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BLACKSBURG – Quincy Patterson’s two-point conversion run in the sixth overtime lifted Virginia Tech a wild 43-41 victory over North Carolina on Saturday at Lane Stadium in the longest game in ACC history. With the victory, the Hokies moved to 5-2 overall, 2-2 in the ACC, and they beat North Carolina for the fourth consecutive time. The Tar Heels fell to 3-4 overall, 2-2 in league play.
The game marked the nationwide debut of college football’s new overtime rules, which now call for going for two points after the fourth overtime. Both teams misfired on opportunities to win the game in earlier overtime periods, as Tech kicker Brian Johnson missed game-winning attempts from 41 and 42 yards and North Carolina kicker Noah Ruggles missed from 35 yards and had a 44-yard attempt blocked.
In the fifth overtime, the Hokies had the ball first, but Patterson’s pass to Damon Hazelton was broken up by the Tar Heels’ Storm Duck, giving the Tar Heels an opportunity to win the game.
North Carolina, though, couldn’t convert. Tech’s Khalil Ladler read a pitch play perfectly and tackled Michael Carter for a loss, sending the game into a sixth overtime. The Tar Heels received the ball first, but Ladler and others sacked quarterback Sam Howell, setting up Patterson’s game-winning conversion. (from Hokiesports.com)
Stephen Klein made 46 saves, Brant Sherwood had a goal and an assist and Brad Riccardi scored his first professional goal but the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs fell to the Pensacola Ice Flyers in overtime, 3-2, Friday night at the Pensacola Bay Center. Klein stopped 46 of the 49 shots he faced, Wahlin had two assists and Sherwood had a goal and an assist to pace to Roanoke offense. Roanoke moved to 0-0-1 with the season-opening OT loss while Pensacola improved to 1-0-0. The Dawgs again take on the Ice Flyers tonight night in Pensacola. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:05 PM EDT
Ian Price photo
The first wave of those so-called “dockless” electric scooters arrived in Roanoke this morning. Riders must be 18 and older; they can try them for free today and then the company will launch a fleet that will total 400 available scooters by the following weekend. There are restrictions as to where they can be ridden – not on sidewalks or on greenways for example. Chris Robbins is the Virginia senior operations manager for Lime, a major player in the scooter market, which hosted a “First Ride” event at Lee Plaza downtown.
The first snowfall of the season has already come down at Snowshoe Resort in nearby West Virginia. It wasn’t much in terms of accumulation, but it signals that snowmaking will begin right around the start of November. Snowshoe plans on opening for the season on November 22nd — the Friday before Thanksgiving. WFIR’s Evan Jones has more:
Photos: Snowshoe Resort
