Bill Price played for the Grand Canyon University team that won the NAIA championship in 1978. This year, the Lopes have made the NCAA March Madness field.
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Pulaski coaching legend Joel Hicks left his mark on more than the record book
Pulaski County will pay its respects to Hicks in a memorial service Saturday on the football field that bears his name. Here’s how he’s remembered.
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Former Rockingham County star, who holds VHSL scoring record, enters transfer portal
Tyler Nickel has been mentioned as a possible Virginia Tech recruit. Former UVa player Justin McKoy enters transfer portal for second time.
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Around the ACC: At Notre Dame, a time for searching
Louisville’s Kenny Payne is on the hot seat. Virginia Tech, UVa post wins at ACC wrestling championships. UVa to honor Holland in May.
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Roanoke College team comes close to a national title — in sports analytics
The school offers partial course credit and an interdisciplinary concentration of study toward a degree with its analytics program.
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Mountain Gateway Community College’s new way to recruit students: sports teams
The Clifton Forge school has modeled itself after Patrick & Henry Community College in Martinsville, which has the biggest athletic program in Virginia’s community college system.
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Terry Holland’s legacy: He produced a new generation of coaches
The former University of Virginia men’s basketball coach, who died this week, helped produce other coaches at Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Miami and Bluefield.
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Patrick Henry grad Bowers stars in ACC swimming chamipionships; more . . .
VMI’s Rocco speaks in Salem. Liberty’s McKay clinches fifth straight season with 20-plus wins. Pulaski’s Grantham joins coaching staff for New Orleans Saints.
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Tales of the transfer portal: Degree in hand, this Virginia player is headed out of state for a fifth year of football
Nick Jackson wasn’t unhappy but he felt that a year at Iowa would give him a better shot at the NFL.
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Ronde Barber is 13th member of Virginia Sports Hall of Fame enshrined in Canton
Other sports news: Altavista grad figured in Chiefs’ Super Bowl win. Glenvar grad joins football staff at Wake Forest.
