WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 02/23/03

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[ANCHOR=Teresa]

Coming up on NEWS 7 at six.
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[VO-NAT]
High water leaves its mark on southwest Virginia this weekend-- forcing hundreds from their homes and claiming the lives of two men. Just ahead- a look at some of the area's hardest hit by flooding.
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[Sports-head]

[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
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Tonight on News 7 Sports, ODAC semifinal action from the Salem Civic Center, ACC women's hoop from Charlottesville, and
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[VO-NAT]

Dale Jarrett rules the Rock winning today's Subway 400.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Brent]
[SS=None]

First the rain, now the wind. Wind gusts nearing 50 mph here in the Roanoke Valley. We'll check out the current river conditions and I'll have your complete forecast coming up. [Video-Open]
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[WRITER=jus]
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[VO-NAT]
A weekend of flooding claims the lives of two men in Southwest Virginia in separate incidents.
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[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 6]

Good evening, I'm Teresa Hamilton.

[River-Rescue]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=02-54 TC-1:31:23]
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A Blacksburg man rescued from Roanoke River yesterday has died from hypothermia.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./Yesterday;]
Carilion Hospital officials confirmed this morning that Brian Quesenberry passed away at New River Valley Medical Center. Brian and his father Stewart Quesenberry were caught in the river's high waters near Elliston, in Montgomery County, for several hours before rescuers could reach them. Initial word was that both were hospitalized in serious condition, but we learned this morning that Brian Quesenberry died late last night, less than five hours after he was pulled from the water.
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[Vinton-Death]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=tha]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Vinton/This Morning; ]
Flood waters have also claimed the life of a Vinton man. This morning-- searchers recovered a pickup truck that was swept into Tinker Creek last night. The body of a man was found inside-- but police are not yet releasing his name pending notification of family. The red Toyota pickup was found about 100 feet from the spot where it was last seen going under near 5th and Walnut streets.
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[James-River]

[ANCHOR=Teresa ]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-03 TC-46:09]
[GRAPHIC=Flooding]
Many breathed a sigh of relief as most rivers and creeks receded this morning. But those living along or near the James River experienced several more hours of anxious moments. Justin McLeod has more from Buchanan.
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[SUPER=03-Buchanan; :00]
[SUPER=01-Lawrence Keith/Buchanan Resident; :32]
[SUPER=@justin1; 1:08]
[SUPER=01-Billy Lipes/Buchanan Resident; 1:46]
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[OUT Q=JM, News 7, Buchanan]
((((NAT SOUND OF WATER RAGING AT 2:41:27))
The James River was still on the rise Sunday morning. ((NAT SOUND OF WATER))
By afternoon, it had reached more than 23 feet, nearly seven feet above flood stage.
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[IN Q=I think it's]
((LAWRENCE KEITH/BUCHANAN RESIDENT: I THINK IT'S A MESS MYSELF, I DON'T LIKE, I WILL BE GLAD WHEN IT GOES BACK DOWN.))

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[OUT Q=it goes back down]

Here's the reason why.
The water came within five feet from his front door.
That prompted Lawrence Keith to pack up his things and move them to the second floor.
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[IN Q=Everybody around here]
((LAWRENCE KEITH/BUCHANAN RESIDENT: EVERYBODY AROUND HERE HAS DONE THE SAME THING, ALL UP AND DOWN LOWE STREET, CLEARED EVERYTHING OUT, JUST DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH IT'S GOING TO GET.))
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It did get high enough to cause plenty of problems. (SHOT AT 2:28:56)
The water almost completely covered this car. (CLOSE-UP SHOT FROM BEHIND)
It could be days before mail is delivered to this mailbox. (SHOT AT 2:30:58)
Baseball season will probably have to start late judging by the conditions of the ballfields. (SHOT AT 2:27:47)
Many drivers will have to find alternate routes until roads like Route 43 are safe enough to re-open. (FIRST SHOT AT 2:36:44 THEN USE SHOT AT 2:35:19)
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[IN Q=This is an overview]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE JAMES RIVER HERE IN BUCHANAN. ALTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK BAD, THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT MUCH WORSE HERE. TOWNSFOLK SAY THE FLOODS OF 85 AND 96 CAUSED MUCH MORE DAMAGE BUT THIS ONE DOES COME IN A CLOSE THIRD.))
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((NAT SOUND OF OWNER SAYING "THE WATER STARTING COMING DOWN THE BASEMENT" AT 2:47:24 BUT COVER WITH VIDEO))
The owners of this pizzeria in downtown Buchanan are experiencing their first flood, just two months after opening.
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((MARK DiBENEDETTO/FANZARELLI'S PIZZERIA: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS BAD LUCK OR WHAT YET WE DON'T KNOW YET.))
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[OUT Q=know yet]

If it is bad luck, many other businesses had it too, from this car wash to this bait and tackle shop.
By mid-afternoon however goods news had arrived, the water began to recede.
High winds then became a concern prompting the fire department to close this bridge over the James River.
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[IN Q=I'd day most people]
((BILLY LIPES/BUCHANAN RESIDENT: I'D SAY MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE TAKING AS IT IS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE RIVER, YOU GOT TO BE EXPECTING IT.))
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[OUT Q=expecting it]

Whether you expected it or not, it will be days before everything is back to normal again.
Justin McLeod, News 7, Buchanan.))

[Salem-Flooding]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-50 TC-1:35:13]
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Salem residents are among the hardest hit by this weekend's flooding. News 7's Rachel Cannon takes a look at recovery efforts in the city.
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[IN Q=At the Willow River]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
[SUPER=01-Michael Knickerbocker/Willow River Resident; :23]
[SUPER=01-Chuck Aldridge/Salem Building & Zoning Official; :48 ]
[SUPER=@Rachel1; 1:31]
[SUPER=01-Lacy Taylor/Salem Mobile Home Park Resident; 1:46]
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[OUT Q=Rachel Cannon, News 7, Salem.]
(( ((NATS 19:03:19 CAR IN WATER)) At the Willow River Apartments, water levels are still too high and dangerous for many residents to even survey damage in their homes. From the outside, water marks and staggering levels offer insight as to what's inside. Michael Knickerbocker lives with his family in among those hardest hit, a ground floor unit.
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[SOT 19:09:49]
[IN Q=we got]
((MICHAEL KNICKERBOCKER/WILLOW RIVER RESIDENT; WE GOT OUT OF THERE WITH OUR FAMILY AND CLOTHES THAT'S ABOUT IT WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO MUCH ELSE, WHAT CAN YOU DO.))
[OUT Q=CAN YOU DO.]
Residents of the Salem complex were evacuated Saturday afternoon in anticipation of the flood waters. The property manager says every ground floor unit in the complex of 3-hundred was hit, some more severely than others.

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[SOT 19:12:24]
[IN Q=WE'LL HAVE]
((CHUCK ALDRIDGE/SALEM BUILDING & ZONING OFFICIAL; WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL APT ESPECIALLY THE ONES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. SEE WHEN WE CAN GET THOSE SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER FLOORS AND GET POWER BACK ON FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS.))
[OUT Q=THIRD FLOORS.]
Residents of the upper floors are now allowed to grab necessities from their apartments with a Willow River employee escort. They can not move back in and power supply remains off until city building inspectors can investigate and deem it safe.
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[IN Q=we're probably]
((CHUCK ALDRIDGE/SALEM BUILDING & ZONING OFFICIAL; WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE DAYS TO JUST GET THROUGH HERE AND SEE WHAT IT IS AND THEN THE TIME FRAME WOULD COME AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION.))
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Until then, the Knicerbocker family plans to stay with family in New Castle.
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[SOT 19:09:41 ] ((COVER))
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((TRY TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, (SIGH).))
[OUT Q=AGAIN.]
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[SOT 19:19:27]
[IN Q=not far ]
((RACHEL CANNON/RCANNON@WDBJ7.COM; NOT FAR DOWN THE ROAD AT THE SALEM MOBILE HOME PARK THE WATERS ALSO ROSE ALL THE WAY TO THOSE ORANGE CONES BEHIND ME, NOW RESIDENTS SAY HERE SAY THAT THE WATER QUICKLY RECEDED BACK INTO THE RIVER BUT THAT WHILE IT WAS HERE IT DID DAMAGE.))
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[IN Q=i found my]
((LACY TAYLOR/SALEM RESIDENT; I FOUND MY MOTOR HOME AND EVERYTHING WAS IN WATER AND MY TOYOTA THE WATER WAS COMING IN THE WINDSHIELD BUT THE ONLY DAMAGE DONE TO IT WAS THE CARPET IT RUNS FINE.))
[OUT Q=FINE.]
Power supply remains off to a very small portion of the mobile home park. Taylor and his wife are able to stay warm by using a generator. Salem building inspectors also have to sign off on the area. Rachel Cannon, News 7, Salem.))

[Carvins-Cove]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rle]
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Roanoke City's main water supply is on the brink of being at full pond.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Carvins Cove;]
This morning's measurement of Carvins Cove put the water level less than a foot below full pond, at 98-percent capacity. Tomorrow's reading is expected to show Carvins Cove at maximum capacity. A little more than one year ago, the cove hit 22 feet below the spillway, sparking mandatory water restrictions for city residents that lasted throughout the spring, summer and fall.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[SS=NONE]
Still ahead on the newscast, it's lights out for a proposed power plant in Southside,
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[VO-NAT]
and plans to expand Route 58 had hit a speed bump, but now the plan may come roaring back.
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[FPL-Energy]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-53 TC-1:01:49]
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An energy company has pulled the plug for now on a proposed power plant in Pittsylvania County.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Dry Fork/File Tape]

Florida Power and Light wanted to build a natural gas-fired power plant between Danville and Chatham.
The White Oak Energy Center would have been located on 128 acres of land off Dry Fork Road near the county landfill.

A spokesman for F-P-L says it has scrapped plans for the project because of a lack of need for natural gas.
The company says it may reconsider that decision if the market changes.
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[Warner-58]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-07 TC-28:33]
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Governor Warner hopes to "jump start" plans to expand Route 58.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co.]

The 680 mile long project from Cumberland Gap to Norfolk was being built in segments.
But back in December, a review of V-DOT finances showed a 272-million dollar shortfall between what the state had planned to spend improving Route 58, and how much is needed.
That prompted the state to suspend all work on 58 that was not already underway.
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((GOV. MARK WARNER: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK THOUGH TO MAKE UP THE FUNDING GAP FOR EXAMPLE THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ACT OTHER KIND OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES WHERE WE CAN FIND PERHAPS SECURE PRIVATE FINANCING TO FINISH ALL OF 58.))
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[OUT Q=finish all of 58]
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[VO-NAT]

Warner went on to say that V-DOT's quote "sloppiness" led to the problem in the first place.
The governor has proposed reforms that would require every project over 120-million to have a financial plan.
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[Tease#2]
[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[SS=NONE]
Still to come on the newscast, we'll have highlights from the day in sports, and your latest forecast.
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[VO-NAT]
but before that, more than half of his life has been spent in uniform, but now he's packing it up. We'll tell you why after the break.
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[Bumper-Profile]

[ANCHOR=Teresa]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=Profile 6 48:51]
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For more than half of his life he's donned the uniform of the Roanoke Sheriff's Department, But now Deputy F-J Morgan is hanging it up at the end of the week.. Keith Humphry explains.
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[IN Q=You can just walk]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-F. J. "Bumper" Morgan/Deputy Sheriff; :37]
[SUPER=@keith2; 1:23]
[SUPER=01-George McMillan/Roanoke City Sheriff; 1:30]
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[OUT Q=...just like family. This is my family. This IS my family.]
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((YOU CAN JUST WALK THROUGH THERE.)) Deputy Morgan is counting down the days as he works a security check point in the city courthouse. He seems to be the happiest man in the building, not just because he's leaving.
He's always had a smile on his face.
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((MORNING, HOW ARE YOU? YOU DOING ALIGHT TODAY?)) He claims only two people know his real name. To everyone else, he's "Bumper." [20:20] ((nat on police radio)) In 19--, Bumper finally got the one thing he wanted more than a badge, a gun and a uniform: he was assigned a patrol car to serve civil papers.
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((I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A POLICEMAN IN MY HOMETOWN OR A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN MY HOMETOWN.))
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Living the dream. He'd been a civil process server about four years when one morning he saw a man pull out a 9 millimeter automatic and level it at another man at the corner of Whitten and Burrell. ((I STOPPED RIGHT ALONG IN HERE.))
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Bumper flipped on the blue lights, got out of his car and drew down on the man with the gun. ((IDENTIFIED MYSELF, TOLD THE PERSON, "DEPUTY SHERIFF." AT THAT POINT HE POINTED THE GUN BACK AT ME.))
[RUNS=: 08]
James Bumbry not only pointed his gun at Bumper, he may have fired a shot at him. When Bumbry's gun was recovered, police found there was one spent cartridge.
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((ACTUALLY I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM AT LEAST THREE TIMES. BUT ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY I DIDN'T.))
[RUNS=: 06]
((HE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED, I THINK, TO HAVE SHOT, BUT THAT'S JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON HE IS.))
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[SOT 4:53 cover this bite from George ]
[w/ Bumper peering around corner] ((HE IS A VERY RELIGIOUS MAN AND HE DOES HAVE FAITH IN OUR GOOD LORD.))
[RUNS= 03]
life passed quickly
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((I READ A SCRIPTURE OUT OF THE BIBLE EVERYDAY BEFORE I PUT MY GUN BELT ON. AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME THIS FAR AND WHERE I'M AT TODAY. Out of the shadow of the valley of death. I FEAR NO EVIL.))
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Within a few months Bumper was back inside. Then his best friend in the sheriff's office died, and suddenly Bumper realized that as lucky as he's been there might be more to life than law enforcement. He retires Friday at age 50.
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[SOT 1:01:00 * *]
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((IT BEGINS TO SINK IN, BECAUSE SUNDAY I FOUND MYSELF SITTING ON THE BED, CRYING. MY DAUGHTER WALKED IN THE ROOM AND ASKED ME WHAT WAS I CRYING ABOUT.)) [nat and laughter on criminal side of the clerk's office]((AND I TOLD HER, THE GUYS DOWN HERE ARE JUST LIKE FAMILY.))
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((THIS IS MY FAMILY. THIS IS MY FAMILY. ))
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[Sports tease]

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Coming up, racing from the Sand Hills of North Carolina, the UVA women move into third place in the ACC, and
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[VO-NAT]

we'll set the table for tomorrow night's ODAC tournament championship game.
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[S-Race]

[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-141 TC5500]
[GRAPHIC=Nascar]

The rain and bad weather finally left the Rockingham area today and race fans got their money's worth in the Subway 400 as Dale Jarrett and Kurt Busch staged a classic showdown all the way to the checkered flag.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rockingham, NC/Fox Sports; :00]

Dave Blaney started on the pole for the first time in his career today at the Rock.
It didn't take long for the yellow to wave. Dale Earnhardt, Junior gave Jerry Nadeau a love tap sending the Army of one on a little thrill ride bringing out the day's 4th caution.
Later Jeff Gordon tangled with Junior, and this time, the 24 got the worst of it. Gordon did manage to keep his car off the wall, but he settled for a 15th place finish.
Kurt Busch led 150 of 393 laps, but the youngster got taken to school by Dale Jarrett over the final few circuits. D-J made the final pass with just five to go and hung on to claim his 31st career victory, his second at Rockingham.

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[SUPER=0106-1. Dale Jarrett//2. Kurt Busch//3. Matt Kenseth//4. Ricky Craven//5. Jamie McMurray//;]
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[SUPER=0106-6. Rusty Wallace//7. Mark Martin//8. Jimmie Johnson//9. Elliott Sadler//10. Dave Blaney//;]
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[SUPER=0106-11. Ricky Rudd//12. Jeff Burton//13. Johnny Benson//14. Ryan Newman//15. Jeff Gordon//;]
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[SUPER=0106-16. Bobby Labonte//17. Mike Skinner//18. Ward Burton//19. Michael Waltrip//20. Tony Stewart//;]
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[SUPER=0106-21. Steve Park//22. Greg Biffle//23. Joe Nemechek//24. Ken Schrader//25. Kevin Harvick//;]
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[S-Maroons]

[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-145 TC3617]
[GRAPHIC=ODAC]

To the court, where the stage is now set for Monday's ODAC Tournament final. Let's head to Salem where Roanoke College was faced with the tough task of beating top seeded Randolph-Macon.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Maroons vs. Yellow Jackets; :00]

Page Moir watched his club fall behind by 16 at halftime.
Robby Pridgen tried to shoot the Maroons back into it. Pridgen works for a hard earned bucket off the iup and under. He scored 27 points for the Noke.
But Macon simply had too many horses. The Jackets work the ball to Jamal Brunt and he bangs home the 3 ball, part of his 18 point afternoon.
[SUPER=33-Roanoke/62/Randolph-Macon/84/;]
Then check out the pretty backdoor cut by Tim Smith. Randolph-Macon advances to the title game over Roanoke 84 to 62.

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[SUPER=01-Page Moir/Maroons Head Coach; :02]
[SUPER=01-Mike Rhoades/Yellow Jackets Head Coach; :14]
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[OUT Q=think we did that."]
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[S-Tigers]

[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-142 TC3710]
[GRAPHIC=ODAC]

Hampden-Sydney battled Virginia Wesleyan in the second semi, and the Tigers were hoping to avoid being the first upset victim of the tournament.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Marlins vs. Tigers; :00]

Wesleyan wouldn't be intimidated in this one.
Peter Warren works the baseline for the nice turnaround jumper to start the game.
[SUPER=33-Virginia Wesleyan/66/Hampden-Sydney/73/;]
But the Tigers then went inside to Lane Brooks for the lay-in. Hampden-Sydney will meet Randolph Macon for the hardware tomorrow night, as the Tigers win 73 to 66.
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[S-Cavs]

[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-148 TC230]
[GRAPHIC=UVA Hoops]

The Uva Women won their fourth straight game this afternoon and moved into third place in the ACC in the process.

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Fox Sports Net; :00]

Florida State led Debbie Ryan's team by as many as nine in the first half.
But UVA rallied to end the half. LaTonya Blue makes the great pass to Brandi Teamer underneath for the bucket and FSU led by just two at the break.
In the second half Cherisse Graham spots up and rolls home the bomb from the wing. Graham paced Virginia by scoring 20 points this afternoon.
[SUPER=33-Florida State/54/Virginia/63/;]
Safiya Grant-Fairley then knocked in another jumper and Virginia hit some free throws down the stretch to win it 63 to 54.
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[anchor=travis]
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The Virginia men are underway in Winston-Salem with Wake Forest. We'll have some highlights at 11.

[S-Dazzle]

[ANCHOR=travis]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-134 TC10538]
[GRAPHIC=Dazzle]

The Roanoke Dazzle was supposed to square off with first place Fayetteville on Monday, but Mother Nature had other plans, so the two met this afternoon at the Civic Center.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Patriots vs. Dazzle; :00]

Mikki Moore had the corn rows looking good today as he greets Kent Davison with the high five.
The hair didn't help Moore on this jumper, but Cory Alexander bailed out his buddy by scooping up the loose ball and putting in the stickback for two of his 21 points.
A little later, Moore does do some damage. He backs in, gives a little pump fake and then gets the hoop and the harm.
[SUPER=33-Fayetteville/75/Roanoke/78/;]

Jamal Robinson and Geoff Owens then play the two man game. The give and go works like a champ. Roanoke goes on to w(------------) in its second game in as many days 78 to 75.