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Virginia's Owen having stellar senior season
The senior captain from Annapolis, Md., has a team-leading 41 goals and a team-leading 35 assists. Her 76 points are almost twice as much as the team’s next closest player.
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After breakout 2011 season, Chris Long still striving to get better
The first thing Chris Long thinks about in the offseason is how he can continue to improve, an annual goal that he continues to fulfill.
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Cavs prep for stretch run
The Virginia baseball team had this week off for finals, one final breather before the season's stretch run.
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Brookville puts together two-out rally in seventh to nip Amherst in softball
Brookville junior catcher Abbie Brown saved her best inning for last on Friday night at home to help the Bees pull out another one-run win over Amherst in a critical Seminole District softball showdown.
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DeChristopher, other Hokies take free agent route to NFL
Blake DeChristopher told his family not to stock up on Arizona Cardinals gear just yet.
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Biesecker of Staunton only golfer to break 70 on first day of Fox Puss
For the most part, the players near the top of the leaderboard at the annual Fox Puss Invitational at Boonsboro Country Club adhered to a strict playing style: Take the opportunities when they come, and don’t try to force it. With the greens playing soft and slow, especially uphill, it was easy for players to get in trouble Friday if they weren’t careful. The lack of many low scores on the first day of the event bore out that philosophy. Staunton’s Nick Biesecker was the only player in the 80-man championship field to break 70 on a humid Friday at Boonsboro.
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Prep scoreboard for Friday's games
High school scoreboard for Friday's games and Saturday's schedule of events
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Appomattox edges Dan River to forge tie atop Dogwood softball standings
The Raiders, however, took advantage of costly Dan River errors to score both their runs in a 2-0 victory that made the final two weeks of the regular season must-watch softball in the Dogwood.
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Virginia-bred Bodemeister the favorite in Kentucky Derby
Bodemeister may be the coolest horse in Saturday’s 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. In only four starts, the Virginia-bred has made enough of an impression to make him the morning line favorite (4-1) in the Run for the Roses.
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Freshmen making big contributions for UVa baseball team
Virginia, a team with a freshman, Nate Irving, behind the plate and another, Derek Fisher, leading it in home runs, triples and RBI, has emerged as one of the hottest in college baseball right now, winners of seven straight and having scored at least seven runs in seven of its past 10 games.
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Virginia men's hoops team lands Kentucky combo guard
On Friday, less than two weeks after beating out Ohio State and North Carolina for transfer forward Anthony Gill from South Carolina, Bennett landed combo guard Taylor Barnette.
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Liberty weekly watch, 5/4
Wrapping up spring football and looking ahead at the stretch run of the baseball season.
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Former UVA football player's Roanoke weight loss program to benefit charity
This weekend, Jon Copper, the program organizer, will set up a kiosk at Valley View Mall to recruit people to join Biggest Loser Roanoke.
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Hillcats shut out by Mudcats in early afternoon game
Of all of the farmhands in the Cleveland Indians’ system, none is a better power-hitting prospect than Jesus Aguilar, the 6-foot-3, 241-pound first baseman for the Carolina Mudcats. The Lynchburg Hillcats are well aware of that fact, especially after the display Aguilar put on Thursday afternoon at City Stadium. His two home runs provided all of the scoring punch in Carolina’s 3-0 victory during a matinee dominated mostly by the respective teams’ pitching staffs.
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Williams' versatility his strongsuit as a swimmer
Swimming has become an obsession for Jefferson Forest senior Caleb Williams, who doesn’t expect to have time for much else besides swimming, studying and sleeping when he arrives at George Mason University on an athletic scholarship in August. But that won’t be a dramatic change from his life as a Lynchburg YMCA swimmer and JF student, where he immersed himself fully in both the pool and school, taking several pre-engineering courses.
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All-area boys swimming team capsules
The News & Advance All-Area boys swimming team capsules
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Thursday's high school scoreboard
Prep scoreboard for Thursday's games and schedule for Friday's games
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Fazio rocks Hilltoppers in battle for Seminole baseball lead
Jefferson Forest’s Antonio Fazio came to the plate four times and he crushed the ball four times as he paced the Cavaliers with six RBIs in their 12-5 victory over E.C. Glass in a key Seminole District baseball showdown in Lynchburg on Thursday.
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Resilient Cavaliers in position of strength after sweeping Miami
The Virginia baseball team has good bounce back and that is one thing that pleases coach Brian O’Connor. After a heart-to-heart with his club after getting swept by UNC, beating Duke and Miami was significant.
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Will exam break have an affect on UVa baseball team?
Just how will Virginia’s extended break for final exams affect the Cavaliers baseball team?
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Bocklet an offensive force for Cavaliers
When most people talk about Virginia’s dangerous offense, the first player that they mention — and for good reason — is reigning Tewaaraton Trophy winner Steele Stanwick. But fellow senior Chris Bocklet can be just as lethal when he gets the ball in his stick.
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Olympic swimming hopefuls training at UVa
Virginia will once again have Olympians competing at the 2012 Games this summer in London. Former Cavaliers David Karasek and Katya Bachrouche will compete at the London Games, Bachrouche for her native Lebanon and Karasek for Switzerland. But they may not be the only athletes with Virginia ties this time around. Bernardino said several current and former UVa swimmers have a good opportunity to advance to the semifinal round at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., June 25 through July 2.
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Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, baseball team raise money for D-Day Memorial
The Corps of Cadets will present a check for $5,422.00 to the memorial in coming weeks.
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VHSL rejects stricter pitching limitations
The proposed regulations, however, are far more complicated than a simple limit on innings. The rejected system includes provisions for the number of day’s rest a pitcher would need depending on how many innings he pitches.
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Wood recommits to Tech after meeting with new coach Johnson
Rustburg forward Marshall Wood met with new Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach James Johnson on Wednesday and re-affirmed his commitment to the Hokies, Red Devils coach Brantley Shields said. Wood, who signed with Tech in the fall, asked out of his letter of intent last week, and was granted his release to explore his options. But Johnson, who was Wood’s lead recruiter, talked him back into his commitment to the program.
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