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Salem vs Harrisonburg at Liberty University GROUP AA DIVISION 4 INAL 4 pm Radio: WGMN TV: WDRL (9 pm) Salem set for sizable test on turf See SALEM 5 ACC PLAYER THE YEAR ILE PHOTOS I The Roanoke Times 1 1 1 4 Votes 75 13 4 3 tally tops teaching and coaching career and now is in charge of the pulse of old program Today the story comes full circle when Salem meets Har risonburg in the VHSL Group AA Division 4 final at Liberty University at 4 pm Salem (12 1) can win a record fifth Group AA title on the artificial turf at Williams Stadium The Spartans cap tured their first state champi onship in 1996 and won three straight from 1998 2000 Harrisonburg and head coach Tim Sarver are looking Game 10 vs Maryland 8 14 for 137 yds passing 2 TDs 9 for 41 yds rushing 1 TD Game 6 vs Wake orest 12 18 for 119 yds passing 1 TD 10 for 46 yds rushing Before the Virginia Tech football team clinched the ACC title with a 16 10 victory at Miami last Saturday Ilokies wide receiver Josh Hyman was asked if quarterback Bryan Ran dall should be the player of the year can he not win Hyman said Bryan Randall win it there should be' some sort of Well no need for such an inquiry Randall who led a team that was picked sixth in the preseason to the title in its first season in the league was named both the ACC player of the year and offensive player of the year riday Game 5 vs West Virginia 16 34 for 142 yds passing 12 for 70 yds rushing Game 12 vs Miami 11 18 for 148 yds passing 2 TDs 13 for 34 yds rushing Game 4 vs NC State 11 25 for 156 yds passing 1 TD 19 for 28 yds rushing Game 2 vs Western Michigan 15 21 for 253 yds passing 2 TDs 2 for 0 yds rushing Game 7 vs lorida 9 14 for 115 yds passing 4 TDs 1 for 23 yds rushing for their second state title in the last four years The Blue Streaks defeated Graham 24 10 in the Division 3 final at Liberty in 2001 got a good foot ball Magenbauer said do a good job mixing up the run and the pass just a team real solid not going to give any thing to That would be a change from last four games including the 30 3 victory at 1 Mac show among best ever Tracy McGrady's 13 points in the final 35 seconds Thursday night to lift Houston over San Antonio could go down in NBA lore PAGE 3 Game 8 vs Georgia Tech 18 31 for 304 yds passing 3 TDs 9 for 64 yds rushing Game 11 vs Virginia 16 22 for 200 yds passing 2 TDs 11 for 30 yds rushing Game 3 vs Duke 12 24 for 138 yds passing 2 TDs 12 for 93 yds rushing 1TD By Randy King randykingroanokecom 981 3126 4 Unlike most of games this season it even close Randall received 75 of the 100 votes cast by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association to easily outdistance Miami quarterback Brock Berlin (13 votes) for player of the year Virginia tailback Alvin Pearman was third with four votes Miami cornerback Antrel Rolle was fourth with three votes our players Tech defensive lineman Jim Davis UVa guard Elton Brown North Carolina quarterback Darian Durant and Clemson linebacker Leroy Hill each garnered one vote In the offensive player of the year race Randall received 78 votes com pared to 14 for Berlin Pearman was third with four votes Brown was fourth with two votes while Wake orest tailback Chris Barclay and See RANDALL 4 turnover Out went Timcsland coaching legend Willis White in March with four state championships and two runner up finishes at Salem In came 3 0 a 1 Stephen Magenbauer a prom ising sophomore quarterback for the Spartans in 1989 before a neck iniurv in a nlavoff came The story in the postseason ended his career for Salem High foot White stayed by Magen ball team has been the hospital bedside dur turnovers ing the initial hours after the The story in the preseason injury Magenbauer returned for the Spartans was the to health embarked on a Spartans will be dealing with a balanced attack from Harrisonburg in the Division 4 state title game By Robert Anderson robertandersonroanokecom 981 3123 ACC player of the year voting The voting breakdown for The Associated Press ACC player of the year award for 2004 as cast by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association: Player Bryan Randall QB Va Tech Brock Berlin QB Miami Alvin Pearman RB UVa Antrel Rolle DB Miami Chris Barclay RB orest Elton Brown OL UVa Jim Davis DL Va Tech Darian Durant QB UNC Leroy Hill LB Clemson Heisman Trophy presentation Matt Leinart Alex Smith Jason White Reggie Bush and Adrian Peterson are the finalists for college football's top award 8 pm ESPN Gamp 1 vc 1 IRC 44 29 for 153 yds passing 1 TD 17 for 82 yds rushing Sports THE ROANOKE TIMES SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 2004 SETH GITNER I The Roanoke Times Quarterback Matt Shawver (10) and running back Andre Hairston (right) will need to have big games today for Salem I x) I 1 1 hIk wl ILL a Wft a 1 Av XS rrjEx W3 4 ft wSkSbT Ht gbn 'EG a A A' 2Jr A TW a' 91 i wW WLSJffi I I 1 i i EM zrusu5nng1u I 1 BW 'SV' Xi wRtffb JSlt i di Hr JtiJ A ie 4 Bkj 3 i xx I WWil I 1 'tji' I a Ka 1) Lfl 1 Jrt if! Dukes reign in rain over the Tribe JMU forces five turnovers and avenges an earlier loss to Io reach the I AA title game By Paul White Landmark News Service WILLIAMSBURG Va Maybe it was stage fright A slick field help and James punishing defense certainly hurt Whatever the case in front of a raucous sellout crowd and a national television audience Wil liam and Mary turned in a dis i 1 un ribe like performance under the lights in falling to the Dukes 48 34 in an all Atlantic DIVISION AA SEMIINAL JMU 48 34 Next game James Madison vs Sam Houston St Montana winner Dec 17 8 pm ESPN2 10 Division I AA semifinal riday night at Zable Stadium After setting an NCAA record with just six turnovers during the regular season the Tribe (11 3) coughed it up five times against James Madison The Dukes con verted four of them into 28 points en route to their first national champi onship game appearance turn the football over that many times in any game and expect to win" Tribe coach Jimmye Laycock said certainly not something we do normally But we' did it The Dukes (12 2) who became the first I AA team ever to win three road games to get to the final will meet San Houston State Montana winner in the national title game next riday in Chattanooga Tenn final score is somewhat misleading as the Dukes jumped on top 21 0 in the first quarter then scored 27 unanswered points in the third and fourth quarters to pull away See JMU 4 Associated Press nt iBI bff Er fJ fIIf I s' "CT Raymond Hines scores one of first quarter touchdowns on riday night in Williamsburg Inside this section MAILBAG Readers weigh in on such topics as Virginia Tech quarterback 0BH Marcus Vick's eventual return and swimming turkeys 3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Reggie McIntyre scores 18 points as the Radford men coast to a 97 77 victory over Lees McRae HIGH SCHOOLS County soccer player Zach King dies at UVa Medical Center after battling kidney problems 4.