Woodruff tops

Blacksburg jayvees

Blacksburg quarterback Joseph Upchurch connected with Myron Mitchell on an 80-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.

The scoring strike was the only highlight for the Blacksburg junior varsity Thursday evening in its 42-6 loss to Woodruff. The Wolverines blocked three punts, recovering two of the blocked punts inside the 10- yard line.

Woodruff scored touchdowns following all three blocked punts, returning one for a touchdown.

Strickland comes up

big for Wofford

Former Gaffney standout Andy Strickland had three catches for 68 yards in Wofford's 42-31 upset of No. 1 ranked Appalachian State on Saturday. Strickland also caught a touchdown pass for the third straight game.

Rice has

two catches in loss

Former Gaffney High and South Carolina star Sidney Rice had two receptions for 21 yards in the Minnesota Vikings' loss to Kansas City on Sunday.

Rocky McIntosh, who also played for the Indians, had four tackles in Washington's loss to the New York Giants.

Cowpens edges

Blackburg Middle

Cowpens Middle recovered an onsides kick with 30 seconds left to preserve a hard-fought 34-30 win Thursday over Blacksburg.

Trevon Parker threw a 55-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter. Cowpens recovered the onsides kick and ran out of the clock to hold off Blacksburg.

Coach Toby Elliott cited Cowpens power running game as the difference in the game.

Edwards' win

in doubt

His car parked on the track because of a late-race red flag, Carl Edwards had time to catch replays on the big screen of the crash that wiped out other Chase drivers.

Edwards could only think about how lucky he was that he would get away from Dover unscathed.

''This place has great potential for disaster,'' he said.

Edwards avoided trouble on the track Sunday to win at Dover International Speedway, but he found it in the garage. The No. 99 Ford failed the postrace inspection because the right rear fender was too low, and NASCAR this week will likely hit Edwards with a fine and dock him crucial points.

Westlane's

top bowlers

Last Week's Top Scores

MONDAY NIGHT CITY LEAGUE: High Scratch Games: 225 Kelvin Tate and 215 Eddie Waters; High Scratch Series: 590 Cory Jenkins and 580 Travis Mullinax.

TUESDAY LADIES LEAGUE: High Scratch Games: 192 Sandy Wallace and 181 Mae Smith; High Scratch Series: 508 Rosa Thompson and 503 Mae Smith.

LIMESTONE COLLEGE: Men: High Scratch Game: 168 Josh lzokovic High 2 Game Series: 312 Josh lzokovic Women: High Scratch Game: 134 Brett Wease High 2 Game Series: 263 Brett Wease.

THURSDAY NIGHT MIXED DOUBLES: Men: Scratch Game 227 Lee Watts, Scratch Series 528 Michael Baker; Handicap Game 238 Wayne Wright; Handicap Series 581 Wade Porter. Women: Scratch Game 174 Nancy Swenson; Scratch Series 451 Tammy Waters; Craig Handicap Game 214 Amy Maynor; Handicap Series 568 Diane Loving.

EARLY BIRDS LEAGUE: Boys: Scratch Games: 182 John Crawford and 181 Andrew Cook; Scratch Series: 460 John Crawford and 449 Mike Peterson. Girls: Scratch Games: 180 Jessie Harris and 165 Cassie Wallace Scratch Series: 453 Cassie Wallace and 430 Jessie Harris.