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Year in Review: Top Sports Stories

Paideia playoff runs, Emory softball quest for perfection and more

Top Ten VaHi Patch Sports Stories of 2011

: Lady Pythons blank Athens Academy 5-0

: Carl Edwards dedicated his AFLAC # 99 Ford Fusion to 12-year-old Hannah Layfield. He drove it during the AdvoCare 500 Nascar Sprint Cups Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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: Double dunk shatters backboard during basketball game

: Pythons see 1-0 halftime lead slip away, lose 5-4 on penalty kicks

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: Whitefield Academy outscores Pythons 11-1 over the final two minutes to win the Region 9-A basketball championship.

: No. 1-ranked Eagles open doubleheader with 7-6 defeat; finishes the nightcap in a 9-9 tie

: Ron Blomberg, baseball's first designated hitter, has jersey number retired

: Corey Spraggins accepts changes in order to win

: Eagles beat visiting Rochester in Saturday matinee hoops affair

: Brandon Watkins verbally committed to play at West Virginia University

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