Trying to take out shane henry, the senior and hell get a great 51ruinfvk shane 68, 190 pounds senior from georgia saying so long to the crowd here at capitol coliseum at Virginia Tech in blacksburg, virginia. Thank you to the fans. He hasnt had the greatest career but people love him. He loves them. If youre miami, this is a tough one to take. But if youre Virginia Tech, you know the program has turned around. We said coach larranaga, coach l has done a great job in miami but theres a certain buzz here around blacksburg and southwest virginia that is unmistakable. Virginia tech and also miami in mid february, now weve won i dont think theyre the kind of team that anybodys going to be excited about playing. And inside a whistle and a foul. Buzz williams has virginia trending in the right direction, i can tell you that. And were excited about it here. We talked about miami going directly to washington from here and theres an area that Jim Larranaga knows well, having spent so many years. 43 years old. Texas oil. Graduated from Oklahoma State university. Head coach at new orleans and now Virginia Tech. Hes been successful everywhere hes gone and hes got the team heading the right direction. He really does. Youve got two coaches that both are relationship coaches. They have great relationships with their staff and their players. Coaches here today may have been playing for coach of the year. I think theyre two of the three that are going to be up for nomination and voting and and thats not saying [ audio trouble ] and that will do it. The final three seconds in blacksburg. Virginia tech 77, miami 62. And the seventh ranked canes are upset in the castle. One thing you can say about it game is the hokies earned it. And showed it and won it. Acc basketball is brought to you by geico, saving people money for over 75 years. By hardees and by your local toyota dealers. Toyota, lets go places. Virginia tech shot almost 53 from the field. 53 from beyond the arc. They win 7762. For highlights and must see moments from this game and others, check out the acc. Com. Our next telecast is tuesday at noon. We start five days of the acc tournament with first round action from the verizon center. The championship broadcast, 8 30 saturday night. Youve been watching coverage of the acc network and exclusive production of raycom sports. Tonight a somber ceremony in remembrance of a Police Officer who died in the line of duty a year ago. The Philadelphia Flower Show kicks off, were live for a look inside, im walter perez, action news is next. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Flonase. 61 changes everything. With his voters in five states head to the polls to cast their ballots during this contentional president ial primary season. The Philadelphia Flower Show is officially in full bloom. Were live with a peek inside. But the big story on action news is a vigil in honor of a Police Officer who was killed trying to stop a robbery one year ago. Family friends and colleagues gathered to pay tribute to Robert Wilson iii. Jeff chirico is live with the story. Reporter Robert Wilson was an 8 year veteran of the force, he walked the stems behind steps behind me for 8 years everyday going to work. Remembering a hero, hundreds gather for a solemn ceremony to honor the life and sacrifice of Robert Wilson iii. He was a man behind the croon form, he chose the profession he chose the decision to protect. These officers including him, they are people. Lives are precious and piece people who decide to take lives is beyond. Reporter wilson was at game stop at 22nd and lehigh to buy a gift for his son, but made the ultimate sacrifice, the robbery was captured on surveillance video. I did everything he could to defend the individuals at the game stop. I never saw anything as heroic or as brave. The best thing to do is emulate who he was as a person, the type of father he was, the type of of friend he was, the type of Police Officer he was. Reporter he leaves behind two sons, his former partner who rushed to his side after the shooting said it shows the type of impact he had on all the people. He was my partner, i learned so much from that guy in two years, i thought i knew everything. Reporter two brothers arrested have been charged in the murder, they have not yet gone to trial. Live in north philadelphia, jeff chirico which i will. Which channel 6 action news. At 7 00 p. M. Last night, officers heard shots fired on the 5300 block of hedge street. The officers saw several men pointing cars at a patrol car. Five shots were fired and two hit the bumper. He caught up with them in the alley before they pointed the guns at him before run be away. One of the suspects was cut off and arrested the rest remain on the loose. Investigators say a commuter may have suffered a seizure when he lost control of his car and ran over a woman in philadelphia, he was driving down wharton near 9th and struck several victims. The victim was badly injured suffering internal injuries including broken bones and head trauma. She is in critical condition. From our new jersey news room, two juveniles were injured when they crash their atv in tabernacle. They were airlifted to Cooper University hospital and in critical condition. The driver of this car lost control on the vine street expressway in center city early this morning. It happened before 4 30 a. M. , along the eastbound lanes near 23rd street. The drivers and three passengers were transported to local hospital where they remain in stable condition. A fastmoving fire in the citys hunting park section ended with a vacant home suffering serious damage. Crews arrived to find fire on the second floor of the row home. They got it under control in ten minutes. No injuries. Fire crews had their hands full underground fires, when the crews arrived they found the small electrical fires in the basement of a business. They had to shut down the gas main before getting to work. It is unclear how the fire started. Amazing scene of a firefighter battling a base on march 2. You can see intensity of the blaze close up. No word on how the fire started, but it gives you an idea what it takes to get fires like these under control. It was a chilly today, but not freezing but any stretch of thage of the imagination. , lets get a check from meteorologist melissa magee. Reporter temperatures were in the upper 30s and 40s, 41 in philadelphia. Upper 0s north and west of town. Allentown, 39. Poconos 35 and wildwood, 37. If youre stepping out this evening, weve got you covered. It is an overcast sky. Temperatures in the upper 30s. It will be cloudy in the overnight hours and the first half of the day on sunday. Storm tracker 6 live and future tracker 6 radar showing theres a weak, little clipper system out of the ohio valley. This will swing into the region. Overnight tonight as you wake up tomorrow morning, with that said there could be a rain or snow shower in the mix as you wake up early tomorrow. A rain or snow shower is possible. Theres limited moist with it, a possible coating in spots, in other words little to notice accumulation is expected with the weak system that passes through in the overnight hours. We have more on what to expect later in the day on sunday and the warmup coming this weekend. Details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Of course any day is a perfect day to get a taste of springtime. Thats what thousands did for the opening day of the Philadelphia Flower Show. That includes Trish Hartman outside the Convention Center with details. Hi are hi, trish. Reporter hi, walter. Were here at the ranger station you can find more about the National Parks. Kids you can become a junior ranger. Educational programs are going on. They have programs scheduled every hour throughout the flower show. 1 million plants and flowers are here to celebrate one hundred years of the National Park service. This year at the Philadelphia Flower Show youll find blooms and scenic land escapes and bison and bears and timber lodge. Each exhibit is inspired by the National Park in honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park service. From yellowstone to the liberty bell visitors might feel like they are traveling the country without leaving the Convention Center. Its fascinating to see how one looks at the National Parks. Reporter hopewell furnish anyways is a National Park that was designed by the temple students. It is very realistic, this is the hopewell what they would see and smell. Reporter Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Officials Say tickets are up from last year. Everybody can relate to the National Park and have been to the National Parks, that theme is resonating. It is my favorite. Reporter some want to shake off the winter dom doldrums. You walk into the door and you smell spring. After five inches of snow you want spring. Reporter a lot of people agree with him. 250,000 people visited the flower show last year. They hope more will visit this year. It runs through sunday march 13. We have an exclusive behindthescenes look of the flower show. Our one hour special airs at 7 00 p. M. Theres an encore tomorrow night at midnight. Move on to the coverage of vote 2016. Today is Super Saturday. That means five states are casting ballots in president ial caucuses. Ted cruz is the winner in kansas republicans are voting in maine, connecticut and louisiana, while democrats are Holding Contests in Atlantic City nebraska louisiana and nebraska. Bill clinton campaigned for his wife in detroit. Michigan holds its primary on tuesday. Bernie sanders is in ohio where the primary is scheduled for march 15. Meanwhile, on the republican side, donald trump and ted cruz nearly ran into each other at a caucus site. Trump planners to leave the campaign trail to attend the final round of the cadillac golf championships that tournament is being held at Trump National doral. World news saturday has more on the campaign trail after action news. More on action news tonight, an Important Message for women and young girls. A perk for pets, how a local organization helped out families in need and help pet owners prepare for the future along the way. Jeff skeverski has sports when action news comes right back. Introducing longhorns big, bold, steaks. The only way to make em better was to make em bigger. Our new center cut 10 ounce filet. Our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce tbone. And our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. Big, bold, steaks. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. For lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at 7. Recognized National Women and girls aids awareness day today by way of a health fair. Philadelphia held the event at the Gathers Recreation Center in philadelphia. They provided resources to prevent the spread of hiv. There were experts on sites to answer questions and provide free hiv tests. Teenagers attended the real talk tobacco rise youth summit at the university of pennsylvania. The idea is to make philadelphia the first city with no smokerred under the age of 21. Some families in philadelphia received free pet foods and supplies. They stopped byebye for by for a pet pantry event. Each month the Community Pet pantry focuses on a different neighborhood in philadelphia. It was a celebration of Irish Heritage today. After some motivation the runners and walkers laced up their sneakers to take park in the shamrock should feel in havertown. There was money raised during the effort is going toward making repairs to the sacred heart school. Jeff skeverski has a check on sports, villanova rolling along. In line for the number one seed in the east. That means they will be coming back home in three weeks at home. Third ranked villanova against georgetown in the regular season finale. Thisthis was supposed to be the final game at home, but if they play their cards right they can be back for the sweet 16. 16 for archy and the assist right here. Off the steal. Cats up 21 mid way through the first. Jenkins at the buzzer. Nova wins 8471. The big east regular season champs at 274. Now its on the conference championship tournament on thursday. Its a grind to win a regular season championship, really, grateful to the villanova fans who came out today to sell the place out and honor the guys. We have to keep getting better. We cant be overconfident or complaisant. But where we are as a team right now theres a lot of things to get better at. On hawk hill st. Joes is having one of the best seasons ever. Head coach Phil Martelli can close out with his 400th win. Duquesne, down 4, isaiah miles gets them within two, its not Super Saturday for the hawks. St. Joes loses 7870. Its the first time all season they dropped backtoback games. Hopefully it doesnt calm back to haunt them. Owls and explorers try to finish the same way they started. Drexel taking on hofstra, Rodney Williams down low when a finish. Team high 20 for him. Its not enough. Drexel goes down 8067 they finish the year with only 6 wins. Remember steve mason . Who, the flyers number one goalie. That guy, mason will start for the first time in two weeks, backup started seven of their last 8 games. Flyers need mase to be the best down the stretch. 7 of the next 8 games are against potential playoff teams. Flyers come into play five points out of the final wild card spot. Work hard and bide your time and be a good teammate all along the way. Try to find ways light practice schedule to see sharp. Reporter if the phillies and their first round pick aaron nola starts in less than a month, lets hope it goes better than today. First batter, solo shot, phils down 10. It doesnt get any better, later in the inning, no outs. Phils down 40 before there also a single out. Phillies lose, 96. They are 23 in grapefruit play. Melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when action news comes right back
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