
Kieboom’s slam highlights Potomac Nationals win
Amidst frigid temperatures and intermittent snow flurries, the Potomac Nationals (7-5) took down the Salem Red Sox (7-5) 9-4 on Monday night.

Amidst frigid temperatures and intermittent snow flurries, the Potomac Nationals (7-5) took down the Salem Red Sox (7-5) 9-4 on Monday night.

Virginia (20-16) closes out a 10-game home stand with a non-conference matchup against George Washington (20-15) on Tuesday (April 17) and Liberty (22-12) on Wednesday (April 18). First pitch for both contests will be at 6 p.m.

Virginia athletics director Carla Williams announced today (April 16) Tina Thompson as head coach of the Cavaliers’ women’s basketball program. Thompson comes to Virginia after serving on the coaching staff at Texas the past three seasons.

Ben Cline announced today that his Sixth District Republican congressional nomination campaign had raised over $112,000 during the first quarter of 2018.

SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series continues in April with a reading by poets Susan Facknitz, Stan Galloway, Leona Sevick, Michael Trocchia, and Lesley Wheeler

No. 22 North Carolina (24-12, 12-6 ACC) clinched its third-straight ACC series with a 12-5 victory over Virginia (20-16, 7-11 ACC) in the second game of Saturday’sdoubleheader. The Tar Heels evened the series earlier in the day with an 8-6 win in game one.

The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (9-6, 4-2 ACC) picked up an 18-10 win at Louisville (6-9, 0-6 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at UofL Lacrosse Stadium in Louisville, Ky.

The ACC leads all conferences with 47 former players listed on the rosters of the 16 teams that qualified for the 2018 NBA Playoffs, which begin Saturday, April 14.

“Donald Trump has just committed a murderous immoral criminal action and sought to depict it as law enforcement,” said David Swanson, the director of World BEYOND War, a non-profit global organization opposed to all warfare.

This year’s federal income tax return due date is Tuesday, April 17. It’s the last time you will have to file under the old tax code that was replaced by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which will apply to next April’s returns.