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Waynesboro Little Giants Football - 2009 Season in the Books

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For the past 3 months Chris Graham and myself have traveled with the Waynesboro Little Giants in order to provide Web Coverage of their High School Football season. The season ended this Friday night when WHS fell to Fort Defiance 25-13. While the team might not have put as many W's on the board as they would have liked the team never gave up and that was the case once more Friday night. _______________________________ Trailing 25-0 late in the fourth quarter of their final game the Little Giants scored two touchdowns to trim the lead to 25-13. The clock ran out on Coach Issacs and his team but all ten weeks they were playing until the scoreboard read 0:00. The past 11 weeks/10 games have been something I will remember and I am grateful for the opportunity to show our support for the Waynesboro Little Giants!

Bridgewater College VB - Eagles fall in ODAC semi-finals

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HOLLINS- The 2009 season came to an end Saturday morning for the Bridgewater College Lady Eagles Volleyball team. Former Strasburg Rams Katie Baker and Bethany Doman should return next season for more Old Dominion Athlethic Conference play as BC will once again look to build on a ODAC Final Four campaign. To read more about their season you can click the link to the right and it will take you over to the Bridgewater College site. Congrats to both on another season of dedication and hard work for their school !

Step 3 of 9 - Strasburg captures Bull Run tournament

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Strasburg captured the Bull Run tournament Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over Madison County. Both teams now move on to Region B play on Tuesday night. Here is a look at the brackets: ___________________________ Madison County @ Riverheads Stonewall Jackson @ Strasburg Central-Lunenburg @ Altavista Nelson County @ Randolph-Henry Each Q-Final match is set to start at 7:00 P.M.

Bridgewater College VB advances with 3-1 ODAC Q-Final victory!

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Former Strasburg Rams Katie Baker and Bethany Doman will be back in action Saturday morning at 11:00 after the #4 seeded Lady Eagles defeated #5 Emory & Henry 3-1. The match was one of four held on the opening day @ Hollins University in Roanoke. Next up for the BC squad is #1 seed Randolph-Macon while the other semi-final will pit #3 Lynchburg College vs. #7 Roanoke. ________________________________________________ Roanoke upset #2 Washington & Lee in a thrilling five set match to advance to the semi-finals. Both matches will take place at 11:00 on side by side courts with the winners returning for a 3:30 Championship match. _________________________________________________ Congrats to the Rams duo and their team as well as Elena Kritter ( Rapp ) of Lynchburg College. _________________________________________________

Strasburg VB - The Nine Step Plan

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After ending the regular season at 19-1, Strasburg was able to turn its focus on a third straight run to Richmond. There are 9 steps along the way and by winning the Bull Run regular season the Rams drew a bye on the first one. Head Coach Suzanne Mathias and her squad took step two Thursday night by defeating Rappahannock County 3-1 in the Bull Run semi-finals. __________________________ Step 3 will take place this Saturday when the Rams host Madison County in the BRD Finals. Step 3 and step 6 are matches where a loss will not end the dream season but simply make the journey a bit more difficult. ___________________________ Step 4 is set to take place on Tuesday night when Stonewall Jackson travels to Strasburg for the Region B Quarter-Final match. A win over the Generals will have the Rams home again on Thursday for the Region B Semi-Finals. ___________________________ Greg Brill was in the gym last night and his gamer is up now at http://www.nvdailysports.com/ .

Rams Katlyn Ayers is at it again !

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First it was the Bull Run District individual crown and then today Strasburg's super sophomore Katlyn Ayers bested a field of 100 runners to capture the Gold Medal for the Region B Cross Country Championships. _______________________________________ Ayers posted a winning time of 18:50:00 to finish 43 seconds ahead of runner-up Eva Estrada of George Mason. Strasburg finished second as a team behind Mason and the Rams will now advance to the State Meet next week at Great Meadows. Ram freshman Kirsten Campbell earned a medal with her 13TH place finish as did fellow freshman Rachel Taylor (15TH Place). Congrats to Ms. Ayers and the Rams Cross Country team !

Thanks to Chris Graham for making Duke @ UVA a memorable game!

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For the first time in eight weeks my Saturday did not start with my Thad Lewis #9 jersey as part of my Duke Game Day experience. Having traveled to the reaches of Lawrence, Kansas and West Point, New York earlier in the season I only had to travel to Charlottesville for Chapter 8 of the Season with the Blue Devils but it was without the jersey. It was fitting that on Halloween Day Chris Graham of the Augusta Free Press and the Waynesboro Generals, made it possible for me to dress up as a sideline photographer for the Atlantic Coast Conference tilt between my beloved Duke and the home standing Cavilers. Armed with a press photo pass and wearing neutral colors I headed first to the playing surface and then later to the post game media room of the victorious Blue Devils. I have experienced a number of "Super Cool" things over the years but I can safely say that getting to "work" the game Saturday makes the cut of things I will always remember, long after the rest ...