22:00-01
video-open
SUPER=#4065
SUPER=70-Connie Stevens;
SUPER=@Robin1;
SUPER=70-Mike Stevens;
ANCHOR=Connie
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SOT
IN Q=
(( TONIGHT ON NEWS-7 PRIMETIME... METAL DETECTORS WILL NOW BE PART OF THE
DECOR ON THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING FOLLOWING A SHOOTING SPREE OVER THE WEEKEND.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE DETAILS HOW IT WILL PREPARE THE POST FOR
WOMEN....INCLUDING PLANS FOR THE RAT LINE. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=RAT LINE.
top-story
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#top
GRAPHIC=none
(----------------)
TOP STORY GRAPHIC 11004
It's MONDAY February 24TH- our Top Story
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:24:56
((PAUL TORGERSEN/VA TECH PRESIDENT: THE FACT THAT STARTING IN THE FRESHMAN YEAR
WE'RE GONNA WORRY ABOUT CAREERS AND JOBS AFTER GRADUATION. I THINK A MOTHER AND
FATHER WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Virginia Tech unveils a plan it hopes will cut down on student athlete
arrests.
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P-Tech-visitors
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=tal
TAPE#597-01
SS=N7PT
Good Evening, this is NEWS-7 Primetime on WEFC, I'm Connie Stevens.
GRAPHIC=Va Tech
Virginia Tech officials are making plans to ensure athletes will not
embarrass the school OFF the field. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
Athletic Director Dave Braine presented the plan to the Board of Visitors
this afternoon.
A committee made up of faculty and students devised the program.
It emphasizes recruiting athletes of good character and installing
educational and mentor programs to encourage good behavior and promote academic
success.
It also provides automatic sanctions for arrests.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:44:15
IN Q=
((DAVE BRAINE/VA TECH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: WE WILL BE HARD LINE AND BASICALLY, WE
HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED AND I NEVER WANT TO HAVE TO BE UP HERE BEFORE YOU ALL
AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THIS. ))
SUPER=01-Dave Braine/Va. Tech Athletic Director;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=talk about this.
TALENT=Connie
SS=HOLD
The sanctions include automatic suspensions for athletes charged with
felonies.
Coaches will no longer have to decide how to discipline for misdemeanor
charges or convictions.
Instead, the athletic director may impose sanctions ranging from a warning
to dismissal from the team.
President Paul Torgersen said the university expects all of its students to
uphold the highest values of sportsmanship, honor, integrity and respect for
others.
P-Nelson-Body
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-15
GRAPHIC=none
What started out as a car fire has turned into an investigation of a
suspicious death in Nelson County.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Nelson Co.;
Around 2 o'clock today, state highway workers spotted smoke in this area of
Route 626 near Wingina (win-JY-nuh).
That's where they found a car on fire on a dirt logging road about 50-yards
off the highway.
Sheriff's authorities were called after a body was found in the vehicle.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 7:32:10
IN Q=At this time
((SHERIFF RON WOOD/NELSON CO.: AT THIS TIME, WE'RE INVESTIGATING IT..
INVESTIGATING IT AS.))
SUPER=01-Sheriff Ron Wood/Nelson Co.; :00
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=investigating it as. (mumbled)
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The body was taken to Richmond for an autopsy.
Investigators plan to return to the scene tomorrow.
(----------------)
P-Empire
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-d
GRAPHIC=none
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Financial distress may have triggered yesterday's shootings at the Empire
State Building.
Relatives say 69-year-old Palestinian teacher, Ali Hassan Abu Kamal was
apparently distraught over losing his life savings of more than 300-thousand
dollars.
Unchallenged, Kamal bought a ticket and rode the elevators up to the 86th
floor-- where he shot six people, one fatally-- before shooting himself.
Kamal bought the semi-automatic pistol at this Florida Pawn Shop, shortly
after he arrived in this country.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:51:12
IN Q=He just
(( RUDOLPH GIULIANI/NEW YORK MAYOR: HE JUST SHOW UP IN FLORIDA, WALKS IN AND
WALKS OUT WITH A GUN THAT CAN KILL 14 PEOPLE. THAT'S JUST ABSURD, IT MAKES NO
SENSE.))
SUPER=01-Rudolph Giuliani/New York Mayor; :
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=makes no sense.
ANCHOR=Connie
SS= shooting
Also tonight, a police source says a note was found in Kamal's pocket--
blaming the U-S for using Israel as an instrument against Palestinians.
Visitors to the Empire State Building will have to walk through metal
detectors, as the observation deck re-opens tomorrow.
P-Atlanta-Bomb
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-e
GRAPHIC=none
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Atlanta/Friday; :
A group calling itself the Army of God says it's behind two recent bombings
in Atlanta.
The Reuters news agency says it received a letter from the group--
The Army of God claims to have details about the make-up of bombs that
exploded at both an abortion clinic and at a gay and lesbian nightclub.
(---------------)
P-Wiley
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=eea
TAPE#597-03
GRAPHIC=wiley
The trial began today for the man charged with the July 4th murder at a
Roanoke motel.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Cepada (se-PAY-da) Wiley admits shooting 22 year old Jesse Darnell Ferguson
outside the Embassy Inn.
Ferguson was fighting with Wiley's brother over a woman.
The prosecution says Wiley and his brother turned an argument into a fatal
confrontation.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:22:59
IN Q=Because they brought
((TOM BOWERS/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT A GUN, AND
THEY CHANGED THE TONE AND DIMENSION OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND AS A RESULT OF
THOSE BAD CHOICES, OF THOSE BAD DECISIONS, JESSE FERGUSON IS DEAD;))
SUPER=01-Tom Bowers/Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=Ferguson is dead
(----------------)
VO-NAT
But the defense says Wiley opened fire to save his life.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:37:17
IN Q=Jesse Ferguson
((ALTON PRILLAMAN/DEFENSE ATTORNEY; JESSE FERGUSON WAS A MAN OF VIOLENCE, HE
HAD A PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE, HE CARRIED A GUN WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES.))
SUPER=01-Alton Prillaman/Defense Attorney;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=at all times
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The jury is expected to get the case tomorrow.
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P-Tinsley
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#597-02
wipe wipe wipe
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
A Roanoke County man accused of a fatal shooting over the weekend will
remain behind bars for now.
56-year old Paskel Tinsley Junior was arraigned today on a first- degree
murder charge.
Authorities say he was having a dispute with 37-year old Rick (KA-nobel)
Knobel when Tinsley allegedly shot him.
(----------------)
P-Floyd-Murder
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-108
SS=
In Floyd County, a teenager faces a charge of capital murder.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co./Last Wednesday;
18- year- old Mark Anthony Beavers is accused of killing Stanley W. Harmon
last week.
The 38 year old was found dead at his home in the Buffalo Mountain area.
His rifle was missing along with a 19- 77 Pontiac Firebird.
Beavers and 21- year- old Jerry Wayne McKinney were arrested later in
Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=Murder Investigation
Beavers faces capital murder, robbery, and grand larceny charges. He's
being held without bond.
Authorities believe McKinney became involved after the murder.
He's being held on 100- thousand dollars bond.
tease#1
music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SUPER=x5040; Primetime Tease Load
SUPER=x5045; Start Motion
SUPER=x5041; Primetime Tease Stop
Tonight on NEWS-7 Primetime-- the head of the Wythe County School system
talks about racial incidents at two schools.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
And move over March Madness-- the Hill City is just fine with February-- a
profitable month for basketball in Lynchburg.
(----------------)
WEFC!!! PAGE 504 MAX 2
go to break
p-Wythe-Schools
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=spr
TAPE#597-13
GRAPHIC=race relations
Wythe County's school superintendent says the administration is working to
eliminate racial problems in the classroom.
Jim Vaught points to a task force that was assembled a few years ago.
The group promotes multi-cultural differences.
And one of its first courses of action was to require Wythe County eight
graders to take an ethnic diversity class.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:09:58
IN Q=This has
((JIM VAUGHT/WYTHE COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND I
THINK AS WE GO ON AND GO FORWARD, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD VEHICLE IN
PROMOTING WORKING TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN THE KIND OF CLIMATE THAT WE WANT IN OUR
SCHOOLS. ))
SUPER=01-Jim Vaught/Wythe Co. Schools Superintendent;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=our schools
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wythe Co./Last Week;;
Last week a hate message aimed against blacks was spray painted on the road
leading up to George Wythe High School.
Before that, several students were suspended for knotting their jacket
drawstrings to resemble nooses.
One day later, the same incident happened at Scott Memorial Elementary
School.
(----------------)
P-VMI
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597-04
GRAPHIC=VMI
The Virginia Military Institute has already accepted 21-women out of 43
applicants so far.
Perhaps the real story is that the number of applications- -overall, male
AND female- - has INCREASED 21-percent since the school agreed to admit women
last year.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington/Thursday;
In the latest status report filed today in federal court, V-M-I sets out a
plan to exchange six cadets with other military schools.
It's partly designed to have a few upperclassWOMEN on post when the first
co-ed class of "rats" arrives in August.
The female exchange students at V-M-I will team up with male mentors,
called "dykes," to help the "rats" get used to barracks life and the rigors of
the "rat line."
(----------------)
P-Va-Economy
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=abr
TAPE#597-05
GRAPHIC=virginia economy
Virginia's economy is moving away from the traditional industries-- that's
according to a study at the University of Virginia.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Charlottesville;
More modern types of industry are replacing tobacco, coal and textiles as
mainstays in the Commonwealth's economy.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 96-104 57:55
IN Q=Certainly in the
((JOHN KNAPP/UVA BUSINESS AND ECON RESEARCHER: CERTAINLY IN THE SERVICES
SECTOR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GROWTH. FINANCE, INSURANCE, THAT AREA HAS GROWN, AND
HEALTH SERVICES. ))
SUPER=01-John Knapp/UVA Business and Econ. Researcher; :02
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=and health services
(----------------)
VO-NAT
In fact they now account for four percent more earnings than traditional
industries.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
As new industry grew, older businesses reduced in size.
The reduced workforce isn't blamed on business leaving the Commonwealth,
but automation.
The extra workers were forced to find other employment.
P-Manpower
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#597-10
GRAPHIC=manpower
Manpower, Incorporated is expecting moderate- to- strong job growth in our
area this Spring.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
In Roanoke, 23- percent of companies polled intend to add jobs.
That's up slightly.
Job prospects appear best in trade, education, and services.
36- percent of the Lynchburg employers polled say they'll add workers, an
increase compared to last spring.
Manpower says the best opportunities should be in construction,
manufacturing, trade, and services.
(-------------)
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Manpower Incorporated is the world's largest temporary help firm.
P-L'burg-Hoops
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10 pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-11
GRAPHIC=l'burg seal
The Hill City has been host to several hoops tournaments, recently.
In a two week span, the basketball spotlight is shining on Lynchburg, which
is playing host to five different basketball tournaments.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Saturday;
An estimated 45- hundred people turned out for the Hill City Shootout this
past Saturday, where some of the nation's top high school stars were in action.
Starting Wednesday the Big South mens and womens basketball tournaments are
in town.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:06:47
IN Q=The big thing
((CHRIS ELLIS/SPORTS CAPITAL OF VA: THE BIG THING ABOUT THE BIG SOUTH
TOURNAMENT IS BRINGING THE COLLEGE TOURNAMENT HERE, GETTING GOOD PUBLICITY FOR
THE CITY WITH THE ESPN. IT HAS A GOOD ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THAT IS THE SPOTLIGHT IT GIVES TO THE CITY.))
SUPER=01-Chris Ellis/Sports Capital of Va.; :00
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=to the city.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
On the heels of the Big South tournaments, the Virginia high school
championships arrive in town on March 13th.
(----------------)
tease#2
music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SUPER=x5040; Primetime Tease Load
SUPER=x5045; Start Motion
SUPER=x5041; Primetime Tease Stop
Tonight on Health Check-- Scientists and ethicists around the world are
experiencing a bit of future shock today over the cloning of an adult mammal.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
And get ready for a competition of another sort at the Roanoke Academy of
Math and Science-- an old fashioned Spelling Bee.
(----------------)
WEFC!!! PAGE 504 MAX 2
go to break
P-Spelling-Bee
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-14
GRAPHIC=education
In some circles, words like lumbago and belfry don't come into everyday
conversations.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :
It's one thing to know their meaning-- but can you also spell them?
Those aren't all the words they nailed, at the Roanoke Academy of Math and
Science.
25 champion spellers took to the stage, in front of some anxious parents.
After four rounds, it was down to two competitors.
Wilson Middle School's Bethany Jones EVOKED a win.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:51:31
IN Q=Evocative.
((EVOCATIVE. E-V-O-C-A-T-I-V-E. There's your champion ladies and gentleman.
CLAP ))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=clapping NAT SOUND
(----------------)
VO-NAT
And yes, that was Robin Reed doing the calling!
(----------------)
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Partly Cloudy/Wind NW-15/30-32/Mostly Sunny/Wind N-10/43-46;
SUPER=331-Clear & Chilly/Wind NW-15/32-34/Mostly Sunny/Wind N-10/44-48;
SUPER=332-Partly Cloudy/Wind NW-10/24-28/Mostly Sunny/Wind SW-10/42-44;
SUPER=333-Partly Cloudy/Wind NW-15/24-28/Partly Sunny/Wind N-10/38-40;
SUPER=334-Partly Cloudy/Wind NW-10/18-22/Partly Cloudy/Wind SW-10/38-40;
SUPER=X5001;
RRE-CST-TOSS
ANCHOR=Connie
THere's more News-7 Primetime straight ahead right here on WEFC.
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go to break
P-Cloning
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-06
GRAPHIC=cloning
Scottish researchers have done what was once thought to be the impossible.
They've cloned an adult animal.
Dolly is a seven-month old lamb, the first exact genetic duplication of
another adult sheep.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
She was created when scientists combined a single cell from the udder of a
six-year-old ewe with an unfertilized egg stripped of its genetic code.
Researchers say this breakthrough could help defy the aging process, and
find cures for diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
(------------------)
P-Genetics
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-07
GRAPHIC=HOLD
(/////SOT/////)
SOT ** starts on a bite **
IN Q=There are a
SUPER=01-Dr. Ian Wilmut/Embryologist; :00
SUPER=01-Dr. Ron James/Research Sponsor; :23
SUPER=01-Dr. Patrick Dixon/Genetics Expert; :40
RUNS=:51
OUT Q=then thousand times.
(((/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:15:26
IN Q=There are a
((DR. IAN WILMUT/EMBRYOLOGIST: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENETIC DISEASES FOR WHICH
THERE ISN'T A CURE AT THE PRESENT TIME, SERIOUS DISEASES, AND THIS WILL ENABLE
US TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF THOSE DISEASES AND PERHAPS DEVELOP
METHODS TO TREAT THEM.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=methods to treat them.
That gives rise to the ethical questions of how far this technique will be
taken -- are human clones next?
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:15:44
IN Q=In the UK
((DR. RON JAMES/RESEARCH SPONSOR: IN THE U.K. AND ALMOST CERTAINLY IN THE U.S.
IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH ANIMAL CELLS WITH HUMAN EGGS.
IT WOULD JUST NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DO IT. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=to do it.
Others say that's what scientists thought about cloning animals -- that it
couldn't be done.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:16:03
IN Q=What kind of
((DR. PATRICK DIXON/GENETICS EXPERT: WHAT KIND OF WAYS COULD THIS TECHNOLOGY BE
ABUSED BY A DICTATOR, THAT'S WHAT I ASK MYSELF. PERHAPS SADDAM HUSSEIN WOULD
LIKE TO GIVE BIRTH TO HIMSELF, TO SEE HIS OWN TWIN BROUGHT UP IN HIS OWN HOME,
NOT JUST ONCE BUT A HUNDRED TIMES, TEN THOUSAND TIMES. ))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=thousand times.
))
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
So human cloning may be illegal and unethical.
But what scientists are really worried about is-- will it be done?
cool-video
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#cool
SUPER=x5042; Video of the Day Load
SUPER=x5045; Start Motion
GRAPHIC=News-7 primetime
Tonight's video pick is actually just a tour of the bedroom of an eight
year old boy from Charlotte North Carolina.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=75-Charlotte; :
Jonathan Slaughter just may be one of the country's biggest Star Wars
fans....and it's no passing fad for this kid.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:15:58
IN Q=When I was
((WHEN I WAS ABOUT FIVE I STARTED COLLECTING STAR WARS THINGS. SOME ARE GIFTS
AND SOME I HAD TO USE MY OWN MONEY. THESE ARE SOME OF MY EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
FIGURES. AND THESE RIGHT HERE ARE ACTION FLEETS.
THIS IS MY STAR WARS HAT. ON THE BACK IT SAYS MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.
THIS IS MY DARTH VADER SHIRT.
OH, I ALSO KNOW MOST OF THE ACTORS.
YODA, OB1, SIR ALEC GUINESS, AND
THE CHIEF JAWA IN THE FIRST MOVIE
WAS JACK PERVIS.
I KNOW A FEW IMPRESSIONS.
ONE WAS, THE FORCE IS WITH YOU LUKE SKYWALKER. BUT YOU'RE NOT A JEDI YET.
breathing heavy! ))
SUPER=75-Jonathan Slaughter/Star Wars Collector;
RUNS=:58
OUT Q=NAT SOUND Darth breathing
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The second episode of the Star Wars Trilogy-- "The Empire Strikes Back"
made its 90-s debut over the weekend.
(---------------)
SUPER=x5043; Video of the Day Stop
SP-Score
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#vf96-2
GRAPHIC=PRIMETIME SPORTS
Coming up tonight on Primetime sports here on WEFC - Hampden-Sydney wins the
ODAC tournament title and an automatic trip to the NCAA tournament, the Hokies
and Cavaliers get ready to hook up tomorrow night.
And two Virginia women's players earn all-conference honors.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-NFL; ;00
But first a little football news from the NFL, as the Falcons acquire
quarterback Chris Chandler from the Oilers.
The Falcons give up two draft picks for the 10 year veteran who is 31.
In his two season in Houston he passed for 33 TDs and over 45 hundred yards.
Now the scores.
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GO TO SCORES
SUPER=#556
SUPER=x5028;
SUPER=0096-/Detroit/84/j/Orlando/93////Golden State/100/j/Atlanta/106///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0096-/Portland/63//Chicago/87/3///Charlotte/64//San Antonio/52/3//;
SUPER=x5031;
SUPER=0103-/Boston/3//Washington/3/3///Detroit/4//Phoenix/1/2//;
SUPER=x5027;
SUPER=0098-/American/70/j/George Mason/79///j/East Carolina/59//William &
Mary/58///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Richmond/45/j/V.C.U./56////James Madison/66/j/Old Dominion/72///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Kansas #1/17//Oklahoma/16/1///Fordham/53/j/Temple/69///;
SUPER=x5012;
SUPER=0095-/N.C. A&T/4/j/Liberty/5////;
RUNS=:40
oc:...LAST SCORE."
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SP-ODAC
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-4
GRAPHIC=ODAC
Hampden Sydney captured the Old Dominion Athletic Conference mens
basketball tournament championship tonight by beating Lynchburg 102 to 70.
(----------------)
VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Salem/Hornets vs. Tigers; :00
The Hornets and the Tigers exchanged the lead several times in the first
half. Otis Tucker led Lynchburg with 12 first half points.
Hampden Sydney broke away a few minutes before intermission. Watch Byran
Sheridan make the nice pass to Jeremy Harris for the basket and the Tigers led
48-39 at halftime.
The Tigers then went on a huge run that Lynchburg could not answer. Andy
Habenicht contributed, scoring all 5 of his points during the game deciding
run.
Sydney had 6 players score in double figures. Only two Lynchburg
SUPER=33-Hampden-Sydney/102/Lynchburg/70;
players would hit the double digit mark. Tucker and David Ross who tallied 10
points.
Hampden Sydney goes on to win the ODAC tournament championship by the score
of 102 to 70. The Tigers are now 21 and 6 while Lynchburg finishes its season
at 13 and 14.
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SP-Tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-26
GRAPHIC=TECH/UVA
Tomorrow night the hoop spotlight shifts to the Richmond Coliseum where the
UVa and Virginia Tech meet
(--------------)
pinnacle page --18052
The Hokies and Hoos tip things off at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, and you can
catch the game right here on Your Hometown station.
We'll have it for you LIVE at eight.
This afternoon Tech head coach Bill Foster had this to say about the rivalry.
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(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="I think...
((BILL FOSTER/VA. TECH HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Bill Foster/Va. Tech Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=...they'll compete."
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SP-Mercer
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-24
GRAPHIC=NCAA HOOPS GENERIC
The first trickle of what could be another flood of underclassman leaving
college hoops early for the NBA started today.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Lexington, KY; :00
Kentucky sophomore Ron Mercer, who prepped at Oak Hill Academy, decided today
to try his hand at the NBA.
The six foot, seven inch sophomore is averaging 18 points a game this year.
Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino says he counseled Mercer like he was his own
son.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="You have...
((RICK PITINO/KENTUCKY HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Rick Pitino/Kentucky Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=...go ahead and decide."
(-------------)
ANCHOR=Mike
SS=NCAA LOGO
Mercer is projected to be one of the top four picks in the June draft.
SP-Gordon
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10PM
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-35
GRAPHIC=JEFF GORDON
Jeff Gordon continues to make the 1997 NASCAR season his own little parade.
After two races he has two wins and winnings over $550 thousand dollars.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Rockingham, NC/TNT; :00
Gordon slipped by Dale Jarrett and into Victory Lane yesterday for the 21st
win of his career.
That's 21 wins in 126 starts for the 25 year old phenom.
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go to boards out of video
Gordon leads the points race heading to Richmond and that is scary in itself.
Last year at this time he was 41st in the points race, but won at Richmond.
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5013
SUPER=0112-1. Jeff Gordon/360/2. Ricky Craven/320/3. Terry Labonte/316/4. Jeff
Burton/300/5. Ricky Rudd/298;
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preview-boards
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#bds
GRAPHIC=none
That's it for us on NEWS-7 Primetime--
See you tomorrow. goodnight.
Jean Jadhon will be along in half an hour on WDBJ-7 with more news.
by SS