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Sportswriters Randy King and Doug Doughty talk Virginia Tech football -- and other things -- in the Nov. 5 episode of the Sports TimesCast, our weekly college sports webcast.

Both teams will advance to playoffs next week. Learn more here.

The Blue Demons head to Tunstall on Monday for a playoff match. Read more here.

Both teams posted dominating performances Thursday in Botetourt County. Learn more here.

Sportswriter Mark Berman talked with Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg and Radford coach Brad Greenberg and got their pre-season thoughts. See this post on Mark's Courtside basketball blog.

A 17-year effort to bring National Wild and Scenic River designation to a 19.3-mile stretch of the New River (from Glen Lyn to Bluestone Lake in West Virginia) is nearing an end.

Public comment on a 194-page report ends this week. The Giles County Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution of support at its Wednesday meeting. Public comment made be made then or here.

Comments on the report, and designation, at the federal level can be made to the U.S. National Park Service here.

The full report is here.

Whichever high school game you're at tonight, you probably want to be prepared for some weather. Here's what weather journalist Kevin Myatt forecasts:

Cloudy, cool and drizzly. Temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. Probably no pouring rain but there might be some light showers.

You can find more weather news on Kevin's Weather Journal blog. And, as always, if you're going to a game, you can share photos at newriver@roanoke.com.

Sportswriter Randy King shares his post-game thoughts in this post on the Insiders sports blog.

Hokie Nation may not be in much of a mood for talking football after Thursday night's loss to North Carolina, but sportswriters Doug Doughty and Randy King still have plenty to say on this week's edition of the Sports TimesCast, our weekly college sports webcast.

If you'd rather hear about something else sports-related, check out Randy King and Aaron McFarling making their weekly picks on Big Lick Sports Picks.

We have more photos from Friday's three overtime game between Christiansburg and Salem. These come from Matt Gentry of The Roanoke Times.

You can view his photos in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.

Do you have photos from the game? Or anything, for that matter, involving people or events around the New River Valley? If so, you can share at newriver@roanoke.com and we'll show 'em off on the Community Current, our site for reader-submitted news and photos.