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HEY EVERYONE WELCOME INTO A SOMBER EDITION OF SPORTS… THE FAULKNER COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF TWO OF IT’S STUDENT-ATHLETES TONIGHT… 19-YEAR OLD RYAN WIL-HEIGHT AND 20-YEAR OLD TIERSON HOLLIS WERE KILLED EARLY THIS MORNING IN A CRASH ON U-S 82… THEIR S-U-V WAS APPRENTLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH AN 18 WHEELER… THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WERE RETURNING HOME AFTER VISITING A FRIEND IN TUSCALOOSA… EAGLES HEAD COACH GREG BAKER SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT HE’S NEVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THIS… AND THAT QUOTE… IT HURTS SO MUCH…///

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY… AND THERE’S NO EASY TRANSITION FROM THAT… BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEWS TO UPDATE YOU ON…/// WE WERE FOCUSED ON A-DAY… SO WE DIDN’T MENTION THIS ON FRIDAY… BUT AUBURN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH NELL FORTNER HAS SIGNED A 6-YEAR EXTENSION WORTH 3.4 MILLION DOLLARS… THAT’S NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED AND 70 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR… MORE THAN 340 THOUSAND OF THAT AMOUNT WILL COME FROM ENDORSEMENTS AND MEDIA AGREEMENTS…THE EXTENSION ALSO INCLUDES AUTOMATIC RAISES FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE NC- DOUBLE A TOURNAMENT… FORTNER LED THE TIGERS THIS PAST SEASON TO A 30 AND 4 SEASON AND THEIR FIRST S-E-C REGULAR-SEASON TITLE IN 20 YEARS…///

TO THE TRACK NOW… TALLEDEGA WILL BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEKEND… AND FOURTEEN DRIVERS WILL ATTEMPT TO QUALIFY FOR BOTH THE NATIONWIDE AND SPRINT CUP RACES… OF THOSE 14 DRIVERS DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR IS THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE WON BOTH EVENTS… QUALIFYING BEGINS ON THURSDAY…///

AND FINALLY THE BRAVES GETTING ANOTHER LATE START TONIGHT UP IN D-C… BECAUSE OF RAIN… WE’LL HAVE THE FINAL DETAILS UP ON OUR WEBSITE… A-B-C 32 DOT COM… AND THAT’LL DO IT TONIGHT FOR SPORTS… I’M ADAM BAGNI… HOPE YOU’RE WITH US AGAIN TOMORROW… SUN-YA