Draft Roundup: Five ‘Hoos, two Dukes, lead local MLB Draft selections

Chris Graham

Five Virginia baseball players were selected Tuesday in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Rounds two through 30 were conducted Tuesday; Virginia’s Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) was selected in the first round Monday. Virginia had three of its starting pitchers selected in the first 10 rounds, as Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) and…

‘Long-awaited,’ ‘special,’ ‘surreal’ day for FMS grads

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The final order came down, and a flurry of hats flew into the air, marking the end of 35 cadet careers at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro. “It’s been long-awaited,” said Alex Burkard of Stuarts Draft, who began at Fishburne as an eighth-grader, and for whom the graduation ceremony on Saturday was the end of…

Embarrassment of (lack of) riches

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Mike Shanahan, we hardly knew ya. The genius is being exposed as a guy who was simply along for the ride at the twilight of John Elway’s NFL career, his reputation as an offensive guru now offensive in retrospect. “I basically say, Screw the awkwardness. I’m trying to be the starting quarterback,” said John Beck,…

Blue Rocks handle Sox

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Two tough innings plagued starter Ryan Pressly and guided the visiting Blue Rocks to a 7-3 victory in the opening game of a four-game set at LewisGale on Monday night. Wilmington plated three in the second and three more in the fourth against Pressly, who yielded twice as many earned runs as his previous season-high…

Warner delivers thank-yous to Navy Seals

Chris Graham

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner today delivered more than 1,200 messages of support and appreciation to U.S. Navy special operations personnel representing the successful military operation that eliminated Al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The ‘thank you’ notes were submitted through a message board set-up on Sen. Warner’s website, and through Facebook, Twitter and…

JMU completes sweep of Towson

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Senior left-hander Alex Valadja (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Catholic) limited Towson to one run in six innings and the bottom of the order did most of the damage in James Madison’s 11-1 Colonial Athletic Association baseball victory Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. With its seventh straight conference victory, JMU clinched a spot in…

Former Congressman Sestak speaks of restoring American dream to Bridgewater grads

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As Bridgewater College’s graduating seniors and their families celebrated on the campus Sunday, former Pennsylvania Congressman Joseph A. “Joe” Sestak urged the 326 graduates to resuscitate a faltering American Dream by restoring trust in leaders and institutions, standing on the values of accountability and providing principled leadership. Sestak, a 31-year veteran of the U.S. Navy…

Longwood wins at JMU

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Longwood University took a 6-4 baseball road victory at James Madison University of the Colonial Athletic Association Tuesday night in Harrisonburg. The hard-earned triumph was the 900th career coaching win for veteran 33rd-year Lancers’ head coach Charles Buddy Bolding (900-492-4). The Lancers improved to 28-15 and were led by senior captains Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) and…

Sanford D. Horn: The unfair and unbalanced media

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While Congressman Jim Moran’s assault on the military and its veterans went viral Friday, April 8, one day following a town hall meeting held in Alexandria at Hammond Middle School, nary a word appeared in The Washington Post. Moran treated Wayne Tunick, a disabled 27-year veteran rudely following an important question regarding military pay in…