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MAGENTA BLACK PLPROGINDEXPAGES B02 I 112109 21:15 I FULLERNEI MAGENTA BLACK B2 The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va. Sunday, November 22, 2009 No. 16 Hokies romp CITY OF PETERSBURG PARKS LEISURE SERVICES STANDINGS (AS OF NOV. 15) D.C. UNITED 5-0 (PF: 104) (PA: 40) 5150 OUTCHERE 3-2 (PF: 58) (PA: 69) ENEMY OF THE STATE 3-2 (PF: 66) (PA: 60) HIT SQUAD 3-2 (PA: 35) VENGANCE 2-3 (PA: 106) STRAYS 2-3 (PF: 51) (PA: 40) R.A.W.

2-3 (PF: 67) (PA: 54) MOTORCYCLE AUTHORITY 0-5 (PF: 12) HIT SQUAD 12, STRAYS 6 Hit Squad defeated the Strays 12-6 on a last-second touchdown pass from John Walker to Rick Hite. Meredith Whitters Jr. rushed for a TD for Hit Squad. Ricardo Rowles returned an interception for a TD for the Strays. D.C.

UNITED 19, MOTORCYCLE AUTHORITY 12 D.C. United defeated Motorcycle Authority to remain undefeated. Steve Beasley threw two touchdown passes to Chris Johnson. Naeem Whitfield added a rushing TD for D.C. United.

Dustin Loving threw TD passes to Jobette Upshaw and Matt Bulifont. ENEMY OF THE STATE 20, VENGANCE 14 Jason Pulley threw two touchdown passes to Raliek Green and Taron scored a rushing TD for Enemy of the State. Maurice Thorne did the scoring for Vengance. R.A.W. 18, 5150 OUTCHERE 0 R.A.W.

posted a shutout as they defeated 5150 Outchere. Johnnie Bush threw three touchdown passes two going to Doug Walls. Gregory Dean caught a TD pass. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKSBURG Ryan Williams ran for 120 yards and four touchdowns and helped make sure No. 16 Virginia Tech would send its 21 seniors out of Lane Stadium with a win one last time as the Hokies beat North Carolina State 38-10 Saturday The Hokies (8-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) also got a career-best day from wide receiver Jarrett Boykin, who caught six passes for 164 yards and a touchdown, and from linebacker Cody Grimm, who forced an NCAA-record three fumbles in his final home game.

NC. State (4-7, 1-6) lost its second straight and for the sixth time in seven games. The Wolfpack allowed at least 30 points for the eighth game in a row, and struggled on offense, turning the ball over four times and allowing five sacks of Russell Wilson. The victory was Virginia Tech's third in a row, keeping them on pace for a sixth consecutive 10-win season provided they also win at Virginia next Saturday and then in a bowl game. Williams, who carried 32 times, came up with the play of the day in the third quarter.

On a second-and-6 from the NC State 19, he went around the left side and was grabbed from behind by safety Earl Wolff at about the 12. Wolff seemed to maintain a hold on Williams' jersey the rest of the way, but the tailback dragged him all the way into the end zone. On their next possession, the Hokies drove 97 yards in just six plays, with Tyrod Taylor hitting Boykin for 26 yards early in the drive, and then again for 38 yards and the touchdowns. Before the day was over, the Wolf-pack replaced Wilson with Mike Glen-non, the younger brother of former Virginia Tech's Ryan Williams celebrates a touchdown against North Carolina State during the first half of a game at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg on Saturday. Grimm matched a record, according to Virginia Tech, when he forced Toney Baker to fumble on NC.

State's fourth play, but the Wolfpack got the ball back this time. Wilson, a native of Richmond, then led them on an 81-yard drive, capped by his 20-yard TD throw to a wide open Owen Spencer It was all downhill for the visitors after that. Williams added a pair of 1-yard scoring runs before halftime, and the Wolfpack threatened only one other time. Wilson hit Spencer for 48 yards to the Hokies 16, but Chris Drager sacked him for a 15-yard loss on third down-and-7 from the 13, and NC. State had to settle for a 45-yard field goal by Josh Czajkowski that pulled the Wolfpack within 17-10.

Busch wraps up Nationwide title Hokies quarterback Sean Glennon. On his first snap, Glennon dropped back and was promptly drilled by reserve linebacker Mark Muncey for an 8-yard sack. The Hokies started fast, even winning the coin flip for the first time in 11 games. They elected to kick, and on the first play, Grimm sacked Wilson, forced him to fumble and recovered it at the Wolfpack 34. Seven plays later, Matt Waldron kicked a 26-yard field goal.

Grimm forced another fumble on NC. State's third play, a pass completion to Darrell Davis, and Stephan Virgil recovered, setting the Hokies up at the Wolfpack 25. This time it set up Williams' 4-yard TD run to make it 10-0 after just 7:05. Clemson overwhelms U.Va. ft r.

1 BY DAN GELSTON AP SPORTS WRITER HOMESTEAD, Fla. Kyle Busch made it a double dose of celebration, winning the Nationwide Series championship before completing a lap and capping his night at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his ninth trip to Victory Lane. Busch held off a hard-charging Carl Edwards to win the 300-mile race, a fitting ending because the two NASCAR stars finished 1-2 in the final standings. "It's not easy to win in any division in this sport when you're racing against the best," Busch said. Busch only needed to start the race Saturday night to win his first NASCAR title.

When the green flag dropped on the race, Busch was the champ. Busch finished with nine wins in the second-tier series and had 11 second-place finishes. He finished with a 210-point lead over polesitter Edwards. "It was fun to watch and fun to be a part of at the end," Busch said. "I felt like I wasn't the best driver here tonight, but the guys gave me a car capable of winning." Busch has 20 wins this season in the Trucks Series, Nationwide and Sprint Cup.

Busch, who won his 30th career Nationwide race, wasn't the only driver setting off fireworks. Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin added another chapter to their simmering feud early in the race. The latest run-in came when Hamlin made good on his promise to go after Keselowski. Hamlin tapped Keselowski from behind and spun him out on lap 35, though not a serious enough hit to end his day The two raced side-by-side or bumper-to-bumper for most of the race, sparking some life into a finale that needed some juice after Busch wrapped up his title at the start. NASCAR parked Hamlin for a lap for rough driving.

Hamlin said crews from the other teams cheered and applauded as he pulled the No. 11 Toyota into pit road. "I don't really hold any grudges. I'm ready to move on," Keselowski said. "Hell, I've already moved on.

Hopefully he feels the same way" Well, he hasn't entirely moved on. Keselowski quickly added that Hamlin "has a lot of problems on and off the racetrack" and didn't think the JGR driver would feel good about what he did in the morning. Hamlin laughed off those comments. "I feel great right now," he said. "It was well worth it." Hamlin was cheered by fans who heard his comments over the public address system.

His aggressive, self-policing style was a hit with the crowd. The escalating feud might have one more round in Sunday's Sprint Cup race. Keselowski met with top NASCAR officials last week at Phoenix International Raceway after his latest dust up with Hamlin. Contact between the two has led to five Hamlin wrecks dating back to last season, and Hamlin vowed revenge. i- ''-r- HEtffHji Tigers clinch ACC Atlantic Division championship BY PETE IACOBELLI AP SPORTS WRITER CLEMSON, S.C.

C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown Saturday in his final game at Death Valley and No. 18 Clemson beat Virginia 34-21 on the day the Tigers wrapped up their first trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. The Tigers (8-3, 6-2 ACC) won their sixth straight game, but had the Atlantic Division wrapped up as they kicked off thanks to North Carolina's 31-13 victory against Boston College. Clemson will face Coastal division winner Georgia Tech in two weeks at Tampa, Fla.

Spiller had a 4-yard touchdown run and set the ACC's single-season all-purpose yardage mark, surpassing the 2,059 of Virginia's Thomas Jones in 1999. Virginia (3-8, 2-5) kept things close in the first half, its 21 points more than it had put up in any of its previous five games. However, the Cavaliers were shut out the final 30 minutes and lost their fifth straight. It's Clemson first visit to the title hand up in triumph as he jogged off the field to the adoring calls of 77,000 at Death Valley Fans spilled onto the field as the game ended and the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to coach Dabo Swinney who turned 40 on Friday Swinney had banned the Boston College game from the team's locker room area and told managers to keep news of the contest away from the players. It turned out to be quite a profitable day for Swinney Reaching the ACC title game kicked in a contractual bonus that will raise Swinney's salary from the league bottom at $800,000 to the median of all ACC coaches around $1.8 million annually Spiller had been on a Heisman-type tear in Clemson's win streak, posting record-setting performances of 310 and 312 all-purpose yards in victories over Miami and Florida State.

But Virginia had Spiller's number again. After allowing him just 18 yards rushing a season ago, the Cavaliers never let Spiller break free for one of his highlight reel romps. He finished with 58 yards rushing and 114 all-purpose. Still, it was a day of memories for a player who'll one day will likely have his name enshrined in Death Valley's Ring of Honor. Clemson's Jacoby Ford, foreground, falls into the end zone after a touchdown reception against Virginia on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Clemson S.C.

game after years of near misses. In 2006, Clemson lost four of its last five after starting 7-1 to fall from contention. A year after that, the Tigers were beaten by Boston College 20-17 in a division showdown. This time, Spiller got to hold his Wave: Petersburg goes OT in postseason Swoap missed a 34-yard field goal to win the game. "I didn't think the game should have been as close as it was but my guys stepped up and for that I'm proud of them." In overtime, the Cavaliers struck first as Caleb connected to wide receiver Tyler Groves.

Then the Crimson Wave answered with a 5-yard touchdown by Green and a two-point conversion. Petersburg will travel to Hanover next Friday who defeated Dinwiddie 35-33 on Saturday in Hanover. Court Wills can be reached at PETERSBURG 6 0 0 822 screen passes to a wide variety of receivers including McLaughlin, Eric Magruder, Demonte Gregory and DeK-ari Walker. "We've got a lot of playmakers on our team that I wasn't suprised that we were finding so many guys open," Green said. "We weren't so much worried about the Clover Hill players as much as we were about the Crimson Wave players making the plays." With 7:28 to go in the second quarter, the Crimson Wave converted on their second score when Green ran in the 9-yard touchdown giving the visitors the 14-0 lead.

However, the Cavaliers didn't shut down as Caleb took control scoring the 14-yard touchdown before the half cutting the lead to 14-7. Then in the second half, Petersburg looked to be on track to make its way in for a third score, but the Clover Hill defense stepped up sacking Green not once but twice for huge losses. With 4:15 left to go in the third quarter, the Cavaliers tied the game up (14-14) as Caleb connected to Jalen Wood for the 18 yard touchdown. In the fourth quarter, both teams battled back and fourth until Green threw a wide open pass in the right corner of the end zone for Magruder, but as the senior was coming down it fell out. Clover Hill had a chance with three minutes to go as its kicker James Continued from Bl the players hands." Like Green and seniors Quinton Spain and Eric Magruder "I told Spain that when they were kicking the field goal to win the game that I need you to give all of your power to block that kick," Green said.

"And he did. I think coming into this game that Meadowbrook really prepared us, the experience playing at that type of level." Because similar to most of the Crimson Wave's games, it hasn't been about dominating in the first half, it's been about finishing. While the game became tied at the end, Petersburg didn't give up its fight and to Scott that is what is most appreciated. "To what these kids have had to overcome, the adversity I'm proud of them. I thought the refs called a fair game allowing both teams to play their best football," Scott said.

In the first half, Petersburg set the tone early with Green connecting to Damond McLaughlin for the 11-yard touchdown. Green then converted on the two-points giving the visitors the 8-0 lead. Clover Hill tried to bounce back but Petersburg was able to stop sophomore quarterback Joel Caleb in his tracks. The Crimson Wave took advantage as Green consistently threw quick CLOVER HILL 0 7 7 0 721 FIRST QUARTER PET: McLaughlin 11 pass from Green (2pt.conv.) SECOND QUARTER CH: Caleb 14 run (Swoap kick) THIRD QUARTER CH: Wood 18 pass from Caleb (Swoap kick) FOURTH QUARTER FG failed OVERTIME PET: Green 5 run (2pt.conv.) CH: Groves 6 pass from Caleb (Swoap kick) RUSHING PET: Green 19-89 2TDs; Spain 1-4 CH: Caleb 29-132 TD; Tyler 9-20; Sprouse 1-15; Donnelly 1-3 PASSING PET: Green 29-42-290 INT, TD CH: Caleb 8-1 1-110 2TD, INT RECEIVING PET: Gregory 10-56; McLaughlin 5-89 TD; Magruder 5-41; K.Johnson 4-38 CH: Groves 3-34 TD; Sprouse 2-10; Thaniel 1 -24; Donnelly 1-24 Kyle Busch raises the championship trophy after winning the Nationwide Series championship and the NASCAR Ford 300 auto race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, on Saturday..