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Tennessee and Virginia Tech unveil new uniforms for 2024 season
(WCYB) — The Tennessee Volunteers and Virginia Tech Hokies will both be getting a new look for the upcoming football season, with both teams releasing new uniforms ahead of the 2024 season. Virginia Tech Hokies. Although Virginia Tech's were leaked a day early due to EA's College Football 25...
Virginia Tech season opening opponent expected to have huge QB camp battle
This season, the Virginia Tech football team will kick off the 2024 season with high expectations, and on Labor Day Weekend, the Hokies will open against SEC opponent Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. This week, the SEC is holding their annual Football Media Day in Dallas and on Monday, Commodores head...
College Football analyst has Virginia Tech ACC road game as a "Game of the Year Contender in 2024"
Through the first four weeks of the college football season, the Virginia Tech football team will be working out the kinks in their four non-conference games against Vanderbilt, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Rutgers. Coming out of that 4-0 would be vital if the Hokies want to be a contender for the first 12-team College Football Playoff.
Burgos named to ESPN Post-Spring Sleeper Pick Watchlist
BLACKSBURG – With less than 50 days until the 2024 season, defensive lineman Keyshawn Burgos is gaining significant attention, being named to ESPN’s post-spring football sleeper picks to watch ahead of the upcoming season. ESPN evaluated players who could be considered hidden gems for each post-spring Top 25 team and Burgos ranked No. 21 among fierce contenders.
Virginia Tech men's soccer announces Watts as assistant coach
BLACKSBRUG – Virginia Tech head coach Mike Brizendine announced the hiring of assistant coach Matt Watts on Tuesday. Watts comes to Blacksburg following eight years in charge of Nova Southeastern (DII), posting a 64-44-14 record with the Sharks. His tenure was highlighted by a Final Four run in 2021, while his program claimed its first Sunshine State Conference (SSC) title in the same year.
Pry to be joined by Drones, Strong and Powell-Ryland at the 2024 ACC Football Kickoff
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has announced that Virginia Tech football student-athletes quarterback Kyron Drones, cornerback Dorian Strong and defensive lineman Antwaun Powell-Ryland will join Head Coach Brent Pry at the ACC Football Kickoff on July 23. For the first time ever, the ACC Football Kickoff...
West All Stars walk off North, 2-1, advance to All Star Baseball finals
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The West All Stars got an RBI hit from Blacksburg's Major Marshall to defeat the defending champs from the North, 2-1, Saturday at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The win guarantees the West a spot in the Virginia Commonwealth Games gold medal match on Sunday at 2:30pm.
Track and Field lands 16 on USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Virginia Tech men's and women's track and field programs placed 16 student-athletes on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic teams for the 2023-24 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25...
Virginia Tech baseball has a number of players hoping to hear name called at MLB Draft
All-Star Weekend is well underway in Arlington, Texas, ahead of the upcoming All-Star Game and all of the festivities surrounding the mid-summer event. The Home Run Derby will be Monday night at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, with the mid-summer classic Tuesday night. Before all of that...
Monroe College’s Hassan Washington Offered by Radford University Highlanders Hoops
Class of 2025 Monroe College’s Hassan “Tre” Washington has received an offer from Division I Radford University Highlanders Men’s basketball program, Basketball Club Rhode Island (BCRI) AAU team recently wrote on X. Washington is a 6-foot-7, 230-pound power forward who averaged 9.9 points and 4.7 rebounds...
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