#1 UVa. baseball completes sweep at Virginia Tech

Chris Graham

The top-ranked Virginia baseball team completed a three-game series sweep of Virginia Tech with a 10-2 triumph Sunday afternoon at English Field in Blacksburg. In outscoring the Hokies 37-8 in the series, Virginia ran its win streak to nine games and improved to 28-2 this season, including an 11-1 mark in ACC play. UVa is…

Longwood women suffer first NLC loss

The Longwood University women’s lacrosse team was handed its first-ever loss in the National Lacrosse Conference (NLC) since the league’s inception in 2009 with an 18-10 decision at Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Jamie Brentlinger|Gambrills, Md. (Arundel) scored a team-high three goals on four shots, adding two ground balls and one draw control.

#1 UVa. rolls past Tech

Chris Graham

Tyler Wilson (Sr., Midlothian, Va.) pitched seven shutout innings and David Coleman (Sr., Richmond, Va.) homered and drove in five runs as the top-ranked Virginia baseball team defeated Virginia Tech, 9-3, Saturday afternoon at English Field in Blacksburg. Virginia (27-2, 10-1 ACC) now has won eight straight games and also has clinched its fourth straight…

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…

#1 'Hoos dominate Virginia Tech in Game 1

Chris Graham

The top-ranked Virginia baseball team scored 17 runs over a four-inning span to bounce back from an early deficit and trounce Virginia Tech, 18-3, Friday night at a frigid English Field in Blacksburg. The Cavaliers (26-2, 9-1 ACC) banged out 16 hits in their largest offensive output of the season and used strong pitching from…

The AFP on WREL: Finality?

Chris Graham

AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news and sports with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at recent activity in Richmond regarding legislation passed in the 2011 Virginia General Assembly session – specifically looking at Gov. Bob McDonnell’s budget amendment  cutting funding for public broadcasting. Will the governor finally get…

Chris Graham: Switch in district lines could aid Dems

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The conventional wisdom to the proposed legislative redistricting that would move Waynesboro into the 20th House District along with Staunton is that Republican Del. Dickie Bell gets Waynesboro in his district. I’m usually not big on conventional wisdom, and I’m certainly not in this case. I’ve written columns over the past couple of years about…

The Holsteins are coming

Eastview Jose Joelle Mg (aka Joelle) visited Capitol Square today to announce that Richmond will host the National Holstein Convention in June. Joelle posed with various dignitaries, from the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to Gov. McDonnell’s Executive Chef. One of the photos will be used for the cover of the convention program, which will…