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Right-hander A.J. Morris turned in seven sterling innings as the Altoona Curve (16-24) blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels (21-19), 3-0, on Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
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A group of codgers at the local Starbucks was discussing the Michael Sam kiss seen ‘round the world today, and it was clear that they didn’t like what they saw. The general theme: Did they really need to show us that?
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Incoming freshman guard Joey McLean signed a national letter of intent to join the JMU men’s basketball program for the 2014-15 season as announced by head coach Matt Brady on Friday.
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JMU men’s basketball coach Matt Brady announced on Wednesday the signing of transfer All-American guard Winston Grays to a national letter of intent to join the Dukes for the 2014-15 academic year.
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The Reading Fightin Phils (11-6) rode a sterling performance from lefty Jesse Biddle to a, 1-0, shutout victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (11-8) at FirstEnergy Stadium on Wednesday night. The win netted Reading the series, having taken two of the three games in the set. It marked the first time on the season that the Squirrels had been shut out.
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Jordan Tarsovich had the tie-breaking single in the sixth inning and the VMI bullpen held the Richmond Spiders to just two hits over the final six frames, sending the Keydets to a 4-2 win in non-conference baseball action Wednesday in Lexington. The win was VMI’s (18-13) third consecutive midweek victory.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (3-3) and the Bowie Baysox (5-1) split a double header at Prince George’s Stadium on Tuesday night. Richmond claimed the opener, 5-3, and Bowie prevailed in eight innings in the nightcap, 2-1.
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A group of Bridgewater College students and two staff members will travel to Florida over spring break – not to spend all their time at the beach – but to volunteer as construction workers with Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge Spring Break 2014.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the membership for the newly-created Task Force on Improving Mental Health Services and Crisis Response. The membership includes leaders in the mental health field, law enforcement communities, the judicial system, private hospitals, and individuals receiving mental health services and their families.
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The Waynesboro YMCA year-round competitive swim team (SMAC) had the largest turnout in history for the Fall Invite at the Waynesboro Y and used the excitement of the large crowd to set three new SMAC team records. The SMAC Fall Invite was attended by 380 swimmers from Charlottesville to Roanoke.
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