Friday News and Sports

An unidentified woman was in critical condition at a Norfolk hospital last night, after a hit-and-run crash threw her from the van she was riding in on Weeksville Road Thursday afternoon. The van flipped over five times, after avoiding a car that pulled out of a parking lot. Three other people in the van were also injured, while a search for the vehicle that left the scene continued last night.

The state environmental regulators have alerted Manteo officials that recent soil samples show high levels of petroleum by-products from an area along Queen Elizabeth Street owned by the town. Privately owned above ground fuel tanks were removed from the site decades ago. A citizen alerted regulators of a smell of fuel after a water main broke in May.

Nags Head Police are looking for Zane Codi Reynolds, wanted on a pair burglary counts. Authorities say the 23-year old may be in either Dare or Currituck, and is a suspect in cases of stealing items from unlocked vehicles.

The alleged victim of molestation by her father 7 years ago told the state Innocence Commission that the former Plymouth police officer did not do it. The now 15-year old testified before a three-judge panel in the hearing for Henry Reeves, who has since served a sentence for the alleged crime.

A UNC institute study says a proposed “green” industrial park in northern Camden County could cost more than 40-million dollars to start, and would struggle to attract investors. The institute presented its findings at a public forum in Camden Thursday, and says grants and private investment would be necessary to make the industrial park a reality.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay are finally moving out to sea, after dumping as much as a foot of rain on portions of central and western North Carolina. A moderate threat of rip currents is forecast for the beaches today.

College football last night:
South Carolina's overcame four interceptions by first-time starter Tommy Beecher to give Steve Spurrier his 16th-straight opening game victory, 34-0 over North Carolina State on Thursday night. North Carolina State had just 117 yards and eight first downs through three quarters.- North Carolina State is waiting to hear more on the condition of quarterback Russell Wilson. He was carted off the field in Thursday night's loss to South Carolina. Wilson was motionless as he was strapped to backboard and rolled onto a cart. He extended his thumbs upward to acknowledge the cheers of the players and fans at Williams-Brice Stadium. North Carolina State officials announced Wilson had a grade-three concussion and was doing well after going to the hospital. He was scheduled for more tests.

Number-23 Wake Forest beat Baylor 41-13 in the Demon Deacons' first game since being ranked in the pre-season Top-25 for the first time in school history. Riley Skinner tossed three TD passes, two to Chip Brinkman. Skinner completed 27 of 36 passes for 220 yards. He tied a Wake record with his 19th victory as a starting quarterback, as the Deacs won for the first time in 12 tries in the state of Texas.

Georgia Tech 41 Jacksonville State 14
Miami-Florida 52 Charleston Southern 7
Western Carolina 35 Shorter 0

Saturday, August 30
(17) Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina, 12:00 PM (in Charlotte)
Birmingham Southern at Campbell, 1:00 PM
First game for the Fighting Camels in 58 years,
Local players: Manteo: Steven Goldsmith, Brandon Harris; Mattamuskeet: Trey Smith
(3) U-S-C at Virginia, 3:30 PM
Villanova at (8) West Virginia, 3:30 PM
Towson at Navy, 3:30 PM
Delaware at Maryland, 3:45 PM
Appalachian St at (7) L-S-U, 5:00 PM
McNeese State at North Carolina, 6:00 PM (5PM airtime on Mix 96)
Virginia State at Norfolk State, 6:00 PM
Chowan at Elizabeth City State, 7:00 PM (Chowan’s first game as member of CIAA)
James Madison at Duke, 7:00 PM
Richmond at Elon, 7:00 PM
No Greenville at Liberty, 7:00 PM
Mars Hill at Furman, 7:05 PM
Boston College at Kent State, 7:30 PM
(24) Alabama at (9) Clemson, 8:00 PM

Other Top 25 Games:
Youngstown St at (2) Ohio State, 12:00 PM
Coastal Carolina at (22) Penn State, 12:00 PM
Akron at (13) Wisconsin, 12:00 PM
Bowling Green at (25) Pittsburgh, 12:00 PM
Hawaii at (5) Florida, 12:30 PM
Ga Southern at (1) Georgia, 12:30 PM
Northern Iowa at (16) B-Y-U, 6:00 PM
UL-Monroe at (10) Auburn, 7:00 PM
Florida Intl at (14) Kansas, 7:00 PM
Fla Atlantic at (11) Texas, 7:00 PM
Chattanooga at (4) Oklahoma, 7:00 PM
Eastern Wash at (12) Texas Tech, 7:00 PM
Tenn-Martin at (19) So Florida, 7:00 PM
(20) Illinois at (6) Missouri, 8:30 PM
Northern Ariz at (15) Arizona State, 10:00 PM
Washington at (21) Oregon, 10:00 PM

Sunday, August 31
Jackson State at Hampton, 2:00 PM
Fayetteville St at NC Central, 4:00 PM

Monday, September 1st
(18) Tennessee at U-C-L-A, 8:00 PM
NFL Preseason
Thursday's Games
Pittsburgh 19, Carolina 16
Matt Moore was the primary signal-caller for the Panthers (2-2), completing 15-of-27 passes for 164 yards and two interceptions. Brett Basanez came in late and went 6-of-11 for 106 yards and a touchdown. John Kasay converted on all three of his field goal attempts. Steve Smith didn't appear in the game and will now begin serving a two-game suspension, which was given to him after a training camp incident in which he broke the nose of teammate Ken Lucas. Jake Delhomme, Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams all did not see action in the preseason finale. Jeff Reed hit a field goal as time expired for the Steelers victory.

Jacksonville 24, Washington 3
Jason Campbell and the Redskins (3-2) offense sputtered through the opening quarter with Campbell beginning the game with an interception on the first play from scrimmage before going on to complete one of four pass attempts. Colt Brennan took over in the second and finished 13-of-18 for 119 yards. Marcus Mason ran for 64 yards on 17 attempts while Clinton Portis had the night off.

Detroit 14, Buffalo 6
New York Jets 27, Philadelphia 20
New York Giants 19, New England 14
Cincinnati 27, Indianapolis 7
Atlanta 10, Baltimore 9
Tennessee 23, Green Bay 21
Chicago 16, Cleveland 10
Miami 14, New Orleans 10
Dallas 16, Minnesota 10
Tampa Bay 16, Houston 6
Kansas City 21, St. Louis 17

Friday's Games
Denver at Arizona, 10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - Friday August 29, 7:30pm
Northeastern @ Manteo
Camden County @ First Flight
Gates County @ Currituck
Plymouth @ Pasquotank
Perquimans @ Northampton East
Edenton Holmes @ Williamston
Greenville Rose @ Bertie
Hertford County @ Southern Durham
North Duplin @ Northside
Roanoke @ North Edgecombe
Rosewood @ Southside
Washington @ Tarboro

AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees 3 Boston Red Sox 2
Tampa Bay Rays 3 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Oakland Athletics 3 Minnesota Twins 2
Los Angeles Angels 7 Texas Rangers 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston Astros 3 Cincinnati Reds 2
Atlanta Braves 4 Florida Marlins 2
Washington Nationals 11 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Chicago Cubs 6 Philadelphia Phillies 4

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Durham 11 Norfolk 9, Tides conclude final home stand of season Saturday.

TENNIS
After the women's top seed, Ana Ivanovic (ee-VAHN'-oh-vihch), lost to 188th-ranked Julie Coin (kwahn) of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 yesterday at the U.S., some order was restored in the night session. Spain's Rafael Nadal, the top seed on the men's draw, easily defeated American Ryler De Heart 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in his second-round match.

GOLF
Week two of the PGA’s Playoffs starts today in Boston, with the tournament wrapping up on Monday. Vijay Singh, winner last week, leads the post-season points race.

NASCAR
Sprint and Nationwide series at California, Trucks are off.