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State health officials are paying close attention to radiation levels in the wake of the ongoing nuclear-reactor crisis in Japan, but to date, “none of Virginia’s multiple monitoring systems has detected a level of radioactive material that would pose a public-health concern,” said State Health Commissioner Karen Remley..” “Recent reports of elevated levels of radioactive…
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“When this ole world starts getting me down, I go up where the air is fresh and sweet. . . ” Where’s that? For the famed rhythm and blues group, The Drifters, their escape route was “Up on the Roof,” to lower their anxiety and stress levels. In the process, this Gerry Goffin-Carole King composition…
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Senior left-hander Alex Valadja (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Catholic) and four homers powered James Madison to a 13-2 win over Old Dominion in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball doubleheader while ODU claimed a back-and-forth second game by a 10-8 score on Saturday at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU had its streak of…
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Left-hander Kyle Hald struck out 10 in seven innings and shortstop Josh Wright delivered the big hit with a three-run home run in the fifth to lead Old Dominion to a 5-4 win over James Madison in the opener of a three-game Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Friday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans…
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James Madison took the lead with a five-run fifth inning and held off Cornell for a 13-12 win in a non-conference baseball game on Wednesday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU won its third in a row to improve to 17-5 overall and 12-3 at home while sweeping the brief two-game set….
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James Madison jumped out to a 5-1 lead through four innings and held on in the late innings to defeat Cornell 6-4 in a non-conference baseball game on Tuesday evening at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 16-5 overall and 11-3 at home. Cornell dropped to 1-10 for the season. After Cornell…
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Catcher John Hicks had two home runs and drove in four to lead Virginia to a 7-3 victory over James Madison in a non-conference baseball matchup on Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Virginia won its 11th game in a row to improve to 17-1 overall. JMU fell to Virginia for the third straight time and…
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After Hofstra rallied for six runs in the eighth to take the lead, junior outfielder Ian Haynes (Danville, Va./Tunstall) hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the inning to give James Madison a 13-12 win in the finale of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans…
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James Madison sent 15 batters to the plate in a 12-run fourth inning and cruised to a 21-8 win over Hofstra in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game on Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU snapped a two-game losing skid and improved to 12-3 overall, 4-1 in the CAA. Hofstra dropped…
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A baseball bat from James Madison’s opening-weekend sweep of Bucknell Feb. 18-20 has arrived at the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas after the Dukes socked 23 home runs in four games to open the 2011 season. The 23 home runs led the nation, were more than the rest of the Colonial Athletic…
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