Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 19

I I RECREATION C4 BASEBALL C6-7 ii SCOREBOARD C9 MONDAY AUGUST 28 2000 Ridjmonb Eimra-iDispafclj SECTION IB DAYS TO GO An sifht-fflife "rive of ligrtniig" Hiring tha Ot)mplc Strihjm md the Sydney Hirtxx Bridge wW feitm flmmki martdng the ond of the 2000 Gam during the dosing ceremony he Hist time i doting ceremony hw attended beyond the ibdum 999 Editor iKk Berntncsr (804)649-6445 ItMrfnfgiWRWsfcpitriUKn i 4 i I i i i i i 1 put Tecti on hold tii Vi li i New date has not been set cancellation possible BY MIKE HARMS at Lane Stadium in the Black Coaches Aaso- thtn-DsMTCH Sr att Warns dation game A sellout crowd of 56276 wu on hand Carter Warfey the redshirt freshman Virginia Tech finally met a regu- kicker from Richmond had hla hand in the air and lareeason opponent it couldn't withstand No one was ready to kick off and get the game under way beat the Hokies in 11 regulareeaaon contests last But a lightning bolt flashed dose to the season but a rainstorm whipped them and rival before Warley got Ms foot on the hall and game of-Georgia Tech last night fidals delayed the start A little more than an hour The two Techs were scheduled to play at 8 later Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver announced the game had been postponed indefinitely It may not get played feeling is no" Georgia Tech Athletic Director Dave Brahie said "We wanted this a presea-son game" Weaver said decisions about the game's future will be made later If it is made up Dec 1 a Friday is a strong possibility Weaver said the teams would have to get NCAA clearance to play on that night Friday night games are prohibited so as not to conflict with high school foothalL "There's another round of storms behind this one and it is more Weaver said as the rain pelted in the background "I would hope the game will be played we have to look at everything before we make that decision" Playing tonight was never considered Weaver said Virginia Tech is at home Saturday against Akron Georgia Tech is home Saturday against Central Florida "That field" Weaver said "won't be playable to SES TECH JM Weather did little to assist Hokies The first lightning boh struck at 8:05 pun It was an Act of God not an Act of Michael And God isn't even contending for the Heis- man Michael Vick doesn't get upstaged often Then again the Noah's Ark Society schedule tryouts at Lane Stadium every week either By the time last night's BCA Clank: was called off one vehicle had been fried in the parking lot and the playing field looked like a cross between a lowlands rice paddy and the Thames Proposed commemorative T-shirt: I went to a football game and a regatta broke out Referee Dan Blum was Just about to raise his right arm to prompt the start for this outing when Mother Nature took the cue and beat Virginia Tech kicker Carter Wariey to the punch What followed was the darndest eruption in Montgomery County since the last bobble at the Radford Arsenal You had thunder lightning conflagration And Corey Moore even on the roster anymore The Hokies hoped to use this test agrinst Georgia Tech as a springboard toward another slam-bang season Instead what they needed was a real springboard No way Vkk was going to get a leg up on his Heisman competition but at least he could've worked on his inward l'A in the pike I i -4i 1 4 i ii -ii fe i i it II tg i i I But seriously folks: This postponement counts as a setback for the Hokies Beat the Jackets as expected get their normal highlight footage from Vick and a solid performance against a namebrand opponent from their retooled defenae and the Hokies shift the steamroller out of first gear as they look down the road toward their perilous SepL 7 date at East Carolina Now their shakedown and stab at momentum i MEMMLCHEUUNOTIMESOISMm Fhns In the stands at Lane Stadium watt in a datuge after ttw VkgMa Tech and Georgia Tech players were sent from ttw field SEE UPPER PAGE C8 recovers i i I I I i 'I il I I I I I I I I I I 1 3 11 i 1 i i Even nightfall cant tame Tiger Woods completes 10-stroke victory Marathon match will continue today Thb Assocuno Puss Tie AhocuteoPkem anion Ohio Tiger Woods only had to beat the dark- ness yesterday It niOGOtr was a dose call unlike anything NEC INVITATIONAL Racing the dock because of a storm MSIDCi Roundup Rags a Course at Baltusrol Golf Chib this morning at 9 They have tied the US Amateur record for the longest title match Sam Ur setta beat Frank Stranahan in holes in 195ft Extra holes were the hat thing anyone expected after Quinney who had staged impressive comeback wins in the third round and the quarterfinals made a short 2-footer for par at the par-3 15th to go 3-up with three to play in what was to have been a match Driscoll a 22-year-old who played in- SEE AMATEUR PAGE C3 10 strokes He probably could have won this one in the dark In feet he very nearly did In a fitting conclusion his wedge into the 18th green emerged from the gloom and dropped 2 feet from the hole Fans saw a silhouette of the best player in the world walking down the fairway and some flicked their lighters like they were at a rock concert Even in overwhelming victory Woods can still put on a show He completed his romp over a world-dass field with a 3-undcr 67 to finish at SEE TIGER PAGE C3 sraiNGFKLD NJ James Driscoll the final three holes of regulation to force a playoff with Jeff Quin-ney in the final of the 100th US Amateur which wu suspended yesterday after 38 boles I Quinney of Eugene Ore and Driscoll a recent University of Virginia graduate from Brookline Mass were to resume the title match on the Upper' delay that suspended ttw final round THE ASSOCIATED PRESS femes Driscoll bent but dkhrt break under final round pressure for nearly three hours Woods took eight holes to get untracked and then cruised to another landslide victory this time by Pain wont sideline Sanders DE is eager to play after 1-year suspension Inside sports Next king of ttw court? Jan-Michael Gambill has been dubbed the future of American tennis by Pete Sampras Page C2 a Blazing Sadler: Elliott Sadler of Emporia enjoyed a career-best seventh-place finishinlhegoracingcom 500 at Bristol on Saturday night PagsC5 a Bomba away: Catcher Darrin Fletcher blasts three home runs in Toronto's 6-4 victory over Tens Page C7 Brief power surge: The Richmond Braves belt three home runs early but they don't prevent the Charlotte Knights from sweeping the four-game senes Page C7 -t I Simmons and linebacker John Duckett (since moved to fullback) were suspended from school for disciplinary reasons That foursome now fives together in an off-campus apartment "That year off brought us closer Sanders said "We all felt the pain We wanted to help out the team but we couldn't But now we have an opportunity to do In 1998 three sacks were the most by a freshman lineman at UVa since Antonio Dingle had three in 95 and the native of Leonardtown Md wu projected to start at end lari season ineligibility hurt his development well his team football player loan something with time away from the game and the only way to recapture that is with time back in the Smith said "And really only a certain degree can come back in practice The rest SEE UVA PACE C8fe his position coach "He says he can play with the To Sanders the alternative more time away from football is worse than the discomfort of an iqjured knee Surgery can wait until after the season The S3 268-pound Sanders sat out the 1999 season and has no intention of missing any or aU of this season Suspended from UVa in 1999-2000 because of poor grades Sanders could do nothing for a defense that ranked among the nation's worst by season's end "It waa hud far me to watch because I thought I could help out said Sanders who played In every game starting two as a redshirt freshman in Other felt equally frustrated Like Sanders linebacker Donny Green wu academically ineligible lari season and safety Devon BY JETT WHITE TbiwDumtch Star Warns CHARLOTTESVILLE Darryl Sanders beui preseason practice with a bad knee and the junior defensive end refrquied it slightly during the University of Virginia's final scrimmage lari Wednesday Even so Sanders is expected to play Saturday when UVa opens its season against Brigham Young (0-1) at Scott Stadium Team doctors want to perform arthroscopic surgery on the knee but Sanders let them" said Ty Smith MUrttLUJUfcV Of Dairy! Sand- After playing in Ihe 1998 on sat out lest vwoi-rw i t-v ir.