QB situation at UVa. up in the air?

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring comments from Virginia football coach Al Groh about his team’s spring-practice period. Show Length: 8:42. It has been widely assumed that Peter Lalich will be the starting quarterback at UVa. next fall now that Jameel Sewell is no longer a part of the program…

County Republicans to decide future this week

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] This has been coming for some time. You could say dating back to the walkup to the 2007 Republican Party primary that saw Scott Sayre challenge Emmett Hanger for the 24th District GOP nomination, though I think it was significantly before that. The discord between Hanger, who held off Sayre’s…

RBs, QBs get good grades at Tech scrimmage

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Branden Ore Era is over at Virginia Tech. The Sean Glennon Era is not. Tailbacks Jahre Cheeseman and Darren Evans combined for 107 yards on 14 carries, and Glennon matched rising sophomore quarterback Tyrod Taylor throw for throw in Virginia Tech’s first full-scale football scrimmage Saturday afternoon. Glennon was…

Scrapping the tax code

Column by Bob Goodlatte With spring under way, warmer weather is returning, the days are growing longer, and everything is in bloom. Unfortunately, the arrival of spring also kicks off a second and largely unwelcomed season. This season is marked by piles of forms, confusing instructions, and the prospect of turning your hard-earned money over…

WDDI earns Main Street designation

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. has been accredited as a 2008 National Main Street Program. WDDI learned of the designation on Monday. The development organization joins a list of more than 675 downtown-revitalization programs earning the distinction from the National Trust Main Street Center. WDDI’s performance was evaluated by Virginia Main…

Leitao looks ahead to ’08-’09

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring an interview with UVa. basketball coach Dave Leitao. Show Length: 11:20. Eleventh in scoring defense. Eleventh in field-goal-percentage defense. Eleventh in three-point-percentage defense. Eleventh in steals. Twelth in blocked shots. It’s hard to win when you can’t stop the other team from scoring. This…

Moran addresses run at governor nomination

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Look at the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial race one way, and it looks an awful lot like the 2008 Democratic Party presidential race. You’ve got two candidates in both who are perceived as being basically dead-even right now who you have to assume will fight to the death for the…

Ends around

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia football coach Al Groh talk about tight end John Phillips. Show Length: 6:18. Tom Santi – gone. Jonathan Stupar – gone. Seventy-six catches, 777 yards, five touchdowns – gone. One tight end who caught a pass returns for Virginia in 2008. And…

Who is Slade Woodson?

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] We’re starting to learn a little bit more about Slade Woodson, the 19-year-old from Afton who is now facing felony charges in Waynesboro related to two shootings early yesterday morning, and is being called a suspect in a series of shootings reported on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County from the…