their first ever odac title 62-55 over gu milford. the hornets learned they will open against 24 3 you birmingham at marysville college in tennessee. >> all season long after we set a goal to go to ncaa and win games in ncaa. that is our next goal on the list we have to accomplish. >> we will prepare just as hard this week as we go forward and make an impact at the national level. you know, we want to play on this stage in the odac championships and ready to play in the next stage so we are really excited about that. >> the lc men meantime one won a 62-60 overtime thriller over randolph. the first odac men's title since 1979. the 22-6 hornets opened ncaa play at ohio wesleyan university facing 19-7 scranton of pennsylvania. made the five of the last six seasons. >> this league is one of the best division three leagues in the country and get a

in fact the lynchburg college hornets and maroons playing the highest scorehighest scoring game in division 3 history combining for 316 points. it was 71-66 at halftime. the maroon's cameron smith poured in 32. lynchburg aj hamilton got the steal and the jam. ford buryford buried eight 3s for the hornets one shy of the school record and austin arnold took over late career high 41 they tie a second in the o-down. >> probably the most exciting game i have ever played in. i had a blast, you know. getting that many shots and running up and down the court that many times. it is hard to beat that. >> a lot of folks had talked about the record, and i had a bunch of coaches -- obviously they will kill us about the defense that we played. and i think coaches think about that piece similar to the offensive side. >> noreen: wow. >> dennis: coach scott is taking alot of rib being the and hey, he won the game. tonight at 7:00, the latest on the battle over moving the homes of what some say are historic slave quarters. >>> receiving refugees from war-stricken areas is concern on the minds of some america

the wild cats home in the rad center taking on lynchburg college. hornets won the first meeting by 13. randolph a run in the half 14 at the break. back came the hornets. burnet got hot from 3 point land land. drilling 6 for the game. midway at the half. 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 la

the lynchburg college hornets, the #1 seed on the men's side, took on hampden-sydney in the day's opener. and early in the second half, lynchburg pushing the lead to double- digits. austen arnold knocks down the three from the top of the key. hornets up 47-36. then in transition, it's lyndon white finishing off the fast- break. the hornets continued to buzz outside on the perimeter. the kick- out to zack burnett. he finds the bottom of the net, as the lead balloons to 16. burnett then, showing off the versatility. drives into traffic, but still gets it to go off the glass. the hornets are onto to the semifinals, beating hampden- sydney, 90-67. the high school playoffs rolling right along. spotswood and hidden valley playing for the 3a west girls championship at magna vista high school. and spotswood came out firing away. addisen delucas knocking down the jumper. then it's chloe brooks stepping out a bit farther. she knocks down the three. the trailblazers out to the early seven point lead. hidden valley having to scratch and claw their way back into it. senia garay with the finish. sawye

the lynchburg men taking on randolph-macon. -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 wa

excitement in lynchburg last night, in the historic game between roanoke college and lynchburg college. the hornets beat the maroons 160 to 156 an odac and ncaa division iii record with 316 combined points in the game. lynchburg's 160 points set a school and conference record for most points scored by one team, while roanoke's 156 set an ncaa record for most points scored by a losing team. there were 12 players who scored in double figures, with lynchburg's austen arnold leading the way with 41 points. the two teams shot a combined 58 percent from the floor, with roanoke and lynchburg both setting program records with made threes-- the maroons with 17, the hornets with 15. four roanoke players had career highs in the game, with cam smith and joey miller leading the way with 32 and 31. the maroons also set an odac record with 43 made free throws. it was a down day on wall street. nasdaq fell 47. song: "that's life" song: "that's life song: "that's life song: "that's life that's lifet. you exercise. you still need helpring your blood sugar...s is jardiance.g with diet and exercise,nce works around th

lynchburg up 11... 3. the hornets would blow it open in the 3rd quarter... charmaine hairston drains the 3...she finished with 10 points... lynchburg rolls to the 73-51 win... they play in the semifinals on saturday... of this game... washington and lee facing eastern mennonite... 1. the generals got off to a quick start... jackie clifford nails the triple from the wing to get the scoring started... she led everyone with 13...2. next possession for w and l... emma redding takes it strong to the basket... she makes good use of the glass for 2 points... generals up 5-zip... 3. washington and lee wasn't done yet... shelbi hendricks with the 3 from the top of the key... her shot is pure...it was 11-2 at that point... the generals go on to win 53-48... they now face lynchburg on saturday at 1:00... and finally tonight... score one for the kids... a young boy in afghanistan gained world wide fame recently when he was pictured with a striped plastic bag painted to look like his favorite soccer player, lionel messi... today, the young boy received the real thing... a

lynchburg would respond in a big way... the deep 3 from olivia defrancesco is pure... caps an 8-0 run... hornets up 48-39 in the 4th...4. defrancesco puts the nail in the coffin with this triple to beat the shot clock... 60-51 at that point... lynchburg wins their first ever odac title... beating guilford 62-55. this is an emotional win for the team... :00-:06: 14-:20abby pyzik smith: "it's huge. we've had a theme this year of "conquer". and last year it was one. and we conquered this. this is what we wanted to do. we wanted to make history and do something special. as an alum it's even more special to do that. caroline naumann: "honestly, we knew what we had to do. and we made every move to make that possible. and we're here now and i can't describe how great this their ncaa tournament path will look like tomorrow afternoon... its ferrell's follies time....we go back to the salem civic center between games yesterday. this is the salem's parks and recreation 9 and 10 year olds hooping it up. spurs and hornets. the star of this one was the spurs bailey stratton. stratton scores the first bucket for the spurs....with the g

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 semifinal games in the afternoon, top-seeded lynchburg squares off with number 4 washington & lee at 1 followed by emory & henry and guilford at 3.in the men's semifinals, top-seeded lynchburg faces number 5 emory & henry, they spl

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. rallied behind the players, you know you have to give them a level of quality. and the fact that we've won that many is impressive in a league like this and certainly there's another huge opportunity in front of us." 3 dennis the tar heels lead the acc at 12-and-3. they

late in the second, hornets are up nine. and lynchburg has a big showdown on wednesday against randolph. and the n.h.l. gave a 20 game suspension for this hit in january. the referee was able to finish the game but was treated for concussion systems at the hospital. the player said that he had no (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! >> anchor: tomorrow is big day. the super bowl. what should people expect when they're heading out to the parties with nachos and all the food. >> will: not bad tomorrow. 39 in wintergreen. 42 in the homestead. and in west virginia, temperatures in the 30s and right around the 40 degrees. a wonderful day to hit the slopes. monday-tuesday are going to be our big weather days. not a big accumulation. just rain changing other to all know. generally half an inch in central and southside virginia to maybe as much as two inches in the mountainous locations. and then it's all about the cold. don't even look. 35 thursday. ove

the lynchburg college hornets, the #1 seed on the men's side, took on hampden-sydney in the day's opener. and early in the second half, lynchburg pushing the lead to double- digits. austen arnold knocks down the three from the top of the key. hornets up 47-36. then in transition, it's lyndon white finishing off the fast-break. the hornets continued to buzz outside on the perimeter. the kick- out to zack burnett. he finds the bottom of the net, as the lead balloons to 16. burnett then, showing off the versatility. drives into traffic, but still gets it to go off the glass. the hornets are onto to the semifinals, beating hampden-sydney, 90-67. kyle busch dominated sprint cup qualifying today in atlanta, winning the pole for sunday's race but he'll start from the back of the pack after failing post kurt will start on the pole. have a great day everybody. i'm travis wells, wdbj7. we're learning more about what led up to the shooting in kansas on thursday. who may have helped the gunman carry out the attack. there are changes to virginia's gun laws. what governor terry mcauliffe hopes will ma

hornets. lynchburg's austen arnold though, was the star of this show, dropping 41 points. he gets back to back baskets as the hornets led by as many as 17 in the first half. joey miller helps the maroons get back in this one with 31 points and this one needs 2 overtimes to determine a winner. brace yourself for these numbers. it was tied at 131 through regulation, and lynchburg goes-on to win it 160 to 156. in high school hoops, the postseason has already begun, with northside coming-in as one of the hottest teams in the area. zac glover catches up with the vikings, in this week's edition of hometown hoops weekly. zac glover: the northside basketball team can beat you in a many ways. with guards that can both drive and shoot, and with the power of a boogie basham down low, the vikings polished off a dominant regular season at 21-1 on the year. carlos "boogie" senior forward: "it's been a good season. you know, the record is good, and plus, the work that we put in, in the offseason, and at practice and everything. everything is going good." kendrick tucker, northside senior

and lynchburg ran off 12 straight points to take a double digit lead. and the generals tried to rally, but the hornets are headed back to the finals. lynchburg, 71-57. improving to 23 and 4 on the season. >> this team has invested and sacrificed and focused. >> it didn't end the way we wanted it to last year. and i think we have so much more confidence going in this year because we have the experience playing last year. >> reporter: men's semifinal action is getting underway at now. the winner will face off against the winner of randolph eight. and the liberty flames' last game, l.u. only recorded three turnovers. and hosting gardner-webb, second half. and dawson. and fields drives the lane for two of his nine. and the bulldogs tied at 62, will you homesley puts l.u. back in the tray. and 22 point for caleb. and dawson goes from downtown. and liberty hits 17 three pointers. and tying the record of v.m.i. flames win over gardner-webb. >> i think the reverse would have been catastrophic. a 4-game losing streak would have gotten our guys doubting. 7-game winning streak. and we're worrying about liberty,

the lynchburg men taking on randolph-macon. -hornet's daniel rowe buries the 3 from the corner early in this one. -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

we've got a little dance party there as washington and lee took-on top-seeded lynchburg in the first game. the hornets led by 1 at the half and out of the locker room, lynchburg scored the first ten points of the second half. sammi goldsmith gets two here as she takes the handoff and puts- in the short runner in the paint. but the generals tried to hang in. emily perszyk to paige corvino who knocks-down the baseline jumper. lynchburg was too tough though. caroline naumann with two of her 16 points, as the hornets advance to the championship game 71 to 57. next-up, emory and henry and guilford matching-up in the second semifinal game. the quakers got off to the quick start in this one. they swing it to the corner for amy steller and she buries the three-ball to open the scoring. later, heaven walters gets free for the backdoor layup to extend the guilford lead in the first half. they are heading to the title game for the fourth time in five years, winning 78-69. finally, one high school game from william byrd in the regionals. the terriers trying to chip away at an early deficit. the 3-ball from damon

we've got a little dance party there as washington and lee took-on top-seeded lynchburg in the first game. the hornets led by 1 at the half and out of the locker room, lynchburg scored the first ten points of the second half. sammi goldsmith gets two here as she takes the handoff and puts- in the short runner in the paint. but the generals tried to hang in. paige corvino who baseline jumper. lynchburg was too tough though. caroline naumann with two of her 16 points, as the hornets advance to the championship game 71 to 57. next-up, emory and henry and guilford matching-up in the second semifinal game. the quakers got off to the quick start in this one. they swing it to the corner for amy steller and she buries the three-ball to open the scoring. later, heaven walters gets free for the backdoor layup to extend the guilford lead in the emory then turns to making moves down the up and under, but guilford's the one game for the fourth time in five years. they pull away for the 78-69 win. the college wrestling season is beginning the ncaa d3 tournament's east place this weekend at washington and lee. 18 te

off second-place roanoke in that record scoring game wednesday night, lynchburg college has another huge game tomorrow. the hornets host first-place virginia wesleyan in their regular season finale on senior day at 2. with a win, lynchburg can tie the marlins for first place at 12-and-4. a roanoke win over randolph- macon would make it a three-way tie at the top. austen arnold, hornets senior forward - "i've never beat virginia wesleyan so i mean it's really exciting. we came close a few times and we played 'em close at their place early in the year." hilliary scott, lynchburg college head coach - "they are the measuring stick of this league. and you know in order for you to have some success, you've got to play well against these guys." 3 3 dennis pittsburgh uva standout heath miller retired today after 11 years and two super bowl titles in the steel city. the 33-year-old had one year left on his current contract. miller holds steelers all-time records for catches, yards receiving and touchdowns by a tight end. 3 dennis another former cavalier chris long was released today by the l.a. rams, along with star lineba

hornets. lynchburg's austen arnold though, was the star of this show, dropping 41 points. he gets back to back baskets as the hornets led by as many as 17 in the first half. joey miller helps the maroons get back in this one with 31 points and this one needs 2 overtimes to determine a winner. brace yourself for these numbers. it was tied at 131 through regulation, and lynchburg goes-on to win it 160 to 156. also wednesday night-- duke-unc, where the ranked tar heels 74 to 73. that's your thursday morning look at sports. leaders of an athletic organization say they need more space for their teams to practice and hope a new project solves that problem. the rockbridge area recreation organization is planning to extend their practice fields at the brewbaker field complex on this 2 acres of land. the project will cost around 180-thousand dollars. aside from grants, 50-thousand will come from the city of lexington and rockbridge county through their capital improvements plan. director john trudgeon says the lack of recreational space is a big problem in the area. "john trudgeon:

we've got a little dance party there as washington and lee took-on top-seeded lynchburg in the first game. the hornets led by 1 at the half and out of the locker room, lynchburg scored the first ten points of the second half. sammi goldsmith gets two here as she takes the handoff and puts- in the short runner in the paint. but the generals tried to hang in. emily perszyk to paige corvino who knocks-down the baseline jumper. lynchburg was too tough though. caroline naumann with two of her 16 points, as the hornets advance to the championship game 71 to 57. next-up, emory and henry and guilford semifinal game. the quakers got off to the quick start in this one. they swing it to the corner for amy steller and she buries the three-ball to open the scoring. later, heaven walters gets free for the backdoor layup to extend the guilford lead in the first half. they are heading to the title game for the fourth time in five years, winning 78-69. finally, one high school game from today. george washington visiting william byrd in the regionals. the terriers trying to chip away at an early deficit. the 3-ball fro

lynchburg charged back. hamilton the steal. drive the hornets within 3. lc took the lead. around's dunk put the hornets up 8 with 6 minutes left. john caldwell drives the length of the court with 2 of 22 to tie the game at 126. down 1 final minute. bobby ford burries a 3 to put the hornets up 2. 2 over times around scored a career high 41 points. lynchburg pull its out for double overtime. 160 to 156. wow. battle for 5th in odak. the faculty and staff at half time. eddy hits 3 of 13 points late in the half. scored randolph by 9 the second half. 'emmery and henry ran off 61-58. after 2 days of cancellation we got high school hoops tournament action tonight. hill toppers hosted amherst county. lovington to woodfoe who nailed it at the buzzer. amherst made a run. lang got inside for the duce. lang's trail the deficit to a dozen. jones driving 2 of 21. bolden dialing it up from long range. pull away 76-55. hill toppers play at lca conference 44 girls in alta vist vista. the colonels battled campbell. general start on a 15-4 run. the colonels fire back with a big one of their o

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. the hornets take control in the third good look from three. lynchburg wins it 62-55, claiming the school's first ever odac tournament title and automatic ncaa tournament bid. abby pyzik, lynchburg college women's basketball head coach, "we wanted to make history and do something special. as an alum, it's even more special to do that so i think that's why the emotion is behind it even more. bottom line is that the women i coach had sacrificed and committed so much to doing this. it's extremely hard to do it the first time and any coach will tell you that." caroline naumann, odac tournament mvp, "honestly, we were here last year at this exact moment and it was a very different feeling so we took that feeling and we fed it into everything that we did this year. honestly we knew what we had to do and we made every move to make that possible and we're here now and it's i can't describe how great this feels." the commonwealth clash hit the hardwood sunday afternoon, with the hokies hosting the cavalier

back came the hornets, zack burnett got red-hot from 3-point land, drilling six for the game, 21 points, lynchburg tied the game at 42 midway of the half. 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

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. lynchburg wins its first ever o.d.a.c. women's title, beating guilford 62-55. >> coming in, i told the coach that i wanted my class to be the class that

lynchburg charged back. aj hamilton gets the steal and aj is jammin' to draw the hornets within 3.austen arnold poured in 41 for lc. lynchburg wins in double ot 160-156. conference tourneys finally got underway. amherst county's malik woodfolk nailed a three at the end of period three to pull within 15 of e.c. glass entering the fourth. later, cody lang got inside for two of his 14 to draw amherst closer. but the hilltoppers got hot in the fourth. tj jones drove for two of his 21. glass won 76-55 and plays at l.c.a. tonight at 6. more highlights and scores at wset.com.dennis that's a look at sports. >> melissa: let's look at weather. bus stop weather looking good. clear to mostly clear skies. 25 in lynchburg, 27 in danville. 33 in roanoke. we will see temperatures in the mid 40's this afternoon. enjoy sunny skies at 42 degrees by lunch. a high around frisk in lynchburg. we will see low to mid 40s in western virginia. upper 40s to 50 to the south side. mostly clear to partly cloudy tonight and temperatures dropping in the upper 20s. that weekend outlook we love temperature 36 as you wake up saturday morning.

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 johnson in the lead, but ryan newman blows a tire out..just the second caution of the day, and we head to overtime! on the restart, johnson leading, with great jumps to make a run at it. jimmie johnson holds them off, getting his 76th career cup victory..that ties him with dale earnhardt for 7th that will do it for sports. have a great monday. >> melissa: hope you are having a great monday it is 6:26. dry and quiet for most us. seeing the shower activity cross into virginia. all ahead of the first cold front that will cross us later on today. now we will be dry for most of us. not seeing rain outside of the mountains.

lynchburg charged back. aj hamilton gets the steal and aj is jammin' to draw the hornets within 3.austen arnold poured in 41 for lc. lynchburg wins in double ot 160-156. 3 and high school conference tourneys finally got underway. amherst county's malik woodfolk nailed a three at the end of period three to pull within 15 of e.c. glass entering the fourth. later, cody lang got inside for two of his 14 to draw amherst closer. but the hilltoppers got hot in the fourth. tj jones drove for two of his 21. glass won 76-55 and plays at l.c.a. tonight at 6. more highlights t what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, 3 pattie just about everyone is a selfie-pro these days... even this sea lion! a san diego aquarium

vmi beats mercer 91-82. 3 dennis the lynchburg college women won their odac tournament opener today in salem. the top-seeded hornets beat number 9 virginia wesleyan, the team that beat lc in last year's final. after falling behind 11-4 early, lynchburg ran off 10 straight points to grab the lead. charmaine hairston out of franklin county buries three of her 10 points. caroline naumann and chaney forbush led lynchburg's scoring, naumann had 17, forbush a game-high 20. lynchburg wins big 73-51. 3 lynchburg will face washington & lee saturday at 1 in the semifinals, the generals squeezed by eastern mennonite. number 2 guilford rolled over randolph-macon. and three seed emory & henry edges bridgewater 88-87. lynchburg men battle hampden- sydney tomorrow at 1 in the quarterfinals. 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. hanna

hornets were up four. great game from lynchburgs bench. arnold gets the drive inside. arnold had 13. alex holds them off with a long jumper from the corner. wesley gets it within three. gray steps up again. this time he puts the roof down on the hairlines come marlon's come back. they claimed the number one seed >> we are really just getting in and making it tough for their guard. we tried to make it tough on them and clog it up. >> for us to do what you do you have to play good defense. we are good in transition. great transition and not taking the ball out. >>reporter: senior say at ran doll of randolph today. the wildcatting up seven at the break. corey brown from downtown. high 22 points. randolph 64-56. here is where the teams fall. lynchburg men appeared women both have bi . the women will play at home on monday while the men have a the women will host marlin's on monday. coach green denied career win 399. both candace's had 11. the lc women rollover holland. harrison had 19 points and the win for the hornets. virginia tech hosting florida today. both are looking to make noise

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 the lead, but ryan newman blows a tire out..just the second caution of the day, and we head to overtime! on the restart, johnson leading, kyle busch and dale junior with great jumps to make a run at it. jimmie johnson 76th career cup victory..that ties him with dale earnhardt for 7th i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valv

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 went viral. she even received attention from some celebrities, like reese witherspoon and chris brown, commenting on her routine. the floor routine has now been viewed over forty million times. trophies this hollywood's best has

starting with lynchburg college and roanoke college playing for what could be the second-seed in next week's odac tournament. this is the second-to-last game of the regular season for both the hornets and the maroons, who are meeting for the first time this season. roanoke is 11 and 3 in conference play while lynchburg is 10 and 4 in the in the acc tonight, the road at 11th- won the last 4 meetings with the hokies. also tonight, duke- carolina in the tobacco road rivalry. gains today on wall street. the dow climbed 257 points. nasdaq rose 98 here in the city, parking is hard to find. seems like everyone drives. and those who do should switch to geico because you could save hundreds on car insurance. ah, perfect. valet parking. hello! here's the keys. and, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. hm, wouldn't mind some of that beef wellington... to see how much you could save on car insurance, go to geico.com. ah! (car alarm sounds) weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. thank you for choosing your hometown news leader, wdbj7. >> pelley: the battle lines of privacy are drawn. apple refus

hornets cruised to the 73-51 win. in the day's second game, eastern mennonite matching-up with washington and lee. winner gets lynchburg on saturday. the generals were the only ones scoring early in this one, as jackie clifford hits the 3. she had a game-high 13 points. then it's emma redding muscling her way to the hoop for 2 of her 8 points. washington and lee starting the game on an 8-oh run. the royals able to put an end to that with this bucket from lindsey krisak. coming-back the other way though, shelbi hendricks washington and lee, who goes-on to win a close one 53 to 48 the final. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. which is why, for every american who's not being paid what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- and there are far too many of you- she understands that our country can't reach it's potential... unless we all do. together. for the latest weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more

together. 3 regular season champion lynchburg college took care of 9 seed virginia wesleyan this afternoon in the quarterfinal game at the salem civic center. last year, the hornets lost a tight championship game to wesleyan. and the marlins came out hot early, kelly jones hit a pair of 3s and wesleyan broke out to an 11-4 lead. sammi goldsmith helped the hornets charge back, knocking down the jumper here. lc ran off 10 straight points to grab the lead, charmaine hairston out of franklin county later buries three of her 10 points. caroline naumann and scoring, naumann dropped in 17, forbush a game-high 20. lynchburg wins 73-51 to advance to saturday's semifinals. 3 game two saw washington & lee edge eastern mennonite. the generals will play lynchburg in saturday's 1 o'clock semifinal. 3 the men's quarterfinals are tomorrow. hampden-sydney and top-seed lynchburg play at 1 followed by emory & henry and guilford. night games are randolph macon/virginia wesleyan and randolph/roanoke. 3 dennis we didn't forget team of the week. today we spotlight central wrestling champions from this past weekend in salem. brookville's reid stewart won his second state title in three

hornets win their first of the season. final, 13-10. and 4-a regional track and field yesterday in lynchburg. this is salem's culling. the lancer down to the line. they get edged. and it's a got a meet for e.c. glass. and davidson turns on the wins it by nearly seven seconds. [unintelligible] >> it kind of made up for the slower laps in the middle. >> reporter: l.c.a. claimed the overall boys title and e.c. glass claimed the women's title. >>> and boxer clumplin moved to 5 and 0. he defeated simmons in louisiana. we finish now with what happened next? why is the pittsburgh penguin making that face? stack, sink, stack? it's stick. he gets the stick knocked out of his hand. i'll just take that one there. you can't do that. you sit in the box. and he got four minutes of penalties. go with the >> will: we're looking at fog tomorrow. and some drizzle tomorrow afternoon. watching at 11:00. red line train... (man continues indistinctly on p.a.) (sighs) (indistinct conversations) they're fixing the green line at petworth. connecting red line trains are stuck waiting at fort totten, which puts the next train to shady grove (m

hornets starred for fleming since 2006 through colonels for a state title in 2011. dan else will be at the game and recognized. >>> randolph pulled out thriller over crosstown rival lynchburg. the wildcats that hit key buckets the final minute. lc pulled in a game high 21 but randolph got the win 61-58. in the nba golden state heads into the all-star break with a 11-game winning streak. warriors seth curry 26 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists beat phoenix 112-104. golden state is 48-4 on the season. best record of any nba team in th >>> we want to take you back live to that breaking news in brookneal tonight. >> noreen: courtney wheaton is on the scene where fire has been burning at the old dan river plant for couple of now. courtney, bring us up to speed on what has been happening out there. >> reporter: noreen, i spoke with members of the virginia department of forestry and they tell me they are on standby in case that fire reaches the nearby foodsnearby woods that are just a mile away. they said earlier today, that fire did reach those woods, and fire crews were able to take them out. now after the fire, i have been here since 4:00, and it has not let up. it looks pretty

lynchburg college found out their ncaa tournament fates today. the women are headed to maryville, tennessee where they'll hook up with birmingham- southern to open the four team regional on friday. the hornets men are on their way to ohio wesleyan, just north of columbus, where they'll open up with scranton on friday. both teams are in the dance and now it's time to make some noise. hilliary scott/ lynchburg college men's head coach: this league is one of the best country and if we can get a chance to get out of this league and play as well as we good a chance advance and that's what we're gonna talk about. carolina naumann/odac women's tourney mvp: we're ready for anything. anything, anyone brings at us, we're gonna stop honestly. i have a lot of faith in our abilities and i'm excited. we did our job here and we believe in something further so we're gonna do that as well. this friday will mark the beginning of the 46th annual bassmaster classic, where some of the world's best anglers will be looking to reel in a championship, including salem's own, john crews. crews will be one of only 55 anglers headed to the "grand lake o' the cherokees" in tulsa, oklahoma, in what will be his tenth time