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BOSTON (AP) — The last time Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks brought the Hokies to Chestnut Hill, they were 1-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and trying to stay out of the league cellar. “Four years later, we’re the seventh-ranked team in the country,” he said Wednesday night after the Hokies beat Boston College 73-58.

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Amelia County 52, Charles City County High School 49 Battlefield 57, Freedom (South Riding) 44 Booker T. Washington 61, Bayside 44 Broad Run 56, Rock Ridge 48 Catholic High School of Va Beach 66, Cristo Rey Richmond 34 Colgan 53, Brooke Point 52 Eastern Mennonite 93, Tandem Friends School 53 Eastern View

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Grant Basile had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Sean Pedulla added 19 points, and Virginia Tech defeated Dayton 77-49 on Wednesday night. Dayton scored the first five points of the second half and trailed 42-26 but Virginia Tech soon led by 20 again. Mylyjael Poteat made two free throws for a

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — The last two patients who were wounded when a Walmart employee in Virginia opened fire on his co-workers in an employee break room have been released from the hospital. Mike Kafka, a spokesperson for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, told The Virginian-Pilot that the two remaining patients had been discharged as of Monday night.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kihei Clark scored 18 points, Jayden Gardner had 14 points and eight rebounds, and No. 3 Virginia beat feisty in-state rival James Madison 55-50 on Tuesday night. The Cavaliers (8-0), who lost starting guard Reece Beekman to a right leg injury early in the first half, prevented the Dukes (7-3) from