The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 19

Sports THE ROANOKE TIMES RIDAY OCTOBER 29 2004 tarp 12JHM 3aa Speckled trout making comeback On Lynnhaven Inlet in Virginia Beach fishing for speckled trout has been excellent this fall PAGE 8 0W () i ST Big game out west Hawaii's Timmy Chang goes for the career passing yardage record against unbeaten Boise State 8 pm ESPN2 vrj Virginia Tech 34 Georgia Tech 20 TH QUARTER BLITZ wvuBBuri imMR fciwSI 2 Jr fl jUBHr ilW 71 77 7V3 tr rr MATT GENTRY I The Roanoke Times Josh Morgan catches a 51 yard pass from Bryan Randall with 3:10 left to put Virginia Tech up 27 20 Eric Henderson (56) and James Butler are in pursuit for Georgia Tech Randall leads stunning rally MORE INSIDE Darryl Tapp is adjusting to his brother fighting in Iraq instead of being at his games 4 By Randy King 981 3126 ATLANTA Virginia Tech football icon Michael Vick was on the visiting sideline at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Thursday night One could have sworn he was in the game in the fourth quarter for the Hokies Putting on his best Vick impres sion in the city where No 7 rules Bryan Randall threw for a pair of touchdowns plus a critical two point conversion in the final min utes to lead No 22 Tech to a stun ning 34 20 come from behind victory over Georgia Tech See HOKIES 5 aaronmcfarlingroanokecom py1 Mcarling 981 3222 Growing into contenders' ATLANTA They grew up here Thursday night Both of them liddie Royal and Josh Morgan two of the raw teenagers that comprise Vir ginia receiving corps hit a growth spurt in downtown Atlanta shortly before 11 pm Out of nowhere they become men Not just any men either Great men Men who in the span of 3 min i utes turned a joke of an offense into I a quick strike juggernaut morphing almost certain defeat into a 34 20 Hokies victory over stunned Geor gia Tech or three quarters the end zone! was merely a rumor something! See McARLING 5 I Liberty on another run JOSH MELTZERI The Roanoke Times zuy CcJ 1 al 'r Mir Quarterback OB Blake is in his third year as a starter and makes the Liberty offense go Minutemen take on Heritage in pursuit of an unbeaten season and another playoff berth By Robert Anderson robertandersonroanokecom 981 3123 football game between Heritage and Liberty is in Bedford so how can the Minutemen be in the same place as last year when the two teams played in Lynchburg? Answer: Liberty is unbeat en at 7 0 for the second straight season It should be no surprise With 48 victories since the 2000 season Liberty is the second winningest prep pro gram in Timcsland over the past five years Chris Watts who has been head coach for three seasons includ MORE ing the Minute INSIDE run to the Weekly VHSL Group AA predictions Division 3 cham statistics pionship of 3 fered a simple reason for the string of success which began under former coach Scott Abell a credit to our kids working hard in the weight room more than anything Watts said been able to keep coaches See OOTBALL 3 Big winners Only five Timesland teams have won more than 40 games over the past five years: Bath County 53 Liberty 48 George Wythe 45 Magna Vista 42 Pulaski County 40 (includes 11 games Magna Vista later forfeited for using an ineligible player) record by season 2000 10 2 2001 10 3 2002 11 3 2003 10 2 2004 7 0 1918 no longer matters to Sox What took so long to accomplish seemed so easy in sweep of Cards Associated Press ST LOUIS Keith oulke squeezed the ball tight After all those years and all that heartache the Boston Red Sox had the World Series firmly in hand A couple of quick steps off the mound a little under handed flip to first base and it was over MVP Manny Ramirez tore in from left field manager Terry ran cona hugged everyone in sight and Curt Schilling shot out of the dugout And for the MORE INSIDE Photos of World Series' triumph 1 6 ree agents fans sitting in already a Ji right at Busch topic in Stadium on Boston Wednesday 7 night there was this curious sight: Out fielders Gabe Kapler and Johnny Damon running to See RED SOX 7 Inside this section 2 NL Redskins rookie Sean Taylor is arrested on DUI charges and put on the inactive list for Sunday's game 2 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Houston's Carlos Beltran and Los Adrian head the list of 65 players who file for free agency ACC OOTBALL NOTEBOOK I fifli Brock Berlin's strong play in the past two games has led Miami to back to back 40 point games I.