
Richmond scores slim win over Akron, 4-3
Richmond center fielder Engle Beltre rapped a double to right in the seventh inning to push across the go-ahead run in a slim, 4-3 win over Akron (50-46) on Monday night at The Diamond.

Richmond center fielder Engle Beltre rapped a double to right in the seventh inning to push across the go-ahead run in a slim, 4-3 win over Akron (50-46) on Monday night at The Diamond.

Richmond utilized 12 hits and a solid outing from All-Star Joe Biagini in a 6-3 win over Altoona on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.

Old Dominion University running back Ray Lawry was named to the Doak Walker Watch List on Thursday. The award is given to the best running back in the country.

The Potomac Nationals (44-45 Overall, 25-21 Home, 11-8 Second-Half) were clipped by the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (51-39 Overall, 29-17 Road, 10-11 Second-Half) on Thursday night at Pfitzner Stadium 1-0 in series Game Two amid their current best-of-four set with the “birds.”

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday that the AMC television series TURN: Washington’s Spies will be returning to Virginia for a third season.

The home field for Duke University football, Wallace Wade Stadium, will be illuminated beginning in 2016 with high-performance energy-efficient LED stadium lights from Ephesus Lighting, Inc., the leader in providing LED lighting solutions for sports stadiums, fields and arenas and the Preferred Sports Lighting Partner of Duke University.

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans (50-39-Overall, 28-17-Road, 9-11-Second Half) used three home runs to cruise to a 5-2 victory over the Potomac Nationals (44-44-Overall, 25-20-Home, 11-7-Second Half) in Game One of the series at Pfitzner Stadium on Wednesday night.

Liberty senior defensive end Chima Uzowihe is one of 22 players who have been named to the 2015 STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year award watch list.

To help attract and retain promising student-athletes in the Tribe football program, Richard ’65 and Carole ’65 Kraemer are establishing a robust scholarship endowment worth $1.2 million.
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