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Paulisha Kellum, charged with replacing Sharnee Zoll at point guard for the Virginia women's basketball team, has been lost for the season with a torn ACL in right knee, the school announced Thursday.

"This is a tremendous loss for our program," coach Debbie Ryan said in a news release.

The Cavaliers were picked to finished fourth in the ACC in the league's preseason media poll.

Kellum started at the 2 guard spot in 31 of 33 games last season, averaging 9 points and 3.2 assists a game.

Ryan said this fall the 5-foot-8 junior from Upper Marlboro, Md., was the leading candidate to fill the role of point guard, along with freshman Ariana Moorer, of Woodbridge, and senior Britnee Millner, of Martinsville.

According to the news release, Kellum was injured in a scrimmage against George Mason on Saturday and the extent of the injury was revealed by an MRI on Tuesday.

"I know Paulisha will come back as strong as ever and of course we will see her through every step of the way," Ryan said in the release.

-- katrina waugh

NOTE: VHSL (public schools) points determine at-large playoff berths and seedings for regional football playoffs. District champions automatically qualify. In the event of a tie for a district title, the Rating Scale serves as the tie-breaker unless a district has worked out its own tie-breaker procedure. VIS (private schools) points solely determine which teams make the playoffs and the seedings. There are no automatic VIS playoff qualifiers.

VHSL
GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 6
Team....................G.......Pts......Avg
Battlefield..................8........264......33.00
Woodbridge..............8........246......30.75
C.D. Hylton...............8.........203......25.38
Osbourn...................8.........198......24.75
Gar-Field..................8.........192......24.00
Osbourn Park...........8........187......23.38
Mountain View..........8.........182......22.75
Franklin County........8.........180......22.50
Forest Park...............8..........171......21.38
Massaponax.............8.........162......20.25
Stonewall Jackson....8........160......20.00
Loudoun Valley.........8.........144......18.00
Riverbend.................8..........140......17.50
Culpeper County.....8.........129.......16.13

GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 5
Team..........................G........Pts.......Avg
Brooke Point..............8........222......27.75
William Fleming........8........211.....26.38
Potomac.....................8........206......25.75
Colonial Forge...........8........198......24.75
Fauquier.....................8.........196......24.50
Liberty-Bealeton.........8........196......24.50
George Washington..8........196......24.50
Stafford........................8.........178......22.25
E.C. Glass...................8........173......21.63
Albemarle...................8.........159......19.88
Freedom.....................8.........159......19.88
Halifax County............8.........155......19.38
North Stafford............8.........148......18.50
Patrick Henry.............8..........124......15.50

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VOLLEYBALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS
WESTERN VALLEY
Monday
Regular-season playoff
At William Fleming H.S.
Patrick Henry def. Franklin County 26-24, 18-25, 25-19, 25-21
Patrick Henry def. E.C. Glass 16-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-22
At William Fleming H.S.
Franklin County def. George Washington 25-7, 25-8, 25-8
At Halifax County H.S.
Halifax County def. William Fleming 25-17, 25-6, 25-9
Wednesday
At Patrick Henry High School
Semifinals
Franklin County def. E.C. Glass 25-17, 25-23, 25-23
Patrick Henry def. Halifax County 25-15, 25-14, 25-11
Thursday
at Patrick Henry High School
Championship
Franklin County def. Patrick Henry 15-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-19, 15-9
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Virginia's Monica Wright was named to the preseason ACC women's basketball team, announced today in Greensboro.

Maryland's Kristi Toliver was named the preseason player of the year and the Terps' Lynetta Kizer was the rookie of the year.

Wright and Toliver along with Duke's Chante Black, North Carolina's Rashanda McCants and Maryland's Marissa Coleman made up the preseason all-ACC women's team, as determined by a panel of local and national media and school representatives.

North Carolina was picked to repeat as league champion, followed by Maryland and Duke.

Virginia was picked to finish fourth. Virginia Tech 10th.

1, North Carolina
2, Maryland
3, Duke
4, Virginia
5, Florida State
6, Georgia Tech
7, Boston College
8, N.C. State
9, Clemson
10, Virginia tech
11, Miami
12, Wake Forest

NOTE: VHSL (public schools) points determine at-large playoff berths and seedings for regional football playoffs. District champions automatically qualify. In the event of a tie for a district title, the Rating Scale serves as the tie-breaker. VIS (private schools) points solely determine which teams make the playoffs and the seedings. There are no automatic VIS playoff qualifiers.

VHSL
GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 6
Team....................G.......Pts......Avg
Battlefield..................7........218......31.14
Woodbridge..............7........206......29.43
C.D. Hylton...............7.........177......25.29
Osbourn...................7.........166......23.71
Osbourn Park...........7........166......23.71
Gar-Field..................7.........159......22.71
Franklin County........7.........156......22.29
Mountain View..........7.........153......21.86
Forest Park...............7..........149......21.29
Massaponax.............7.........143......20.43
Stonewall Jackson....7........126......18.00
Loudoun Valley.........7.........125......17.86
Riverbend.................7..........117......16.71
Culpeper County.....7.........108.......15.43

GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 5
Team..........................G........Pts.......Avg
Brooke Point..............7........187......26.71
William Fleming........7........178.....25.43
Potomac.....................7........169......24.14
Colonial Forge...........7........169......24.14
Fauquier.....................7.........169......24.14
Liberty-Bealeton.........7........166......23.71
George Washington..7........158......22.57
E.C. Glass...................7........144......20.57
Stafford........................7.........142......20.29
Albemarle...................7.........135......19.29
Halifax County............7.........134......19.14
Freedom.....................7.........136......19.43
North Stafford............7.........126......18.00
Patrick Henry.............7..........106......15.14

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William Fleming's Western Valley District football game at George Washington in Danville has been postponed. The game will be play at GW at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Liberty also postponed its home game against Amherst County. The game will be played Saturday at 6 p.m.

If other games are postponed, we will post the news here.

Virginia Tech announced today that last year's freshman star Kat Barbour is no longer on the team.

Coach Beth Dunkenberger said Barbour is in good academic standing and said she hopes the
 5-foot-10 sophomore from Charlottesville will remain in school through the end of the semester and then transfer to someplace "where she can get a fresh start."

Barbour averaged 15.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 26 games.

NOTE: VHSL (public schools) points determine at-large playoff berths and seedings for regional football playoffs. District champions automatically qualify. In the event of a tie for a district title, the Rating Scale serves as the tie-breaker. VIS (private schools) points solely determine which teams make the playoffs and the seedings. There are no automatic VIS playoff qualifiers.

VHSL
GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 6
Team.................G.......Pts......Avg
Battlefield...............6........182......30.33
Woodbridge............6........170......28.33
C.D. Hylton.............6.........145......24.16
Osbourn Park..........6........142......23.66
Osbourn.................6.........141......23.50
Forest Park.............6..........125......20.83
Franklin County......6.........124......20.67
Gar-Field................6.........123......20.50
Massaponax...........6.........121......20.16
Stonewall Jackson...6........103......17.16
Mountain View........6.........119......16.83
Riverbend...............6..........100......16.67
Loudoun Valley.......6..........98......16.33
Culpeper County.....6..........91.......15.16

GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 5
Team.................G......Pts......Avg
Brooke Point...........6........154......25.66
Potomac.................6........150......25.00
William Fleming.......6........141.....23.50
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VHSL
GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 6
Team.....................G........Pts.......Avg
Battlefield...............5........144......28.80
Woodbridge............5........132......26.40
Osbourn Park..........5........115......23.00
C.D. Hylton.............5.........111......22.20
Osbourn.................5.........106......21.20
Gar-Field................5.........103......20.60
Franklin County.......5.........102......20.40
Forest Park............5..........94......18.80
Massaponax...........5..........87.......17.40
Mountain View........5..........83.......16.60
Loudoun Valley........5.........81.......16.20
Stonewall Jackson....5.........76.......15.20
Culpeper County......5........71.......14.20
Riverbend...............5.........70.......14.00

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