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Robby Massar tied the game with a two-run single in the eighth as Richmond rallied from 6-1 down to tie VMI 6-6 Tuesday at Pitt Field. The game was called after 10 innings due to darkness and will not be continued. The 100th all-time meeting on the diamond between the Spiders and Keydets will go…
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Richmond brought the winning run to the plate in the ninth inning, but Bucknell avoided the threat and won another close game at Pitt Field, 4-3, Sunday afternoon in the rubber-match of a weekend series. Freshman SS Mike Small was three-for-four with an RBI for the Spiders. Bucknell DH Casey Vanderbeck broke the 3-3 tie…
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The William and Mary men’s basketball team led wire-to-wire on the strength of strong free throw shooting in recording a 69-65 Senior Night victory over Georgia State at Kaplan Arena. The Green and Gold connected on 29-of-37 from the free throw line, including 80 percent (20-of-25) in the second half, and outrebounded a bigger Panther…
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Richmond scored four times in the first inning and senior RF Mike Mergenthaler homered twice in the game as the Spiders rolled past Coppin State, 9-3, Wednesday at Pitt Field. The Spiders improved to 2-3 and remain home this weekend to host Bucknell in a three-game series at Pitt Field that begins Friday at 2:30…
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The William and Mary men’s basketball team used a balanced attack in recording its first ESPN BracketBuster win, dominating Big South foe Radford, 84-52, on Saturday night at Kaplan Arena. The Tribe jumped out to an early advantage and rolled to the easy the victory, placing five players in double figures and shooting better than…
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Richmond scored six runs in the final three innings and stormed back from an early 6-0 deficit to beat Duke 9-8 Saturday in the second of a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field in Durham, N.C. Senior righty Anthony Cafagna fired the final seven innings to get the win, while Mike Mergenthaler and Bryan Conway…
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The Marvelous Murphy Sisters will return to The River City Radio Hour for tonight’s performances. The Radio Hour audiences were delighted with the Sisters’ first appearance at the November Radio Hour and asked that they do a reprise as soon as possible. Sally and Molly Murphy are members of the popular Judy Chops, known for…
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Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer announced more changes to his staff Wednesday, elevating Jim Cavanaugh to the administrative position of director of recruiting and high school relations. Beamer also announced that former Tech All-American and Tech Sports Hall of Fame member Cornell Brown would assume Cavanaugh’s spot on the coaching staff to work…
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The 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released today by Commissioner John Swofford is a challenging slate which sees conference teams playing four of the top six teams ranked in the final 2010 AP poll, 10 games against opponents that are projected by ESPN.com to be in the nation’s preseason Top 25, and 23 games…
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Volunteers — the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization — were honored Jan. 29 by Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council during its annual business meeting. Virginia “Jinx” Weary of Trefoil service unit in Roanoke, received the Thanks Badge, the most prestigious award presented to an adult in Girl Scouting. The Thanks Badge recognizes outstanding service…
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