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James Madison took advantage of 10 walks from UNCW pitchers and broke a 2-2 tie with seven runs in the fourth and five in the fifth en route to a 17-5 win in the opener of a three-game Colonial Athletic Association series on Friday evening at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton VDOT district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.
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As a kickoff to the 13th annual Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival, the film “Where The Yellowstone Goes,” a feature documentary film from award-winning filmmaker Hunter Weeks, will be shown at the Court Square Theatre in Harrisonburg, VA on Friday, April 19, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Proceeds from this showing will go to help fund the operations of the Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival and its foundation conservation efforts.
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Senior second baseman Casey Goss (Springfield, Mo./Glendale (Jefferson College)) posted a career-high five hits and tied career highs of three runs scored and three RBIs to charge the James Madison baseball offense in an 11-8 home victory over VMI.
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Powered by a grand slam from sophomore shortstop Tyler Duke(Troutville, Va./James River) and solid hitting from the entire lineup, the James Madison baseball team defeated Hofstra 10-6 to complete the three-game sweep and open conference play undefeated. The Dukes moved to 9-6 on the season while the Pride fell to 3-11.
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Junior third baseman Ty McFarland (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in game one and the Dukes pounded out 18 hits in game two as the James Madison baseball team earned a doubleheader sweep over Hofstra at Veterans Memorial Park, Saturday. JMU won its Colonial Athletic Association opener 12-11, before taking game two, 18-13.
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Food scarcity is a bigger problem than ever as human population numbers continue to swell, putting additional stress on already fragile food production and distribution systems. And it’s not just happening in far away places: A recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that the number of U.S. homes “lacking food security” rose from 4.7 million to 6.7 million in just the last five years.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today updated the Commonwealth’s response to the recent winter storm that struck Virginia, and the impact the storm had on the state. The storm claimed three lives, two due to automobile accidents and one due to a falling tree. At its peak the storm cut electrical service to approximately 370,000 customers, but electric crews continue to make fast progress in restoration efforts with outages now down to less than 100,000 connections. Dominion Virginia Power estimates that 95 percent of its remaining outages will be restored by Friday evening at the latest.
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JMU led for the game’s final 30 minutes and secured the number two seed in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament with a 62-53 win at Drexel Wednesday evening at the Daskalakis Center.
