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Friday Night Fury: High school football kicks off in Central Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Here are some of the high school football scores from Friday:. Patrick Henry 16, Louisa County 7 (to be continued Tuesday) Do you have a story idea? Send us your news tip here.
Men’s soccer buries St. Joseph’s beneath scoring flurry
It seemed for a while like a simple case of one team commanding but never fully separating, one of those games that never feels as close as the final scoreline. Then the eruption happened. Virginia rammed home two goals in two minutes and then another one less than 12 minutes later, turning a nonchalant affair into a 5-0 drubbing of St. Joseph’s on Thursday at Klockner Stadium, a game rescheduled to 3 p.m. from 7 p.m. due to thunderstorm forecasts.
United States at Offbeat Roadhouse
United States will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, September 6, for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU. Established in 2019 amidst the challenges of the Covid lockdown, United States brings together the talents of Michael Sokolowski on piano, Drew Pompano on bass, and Jim Ralston on drums. What sets this jazz trio apart is its improvisational flexibility.
Volleyball: Hoos sweep Marist to kick off 2024 campaign
The Virginia volleyball team opened its 2024 campaign with a convincing 25-9, 25-12, 25-13 victory over Marist at Old Dominion’s Quest for the Crown tournament at the ODU Volleyball Center Friday afternoon in Norfolk. The Cavaliers (1-0) dialed up 11 aces from behind the service line, including three from...
Dunne calls for independent probe in Hayfield recruiting scandal
Two days before Hayfield Secondary School’s season opener against West Springfield High School, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid stood in Hayfield’s auditorium at a fiery community meeting in Alexandria. Flanked by her top legal and communications deputies in the front row, Reid told about 150 parents, staff, and community members that an internal investigation had cleared the school’s new football coach, Darryl Overton, and school district administrators of any wrongdoing regarding allegations of financial impropriety, retaliation, and illegal recruiting of more than 30 football players to the school. The players came from Freedom High School in Prince William County.
Cross Country Completes First Meet of the Season
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Sweet Briar cross country team completed its first meet of the season today, placing fourth at the EMU Heritage XC Invitational. Junior Carolina Wilson (Hedgesville, W. Va.) led the way for the Vixens after crossing the finish line in 12th with a time of 22:39.9.
Cassell cousins face a grand jury for Churchville shooting charges
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - A pair of cousins will have their charges appear in front of a grand jury after a shooting incident in Churchville left two teenagers injured. Isaiah and Matthew Cassell are accused of shooting toward a crowd of people near the intersection of Buffalo Gap Highway and Churchville Avenue on June 22 — leaving a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old with single-wound gunshots in the legs. Both victims survived the incident. In court documents, Isaiah is accused of shooting from the passenger seat of a black Ford Mustang. After shots were fired, Matthew drove away from the scene.
Virginia school district expands to 200-day year
The hottest days of summer vacation are stopped cold in the capital of Virginia.While most schools nationwide are just starting the academic year, Richmond Public Schools opened the school year for some of its elementary schools on July 22. The city started to experiment with a longer school year in 2023 in an attempt to make up for learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.School officials said the first year was so successful that they expanded to more schools for the 2024-2025 school year.Student and parent reactionFairfield Court Elementary is one of the schools already in month two...
Savor the flavors of summer with Virginia-grown squash
BUCKINGHAM — While summer is almost over, there’s still plenty of time to enjoy the season’s bounty of Virginia-grown squash. Squash is plentiful in Virginia, with 401 farms growing squash on 726 acres in 2022, according to the most recent U.S. Census of Agriculture. While peak season for winter squash is right around the corner, several varieties of summer squash still are available at local farm stands and farmers markets through October.
$1M wedding gift! Prince William County dad gifts son winning lottery ticket
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — One dad in Prince William County gifted his newly married son a winning $1 million Virginia Lottery ticket. Virginia Lottery said Aaron Andrews got married in April. Since then, he and and his wife have lived in his father’s basement. His father, who is an avid lottery […]
North Anna gets federal OK to operate through 2060; more …
From elsewhere: Kennedy on Virginia ballot, but West disqualified. Mountain Valley Pipeline releases report on May 1 rupture. Changes afoot at Swannanoa mansion on Afton Mountain after series of deaths. The post North Anna gets federal OK to operate through 2060; more … appeared first on Cardinal News.
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