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Seven members of the Virginia baseball team have been named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team, announced Monday by the league office after voting from the 12 conference coaches. With seven All-ACC honorees, UVa tied a program record which was set in 2010. Virginia nabbed two of the conference’s major awards, as Danny Hultzen…
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Cadence Inc., a Staunton-based manufacturer of cutting and piercing instruments for industrial, medical and life-science applications, will invest $15.9 million to expand its operation in the City of Staunton and create 65 new jobs within three years. Virginia successfully competed against Costa Rica for the project. Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Staunton to announce the news…
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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…
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The No. 1-seeded Virginia baseball team will open play at the 2011 ACC Baseball Championship at 3 p.m. Wednesday when it battles No. 8 seed Wake Forest at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. Virginia and Wake Forest will compete in Division A along with No. 4 seed North Carolina and No. 5 seed…
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It’s been a tough day at the office; maybe even a tough week, month, or year. You need a bit of a vacation. Perhaps it’s time to step away from work and go fishing. For Tommy Lawhorne and Kevin Little, fishing is their work. However, giving it the title of work does not stop their…
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This past week, I attended and hosted over 20 events throughout the Fifth District. We made stops in Charlottesville, Danville, South Boston, Chase City, Farmville, Hardy, Rocky Mount, Java, Martinsville, Lawrenceville, Kenbridge, and Chatham. One of the top concerns that was expressed in several of my stops across Central and Southside Virginia was the rising…
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UNC completes sweep of #1 UVa. : No. 13 North Carolina scored three times in the fifth inning and held on to post a 3-2 win over … (Read More) VMI wins Senior Day slugfest : Graham Sullivan went 5 for 5, setting a new career-high for hits in a game, and VMI scored 10…
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No. 13 North Carolina scored three times in the fifth inning and held on to post a 3-2 win over the No. 1 Virginia baseball team Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium as the Tar Heels finished off a three-game series sweep. The Cavaliers were swept in an ACC series for the first time since April…
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Behind seven points by Steele Stanwick, the No. 7 seeded Virginia Cavaliers (11-5) stormed past the No. 2 seeded Cornell Big Red (14-3) in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament, 13-9, in front of 13,447 fans inside Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium. The win gives Virginia head coach Dom Starsia 327 career victories, passing…
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Still-for-the-moment #1 Virginia is probably the most wounded 45-9 team in college-baseball history. Consider: Friday-night starter Danny Hultzen has lost three of his last four after starting the year 8-0 and starting his UVa. career 28-2. Total run support for Hultzen in the three losses (to N.C. State, Miami and UNC): 5.
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