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A four-team tournament in Myrtle Beach, an extended trip to Florida, a home-and-away series with Virginia, 12 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams, and home night games for the first time in program history highlight the 2010 James Madison baseball schedule released Tuesday. “It’s one of the toughest schedules we’ve had at JMU,” commented head…
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Tuesday, Oct. 27 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening statement: Obviously, we are disappointed (in the loss to Notre Dame) but we hope to put it behind us fast because we have a heck of a football team coming in on Saturday. On his thoughts from Notre Dame: It’s the same in losses as in…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bureau chief is a sexy job title, but being the bureau chief means you end up doing things like spending the morning at a middle school making sure the station can do live web-streaming of a House of Delegates debate scheduled for the next night. WVIR-NBC29 veteran Ken Slack…
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Marrow, Curren face steep hills to climb Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A candidate for public office needs to shake as many hands and slap as many backs as possible. A Democratic Party candidate in the bright-red Shenandoah Valley has to work twice as hard to have a shot on Election Day. “You’ve got to…
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Last week, I had the honor of attending a very special bill signing at the White House. Surrounded by representatives from the major veterans service organizations, the President signed into law the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, which will ensure our veterans get the health care they have earned. As a member…
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Tuesday, Oct. 20 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening Statement: We started out the second half of the season, with game number seven, on the right foot. We are very happy to come away with a victory over a very good conference opponent. We did a great job from the coaches all the way down…
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Monday, Oct. 19 COACH GROH: About as good as challenge as we could look for this week in an opponent. Sure could make a pretty strong argument, the hottest team in the ACC with a unique system of play in two of the three elements of their team. Much is made of the uniqueness of…
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QUESTION: Coach we talked about after the game your offense and your defense combined played probably was the best we’ve seen all season. Can you talk about how things are starting to come together for you guys and how you go forward from here? COACH GROH: We’ve seen, I would say, two and a half…
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Today, in coordination with the beginning of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor Jody Wagner unveiled her agenda to help Virginians with disabilities. The first statewide candidate to release a comprehensive plan dealing with disabilities, Wagner pledged to protect rights and improve quality of life of Virginians living with disabilities.
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Waynesboro (0-2) will make the trek up U.S. 340 to Spotswood to take on the Trailblazers (2-0) in nondistrict Valley football action tonight at 7 p.m. You can listen to the game live at AugustaFreePress.com courtesy Stretch Internet. AFP editor Chris Graham will provide the play-by-play description of tonight’s action. Waynesboro Generals owner and veteran…
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