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Flames ready to open the season with Western Kentucky on Saturday
Read full article: Flames ready to open the season with Western Kentucky on SaturdayLYNCHBURG, Va. – For nearly the past four years, more than 1,400 days, 43 games to be exact, only one man was under center for the Liberty Flames-- Stephen “Buckshot” Calvert. With the record setting passer now graduated, the Flames turn to Malik Willis to be the starting quarterback in the season opener. “I appreciate the faith they placed in me and I just want to go out there and do what they tell me to do and the right way, you know,” Willis said. As they prepare to open the season with Western Kentucky, the Flames will face a defense that ranked 4th in passing in Conference USA last season and returns with the conference’s reigning defensive player of the year De’Angelo Malone at defensive end. The Hilltoppers offense is a work in progress with grad transfer Tyrrell Pigrome at quarterback but experience is on the side of Western Kentucky.
Group bikes cross country for Alzheimer's - makes a stop in Blacksburg
Read full article: Group bikes cross country for Alzheimer's - makes a stop in BlacksburgBLACKSBURG, Va. - A group of Western Kentucky University students are biking 3,600 miles across the country from San Francisco to Virginia Beach to raise awareness and money for the Alzheimer's Association. Sunday, they made a stop in Blacksburg for a fundraiser at PK's restaurant. On Monday, the boys will be visiting residents in the memory care unit at English Meadows Blacksburg Campus. They're hoping to make $10,000 by the time they get to Virginia Beach in about six days. If you have someone affected by Alzheimer's, you can dedicate a day left on the boys' ride to honor them on their website.