
AAA: Gas prices continue to fall
Gas prices continue to ease across the country, seeing double-digit drops in some regions, after the longest string of increases in nearly two years.

Gas prices continue to ease across the country, seeing double-digit drops in some regions, after the longest string of increases in nearly two years.

Junior third baseman Ty McFarland (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in game one and the Dukes pounded out 18 hits in game two as the James Madison baseball team earned a doubleheader sweep over Hofstra at Veterans Memorial Park, Saturday. JMU won its Colonial Athletic Association opener 12-11, before taking game two, 18-13.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

No. 2 North VMI got 79 points from the trio of Stan Okoye, D.J. Covington and Rodney Glasgow, overcoming Michael Kessens’ tournament-record 36 points and a furious second-half comeback by No. 6 North Longwood. The Keydets prevailed 90-86 in an action-packed quarterfinal VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Men’s Basketball Championship tilt, Thursday afternoon at The HTC Center.

As severe winter weather moves into the state, the Virginia Department of Health urges Virginians to prepare for the snowstorm and offers tips to say safe during cleanup activities following the storm.

Two losses in overtime. Another by a single point. Two others by two points. Another by five. A basket here, a defensive stop there, and the most successful season in the four-year history of Fishburne Military School’s postgrad program gets that much more interesting.

The No. 8 Virginia Cavaliers (5-1) scored five goals in the fourth quarter to escape with a 12-10 victory over the Vermont Catamounts (1-4) on Tuesday afternoon inside Klöckner Stadium. The win was UVa.’s 32nd midweek triumph in a row, dating back to 2001.

Freshman catcher Bobby San Martin (Fairfax, Va./Centreville) lifted a two-out, two-run blast to left field to cap a wild back-and-forth finish and make James Madison an 11-9 winner in 11 innings over Hartford, completing a four-game weekend baseball sweep on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

The James Madison University baseball team used quality pitching and a solid offensive attack to sweep a doubleheader from visiting Hartford, 10-2 and 6-2, March 2. With the wins, JMU improved to 5-6 overall, while the Hawks fell to 0-7.

The VMI Keydets had a 6-4 lead headed to the ninth inning, but the Binghamton Bearcats rallied to tie the game and went on to a 9-7, 12-inning victory in non-conference baseball action Saturday at Gray-Minor Stadium.
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