#2 UVa. gets two in eighth to knock off #20 Tech

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   John Hicks (So., Sandy Hook, Va.) singled to score Dan Grovatt (Jr., Tabernacle, N.J.) to break an eighth-inning tie and lift the second-ranked Virginia baseball team to a 4-2 win over No. 20 Virginia Tech Friday evening in front of packed house of 4,219 fans at Davenport Field.

David Reynolds: Births and boards

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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected]   “We held on as long as we could,” was the announcement. It came as no surprise. There were numerous warnings to soften this latest blow to our proud past. Still no one was happy. Parents, particularly mothers, were angry. They wanted time as much as money…

Chris Graham: Danville just got itself a better deal

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]   A hundred sixty jobs paying an average wage of $50,000 a year. And they cost Danville and the state $590,000. The quick math on that – we’re talking less than $4,000 a job. Which puts the $110,000 a job that Waynesboro paid to get the PGI expansion that some…

#4 UVa. wins 9-1, takes series from #2 Georgia Tech

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Behind a strong pitching performance, the #4 Virginia baseball team earned a series win by stifling #2 Georgia Tech’s potent offense in a 9-1 victory Sunday at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers won the series, two games to one, and finished off their fourth series win over a ranked opponent…

Magenhofer: Moving on from 11-year run at WSVA

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   It hit him driving to work early, early, early Friday morning. “I was thinking, Gosh, is this the last time I’m here, the clock turning 4 o’clock in the morning, and I’m driving into the parking lot? This route that I’ve taken to the station for so many years,…