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November 22, 2008
SWAT wraps up successful year with award
SWAT has been on the move this year.November 07, 2008
Former ECW wrestlers square off tonight at WHS
Danny Doring slips seamlessly in and out of his wrestling persona. So seamlessly, in fact, it’s tough to tell which is which.November 01, 2008
Future stars square off
SWOOPE – Stuarts Draft South’s Drew Gibbons was right where he wanted to be. He was able to take the same field as his idol, Pickle Nuckols of Buffalo Gap varsity team did on Friday night. He also took part in the senior team’s victory on Saturday morning during the Augusta County Quarterback Club’s Superbowl.
October 27, 2008
Augusta Futbol Reports
* U11B Augusta FC Fusion(R) 0, U11 SOCA Metro 2 *U11B Augusta FC Fusion(R) 1, U12B Lynchburg United WhiteOctober 12, 2008
ESPN’s ‘The Show’ celebrates its 100th episode
Everybody in Staunton seems to know who Jarrett Hatcher and Chris Davis are.October 07, 2008
Wrestling makes a return to W’boro
In a politically correct world, Dan DiLucchio proudly says he is what he is — a midget wrestler.Sprang, Tempkin earn top honors
Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club coach Ryan Sprang picked up the Coach of the Year award on Oct. 6 at the Virginia Swimming Banquet in Richmond for his success in the nine and 10 year-old age group. It was recognition for his work statewide by his peers.September 30, 2008
SWAT brings tourney to W’boro
The Staunton Waynesboro Augusta Tennis Association will be sponsoring a tennis tournament to raise money for the American Cancer Society at the new Ridgeview Park tennis courts at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 and 10 in Waynesboro.September 25, 2008
William Perry hosts first 5K
While it may look like your average run-of-the-mill 5K run, Saturday’s event at William Perry Elementary School is a little bit more than that.August 24, 2008
Phelps is exactly what swimming needed
Every four years a Summer Olympics rolls around and we all pause to watch the extraordinary displays of athleticism from some of the greatest athletes around the world.Another in the books
AFTON — The Swannanoa Country Club held its yearly Golf Classic on Sunday afternoon in Afton.
August 23, 2008
TIM DAHLBERG : In the end, China serves up a memorable Olympics
The horses weren’t talking, but surely they had a tale to tell.August 22, 2008
NBC trying to continue Phelps’ glow
Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year’s World Swimming Championships from Rome, along with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 national championships.
August 21, 2008
Virginian LaShawn Merritt takes gold in men’s 400
Virginia's LaShawn Merritt ran a personal best of 43.75 and blew away the field in the 400-meter Olympic finals Thursday.
US soccer: The Golden girls
Outplayed and overwhelmed for most of the night, the Americans got the only shot they needed.
Olympic champions, once again.
US women’s basketball advances to gold medal game
The U.S. women’s basketball team passed its first test of the Olympics, beating Russia in its closest contest in Beijing. Now it’s on to a fourth straight gold medal game.
US softball team denied gold
Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport’s last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years — and maybe for good.
August 20, 2008
Virginian takes silver in the 400-meter hurdles
The first time Sheena Tosta ran the hurdles at Gar-Field High School, she stood on the carpet-covered floor inside the school.
Afghanistan wins its first-ever Olympic medal
In Rohullah Nikpai’s war-torn country, fighting is a part of life. Living in tough conditions is a given. Training for the Olympics is a luxury few can afford, or even imagine.
Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m
Usain Bolt. Insane speed.
The Jamaican wunderkind hurtled to his second world record and his second Olympic gold medal, finishing the 200-meter race Wednesday night in 19.30 seconds to break Michael Johnson’s 12-year-old mark.
US pulls away from Australia, moves to semis
Don’t doubt this U.S. men’s basketball team — and sure don’t challenge them, either.
Especially if it’s going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form.
August 18, 2008
Baltimore thinks big for this year’s ‘Phelpstival’
About 1,000 people in Michael Phelps’ hometown celebrated with a “Phelpstival” four years ago when he brought back six gold medals and two bronzes from the Sydney Olympics.August 17, 2008
The world will never forget Phelps
BEIJING — Michael Phelps kept every swimsuit, every cap, every pair of goggles he wore during nine magical days at the Water Cube. Every memory will be savored, too, from goofing off with his U.S. teammates to bowing his head not one, not two, but eight times to receive a gold medal at the Beijing Games.
“There are moments I’ll never forget,” he said.
Getting off the sidelines
Imagine being a child with a disability and seeing all your friends running around playing or participating in community based youth sports.
Phelps does it: Passes Spitz with gold No. 8
BEIJING — Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.August 16, 2008
Just like Mike (Phelps)
U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has achieved super-stardom after winning eight gold medals, breaking Mark Spitz’s 1972 record. He tied the mark on Saturday morning, Beijing time, winning the 100-meter butterfly by .01 second. The next day he won No. 8 in a relay.
Spitz golden once again in Phelps’ spotlight
BEIJING The famous mustache is long gone, the jet black hair now gray. His record is about to crumble, and someone else has already taken his place as America’s greatest swimmer. The seven gold medals from another time gather dust in a California bank vault.Phelps wins No. 7 by .01 second, ties Spitz’s record
BEIJING — His Olympics looking lost, Michael Phelps decided to flap those gangly arms one more time.August 15, 2008
Nastia Liukin takes gold in women’s all-around
BEIJING — No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin, from Parker, Texas, won the biggest prize of all.
August 14, 2008
It’s six for Phelps
BEIJING — Michael Phelps collected the sixth gold medal and stuffed it in his warmup jacket. No time to even savor that one as he rushed off to swim again.
