The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 21

Sports THE ROANOKE TIMES RIDAY OCTOBER 30 2009 Yankees even up World Series Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui (right) hit solo homers giving the Yankees a 3 1 victory over the Phillies in Game 2 PAGE 3 Outdoors Reporter Mark Taylor discusses outdoors related issues with gubernatorial candidates Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell Page 8 North Carolina 20 No 14 Virginia Tech 17 BBr afswKSSKUBBKS UE iff flH jHHMHHfflwL' iMMHMM wKMEjrTi i MrfiEK3y jlffil eR? jja EmR SnaniSM 'i 5 Ip yRaMMaSB tAtgBsst'iMEgiRa I gmMSB8tBjsgMjKS sggjEm? flLz JSSair lMWwltgaalmMBaEiMafflrk wiwEaMLvwwPp frfy JBWaMI Ml ti MMBMhaft A afWX'TSP weMfefeaAk gMS rTga 4yuyj4 if WEM fSiv 2r wtT w8? 23 a hetit 1 Photos by KYLE GREEN The Roanoke Times Virginia Tech tailback Ryan Williams (middle) fumbles the ball in the fourth quarter of game between the Hokies and North Carolina The Tar Heels recovered and went on to win Hokies left feeling blue Casey Barths field goaf as time runs out is the difference as the Tar Heels shock Tech By Randy King randykingroanokecom 981 3126 BLACKSBURG To think Virginia football team thought it had a bad hangover after losing at Georgia Tech on Oct 17 Well the one it wakes up with this morning will be dou bly painful In a contest that most pun dits thought they possibly lose the 14th ranked Hokies squandered' numer ous scoring opportunities and make critical defensive stops in the second half and lost 20 17 to North Carolina Thurs day night at Lane Stadium Casey 21 yard field goal as time expired set up by a fumble by Ryan Wil liams on the 28 yard line with 2:02 to playjeft the crowd of 66233 fans stunned The 15 point underdog Tar Heels then raced onto the field in celebration for their first win in four ACC games Tech (5 3 3 2 ACC) saw its already slim hopes for a third consecur five ACC title go completely down the tubes with it second consecutive conference loss After UNC (5 3 1 3) tied the game at 17 on 19 yard field goal with 2:52 to play the Hokies got the ball on their 24 in hopes of driving for a game winning score On third and 6 from the 28 Wil liams took the handoff and had the ball knocked away by UNC defensive end Tydreke Powell NEXT GAME Virginia Tech at ECU Thursday 7:30 pm ESPN MORE INSIDE Tech's Ryan Williams is living up to his JI CUIvUvl Page 4 North Carolina kicker Casey Barth is carried off of the field by his teammates after successfully kicking the game winning field goal as time ran out at Virginia Tech feaWif wsaa 27 tSsn ulJ XSp I iji fu 3m V'C Hl' LL a )r Kwak Wfc4 really know what happened Biit I know I lost the See TECH 5 Ryan Williams on his fourth quarter fumble 1 2 4 4 4 latest loss of effort It had nothing to do with coming out flat or wor rying too much about a game that had already been played and the chop blocks that came with it You can believe that Because tailback Ryan Wil liams fumbled to set 'up the game winning field goal and nobody on this offense plays harder than Ryan Williams Linebacker Cody Grimm got burned on second touchdown pass and that kid never takes a play off So if not effort then missing here? Simple: Too much of everything start with the offense Great teams drive inside the 40 yard line five times on six first half pos See MCARLING 5 in BLACKSBURG So now North Carolina has done it This Alabama This Georgia Tech This happen on the road or even at a neutral site This happened Blacksburg on a Thursday night against a team that arrived here win less in the ACC Excuses? There aren't any There be No need to send any game tapes to the league offices after this one No need to wonder what might change when the team gains some experience Virginia players and coaches tell us this last second20 17 loss to North Carolina had nothing to do with a lack Aaron Mcarling aaronmcfarling 981 3124 or more coverage from the Virginia Tech UNC game read The Insiders blog and see a photo gallery at roanokecom pat leads Eagles to cusp of district title TIMESLAND TOP 10 1 1 Salem 8 0 2 ranklin County 7 1 3 Liberty 8 1 4 leming 5 2 5 Cave Spring 7 1 6 Northside 6 2 7 Hidden Valley 6 2 1 8 Christiansburg 6 2 9 Jeff orest 5 3 10 St River 5 3 TJ Shaw came to ranklin County with his father Pete a fonner arena league coach By Robert Anderson robertandersonroanokecom 981 3123 ROCKY MOUNT TJ Shaw has gone from New Jersey to a ranklin County football jersey one reason why the Eagles are one victory away from claiming the Western Valley District champion ship southward odyssey is easy to explain His father Pete a for mer head coach of the now defunct Roanoke Steam Arena ootball 2 franchise has been a full time assistant coach at errum College since 2005 Pete Shaw also is a former head coach of two Arena ootball League teams the New Jersey Gladiators and New Jersey Red Dogs with a resume that includes coach ing stints at eight colleges including Kentucky As a youngster TJ and his dad tossed the football around the New York Giants practice facility and went one on one in tackling drills on the indoor surface at Roa noke Civic Center been pretty special to be lucky enough to have a dad coached many many years at all levels of TJ Shaw said of that been exposed to some of the best coaches and some of the best knowledge in the TJ cashed in this sum mer when he earned the starting quarterback posi tion at ranklin County The 5 foot 10 150 pound junior has passed for 680 yards and seven touchdowns in seven games for the Eagles (7 1 3 0) who can wrap up the WVD title with a victory tonight at George Washington is what we set out to do from Day Shaw said play GW which is just a great program for it to come down to a game with them to win it See SHAW 6 fl OSSid ASat SB 4 ylflwll ilk MW STEPHANIE KLEIN DAVIS I The Roanoke Times TJ Shaw has passed for 680 yards and seven touchdowns for ranklin County wlch can wrap up the WVD with a win tcjight.