Hometown Sports Extra: The man who shocked the world
Before winning gold in the men’s 1500 at the Paris Olympics, Cole Hocker spent a year training in one of our hometowns. Hear from Virginia Tech track and field coach Ben Thomas about his connection to Hocker, and why he was honing his world-class skills in Blacksburg. File in the folder in your newstore - Cole Hocker Podcast Thank you for your help!
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Hometown Sports Extra- Becoming and Olympian
There may not be a greater honor in athletics than having the chance to represent your country in the Olympics. For one former Wahoo who now calls Blacksburg home, she gets to do exactly that in Paris this year after setting the women's national record in pole vault.
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Hometown Sports Extra - A Viking through and through: Northside’s Bill Pope and his basketball journey
Bill Pope has been the head coach of the Northside boys basketball varsity team for almost 4 decades. WDBJ7 did a feature on Pope a few weeks before he won his third state championship, but only a fraction of the interview made it on-air. Now, you can listen to the full interview where we talked about everything from his earliest memories of playing basketball to the major milestone moments of his coaching career thus far.
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Hometown Sports Extra: Catching up with Liz Kitley
Virginia Tech basketball's Liz Kitley is one of the best to ever wear a Hokie uniform.  When an injury in the final game of the regular season cut her college career short, she had a front row seat to the many changes that overtook the program she helped build. Between grieving the end of one chapter to the exciting start of another where she is part of the most exciting WNBA draft class in history, Kitley speaks to Hokie Nation for the first time since joining the professional ranks.
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Hometown Sports Extra Ep. 7 - Alleghany Cougars Coach Will Fields
The historic Alleghany Cougar football team is off to a 4-0 start to the 2023 season following the merging of Covington and Alleghany high schools. Hear from head coach Will Fields about the consolidation, the strengths of his team, and the exciting beginning of the new football program.Â
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