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Big Plays Save Eagles 2010-09-06
LATROBE, Pa. - Bridgewater College coach Michael Clark feared that the Eagles' three early whiffs in the red zone would come back and burn BC in its season-opening football game Saturday at Saint Vincent.
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BC Survives St. Vincent, 19-14 2010-09-04
LATROBE, Pa. — Bridgewater College coach Michael Clark had a feeling that the Eagles’ three early whiffs in the red zone would come back and burn BC in its season-opening football game Saturday at Saint Vincent.
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Handley Hyping HHS 2010-09-04
HARRISONBURG - Tony Rayburn has seen a lot of Harrisonburg High School football - he's coached against the Blue Streaks for more than two decades - and this season's HHS squad wows him.
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Eagles' First TD, But A Second Loss 2010-09-04
STANARDSVILLE - With 5 minutes, 24 seconds left in the game, Daniel Sivinski broke free on the outside and sprinted 59 yards for the first touchdown in East Rockingham High School football history.
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BC Wary Of SVC 2010-09-04
BRIDGEWATER - Since resurrecting its football program in 2007, Saint Vincent College has gone 1-29, its lone win coming against Gallaudet in 2008.
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Colbert Still Old School 2010-09-03
HARRISONBURG - Bob Colbert has never been tempted by the spread offense and its shotgun, five-wide sets that have seduced much of college football.
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New Faces For SHS 2010-09-03
HARRISONBURG - Sue Rinker stood, submerged in the woods of the Massanetta Springs cross country course, and pointed out the newcomers on the Spotswood High School boys' cross country team.
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Back From Mars 2010-09-01
HARRISONBURG - "Four or five hours." That's how long Marlon Organ said it took before he wanted to come home last week after arriving on the campus of Mars Hill College, about 20 minutes from Asheville, N.C., and about six hours from Harrisonburg.
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BC Better On ‘D'? 2010-08-31
BRIDGEWATER - Jack Johnson isn't concerned with many of the Bridgewater College football team's stats from 2009.
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Long Wait Ends In Snap Decision 2010-08-28
BRIDGEWATER - After three years in the program and two years as a starter, Hagan Driskell said this week - shortly after being named Bridgewater College's starting quarterback for the 2010 season - he would have been crushed if he hadn't gotten the job in his senior season.
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Ready To Rock? 2010-08-27
HARRISONBURG - Donnie Coleman summed up tonight's high school football game between Spotswood and East Rockingham simply.
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Driskell Named BC's Starting QB 2010-08-26
HARRISONBURG - Bridgewater College football coach Michael Clark said late Wednesday night that Hagan Driskell will be the Eagles' starting quarterback this season.
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Blue Streaks Favored, But... 2010-08-26
HARRISONBURG - Harrisonburg High School is a big favorite to win an eighth straight district football championship.
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Kile The Face Of TA 2010-08-25
BRIDGEWATER - On Tuesday, Kristen Kile was twice recognized by her teammates on the Turner Ashby High School volleyball team for her willingness to eschew physical safety in the pursuit of volleyballs.
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HHS Wins R-III Berth 2010-08-24
HARRISONBURG - It would have taken a catastrophic collapse by Harrisonburg High School and a spectacular rally by Spotswood to deny the Blue Streaks the Massanutten District regular-season golf championship Monday.
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POTOMAC VALLEY CONFERENCE PREVIEWS 2010-08-21
Kollin Foltz quarterbacked East Hardy High School the first four games in 2009. The Cougars went 3-1.
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RCBL Eyes 8th Team 2010-08-21
HARRISONBURG - When the Shenandoah Indians folded after the 2009 season because of massive organizational problems, it left the Rockingham County Baseball League with seven teams - the odd number making scheduling difficult, and necessitating a first-round bye for the top-seeded playoff team.
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EMHS Poised 2010-08-20
HARRISONBURG - The Eastern Mennonite High School boys' soccer team ended the 2009 season by winning five of its last six games and its 20th Virginia Independent Conference championship.
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Will BC's Line Hold Up? 2010-08-19
BRIDGEWATER - Hagan Driskell spent much of the 2008 football season - his first as Bridgewater's starting quarterback - getting hit.
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I-A QB In The Mix 2010-08-17
BRIDGEWATER - At this point, Carlos Gonzalez isn't worried about Bridgewater College's starting quarterback job, despite his Division I-A pedigree.
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East Rock Has To Wait 2010-08-16
ELKTON - Ideally, the East Rockingham High School football team would be eligible for a playoff berth in its inaugural season, even if the likelihood of a brand-new program achieving that goal is remote.
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BC Offense Takes A Hit 2010-08-14
HARRISONBURG - The Bridgewater College football team will open preseason practice Sunday afternoon with about 140 players, a number typical of the Eagles in recent seasons. More noteworthy is who won't be there.
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The Blazers' Failes(afe) 2010-08-13
HARRISONBURG - Robbie Failes' biceps are quite a bit larger than last golf season, when he won the Massanutten District's individual title as a freshman.
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He's Got the Look 2010-08-12
BROADWAY - Quinn Arbogast, wearing a virtually sprayed-on Under Armour shirt, walked out of the locker room and into the dimly lit corridor between Broadway High School's main and auxiliary gymnasiums.
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Chasing Muscles At Turner Ashby 2010-08-11
BRIDGEWATER - Chase Miller has never been afraid of contact, just a smidge self-conscious about his body. For the first three seasons of his high school football career at Turner Ashby, the All-Massanutten District cornerback has been a little guy, and as such, tentative about attempting the sort of hits that make opposing mothers uncomfortable.
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‘Doughboys' Rebuild HHS Line 2010-08-10
HARRISONBURG - Eventually, the 2010 edition of Harrisonburg High School's offensive line will have a persona - just like the Washington Redskins' O-lines of the late 1980s and early 1990s, nicknamed the
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Eagles Picked Second 2010-08-07
HARRISONBURG - Hampden-Sydney - which has won two of the past three of Old Dominion Athletic Conference football championships - is the 2010 coaches' pick to win the league's title for a second straight year, edging No. 2 Bridgewater, which got two first-place votes.
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Bucks Blast Draft 2010-08-07
CLOVER HILL - In the bottom of the first inning, Addison Bowman hit a two-run home run over the left-field wall at Buck Bowman Park that, had it not gone over the wall, probably would have gone through it.
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‘No-Nonsense Coach' 2010-08-06
HARRISONBURG - Eric Baylor's Tim Sarver impression was timeless - in a literal sense. "‘He's a fine back,'" Baylor said Thursday, imitating the Harrisonburg High School football coach's no-nonsense tone. "‘He's got a fine offensive line and he's a very fine young man.'"
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In Control Again 2010-08-05
HARRISONBURG - Joseph Hollowell's Rick Ankiel-esque control problems are funny now - like that time during his season at Yavapai Community College in Arizona that Hollowell, while facing one hitter, threw two pitches into the left side of the backstop, another into the right side and one over it, sending fans scattering like it was some kind of Gallagher show.
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New Arm Helps Turks 2010-08-03
HARRISONBURG - There isn't much about Austin Johnson that says
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‘Mass' Getting More Airtime 2010-07-30
HARRISONBURG - More high school football is coming to your radio. Starting this season, Clear Channel - which owns seven stations in Harrisonburg, and Rockingham and Augusta counties - will broadcast a Massanutten District game of the week, adding a second major voice to local airwaves on Friday nights.
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Turks Blank Royals 2010-07-28
HARRISONBURG - Kurt Wunderlich throws 3 ˝ pitches. He has a low-90s fastball, a slow 12-to-6 curveball, a hard slider and a split-fingered changeup - the half pitch.
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Looking Rock Solid 2010-07-28
ELKTON - Zach Kibler stood in the athletic equipment room of East Rockingham High School shortly after modeling the football team's sleek new uniforms.
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Almost Here 2010-07-27
HARRISONBURG - High school football practice starts Monday, meaning we are only a week away from the beginning of the 2010 season. Some things to watch for:
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| 36. |
Hegg's Pick Comes Through In Pool 2010-07-26
HARRISONBURG - Had someone thought to ask Connor Hegg, the speculation and conjecture about the outcome of the tightly seeded 15- to 18-year-old boys' 50-yard butterfly race at Saturday's Valley Swim League championship could have been avoided.
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Another Win For Gahman 2010-07-26
HARRISONBURG - At about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, someone said the first annual Loudoun Mutual Valley Open golf tournament was Travis Gahman's to lose.
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| 38. |
Who's Fastest In Boys' 50 Fly? 2010-07-24
HARRISONBURG - In describing the final heat for the 15- to 18-year-old boys' 50-yard butterfly at today's Valley Swim League championships, Austin Folsom showed a natural knack for promotion, which, in the future, should afford him job opportunities in any of the following industries: used car sales, fight-promoting or monster-truck rally announcing.
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From Scotland With Love... For Soccer 2010-07-24
HARRISONBURG - Eilidh (Gaelic for Helen and pronounced A-lee) Thomson paused for a moment to consider the spelling of Academical, the name of the women's professional soccer team in Scotland for which she played defender before a back injury at age 19 ended her career.
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3 Days, 3 Courses 2010-07-22
HARRISONBURG - The experience of a professional golf tour is something most people will never have. This weekend, the head pros at three Harrisonburg golf courses aim to offer that feeling at the first annual Loudoun Mutual Valley Open.
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Brooks Gets Nice Raise 2010-07-20
HARRISONBURG - Kenny Brooks, not surprisingly, has drawn interest from women's basketball programs shopping for a new coach.
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Turner Sticks With UNC 2010-07-17
HARRISONBURG - Landon Turner said Friday at James Madison's football camp that he still planned to play football at North Carolina despite the Tar Heels' athletic program being investigated by the NCAA.
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East Rock Lands Ex-Duke 2010-07-17
HARRISONBURG - Eric Baylor said it started as a joke - even if he was only half-joking.
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This Time, QB To BC 2010-07-16
HARRISONBURG - Carlos Gonzalez is finally coming to Bridgewater College.Gonzalez - who originally committed to play for Division III BC two years ago before walking on at I-A Florida International at the last moment - has enrolled at Bridgewater, he said Thursday.
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| 45. |
Four More Years 2010-07-16
HARRISONBURG - His third conference regular-season title helped nab James Madison baseball coach Spanky McFarland four more years.
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DN-R All-Area Softball 2010-07-15
HARRISONBURG - Payton Hill did everything for the Fort Defiance High School softball team - and she was only a sophomore.
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Will They Reign? 2010-07-14
HARRISONBURG - The members of the Broadway Junior League all-star baseball team didn't know much about Jamaica beyond Bob Marley and a few other miscellaneous facts. They will have an opportunity to learn more about it when Dalton Morris returns from his family vacation to the Caribbean island nation next week.
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The Outlaw Bobby Brown? 2010-07-13
HARRISONBURG - Bob Wease once traveled the approximately 2,200 miles from Harrisonburg to Tombstone, Ariz., to see the sight of the famous O.K. Corral gunfight and sit in Doc Holliday's chair. If Wease - a history buff who has a sepia-colored poster of noted Wild West figures in his office - had waited for Bobby Brown to play for the Harrisonburg Turks, he could have saved the money and just shook Brown's hand.
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Jensen: Kids Need To Eye Pros 2010-07-10
HARRISONBURG - Former Spotswood High School tennis players Sam Churchill, Megan Hunter and Kelsey Westwood sat around a table next to the clay courts at Spotswood Country Club, and in a span of about three seconds confirmed Luke Jensen's primary criticism of American tennis.
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Stars In The Swing 2010-07-09
BROADWAY - Mitch Terry usually forbids post-game, celebratory cooler dumpings. But for big wins, the coach of the 10- and 11-year-old Broadway all-star team makes exceptions.
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Lots Of Arms In D3 2010-07-08
BROADWAY - When asked about their District 3 Big League all-star team's best pitcher, Tyler Conley and Hank Strawderman - hiding from the 99-degree heat Wednesday in the dugout at Hillyard Middle School's baseball field - just looked at each other.
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TA Mats Stay Busy 2010-07-06
HARRISONBURG - Marshall Smiley understands that being the Turner Ashby High School wrestling coach comes with added responsibility. The Knights, the two-time defending Region III champions, aren't just the area's most dominant program because they win during the school season.
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Ohh-la-la, A Clay Tourney 2010-07-05
HARRISONBURG - Jeffrey Tang has never been a member of Spotswood Country Club, so he hasn't had much experience playing on its clay courts - just a handful of matches as a member's guest. This week, the James Madison University professor will get a chance to play without an escort.
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Nick's Wild Trip North 2010-07-02
HARRISONBURG - Mooseburgers, Nick Marshman said, taste so much like hamburgers, you'd never know the difference.
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Taking A Brave STAB 2010-07-01
HARRISONBURG - For a brief moment, John Siciliano led the St. Anne's-Belfield High School baseball team in home runs.
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| 56. |
A Gym Bat 2010-06-29
HARRISONBURG - At 5-foot-10, Shaun Cooper will probably never be as big as the football players in high school who inspired him to become a workout nut. He said he spends as many as six days a week at the gym, using his "rest" days to do cardio.
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Deep Field Vies For 55th Trophy 2010-06-19
HARRISONBURG - At first, Wray Sherman wasn't sure what he did with the trophy he earned last year for winning the men's open of the Daily News-Record Tennis Tournament.
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More NFL Savvy At BC 2010-06-18
HARRISONBURG - Michael Clark has changed and rearranged his coaching staff. The Bridgewater College football coach said Thursday he has hired former James Madison offensive lineman Scott Lemn and former University of Virginia and NFL offensive lineman Robert Hunt to fill two vacant slots on the Eagles' staff.
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HHS Hires Johnson 2010-06-17
HARRISONBURG - Harrisonburg High School athletic director Joe Carico said last week he wanted to a hire a new girls' basketball coach as soon as possible.
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Bourne Again 2010-06-16
HARRISONBURG - It's hard to detect emotion in Kyle Bourne's voice, a slow monotone that's part surfer and part growl. But that changes when Bourne talks about his soccer career at Harrisonburg High School, which lasted only two seasons.
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Coastal: Just Wait 2010-06-15
HARRISONBURG - Daniel Bowman had the kind of baseball career at Turner Ashby High School that is likely to be exaggerated in coming years. Old men, sitting in barber shops or VFW halls, will talk about his home runs in terms of miles they traveled and how many trees they splintered en route to a neighboring county, state or passing meteor.
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| 62. |
North Downs South 2010-06-11
HARRISONBURG - In Thursday's inaugural Best of the Valley senior all-star softball game, the North and South teams dealt with mostly the same issues: no pre-game practice and unfamiliar teammates and coaches.
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| 63. |
North Nips South 2010-06-11
HARRISONBURG - Zach Carney ended the inaugural Best of the Valley baseball all-star game - finally.
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| 64. |
Valley Stars Try To Shine 2010-06-10
HARRISONBURG - The timing - a day before the state high school semifinals - might seem odd, but Mike Bocock apparently didn't have much wiggle room.
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| 65. |
SHS's Long, Guinn Gone 2010-06-10
HARRISONBURG - After helping Spotswood High School's track teams to a strong showing in last weekend's Group AA championships, two of the Trailblazers' long-time coaches are no longer with the program.
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| 66. |
Dukes' Closer Picked In The 4th 2010-06-09
HARRISONBURG - Kevin Munson was projected to be a second- or third-round pick in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player's Draft.
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| 67. |
Spotswood QB Headed To Emory & Henry 2010-06-08
HARRISONBURG - After being courted by seemingly every Division III football school in the state, Chad Williams has finally made his choice.
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| 68. |
Are Bucks Still It? 2010-06-08
HARRISONBURG - This season started out like most recent seasons have for the Clover Hill Bucks. The Rockingham County Baseball League's dominant team for most of the last decade looked absolutely loaded.
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| 69. |
‘A Freight Train' 2010-06-05
HARRISONBURG - Everyone had something to offer about Jaquan Dickson. Even if they hadn't seen much of him, they knew something about the 6-foot-2, 185-pound sprinter from Fredericksburg's James Monroe High School.
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| 70. |
Rebels Topple Turks In 11 2010-06-04
HARRISONBURG - It's hard to pick a cleanup hitter when you have only a few days worth of familiarity with your players. But Corey Paluga did a good job working with limited information.
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| 71. |
Red Hot Iago 2010-06-03
BRIDGEWATER - Iago Cardoso's Portuguese accent is very faint, suppressed by a year's worth of English classes at the Dayton Learning Center and the continued day-to-day absorption of English into his Brazilian brain.
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Gobblers Fall In Eighth, 3-2 2010-06-02
BROADWAY - Mariah Foltz moved through a receiving line of hugs just behind the Broadway High School softball field's dugout.
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| 73. |
Smith Smashes Brookville 2010-06-01
PENN LAIRD - In the bottom of the sixth inning of Monday's first-round Region III softball game, Spotswood High School's Molly Smith hit a home run so hard it looked like it could tear through the fence.
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| 74. |
BHS Gets 20th 2010-05-29
HARRISONBURG - The Broadway High School softball team is in the midst of its best season in over a decade. It went 18-2 during the regular season and 6-0 in the Massanutten District, blowing out teams and scraping out squeakers.
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| 75. |
SHS Pitcher Player of Year 2010-05-28
HARRISONBURG - Molly Smith is the 2010 Massanutten District softball Player of the Year. The Spotswood High School pitcher/left fielder batted .500 (32-for-64) during the regular season, while leading the Trailblazers (16-5) to their third straight Region III tournament berth.
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| 76. |
A.D.: Strong Ties Key 2010-05-27
HARRISONBURG - When asked about her vision for what a high school athletic department should be, Jean Cotner paused and laughed as if she was preparing an abridged version in her head.
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BHS Spurts Past HHS 2010-05-26
HARRISONBURG - The Harrisonburg High School softball team had been outscored 27-5 by Broadway this season, part of an 0-6 trip through its Massanutten District schedule.
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| 78. |
A Streak Ends 2010-05-26
HARRISONBURG - For the first time in 19 years, the Turner Ashby High School softball team will not be playing in the regional tournament.
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| 79. |
Can SHS Topple BHS? 2010-05-25
HARRISONBURG - Watch out for Spotswood. That seems to be the feeling going into the 2010 Massanutten District softball tournament, which starts today at Harrisonburg High School.
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| 80. |
Dukes Offer Lee's Mickens 2010-05-24
HARRISONBURG - R.E. Lee High School girls' basketball coach Jeremy Hartman said Saturday that Angela Mickens, the Lee Ladies' standout point guard, had been offered a scholarship by Division I James Madison.
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| 81. |
SHS Calms Down A Bit 2010-05-24
HARRISONBURG - Jay Hook said it didn't occur to him until someone asked. But once he started thinking about it, he couldn't help but notice how the Spotswood High School baseball team seemed different this season.
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| 82. |
The Greening 2010-05-24
BROADWAY - Preston Funk avoids looking at the championship banners hanging on either side of Broadway High School's gymnasium. There are 21 of them. Shaped like medieval shields and each representing a single sport, the banners display all the team titles - district (excluding tournaments), regional and state - the Gobblers have won.
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| 83. |
Smith Hits For Cycle 2010-05-22
PENN LAIRD - Molly Smith was sure she had hit for the cycle at some point during her career at Spotswood High School before Friday's Massanutten District game against Turner Ashby.
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| 84. |
TA Loses Coach 2010-05-20
HARRISONBURG - Will Crockett said Wednesday he has resigned as Turner Ashby High School's wrestling coach.
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| 85. |
Smith, BHS Smash Glass 2010-05-20
BROADWAY - There isn't anything overpowering about the way Cameron Smith pitches. He nips and skims the strike zone, using an array of breaking pitches of ever-altering speeds while relying on batters to make contact to get outs. But the Broadway High School right-hander locates and works intelligently, consistently and on an even-keel, and in a way, that makes him overpowering, albeit in a non-traditional way.
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| 86. |
Streaks Tie TA To Win Title 2010-05-19
HARRISONBURG - It took only a mention of the word
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| 87. |
Two Dukes Leave 2010-05-18
HARRISONBURG - James Madison women's basketball coach Kenny Brooks said Monday that two more players are leaving the Dukes, joining Brittany Crowell, who decided to transfer in March.
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| 88. |
Salisbury Beats EMU 2010-05-14
Eastern Mennonite University softball coach J.D. McCurdy didn't think Salisbury was the best team the Royals played this season.
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| 89. |
Gobblers Sweep TA 2010-05-14
BRIDGEWATER - Everyone knew Tiffany Brown was going to hit in her first softball game since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in August.
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| 90. |
Cloning The Blazers? 2010-05-13
HARRISONBURG - Paul Comer has spent the last two seasons as the Spotswood High School junior varsity girls' basketball coach. During that stretch, he hasn't lost a game.
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| 91. |
BHS Tops TA, 7-5 2010-05-12
BRIDGEWATER - The Turner Ashby High School baseball team has struggled with defensive inconsistency all season.
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| 92. |
EMU Catches Up 2010-05-11
HARRISONBURG - Nicole Shelton didn't see it as her defining moment as a catcher, but the imagery of Shelton getting flipped over by a base-runner, leaving her with a busted lip and a bloody smile, makes it seem like it should be.
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| 93. |
Obstacles? No Worries For Stonewall 2010-05-10
MOUNT JACKSON - The Stonewall Jackson High School boys' soccer team practices on a hand-me-down rec-league field behind a fire station.
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| 94. |
Miller Takes Control For TA 2010-05-08
BRIDGEWATER - Blaire Miller had been having issues with her control. After Friday's Massanutten District softball game against Spotswood, they appear to have been resolved.
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| 95. |
Breeden Breezes As Blazers Roll, 6-1 2010-05-08
BRIDGEWATER - In the first inning Friday, the Turner Ashby High School baseball team loaded the bases with no outs against Spotswood ace Wes Breeden.
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| 96. |
EMHS Star Gets Kicks 2010-05-05
HARRISONBURG - Jason Capps made a prediction Tuesday afternoon. It was about Emily Myers, a smiley, but fiercely competitive, forward on the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' soccer team.
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| 97. |
Turnover Still On BC's Agenda 2010-05-04
BRIDGEWATER - Last season, the Bridgewater College football team had a turnover margin of minus-13, the worst in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and tied with Rockford (Ill.) for 220th out of 235 Division III programs.
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| 98. |
JMU Now Atop CAA 2010-05-03
HARRISONBURG - With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday, James Madison designated hitter Brett Garner hit a 3-2 fastball just to the right of the batter's eye in center field at Eagle Field for a walk-off solo home run.
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| 99. |
SHS Star Beats Knupp 2010-05-01
PENN LAIRD - The last time Sam Churchill, Spotswood High School's No. 1 boys' tennis player, had a sizeable lead on Kyle Knupp, he watched it slowly shrink and die, as Knupp rallied for a 10-7 win.
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| 100. |
The Arm: Foltz, Gobblers No. 1 In ‘Mass'? 2010-04-30
BROADWAY - The plan was to platoon Mariah Foltz and Heather Cantrell, and make them co-aces of the Broadway High School softball team.
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| 101. |
Slow Start, Big Finish 2010-04-28
PENN LAIRD - To get the bright pink Barbie bracelet onto her left wrist, Kendra Cash said she needed lotion so the little plastic band - a gift from her younger sister - would fit.
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| 102. |
EMU Suddenly ‘It' 2010-04-27
HARRISONBURG - On Sunday, the bottom-seeded Eastern Mennonite University softball team won its second-ever Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship - the other came in 1990 - and clinched its first bid to the NCAA Division III tournament by defeating third-seeded Virginia Wesleyan 5-1 and the league's best pitcher, Brittaney Brown, she of the 1.02 earned run average.
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| 103. |
Cameo Role A Hit 2010-04-26
HARRISONBURG - Tyler Beiler said he ran track only to get faster for football. At Bridgewater College, track has helped Beiler become one of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's most dangerous wide receivers, capable of out-running (and out-muscling) any defensive back in the league.
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| 104. |
Bagwell Blasts Knights 2010-04-24
BROADWAY - There was talk of having Heather Bagwell bunt, and at the time, it wouldn't have been a bad idea.
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| 105. |
Little Limp No Prob At HHS 2010-04-23
HARRISONBURG - Sally Kardos' limp is deceiving. Sometimes when she runs, she drags her right leg like she's a pirate, and her wooden leg is either too heavy or ill-suited to her petite 5-foot-3 form.
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| 106. |
Indians Best BHS, 9-0 2010-04-21
FORT DEFIANCE - Payton Hill has mismatched laces on her softball cleats.The one on her left cleat is black, and the one on her right is neon orange, bright enough to probably be visible from space. She said the laces represent the two teams she plays for. The black laces are for Fort Defiance High School and the orange laces are for her travel team, the Augusta Flames.
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| 107. |
BC Hitters Plugged In 2010-04-20
BRIDGEWATER - A week ago, it would have been hard to classify the Bridgewater College softball team as a power-hitting squad. The Eagles had just 16 home runs in 29 games, an average of 0.55 per contest.
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| 108. |
2010 DN-R All-Area Girls Basketball Team 2010-04-19
HARRISONBURG - To quantify just how good Kirby Burkholder is at basketball, Harrisonburg High School girls' hoops coach Bobby Mongold compared the 5-foot-11 Burkholder to a 6-foot-10 NBA legend.
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| 109. |
Brooks: No Rush To Hire 2010-04-17
HARRISONBURG - Kenny Brooks said he is no rush to replace to Jackie Smith Carson, the former James Madison women's basketball assistant who was announced as Furman's head coach this week.
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| 110. |
Rookie Leads Gobblers, 4-3 2010-04-17
PENN LAIRD - Mariah Foltz claimed she was nervous, pitching in her first-ever Massanutten District softball game.
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| 111. |
ERHS Hires Palmer 2010-04-15
HARRISONBURG - East Rockingham High School has turned to a familiar face to become its first boys' basketball coach: Mark Palmer.
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| 112. |
Dodson Double Dips 2010-04-15
HARRISONBURG - Spotswood High School athletic director Mary Donnellan said Chris Dodson was an "Energizer bunny." Next year, that trait will really come in handy.
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| 113. |
Dodson Named SHS Football Coach 2010-04-14
HARRISONBURG — Chris Dodson will be the new football coach at Spotswood High School.
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| 114. |
Cantrell Wins It On Homer For Gobblers 2010-04-14
BROADWAY - Heather Cantrell had a simple goal heading into her at-bat with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday and Broadway's softball team tied with Stuarts Draft High School, thanks to three errors by the Gobblers in the top of the seventh.
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| 115. |
A New Dawn 2010-04-13
HARRISONBURG - Physically, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Dawn Evans.
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| 116. |
A Grand Day For Knight 2010-04-12
HARRISONBURG - D.J. Brown said he would do one of two things when pitching against a batter who had hit multiple home runs in a game.
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Knight Hits Three Homers In 15-7 JMU Win 2010-04-11
HARRISONBURG - D.J. Brown said he would do one of two things, when pitching against a batter who had hit multiple home runs in a game.
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| 118. |
Riverheads Rips Streaks 2010-04-10
HARRISONBURG - Sam McLawhorn pitched a complete-game three-hitter Friday against the Harrisonburg High School softball team, leading Group A Riverheads to a 13-1 non-district win over the Group AA Blue Streaks on a crisp but chilly day.
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Strong Spring For Spitzer 2010-04-09
HARRISONBURG - It's easy to picture Katie Spitzer dead-lifting 100-pound feed bags and running 10 miles with a hay bail strapped to her back in a Karate Kid-kind-of movie montage, complete with "You're The Best Around" cranked up to max in the background.
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Blazers Lean On Duo 2010-04-08
PENN LAIRD - Kelsey Westwood and Megan Hunter are friends. Good friends. They have played tennis together for four years on the Spotswood High School girls' team and form the Trailblazers' No. 1 doubles team. Last year, they won the Region III championship.
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Luray's Logan Joining BC 2010-04-06
HARRISONBURG - The Bridgewater College football team added a quarterback recruit Monday, bolstering what is a thin position on the Eagles' roster.
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BC Adds EMHS's Bergey 2010-04-03
HARRISONBURG - Katy Bergey has selected Bridgewater College. The Eastern Mennonite High School shooting guard said Friday that she will play basketball at Division III BC, joining Buffalo Gap's Holly Morgan as the second area recruit the Eagles have picked up this spring.
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EMU's Baker Finds Bat 2010-04-03
HARRISONBURG - Chris Baker made it sound like he had no business playing college baseball. At Handley High School in Winchester, he said, he was never an all-district selection and not much of a hitter.
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Sloppy TA Falls 2010-04-02
BRIDGEWATER - Traditionally, the Turner Ashby High School softball team's pre-game round of infield/outfield is flawless. The Knights, like ponytailed automatons, are thorough and methodical, almost rhythmic. They also rarely, if ever, make errors.
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Just Call Her ‘Crash' 2010-04-01
HARRISONBURG - Kerri Hofacker's father has big plans for his daughter, a 5-foot-5 freshman at Harrisonburg High School and the starting catcher on the Blue Streaks' softball team.
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BHS A.D. Resigns 2010-03-31
HARRISONBURG - Chris Robinson is leaving Broadway High School. The Gobblers' athletic director confirmed Tuesday that he has resigned effective June 30. Robinson, a Staunton resident, said he wanted to find a job closer to home to allow him to spend more time with his family.
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Blazers Smack 'Cats 2010-03-31
PENN LAIRD - At various points during Spotswood High School's non-district softball game against Rockbridge County on Tuesday, Cole Trower used the Trailblazers' public-address microphone as a warning system.
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| 128. |
EMU: No Plans To Play Anthem 2010-03-29
HARRISONBURG - Indiana's Goshen College played the national anthem before a baseball game last Tuesday, the first time ever that "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been heard during a home athletic event at the Mennonite school.
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| 129. |
Life's Great At SHS 2010-03-27
PENN LAIRD - Haley Life said something felt askew. She couldn't explain exactly what it was, what it felt like or how she knew whatever it was, was askew.
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Guard To Leave Dukes 2010-03-27
HARRISONBURG - Brittany Crowell will not play for the James Madison women's basketball team next season.
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Knights Almost No-Hit 2010-03-26
FORT DEFIANCE - It wasn't until Ansley Crull reached first base that she was informed of the significance of the single she had just lined off the left ankle of Fort Defiance High School pitcher Payton Hill.
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ERHS To Hire Coaches Soon? 2010-03-25
HARRISONBURG - Eric Baylor said Tuesday that he anticipates East Rockingham High School will have head coaches for boys' basketball and baseball by the next Rockingham County school board meeting.
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TA Loses Stars, But Still Strong 2010-03-24
BRIDGEWATER - Blaire Miller's control, by all accounts, is much improved after a season on the junior-varsity team in which she was admittedly prone to plunking an occasional batter.
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Owls Stifle JMU 2010-03-22
NORFOLK - Dawn Evans takes the brunt of an opposing team's defensive attention on a regular basis. It's something the James Madison point guard has dealt with most of her career, given her status as one of the nation's most dangerous scorers.
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Goal: Win ‘GameS' 2010-03-20
HARRISONBURG - The James Madison women's basketball team left for Norfolk and the NCAA tournament Friday, departing from the Convocation Center after a small pep rally, where JMU President Linwood H. Rose addressed the team and about 50-75 people who showed up.
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Owls Rely On ‘D' 2010-03-20
HARRISONBURG - Tonya Cardoza's coaching style is malleable. She said she doesn't consider herself to be particularly defensive or offensive minded. She just adjusts to what her players are most suited to do.
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A New Role Bolsters Dukes 2010-03-19
HARRISONBURG - Jalissa Taylor has averaged 6.5 rebounds through 32 games this season for the James Madison women's basketball team, which leads the Colonial Athletic Association in rebounding (37.7 per game for a plus-6.1 margin) after struggling on the glass early.
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UConn Lurking 2010-03-16
HARRISONBURG - At first glance, it looks like a dream NCAA tournament draw for the James Madison women's basketball team.
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| 139. |
BHS Has New Aura 2010-03-15
RICHMOND - Dwight Walton kept it together during the game, and he kept it together during the post-game press conference. But alone, in a fluorescent corridor underneath the Siegel Center sometime after midnight on Sunday morning, the Broadway High School boys' basketball coach finally let his emotions slip.
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Eagles Tower Over SHS 2010-03-15
RICHMOND - For almost four minutes, it was close. Spotswood High School hung with defending Division 3 champion Freedom, the South Riding school with two Division I signees and more length and height than the Trailblazers had seen all season.
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Next up: NCAAs 2010-03-15
HARRISONBURG - As the final minute slipped off the Convocation Center clock, 3,383 people - all standing and overwhelmingly clad in purple - got louder and louder, and the smiles of James Madison's players and coaches stretched wider and wider until all anticipation boiled over when time expired.
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Freedom Rolls By Spotswood For D-4 Title 2010-03-14
RICHMOND - For almost four minutes, it was close.
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| 143. |
Tall Task Awaiting SHS Girls 2010-03-13
HARRISONBURG - Jason Eldredge decided his team needed some time off this week after the postseason gauntlet of district, regional and state tournaments. So instead of a traditional practice, the Freedom High School girls' basketball coach made Wednesday
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Dukes Smash UNCW 2010-03-13
HARRISONBURG - For 16 minutes in the first half, Dawn Evans and her 25-points-per-game average sat on the bench with two fouls.
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| 145. |
BHS, SHS Coaches Obsess Over Basketball 2010-03-12
HARRISONBURG - Dwight Walton and Chris Dodson don't sleep much during basketball season. Instead, they spend those hours watching film of high school games - or, in Dodson's case, obscure YouTube videos with even more obscure basketball drills.
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Super Frosh POY 2010-03-11
HARRISONBURG - Elena Delle Donne said she didn't know she was going to be named the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year before her name was called Wednesday night at the league's awards banquet.
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| 147. |
Blazers Peak At Right Time 2010-03-10
PENN LAIRD - There have been hiccups, obstacles and occasional missteps for the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team this season.
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| 148. |
Freedom Stifles TA 2010-03-10
RICHMOND - The Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team is leaving Richmond disappointed.
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| 149. |
Chilly Blazers Done 2010-03-10
RICHMOND - For the first 2˝ minutes of the fourth quarter, the Spotswood and Potomac Falls High School cheering sections alternated celebrating baskets, each bucket - and scream - bigger than the last.
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Palmer, Wimer To BC 2010-03-09
HARRISONBURG - The Bridgewater College football team added a pair of Massanutten District standouts to its 2010 recruiting class Monday.
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| 151. |
‘Man' Defense Key For Knights 2010-03-09
BRIDGEWATER - The effects of an oppressive and determined man-to-man defense are easy to see, simply because opponents have a very specific reaction to it. It's one that makes the defender smile and often leads to a momentum surge for her team. In the best-case scenario, it leads to offense.
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| 152. |
Burkholder Propels TA 2010-03-08
SALEM - On Saturday night in the Group AA, Division 4 girls' basketball quarterfinals at the Salem Civic Center, Kirby Burkholder played perhaps the best game of her already superlative career.
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| 153. |
Organ's 38 Lift SHS 2010-03-08
SALEM - It may have been the signature play on a signature night for Marlon Organ, the Spotswood High School point guard with the quickest of first steps and the smoothest of finishes.
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| 154. |
TA, SHS, Begin Quests 2010-03-06
HARRISONBURG - The Spotswood and Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball teams started the 2009-10 seasons as two of the area's favorites to make the state tournament.
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| 155. |
New A.D.: ‘Dream Job' 2010-03-04
HARRISONBURG - Eric Phillips said the opportunity was too good pass up.
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| 156. |
Madison Opens Ballpark With Win 2010-03-04
HARRISONBURG - The James Madison baseball team's new home, Veterans Memorial Park, has many features that would be easy to select as favorites.
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| 157. |
Turner Lists His Five Faves 2010-03-03
HARRISONBURG - Landon Turner is aiming for early fall. The Harrisonburg High School offensive lineman - the No. 3 prospect in the state, according to Virginia Preps - said Tuesday that he would like to make his college decision at that point.
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| 158. |
EMHS Limits Foe To 25 2010-03-03
HARRISONBURG - It was very clear what wasn't working for the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' basketball team in Tuesday's state playoff game against Randolph-Macon Academy.
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| 159. |
JMU Not Sharp, But Wins, 71-59 2010-03-01
HARRISONBURG - Sure, you could have watched the women's basketball game between William & Mary and James Madison on Sunday and assessed the Dukes' performance for yourself. But all you really needed to do was watch Kenny Brooks.
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| 160. |
Distraction No Problem For Blazers 2010-02-26
FOREST - For about 2 hours and 15 minutes Thursday, the Spotswood High School girls’ basketball team hung out at a gas station/country market on U.S. 33 after the death of the yellow school bus that was supposed to take them to their Region III, Division 4 semifinal game against E.C. Glass.
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| 161. |
Burkholder Sets Mark In TA Win 2010-02-26
FOREST - After failing to break Turner Ashby High School's all-time girls' basketball scoring record in her last game, Kirby Burkholder took some good-natured heckling from some of her classmates - and at least one substitute teacher - at TA.
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| 162. |
Williams Fuels Blazers, 52-39 2010-02-24
DALEVILLE - With about 10 seconds left in Spotswood High School's Region III, Division 4 quarterfinal girls' basketball game against Lord Botetourt, SHS coach Chris Dodson gave star shooting guard Carter Williams a Kodiak bear-sized hug.
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| 163. |
Trailblazing Swimmers 2010-02-22
NORFOLK - At the finals of the Group AA swimming and diving meet Saturday at Old Dominion University, the top seeds got to select entrance music for the championship heat.
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| 164. |
Evans Sparks JMU 2010-02-22
NORFOLK - Dawn Evans, admittedly, didn't have her usual energy for Sunday's Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball game at Old Dominion.
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| 165. |
Knights Take It 2010-02-20
PENN LAIRD - In terms of offense, Kirby Burkholder said she takes "what she can get." And she does.
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| 166. |
JMU Visits Hot Foe 2010-02-20
HARRISONBURG - Six weeks ago, the Old Dominion women's basketball team was 3-9 overall, 1-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association and coming off a triple-overtime loss at Northeastern.
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| 167. |
Powers Vie For Crowns 2010-02-19
HARRISONBURG - There are no surprise matchups in tonight's boys' and girls' Massanutten District tournament finals. It's the No. 1 seed versus the No. 2 in both games, both at Spotswood High School.
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| 168. |
An Epic Evening 2010-02-19
HARRISONBURG - Elena Delle Donne was better than her reputation. The Delaware super freshman scored a Convocation Center-record 54 points, sinking every sort of shot possible and leading the Blue Hens into overtime on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer with two defenders on her.
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| 169. |
Blue Chip Here Today 2010-02-18
HARRISONBURG - Before Sarah Williams' junior year at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Del., she went to a team basketball camp at the University of North Carolina. That's where the current James Madison senior guard first realized how good Elena Delle Donne - then a rising eighth-grader at Ursuline and Williams' camp roommate - would eventually be.
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| 170. |
Knights Dominate BHS 2010-02-18
PENN LAIRD - The Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team advanced to the Massanutten District tournament final in the fashion that has come to describe its season.
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| 171. |
Blazers Foil HHS, 64-53 2010-02-18
PENN LAIRD - Seven points. After trailing by as many as 17, the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball team cut Spotswood's lead to seven points four times - the last with 2:56 to play in Wednesday's second semifinal of the Massanutten District tournament.
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| 172. |
Phillips To Be A.D. at East Rockingham 2010-02-15
HARRISONBURG - Eric Phillips, the current football coach at Spotswood High School, will be the athletic director at the new East Rockingham High, which is scheduled to open this fall. East Rockingham principal Eric Baylor said that Phillips was approved for the A.D. job at a school board meeting on Feb. 9.
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| 173. |
SHS Boys Catch Up 2010-02-15
HARRISONBURG - The Spotswood High School girls' swim team has been so successful it's helped make the SHS boys' squad - which had never finished better than fourth in regional competition - a bit of an afterthought.
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| 174. |
Evans Might Play 2010-02-13
HARRISONBURG - James Madison women's basketball coach Kenny Brooks said Friday that there is a 60 percent chance Dawn Evans will play Sunday at North Carolina-Wilmington.
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| 175. |
Zigler In Semis After Painless Wins 2010-02-13
BRIDGEWATER - Will Zigler has a reputation on the Turner Ashby High School wrestling team.
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| 176. |
Getting Wet Fast 2010-02-11
HARRISONBURG - Dane Folsom is the fastest swimmer in the Massanutten District.At last Thursday's district meet, Folsom - a 5-foot-11, 150-pound Spotswood High School senior with eyes as blue as the pool and a shaggy shock of brown hair - swam the 50-yard freestyle in 22.98 seconds.
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| 177. |
EMU's ‘Ninja' Star 2010-02-10
HARRISONBURG - People who know Justin Reesor consistently described him as quiet and humble, and nothing about the 22-year-old's calming demeanor indicates otherwise.
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| 178. |
‘D' Key For JMU Women 2010-02-09
HARRISONBURG - With 9:50 left in Monday's women's basketball game against James Madison, Drexel - after trailing by as many as 13 points - rallied to cut the Dukes' lead to two.
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| 179. |
SoVal Snowed Out? 2010-02-08
HARRISONBURG - This weekend's snowstorm has complicated many area high school sports schedules - especially that of the last week of the Southern Valley District's basketball regular season.
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| 180. |
JMU's Shepherd Showing Flashes 2010-02-08
HARRISONBURG - Kanita Shepherd says
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| 181. |
Sheffer Breaks Smith's Record 2010-02-05
HARRISONBURG - On Wednesday night, Janet Sheffer measured the height of her 14-year-old daughter, Olivia, who checked in at 5 feet, 6 inches.
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| 182. |
Knights Win Again 2010-02-04
HARRISONBURG - Justin Carpenter had just won what many coaches, wrestlers and officials considered to be the most competitive weight class at the Massanutten District meet.
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| 183. |
TA Wrestling Confident of Title 2010-02-03
HARRISONBURG - The Turner Ashby High School wrestling team has won 11 straight district titles, the last two in the Massanutten, which supplanted the Valley District in 2007-08.
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| 184. |
Dukes Smack Towson, 67-35 2010-02-01
HARRISONBURG - For a three-minute stretch toward the end of the first half, Kanita Shepherd simply took over.
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| 185. |
Dukes Diving In 2010-01-30
HARRISONBURG - There is a video camera facing the one- and three-meter diving boards in Godwin Hall's Savage Natatorium. The camera is connected to a DVR, which is connected to a flat-screen monitor that sits just out of splash range behind the boards.
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| 186. |
TA Better Than Record...But SHS Still Wins In OT 2010-01-29
BRIDGEWATER - Spotswood coach Chad Edwards said the Turner Ashby High School boys' basketball team's 4-13 record is deceiving. After Thursday night's Massanutten District game, he would know.
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| 187. |
Knights In Control ‘Spectacular' TA Wins 2010-01-29
BRIDGEWATER - Rob Lovell probably picked the best possible adjective to describe the sort of defense his Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team played in Thursday night's Massanutten District matchup against Spotswood.
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| 188. |
TA vs. Blazers: Best In ‘Mass' 2010-01-28
HARRISONBURG - For about the past decade, Spotswood-Turner Ashby has evolved into one of the games in area high school girls' basketball.
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| 189. |
Blazers Pound Liberty 2010-01-27
PENN LAIRD - For essentially the first quarter of Tuesday night's girls' basketball game against Spotswood High School, Liberty of Bealeton played with its Division I recruit on the bench.
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| 190. |
Streaks Nailing It 2010-01-26
HARRISONBURG - Naomi Ornstein claims it was an accident. Ornstein, a senior on the Harrisonburg High School gymnastics team known for her tumbling prowess, was performing her floor routine in the Harrisonburg Invitational on Jan. 16 and landed the Blue Streaks' first 360-degree twist in a meet in at least 28 years.
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| 191. |
HHS Beats Lee, 74-68 2010-01-23
STAUNTON - In Friday night's girls' basketball game between Harrisonburg and R.E. Lee High School, where there was about as much defense as there is in an NBA All-Star Game, the final quarter came down to... Defense?
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| 192. |
Willi Wants Second Option 2010-01-21
BRIDGEWATER - For about 19 seconds, Jean Willi unleashed her inner televangelist.
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| 193. |
Fort Defiance's A.D. To Retire 2010-01-20
HARRISONBURG - After more than a decade of being involved in Fort Defiance High School sports, Jack Tucker is retiring.
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| 194. |
Tuned Up, Blue Streaks Breeze 2010-01-20
HARRISONBURG - David Loughran, Harrisonburg High School track coach, English teacher and hobbyist M.C., took a new approach to the pre-game announcements for Tuesday's non-district girls' basketball game between the Blue Streaks and Rockbridge County.
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| 195. |
A Boast Free Zone 2010-01-19
HARRISONBURG - It would be a magnificent sculpture. Shaped from marble or maybe cast in bronze, it would depict Katy Bergey leaping at a basketball hoop with her left arm outstretched. She would be in mid-finger roll and posed like Superman doing his leaping-tall-buildings-in-a-single-bound thing.
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| 196. |
ODU Eludes JMU, 67-58 2010-01-18
HARRISONBURG - Even after scoring only 19 points in the first half, having little post presence and shooting poorly, the James Madison women's basketball team trailed Old Dominion by just six points with about 30 seconds to play Sunday.
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| 197. |
Streaks Down Blazers 2010-01-16
HARRISONBURG - With 5:01 left in Friday's Massanutten District girls' basketball game between Spotswood and Harrisonburg High School, Kia Whitley-Duncan completed a pretty no-look pass to Kolicia Shifflett.
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| 198. |
SHS Rips HHS, 71-49 2010-01-16
HARRISONBURG - During the second quarter of Friday's Massanutten District boys' basketball game between Spotswood and Harrisonburg High School, the most common sound was the piercing shriek of a referee's whistle.
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| 199. |
Brutal Slate Trips Monarchs 2010-01-16
HARRISONBURG - On Dec. 30, the Old Dominion women's basketball team had a 2-8 record, its worst start since 2005-06. But at least the Monarchs had an excuse: They ran an early-season gauntlet against some of Division I women's basketball's most elite teams.
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| 200. |
Chatty Little Guys 2010-01-14
BRIDGEWATER - Daniil Makayed is a 16-year-old, 5-foot-4, 103-pound sophomore wrestler at Harrisonburg High School. As with most 103-pounders, his body is small, narrow and essentially devoid of fat.
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| 201. |
Kia, Streaks Prevail 2010-01-13
HARRISONBURG - Kia Whitley-Duncan scored 23 points in Harrisonburg High School's 78-60 win over Waynesboro on Tuesday - and the Blue Streaks' junior point guard was creative about it.
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| 202. |
Can Evans Make A-A? 2010-01-13
HARRISONBURG - Since the Associated Press started naming an All-American women's college basketball team in 1995, only one Colonial Athletic Association player has been named to the first team: Old Dominion's Ticha Penicheiro.
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| 203. |
Dukes ‘Intimidate' Mason 2010-01-11
HARRISONBURG - George Mason women's basketball coach Jeri Porter elevated James Madison to the top of the Colonial Athletic Association after it beat her Patriots, 62-50, Sunday at the Convocation Center.
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| 204. |
TA Handles HHS 2010-01-09
BRIDGEWATER - With 40.8 seconds left in Friday's girls' basketball game between Harrisonburg and Turner Ashby High School, Sarah Groseclose subbed out to a firm - but affectionate - tap on the head from Knights coach Rob Lovell, as a larger-than-average round of applause accompanied her to the end of the Knights' bench.
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| 205. |
Streaks Get By Ashby 2010-01-09
BRIDGEWATER - Watching Jamie Eberly coach can make your chest hurt and your left arm feel numb.
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| 206. |
Eagles' Slate Full 2010-01-09
HARRISONBURG - The Bridgewater College football team is returning to Salem, the site of the Division III national championship game.
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| 207. |
JMU Edges Ga. State 2010-01-08
HARRISONBURG - During the first half of Thursday's game against Georgia State, it seemed like every shot - 3-pointer, mid-range jumper, point-blank stickback - clanked off the rim or ricocheted off the backboard for the James Madison women's basketball team.
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| 208. |
Page Clicking 2010-01-07
HARRISONBURG - If you're playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox Live anytime soon, and a player with numerous kills and a predilection for nuclear weapons starts talking trash, it might be a good idea to play another game - especially if that player belongs to a team called "540."
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| 209. |
Royals 9-0 After Beating Eagles 2010-01-06
HARRISONBURG - Ideally, Brittany Snyder would be Eastern Mennonite University's featured scoring threat.
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| 210. |
Gobblers Squirt To 4-4 Record 2010-01-05
BROADWAY - On Dec. 28 against Warren County in a tournament at Strasburg High School, Nicole Biller - Broadway's miniature-sized junior point guard - made a BHS girls' basketball-record seven 3-pointers in one game.
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| 211. |
Dukes Face CAA Test 2010-01-02
HARRISONBURG - Last March, Drexel beat James Madison, 64-58, at the Convocation Center to win its first-ever Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball championship.
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| 212. |
Playing Big 2009-12-31
HARRISONBURG - In a span of 3 minutes and 58 seconds, Lauren Jimenez scored eight points, made two free throws and got out front on a fast break that she finished with a layup off a sharp pass from Dawn Evans.
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| 213. |
Rebuilding? Call Blose 2009-12-30
HARRISONBURG - Betsy Blose's basketball biography is defined by reclamation projects.
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| 214. |
Dukes Breeze 2009-12-30
HARRISONBURG - About 10 minutes into the James Madison women's basketball team's game against Lafayette on Tuesday, JMU coach Kenny Brooks sat on the bench, his goateed chin casually sunk in his left hand.
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| 215. |
Dukes Look Ahead a Bit 2009-12-29
HARRISONBURG - For the second straight season, James Madison University will host the Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament.
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| 216. |
Bergey Still Golden 2009-12-28
HARRISONBURG - Katy Bergey has a goal this season, her senior year on the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' basketball team.
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| 217. |
HHS Starts Strong 2009-12-24
HARRISONBURG - Sally Kardos sat on the floor of Harrisonburg High School's gymnasium, propped against the padded wall at the near end, and watched the Blue Streaks' girls' basketball team practice.
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| 218. |
These Videos Full Of Stars 2009-12-23
PENN LAIRD - Carter Williams realizes that her friends would prefer to watch real movies when they visit. But what they don't understand is that real movies won't help Williams' basketball game.
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| 219. |
No. 1 In ‘AA' 2009-12-23
HARRISONBURG - Harrisonburg High School football coach Tim Sarver has always run an I-formation offense predicated on ball control and a good running back - backs like Chris Hart, Akeem Jordan and Alex Owah.
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| 220. |
No ‘Energy,' But Easy Win 2009-12-22
HARRISONBURG - There were three big outbursts of enthusiasm during Monday's women's basketball game between Longwood and James Madison.
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| 221. |
Quiet Kirby Grew On Brooks 2009-12-21
BRIDGEWATER - Kirby Burkholder spent her first prolonged interaction with James Madison women's basketball coach Kenny Brooks in nearly total silence.
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| 222. |
Clark Wants More Bodies 2009-12-21
HARRISONBURG - By the end of the 2009 season, the Bridgewater College football team had so many injured players, it struggled to find the necessary 22 to play a game.
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| 223. |
JMU Eyes 3rd ACC Win 2009-12-18
HARRISONBURG - The James Madison women's basketball team is only seven games into the 2009-10 season, but Joanne McCallie has already decided the Dukes' postseason fate.
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| 224. |
Evans Back For Devils 2009-12-17
HARRISONBURG - Dawn Evans is back. James Madison women's basketball coach Kenny Brooks said Wednesday that Evans, the No. 24 Dukes' star point guard and the nation's second-leading scorer, will play in Friday's game at No. 7 Duke.
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| 225. |
TA Rips STAB 2009-12-16
BRIDGEWATER - During her high school basketball career, Sarah Groseclose has developed a very effective post move.
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| 226. |
JMU Ranked 24th 2009-12-15
HARRISONBURG - Somewhere between 2 and 3 p.m. Monday, the James Madison women's basketball team's film session got interrupted by yelling, screaming and various shouts of
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| 227. |
Nikki Guides Dukes 2009-12-14
HARRISONBURG - Last week during practice, James Madison women's basketball coach Kenny Brooks had Nikki Newman take some reps at point guard.
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| 228. |
Gobblers Top RCHS 2009-12-12
BROADWAY - Mike Richardson has very long arms and fingers that match. How long?
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| 229. |
Eye On The Prize 2009-12-11
HARRISONBURG - Angela Mickens spent half of Thursday night's high school girls' basketball game between R.E. Lee and Harrisonburg playing with one eye.
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| 230. |
ODAC Stuck At Seven 2009-12-11
HARRISONBURG - Shenandoah University has decided not to accept the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's invitation to join the league as a football-only member.
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| 231. |
Ailing Evans Out 2009-12-09
HARRISONBURG - The James Madison women's basketball team will be without its star player Sunday against Siena and possibly on Dec. 18 at seventh-ranked Duke.
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| 232. |
Dukes Just Miss Top 25 2009-12-08
HARRISONBURG - Kenny Brooks already has a reputation as an ace recruiter. In eight seasons as the James Madison women's basketball coach, he's signed the top three scorers in JMU history, with current junior point guard Dawn Evans on pace to be No. 4.
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| 233. |
‘Just Too Much' 2009-12-07
CHARLOTTESVILLE - Dawn Evans' performance against the University of Virginia on Sunday could be described in many ways.
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| 234. |
Dukes Getting Tested 2009-12-05
HARRISONBURG - For Kenny Brooks, the Old Dominion women's basketball team is an example of the "worst-case scenario," when it comes to scheduling big-time opponents.
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| 235. |
Bullish Life 2009-12-04
STAUNTON - Jimmy Crosby doesn't always dress like a cowboy. He said only real cowboys and wannabes do that.
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| 236. |
TA Gets Real Stingy 2009-12-04
BROADWAY - The atmosphere inside Broadway High School's gymnasium Thursday night wasn't exactly championship caliber - especially for the second game of the Gobbler Invitational girls' basketball tournament.
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Bullish Life 2009-12-04
STAUNTON - Jimmy Crosby doesn't always dress like a cowboy. He said only real cowboys and wannabes do that.
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| 238. |
Big Wins Cheer CAA 2009-12-01
HARRISONBURG - After the William & Mary men's basketball team upset Wake Forest 78-68 in overtime Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C., Tony Shaver became a popular man.
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| 239. |
Early Exit For Holmes 2009-11-28
AMHERST - Stretched across one side of the Amherst County High School football stadium was a banner that warned Harrisonburg - Amherst's opponent in Friday's Region III, Division 4 final.
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| 240. |
Blazers Blown Out 2009-11-21
AMHERST - The Amherst County High School football team did everything and more to back its reputation as the Group AA power in Friday's Region III, Division 4 semifinal against underdog Spotswood.
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| 241. |
Evans To Rescue 2009-11-19
HARRISONBURG - Kenny Brooks, admittedly, knows it sounds like bad coaching, giving a player the green light to shoot from 4 feet or more behind the 3-point line. But when Dawn Evans sets up to take one of those mortar-like jumpers, the James Madison women's basketball coach has a feeling so good, he can live it.
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| 242. |
A New Option For Dukes 2009-11-18
HARRISONBURG - Tarik Hislop is a 5-foot-7, wide-grinned freshman on the James Madison women's basketball team. She is a versatile player, adept at both the point and shooting guard positions.
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| 243. |
SHS No. 2 In ‘AA' 2009-11-16
HARRISONBURG - The Spotswood High School boys' cross country team has celebrated each title it's won this season by carrying the trophy around at school the following Monday.
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| 244. |
Little Guy With Guts 2009-11-14
BRIDGEWATER - During the Bridgewater College football team's Oct. 24 win over Emory & Henry, Seth Little sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
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| 245. |
Dukes Sign Two 2009-11-13
HARRISONBURG - The James Madison women's basketball team signed its two recruits from the class of 2010 this week: Turner Ashby High School's Kirby Burkholder, who signed Thursday, and Hampton High's Debbie Smith, who said she signed Wednesday.
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Brit Key Coach At BC 2009-11-12
BRIDGEWATER - Stephon Healey lives in a nice townhouse in Bridgewater, only yards away from Turner Ashby High School.
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| 247. |
Knights' Magic Runs Out 2009-11-11
DALEVILLE - The Turner Ashby High School volleyball team had a small but devoted student section with it for Tuesday's Region III tournament quarterfinal game against Lord Botetourt.
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| 248. |
Ritchie, TA Advance 2009-11-10
BRIDGEWATER - Among the adjectives Turner Ashby High School volleyball coach Gina Troyer chose to describe Sara Ritchie were
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| 249. |
Battered BC Falls 2009-11-09
BRIDGEWATER - Early in the fourth quarter of Saturday's Old Dominion Athletic Conference football game between Randolph-Macon and Bridgewater College, Jacob Hutchinson came up with the Eagles' first blocked punt since Nov. 24, 2005.
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| 250. |
BC Battered, Bruised 2009-11-07
HARRISONBURG - The Bridgewater College football team is injured - so injured, coach Michael Clark said wouldn't even say how injured.
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| 251. |
TA Star Commits To JMU 2009-11-07
HARRISONBURG - For Kirby Burkholder, it was all about relieving stress. On Friday, the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball star verbally committed to play at Division I James Madison University in an effort to make her senior year at TA a little more relaxing.
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| 252. |
It's TA Versus SHS 2009-11-06
HARRISONBURG - There was a tinge of sarcasm in Grace Puffenbarger's voice as she explained the Turner Ashby High School volleyball team's style of play this season.
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| 253. |
Pads Replace The Cape 2009-11-05
BRIDGEWATER - Robert Blackwell's chicken costume cost about $80. He ordered it off the Internet. It's neon yellow and has rubber feet.
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| 254. |
Eagles Win An Odd Game 2009-11-02
LEXINGTON - On Saturday afternoon at Washington & Lee's elegantly renovated Wilson Field, the Bridgewater College football team beat W&L 35-34 in overtime.
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| 255. |
Sloppy W&L Awaits Eagles 2009-10-31
HARRISONBURG - The Washington & Lee football team is 3-5 overall and 2-2 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference - not an impressive record. It ranks 190th out of 235 Division III teams in turnover margin (minus-7) and leads the ODAC with 23 turnovers.
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| 256. |
Flames Burn Raiders 2009-10-30
HARRISONBURG - At various points during some Eastern Mennonite High School volleyball games, Flames coach Mary Hine will yell "It's a boy!" toward her setter - and daughter - Maggie.
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| 257. |
A Goal's A Goal: EMHS Advances 2009-10-30
HARRISONBURG - Parker Leap had a confession. It was hard to admit, but after Thursday's Virginia Independent Conference soccer tournament semifinal game against Holy Cross, Leap decided it was time.
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| 258. |
HHS's Turner Eating Right 2009-10-29
HARRISONBURG - Concerned about her son's high weight, Dawn Womack took him to a nutritionist when he was about 10 years old.
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| 259. |
Clark Claims 100th Victory 2009-10-26
EMORY - Drew Kirkner had a theory on why Bridgewater College coach Michael Clark elected to dive - fully clothed - into the deep end of the Emory & Henry College indoor pool following Saturday's Old Dominion Athletic Conference football game.
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| 260. |
Hall of Famer Jim Brown Inspires BC 2009-10-24
BRIDGEWATER - Peter Raeford called his mother. He had to tell her that he just met Jim Brown, the Cleveland Browns' Hall of Fame running back and one of history's greatest football players.
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| 261. |
Wasps' Stats Deceive 2009-10-24
HARRISONBURG - Emory & Henry - normally an Old Dominion Athletic Conference defensive power - is last in the league in total defense this season, allowing a fat 382.7 yards per game.
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| 262. |
BHS's Goal: Some Déjŕ vu 2009-10-23
HARRISONBURG - One of Brad Lutz's first - and best - memories as a member of the Broadway High School football program came nearly two years ago.
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| 263. |
SHS Seeks The R-Word 2009-10-21
PENN LAIRD - As a former student in the Harrisonburg High School school system, Terrance Rycroft has heard more than most about Friday's Massanutten District football game between one-loss HHS and undefeated Spotswood.
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| 264. |
Dukes Tabbed Second In Women's Hoops 2009-10-21
HARRISONBURG - While appropriately appreciative of his team's No. 2 slotting in the preseason Colonial Athletic Association's women's basketball coaches' poll, Kenny Brooks hoped it inspired something more than gratitude in his James Madison club.
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| 265. |
Bad Knee? No Problem 2009-10-19
BRIDGEWATER - David Argaud had one question for the doctor about what would happen if he played football with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
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| 266. |
Growing Pains For GC 2009-10-17
BRIDGEWATER - At this point in the season, the Bridgewater College football team could spend its time worrying about the other teams in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
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| 267. |
Eagles Soar Into D-III Poll 2009-10-16
BRIDGEWATER - The Bridgewater College golf team is ranked No. 22 in the Division III coaches' poll, joining Guilford as the only other nationally ranked Old Dominion Athletic Conference squad.
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| 268. |
One Tough Gobbler 2009-10-15
BROADWAY - Joel Phillips once stared down a buffalo in Yellowstone National Park. Phillips was about 10 years old and camping with his family in the 3,472-square mile preserve. Everyone else had left the tent by the time Phillips woke up and poked out his head. He took one step and saw an American bison staring at him from only a few inches away.
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| 269. |
Failes' Move Comes Too Late 2009-10-14
HARRISONBURG - Almost everything was better for Robbie Failes during the second and final day of the Group AA golf tournament in Williamsburg.
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| 270. |
A Face Stands Out 2009-10-14
HARRISONBURG - In an average week during the fall, Sports Illustrated gets between 50 and 75 nominations for its
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| 271. |
Failes Probably Too Far Back 2009-10-13
HARRISONBURG - Robbie Failes dealt with a lot of issues during the first day of the Group AA golf tournament Monday in Williamsburg.
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| 272. |
Teddy Bears At Heart? 2009-10-09
HARRISONBURG - Landon Turner, a 6-foot-5, 305-pound left tackle at Harrisonburg High School, has intimidating moments. There just aren't many of them, because, other than his enormity, he's not that intimidating.
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| 273. |
Hagan Keeps Job 2009-10-07
HARRISONBURG - Three days removed from a 19-0 loss to Hampden-Sydney, Bridgewater College football coach Michael Clark took responsibility for the Eagles' offensive struggles in their Old Dominion Athletic Conference opener.
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| 274. |
BC Predictable? 2009-10-05
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY - Bill Doody, an imposing 6-foot-3, 215-pound Hampden-Sydney free safety, had a surprising explanation for how the Tigers stopped Bridgewater College's offense Saturday.
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| 275. |
Left Or Right, Kid's An Ace 2009-10-02
HARRISONBURG - Robbie Failes was just messing around, but - not surprisingly - he did so with a certain kind of perfection.
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| 276. |
Eagles Lining Up For Tigers 2009-10-01
BRIDGEWATER - After the Bridgewater College football team's 32-29 non-conference win over Lycoming last Saturday, the BC players kept deferring all credit to the offensive and defensive lines.
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| 277. |
Fresh Face Sizzles 2009-09-29
NEW MARKET - On the 17th hole of the Massanutten District golf tournament Monday at Shenvalee, Robbie Failes had a choice.
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| 278. |
BC Overcomes Five Turnovers 2009-09-28
BRIDGEWATER - Lycoming football coach Mike Clark was very clear about why Bridgewater College beat the Warriors 32-29 on a wet and gloomy Saturday afternoon at Jopson Field.
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| 279. |
Blazers Look Like Favorite In ‘Mass' 2009-09-28
HARRISONBURG - Bryant Shuler doesn't have the cleanest golf game. Yeah, he aims when he tees off, but it's not like that's a guarantee. His drives could end up in the fairway - but most of time, they crash land into some unforgiving or overgrown corner of the golf course, forcing the Spotswood High School senior to scramble for par.
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| 280. |
BC Looks To Atone Against Lycoming 2009-09-26
BRIDGEWATER - Studying film is an important part of preparing for a football game. But in getting ready for today's 1 p.m. game against Bridgewater at Jopson Field, Lycoming coach Mike Clark thought his squad could do without it.
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| 281. |
Top Priority: Real Life 2009-09-24
HARRISONBURG - At age 21, Kelsey Cutchins has her life in order. She is organized, and she's focused. Her room is tidy. Her class notes are arranged with color-coded tabs and syllabuses inside her powder blue binder.
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| 282. |
TA Still The One 2009-09-23
BRIDGEWATER - At first, Marta Troyer and Katie Thompson just looked at each other, tacitly conferring.
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| 283. |
Big Errors Doom BC 2009-09-21
FERRUM - "We played like trash pretty much." Those were Seth Little's thoughts on the Bridgewater College football team's performance in a 37-34 overtime loss to Ferrum on Saturday.
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| 284. |
Eagles Lose To Ferrum In OT 2009-09-19
FERRUM -
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| 285. |
Ferrum Eager To Go 2009-09-19
BRIDGEWATER - While talking about today's 1 p.m. football game against visiting Bridgewater College, Ferrum coach Dave Davis was blunt when asked how practice had gone the past two weeks, which included a bye.
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| 286. |
SHS Hurdles Waynesboro 2009-09-19
PENN LAIRD - Nick Wimer had never tried to hurdle a defender during a football game - and it's not like he hasn't thought about it. But for the Spotswood High School running back, it's one of those risk/reward things.
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| 287. |
New Tony: BC's Konate No Longer A ‘Sightseer' 2009-09-18
BRIDGEWATER - To fully explain the difference in Tony Konate's play at cornerback this season, Peter Raeford stood up from the desk in his cramped office and put on an exhibition.
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| 288. |
BHS Offers Salute 2009-09-17
HARRISONBURG - Brad Lutz has always respected and admired military values. Now, the first-year Broadway High School football coach is trying to instill them in his team by dedicating each game this season to a soldier killed in combat.
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| 289. |
Bigger, Better, Backer 2009-09-17
PENN LAIRD - It seems like Andrew Palmer could talk about anything and explain every intricacy with passion.
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| 290. |
Argaud Out For Season 2009-09-16
HARRISONBURG - David Argaud's football career at Bridgewater College is over. BC coach Michael Clark said Tuesday that the fifth-year senior tailback has torn the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his left knee.
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| 291. |
Tate's 192 Boosts Eagles 2009-09-14
WINCHESTER - Thomas "Teley" Tate knew what would happen if he didn't score: The coaches would put in another running back on the next play, and he'd have to watch someone else cherry pick his touchdown.
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| 292. |
Shenandoah Barometer For Eagles 2009-09-12
BRIDGEWATER - The Bridgewater College football team is coming off a marginally impressive season-opening win against Averett last Saturday.
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| 293. |
Phillips Lifts BHS 2009-09-12
FORT DEFIANCE - Joel Phillips is listed on Broadway High School's football roster at 5-foot-10 and 171 pounds.
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| 294. |
Girls Getting Kicks 2009-09-11
HARRISONBURG - Eric Phillips can remember seasons when the Spotswood High School football team didn't have a kicker, eliminating the potential for an extra point and forcing the lower-percentage 2-point conversion try after every touchdown.
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| 295. |
SHS Wants More 2009-09-09
PENN LAIRD - Throughout Alexa Benson's career on the Spotswood High School volleyball team, the Trailblazers have been among the area's best teams.
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| 296. |
BC Wins Opener 2009-09-06
BRIDGEWATER - The Bridgewater College football team had a lot of good moments in their 44-34 season-opening win over Averett.
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| 297. |
Wimer Scores Five TDs 2009-09-05
PENN LAIRD - At halftime of Spotswood High School's non-district football game against William Monroe on Friday, Nick Wimer stood on the SHS sideline with five touchdowns - one shy of breaking the Trailblazers' school record for TDs scored in a game by a single player.
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| 298. |
Eagles Begin Quest For Renewal 2009-09-05
HARRISONBURG - Bridgewater College was picked third in this year's Old Dominion Athletic Conference preseason coaches' football poll, even though the Eagles finished just 4-6 in 2008.
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| 299. |
Chad's Chase 2009-09-04
PENN LAIRD - Chad Williams looks like an elite high school quarterback. He's got everything, from the appearance (punctuated by two game-night smears of eye-black across his cheeks), to the arm, to the mechanics - all of which he spent an offseason refining in his unceasing quest for football perfection.
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| 300. |
Sports Talk In The Valley 2009-09-03
HARRISONBURG - Scott Lowe has always wanted to do radio. Growing up in Blacksburg and Roanoke, he had a Mattel talking football, which played recordings of legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg, who Lowe imitated along with Vin Scully and Curt Gowdy.
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| 301. |
No, Not Just Cavs 2009-09-02
HARRISONBURG - For nearly 20 years, Mac McDonald was the radio voice of University of Virginia sports. He broadcast the Cavaliers' first bowl game in 1984.
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| 302. |
A ‘Calmer' Driskell 2009-09-01
BRIDGEWATER - Bridgewater College's Hagan Driskell resembles a big child more than a college football player.
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| 303. |
BC Picks QB 2009-08-31
HARRISONBURG - Bridgewater College has picked its quarterback - and it's the same guy who played most of last season.
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| 304. |
Who's The QB? BC Goes Down To The Wire 2009-08-29
BRIDGEWATER - Michael Clark isn't asking for the second coming of Jason Lutz, the quarterback who led Bridgewater College to the Division III national-championship game in 2001.
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| 305. |
EMHS: No Small Goal 2009-08-28
HARRISONBURG - Matt Blauch has a rectangular glass frame on his bedroom wall. It cost about $300 and showcases a replica of his blue, No. 6 road jersey from 2007, when the Eastern Mennonite High School boys' soccer team won its first-ever state championship.
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| 306. |
A Little Motivation For Tate 2009-08-27
BRIDGEWATER - Tayla Tate is 4 years old and very persuasive - and if not for her, Thomas "Teley" Tate might not be playing college football.
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| 307. |
HHS's Bourne Heats Up 2009-08-25
HARRISONBURG - After completing a rough fifth hole at Heritage Oaks Golf Course on Monday, two players had the following exchange.
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| 308. |
Fort Defiance: Fort Looks For Quickness 2009-08-24
HARRISONBURG - Dan Rolfe would like his football players at Fort Defiance to have a little more foot speed. But the Indians' first-year coach also is realistic. He knows that speed isn't the most coachable of traits - but he's trying to get around that.
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| 309. |
Eagles Lose Safety 2009-08-22
BRIDGEWATER - A week after the Bridgewater College football team got one of its top defenders back, the Eagles lost him again.
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| 310. |
Stonewall Jackson: Generals' Offense Taking To The Air? 2009-08-21
Throwing seven passes in a 36-minute high school football game doesn't sound like a lot. And that's because it's not.
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| 311. |
BC's Goal: No Flinches 2009-08-20
BRIDGEWATER - Seth Little has an impassive face, a monotone voice and a long stare that kind of makes you nervous. So when the Bridgewater College safety's voice gains inflection, or his facial features contort out of that unnerving stare, he's probably talking about something important.
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| 312. |
TA's Plan: Get Tricky 2009-08-19
BRIDGEWATER - Leah Withers stood before a semicircle of her Turner Ashby High School teammates Tuesday and juggled three volleyballs. Then, the junior setter/outside hitter topped that feat by juggling one volleyball and two non-matching flip-flops to show she could handle objects of varying weights.
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| 313. |
New Life For BC's Poster Boy 2009-08-18
HARRISONBURG - Three months ago, Jermaine Taylor took up golf. He's still not very good (in a recent round, he was 18-over par on the front nine), but he's into it. He's already bought his own set of clubs and plays frequently, mostly with co-workers at Raymond James, where he works in information technology in Tampa, Fla.
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| 314. |
Tamera Flexes ‘D' 2009-08-18
HARRISONBURG - Throughout Tamera Young's basketball career at James Madison, she was unequivocally a scorer.
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| 315. |
Goal: Avoid The Curse 2009-08-17
BRIDGEWATER - Occasionally, during football practices or games, foul words are uttered - someone makes a mistake, talks some smack, celebrates. Often, it's a good thing grandma isn't on the field.
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| 316. |
Who's Sending Tweets 2009-08-08
HARRISONBURG - The James Madison football team has a Twitter account - sort of. Just don't ask coach Mickey Matthews about it.
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| 317. |
ODAC Poll: BC 3rd 2009-08-08
HARRISONBURG - Coaches never put much stock in preseason rankings. Michael Clark views them as a nice compliment but moves on quickly, never forgetting that they have nothing to do with regular-season results.
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| 318. |
Girl Hangs With Boys 2009-08-07
HARRISONBURG - At practice before every match, Shelby Estes takes food orders from the Turner Ashby High School golf team. Last year, "oatmeal scotchies"- chocolate chip cookie dough baked with butterscotch chips and oatmeal - were the consensus favorite.
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| 319. |
Turks' Wease Still Eager 2009-08-06
HARRISONBURG - Bob Wease's office at his used-car dealership on South Main Street is a box-shaped room decorated with baseball paraphernalia, six framed pictures of vintage Corvettes and a print of an etching of Ronald Reagan in a cowboy hat.
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| 320. |
Brooks Gets Cavaliers 2009-08-01
HARRISONBURG - It pays to be persistent. James Madison women's basketball coach Kenny Brooks said Friday that the Dukes' 2009-2010 non-conference schedule had been finalized, and thanks to a little pestering, it will include the University of Virginia for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
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| 321. |
Turks Remain In Hunt 2009-07-30
HARRISONBURG - Long Field had its official send-off in the middle of May, when the James Madison University baseball team closed out the antiquated 1,200-seat stadium's 35-year existence with a victory over George Mason.
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| 322. |
BC To Stream Games 2009-07-29
HARRISONBURG - The world is halfway through its ninth year in the 21st century. In a sense, the Bridgewater College athletic program is about to enter its first.
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| 323. |
A (Pretty) Technical Place 2009-07-28
HARRISONBURG - Kaylee Schwobe was in the middle of a morning run. It wasn't anywhere especially exotic, just the suburban neighborhoods around Eastern Mennonite University.
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| 324. |
All Jacked Up 2009-07-27
HARRISONBURG - Jack Haines won all five of the events he competed in at Saturday's Valley Swim League championship. Now, the 6-foot, 150-pounder from Harrisonburg will explain how.
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| 325. |
Chance To Play On 2009-07-25
HARRISONBURG - Kaitlyn Bowman has always wanted to play second base. Since middle school, she has been stuffed in right field, and the closest she got to her infield dream was during softball practice at Bridgewater College. But even that wasn't great.
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| 326. |
The Kids Do It 2009-07-24
LURAY - A town accustomed to winning championships now has two more to add to its collection.
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| 327. |
Rebs Have Their Own Agent Zero 2009-07-24
NEW MARKET - Steve Owens has many stories about Brian Burgess - most of which have nothing to do with baseball. The best one isn't printable nor is it about baseball.
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| 328. |
The Funk Fades 2009-07-21
HARRISONBURG - The reason for James Lucas' recently cured pitching funk is almost as mysterious as his interest in aerospace engineering.
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| 329. |
Heading To Title 2009-07-20
HARRISONBURG - Overall, Kyle Bourne's golf game is pretty solid. The Harrisonburg High School senior has one of the longest drives in the Massanutten District, he's exceptional with his irons and he can be a good putter.
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| 330. |
Bucks Dump D-Backs, 4-2 2009-07-20
STUARTS DRAFT - James Lucas couldn't point to one thing that didn't work the last time he pitched at Stuarts Draft. That's because there wasn't just one thing.
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| 331. |
A Cat, A Dryer, A Big Heart 2009-07-17
GROTTOES - Last year during Grottoes' District 3 Senior League baseball championship game, Ricky Mercer noticed that something about Chris Huffman wasn't quite right.
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| 332. |
11+53 = Good 2009-07-16
BRIDGEWATER - Sydney Sheffer noticed something about opposing players during the 9- and 10-year-old's District 3 softball tournament, which her Bridgewater team won by outscoring Woodstock-Edinburg 35-2 in two games.
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| 333. |
Magic Bat? Elkton Wins 2009-07-14
GROTTOES - In a dugout lined with aluminum bats worth multiple hundreds of dollars, Andrew Lam's bat - at first glance - seems like it would be the class of the collection.
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| 334. |
Turk Stars For South 2009-07-13
WOODSTOCK - Bobby Brown's time is running out. Much of the Harrisonburg Turks' season is gone, and he still hasn't done what he came to the Valley League to do.
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| 335. |
Cook Leans On His Left 2009-07-11
HARRISONBURG - It is well-known that left-handed pitchers are treasured in baseball. Jacob Cook knew this, as he is left-handed.
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| 336. |
Follow The Tweeter? 2009-07-10
HARRISONBURG - Matt Brady said he is a "reluctant user" of new technologies. He doesn't take a laptop on road trips, only checks e-mail in his office and probably is one of the last living champions of the hand-written letter.
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| 337. |
ODAC Awaits SU 2009-07-09
HARRISONBURG - Shenandoah University has pined to be a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference for years. Now, that might be about to happen, albeit only in football.
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| 338. |
BC No. 16? 2009-07-07
BRIDGEWATER - T.J. Montague is in the process of getting matching star tattoos on each of his elbows. He got the left one - thin and black - inked Thursday, and the Bridgewater College linebacker plans to get the right one done next week.
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| 339. |
Teens' Tally Now 56-0 2009-07-06
HARRISONBURG - Last Thursday, the Grottoes Senior League all-star team beat Mount Jackson 41-0 in a five-inning District 3 tournament game shortened by the slaughter rule. The 15- and 16-year-olds scored 23 runs in the first inning and collected 22 hits overall.
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| 340. |
Turks Lack Punch 2009-07-03
HARRISONBURG - Bobby Brown was surprised to hear the statistic.
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| 341. |
Do-It-All Aven 2009-07-02
HARRISONBURG - Turner Ashby High School's Aven Thomas has a simple, time-tested philosophy on how to succeed in softball, one she put to good use during her recently completed senior season.
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| 342. |
EMU Adds Big Class 2009-07-01
HARRISONBURG - On paper, Kirby Dean got what he wanted in his seven-man recruiting class: Every player is at least 6-foot-3 - crucial on a team with rebounding problems - and Dean said all of them can run the floor.
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| 343. |
Taylor Back At BC 2009-06-30
HARRISONBURG - Originally, Ben Taylor waffled on returning for a second season as the Bridgewater College football team's linebackers coach.
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| 344. |
Youth Wins Out In End 2009-06-29
HARRISONBURG - Jeffrey Tang's 3-year-old daughter, Norah, put her tiny hands on her father's neon orange shirt and asked a question.
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| 345. |
Wray Shines On 2009-06-27
HARRISONBURG - Wray Sherman's given name is Harvey Wray Sherman IV. He, like the three Harvey Shermans before him, goes by Wray. He said he isn't a fan of the name Harvey and it's easier than going through the process of having it legally changed.
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| 346. |
Three For Bailey 2009-06-26
HARRISONBURG - By the end of Annie Bailey and Katy Bergey's 2 hour-, 23-minute tennis match, a sizeable clump of people had gathered outside Court 5 at Harrisonburg High School.
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| 347. |
Bailey, Bergey Win 2009-06-25
HARRISONBURG - Annie Bailey traces her interest in engineering back to an experience she had at 5 years old.
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| 348. |
Almost by Default 2009-06-23
HARRISONBURG - The match was about what Martin Donaire expected. Well, not all the double faults, but the part about Jeffrey Tang being really good and the No. 1 seed in the Daily News-Record tennis tournament.
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| 349. |
Taste Of Tang Today 2009-06-22
HARRISONBURG - Martin Donaire made a quality effort at optimism. The words didn't sound forced, and Donaire delivered them with an easy-going elocution - as if what he was being optimistic about wasn't even a little bit of a bummer.
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| 350. |
Deputy Dark Horse? 2009-06-20
HARRISONBURG - Glenn Deputy hasn't played in the men's open singles bracket of the Daily News-Record tennis tournament in a few years. He couldn't remember how many exactly, but he guessed it's been since about 2005.
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| 351. |
Ex-BC Star Pays Dues 2009-06-19
HARRISONBURG - Mike Ruckman Jr. likened professional golf to gambling. There aren't any bookies or guys from Jersey who can make it look like an accident, but there is the expenditure of large sums of money without a guarantee it's coming back.
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| 352. |
Big Finish For ‘Mass' 2009-06-17
HARRISONBURG - There are obvious benefits to playing bigger games later in a football season. It gives a team time to develop, mesh, learn and discover its style.
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| 353. |
Hall Back At Tech 2009-06-16
HARRISONBURG - Reading Scot Thomas' end-of-the-season blog entry is kind of depressing. The Virginia Tech softball coach tried to be positive, but he couldn't disguise an underlying mood of what-could-have-been.
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| 354. |
BBC Checks Out VBL 2009-06-12
HARRISONBURG - Jim Shipp has a routine for road games. He drives his gray 2004 Ford Ranger to wherever his Winchester Royals are playing that particular day.
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| 355. |
Dukes Get ACC Transfer 2009-06-11
HARRISONBURG - Kenny Brooks said it had been a quiet offseason since the James Madison women's basketball team ended its season with a loss to Richmond in the second round of the WNIT.
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| 356. |
Eden's Single Lifts Turks 2009-06-11
HARRISONBURG - Ryan Eden took some time to ponder the biggest moments from Wednesday's Valley League baseball game between Luray and Harrisonburg at Long Field.
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| 357. |
Golfer's Slump Over 2009-06-10
HARRISONBURG - Bret Harrison claimed he had been playing really bad golf. Over the past few weeks, the Harrisonburg resident claimed that nothing worked all that well - putting, driving, chipping. Name it, and it was likely broken.
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| 358. |
It's TA, But Barely 2009-06-09
HARRISONBURG - After an hour of mega-geek calculations involving e-mails and faxes from two athletic directors, multiple printouts, four colors of highlighter, a desktop computer, a stapler and, of course, math, here's a news flash.
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| 359. |
Generals: Offense ‘R' Us 2009-06-04
QUICKSBURG - Armando Moreno Paniagua has scored 33 goals in 22 games this season - an average of 1.5 an outing. Not surprisingly, his teammates on the Stonewall Jackson High School boys' soccer team said he can score from pretty much anywhere on the field.
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| 360. |
‘Nervous' TA Erased 2009-06-03
BRIDGEWATER - Whenever Kaitlyn Culler looked at her catcher to get the signal for what pitch to throw, it took her a few extra seconds.
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| 361. |
New Test For TA 2009-06-02
BRIDGEWATER - So far, no one has produced hard evidence of Kaitlyn Culler's changeup, but from all reports, it's not bad. Actually, it sounds better than not bad.
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| 362. |
Offense AWOL 2009-06-01
BROADWAY - The Region III boys' soccer runner-up trophy came with a special feature: moving parts. The chalice with a soccer player on top rotated on its wooden base, making it kind of an "action trophy."
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| 363. |
TA Claims Region Crown 2009-05-30
TROUTVILLE - Aven Thomas refused to admit she was tired. Totally ignoring the 11 1/3 innings she pitched in two playoff softball games Friday night (the Region III semifinals and finals), the Turner Ashby High School right-hander said fatigue wasn't an issue when she came out of the final against Brookville after a 4 1/3 innings with runners on second and third and one out - the Knights holding a three-run lead.
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| 364. |
HHS Falls In Semis 2009-05-29
AMHERST - Sally Kardos stood off to the side of the Amherst County High School football field and described the Harrisonburg High School girls' soccer team's best opportunity to score Thursday.
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| 365. |
Good X-Ray Helps Net Good Win 2009-05-28
BRIDGEWATER - Before this week, Morgan Eye had undergone five X-rays on her right fibula since March 23. The first one showed a spiral fracture in the slender bone behind her shin.
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| 366. |
A Gigantic Score For Blazers 2009-05-26
PENN LAIRD - Molly Smith is remarkably accurate with a softball bat. In her first three at-bats Monday against Waynesboro High School in the opening round of the Region III softball tournament, Smith hit three doubles - all of which landed at the same spot: off the fence, slightly to the left of straight-away center field.
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| 367. |
‘Navy' Cruises 2009-05-23
BROADWAY - When asked why he nicknamed the Harrisonburg High School girls' 4x800-meter relay team the "Lady Navy," David Loughran didn't have an explanation. The Blue Streaks' coach just laughed and threw up his arms to make the international sign for, "I have absolutely no idea."
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| 368. |
HHS Wins Easily 2009-05-22
BRIDGEWATER - Amy Cerelli considered keeping Maria Adamson on the junior varsity this season. Despite being a sophomore, Adamson never had played high school soccer.
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| 369. |
Baker Picks Eagles 2009-05-21
HARRISONBURG - Heather Baker said it was a family decision, and for the Bridgewater College softball team, it means another local player will be suiting up for the Division III Eagles next season.
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| 370. |
TA Stays On Top 2009-05-21
HARRISONBURG - In an apparent effort to keep future opponents ignorant of what made Aven Thomas an effective pitcher on Wednesday, no one affiliated with the Turner Ashby High School softball team would divulge any specifics.
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| 371. |
Blazers Beat BHS 2009-05-19
HARRISONBURG - Becky Cantrell stood outside Harrisonburg High School's softball field and examined her team's scorebook in the fading daylight, briefly reliving all four of the Gobblers' errors Monday in the second semifinal of the Massanutten District softball tournament.
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| 372. |
Not Satisfied 2009-05-19
HARRISONBURG -Turner Ashby had just beaten Harrisonburg High School 5-0 in the Massanutten District softball semifinals Monday, securing a chance to repeat as tournament champions.
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| 373. |
Can TA Be Beaten? Maybe 2009-05-18
HARRISONBURG - Some time last week, the Turner Ashby High School softball team's silver Dell Inspiron 1501 computer died. Well, the part of it that kept the 2009 statistics died.
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| 374. |
Sloppy TA Wins 2009-05-16
PENN LAIRD - Tyler Bocock doesn't appear to have a lot power. He's so skinny, he almost disappears inside his Turner Ashby High School baseball uniform, and if not for its many folds and billows, it's possible he'd go invisible if he turned sideways.
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| 375. |
Will Lutz Seal It At BHS? 2009-05-14
BROADWAY - When Brad Lutz was an assistant football coach at Varina High School in Richmond, the Group AAA Blue Devils did a Navy SEAL training program early in the morning before the first three days of practice.
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| 376. |
BHS's Donaire Stays Unbeaten 2009-05-13
PENN LAIRD - Martin Donaire said there is absolutely no correlation between actual tennis and the virtual version he plays on Nintendo Wii.
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| 377. |
Lutz Gets It 2009-05-13
HARRISONBURG - Brad Lutz applied for the vacant Broadway High School head football coaching job because he wants to continue the Gobblers' climb toward "a respectful level.'' Now, the Richmond native will get his chance.
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| 378. |
Lutz Named Broadway's New Football Coach 2009-05-12
HARRISONBURG - Brad Lutz is Broadway High School's new football coach.
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| 379. |
The Queen Of Swat 2009-05-12
BRIDGEWATER - Ansley Crull has a lot of stuff to remember when she's hitting. Mostly, it's just the usual hints, tips and critiques common for anyone trying to hit a softball.
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| 380. |
Flair In the Valley 2009-05-11
HARRISONBURG - Steve Duck stood at the front of a line nearly 300 people long that wrapped around three fourths of Schewels 35,000-square foot furniture store Saturday afternoon.
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| 381. |
Knights Clinch ‘Mass' 2009-05-09
PENN LAIRD - Ansley Crull didn't remember what came in the yellow Pacific Sunwear bag she keeps tucked in the corner of her bedroom. Despite its meager beginnings transporting some forgotten clothing item or accessory, the yellow Pac Sun bag has come to hold an exalted position in Crull's life.
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| 382. |
A Cooler Eagle 2009-05-09
HARRISONBURG - Tyler Hodges really wanted to argue. Michael Lenox had just hit a ball to center field, and Hodges was convinced Washington & Lee's player trapped it and did not catch it.
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| 383. |
Grace When It Counts 2009-05-07
PENN LAIRD - Without seeing her play softball, Brooke Hensley would be a hard sell as one of the best all-around shortstops in the Shenandoah Valley.
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| 384. |
Instincts Working Well 2009-05-05
BRIDGEWATER - Soccer is Jeremy Cortes' thing. He grew up playing the sport with his cousins, uncles and father, who emigrated from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1978.
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| 385. |
Strickler Masters Her Points 2009-05-04
HARRISONBURG - When her five-year career at Eastern Mennonite High School is over this spring, Vaughn Strickler doesn't plan to pursue soccer - and it's not that she couldn't.
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| 386. |
No Frills, Just Wins 2009-05-02
PENN LAIRD - Holly Dean isn't fancy. Well, she wears a pair of cyclist-style sunglasses that are pretty sharp, but when it comes to pitching, there's nothing too gimmicky or over the top.
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| 387. |
HHS Blanks TA, 3-0 2009-05-01
HARRISONBURG - Kelsey Messerley stood nearly drenched and slightly shaking. She had already changed her shirt, but it didn't appear to help.
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| 388. |
Flip Jets Up 2009-05-01
HARRISONBURG - John DeFilippo, a newly minted New York Jets assistant coach, has a simple explanation for his success.
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| 389. |
A Year For The Books 2009-04-30
HARRISONBURG - Mandy Kauffman is an unabashed scrapbooker. Despite her relative newness to the hobby, the 17-year-old Kauffman has excelled, perhaps to near-prodigy status - if there are scrapbooking prodigies.
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| 390. |
BHS Blows Out Draft 2009-04-29
BROADWAY - Heather Bagwell talks to her herself, but not in an "I'm-wearing-a-sandwich-board-in-Times-Square" kind of way.
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| 391. |
More Than ‘Mirror Muscle' 2009-04-28
BRIDGEWATER - Offseason priority No. 1 for the Bridgewater College football team was very basic: fitness.
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| 392. |
Craving Pressure 2009-04-24
HARRISONBURG - Jordan Burns' mother recently suffered an injury to the face. It happened when Jordan's 13-year-old brother accidentally whacked his mother in the mouth with a Nerf gun.
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| 393. |
Lutz Wants BHS Job 2009-04-23
HARRISONBURG - When Brad Lutz graduated from the University of Virginia's College at Wise in 2000, he had an art degree and planned on pursuing a career in graphic design.
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| 394. |
Scary Cortes Boosts TA, 1-0 2009-04-22
FORT DEFIANCE - In the waning minutes of the first half of Tuesday's boys' soccer game between Turner Ashby and Fort Defiance High School, a woman's voice shot out from the bleachers.
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| 395. |
Rookie Keeps EMU In Tune 2009-04-21
HARRISONBURG - Samfee Doe still remembers the first time she saw Michael Allen. It was in late summer, around the first week of classes at Eastern Mennonite University.
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| 396. |
Thomas Bumps Off Blazers 2009-04-18
BRIDGEWATER - Aven Thomas stood outside the concession stand at Turner Ashby High School's softball field, holding out her left foot as if it were the featured exhibit at a podiatrists' convention.
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| 397. |
Wade Stifles Draft 2009-04-17
PENN LAIRD - Zach Wade is polite and affable. He has a firm handshake, good posture and makes eye contact when speaking to people. Ask him a question and his answers generally start with
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| 398. |
Fort Beats HHS Twice 2009-04-15
HARRISONBURG - As Jay Hook groomed the pitching mound between Game 1 and Game 2 of a non-district doubleheader against Fort Defiance High School on Tuesday, the Harrisonburg baseball coach summed up what went wrong for the Blue Streaks in Game 1.
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| 399. |
This One's A Keeper 2009-04-14
BRIDGEWATER - Before last Thursday, Emily Hulse's goalkeeping career included one half of one game. It happened three years ago when she was an eighth-grader on Turner Ashby High School's junior varsity girls' soccer team.
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| 400. |
BC: It's All About The Feet 2009-04-13
HARRISONBURG - Elusive quarterbacks were a problem for the Bridgewater College football team last season. Or, more precisely, a lack of elusive quarterbacks.
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| 401. |
A Cut Above 2009-04-11
HARRISONBURG - After polling area high school girls' basketball coaches (and even a few college ones), there wasn't a runaway pick for the 2009 Daily News-Record All-Area Player of the Year.
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| 402. |
Kristi Goes No. 3 2009-04-10
HARRISONBURG - The night before the 2006 NCAA women's basketball championship game, Steven Key met Kristi Toliver, the University of Maryland's freshman point guard who would lead the Terrapins to their first national title.
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| 403. |
Toliver Taken Third By Chicago Sky 2009-04-09
Kristi Toliver is now a pro.
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| 404. |
BHS Coach Gone 2009-04-09
HARRISONBURG - It's finally official. Frank Sorrells said Wednesday that he is leaving Broadway in June to become the football coach at Bay High School in Panama City, Fla., returning to the state where he won a championship in 1988.
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| 405. |
Sorrells Officially Leaving Broadway 2009-04-08
It's finally official. Frank Sorrells is leaving Broadway High School to be the head football coach at a Panama City, Fla., school.
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| 406. |
Sorrells, BHS Chat 2009-04-08
HARRISONBURG - If it's up to Bay High School, Frank Sorrells will be its next head football coach.
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| 407. |
VIS Honors Bergey 2009-04-06
HARRISONBURG - Katy Bergey didn't like her odds. Good thing she didn't get a vote.
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| 408. |
Sorrells May Bolt Broadway 2009-04-06
HARRISONBURG - Frank Sorrells' stint at Broadway High School likely will be a short one.
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| 409. |
Broadway's Hottinger Commits To BC 2009-04-04
HARRISONBURG - Katie Hottinger's deciding factor on her college choice? She went where she felt most wanted.
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| 410. |
VIS Honors Bergey 2009-04-04
HARRISONBURG - Katy Bergey didn't like her odds. Good thing she didn't get a vote.
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| 411. |
Trio Of Bombs Boost TA, 13-5 2009-04-04
BRIDGEWATER - In an effort to explain the magnitude of what she, Gaby Brown and Brittany May just accomplished, Kacey Miller opted for a bowling analogy.
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| 412. |
Nikki, Kirby Named All-AA 2009-04-03
HARRISONBURG - Nikki Newman forgot all-state girls' basketball teams existed - until her coach reminded her with a text message that she was on one.
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| 413. |
Unfinished Business 2009-04-03
PENN LAIRD - Dorrie Matthews spent two seasons running indoor track. Before this year, she had never run outdoor, choosing to play soccer in the spring instead.
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| 414. |
TA's Bats Quiet In Win Over SD 2009-04-01
BRIDGEWATER - In its first three games, the Turner Ashby High School softball team had outscored its opponents 51-0.
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| 415. |
Freshman Fuels Fort To 6-5 Win 2009-03-31
PENN LAIRD - Nicole Heinrich needed a moment to count her game-winning hits, and after a couple of seconds, the Fort Defiance High School third baseman came up with a ballpark figure.
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| 416. |
East Hardy's Look Commits To Bridgewater 2009-03-30
BRIDGEWATER - East Hardy High School star Molly Look won't be moving far to play college basketball - the senior point guard has committed to Division III Bridgewater College.
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| 417. |
Don't Ask TA's Thomas To Flip 2009-03-30
BRIDGEWATER - Aven Thomas can do a back flip. She learned during her sophomore year at Turner Ashby High School as a member of the competition cheerleading team. It's not a standing back flip, though. It comes after a running start and a round-off.
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| 418. |
TA's Long Leads Charge In 26-0 Win 2009-03-28
BRIDGEWATER - The Turner Ashby softball team rejoiced when presented with the opportunity to discuss Allie Long.
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| 419. |
19-1 Eagles Eye ODAC Title 2009-03-27
BRIDGEWATER - Kaitlyn Bowman called it the "worst feeling." She was a freshman at Bridgewater College, awake with the rest of Eagles' softball team at 3 a.m. and awaiting a telephone call from their coach.
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| 420. |
May's Missile Boosts Knights 2009-03-26
FORT DEFIANCE - Brittany May was supposed to bunt. She even squared around once and missed.
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| 421. |
Tough Love At Broadway 2009-03-25
BROADWAY - The Broadway High School softball team had just beaten Rockbridge County 19-8, and minutes after the slaughter-rule victory, the Gobblers were scaling the steep, grassy hill behind the field.
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| 422. |
Big GPA, Big Bat 2009-03-24
HARRISONBURG - Jordan Shank has a 4.24 grade-point average, garnered an SAT score that topped 1300 and wants to major in finance or accounting at the University of Virginia.
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| 423. |
Blazers Building On The Basics 2009-03-20
PENN LAIRD - The season hadn't even started when the Spotswood High School softball team had a major problem.
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| 424. |
American, JMU Get Second Chances 2009-03-20
HARRISONBURG - Pam Stanfield wasn't feeling very good. The American University women's basketball team had just lost to Lafayette, 58-56, in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League, killing the Eagles' hopes of an NCAA tournament bid one season after making their first postseason appearance since 1998.
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| 425. |
Bonner Liking Zags Again 2009-03-19
HARRISONBURG - Dan Bonner makes no guarantees about his prognostications. The Staunton resident and CBS-TV men's basketball analyst compared himself to a weatherman: He makes educated guesses and hopes the world aligns in a favorable way.
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| 426. |
Loudoun County Breezes Past Knights, 63-47 2009-03-16
RICHMOND - The effort seemed futile. Nothing worked for the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team. Not point-blank layups. Not wide-open 3-pointers. The Knights couldn't rebound, pass, catch or really even the get basketball up the court.
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| 427. |
TA Girls Crushed In State Title Game 2009-03-15
RICHMOND - The effort seemed futile.
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| 428. |
Fun And Gun? 2009-03-14
BRIDGEWATER - Kevin Reed is showman. He knows what the people want, and like any good master of ceremonies, the girls' basketball coach at Leesburg's Loudoun County High School feels obligated to provide entertainment. For Reed, that means run-and-gun offense.
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| 429. |
Player's Letter Helped Spark Knights' Playoff Run 2009-03-13
BRIDGEWATER - Picking out a turning point in a one-loss season is difficult. Rummaging through the 10-, 20- and 30-point wins, there isn't lot of heartache to be found.
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| 430. |
Kirby, Knights Advance, 57-45 2009-03-12
RICHMOND - Kirby Burkholder wasn't sure what to say about her rebounding performance in the Group AA, Division 4 semifinal game Wednesday morning.
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| 431. |
Redick vs. TA 2009-03-11
HARRISONBURG - With two weeks left in January, two-time defending Group AA girls' basketball champion Hidden Valley High School had a 5-10 record that included a 62-29 thumping by Turner Ashby on Dec. 19.
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| 432. |
Gap Girls Win 2009-03-09
HARRISONBURG - Chad Coffey doesn't mind a lot of shooting. In fact, he encourages his Buffalo Gap High School girls' basketball team to shoot as much as possible - if they're open, of course.
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| 433. |
Knights Adapt, Win, Advance 2009-03-09
HARRISONBURG - Rob Lovell was happy. He was happy because his Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team beat Blacksburg, 54-38, in a Group AA, Division 4 quarterfinal Saturday at James Madison's Convocation Center.
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| 434. |
Gap Girls Back In Group A Semis 2009-03-07
HARRISONBURG - Chad Coffey doesn't mind shooting. In fact, he encourages his Buffalo Gap High School girls' basketball team to shoot as much as possible - if they're open, of course.
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| 435. |
TA Girls Advance To State Final Four 2009-03-07
HARRISONBURG -- Rob Lovell was happy.
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| 436. |
Lee's Hatcher Mulls Future 2009-03-07
HARRISONBURG - Paul Hatcher has been driving the same car to R.E. Lee High School for 39 of his 41 years as coach of the boys' basketball team - a Pontiac Firebird he bought new in 1970.
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| 437. |
Knights Intimidating? 2009-03-07
BRIDGEWATER - Mickey McGuigan took a trip to watch last Saturday's Region III, Division 4 girls' basketball championship game at Northside High School in Roanoke.
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| 438. |
TA Makes Pitch 2009-03-04
BRIDGEWATER - Tanner Croy looked at Tyler McFarland, who looked back at Croy. Sitting in the coaches' office just off the Turner Ashby High School gymnasium Tuesday afternoon, they ruminated about what the TA baseball team's biggest strength might be this season.
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| 439. |
Hungry Nikki's Goal 2009-03-03
HARRISONBURG - Nikki Newman is one of the best girls' basketball players in Turner Ashby High School's history.
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| 440. |
Nikki's Night - Newman Leads TA In R-III Final, 64-30 2009-03-02
ROANOKE - For some reason, people in the Northside High School gymnasium were cheering, and Nikki Newman couldn't figure out why.
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| 441. |
Staunton River Sticks It To HHS Girls 2009-02-28
PENN LAIRD - Tayler Raines stood off to the side in the Spotswood High School gymnasium, clutching her basketball shoes with the dried remnants of a few tears on her face.
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| 442. |
TA Girls In Regional Final 2009-02-28
PENN LAIRD - There was a sign in the Turner Ashby High School student section that had a simple math equation: Newman + Burkholder = Dynamic Duo. The equation ended with an exclamation point in the form of a stick of dynamite.
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| 443. |
HHS On A Roll 2009-02-25
HARRISONBURG - For 5.8 seconds, the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball team waited, lurching forward from the bench.
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| 444. |
Streaks Try To Beat SHS Again 2009-02-24
HARRISONBURG - Tayler Raines had a very simple explanation for how Harrisonburg High School upset Spotswood - ranked second in Group AA by the Associated Press - last Tuesday in the Massanutten District girls' basketball semifinals.
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| 445. |
A Good Day For BHS 2009-02-23
HARRISONBURG - Hunter Good is no conformist. Just look at this testimonial by one of Good's teammates on the Broadway High School swim team.
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| 446. |
Cool, Calm, Collecting Titles 2009-02-21
PENN LAIRD - There were a few smiles, but they were intermittent and had a lifespan of only a few seconds before giving way to unaffected faces.
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| 447. |
Blazers Roll To Regions 2009-02-20
PENN LAIRD - Alycia Meadows had a good explanation for her Thursday night.
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| 448. |
BHS Secures R-III Bid 2009-02-20
PENN LAIRD - With 2 minutes, 5 seconds left in Thursday's Massanutten District boys' consolation basketball game between Broadway and Turner Ashby High School, the Gobblers called a timeout.
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| 449. |
No. 1 Wakes Up 2009-02-19
PENN LAIRD - To the uninformed observer watching the first Massanutten District boys' basketball semifinal Wednesday night, Spotswood High School would have been a difficult sell as the top-ranked basketball team in Group AA.
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| 450. |
HHS Girls Stun Spotswood 2009-02-18
PENN LAIRD - The basketball slipped smoothly through the bottom of the net, and Irina Kukolj gave a small but vigorous fist pump to celebrate a very important made free throw.
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| 451. |
Beat TA? Be Perfect 2009-02-17
HARRISONBURG - Broadway coach Brian Alger knows exactly how to beat the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team. The problem? That how isn't easy to attain.
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| 452. |
A Sleeper Emerges For HHS 2009-02-16
RUSTBURG - An hour and a half before Tony Villeda was scheduled to wrestle Saturday for a Region III championship, the Harrisonburg High School 135-pounder already was tense.
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| 453. |
Loker Leads SHS Boys Past TA 2009-02-14
PENN LAIRD - J.J. Loker doesn't need to worry about a whole lot when he shoots. The Spotswood High School shooting guard said he has two very basic needs: get some arc on the ball and hope no one bumps him in the process.
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| 454. |
Spotswood Girls Top TA 2009-02-14
PENN LAIRD - Alycia Meadows said she was nervous shooting the first of two free throws with 22.5 seconds left in Friday's Massanutten District girls' basketball game between Spotswood and Turner Ashby High School.
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| 455. |
Winning Is Simply Expected For TA Wrestling 2009-02-13
BRIDGEWATER - Occasionally, when Bryce Kiser is bored, he will stand outside the auxiliary gymnasium at Turner Ashby High School and stare at the two plywood boards listing all of TA wrestling's district, regional and state champions.
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| 456. |
TA Girls Keep Rolling, But Can SHS Stop Them? 2009-02-13
HARRISONBURG - Brianna Mitchell knew exactly what to say when she was asked to describe the fullcourt press, which has helped the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team dominate area hoops for the past three seasons.
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| 457. |
Virginia Still Tick Free 2009-02-11
HARRISONBURG - Eight states have a high school basketball shot clock. Virginia does not plan to be No. 9.
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| 458. |
Lam Bleeds For Blazers 2009-02-09
HARRISONBURG - Leigh Lam was proud of her bloody left heel. By the time she showed it off Saturday afternoon at the Massanutten District swimming and diving championships, the wound had mostly clotted and only the faintest indication of red remained underneath her bandage.
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| 459. |
Hottinger In 1,000 Club 2009-02-05
BROADWAY - If anyone wants to know anything about Katie Hottinger, they should direct their research department to her teammates on the Broadway High School girls' basketball team.
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| 460. |
Taylor Boosts SHS Girls 2009-02-04
STAUNTON - Ten minutes after the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team rallied for a 72-64 win over R.E. Lee, it didn't look like Kishia Taylor even participated.
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| 461. |
Tired Or Not, Reut Keeps At It 2009-02-02
PENN LAIRD - On a Sunday earlier this month, Elizabeth Reut stood on the block at James Madison University's Savage Natatorium. She was preparing to swim the 50-yard freestyle and close out a four-meet weekend, which included two for Spotswood High School and two for the Valley Area Swim Team.
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| 462. |
Spotswood Boys Deliver Punch 2009-01-31
PENN LAIRD - Kevin Tysinger's analogy for what happened when his Harrisonburg High School boys' basketball team played Spotswood on Friday doesn't need a lot of setup or explanation. So, here it is.
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| 463. |
Blazers Leap Past HHS Girls 2009-01-31
PENN LAIRD - Chris Dodson stood in a small storage room off Spotswood High School's main gymnasium, attempting to illustrate Brianna Mitchell's jumping ability.
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| 464. |
Eagles' Talent Search Looking North 2009-01-29
BRIDGEWATER - Florida has earned a reputation for its fertile football recruiting ground, with coaches from all over the country making routine pilgrimages there to poach a few athletes from the 10 Division I-A and I-AA programs in the state.
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| 465. |
Raines Rolls Strike In Hoops 2009-01-28
HARRISONBURG - From ages 4 to 8, Tayler Raines spent Saturdays bowling in a youth league at Harrisonburg's Valley Lanes.
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| 466. |
HHS Wrestler Keeping Count 2009-01-27
HARRISONBURG - Seth Jackson's head gear is unusual, if slightly shabby looking. Covering the left side is aged masking tape with things written on it in ballpoint pen.
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| 467. |
Blazers Beat TA Boys 2009-01-24
BRIDGEWATER - The Spotswood High School boys' basketball team probably has one hope after Friday's 44-36 win over Turner Ashby: that no one tells other opposing teams about their weakness.
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| 468. |
TA Girls Win Again 2009-01-24
BRIDGEWATER - One fan amid the crowd that overflowed the Turner Ashby High School gymnasium issued a warning - via her T-shirt - to the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team.
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| 469. |
It's 1 vs. 2 Tonight In Girls' Hoops 2009-01-23
HARRISONBURG - The last time the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team - or any other Massanutten District squad - beat Turner Ashby was on Feb. 18, 2006.
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| 470. |
Have Finger, Will Play - Raines Helps HHS Girls Win 2009-01-21
FORT DEFIANCE - Tayler Raines jammed the middle finger on her left hand Monday during practice.
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| 471. |
1,000 Club: Two Newest Members Low-Key It 2009-01-20
HARRISONBURG - Alycia Meadows' thoughts on scoring 1,000 points in her high school basketball career were similar to those of Kirby Burkholder, who reached the millennium mark Friday during Turner Ashby's victory over Harrisonburg.
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| 472. |
Streaks Hold Off Knights, 49-46 2009-01-17
HARRISONBURG -The 4.9 seconds on the clock was long enough to convince the fans trickling out of Harrisonburg High School's gymnasium to stop for a moment and loiter about the doors.
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| 473. |
Knights Cruise Past HHS 2009-01-17
HARRISONBURG - Kirby Burkholder stood at half court, embarrassed but smiling. Her name was being called over the Harrisonburg High School public address system. She just didn't know why.
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| 474. |
Duo Among TA's Best Ever 2009-01-16
McGAHEYSVILLE - When Ryan Collier was a freshman at Turner Ashby High School, he decided he was going to swim his portion of the 400-yard freestyle relay at the state meet in 55 seconds.
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| 475. |
Tech Suspends Hall 2009-01-16
HARRISONBURG - Misty Hall will not be playing for the Virginia Tech softball team this spring.
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| 476. |
Pigtails Lose, But TA Wins 2009-01-14
BRIDGEWATER - After the first play of Tuesday night's girls' basketball game between Rockbridge County and Turner Ashby High School, Kirby Burkholder had a crisis.
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| 477. |
Gobbler's Goal No Puzzle 2009-01-13
BROADWAY - According to speedcubing.com, the record for solving a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube is 7.12 seconds.
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| 478. |
‘Hey, Girl,' EMU's 10-2 2009-01-13
HARRISONBURG - Kevin Griffin sat in the Eastern Mennonite University athletic office's equivalent of a breakfast nook.
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| 479. |
Leaman Leads BHS Over TA 2009-01-10
BROADWAY - Jonathan Leaman made a decision when he was 12 years old. He - despite being left-handed in all other facets of life - was going to shoot basketballs right handed and spurn potential ambidextrousness.
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| 480. |
TA Breaks Broadway 2009-01-10
BROADWAY - Nikki Newman was sprinting down the court, out in front of another Turner Ashby High School fast break.
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| 481. |
Taylor Boogies On The Court 2009-01-08
PENN LAIRD - Carter Williams has a theory on the link between dancing and ballhandling - specifically as it applies to basketball player Kishia Taylor.
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| 482. |
Sloppy Eagles Prevail 2009-01-07
BRIDGEWATER - Jordan Burkholder clutched the basketball as if she were lifting an overweight watermelon.
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| 483. |
Pick-Me-Ups For EMU Star Johnson 2009-01-07
HARRISONBURG - It's easy to see. Just watch George Johnson smile, his mannerisms, his walk. He knows - or at least sells a convincing illusion that he knows - what's happening.
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| 484. |
HHS Falls Short, 59-55 2009-01-03
HARRISONBURG - For a brief moment, Kia Whitley was in a good place. The Harrisonburg High School point guard floated toward an open hoop, about to put the Blue Streaks within two points of R.E. Lee with 35 seconds left in Friday's non-district girls' basketball matchup and keep it a one-possession game.
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| 485. |
Pouncey's Big Goal 2008-12-27
HARRISONBURG - Shane Pouncey sounded annoyed. It was tangled all through his voice, which is higher than his monolithic 6-foot-4, 305-pound body would imply.
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| 486. |
Bergey's Shot Is Odd - But Good 2008-12-24
HARRISONBURG - Katy Bergey had a small request. The designated sharpshooter on the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' basketball team wanted one song on the pregame playlist: ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man."
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| 487. |
TA's Lovell Hits 300 2008-12-23
HARRISONBURG - There were many anecdotes and descriptions about Rob Lovell following his 300th win as a high school girls' basketball coach last weekend, all meant to succinctly state what has made the Turner Ashby coach successful during his 17-year tenure.
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| 488. |
SHS Takes Charge 2008-12-20
PENN LAIRD - Tara Comer isn't averse to taking a charge; it's just not her favorite thing to do.
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| 489. |
BHS Wins Sloppy One 2008-12-19
BROADWAY - Somewhere in between the 41 fouls, bodies falling to the floor - sometimes for no apparent reason - and passes aimed at the wrong color jerseys, the Broadway High School girls' basketball team managed to put up the most points it's scored all season.
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| 490. |
Streaks Speeding Into Winter 2008-12-17
HARRISONBURG - The debate has been ongoing for the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball team. On its 10-player squad, where nearly everyone possesses above-average speed, coaches and players continually wondered which girl has the best wheels - until Monday.
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| 491. |
Round 1 Goes To HHS 2008-12-16
HARRISONBURG - Dave Bechler - his Penn State tie waving in front of him - grabbed his head and raked his hair, obviously frustrated.
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| 492. |
JMU-Montana Notebook 2008-12-13
HARRISONBURG - If you wondered whether students would support the Dukes if 1) they had to pay $10 a pop for tickets rather than gain free admission (or, more accurately, get in as part of their annual student fees) and 2) would have to delay their holiday break, you got your answer Friday.
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| 493. |
Montana Football: The Biggest Show In Town 2008-12-12
HARRISONBURG - For at least the past 12 years, a woman has complained about University of Montana football games.
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| 494. |
Blazers May Be Loaded But... 2008-12-11
PENN LAIRD - At a camp at James Madison University last summer, the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team scrimmaged the Dukes' freshman class.
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| 495. |
Knights Romp Pass Lee, 83-43 2008-12-10
BRIDGEWATER - Nikki Newman sat at the end of the bench, slumped on her elbows. The Turner Ashby High School senior forward looked tired - and expectedly so.
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| 496. |
TA Stars Can't Wing It 2008-12-09
BRIDGEWATER - Nikki Newman and Kirby Burkholder are forwards for the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team. At 6-foot-1 and 5-11, respectively, they are generally the biggest players on the floor.
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| 497. |
Burkholder's Simple Goal: Fewer Fouls 2008-12-05
BRIDGEWATER - Before every game, Bridgewater College women's basketball coach Jean Willi makes her players write their goals on an index card. For reference, the 13th-year coach keeps them stashed in her desk.
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| 498. |
Plenty Of Fight In Knights 2008-12-04
BRIDGEWATER - Alex Collins has decided what he wants to do when he graduates from Turner Ashby High School: fight.
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| 499. |
Blazers Blow Past Draft 2008-12-03
PENN LAIRD - Brianna Mitchell says she's been working on a spin move. The Spotswood High School sophomore forward began developing it during the summer.
|
| 500. |
Snyder, Royals Surging 2008-12-02
HARRISONBURG — Brittany Snyder has unusually small feet. They are so small that at 19 years old, she still wears a size 6 — a children’s size 6. And that’s too large.
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| 501. |
JMU-Wofford Notebook 2008-12-01
HARRISONBURG — It should be easier for Tom Yeager to make weekend plans this week — but only slightly.
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| 502. |
QBs, As Always, Set The Tone At BC 2008-11-28
BRIDGEWATER - For anyone interested in quantifying how important a quarterback is to a football team, Michael Clark knows who they should ask.
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| 503. |
Shooters Aplenty For BHS 2008-11-26
BROADWAY - Brian Alger made a suggestion during the intrasquad scrimmage portion of practice Tuesday.
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| 504. |
For Dukes, Simple Goal 2008-11-20
HARRISONBURG - With just two seniors and eight freshmen and sophomores on the James Madison women's basketball team, Kenny Brooks kept things simple when analyzing his squad's needs.
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| 505. |
Whistling Or WNBA For Kristi? 2008-11-19
HARRISONBURG - It's not like Kristi Toliver doesn't have options. The former Harrisonburg High School star - now a senior point guard for the University of Maryland women's basketball team, which hosts James Madison on Thursday - is hoping for a shot at the WNBA.
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| 506. |
Blazers, Knights Strong 2008-11-18
HARRISONBURG - It's a week into girls' basketball practice. Varsity rosters are finalized, there've been some scrimmages and the season opener is just over a week away.
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| 507. |
BC Celebrates As Spoilers 2008-11-17
WASHINGTON - Ben Taylor couldn't help himself. Watching the rest of the Bridgewater College football team leap into the pool at Catholic's Dufour Center (which served as a makeshift locker room) like armored acrobats, the Eagles linebackers coach decided he needed to do some celebrating, too.
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| 508. |
TA's Season Ends In Tears 2008-11-12
ROANOKE - Standing in a crowd of red-eyed Turner Ashby High School volleyball players, their parents and cowboy costumed students offering hugs, Knights coach Gina Troyer didn't have a hard time discussing TA's 25-17, 25-14, 25-14 loss to the Titans in the Group AA quarterfinals Tuesday.
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| 509. |
A-Z Guide To High School Hoops 2008-11-11
HARRISONBURG - High school basketball practice started Monday in Virginia - making this a perfect time for an A-to-Z guide to the upcoming boys' season. So here goes:
|
| 510. |
Few Tumblers Means No Title 2008-11-10
HARRISONBURG - At the end of the day, there wasn't much more the Spotswood High School cheerleaders could do. They had presence, they brought fans and their performance was clean. They just didn't have enough moves.
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| 511. |
BC Looks For Streak 2008-11-08
BRIDGEWATER - Coming off just it's third win of the year, and with its playoff prospects dead, the goals for Bridgewater College's football team have become a bit more modest.
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| 512. |
Hogan Paces TA To Victory 2008-11-07
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| 513. |
Reavis Picks Up BC's Defense 2008-11-07
BRIDGEWATER - If not for Justin Reavis, pickup games and open-gym sessions might be less democratic events for the Bridgewater College men's basketball team.
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| 514. |
Blazers' Williams Commits 2008-11-05
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| 515. |
Knights Cruise Past Liberty 2008-11-05
BRIDGEWATER - Hannah Shickel spent about 20 seconds searching for the words. To help her, the Turner Ashby High School senior libero employed an unusual memory-jogging technique.
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| 516. |
Eagles Grab First Home Win 2008-11-03
Eagles Grab First Home Win
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| 517. |
BC Speed Worries Generals 2008-11-01
BRIDGEWATER - There wasn't any joking in Frank Miriello's voice. It wasn't one of those self-deprecating comments from one football coach meant to praise his opponents by modestly underselling his own team.
|
| 518. |
Eye-Blacked Williams Romps 2008-11-01
PENN LAIRD - Chad Williams knows that it's slightly ridiculous. The Spotswood High School quarterback, however, doesn't care.
|
| 519. |
TA, Blazers Advance 2008-10-31
BROADWAY - From the beginning, the Turner Ashby High School volleyball team was slightly discombobulated for its semifinal Massanutten District match against Harrisonburg.
|
| 520. |
Coronation For Knights This Week? 2008-10-30
HARRISONBURG - Gina Troyer described it as a mission, and it involves the Turner Ashby High School volleyball coach and her team actively ignoring anything people say about the Knights' potential.
|
| 521. |
Is T.J. Eagles' Future? 2008-10-29
BRIDGEWATER - In last Saturday's game against Emory & Henry, T.J. Montague made a tackle for a loss, which he celebrated - excessively.
|
| 522. |
Eagles Lose, Fall To 2-5 2008-10-27
BRIDGEWATER - Aware of the rainy weather forecast for Saturday's game against Bridgewater College, Caleb Jennings thought he could be useful.
|
| 523. |
‘Vando' Powers Blazers 2008-10-25
BROADWAY - They call him Vando the Commando.
|
| 524. |
History Favors HHS, But Who Cares? TA Won in ‘07 2008-10-24
HARRISONBURG - Historically, it's a lopsided rivalry. Harrisonburg and Turner Ashby High School have played every year since 1957, with the 52nd meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today at HHS.
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| 525. |
Eagles Switch QBs 2008-10-22
BRIDGEWATER - Vince Reese's quarterbacking mechanics aren't the most fluid, polished or attractive, but they do work - at least they have in limited playing time so far this season, and that's enough for Bridgewater College football coach Michael Clark.
|
| 526. |
Flames Aiming High 2008-10-21
HARRISONBURG - There was something unusual about the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' volleyball team at practice Monday.
|
| 527. |
Eagles' Killian Swats Guilford 2008-10-20
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- There are few moments in football when it is permissible to tackle your teammate. On Saturday, Bridgewater College defensive back Brandon Mitchell had one of those rare opportunities and seriously considered it.
|
| 528. |
Leemen Blow Past Blazers 2008-10-18
PENN LAIRD - Dae'Quan Scott wears a pair of contact lenses that don't look like regular contact lenses. They're grayish with tints of green and blue colored in concentric rectangles around his pupils.
|
| 529. |
Hogan, Knights Rolling 2008-10-17
BRIDGEWATER - Mara Hogan is a self-described dork. She loves - and can quote readily from - Disney movies (her favorite is "Mulan").
|
| 530. |
A Running Start At BC 2008-10-16
BRIDGEWATER - On the first day of practice, these guys didn't look much like basketball players. Rather, they looked like a collection of taller-than-average sprinters.
|
| 531. |
Beiler Stretches Defenses For BC 2008-10-15
BRIDGEWATER - Tyler Beiler has a problem. The Bridgewater College wide receiver has a habit of catching balls one-handed.
|
| 532. |
Redemption: SHS Golfer Heads To State Tourney 2008-10-13
PENN LAIRD - Last year's Region III golf tournament is an event Bryant Shuler has tried to forget since it happened.
|
| 533. |
Big BC Backup Beefs Up Resume 2008-10-07
BRIDGEWATER - Nobody really knew what to expect from Vince Reese. How could they? Simply put, Bridgewater College's backup quarterback didn't have much of a resume.
|
| 534. |
BC Roars Back, Still Loses 2008-10-06
BRIDGEWATER - At some point, the Bridgewater College football team would like to have an actual victory rather than a moral victory.
|
| 535. |
JMU's Martin Adapts, Keeps Winning 2008-10-03
HARRISONBURG - Tom Martin said he will remember many things about his 300th win as the men's soccer coach at James Madison University.
|
| 536. |
NFLers Doing Fine At BC 2008-10-01
BRIDGEWATER - For the first few days of preseason football practice, Chris Tichacek was self-conscious. That might sound weird because Tichacek - along with wide receiver Tyler Beiler - were Bridgewater College's top returning receivers, each catching six passes last season.
|
| 537. |
Sizzling Knights Dump Giants 2008-09-26
BRIDGEWATER - For the Turner Ashby High School volleyball team, an undefeated record at the midway point of the season is simultaneously fun and historic.
|
| 538. |
Thomas In Tune At BC 2008-09-25
BRIDGEWATER - For Chris Thomas, it's all an elaborate backup plan. The double major in international affairs and Spanish, the studying abroad in Barcelona, playing college soccer - really the whole bachelor's degree. It's all just precautionary.
|
| 539. |
Eagles Sputter In The End 2008-09-21
BRIDGEWATER — Jared Miller hoisted the football above his head as if it were made of something shiny and valuable. The Bridgewater College kicker had just recovered an onside kick to start the second half of Saturday’s non-conference game with Ferrum at Jopson Field.
|
| 540. |
Dukes ‘Laser' No. 17 Penn State 2008-09-19
HARRISONBURG - There are rare moments in life when someone can say,
|
| 541. |
Eagle Skates Into Line-Up 2008-09-18
BRIDGEWATER - Here is a conversation that may have occurred between Aubry Dicks and the Bridgewater College coaching staff at a practice during his freshman year.
|
| 542. |
BC Loses To Shenandoah, 10-6 2008-09-13
BRIDGEWATER - There wasn't just one thing responsible for Bridgewater College's 10-6 loss to Shenandoah University on Saturday. Instead, it was a bunch of things, most notably the Hornets' methodical rushing attack and the Eagles' disjointed offense.
|
| 543. |
HHS Set To Induct First Class 2008-09-12
HARRISONBURG - Looking at the inaugural class of Harrisonburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame, there's a big name missing: Ralph Sampson.
|
| 544. |
JMU Grad Takes The Big Jump 2008-09-11
HARRISONBURG - For 2˝ years, Jason McIntyre had a secret identity. It
|
| 545. |
BC Stays Local - Ex-HHS Star Hired As Hoops Coach 2008-09-10
BRIDGEWATER - Don Burgess was mindful of the man he's replacing as the new basketball coach at Bridgewater College.
|
| 546. |
Shenandoah Still Pining for ODAC 2008-09-09
HARRISONBURG - Adding an eighth football team to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference would have obvious benefits: It would make scheduling easier and lessen the likelihood of a tie for the league championship.
|
| 547. |
Plenty Of Problems For BC In 21-Point Win 2008-09-08
DANVILLE - After his football team beat Averett 34-13 in its season opener Saturday - amassing 328 yards of offense and scoring two defensive touchdowns along the way -- it's fair to assume Bridgewater College coach Michael Clark was thrilled.
|
| 548. |
Young Eagles Win Opener 2008-09-07
|
| 549. |
Knights Consistently Win Pennant 2008-09-05
HARRISONBURG - Sitting on a fence under a tree at Lakeview Golf Course, Brooks Ward - wearing a neon fuchsia shirt, pink hat with the bill turned up and a pair of turquoise ladies' sunglasses - called the members of the Turner Ashby High School golf team interchangeable.
|
| 550. |
Players Under Curfew 2008-09-04
HARRISONBURG - Area high school football coaches know a good night's sleep is crucial for their players to perform at high level.
|
| 551. |
Owah To Return For Friday's Game 2008-09-01
HARRISONBURG – Alex Owah is back on the field and is expected to play for the Harrisonburg High School football team this week against Charlottesville.
|
| 552. |
Blazers Promote JV Softball Coach 2008-08-29
HARRISONBURG - As a junior varsity softball player, Leigh Lam picked up some helpful advice about catching from Amy Raines. Raines, the JV coach at Spotswood High School the past five seasons, even printed out some tips from the Internet for Lam to study.
|
| 553. |
Motto: Forget It 2008-08-28
BRIDGEWATER - If you're a defensive back, it's a lonely feeling watching a wide receiver dash toward the end zone - especially when you're the guy he smoked.
|
| 554. |
Knights Rely On Five Prongs 2008-08-26
BRIDGEWATER - Gina Troyer pointed to a group of five girls laughing underneath a basketball hoop inside Turner Ashby High School's dimly lit and humid gymnasium.
|
| 555. |
Eagles Flying Fast At Tailback 2008-08-25
BRIDGEWATER - For the most part, David Argaud is content with his time in the 40-yard dash. The Bridgewater College junior tailback runs the drill in 4.5 seconds, very fast for Division III, but watching Usain Bolt at the Olympics this week, Argaud got a little nostalgic.
|
| 556. |
BHS Downs Draft 2008-08-23
STUARTS DRAFT - At no point during the first 43 minutes of Friday night's non-district high school football game between Broadway and Stuarts Draft did either team make a stop on defense.
|
| 557. |
BC Loses Top Tacklers 2008-08-21
BRIDGEWATER - The already-inexperienced Bridgewater College football team just got more inexperienced.
|
| 558. |
A New Look At QB 2008-08-21
BRIDGEWATER - Hagan Driskell has to be ready to be Bridgewater College's starting quarterback on Sept. 6 when the Eagles open the season at Averett.
|
| 559. |
Romero Isn't Getting His Kicks At SHS 2008-08-20
PENN LAIRD - Every high school football season, senior Carlos Romero comes to practice with a dream. And every high school football season, the Spotswood coaching staff squishes it.
|
| 560. |
Summer Drills May Boost BC 2008-08-19
BRIDGEWATER - At first, the scene looked disorganized. About 20 guys played two-hand touch football on the north side of Bridgewater College's campus.
|
| 561. |
If All Else Fails... 2008-08-19
BRIDGEWATER - Michael Clark surveyed the callisthenic portion of the Bridgewater College football team's first day of practice Sunday from atop the scaffolding at BC's practice field.
|
| 562. |
City Ref Hits Jackpot 2008-08-18
HARRISONBURG - Tim Comer has a simple goal in life: Don't be the top story on SportsCenter.
|
| 563. |
Burgess Interested In Eagles' Vacancy 2008-08-14
HARRISONBURG - Don-Don is a name only people from the Shenandoah Valley call Don Burgess - and it's a name he would be willing to hear more often.
|
| 564. |
TA Girl Among Area's Top Golfers 2008-08-12
HARRISONBURG - "She's an athlete that plays without fear." John Rogers acknowledged it sounded unusual. He was talking about golf.
|
| 565. |
ODAC Wary Of BC 2008-08-11
SALEM - Hampden-Sydney coach Marty Favret's opening comment at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's football media day said more about Bridgewater College's reputation than any statistic, record or victory ever could.
|
| 566. |
Eagles Picked Third In ODAC 2008-08-09
SALEM - Parity was the big issue at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference football media day Friday, with many coaches taking note of the increased balance of a league once dominated by Bridgewater College.
|
| 567. |
HHS: Pile On The Chicken, Pasta 2008-08-08
HARRISONBURG - When Bridgewater College football coach Michael Clark was a defensive back at Cincinnati in the late 1970s, the pre-game meal of choice was steak.
|
| 568. |
Big Boys: BHS Duo, Big In Size, Big In Talent 2008-08-07
BROADWAY - Josh Jameson and Josh McDorman were the targets of a few jokes at Broadway High School football practice this week.
|
| 569. |
Spotswood's Games To Start At 7 p.m. 2008-08-05
HARRISONBURG - In a departure from tradition, Spotswood High School will start its home football games at 7 p.m. this season, a half-hour earlier than usual.
|
| 570. |
Luray Ousts Turks 2008-08-01
LURAY - Bob Wease was alone, frustrated and leaning against the backstop outside the Harrisonburg Turks' dugout at Bulldog Field.
|
| 571. |
Luray Strikes Back 2008-07-31
HARRISONBURG - Even Obi-Wan Kenobi couldn't help the Harrisonburg Turks on Wednesday night.
|
| 572. |
Turks Grab No. 7 Seed 2008-07-29
HARRISONBURG - What Bob Wease remembers most about the last regular-season game at Veterans Memorial Stadium probably isn't what the crowd that half-filled the 61-year-old stadium will remember.
|
| 573. |
Harper Says He's Retired 2008-07-28
HARRISONBURG - Travis Harper's reaction to the Tampa Bay Rays' success this season was reserved and monotone.
|
| 574. |
Crash Course In Eating: BC Uses Preseason To Develop Habits 2008-07-28
HARRISONBURG - Division III football programs kind of operate in miniature. Less money means fewer perks, less luxury and, really, just less. But if managed right, less can be more.
|
| 575. |
Star In Les Pool 2008-07-28
HARRISONBURG - When Claire Schiekl found out Ross Neal was one of the first five boys from Spotswood High School to qualify for the Group AA/A swim meet last season, her mouth dropped open in awe.
|
| 576. |
Harper Says He's Retired 2008-07-26
HARRISONBURG - Travis Harper's reaction to the Tampa Bay Rays' success this season was reserved and monotone. At one moment, there might have been a tinge of regret when he referred to players he knew or used to know, but he never came out and said it.
|
| 577. |
Easter Fuels Bucks: Montezuma Eliminated, 5-0 2008-07-26
MONTEZUMA - Occasionally, baseball calls for adjustments. Drew Easter found that out a few games ago when selecting a new bat.
|
| 578. |
Play, And They'll Come: Early-Season Bouts Don't Hurt ‘Gate' 2008-07-25
HARRISONBURG - For the second straight year, the Massanutten District high school football season is starting a week earlier to accommodate an extra round of playoffs.
|
| 579. |
Turks Rally For Win 2008-07-12
HARRISONBURG - For the first time in two years at a Harrisonburg Turks home game, someone won the $1,000 prize attached to the Domino's Pizza Toss on Friday.
|
| 580. |
Dukes Eat Plenty And Often, But They Have No Strict Guidelines 2008-07-11
HARRISONBURG - Roane Babington is proud of his eating abilities. To the average man, the James Madison University offensive guard's digestive powers might appear superhuman. At least they did during a recent dinner with his girlfriend's family.
|
| 581. |
A One-Stop Shop 2008-07-09
HARRISONBURG - Mike Piranian is a Division III assistant men's soccer coach who doesn't make a lot of money.
|
| 582. |
BC Hires Former NFL-er 2008-07-03
HARRISONBURG -- When Ben Taylor's NFL career ended with his retirement in January, the former Virginia Tech standout decided he wanted to coach. So, after moving to Ruther Glen, Taylor applied around the state for openings he found on the Internet.
|
| 583. |
7-Up 2008-07-01
WOODSTOCK - When Frank Sorrells became the football coach at Broadway High School two years ago, he noticed he had some more spare time in the offseason.
|
| 584. |
Viafora Following Sister 2008-06-30
HARRISONBURG - Originally, Megan Viafora had no desire to play softball at Eastern Mennonite University. Her sister, Natasha, who graduated this year, played for the Royals, and Megan didn't want to deal with inevitable comparisons.
|
| 585. |
Rees Area's Best 2008-06-30
HARRISONBURG - Max Hill wasn't trying to be rude, he was just being honest. The Fort Defiance softball coach was really happy - thrilled even - to see that Turner Ashby shortstop Hillary Rees is finally graduating, and he never has to play against her again.
|
| 586. |
Generals Topple Turks 2008-06-27
WAYNESBORO - The night started out so well for the Harrisonburg Turks. Starting pitcher James Kennedy was cruising through the Waynesboro Generals' lineup, striking out three of the first four batters.
|
| 587. |
‘Right Guys' 2008-06-27
From 2002 to 2005, the Bridgewater College football team rode Division I-AA transfer quarterbacks to four Old Dominion Athletic Conference championships and four Division III playoff appearances, including a semifinal run in 2003.
|
| 588. |
SHS Softball Coach Resigns 2008-06-24
HARRISONBURG - As Spotswood High School's softball coach, Bob Lewellen has watched the Trailblazers' games for four years. Now, he'll still be watching softball, just not Spotswood's.
|
| 589. |
Coach Beats His Pupil 2008-06-23
BRIDGEWATER - Chris Armes spent much of the match criticizing himself quietly and staring at unforced errors off the end of his racket.
|
| 590. |
Brock Still Rocks 2008-06-21
HARRISONBURG - Chris Brock is still annoyed at Andre Agassi.
|
| 591. |
Top Seed Falls At DN-R 2008-06-20
HARRISONBURG - Jeffrey Tang's description of his tennis match with Mike Hendricksen was quite concise and didn't leave much room for a follow-up question.
|
| 592. |
Who Needs Scoring Devices? 2008-06-18
HARRISONBURG - On the side of the nets at Harrisonburg High School's tennis courts are fancy score-keeping devices. They're tall and have ball-shaped grooves - one side neon green and the other silver - to mark who won each game and each set.
|
| 593. |
Shoes, Tiles, Kids ... And A Win 2008-06-17
HARRISONBURG - Jeffrey Tang has a list of things that will not help a tennis game: lifting children, new shoes and slate tiling a patio. Before Monday's Daily News-Record tournament second-round men's singles match between Tang and Justin Weirich, Tang had done or experienced all three.
|
| 594. |
A Match For The Ages In DN-R Tennis 2008-06-16
HARRISONBURG - Brent Campbell walked off the Harrisonburg High School tennis courts admittedly - and visibly - tired. He had just played 18-year-old Scott Nelson in a first-round singles match at the 53rd annual Daily News-Record tournament.
|
| 595. |
No Zack Means No Lock 2008-06-14
HARRISONBURG - When Jeffrey Tang heard that Zack Watson - a standout tennis player at Radford University - wasn't entered in this year's Daily News-Record tournament, Tang was thrilled.
|
| 596. |
Region III Plan Irks HHS, SHS 2008-06-13
HARRISONBURG - Turner Ashby High School athletic director John Woodrum called it inequitable. Spotswood's Mary Donnellan echoed Woodrum. Broadway A.D. Chris Robinson said it was "all right," and Harrisonburg's Joe Carico called it "mind-boggling."
|
| 597. |
A Valley League ‘Geek' 2008-06-12
HARRISONBURG - After verbally cataloguing the extent of his baseball hobby, which includes a "man cave" with 37 minor league helmets, a bookshelf of literature on the sport and subscriptions to Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball, John Leonard didn't attempt to defend himself when asked if he was a baseball geek.
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| 598. |
Bowman Boosts Bucks 2008-06-11
BRIDGEWATER - The first time Addison Bowman had an opportunity to give Clover Hill a lead, he struck out with a runner on second base in the seventh inning.
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| 599. |
Zack Still An Ace 2008-06-10
HARRISONBURG - Mike Anderson learned something about Zack Watson this spring. Anderson watched the former Eastern Mennonite High School tennis star, now playing at Radford, fight through mononucleosis and lose more than a quarter of his season.
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| 600. |
Eagles To Tighten Up 2008-06-09
BRIDGEWATER - Louis Sanchez went to the Bridgewater College weight room with a plan to lift. Instead, the junior left tackle kicked off a modeling career.
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| 601. |
Western Blanks Streaks 2008-06-07
After Stewart Surratt came within one point of beating Western Albemarle's Jaime Thomas in straight sets, someone asked if the Harrisonburg High School No. 4 needed anything before starting the third set.
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| 602. |
Bowman Heading Home 2008-06-06
HARRISONBURG - Laura Bowman said Turner Ashby High School is where she wanted to be. Now, she's finally there.
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| 603. |
Clark Restocks Quarterbacks 2008-06-06
BRIDGEWATER - After losing more than 30 seniors last season, the Bridgewater College football team had some obvious holes to fill. One of the most glaring was at quarterback.
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| 604. |
First Loss Last Loss 2008-06-04
BRIDGEWATER - For about 10 minutes after Turner Ashby High School's 2-0 loss to Salem in the Group AA softball quarterfinals Tuesday, Jackie Hieber just sat in the dugout.
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| 605. |
A Broken Trophy? No Prob 2008-06-02
HARRISONBURG - The Region III softball championship trophy came with a promise: "Uh, we'll fix that." The trophy was supposed to have a silver-colored softball player on top. Instead, the figurine was broken off at the left foot.
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| 606. |
St. Clair Boosts Spotswood 2008-05-30
HARRISONBURG - Somewhere in the celebration after the Spotswood High School softball team's 3-2 win over Northside in the Region III semifinals, Ashley St. Clair found her father.
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| 607. |
Knights, Thomas Foil Liberty 2008-05-30
HARRISONBURG - The game had been over for nearly 20 minutes and Aven Thomas, with a hulking bag of ice on her right shoulder, was still clutching a softball.
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| 608. |
Make That 21-0 2008-05-29
BRIDGEWATER - Hillary Rees stood beside the trunk of her car, shedding her softball gear in hopes of making a banquet at James Madison University in 10 minutes.
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| 609. |
Jenkel & Co. Beaten In Nine 2008-05-28
ROANOKE - Jaime Jenkel sat in the grass outside the team bus with her cleats off to the side, picking in the greenery for anything but four-leaf clovers.
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| 610. |
Lee Ladies Sink Knights, 1-0 2008-05-27
STAUNTON - Kathleen Thompson experienced a brief feeling of butterflies when she went one-on-one with Turner Ashby High School goalkeeper Rebecca Claytor in an attempt to net a goal.
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| 611. |
Baker Leads Broadway 2008-05-27
BROADWAY - Holly Baker doesn't say much. But the few words she did say Monday were right on.
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| 612. |
Hall Lights Up Tech 2008-05-24
HARRISONBURG - At Turner Ashby High School, there are still legends of Misty Hall.
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| 613. |
Blue Streaks Sparkle, 3-1 2008-05-23
PENN LAIRD - The Harrisonburg High School girls' soccer team had sparkling cider waiting to celebrate its Massanutten District tournament title. After the first 30 seconds of the championship game against Broadway, the cider looked like it might stay corked.
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| 614. |
Hip Move For SHS 2008-05-22
HARRISONBURG - For Jordan Mathias, the home run was all in the hips. The sophomore catcher on the Spotswood High School softball was batting in the first inning of the Trailblazers' matchup with Harrisonburg in the Massanutten District tournament consolation game to decide the district's third Region III bid.
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| 615. |
Knights Foil Jenkel 2008-05-22
HARRISONBURG - It was nearly a perfect evening for Broadway High School's softball team. The Gobblers led undefeated Turner Ashby 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Massanutten District tournament title game Wednesday, thanks to another remarkable outing by pitcher Jaime Jenkel.
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| 616. |
Credit The Dented Bucket 2008-05-21
BRIDGEWATER - Jackie Hieber is smart - very smart - though the casual observer might have had some doubts two summers ago.
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| 617. |
McCarty Notches No. 50 2008-05-20
BRIDGEWATER - Amy Cerelli was very clear about what it was to be called. "It" is what Cerelli and her Harrisonburg High School girls' soccer team are aiming for every season, and "it" has a very specific name: "the double."
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| 618. |
TA: One Down 2008-05-17
HARRISONBURG - Eight games. That's how many games Craig Miller told his Turner Ashby High School softball team he would keep coaching after the regular season.
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| 619. |
Jenkel Almost Perfect Again 2008-05-17
HARRISONBURG - Jaime Jenkel and her violent, stop-and-go, quick, jerky windup were six innings and one out into what was almost her second straight perfect game against the Spotswood High School softball team.
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| 620. |
If Knights Win, It's No ‘Miracle' 2008-05-16
HARRISONBURG - At various times during his 17-year tenure as the Turner Ashby High School softball coach, Craig Miller has surprised his team with off days.
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| 621. |
Lifting EMHS 2008-05-15
HARRISONBURG - Kara Lofton learned a lot in Turkey. The sophomore on the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' soccer team spent last year's spring semester in Ankara with her family while her father James, an environmental lawyer for the federal government, taught U.S. and environmental law on a Fulbright scholarship at Bilkent University - a college for English-speaking Turks.
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| 622. |
‘Little' Talent At EMHS 2008-05-12
HARRISONBURG - On a dismal, wet day, about 20 minutes after the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' soccer team had won its third straight Blue Ridge Conference title, Emily Myers sat with the rest of her team. They were posing for pictures and Myers was kneeling in the middle of the front row, clutching the championship trophy almost half her size.
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| 623. |
Miller Toys With BHS 2008-05-10
BRIDGEWATER - Kacey Miller came off Turner Ashby High School's softball field carrying an unusual item: a Barbie doll with more than a casual resemblance to the TA center fielder.
|
| 624. |
Vaccaro, EMHS Advance 2008-05-09
HARRISONBURG - Heather Vaccaro was more than a little annoyed in the bottom of the second inning of Eastern Mennonite High School's 15-0 slaughter-rule win over Carlisle in the quarterfinals of the Blue Ridge Conference softball tournament Thursday.
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| 625. |
It's Official Now: Group AA Split 2008-05-09
HARRISONBURG - Just as in Group A last season, there will be two Group AA high school basketball champions beginning in 2008-09 - despite opposition from most of the Massanutten District.
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| 626. |
Ace Breaks The Mold 2008-05-08
BROADWAY - Jaime Jenkel isn't the prototype softball pitcher. In very few ways - if any - does the Broadway High School senior right-hander resemble what has become the standard for a dependable and dominating ace.
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| 627. |
Cortes Lifts TA 2008-05-07
HARRISONBURG - Jeremy Cortes, still heaving and dripping sweat from playing 90 minutes of soccer, described, unequivocally, the best moment of his career.
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| 628. |
When Luray Plays Misty, Foes Helpless 2008-05-05
LURAY - Officially, there may or may not be a link between pitching a softball and playing piano. For Misty Judd, who does both, there is enough of a connection for her to believe the two skills are not mutually exclusive.
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| 629. |
EMU Nabs Knight 2008-05-03
BRIDGEWATER - There's a safe answer to the question of:
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| 630. |
Backs Take Center Stage 2008-05-02
PENN LAIRD - A casual scan of the Turner Ashby High School boys' soccer roster distributed at Thursday's game between the Knights and Spotswood revealed a few not-so-subtle errors, which became more glaring by the game's end.
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| 631. |
Rees' Record? 122-13 In 2 Sports 2008-05-01
BRIDGEWATER - Rob Lovell was sitting in the press box overlooking Turner Ashby High School's softball field, where the Knights were hosting Spotswood in a Massanutten District game on Wednesday.
|
| 632. |
In A Blink, Eye Erupts 2008-04-30
FORT DEFIANCE - Craig Miller was sure that Morgan Eye would hit. Miller, the Turner Ashby High School softball coach, had been waiting all season for Eye to emerge from a slump.
|
| 633. |
Copeland Gets Called 2008-04-29
HARRISONBURG - One telephone call was enough to convince the Cleveland Browns to take a chance on Brandon Copeland.
|
| 634. |
Eagles Get A Pass 2008-04-26
LYNCHBURG - Bridgewater College didn't get many breaks in Friday's second-round Old Dominion Athletic Conference baseball tournament game against Lynchburg.
|
| 635. |
Quickly, BC Falls Into Hole 2008-04-25
LYNCHBURG - Byron Mendenhall claimed he was nervous at the start of Thursday's first round Old Dominion Athletic Conference baseball tournament game against Bridgewater College.
|
| 636. |
Garner Licks Flames 2008-04-23
HARRISONBURG - Turner Phelps was smiling, but it really wasn't a joke. The freshman right-hander, who had just pitched 7 1/3 innings in relief to help the James Madison baseball team beat Liberty 10-7 on a damp Tuesday afternoon at Long Field, was talking about the game's MVP.
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| 637. |
Queen's The King At BC 2008-04-22
BRIDGEWATER - Melvin Queen stood beneath the plaques of Bridgewater College Hall of Fame inductees like he was in church.
|
| 638. |
All Rhodes Lead ... 2008-04-21
HARRISONBURG - Jenna Rhodes was so nervous she was shaking. Rhodes, a junior on the Virginia Tech softball team, was standing in the batter's box facing Jennie Finch - the USA national team's star pitcher and a two-time gold medalist - in an exhibition game March 26 in Oklahoma City.
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| 639. |
Smiley, Lee Pound BHS 2008-04-19
STAUNTON - Travis Smiley came to Moxie Stadium early with no specific focus. The R.E. Lee High School third baseman showed up at 3:15 for extra hitting, but didn't have an exact itinerary. All he knew was he needed some extra hitting.
|
| 640. |
Region Mulling Six Or Eight 2008-04-18
HARRISONBURG - The lingering question about the expanded high school basketball playoffs - to be implemented for the 2008-09 season - is an obvious one. How, exactly, will they work?
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| 641. |
20 Or 36 2008-04-17
HARRISONBURG - Tom Dolan hears it a lot. As the Virginia High School League's co-director of athletics and its primary liaison to coaches, Dolan often is asked about expanding the number of baseball games a high school team can play each season.
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| 642. |
Eagles Tune Their New QB 2008-04-17
BRIDGEWATER - Here is a brief list of adjectives for Hagan Driskell's arm, as described by his Bridgewater College football teammates and coach: "live," "strong" and "accurate."
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| 643. |
Thomas Smokes Blazers 2008-04-16
PENN LAIRD - Occasionally, during Tuesday's high school softball game between Turner Ashby and Spotswood, murmurs drifted through the TA fans about how Aven Thomas appeared to be throwing harder than usual.
|
| 644. |
Brown - In A Slam Dunk 2008-04-15
HARRISONBURG - Chris Dodson's definition of a Player of the Year is probably most apt. "It's the person you take off the court and you don't win," the Spotswood High School girls' basketball coach said.
|
| 645. |
SHS Bolts With Win 2008-04-12
HARRISONBURG - Despite some lightning, a little thunder and impending rain, the Spotswood High School softball team had too much built-up happiness to let bad weather kill a good mood.
|
| 646. |
Moubray Leaping For 40, And A State Title 2008-04-12
BROADWAY - Doug Ameigh knows about jumping.
|
| 647. |
Ex-Eagles Eye NFL 2008-04-11
HARRISONBURG - One of the biggest things holding speedy wide receiver Brandon Copeland back from the NFL is also one of the most basic: where he played college football.
|
| 648. |
Upset TA? Nope 2008-04-09
BROADWAY - Sharon Sipe was noticeably frustrated - and with good reason. The Turner Ashby High School softball team beat Broadway 5-2 on Tuesday, and the Gobblers' coach couldn't get over how close BHS came to defeating the Knights for the first time in six years.
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| 649. |
Twin Trouble For East Hardy Foes 2008-04-08
BAKER, W.Va. - Potomac State College holds a special appeal for baseball players. The junior college in Keyser, W.Va., is a branch of West Virginia University.
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| 650. |
Crull, TA Pound Blue Streaks 2008-04-05
BRIDGEWATER - Ansley Crull had one thing to say about Hillary Rees' near grand slam in the first inning of Turner Ashby High School's 16-1 win over Harrisonburg in a Massanutten District softball game Friday.
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| 651. |
"Black Hole" Engulfs Leemen 2008-04-04
BRIDGEWATER - When a coach calls a player a "black hole," it means that if that player gets the ball, he or she probably isn't passing - the ball goes in, and it doesn't come out.
|
| 652. |
BC Again Disposes Of EMU 2008-04-03
HARRISONBURG - Fred Duquette wasn't thrilled about pitching off Eastern Mennonite University's mound. In the Bridgewater College starting pitcher's assessment, it wasn't designed with side-arming left-handers in mind.
|
| 653. |
Streaks Blend Nine Nations 2008-04-02
HARRISONBURG - Osman Velasquez went to his first day of school in Harrisonburg as an elementary-school student expecting to play soccer.
|
| 654. |
A Good Goal: Erase The ‘1' From Time 2008-03-31
HARRISONBURG - Hunter Good is annoyed enough that he hasn't broken the one-minute barrier in the 100-yard breaststroke - his top event - but that hasn't stopped teammate Jack Haines from issuing extra motivation.
|
| 655. |
Novices Fanning Flames 2008-03-29
HARRISONBURG - When Anna Berkshire started playing softball, she admittedly wasn't a very good hitter. She only played to satisfy her softball-playing friends, who urged her to come out for Eastern Mennonite High School's team as a freshman.
|
| 656. |
‘Tractor' Thomas Pulls TA To Victory 2008-03-29
BRIDGEWATER - In the second cubbyhole from the left in the Turner Ashby High School dugout is a miniature John Deere tractor. It's secondhand and the labels are scratched off, but that particular green is unmistakable.
|
| 657. |
Fort Downs Broadway 2008-03-26
FORT DEFIANCE - Jessica Hogle tried out a new look Tuesday. For the first time, the Fort Defiance High School right-hander wore a "Game Face" - a protective mask made of bulletproof glass (polycarbonate) to defend facial features from softballs coming off aluminum bats only 40 feet away.
|
| 658. |
Edwards Plugged In Now 2008-03-24
BRIDGEWATER - Mitchell Edwards never had any use for a home-run trot. The slender Bridgewater College shortstop hit zero homers during his high school baseball career at Fluvanna.
|
| 659. |
Knights Open With Slaughter 2008-03-21
BRIDGEWATER - During the third inning of the Turner Ashby High School softball team's season-opening 15-1 slaughter-rule win over R.E. Lee, Ansley Crull and her brand new Adidas cleats had issues.
|
| 660. |
Draft Holds, Beats HHS 2008-03-19
HARRISONBURG - Whenever the Stuarts Draft High School baseball team plays Harrisonburg, Cougars coach Josh Podgorski expects three things: cold, wind and a close game.
|
| 661. |
Hatcher: It's ‘Like Intramurals' 2008-03-19
HARRISONBURG - When Paul Hatcher heard that Group AA basketball will probably get the divisional treatment - having two champions rather than one - the veteran R.E. Lee High School coach wasn't thrilled.
|
| 662. |
New Faces For Streaks 2008-03-14
HARRISONBURG — Julie Zimmerman has some new things to adjust to this softball season. The Harrisonburg High School senior shortstop has a new coach, a new pitcher and…
|
| 663. |
Gobblers Green As New Sod 2008-03-13
BROADWAY — Somehow, “rolling sod” sounded like a good time to Jamie Jenkel. Jenkel — penciled in as the Broadway High School softball team’s No. 1 starter — and about nine other players were asked to yank the grass off BHS’s infield last month to prepare it for the 2008 season.
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| 664. |
Blazers Batting, Bonding 2008-03-11
PENN LAIRD — Spotswood High School softball coach Bob Lewellen has 11 returning players and seven seniors from last season’s 16-6 team, including a No. 1 starter and the heart of his batting order.
|
| 665. |
One ‘Mass’ Wrestler Left 2008-03-08
SALEM — Will Crockett almost seemed embarrassed to say it.
|
| 666. |
Tackling Wrestling 2008-03-07
BRIDGEWATER — When Alex Collins was 8 years old, he momentarily forgot the two-hand touch part of two-hand touch football.
|
| 667. |
Miller Promises ‘Fun’ Season In His Finale 2008-03-06
BRIDGEWATER — For his final season as Turner Ashby High School’s softball coach, Craig Miller not only has brand-new black warm-up-style pants — which drew envious stares from his coaching staff — but a new approach.
|
| 668. |
Nelson Beats Page, 64-53 2008-03-03
HARRISONBURG - Ask the Page County High School boys' basketball team what helped Nelson County pull away in the fourth quarter of Saturday's Region B, Division 1 championship game for a 64-53 win, and they'd say it was the Governors' athleticism.
|
| 669. |
Morning Call For Page 2008-03-01
Chad Morris wouldn't call himself a morning person.
|
| 670. |
Brown (Jr.) Sinks TA 2008-02-29
DALEVILLE - Shanda Brown just sat on the floor, legs pulled up her Waynesboro High School girls' basketball jersey, and cried. Teammates and coaches knelt around her; they couldn't believe it.
|
| 671. |
Knights To Meet Familiar Foe Today 2008-02-28
HARRISONBURG - After playing - and beating - the Waynesboro High School girls' basketball team twice, the focus for Turner Ashby coach Rob Lovell is still Devon Brown.
|
| 672. |
BHS Eyes ‘AA' Berth 2008-02-28
HARRISONBURG - Dwight Walton has one request going into tonight's Region III boys' basketball tournament semifinal against Waynesboro High School at the Convocation Center.
|
| 673. |
BHS Holds On 2008-02-27
DALEVILLE - Standing at the free-throw line of Lord Botetourt High School's dimly lit gymnasium with 1.1 seconds left in Tuesday's Region III quarterfinal game between Broadway and Botetourt, Colton Wenger made an observation.
|
| 674. |
Blazers Elude Draft 2008-02-26
PENN LAIRD - Likishia Taylor said she's confident when shooting from the perimeter - which makes sense.
|
| 675. |
TA Nips Blazers 2008-02-23
PENN LAIRD - Hillary Rees doesn't usually show much emotion when playing basketball.
|
| 676. |
HHS Foils TA 2008-02-21
PENN LAIRD - Marlon Organ said it came naturally.
|
| 677. |
No. 1 TA Rolls 2008-02-20
PENN LAIRD - Early in the second quarter of Tuesday nights Massanutten District girls basketball tournament first semifinal game, Turner Ashby High School coach Rob Lovell had some unwanted company on the bench.
|
| 678. |
Blazers Hold Off Streaks 2008-02-20
PENN LAIRD - For a while, Chris Dodson was visibly nervous.
|
| 679. |
Quick Route Into Playoffs 2008-02-19
HARRISONBURG - The competition will be watered down with only four teams.
|
| 680. |
Buracker Earns Starting Role At BC 2008-02-16
BRIDGEWATER - Curt Kendall sat in the dugout of Bridgewater College's baseball field and listed his starting lineup for today's season opener at Averett.
|
| 681. |
Williams Lifts Trailblazers 2008-02-15
BROADWAY - Frustrated to tears with her performance in Tuesdays loss to Turner Ashby High School, Carter Williams wanted to atone.
|
| 682. |
It Is TA And ... Take Your Pick 2008-02-15
HARRISONBURG - Massanutten District girls basketball coaches will be aiming for a balance in the next few days: Stay sharp, but stay healthy. Or, for some, get healthy.
|
| 683. |
Rees Picks Eagles 2008-02-13
BRIDGEWATER - Donnie Fulk has a simple philosophy on recruiting locally.
|
| 684. |
Knights Grab Mass Crown 2008-02-13
PENN LAIRD - With one minute left on the clock, the sound of clapping and intermittent woos drifted over the court of Spotswood High Schools gymnasium.
|
| 685. |
Knights Slay Little Giants 2008-02-09
BRIDGEWATER - Rob Lovell didn't have what you'd call a definite plan for defending Waynesboro High School's Devon Brown.
|
| 686. |
History Favors Knights 2008-02-08
BRIDGEWATER - Standing outside Turner Ashby High School coach Rob Lovells classroom - where he teaches advanced placement American history under posters of the Beatles, James Brown and past presidents - Nikki Newman and Hillary Rees were told their TA girls basketball teams record: 20-0.
|
| 687. |
WHS Nips HHS 2008-02-06
WAYNESBORO - For an instant, it looked as though the Harrisonburg High School boys basketball team might pull it off.
|
| 688. |
A Big Leap 2008-02-05
HARRISONBURG - Mitchell Leap scored a career-high 39 points, but he still thinks about the baskets he didnt make.
|
| 689. |
Boys, Girls Bow To Logan 2008-02-01
LURAY - In the drafty, dull-colored lobby outside the Luray High School gymnasium sits a crowded trophy case.
|
| 690. |
Blazers Flip Over Diving 2008-01-31
HARRISONBURG - The story of Matthew Wengers initiation into high school diving isnt at all similar to the other four divers who competed at James Madison Universitys natatorium Wednesday in the first-ever Region III meet.
|
| 691. |
Shifflett Sparks Streaks 2008-01-30
BROADWAY - Tayler Raines didnt have much of an explanation for Kolicia Shiffletts performance in Tuesday nights Massanutten District girls basketball game between Harrisonburg High School and Broadway.
|
| 692. |
Spotswood Girls Slam Wildcats 2008-01-26
PENN LAIRD - At certain moments during the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team's 77-43 non-district win over Rockbridge County, Brianna Mitchell appeared to realize what everybody already knew and smiled.
|
| 693. |
SHS's Griffith Heading To Ferrum 2008-01-24
HARRISONBURG - After Todd Griffith saw Ferrum, he decided he didn't need to visit Emory & Henry.
|
| 694. |
Bishop Finalist For Olympic Team 2008-01-24
HARRISONBURG - Jeremiah Bishop thinks about it every day.
|
| 695. |
Rock Rolls HHS 2008-01-23
HARRISONBURG - With 17 seconds left in Tuesday's boys' basketball game between Harrisonburg High School and Rockbridge County, HHS guard Marlon Organ looked at coach Tim Meyers.
|
| 696. |
A Tricky Offseason 2008-01-22
BRIDGEWATER - During Bob Colbert's eight-year stint as the Bridgewater College football team's offensive coordinator, he developed a reputation among opponents for his bold and imaginative play calling - specifically his penchant for "special plays."
|
| 697. |
Stars Shining At TA 2008-01-21
The observation isn't new. Nikki Newman said she and Kirby Burkholder hear it all the time.
|
| 698. |
Stars Shining At TA 2008-01-17
The observation isn't new. Nikki Newman said she and Kirby Burkholder hear it all the time.
|
| 699. |
Don't Mock Raines' Shot 2008-01-16
STUARTS DRAFT - Tayler Raines has a prepared defense of her unique-looking shot. When the Harrisonburg High School sophomore guard shoots, the ball appears to come off her shoulder in a motion resembling a throw more than a jumper.
|
| 700. |
Spotswood ‘Ducks' Waynesboro, 61-59 2008-01-15
PENN LAIRD - Chris Dodson's master plan for the final 7.1 seconds of Monday night's non-district girls' basketball game between Spotswood High School and Waynesboro appeared much more complicated when the Trailblazers' coach drew it out.
|
| 701. |
Clark Shuffles Staff, Including Himself 2008-01-12
BRIDGEWATER - Michael Clark remembers the exact moment he decided he wouldn't be coaching defense in 2008.
|
| 702. |
Streaks Rally Past Lee 2008-01-11
HARRISONBURG - When the buzzer signaled halftime, neither the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball team nor R.E. Lee walked off the floor looking happy.
|
| 703. |
Eight Is Enough, Barely 2008-01-10
HARRISONBURG - The defensive strategy employed by the Eastern Mennonite High School girls' basketball team is unusual.
|
| 704. |
Giants Claim Kristi's Record 2008-01-08
HARRISONBURG - Shortly after Waynesboro High School senior forward Devon Brown scored her 2,203rd point Friday night, Waynesboro announced to the crowd at its gymnasium that the senior forward had set the Virginia High School League's career record for Group AA girls' basketball.
|
| 705. |
TA Eludes Broadway 2008-01-05
BRIDGEWATER - Leaving the Turner Ashby High School gymnasium, one spectator made this observation about Friday's night Massanutten District girls' basketball game between TA and Broadway.
|
| 706. |
A ‘Functional' Redick 2008-01-04
PENN LAIRD - Spotswood High School girls' basketball coach Chris Dodson said Carter Williams - his sophomore shooting guard - resembles former Fort Defiance star Heather Claytor.
|
| 707. |
Knights Get In Gear 2008-01-03
BRIDGEWATER - For a moment, the normally mellow Rob Lovell was in a less-than peachy mood.
|
| 708. |
Owah Joins Exclusive Club 2008-01-02
HARRISONBURG - When Alex Owah committed last weekend to play football at the University of Virginia, the Harrisonburg High School tailback immediately ran to the top of an extremely short list.
|
| 709. |
TA Sentences Judges To Loss 2007-12-29
BRIDGEWATER - Members of the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball team couldn't remember if they'd trailed in a game this season.
|
| 710. |
From Peels To Points 2007-12-28
BROADWAY - Joel Fulwider was 5 years old. He'd arrived at Saddleback Farm in Keezletown sometime in December, just before his birthday on the 19th.
|
| 711. |
HHS Awaits The Big Test 2007-12-27
HARRISONBURG - Theres a word Bobby Mongold doesnt like to use.
|
| 712. |
New-Look Blazers Hit Mat 2007-12-24
PENN LAIRD - Jorge Muńoz is the most obvious representative of the wholesale newness that is the Spotswood High School wrestling team.
|
| 713. |
Streaks Handle Broadway 2007-12-22
HARRISONBURG - With two minutes left in the third quarter of the first-ever Massanutten District girls' basketball game, the Harrisonburg High School girls' team basketball held a 15-point lead over Broadway.
|
| 714. |
Streaks Roll To 9-0 2007-12-20
HARRISONBURG - Irina Kukolj answered all the usual questions about the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball team's 61-33 win over Rockbridge.
|
| 715. |
Knights Overrun Fort, 82-26 2007-12-19
FORT DEFIANCE - Sometimes it's a lonely feeling being all alone on the other side of a basketball court with an undefended hoop.
|
| 716. |
Gobblers' D-I ‘Underdog' 2007-12-19
BROADWAY - Aaron Reed described his situation concisely. "It's an underdog story," the Broadway High School senior offensive tackle said, smiling.
|
| 717. |
HHS Over Its Post-Kristi Blues 2007-12-17
HARRISONBURG - Three years ago, people told Bobby Mongold he shouldn't take the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball coaching job. The Blue Streaks had just lost Kristi Toliver, now a junior at the University of Maryland, and didn't seem to have much left.
|
| 718. |
Broadway, ‘With A Bang' 2007-12-15
BROADWAY - The Broadway High School girls' basketball team took an active approach to Friday night's game against Fort Defiance.
|
| 719. |
JMU's Dancing Machine 2007-12-15
HARRISONBURG - Ask C.J. Sapong about dancing and he relaxes and rolls his shoulders. "I do what I can," he said, smiling and leaning against the cinderblock wall in the cellar-looking bottom floor of James Madison's Godwin Hall.
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| 720. |
TA Adjusts And Rolls By Draft 2007-12-14
BRIDGEWATER - For a quarter, Marc Sweigart's strategy worked. The Stuarts Draft High School girls' basketball coach tried to counter Turner Ashby's speed and turnover-forcing attack by slowing the game down - and after the opening period, the Cougars only trailed by three.
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| 721. |
BHS Ducks Mystery Man, Wins Big 2007-12-13
BROADWAY - Hidden in New Market, at an out-of-the-way place called Shenandoah Valley Academy, there is a 6-foot-5 basketball player whom many have heard about, but few have seen.
|
| 722. |
Education Focus For Area Experts 2007-12-08
HARRISONBURG - For the past year, Heather Fincham has forced the athletes at Turner Ashby High School to look at a big, disgusting poster.
|
| 723. |
Streaks Blow Away Draft 2007-12-08
HARRISONBURG - Perhaps Irina Kukolj should have mentioned this before the Harrisonburg High School girls' basketball team played Stuarts Draft on Friday.
|
| 724. |
Broadway Girls Look Inside This Basketball Season 2007-12-07
BROADWAY - To find its identity, the Broadway High School girls' basketball team is looking inside. In recent history, the Gobblers have been a guard-oriented team.
|
| 725. |
Bison Playing For Title 2007-12-07
To say it's been a while for Buffalo Gap and Clintwood High School probably doesn't cover it.
|
| 726. |
Small Isn't Impossible 2007-12-06
PENN LAIRD - To express the mindset for the season, the Spotswood High School girls' basketball team borrowed from a recent Adidas marketing campaign.
|
| 727. |
SHS’s Hine In The Navy 2007-12-05
Amanda Hine had a surprise waiting for her when she got home Monday night.
|
| 728. |
Poirot Paces BHS Girls 2007-12-05
BROADWAY — The Broadway High School girls’ basketball team has a talent for making games interesting — and making their coach age quicker than he’d prefer.
|
| 729. |
Knights (Minus One) Back For More 2007-12-04
BRIDGEWATER — Rob Lovell seemed cautious. The Turner Ashby High School girls’ basketball coach has four starters coming back from last season’s Group AA final four team, but he was careful not to let his expectations wander toward March.
|
| 730. |
Streaks Dominate Overtime To Beat Broadway, 61-49, In Girls’ Basketball 2007-12-03
BROADWAY — When asked whether a 61-49 overtime win would benefit a team that has nine freshmen and sophomores, Harrisonburg girls’ basketball coach Bobby Mongold just smiled.
|
| 731. |
Sweet Defense Fuels Broadway Boys Over Potomac Falls, 46-39 2007-12-03
BROADWAY — Joel Fulwilder, please describe the Broadway High School boys’ basketball team’s defense on Saturday night against Potomac Falls.
|
| 732. |
‘Sick’ Effort Propels Gobblers 2007-12-01
BROADWAY — Somewhere in between coughing, wheezing, sneezing and throwing up early in the first quarter, Luke Holloran found time to score a game-high 22 points, grab six rebounds and dunk three times.
|
| 733. |
Streaks, Gobblers Move On 2007-11-30
BROADWAY — Julia Wilson made it seem so simple after the Harrisonburg High School girls’ basketball team beat Central, 61-35, in the semifinals of BHS’s tip-off tournament.
|
| 734. |
Streaks Breeze In Opener, 67-40 2007-11-29
HARRISONBURG — Bobby Mongold spent most of his Wednesday night clapping — and with good reason.
|
| 735. |
Same Old Story For JMU 2007-11-24
|
| 736. |
A Coach’s Life 2007-11-17
BRIDGEWATER — Behind the Nininger Hall basketball court and at the end of a shallow hallway, it’s 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 1 and Michael Clark and his cabinet of coaches are convening to plan Saturday’s battle strategy.
|
| 737. |
Some Little Football Stories 2007-11-16
HARRISONBURG — The little guys don’t get as much ink as the bigger schools, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have interesting stories. Here are five from this football season:
|
| 738. |
What’s Happened To BC’s Football Team? 2007-11-15
BRIDGEWATER — Two years. No Old Dominion Athletic Conference title. No playoff berths. A decade ago, that wouldn’t have been an issue for Bridgewater College’s football team.
|
| 739. |
Gobblers Come Up Short 2007-11-10
LYNCHBURG — Down 21-0 midway through the third quarter to the No. 10 team in the state, the Broadway High School football team made it interesting.
|
| 740. |
Underdogs 2007-11-09
Broadway High School football coach Frank Sorrells said Heritage — the Gobblers’ opponent in today’s 7:30 p.m. quarterfinal of the Region III, Division 4 playoffs at Lynchburg’s City Stadium — is comparable to the Southern Valley District’s R.E. Lee.
|
| 741. |
Flames Pull Upset 2007-11-08
RICHMOND — Bryce Shank called for the ball, then delivered a win. The senior midfielder on the Eastern Mennonite High School boys' soccer team found himself about 15 yards away from the goal in the 39th minute of the Flames’ Virginia Independent Schools Soccer Association semifinal game against top-seeded and nationally ranked Flint Hill from Oakton.
|
| 742. |
Harrisonburg Falls Short 2007-11-06
FORT DEFIANCE — Harrisonburg High School senior middle blocker Tori Fornadel wants to know one thing about Brittany Davidson.
|
| 743. |
BC Stumbles Again 2007-11-04
|
| 744. |
Highfill May Not Play For BC 2007-11-02
BRIDGEWATER — Bridgewater College could be without Jeff Highfill for Saturday’s game against Randolph-Macon, and it will definitely be without Antwaine Campo, Seth Little and Steve Bremmerman, who were suspended this week.
|
| 745. |
Looking Good, Playing Good? 2007-11-01
HARRISONBURG — The scene isn’t uncommon: A football player in full pads and helmet standing in front of a locker-room mirror.
|
| 746. |
Gobblers Eke One Out, 33-32 2007-10-30
PENN LAIRD — From his very first run — a 20-yard dash — Ricky Suggs did his best Barry Sanders impersonation all night.
|
| 747. |
BC On The Brink 2007-10-28
|
| 748. |
It’s Beach Ball Time At BC 2007-10-26
BRIDGEWATER — Kyle Beach remembers the scene “distinctly.” He’s sitting in Bridgewater College football coach Michael Clark’s office just before Christmas break for his postseason evaluation.
|
| 749. |
Hargrave Stuns EMHS In VIC Quarterfinals, 2-1 2007-10-24
HARRISONBURG — For the first time all afternoon, there were no collective “Ooooh’s” or gasps when a ball came near the net. Instead, there was only the wind and disbelief.
|
| 750. |
BC Wins On Game-Ending Field Goal 2007-10-21
|
| 751. |
TA Runs By Rockbridge, 28-7 2007-10-20
LEXINGTON — Turner Ashby High School football coach Charlie Newman thoroughly enjoys watching Kyle Craun and Cole Hart run.
|
| 752. |
New-Look Foe For BC Today 2007-10-20
BRIDGEWATER — Today is going to be different for the Bridgewater College football team.
|
| 753. |
BHS Quest Begins Tonight 2007-10-19
HARRISONBURG — For both Broadway and Harrisonburg high schools, it’s been a long time since their football teams played a district game.
|
| 754. |
BC’s Defense Applies Hammer 2007-10-18
BRIDGEWATER — When Damien Ward said the Bridgewater College football team’s defense needed to get its hammer back, it wasn’t just an analogy.
|
| 755. |
Eagles Set Scoring Record 2007-10-14
|
| 756. |
Air Raid Warnings At BC 2007-10-12
BRIDGEWATER — You can call him a system quarterback. It’s OK. Josh Vogelbach doesn’t mind.
|
| 757. |
Can Eagles Avoid A Repeat? 2007-10-11
BRIDGEWATER — The ways the Bridgewater College football team dealt with its Sept. 29 loss to Hampden-Sydney and ensuing bye week were many.
|
| 758. |
Surratt Second In Group AA Golf 2007-10-10
BLUEFIELD — After a long, confusing weather delay at Fincastle Country Club, Stewart Surratt ended up where he started — in second place at the Group AA golf tournament.
|
| 759. |
A ‘Psychological Ploy’? 2007-10-09
HARRISONBURG — When University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer waited until the last moment to call a timeout and force Auburn kicker Wes Byrum to re-kick the game-winning field goal in a key game this month, it didn’t take long for Michael Clark’s phone to ring.
|
| 760. |
Generally, Tight Games 2007-10-05
QUICKSBURG — Dick Krol knows a win is a win, and that he shouldn’t complain. Still, the longtime Stonewall Jackson High School football coach would like to politely request a few more points in those wins.
|
| 761. |
BC’s Artful Dodger 2007-10-03
BRIDGEWATER — Everything started with Speedy Gonzales. As a kid, Phillip Carter watched his father draw the Mexican mouse with super-rodent speed freehand without lifting the pen.
|
| 762. |
Hine’s Dreams Lie In The Navy 2007-10-02
PENN LAIRD — When teenage girls daydream about their future lives, most — at least Amanda Hine’s friends — don’t fantasize about careers as helicopter pilots in the Navy.
|
| 763. |
Bummed BC Falls To Hampden-Sydney, 38-31 2007-10-01
FARMVILLE — Down a hay-covered hill from Hampden-Sydney’s Fulton Field, the Bridgewater College football team sat under the monotone hum of fluorescent lamps in the Kirby Field House natatorium.
|
| 764. |
Bummed BC Falls To Hampden-Sydney, 38-31 2007-09-30
|
| 765. |
15-Year-Old On Fast Track 2007-09-28
NEW MARKET — People often ask Rick Mast about racing. Mast, a retired NASCAR driver, who recorded 36 top-10 finishes and seven top fives, has been solicited for advice and aide by hopeful drivers and their parents for years.
|
| 766. |
At-Large Blues In ODAC 2007-09-27
BRIDGEWATER — Bridgewater College football coach Michael Clark called the early portion of the Eagles’ schedule — the one that consisted of McDaniel, Shenandoah, Ferrum and LaGrange — the “pre-season.”
|
| 767. |
Colbert Showing Patience At St. Vincent’s 2007-09-21
HARRISONBURG -- When you’re accustomed to winning, a lack of victories can be frustrating — especially if you don’t list patience as a virtue.
|
| 768. |
Holloran Makes Leap To Football 2007-09-20
BROADWAY — Despite his genealogy and early snapshots, football has emerged as a dominant part of Luke Holloran’s athletic life.
|
| 769. |
Russian Tackles Football At BC 2007-09-19
BRIDGEWATER — Arkady Kurihine doesn’t remember much about leaving Russia. He just knew his family was going, so he must be going, too.
|
| 770. |
Eagles Crush Ferrum, 41-16 2007-09-15
|
| 771. |
BC Eager To Go Deep 2007-09-14
BRIDGEWATER — Michael Clark just wants some explosion. The yearning started after Bridgewater College beat Shenandoah last Saturday, and the Eagles’ coach noticed SU’s defense beefing up to stop the run.
|
| 772. |
BC Survives Turnovers, Beats Shenandoah 2007-09-10
|
| 773. |
Cartwheel Carter? 2007-09-05
BRIDGEWATER — Phillip Carter will do anything to make a pursuing defender miss. Just ask him.
|
| 774. |
Massanutten Off And Running 2007-09-04
HARRISONBURG — After the first two weeks of the Massanutten District high school football season, there are few surprises — offensively speaking.
|
| 775. |
Olinger, Broadway Pound Freedom 28-6 2007-09-01
BROADWAY — Brett Olinger had tried the spin move before. He’d tried it a lot, actually. It just never worked.
|
| 776. |
BC Tries To Ground McDaniel 2007-09-01
BRIDGEWATER — The Bridgewater College football team has a simple — if not obvious — plan for containing McDaniel quarterback Brad Baer during its 1 p.m. season opener at Jopson Field today.
|
| 777. |
Only On The Web: BC Football 2007-08-31
BRIDGEWATER — There is a certain fact of life in Division III football that Bridgewater College coach Michael Clark counts on when constructing a team.
|
| 778. |
EMU’s Yoder Motors Into 2007 Season 2007-08-30
HARRISONBURG — After spending about 18 days and 8,200 miles in a conversion van, Ben Yoder arrived home in Lederach, Pa., sometime around 6:30 a.m.
|
| 779. |
Little Playing Big At BC 2007-08-29
BRIDGEWATER — As Seth Little walked across the Bridgewater College football practice field, his shoulder pads looked oversized.
|
| 780. |
BC Lands Hardesty On Second Try 2007-08-27
BRIDGEWATER — Good things come to those who wait. So does Seth Hardesty. After taking silver in the sweepstakes for Hardesty’s services out of high school, Bridgewater College got a second chance at the former Broadway High School football standout — and took gold, luring the fullback from Shippensburg University over the winter.
|
| 781. |
‘Invisible Sticker Power’? 2007-08-25
|
| 782. |
Copeland Gets A Support Cast At BC 2007-08-23
BRIDGEWATER — The Bridgewater College football team made a movie Wednesday that coach Michael Clark wants everyone to see.
|
| 783. |
Sophomore QB Gets Nod At BHS 2007-08-22
BROADWAY — Broadway – like two other high schools in the four-team Massanutten District – is introducing a new quarterback this week.
|
| 784. |
TA’s Quarterback Competition Still Going 2007-08-21
|
| 785. |
The Blazers’ Bruiser – Chad Morris Mans The Middle Of The Defense 2007-08-20
|
| 786. |
A New Hit 2007-08-18
|
| 787. |
Highfill Adjusts Quickly To New Style 2007-08-16
BRIDGEWATER – This preseason is a bit different for Jeff Highfill. Last season, the Bridgewater College football team’s quarterback was in his comfort zone from Day 1 – and he went on to lead the highest-scoring offense in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, averaging 31.7 points a game.
|
| 788. |
Ben Sarver’s Replacement Is … 2007-08-15
|
| 789. |
From Summer To Fall, Flames Hungry For Revenge 2007-08-14
HARRISONBURG — Kevin Chico described it as a "big hangout." It’s a place where people can play organized soccer from May to July, and most of the Eastern Mennonite High School boys’ team did just that – all the while clutching a mild grudge.
|
| 790. |
Big Season For Bigger Olinger? 2007-08-13
BROADWAY – Last year, Brett Olinger had a tendency to tip over. The lithe and slender Broadway High School running back lacked the bulk to consistently shake off minor hits and glancing bumps.
|
| 791. |
141 Eagles Await New Season 2007-08-13
|
| 792. |
D-III Mulls Ban On Text Messaging 2007-08-09
|
| 793. |
BC Picked First In ODAC Football 2007-08-08
|
| 794. |
Foltz Shuts Out Elkton 2007-08-07
|
| 795. |
JMU Soccer Has Foreign Flair 2007-08-06
|
| 796. |
Bucks Jump On Bruins 2007-08-04
|
| 797. |
Turks May Try It Again 2007-08-03
|
| 798. |
Jacks Erase Turks, 4-1 2007-08-02
|
| 799. |
DeSmit DeTermined 2007-07-30
|
| 800. |
Tight Race Expected At Swim Meet 2007-07-28
|
| 801. |
After Facing Mortality, Turk Back In Swing Of Things 2007-07-26
|
| 802. |
10 Questions Heading Into The High School Football Season 2007-07-25
|
| 803. |
Elkton Eliminated From States 2007-07-24
|
| 804. |
Grottoes Bounced From State Little League Tournament 2007-07-24
|
| 805. |
Vienna Clubs Grottoes 2007-07-23
|
| 806. |
"I Like Kicking Guys’ Butts" 2007-07-21
|
| 807. |
Elkton All-Stars May Not Be Boon For SHS 2007-07-20
|
| 808. |
On The Rock Gang At BC 2007-07-19
|
| 809. |
Broadway Finds Its Man 2007-07-17
|
| 810. |
West Beats East In RCBL All-Star Game 2007-07-16
|
| 811. |
Turks Sting Staunton 2007-07-13
|
| 812. |
EMU Hosts Camp For Growing Sport Of Lacrosse 2007-07-12
|
| 813. |
Lescanec Makes Most Of Second Chance 2007-07-11
|
| 814. |
Turks Clobber Senators, 10-1 2007-07-10
|
| 815. |
Scheffres Runs Away With Lakeview 2007-07-09
|
| 816. |
Ruckman Hopes To Defend Title At Lakeview 2007-07-07
HARRISONBURG – Because of circumstances then unknown to Mike Ruckman Sr., he took home more winnings by finishing third in last year’s Lakeview Amateur golf tournament than his nephew Grady Ruckman did by winning the event.
|
| 817. |
Stewart Comes Through 2007-07-06
|
| 818. |
Brantley, Turks Down Woodstock, 11-3 2007-07-02
|
| 819. |
Experts Ranking BC 2007-06-30
|
| 820. |
Turks Fall To New Market 2007-06-29
|
| 821. |
Deceptive Delivery Dooms Turks 2007-06-28
|
| 822. |
Wease Is Tossed In Turks’ Defeat 2007-06-25
|
| 823. |
A Threepeat At DN-R Tennis 2007-06-25
|
| 824. |
Zack vs. Tang For Final Today 2007-06-23
HARRISONBURG – Somewhere in his Daily News-Record Tennis Tournament men’s semifinal match with No. 1 seed Zack Watson, Justin Pugh went to his left, stretching for a backhand.
|
| 825. |
Spotswood High’s Bailey Wins DN-R Women’s Tennis Title 2007-06-22
|
| 826. |
No. 2 Tangs Wins Again 2007-06-20
|
| 827. |
A Tale Of Two Willies 2007-06-19
Brian Bocock might have seen Willie Mays. He may have been sitting next to Barry Bonds on a clubhouse couch during spring training – then again, maybe it was Willie McCovey.
|
| 828. |
No. 2 Seed Tang Advances In DN-R 2007-06-19
|
| 829. |
All Eyes On Watson, Again 2007-06-16
|
| 830. |
Back To The Future For Baylor 2007-06-15
On Sept. 14 at around 7:30 p.m., Eric Baylor will have a choice to make.
|
| 831. |
Wranglers Zap Turks, 1-0 2007-06-14
|
| 832. |
Foltz Proved Himself As A Freshman – He Was Tough And Good 2007-06-12
|
| 833. |
Clark Adds A New QB 2007-06-11
|
| 834. |
With Draft On Their Minds, Turks Beat Covington, 5-1 2007-06-08
|
| 835. |
Turks Make It Look Easy 2007-06-07
WOODSTOCK – The Harrisonburg Turks hit the ball. They caught the ball and they threw the ball.
|
| 836. |
Clark Adds Defense to His Duties 2007-06-06
|
| 837. |
Sinclair, Bucks Beat Stuarts Draft 2007-06-05
|
| 838. |
Draft About To Blow Through Valley 2007-06-02
STAUNTON – Bob Wease is used to it. The Harrisonburg Turks’ manager said it happens every year, and it’s just something he and the 10 other Valley Baseball League clubs have come to accept.
|
| 839. |
Plot Thickens At TA 2007-06-01
|
| 840. |
Broad Run Ace Baffles TA 2007-05-31
ASHBURN – The Turner Ashby High School softball team knew who was pitching. The Knights faced her last year in the Region II tournament, so they knew what was coming.
|
| 841. |
TA Spurts Past Brentsville, 7-3, In Softball 2007-05-29
|
| 842. |
Page Wins Title 2007-05-26
|
| 843. |
Trips Up 33 Pay Dividends 2007-05-26
|
| 844. |
TA Back On Top 2007-05-25
|
| 845. |
TA Edges Broadway, 2-1, In Softball 2007-05-23
|
| 846. |
SHS’s Smith Shuts Down HHS, 8-2, In Softball 2007-05-22
PENN LAIRD – Bob Lewellen knows better. He just can’t help it. When Molly Smith pitches, the Spotswood High School softball coach just assumes she’s going to do well.
|
| 847. |
Spotswood Beats Waynesboro, 2-0, In Girls’ Soccer 2007-05-22
PENN LAIRD – They’d been over it before. If Jamie Dofflemyer got a breakaway, Spotswood girls’ soccer coach Mike Martin said she just needed to be discerning and pick one side of the net.
|
| 848. |
Rain Proves A Pain In The Arm To Valley Teams 2007-05-21
HARRISONBURG — Cassie Thompson’s right arm is really important. And with Harrisonburg High School’s Valley District softball quarterfinal delayed from Friday to today, Thompson’s arm means that much more to a Blue Streaks team lean on pitching.
|
| 849. |
TA Crushes Rockbridge, 25-0, In Valley Quarterfinals 2007-05-19
|
| 850. |
BC’s Higginson Heads To Tulane 2007-05-18
After four years as the Bridgewater College football team’s defensive coordinator, Grant Higginson is leaving to take a graduate assistant position at Tulane, his alma mater.
|
| 851. |
New Role For TA: It’s Not No. 1 2007-05-18
HARRISONBURG -- Today, the Turner Ashby High School softball team starts the Valley District tournament in unfamiliar territory.
|
| 852. |
A Heady Soccer Player 2007-05-17
BRIDGEWATER – On April 17, Joseph Bucher suffered a mild concussion. Bucher blames his brother. Phil Landes blames Bucher’s disposition.
|
| 853. |
Blazers Blast Giants, 7-0, In Girls’ Tennis 2007-05-16
|
| 854. |
Blazers Ace Semifinals, As Usual 2007-05-15
PENN LAIRD – Midway through her match, Spotswood High School’s Kelsey Failes looked around at the emptying tennis courts and realized her No. 3 singles pairing with Harrisonburg sophomore Ginny Stevens was becoming increasingly significant.
|
| 855. |
Spotswood Beats HHS, 4-1 2007-05-05
|
| 856. |
Clark Says New Tailback Is ‘Blue Chip’ 2007-05-04
|
| 857. |
TA Star To Play Two At BC 2007-05-04
|
| 858. |
Ex-BHS Star Hardesty Heads To BC 2007-05-03
After a year away, Seth Hardesty is returning to the Valley. Hardesty, who graduated from Broadway High School in 2006, is coming back to play football for Division III Bridgewater College after redshirting his freshman year at Division II Shippensburg University.
|
| 859. |
Harold’s Homer Gives Broadway Extra Inning Win 2007-05-02
HARRISONBURG – Sarah Harold called the pitch a meatball. Cassie Thompson said she misplaced it, and Amanda Reeves said she has poor depth perception and couldn’t tell where it landed.
|
| 860. |
Against TA, A Double Loss For HHS? 2007-04-28
|
| 861. |
HHS Girls Rolling 2007-04-27
BRIDGEWATER – The Harrisonburg High School girls’ soccer team has been playing so well, not even the elements can stop it.
|
| 862. |
Thomas, TA Take Rematch 2007-04-25
|
| 863. |
Reeves In Control In Broadway 2007-04-24
|
| 864. |
Old Guy Comes Through For JMU 2007-04-23
|
| 865. |
SHS Ends Drought Against TA Softball 2007-04-21
|
| 866. |
Streaks Foil Rockbridge, 2-1, In Boys’ Soccer 2007-04-20
HARRISONBURG – Ted Erickson just wanted his team to regroup. The Harrisonburg High School boys’ soccer coach said he thought his team needed to rebound after a slow first half against Rockbridge County and break a 1-1 tie.
|
| 867. |
It’s A Waiting Game At BC 2007-04-19
BRIDGEWATER – Bridgewater College football recruits seem to fall into two categories: those who know they’re Division III and those who aren’t sure.
|
| 868. |
Smith Stays Hungry 2007-04-16
|
| 869. |
Hovatter Leads Talented Crew 2007-04-16
|
| 870. |
Rockbridge Beats Broadway, 4-3, In Baseball 2007-04-14
|
| 871. |
Second Time’s The Charm 2007-04-13
HARRISONBURG – Midway through the first half, Eddie Moreno thought he scored a goal that gave the Harrisonburg High School boys’ soccer team a 1-0 lead against R.E. Lee.
|
| 872. |
Fort Clips Broadway, Then Coach 2007-04-11
|
| 873. |
A Perfect Start For TA’s Andrews 2007-04-10
Craig Miller puts players into two categories: those who know how to play the game and those who know how to play the game.
|
| 874. |
More Offense? Yup, But Dukes Still Get Swept By Northeastern 2007-04-09
HARRISONBURG – Spanky McFarland decided to try something new Sunday. In an attempt to get a little more of whatever the James Madison baseball team has lacked this spring, the Dukes’ 10th-year coach rearranged his batting order.
|
| 875. |
Chocolate-Fueled Record Still Stands 2007-04-07
Doug Fischer doesn’t have any theories – and you’d think he would. He’s a retired microbiologist.
|
| 876. |
Smooth Blazers Beat Streaks 11-2 In Softball 2007-04-04
|
| 877. |
Knights Slam Door On Gobblers In Softball, 8-5 2007-04-03
|
| 878. |
Back From ‘Cloud Nine,’ Fort Wins Again 2007-03-31
|
| 879. |
Blue Streaks The Team To Beat In Girls’ Soccer 2007-03-31
|
| 880. |
Broadway’s Pupic, Jameson Make College Choices 2007-03-30
|
| 881. |
Thomas Pounds Harrisonburg 2007-03-28
|
| 882. |
Brandon Tightens Up, Leads HHS In Baseball 2007-03-26
|
| 883. |
Tribe Jumps Past JMU, 12-6, In Baseball 2007-03-26
HARRISONBURG – For the James Madison baseball team, Sunday’s rubber match against William & Mary was very simple: The Tribe scored runs early and the Dukes didn’t.
|
| 884. |
First Hit A Biggie 2007-03-24
|
| 885. |
It’s "Massanutten" And "Southern Valley" 2007-03-22
|
| 886. |
Ware Thinks She’s Not a Hitter? 2007-03-21
Lindsay Ware never considered herself a hitter. When the Bridgewater College third baseman came in as a freshman in 2003, she bunted a lot, hit second and made her reputation with the glove.
|
| 887. |
TA Still Team To Beat 2007-03-16
|
| 888. |
SHS Rolls Over Black Knights 2007-03-14
|
| 889. |
Waynesboro Falls To William Fleming, 57-48 In Group AA Semis 2007-03-10
|
| 890. |
Floyd Routs Turnover-Prone Stonewall, 87-64 2007-03-09
|
| 891. |
Is Girls’ Basketball A Boys Club? 2007-03-07
|
| 892. |
Newman Carries On Family Legacy – In Basketball 2007-03-05
|
| 893. |
Knights Stifle Riverbend 2007-03-03
|
| 894. |
Knights Look To Rebound At States 2007-03-01
HARRISONBURG – Tonight, the Turner Ashby High School girls’ basketball team must do something it hasn’t had to all season: rebound from a loss.
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| 895. |
One Key Rule: Just Mind The Blood 2007-03-01
Parents always have rules. For most, it’s stuff like "clean your room," "set the table," and "take out the trash."
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| 896. |
TA Loses First Game Of Season, 69-65, To Charlottesville 2007-02-27
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| 897. |
In Big Game, EMHS Comes Up Short 2007-02-26
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| 898. |
Knights Reach States With 54-46 Win Over Broad Run 2007-02-24
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| 899. |
Little Giants Edge Judges 2007-02-22
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| 900. |
Knights Brush Off Brentsville, 55-35 2007-02-22
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| 901. |
Knights Begin Quest 2007-02-21
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| 902. |
TA Finishes What It Started 2007-02-19
HARRISONBURG – Five minutes. That was all it took for Turner Ashby High School to put Spotswood away in the Valley District girls’ basketball tournament championship game, Monday night.
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| 903. |
Unbeaten TA Faces SHS Tonight For Valley Girls’ Basketball Title 2007-02-19
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| 904. |
Blazers Storm Into Valley Final 2007-02-19
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| 905. |
Lee Knocks Off Rockbridge 2007-02-17
HARRISONBURG – For a half, it looked like R.E. Lee High School – the perennial Valley District boys’ basketball power – might not make it to the Region II tournament for the first time since 2000.
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| 906. |
Knights Keep Rolling, Beating Broadway 79-48 in Girls’ Basketball 2007-02-12
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| 907. |
A Coronation For TA This Week? 2007-02-12
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| 908. |
TA Wraps Up Perfect Regular Season 2007-02-10
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| 909. |
Knights Remain Perfect 2007-02-09
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| 910. |
EMU Keeps Hopes Alive With Win Over BC 2007-02-05
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| 911. |
Raines Rallies Harrisonburg Over Fort, 61-55 2007-02-03
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| 912. |
May’s Found Her Stroke 2007-01-31
PENN LAIRD — Two games ago, it finally clicked for Leslie May. During the summer, the Spotswood High School senior forward developed a hitch in her mechanics, which prevented her from squaring up for her shot.
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| 913. |
Giants, Blazers Win Swim Titles 2007-01-29
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| 914. |
Districts No Longer Last Chance 2007-01-27
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| 915. |
Broadway Wins Ugly 2007-01-27
BROADWAY – If no man is an island, Derek Fulk came awfully close. With 7.1 seconds to go, the Broadway High School senior guard toed the free-throw line in a 33-33 tie against Harrisonburg for a one-and-one after a hard foul by Tony Owah sent him to floor in front of the Gobbler bench.
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| 916. |
Top-Ranked TA Cruises 2007-01-24
BRIDGEWATER – The Turner Ashby High School girls’ basketball team found out yesterday morning it was the new the No. 1 team in the state.
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