
Elon University to join CAA in 2014
Elon University has accepted an invitation of membership to join the Colonial Athletic Association in 2014, CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager announced today.

Elon University has accepted an invitation of membership to join the Colonial Athletic Association in 2014, CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager announced today.

A fourth straight appearance in prime time for the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game and 11 national exposures in the first three weeks of the season, including six national TV appearances on the opening weekend of the year, headline the Atlantic Coast Conference early season TV football schedule announced Thursday by the ACC.

Senior catcher Bradley Shaban (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) drove in four runs, including a two-run home run to break a 4-4 tie in the sixth inning as James Madison defeated Delaware 9-6 in game two of the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Championship on Thursday morning at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

James Madison’s first game of the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Championship against Delaware was suspended with JMU leading 4-2 in the top of the fourth inning on Wednesday.

Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that Virginia has been approved to implement a new healthcare initiative, the Medicare-Medicaid Enrollee (dual eligible) Financial Alignment Demonstration, aimed at coordinating care for more than 78,000 Virginians currently enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid.

Jeremy Farrell and Rangel Ravelo each reached base five times in Winston-Salem’s 11-1 rout over the Salem Red Sox on Tuesday night at LewisGale Field. The Dash outhit the Sox 14-3 and dominated the series opener, with Farrell crushing three doubles and a two-run homer.

Greenville author Nick Auclair will be signing his action-adventure novel, Steel’s Treasure, at an author’s reception Saturday May 25, 5 to 7 PM at Staunton’s Black SwanBooks and Music. The event is free and open to the public.

Sophomore left fielder Chad Carroll (Oakton, Va./Oakton) collected First Team All-CAA honors to highlight four James Madison award recipients as the Colonial Athletic Association held its baseball awards banquet Tuesday night at the Festival Ballroom and Events Center on the eve of the 2013 Championship.

As Bridgewater College’s graduating seniors and their families celebrated on the campus mall Saturday, May 18, Virginia Supreme Court Justice William C. Mims urged the 301 graduates to remember society’s timeless virtues and to build meaningful lives.

The visitors from Frederick scored three runs in the top of the ninth against Nate Striz, transforming a 4-3 deficit into a 6-4 victory to avoid being swept by the Salem Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.
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