WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 06/10/05

6 p.m.

06/10/05

JEAN 2-Shot JEAN 2-Shot

It's not a reflection on the
workers, but a Danville company's
calling it quits.

ENG#=1 VO NAT

VO NAT

KEITH 2-Shot KEITH 2-Shot

And what's bugging you? Is it a
recluse- -or a garden-variety brown
spider.

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MIKE ON CAM MIKE ON CAM

In sports, it's a festival of
action from the spring jubilee where

ENG#=2 VO-NAT

VO-NAT the Cave Spring softball team was

among the locals trying to advance to
Saturday's state championship round.

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ROBIN ON CAM ROBIN ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None Another day of locally heavy downpours.

Saturday looks drier and hot. Sunday
brings the return of thunder. Full
details ahead.
JEAN 4-Shot JEAN 4-Shot

News Seven at Six is next
Open (Open)

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*CG 4054

*CG 306

*CG standup Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Jean Jadhon
jjadhon@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Travis Wells
twells@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Robin Reed
rreed@wdbj7.com
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VO-NAT VO-NAT
JEAN on VO

JEAN on VO

More than 100 Southside residents
will soon be out of a job now that a
local manufacturer has decided to close
its doors.
KEITH on VO KEITH on VO

Diebold (DEE-bold) says closing
its Danville plant will help make the
company more competitive.

(END VO) END VO

KEITH 2-Shot KEITH 2-Shot

Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry

JEAN 2-Shot JEAN 2-Shot

And I'm Jean Jadhon
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JEAN 2-SHOT JEAN 2-SHOT

Diebold still employs more than
14-thousand people around the world.
KEITH 2-SHOT KEITH 2-SHOT

But that number no longer includes
110 workers in the Danville area.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT :18
VO-NAT

*CG locator Danville

The Danville plant opened in 1997
... it made modules for automated
teller machines and other banking
equipment.

Diebold says its A-T-M product
line has become more streamlined and
requires less hands-on manufacturing.

The affected workers will get
separation and out-placement support.

SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=We're planning on

*CG 2line Mike Jacobsen
Diebold Spokesman 12:05:12 MIKE JACOBSEN/DIEBOLD

SPOKESMAN: WE'RE PLANNING ON HOLDING
OPEN HOUSE SESSIONS HERE FOR OTHER
EMPLOYERS TO COME AND MEET THE FOLKS
HERE BECAUSE CERTAINLY THE ACTION THAT
WE DECIDED TO TAKE IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF
THE QUALITY OF THE WORKFORCE THAT'S
HERE IN DANVILLE.

RUNS=17 (END SOT)

OUT Q=here in Danville.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Jacobsen says those workers who
are willing to relocate may be offered
jobs at other Diebold facilities in the
U-S.

The Danville plant is scheduled to
close by late September.

(END VO) (END VO)

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JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM

GRAPHIC=Michael Collins Charges against a Blacksburg man

accused of shooting a 14 year old girl
are headed to a grand jury, even though
the judge was skeptical of the
evidence.

DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Rachel/Microwave DOUBLE BOXES

New River Valley Bureau Chief

Rachel DePompa was in the courtroom.
Rachel, what did the judge say?

LIVE=Rachel full/Microwave LIVE FULL
*CG standup Rachel DePompa
rdepompa@wdbj7.com

*CG live Blacksburg

Jean, the judge found enough
probable cause to move the charges
against 28 year old Michael Paul
Collins forward, but he called the
prosecution's evidence sketchy.

ENG#=1 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

*CG locator Christiansburg
:00

*CG locator Blacksburg
April 2005
:06

RUNS=32 END SOT

OUTQ=he didn't hit anyone << Collins is charged with malicious
END SOT wounding and possession of a firearm as

a convicted felon.

In April, Police say he got into
an argument with the 14 year old girl's
mother at her Clayton Estates home.

A witness says the fight was over

Collins' relationship with her
daughter.

Investigators say things
escalated, Collins pulled out a gun and
shot the girl in the stomach.

In court today we found out
Collins actually gave a statement to
police when he was arrested, admitting
to having a gun and firing it, but he
said he didn't hit anyone. >>

LIVE=Rachel Full/Microwave LIVE FULL
*CG live Blacksburg

The judge called the evidence
sketchy after several witnesses didn't
show up and the only eyewitness to
testify, never actually saw Collins
fire the gun.

DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Rachel/Micro (DOUBLE BOXES)

Jean, Collins has gotten into
more trouble while waiting for his day
in court.

He's now charged with three
felonies and a misdemeanor.

He's accused of destroying a heat
sensor and assaulting three police
officers while behind bars.

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JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None A judge has found a Virginia Tech

football player guilty of violating his
probation.
TAKE GRAPHIC TAKE GRAPHIC

Defensive Back Brenden Hill
tested positive for marijuana and
failed to report an arrest for driving
on a suspended license.

Hill along with two other
football players pled no contest last
year to contributing to the delinquency
of a minor.
JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE Since testing positive, Hill

completed a drug treatment program-
Because of that the judge extended his
probation for a year and sentenced him
to 75 hours of community service.

The probation violation will be
dismissed if Hill stays out of trouble.
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KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM

GRAPHIC=Brown Recluse The concern over some

eight-legged arachnid is often a case
of mistaken identity.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke Co.

Hutch Malcolm was leaving his
house yesterday, when he noticed a
long-legged, tan colored spider he
thought may have been a brown recluse.

SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=I had my foot

*CG 2line Hutch Malcolm
Thought Spider was Brown Recluse @02:52:55

HUTCH MALCOLM:I HAD MY FOOT IN THE AIR,
BUT I THOUGHT WELL NO I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO CATCH THAT.

RUNS=:05 END SOT

OQ=to catch that.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Malcolm managed to capture the
spider and we took it to the Virginia
Tech Extension office in Roanoke, where
Barbara Leach quickly determined it was
not a brown recluse.

Leach says brown recluse spiders
are NOT common in Virginia, unlike the

Black Widow.

However, Leach says both spiders
are timid, and that: if you leave them
alone, they normally leave you alone.

SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=Both the Brown

*CG 2line Barbara Leach
Greeline Coordinator @05:03:03

BARBARA LEACH:BOTH THE BROWN RECLUSE
AND THE BLACK WIDOW SPIDER, THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT
WILL COMING RUNNING AFTER YOUR KIDS AND
ATTEMPT TO JUST ATTACK OR BITE YOUR
CHILDREN.

RUNS=:10

OQ=bite your children.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Leach says many people have
brought in these tan spiders mistaking
them for the brown recluse, and so far
not one has turned out to be the real
thing.

(END VO) (END VO)

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KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM

GRAPHIC=Campaign 2005 Jerry Kilgore is a familiar name,

but you may not know much about George
Fitch.

He's a northern Virginia mayor
challenging Kilgore for the Republican
nomination for governor.

DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & Jennifer/State DOUBLE BOXES

micro Richmond Bureau Chief Jennifer
Wishon has more on a race that hasn't
received much attention.

Keith, George Fitch and Jerry
Kilgore have a few similar ideas,

LIVE=Jennifer LIVE FULL
*CG standup Jennifer Wishon
jwishon@wdbj7.com

*CG live Richmond

but the way they've been treated
by the Republican party is very
different.

ENG#=4 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=Nat sound

*CG locator Wakefield
April
:00

*CG 2line George Fitch

(R) Candidate for Governor

:15

*CG 2line Jerry Kilgore

(R) Candidate for Governor

:34

RUNS=1:38 (END SOT)

OQ=SOLVING OUR FUTURE HEALTHCARE NEEDS. <<
(END SOT)

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=Nat Sound QUICK NATS OF FITCH AT SHAD PLANKING.

RUN02 (END SOT)

OQ=Nat Sound Republican George Fitch says

government needs to go on a diet.

The Mayor of Warrenton says ten-
percent of government spending is
unnecessary.

He'd like to take those savings-
finish off the car tax and pour more
money into Virginia's natural
resources.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=So, it's sort of 7:35 GEORGE FITCH: SO IT'S SORT OF A

PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION,
ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PLATFORM THAT I
WANT TO TAKE WITH ME TO RICHMOND.

RUN09 (END SOT)

OQ=take with me to Richmond. From the start Fitch's Republican

opponent, Jerry Kilgore hasn't paid
much attention to him calling his real
opponent Democrat Tim Kaine.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=You know, I consider 19:58 JERRY KILGORE: YOU KNOW, I

CONSIDER THIS LIKE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.
EVERYONE HAS TO PLAY AROUND ONE, I'M
PLAYING AROUND ONE.

RUN07 (END SOT)

OQ=I'm playing around one. Three weeks ago the Chairman of

the Republican National Committee
openly endorsed Kilgore.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=We're just baffled that 9:22 GEORGE FITCH: WE'RE JUST BAFFLED

THAT THEY WANT TO BRING IN THE R-N-C IN
WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A
DISRUPTION HERE.

RUN06 (END SOT)

OQ=just a disruption here. Fitch says it's been hard to

raise money, but he's had no problem
finding ideas.

He proposes technology like
reversible lanes to help gridlocked
highways-- and vows to oppose efforts
to increase taxes.

A sentiment Jerry Kilgore echoes.

The former Attorney General has
been traveling the Commonwealth with

his message of reform-- including a
plan to cap real estate taxes, create
financial awards for teachers and give
Virginians tax credits for purchasing
long- term health care insurance.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=If we start educating 14:55 JERRY KILGORE: IF WE START

EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS TO PLAN AHEAD BY
GIVING THEM THESE TAX CREDITS TO MAKE
THE PURCHASE THEN VIRGINIA WILL GO A
LONG WAY TOWARDS SOLVING OUR FUTURE
HEALTHCARE NEEDS.

RUN13 (END SOT)>>

OQ=our future healthcare needs.

LIVE=Jennifer LIVE FULL
*CG live Richmond

Whoever wins the primary faces
Tim Kaine who's running un- opposed on
the Democratic ticket.

Kaine and the Republican nominee
will also face Independent Russ Potts.

DOUBLE BOXES= DOUBLE BOXES

KEITH, Potts turned in more than
20- thousand petition signatures today
to get his name on the November ballot.

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JEAN 2-Shot JEAN 2-Shot

A farewell to the state's first
charter school.

We'll go to the final
graduation of Blue Ridge Technical
Academy.

ENG#=APRISA VO-NAT

VO-NAT

KEITH 2-Shot KEITH 2-Shot

And as the market for tobacco
shrinks, one Southwest Virginia farmer
is turning to seafood.

How he hopes to make a living
farming a new crop.

(END VO) END VO

1st-Weather (1st Wx)
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WEATHER CENTER

POSITION #1

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JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE A bittersweet graduation in
EDUCATION 7 Animation tonight's education seven report.

The last class of the Blue Ridge
Technical Academy as its known now-
held commencement.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke 21

Three students received high school
diplomas today.

Charles Scott hopes to find a job in
wireless internet.

James Gill will go into the Air

Force-

and Michelle Turner has already
begun classes in nursing.

All three say they never would have
made it if it weren't for the small
classes and special attention they got
at the Academy.

SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=iT'S A SAD SITUATION

*CG 2line Michelle Turner
Class of 2005
:00

*CG 2line Rhonda Turner
Michelle's Mom 09:14:23
09 MICHELLE TURNER/BLTA CLASS OF 2005

IT'S A SAD SITUATION AND A HAPPY
SITUATION

I'M GLAD I'M GRADUATING BUT IT'S SAD
FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS DON'T HAVE A
CHANCE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT
THROUGH 31 RUNS 08

BUTT TO 09:16:11

RHONDA TURNER: MICHELLE WAS ONE OF THE
TWO ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD HAVE
FALLEN

THROUGH THE CRACKS. SHE WOULD NOT HAVE
DONE WELL AT A CONVENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

BUT SE DID EXCELLENT HERE.

RUNS=19 (END SOT)

OQ=DID EXCELLENT HERE.

VO-NAT VO-NAT 05 plus pad

The Academy will no longer hold
classes in the Higher Education Center.
JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE School officials said a lack of

funding forced it to move the program
into traditional high schools something
parents and students at the Academy
have fought.
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KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None A Franklin County farmer is

changing his ways.

For more than 30 years Johnny
Angell has farmed tobacco.

But now he's farming shrimp.

Alex Lawson has the story.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG locator Franklin Co.
:00

*CG 2line Johnny Angell
Shrimp Farmer
:18

*CG 2line Sharon Angell
Johnny's wife
:38

*CG standup Alex Lawson
alawson@wdbj7.com
1:14

RUNS=1:26 (END SOT)

OQ=AL, News 7, Franklin County. < (END SOT) ponds filled with fish and frogs...but

shrimp?

Well, Johnny Angell and his wife who
come from a family of tobacco farmers
are converting their tobacco fields
into fresh water shrimp ponds.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ="I had done... 04:05 "I HAD DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH AND

CHECKED INTO IT, AND I SAID, I LOVE TO
BE OUTDOORS AND WATCHING FISH GROW, I
JUST DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TRY THIS AND
HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE SOME LUCK AT
IT."04:17

RUN=12 (END SOT)

OQ=...luck at it." (NATS of tractor)

And Sharon understands that many
tobacco farmers are having to diversify
their crops to make a living.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ="Tobacco... 17:52 "TOBACCO IS A IFFY SITUATION

STILL YET AND WE JUST NEEDED SOMETHING
TO DO SOME MORE PROFIT MAYBE."18:02

RUN=10 (END SOT)

OQ=profit maybe... The shrimp are originally from Malaysia

and other countries in Southeast Asia.

But with the similar climates, other
southern states are experimenting with
the industry.

Acquaculture officials at Virginia Tech
say Johnny may be the only fresh water
shrimp producer in the state.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ="We monitor 05:54 "GOT MY SHRIMP FROM A PRODUCER IN

OHIO AND WE'VE PLACED THEM INTO PONDS
NOW AND WE MONITOR THE DISSOLVED OXYGEN
LEVEL IN THE WATER, THE PH OF THE
WATER, THE HARDNESS OF THE WATER."06:05

RUN=11 (END SOT)

OQ=...in the water."

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ="This fall.... 17:17 "THIS FALL JOHNNY PLANS TO

HARVEST ABOUT TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF
FRESH WATER SHRIMP. AND IF THE HARVEST

IS A GREAT SUCCESS, HE PLANS TO CONVERT
THESE FIELDS INTO PONDS. ALEX LAWSON,
NEWS 7, FRANKLIN COUNTY.17:30

RUN=13 (END SOT)>>

OQ=AL, News 7, Franklin County.

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KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None A local furniture business is

changing hands.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Mostly Sofas has been sold -

Jeff Rorer (Roar) sold the business
to a man from Wisconsin- who's moving
here with his family-

Rorer started the business in 1994
in a small shop off Route 419. Now he
runs stores in Roanoke and Lynchburg.

New owner Stewart Beamer has
experience as a Vice president with
Kohls and Target. He plans to expand
the business to include interior
decorating.

(END VO) (END VO)

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JEAN 2-Shot JEAN 2-Shot

A mixed end to the week on Wall
Street.
KEITH 2-Shot KEITH 2-Shot
*CG pmstox x (DOW/NASDAQ)
9.61 The DOW rose ten points today.
10512.63 The NASDAQ lost 14.
y STOCK ROLL<< 13.91
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JEAN 2-SHOT Jean 2-SHOT

Another Southside employer is back
in business.

KEITH 2-sHOT KEITH 2-SHOT

It's been two years since
bankruptcy forced it to close its
doors.
KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE The Berry Hill Resort near South

Boston is open again and taking
reservations ... much to the delight of
its owners and local government.

Steve Smallshaw reports.

ENG#=1 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=Less than

*CG file September 2003
:00

*CG locator Halifax Co.
Today
:16

*CG 2line Bill Carder
Berry Hill General Manager
:32

*CG standup Steve Smallshaw
ssmallshaw@wdbj7.com
:50

*CG 2line Brian Foster
Halifax Co. Administrator
1:02

RUNS=1:23 (END SOT)

OQ=News7, Halifax County. << Less than two years ago, the
(END SOT) picture at Berry Hill looked bleak.

Financial problems among its owners
forced its hotel manager Marriott to
pack up and move out ... taking 45
employees with it ... and conference
center was forced to shut its doors.

NATSOT NATSOT water spraying

RUN02 Today, things are much brighter.

Thanks to an influx of cash from
new investors, Berry Hill has re-opened
... with a million and half in new
improvements, guests are re-discovering
the historic estate.

And that's good news for Berry Hill
and the region.

SOT SOT FULL

IN Q=In terms of 13:30:06 BILL CARDER/BERRY HILL GM: IN

TERMS OF WHAT IT BRINGS TO THE ECONOMY
IS JUST TREMENDOUS. OUR FEASIBILITY
STUDY SHOWS, WE DID AN ECONOMIC IMPACT
STUDY THAT SHOWS IT'S GOING TO BRING 62
MILLION DOLLARS TO THE ECONOMY YEARLY.
IN DIRECT TAX REVENUE IT'S GOING TO

BRING 2-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS IN
DIRECT TAX REVENUE THROUGH LODGING
TAXES AND MEALS TAXES.

RUN18 (END SOT)

OUT Q=and meals taxes.

STANDUP STANDUP

13:52:37 The reopening is just the
first piece of the puzzle. Carder says
over the next few years, they plan to
add a hundred new guest rooms, a spa
and a golf course. All of it will add
up to more jobs and tax revenue for the
southside economy.

RUN12 (END SOT)

OUT Q=southside economy.

SOT SOT FULL

IN Q=It's very good 12:39:15 BRIAN FOSTER/HALIFAX CO.

ADMINISTRATOR: IT'S VERY GOOD NEWS.
THEY OPENED UP OFFICIALLY THE FIRST OF
THE MONTH AND I'VE ALREADY GOT SOME
BUSINESS BOOKED SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
THEY'VE GOT SOME LONG-TERM GROWTH AND
EXPANSION PLANS THAT WE THINK WILL BE
REAL BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

RUN12 (END SOT)

OUT Q=to the community. Benchmark is the new hotel

management ... about 62 people now work

at Berry Hill ... they plan to hire
more as the business expands.

Steve Smallshaw, News7, Halifax
County. >>
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GRAPHIC=None Coming up, plenty of highlights from
ENG#=APRISA the spring jubilee, including single A

and double A softball, and boys and
girls soccer, where

VO-NAT VO-NAT

William Byrd came up short in its
bid to reach the state title game,
losing a heartbreaker to Tabb.

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GRAPHIC=GROUP AA SOFTBALL Cave Spring senior catcher Kendal

Martin got her diploma before today's
Cave Spring--Dan River state semifinal
contest at Radford.

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Dan River vs. Cave Spring Martin and Coach Beth Mast even :00 donned the cap and gown for the
impromptu ceremony at RU.

Dan River broke on top early.
Casey Pyron raps one down the line in
left and that was good enough to score
Gwen Turner, giving the Wildcats a
1-nothing lead.

The Knights tied this thing up as
Chelsea Kelly hits the nubber back to
the pitcher. And check out Jackie
Clarke as she uses the great hook slide
at the plate, tying the game at 1. *CG final Dan River
2 But Dan River had just enough. Cave Spring Turner with the slap hit to left to 1 bring home Kayla Beam from third. Dan
River won it by a final of 2-1. The
Knights season comes to an end, but
with just one senior, they're already
looking ahead to next year.

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*CG 2line Beth Mast
Knights Head Coach
:00

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OQ=that's what we got."

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GRAPHIC=GROUP A SOFTBALL Sticking with softball, Glenvar

locked up with the Blue Devils from far
Southwest Virginia--Gate City.

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Gate City vs. Glenvar Glenvar threatened early.
Meredith Buckley hits one up the
middle, and it gets past the
centerfielder and Buckley wound up at
second.

The Highlanders eventually loaded
the bases, but could not capitalize.

Jordan Harold grounds one back to
the pitcher but Gate City gets out of

the jam with the out at first. *CG final Glenvar
0 Buckley pitched well throwing a Gate City no-hitter, but it wasn't enough as Gate 1 City won it 1 to nothing.
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GRAPHIC=AA Baseball In Two-A baseball Tunstall beat

Monticello 8-zip and Turner Ashby
whipped Heritage 14-1.

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GRAPHIC=Group AA Soccer In Two-A Soccer, William Byrd lost

a heartbreaker to Tabb. Here's Grant
Kittelson with the details.

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*CG standup Grant Kittelson
gkittelson@wdbj7.com
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*CG final Tabb
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William Byrd
0
:38

*CG 2line Jeff Highfill
Terriers Head Coach
:47

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OQ=News 7 Sports."

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GRAPHIC=GROUP AA SOCCER To the girls ranks where Hidden

Valley took on Courtland.

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Hidden Valley vs. Courtland Back to the Dedmon Center fields. :00 The Titans looking to kick up their
heels on the way to the finals.

Courtland on the corner kick.
Nikki Denue gets credit for this goal,
that just bounces around in front
before going in.

That put Courtland up 1-nothing.

Hidden Valley tied it up on a Meredith
Grunewald tally in the second half, but
the Titans lost on penalty kicks.

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*CG locator Radford
George Mason vs. Radford In Group A, Radford kept on rollin' :00 with a win over George Mason. Meg
Khandan Barani tallied two first half
goals for the Bobcats and that was all
that was needed, as Radford stayed
unbeaten.

The home team got another stellar
effort from Desi Simmons in the net. *CG final George Mason The Bobcats will play for the state 1 championship tomorrow afternoon thanks Radford to a 3-1 win.
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