WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah basketball coach Robert Harris can't wait to unveil his team tonight, when the Hornets open their season at home against Frostburg State.
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- North Carolina Wesleyan clinched at least a share of the USA South Conference title with a 38-28 win over Shenandoah University on Saturday.
WINCHESTER -- Maryland suburbia, in spots, is drenched in football tradition. There are those classic Washington Catholic Athletic Conference battles between Good Counsel and Dematha, which draw crowds by the thousands every year; there is the recent rise of the Montgomery County Class 4A Sherwood Warriors, who often rank among Maryland's top 10 programs.
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah strong safety Larry Gibbs leads the USA South with six interceptions. Traveling to conference-leading N.C. Wesleyan on Saturday, Gibbs will have plenty of opportunities to add to his total.
WINCHESTER -- In the city of Virginia Beach, there is a long, forest green hill that stands 60 feet high, and marks the center of Mount Trashmore Park.
WINCHESTER -- The Shenandoah Hornets (1-6, 0-4) still boast the best defense in the USA South conference. They still boast the best scoring defense, the best pass defense and the best total defense. They allow the fewest first downs and the fewest fourth-down conversions.
WINCHESTER -- Vern Lunsford took a seat in a room at the Aikens Athletic Center at Shenandoah University, his body battered and his left hand possibly broken.
WINCHESTER -- Don't be fooled by Shenandoah left tackle Jamal Venable. Don't be fooled by his tossed, lazy hair, his black, baggy sweat pants or his early morning shuffle. And don't be fooled by his immense 6-foot-5, 260-pound frame or his quiet demeanor.
WINCHESTER -- It's certainly an uneasy, painful, even depressing feeling -- accepting that there's no way of salvaging a winning season out of a 1-5 record. But Mo Salih is hardly scathed by it.
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah fullback Anthony Cordero remembers the last time he could run this fast. He remembers the last time he could cut left, then right, cap off a long run with a touchdown and still have the energy to try it again on the next drive.
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah football coach Paul Barnes leaned back in his office chair and lifted his right hand, separating his thumb and index finger by half an inch.
NEWPORT NEWS -- Shenandoah University suffered a heartbreaking loss to Christopher Newport on Saturday, falling 30-27 in double overtime in football action. It was the USA South conference opener for both teams.
WINCHESTER -- No football team needs 11 John Redmonds. That would spoil his uniqueness, dilute his aggressiveness and depreciate his passion for winning.
WINCHESTER -- Anyone can spit out a slew of football terms. Stunts, slants, shifts, x stunts, weakside zone blitz -- none are too difficult to slip into common conversation.
WINCHESTER -- After dealing with three years of nagging, Shenandoah head coach Paul Barnes finally caved, and quarterback Vern Lunsford finally got his way.
WINCHESTER -- There's a peculiar aura enveloping the Shenandoah locker room, and hovering over Sprint Field at Shentel Stadium. One which hasn't existed since 2004, when the Hornets were the co-champions of the USA South.
WINCHESTER -- Just weeks after Shenandoah football coach Paul Barnes declared that senior tailback Kevin Roberts would miss the 2009 season because of health issues, the Hornets have lost another key member of their backfield.
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