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THE ROANOKE TIMES RIDAY OCTOBER 21 2005 Sports OUTDOORS Turkey and grouse hunting preview State wildlife officials anticipate a challenging year for grouse and turkey hunters PAGE 10 Hidden Valley at Salem Watch two of top teams battle it out in the River Ridge District 7:30 pm 10 pm WDRL loyd Hollandsworth wins state crown loyd County sophomore Jessica Hollandsworth shot a second round 69 on Thurs day and made up a two stroke deficit on first round leader Whitney Neuhauser to win the VHSL Girls' Open golf championship at Independence Golf Club in Midlothian Hollandsworth finished with a two day total of 143 good for a one stroke win over Neuhauser and a two shot margin over Blacksburg freshman Court ney Ellenbogen It was the second VHSL state championship for Hol landsworth who won the Group A individual crown in 2004 Hollandsworth placed third in last year's girls' tour nament in Williamsburg See more high school coverage including Robert Anderson's prep predictions page 8 Injury slow Vipers left wing iA David Alexandre Beau regard led the UHL with 47 goals last season and hopes to stay hot with Roanoke' this season He was scoring a goal in 1994 when he lost the sight in one eye but it has never slowed him down love playing hockey for winning But I love scor ing goals" he said See story page 7 An unlikely pairing th One team had the best record in the American League The other got here as a wild card Recently those are the kind of teams that often reach the World Series Still a Chicago White Sox Hous ton Astros all Classic still is an unexpected matchup Houston got here after starting 15 30 The White Sox slumped much of the last quarter of the regular season But all that matters now is whet happened in the last two weeks and these were the best of the batch "My team is always under the radar White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen (above) said "All kind of crazy stuff people think I will say and they backed me up My team backed me up here together" See story and baseball notes page 7 Marcus Vick flies through the air for some extra yards during game at Maryland Virginia quarterback rushes for 133 yards No 3 Virginia Tech 28 Maryland 9 Nr '7 'W' 1 jTr 4 Lily A A a AU HOMES MAKE DO Tech work through mistakes to hold off the pesky Teips By Randy King randykingroanokecom 981 3126 COLLEGE PARK Md It a Rembrandt by any means but Virginia third ranked football team will gladly take it and run In a game in which they seemed intent on painting them selves into a corner much of the way the Hokies withstood four turnovers double the amount they had in their first six games and were more than content to get out of town with a 28 9 ACC victory over Maryland on Thurs day night at Byrd Stadium "The play always pretty but they hung in there and played Tech coach rank Beamer said about his team not a turnover team It was just a little bit freaky tonight There were some things I felt like was out of character for us not be better I was worried about this Despite a terrible third quarter in which he was intercepted on See HOKIES 4 roanokecom see more photos from the game at wwwroanokecbm UP NEXT Boston College at Virginia Tech Thursday 7:45 pm ESPN MORE INSIDE Game stats Breakdowns by quarter Aaron Mcarling watches the game with a non traveling member of the team Pages 4 5 had special touch with tough job Tlie late NASCAR official managed to fulfill his track duties while maintaining the respect of the drivers By Aaron Mcarling aaronmcfarlingroanokecom 981 3124 a shot of Dale Earn hardt Sr smiling at something lifelong Roanoker Bobby Scruggs just whispered in his ear a young Jeff Gordon mustache and mullet and all sitting next to Scruggs out side the souvenir store on Wil liamson Road a shot of Davey Alli son pinching Scruggs in the belly before the start of the Day tona 500 Jackie Scruggs has more than MORE INSIDE The tight points race could get big shake up Page 6 just these photographs in her Roanoke home also the hood of Ken Busch car signed by drivers in top two series That hood sort of an oversized get well card was given to Bobby Scruggs 10 years ago Professional sports officials if they are lucky are largely ignored If they are remembered at all they are remembered for the call they blew the outcome they changed the season they wrecked Bobby Scruggs is an exception The longtime NASCAR official died at his Roanoke home in Janu ary following a protracted bout with cancer But he certainly is not forgotten At 6 tonight the Bobby Scruggs Memorial oundation will hold a fundraising event at Martinsville Speedway and several prominent drivers are expected to attend Jeff Burton Kyle Petty Joe Nemechek Bobby Labonte and several others are scheduled to sign autographs in the sponsor tent helping raise money that will finance scholar ships in name No doubt Scruggs had to dis See SCRUGGS 6 Courtesy of the Scruqgs family Davey Allison pinches NASCAR official Bobby Scruggs before winning the 1992 Daytona 500 JLi 1 LMnait TlWifci iir JT Kr E'OBiJV' 03 Is rd I lufcXii ll inM Inside this section ACC NOTEBOOK NC State athletic director Lee owler asks Wolfpack fans to stop getting down on the football program ea NL Oakland receiver Randy Moss returns to practice but still is doubtful for the game against Buffalo on Sunday COLLEGE OOTBALL USC quarterback Matt Leinart is concerned about his play WSWWWWBWBW 3 6.