By JIMMY WALLSContributing Writer

The Duval Raiders wontwo out of the three con-tests on Saturday againstthe Seth Mountaineers.Duval played awesomedefense in the first twogames as they defeated theMountaineers 24-0. Aydin

Shaffer had two touch-downs on offense and ledthe defense with seventackles. Zachariah Millerhad one touchdown andfour tackles, while NateMcKay led the defensewith double digit 10 tack-les. Roman Stone came upthree tackles.

The Raider "B" squadwon 26-6 against thedefense for the Raidersstood out all day long.Jacob Hager had a 26-yardtouchdown run and fivetackles on defense. IsiahSmith scored on runs of 18,45, and 20 yards. DevonMcCallister,Sammy Carroll

Landon Stone, Ryan Elkins,and David Turner helpedlead the defense, also.

For the Raider "A"squad, they played a closetough, contest but fell by ascore of 24-20. Seth had abig size advantage on theRaiders, but they scrappedwith them all evening.

Duval led up until the lastfew minutes of the contestbut could not stop the finalMountaineer tally. CadenEasterling led the Raiderswith two touchdowns andnine tackles. Backing himwas Tyler Smith with onetouchdown and four tack-les. Jerrad Price led the

defense with 10 tackles onthe evening. Ethan Clayadded five tackles, whileJeremiah Miller was addingthree and Jarrett Daileywith Brady Smith addedtwo each. Duval will hostVan next Saturday eveningat Duval beginning at5:00p.m.

Raiders win 2-3

By JIMMY WALLSContributing Writer

The LCHS golf teamgot the 2012 season off toa good start by defeatingSherman and Riverside ina match. Blake Robertswas the medalist, as he

shot a 40 to help lead thePanthers to a victory. T.J.Arbaugh shot a 46 withKing shooting a 49 andPaige Thewes getting a55. Sherman shot a 46 andRiverside placed third inthe event. They will con-

tinue their efforts in theCapital Classic onMonday. Ty MIdkiff andJustin Rakes are alsomembers of the team buthad prior commitmentsand did not make thisevent.

First win for LCHSBy JIMMY WALLSContributing Writer

Gavin Cooper ofGriffithville placed 32ndin the AMA AmateurNational MotorcrossChampionships at theLoretta Lynn Ranch inTennessee this past week.Cooper was among over

20,000 racers that descend-ed on the ranch to partici-pate in different age groupsof racing. Cooper attendsDuval PK-8 and has beenriding since he turned eightyears of age. Cooper keepsbusy racing as he has won82 races in the last threeyears with a lot of those

being at Milton and TylerMountain MX or theMason County Fair-grounds. Cooper partici-pated in the Stock 7-9group. He stated, "I didreal well down there. Wehad a lot of good racersand I think I did well. Itwas very exciting."

Cooper place 32nd

Rowan Stone runs into the hole Saige Walls chasing a Mountaineer.

Zechariah Miller look for touchdown.

Walls makes a sack.

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Well, sports fans, I'm abit frustrated to say theleast. Normally I start mycolumn off on a positivenote, but this week, I justcan't do it. It's because ofthe coverage of theOlympics in London thathave me in a tizzy.

Granted the coveragehas been mediocre at best.One would think that foran event as watched as theOlympics - summer gamesor winter games - it wouldbe the most covered. Bycoverage I mean watchingour Team USA. Yes, TeamUSA has been covered, butwe have had numerous ath-letes win medals that Ionly got to see the high-lights for, and that's justwrong!

So I was looking oversome of my predictionsthat I made a couple ofweeks ago to see how wellI really did. Here are mypredictions and the actualwinners. You can decidefor yourself how well I

actually did.Gymnastics - Well, I

thought that the men’steam would be upstaged bythe women’s team, and Iwas right. We did, howev-er, have a bronze, medalwinner on the mens side.Danell Leyva capturedbronze in the men’s indi-vidual all-around event.

But the women tookcontrol and never lookedback. The "Fab Five", asthey are now being called,captured the team goldmedal and Gabby Douglascaptured gold in thewomen’s individual all-around. Her smile is conta-gious, too. I picked thewomen’s team correctly,but I had Jordyn Wieberwinning gold. I'll takeGabby and her award-win-ning smile any day.

Now let's dive in thepool, shall we? Themachine known as MichaelPhelps did not disappoint.Phleps is now the mostdecorated medal winner in

the history of the games.Phelps owns 22 medals,including a mind-boggling18 gold medals to end hisolympic career.

As far as the head-to-head match-up with RyanLochte went, it was a tie.In their first meeting,Lotche swam to the gold inthe 400-meter IM, whilePhelps came in a surprisingfourth, failing to medal.Phelps got the machinegoing later in the week andled wire-to-wire in the200-meter IM, taking goldwhile Lotche grabbed thesilver. I missed that one,but, hey, I really did thinkLotche would take Phelps.

As for the women, howabout Missy Franklin?"Missy the Missle" hadcaptured the hearts andminds of everyone in theworld, becoming thisyear's olympic darling.Franklin has won four goldmedals and a bronze medaland she's only 17.

Now this is where I

really got bent out of shapewith the coverage. NBCdid a great job of spoilingeveryone's moment whilegetting ready to watchFranklin. On Mondaynight, Franklin was com-peting in the 100 meterbackstroke. NBC spoiled itby showing a preview forthe "Today" show.

On this promo for the"Today" show, Franklinhad on her gold medal.This was aired about sevenminutes before her winaired on TV here in theeast coast. Most peoplewere watching it delayedand don't want to know thewinners or find out spoil-ers before they havewatched the show, myselfincluded. See what Imean? It only happensevery four years and westill can't get it right. 'Nuffsaid about that.

If Franklin keeps upthat pace, who knows,maybe she'll eclipse Phelpsin the history books. I also

picked Dana Vollmer towin gold, and she wonthree! Rebecca Soni wontwo golds and a silver, set-ting a world record in the200-meter breaststrokewith a time of 2:19.59.

Brady Ellison, the num-ber one ranked archer inthe world going into thegames, failed to make it tothe medal round individu-ally. I predicted gold forEllison, but even I can'twin them all. Ellison didlead Team USA to a silvermedal, however.

The women’s eightsteam captured their secondconsecutive gold medal inthe rowing event. CarynDavis, Elle Logan,Caroline Lind, SusanFrancia, Erin Cafaro andcoxswain Mary Whipplebeat Canada to claim thegold.

Tennis was a no-brain-er, actually. SerenaWilliams won the women’sindividual gold medal andteamed with sister Venus to

win the women’s doublesgold medals.

The brother team ofMark and Bob Bryan wongold in the mens doubles.

Kim Rhode made melook like a prophet when Isaid that she would wingold in women’s skeetshooting. Overall, theshooting team collectedthree gold medals.

Team USA is in secondplace in the overall medalcount, as of press time,trailing China by one. (61-60) China has 30 goldmedals to our 28.

Team USA will win atleast two more goldmedals, both in basketball.We may also see a fewmore surprises in theevents that have yet to playout. We will have the mostgold medals and the mostoverall when it's all saidand done.

So with that being said- keep breathing deep InThe Zone! See you all nextweek.

Olympics breakdown

By RYAN PRICHARDSports Writer

HUNTINGTON - WestVirginia University's foot-ball team was picked No. 11nationally in the USAToday coaches preseasonpoll. The Mountaineers,who enter the Big 12Conference this season, fin-ished last season at No. 18as a member of the Big EastConference.

LSU was selected forNo. 1 and received 18 of 49votes for the top spot. No. 2

Alabama picked up 20 first-place votes. No. 3 SouthernCalifornia (USC) had 19votes for first.

Rounding out the Top10 were Oklahoma, whichpicked up one first-placevote, Oregon, Georgia,Florida State (which alsoreceived a first-place vote),Michigan, South Carolina,and Arkansas.

Conference USA mem-bers Houston, SouthernMississippi, and UCF allreceived Top 25 votes.

WVU ranked 11 in pollWest Virginia2012 football

scheduleDate Opponent Site Time

09/01 vs Marshall Morgantown, WV 12:00 pm09/15 vs. James Madison Landover, MD 4:30 pm 09/22 vs Maryland Morgantown, WV TBA09/29 vs Baylor Morgantown, WV TBA

(Homecoming)10/06 at Texas Austin, TX TBA10/13 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX TBA10/20 vs Kansas State Morgantown, WV TBA11/03 vs TCU Morgantown, WV TBA

(Moutaineer Week)11/10 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK TBA11/17 vs Oklahoma Morgantown, WV TBA11/23 at Iowa State Ames, IA 3:30 PM12/01 vs Kansas Morgantown, WV TBA

Marshall 2012football schedule

Date Opponent Site Time

09/01 at West Virginia Morgantown, WV 12:00 pm09/08 vs Western Carolina Huntington, WV 7:00 pm09/15 vs Ohio Huntington, WV 6:30 pm09/22 at Rice Houston, TX 3:30 pm09/29 at Purdue West Lafayette, IN TBA10/06 vs Tulsa Huntington, WV 3:30 pm

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United States medal count 2012 Summer Olympics(as of Monday, August 6, 12 am)

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total28 14 18 60

Archery 0 1 0 1Athletics 1 2 4 7Cycling - Road 1 0 0 1Cycling - Track 0 1 0 1Diving 0 1 2 3Fencing 0 0 1 1Gymnastics 2 1 1 4(Artistic)Judo 1 0 1 2Rowing 1 0 2 3Shooting 3 0 0 3Swimming 16 8 6 30Tennis 3 0 1 4

Back - L/R: Glen Frasier, Chase Pritchard, Schylur Pritchard, Steve Likens, Jeremy Ash. Front - R/L: Bradley Likens, Brandon Frasier, Jeff Lucas, Jeremy Brunty, SethFrasier (not pictured) Chip Ellis, Russell Lucas, Austin Lucas, Zac Cartwright, John Winters.

CJ's winners of LC softball league

By JIMMY WALLSContributing Writer

HAMLIN - Johnny Siasof Lavalette is now a GrandMaster at the game of DiscGolf. Sias is a formerBranchland resident andGuyan Valley graduate. Siasis responsible for develop-ing the Disc Golf courses inthe tri-state area and playsthe game quite often. Hejust turned 60 years of ageand has retired from his jobin Huntington. Sias tookthe professional tour in

2009 and 2010 but decidedto make a comeback bygoing for the WorldChampionship in Charlotte,N.C last weekend. Siasdefeated over 70 otherworld class disc golf playersto win the title from playersfrom 46 different states and14 different countries. Siasbrought home $2,500 dol-lars for his effort, alongwith a new disc golf basketvalued at $400, as well asthe trophy and a hand paint-ed picture of the Charlotte

skyline.Sias shot a course record

12 under par 46 on his sixthround to come from behindto beat Gregg Hosfield bysix strokes. Sias will contin-ue golfing and working onhis own courses at RotaryPark and in Ashland. Siashad won the Open DivisionWorld Championship in1986. Sias is happy to addto his accomplishments andkeep playing the sport forexercise and enjoyment ofthe game.

Sias is a grand master