FMS PGs win in first game without UVa. recruit
After a 30-day holiday layoff, Fishburne Military School’s postgraduate basketball team returned to action on Wednesday night at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista and returned to Waynesboro with a 21-point win over the Knights JV squad.
The Caissons accomplished the 84-63 victory without the help of starting point guard and team captain Teven Jones. The North Carolina native will be enrolling into the University of Virginia for the spring semester to help out the 16th-ranked Cavaliers, who are down to nine scholarship players. Continue reading “FMS PGs win in first game without UVa. recruit” »
Royals romp over Southern Virginia
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On Dec. 12, Southern Virginia handed the Runnin Royals their first loss of the 2009-2010 season, 92-79 in Buena Vista. Thursday night, Eastern Mennonite paid back the Knights in Harrisonburg by racing to a 26-point halftime lead en route to an 89-68 victory.
The teams quickly started the game like a track meet, with both squads pushing up and down the floor. After a flurry of missed shots, EMU etched out an eight-point lead at 13-5. Southern Virginia came right back to get within one at 15-14 before the Royals blew it open.
With 7:17 left in the half and a 29-25 lead, the Runnin Royals clamped on the defense. EMU didn’t allow another field goal in the half and exploded with a 24-3 run to take a comfy 53-27 cushion into the break. George Johnson (Richmond, Va./Miller School) capped the streak with a three-pointer, his fourth of the half. Continue reading “Royals romp over Southern Virginia” »
VMI holds off game Southern Virginia
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VMI’s Stan Okoye posted his fifth straight game of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Keydets outlasted a strong Southern Virginia effort to earn a 99-87 victory over the Knights in a non-conference contest played at Cameron Hall Tuesday evening.
After battling through a close game all night, the Knights pulled to within three after a pair of Derek Cutler free throws with 4:49 to play. VMI launched an 8-1 run on the next possession, and SVU could not get closer than eight the rest of the way.
Okoye’s 24 points led all scorers, as the Keydets overcame an early SVU lead to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. The freshman also posted 11 rebounds, leading the home team in that category as well. VMI prevailed in spite of a double-double from the Knights’ Cory Evans, who nearly equaled Okoye’s effort with 23 points and 10 boards of his own.
With the victory, VMI moves to 7-12 on the season, while the Knights fall to 12-5.
2008 Waynesboro High School graduate played two minutes off the bench and did not score.
Woodrow Wilson Library to host research workshop
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced that it will host a class of 22 students from Southern Virginia University for a half-day workshop about public history on Thursday, Jan. 28.
The students are in Dr. Lora Knight’s historical methods course at SVU, which is in Buena Vista. The students are interested is seeing and using primary resources in research, hearing about the Presidential Library’s internship program, and exploring careers in public history.
The program will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. At 9:45 a.m., Director of Education Joel Hodson and Museum Educator Ellen Abernethy will discuss public history and how history is taught at the Presidential Library and other museums and historic sites. At 10:40 a.m., Director of Library and Archives Peggy Dillard will discuss the Presidential Library’s digital archive and the use of primary documents. Continue reading “Woodrow Wilson Library to host research workshop” »
