
UVa. baseball sweeps N.C. State, improves to 21-2
The No. 11 Virginia baseball team swept a doubleheader against NC State, winning the opener 8-2 before clinching the series with a 4-3 victory in game two.

The No. 11 Virginia baseball team swept a doubleheader against NC State, winning the opener 8-2 before clinching the series with a 4-3 victory in game two.

No. 10 Johns Hopkins (6-2) scored nine goals in a row to pace the Blue Jays’ 15-8 triumph over the No. 10 Virginia Cavaliers (5-4) on Saturday afternoon, inside M&T Bank Stadium. Not only did the Blue Jays win the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, but also won the quest for the Doyle Smith Cup for the third year in a row. From 2006-10, Virginia won the first five meetings the cup was awarded to the regular season winner of the UVa and Johns Hopkins series. The Blue Jays current streak began in 2011.

By one vote, the United States Senate was able to pass its first budget in four years. The 50-49 vote includes $1 trillion in new revenue by closing some tax loopholes on the wealthy. The passage is largely symbolic, since the vote was for a non-binding resolution that will no doubt clash with the budget resolution to be passed by the Republican-majority House of Representatives.

Connor Bach and John Garrett combined on a four-hit shutout, leading the VMI Keydets to a 1-0 win over the Longwood Lancers in Big South baseball action Friday at Bolding Stadium. The win runs VMI’s (10-14, 2-2 Big South) win streak to four consecutive games, and marks the first 1-0 Keydet victory since April 2, 1988.

Local Charlottesville area swimmers of the Charlottesville Swans Synchronized Swimming team competed against other synchronized swimming teams from around Virginia in the Capitol Classic on Sunday, March 17.

Quinnipiac University national and statewide polls conducted since the December 14 Newtown massacre consistently find overwhelming support for universal background checks, including among voters in households where there are guns.

Democrats were sure they had a winning hand heading into the 2009 governor’s race. Creigh Deeds is a Western Virginia moderate with a long record in the mainstream of Virginia politics. Bob McDonnell, his opponent that fall, has a similar long record in Virginia politics, but he had one other thing that could serve to weigh him down.

The General Assembly will reconvene in the State Capitol on Wednesday, April 3, for what is appropriately termed the Reconvened Session.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a pre-construction citizen information meeting regarding work at the Interstate 64, exit 91 interchange. The meeting will be held on April 4, 2013 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Preston L. Yancey Volunteer Fire Department located at 2015 Jefferson Highway, Fishersville, VA 22939.

Raising food on a farm often calls for moving tractors and other equipment on roadways during the spring, summer and fall.
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