Donation to Ride With Pride

Hillary Williams from Cold Stone Creamery in Harrisonburg presents a $1,000 check to Debbie Winters, director of Ride With Pride. Ride With Pride is Augusta County’s therapeutic horseback riding program for youth and adults with physical, mental, and emotional challenges. Stone Cold Creamery created a video with RWP to celebrate the new eight-layer cake. For…

Longwood drops series finale to UMBC

Longwood University dropped a 6-1 baseball road decision at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County of the America East Conference Sunday afternoon in Baltimore. The visiting Lancers (21-11) allowed four runs in the first inning against the host Retrievers (4-16) and never recovered en route to a setback in the three-game weekend series finale. Freshman Matt…

Longwood takes two from UMBC

Longwood University swept a baseball doubleheader on the road at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County of the America East Conference Saturday afternoon in Baltimore. The visiting Lancers (21-10) won game one against the host Retrievers (3-16) by a score of 11-0 before winning in game two by a score of 8-4. Senior captain Brant Jones|Richmond…

Liberty blasts VCU

Senior Michael Cheatham went 3-for-4 and classmate John Lenherr and junior Paul Nice collected two hits apiece but Virginia Commonwealth University couldn’t overcome an early deficit and fell to Liberty University, 11-1, Tuesday evening at The Diamond. VCU slips to 9-14 overall, while Liberty improves to 15-11. Cheatham, Lenherr and Nice combined for seven of…

Staunton to host entrepreneur workshop

Chris Graham

The City of Staunton announces that the Office of Economic Development and the Staunton Downtown Development Association will host Entrepreneur Essentials – a day-long business fair – from 9am to 6pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at City Hall in downtown Staunton. Entrepreneur Essentials is a business resource fair with workshops, exhibitors, and giveaways throughout…

Tribe holds off NSU rally

Chris Graham

William & Mary jumped out to a 4-0 lead, then held off a late-inning charge from host Norfolk State to take a 6-5 victory on Wednesday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Field. The Tribe (11-13) led 4-0 after the top of the fourth, but NSU (7-14) rallied to get within 6-5 in the later innings….

Richmond beats ODU, 8-3

Sophomore lefty Bret Williams gave Richmond eight strong innings and the offense pounded out 15 hits in his support as the Spiders won their sixth-straight game by beating Old Dominion, 8-3, Tuesday night in Norfolk. Freshman SS Mike Small and junior LF Phil Ruzbarksy each had three hits and Ruzbarsky drove in a pair for…

Longwood takes series finale with LeMoyne

Chris Graham

Longwood University took a 10-0 home shutout baseball victory past visiting Le Moyne College Sunday afternoon at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. The Lancers improved their record to 17-6 while winning for the 15th time in the last 16 games, remaining one of the hottest teams in college baseball with their triumph against the…