JMU wins wild one in extras over Maryland

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Seniors David Herbek (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) and Alex Foltz (Mathias, W.Va./East Hardy) led off the 12th inning with back-to-back doubles as James Madison pulled out a 12-inning 13-12 victory over Maryland in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 23-11 overall and won its third in a…

JMU splits two with Georgia State

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James Madison used a five-run eighth inning to cap a rally from a 6-1 deficit and win the opener 9-6 while Georgia State coasted to a 16-3 triumph in the second game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU stands at 22-10 overall and…

Virginia schools to promote recycling

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Virginia Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson and Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech have joined with PepsiCo and Waste Management to encourage K-12 schools in the Commonwealth to participate in the Dream Machine Recycle Rally program in celebration of Earth Week. The Dream Machine Recycle Rally, as one pillar within the broader Dream Machine recycling…

JMU, ODU split two

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Senior left-hander Alex Valadja (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Catholic) and four homers powered James Madison to a 13-2 win over Old Dominion in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball doubleheader while ODU claimed a back-and-forth second game by a 10-8 score on Saturday at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU had its streak of…

JMU holds off Cornell

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James Madison jumped out to a 5-1 lead through four innings and held on in the late innings to defeat Cornell 6-4 in a non-conference baseball game on Tuesday evening at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 16-5 overall and 11-3 at home. Cornell dropped to 1-10 for the season. After Cornell…

Webb on Libya: No clear sense of direction

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Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is offering sharp criticism of the handling of the ongoing crisis in Libya that escalated over the weekend with the launch of air strikes against key military installations of the Muammar Qaddafi regime. Speaking with MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on Monday, Webb, a military veteran and former Secretary of the Navy,…

Inspirational: AWE newcomer, military vet, overcomes obstacles, pursues dreams

Chris Graham

Michael Hayes has just won his professional wrestling debut match over his teacher, Nick Dinsmore, in dramatic fashion. The hometown crowd was cheering the young Iraq veteran on all the way, so it’s one of those nice moments in sports where the fans get to go home happy. A fan comes up to shake Hayes’…