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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Manilla nabs first set

Western Albemarle’s Joey Manilla’s march to glory at Radford has begun. Manilla, a sophomore, won the first set of his VHSL state semifinals match with Jamestown’s Eliot Mee.
Manilla has the chance to for a rare triple crown this week, as he’ll play in the doubles and team events in addition to his work in singles. The singles will be decided later today while the doubles and team events will start Friday.

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Welcome to the Preps Plus blog, an extension of our high school sports coverage in the Daily Progress. This space will give our high school writers (Preps editor Liz Keller and staff writers Bart Isley and Chip Knighton) the opportunity to provide readers with a daily dose of high school sports here at dailyprogress.com. You'll get tidbits, game recaps and other information from this spot. We'll also delve into some trends and topics that'll span the entirety of the Central Virginia high school sports scene. If you've got suggestions for what you'd like to see here or things we should cover, let us know at sports@dailyprogress.com or leave a comment. Thanks for reading.