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          <title>Meyers earns promotion</title>
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A second 21 inning scoreless streak has earned Brad Meyers a promotion to Double-A Harrisburg.
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          <title>July 10 Weekly Watch</title>
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The Nationals and Astros start off their weekend series &#8212; the last prior to the All-Star break &#8212; in unusual fashion. Thursday begins with a Washington home game&#8230;in Houston.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Riverbend looks for new beginning</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Riverbend High School is hoping to reach uncharted territory. In its program&#8217;s sixth year of existence, the school&#8217;s football squad has yet to finish a regular season with a winning record.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Brazil rallies to beat U.S. in Confed Cup final</title>
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) &#8212; Next year&#8217;s World Cup just got a little more interesting.           ]]></description>
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          <title>North Stafford Wolverines: Most players back for new season</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Sept. 5 proved to be the high point of the season for North Stafford football in 2008. They started with a win against Gar-Field, 16-12.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bowling in your living room with Wii</title>
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Ever feel like staying home instead of going to the bowling alley to bowl? Well, with the bowling video game produced by Wii Sports you can do just that.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Parker named All&#45;American in baseball</title>
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Jarrett Parker of Stafford walked to the plate on a sunny Friday evening in California. He was leading off for the University of Virginia baseball team.           ]]></description>
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          <title>League play resumes following player&#8217;s death</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; The Spotsylvania Little League has resumed playing following the death of one of its players.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Stafford softball team takes bronze at tourney</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; The 18U Post 290 Bombers posted a 3-2 record and captured Bronze in the 12-team field by defeating the River City Rippers (Md.) 2-1 and the Montgomery Village (Md.) Storm - &#8220;Yellow&#8221; 8-0 in an elimination round May 31.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Stafford driver takes ODS win</title>
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WOODBRIDGE &#8212; Dave Moon had the race of his career Saturday night at Old Dominion Speedway in the Memorial Day 150.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lazar plays through injury</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; It was a good news and bad news sort of baseball season for Curtis Lazar, a sophomore at the University of Maryland.
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          <title>Harpine shines in Harrisonburg</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Colonial Forge High School graduate Chris Harpine has former prep teammates playing college baseball with Division I schools such as Virginia, Richmond and William and Mary.           ]]></description>
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          <title>MVHS  vs. NSHS softball</title>
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Mountain View High School: 2, North Stafford High School: 0           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:02:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Victor Cahoon Classic &#8212; Stafford County athlete results</title>
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Girls 3,000-meter run: 1. Lauren Braney (Mountain View) 10:57.02. Boys 3,000-meter run: 1. Griff Ashooh (Colonial Forge) 9:33.12.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Brooke Point graduate makes his pitch at JMU</title>
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Last spring Jason Kuhn was injured and drove on his own to North Carolina to watch his James Madison University teammates in the Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Johnson finds motivation in Tech defensive tradition</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Jake Johnson didn&#8217;t begin seriously following college football until his sophomore year at Stafford High School in Stafford County.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Local athlete plays dual role</title>
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Billy Barber is a sophomore designated hitter for the University of Richmond baseball team. The Colonial Forge High graduate is also one of the top pitchers for the Spiders.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:30:35 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Callihan shows promise at Old Dominion Speedway</title>
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Davey Callihan is hoping to make his mark in Late Models this season at Old Dominion Speedway.           ]]></description>
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          <title>It&#8217;s Frisbee madness at Pratt</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; The 33rd Annual Virginia State Frisbee Tournament will be held April 17-19 at Pratt Park.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Parker adds some major pop</title>
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As his teammates scattered across the country, Jarrett Parker stayed in Charlottesville last summer.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Mountain View pitcher to sign letter of intent</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Mountain View High School softball player Ashley Cummings plans to sign a National Letter of Intent to play softball for Post University in Connecticut.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:36:25 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Heels win title in convincing fashion</title>
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North Carolina&#8217;s battle-scarred veterans won the one significant game missing from their resumes, defeating Michigan State 89-72 Monday in the NCAA Tournament championship.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Final Four prepare to roll into Detroit</title>
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Finally, we have four on the floor for the Motor City.            ]]></description>
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          <title>The Final Four &#8211; Who Will Win?</title>
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The Final Four &#8211; Who Will Win?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Invitation&#45;only basketball camp available</title>
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Applications are now being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp.            ]]></description>
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          <title>It&#8217;s tournament time!</title>
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Already, we have witnessed history at the NCAA men&#8217;s basketball tournament, an event that has thus far been more about brass knuckles than magic moments.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Jones is a hit for the Tribe</title>
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Jeff Jones, a Colonial Forge High School graduate, has made steady if not spectacular progress during his baseball career at William and Mary.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Keys to work out for NFL</title>
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Dustin Keys said he had nothing to hide. After the season ended, the placekicker for the Virginia Tech Hokies put together a DVD that highlighted his 2008 season for the Atlantic Coast Conference champions.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Local athlete travels to Netherlands</title>
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Local athlete Devon Lewis has been invited to travel with the AAU National Team this weekend at the Dutch Open in the Netherlands.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Locals playing for Lynchburg College</title>
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LYNCHBURG &#8212; North Stafford resident Jonathan Nichols, who plays for Lynchburg College, is one for one in the baseball season after two games started and one additional appearance. His current ERA is 6.75 after 10.2 innings pitched.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Hoopsters delve into March Madness</title>
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It is a long way from high school basketball in Northern Virginia to the Atlantic Coast Conference, one of the top Division I leagues in the country.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sinkler on track at Clemson</title>
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STAFFORD &#8212; April Sinkler had a very impressive freshman season as a track and field athlete at Clemson University in South Carolina.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Downing aims for more March Madness</title>
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Chanelle Downing played mostly power forward and center her first two seasons at Coppin State, a Division I school in Baltimore.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Football league implements coaching education program</title>
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FREDERICKSBURG &#8212; The Fredericksburg Area Youth Football League&#8217;s 36 head coaches have enrolled into USA Football&#8217;s Certified Coaching Education Program.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Free lacrosse clinic to be held</title>
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A free lacrosse clinic for beginner boys and girls will be held at Stafford High School Feb. 28 and March 1, 10:30 a.m. to noon.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Collegiate swimmer prepares for last school laps</title>
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It took a medical scare for Damian Rodino to start swimming on a competitive level. And the George Mason University senior from Stafford has made the most of that opportunity.            ]]></description>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Four Brooke Point High School field hockey players signed letters of intent on Feb. 6 to play at their colleges of choice.           ]]></description>
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HARRISONBURG &#8212; Heather Lambert and Brittany Wilhelm competed against each other in high school as top track athletes in Stafford County. Now the two not only are freshmen teammates but also roommates at James Madison University in Harrisonburg.            ]]></description>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Joe Pantaleo admits that he loves Goldfish crackers, a small, orange snack that has little nutritional value. Pantaleo, a freshman wrestler at Liberty University in Lynchburg, also admits it can be a challenge to make weight at 125 pounds.           ]]></description>
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STAFFORD &#8212; While some may dream of making it big by being scoped out by a big-name college, North Stafford High School senior Reynaldo Radlin, ran quite literally headfirst toward the opportunity.            ]]></description>
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ARLINGTON &#8212; The Washington Capitals and the American Red Cross will host a blood drive on Feb. 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.            ]]></description>
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TAMPA &#8212; So how do you get a hyperbaric chamber into your hotel room? Hines Ward laughed. &#8220;How do you do it? You move some tables out of the way and tell the hotel to pick up some tables and just lay it right beside my bed,&#8221; the Steelers&#8217; all-time leading receiver said Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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TAMPA &#8212; Have we got a story for you. Larry Fitzgerald has covered 28 Super Bowls as a journalist but had never been at a Media Day like Tuesday, and not because there was a Spanish TV guy wearing a red gown. 

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          <title>A family tradition</title>
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Ken Reightler is a retired astronaut who flew into outer space in 1991 and again in 1998. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the uncle to Kelly Reightler, a 2008 graduate of North Stafford High School and a freshman swimmer at Navy.           ]]></description>
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Thomas Lacey was an all-conference wrestler as a junior and senior at North Stafford High School. He finished second in the state at 145 pounds as a senior and was an all-Met selection by The Washington Post.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:06:08 EDT</pubDate>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Four Stafford County high school gymnastics teams competed Jan. 10 at the Glory Days Grill/Park View High School invitational gymnastics meet.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:13:16 EDT</pubDate>
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Colonial Forge High School graduate Jerry Neufang is getting ready for his second baseball season at a junior college in Florida.            ]]></description>
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TAMPA &#8212; The Titans, Panthers, Giants and Steelers hope that coveted first-round playoff bye lives up to its reputation this weekend.            ]]></description>
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The Commonwealth Soccer League will be participating in a special indoor exhibition game with the FC Fredericksburg Generals &#8212; the defending Premier Arena Soccer League Mid-Atlantic Division Champions &#8212; on Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. at Fredericksburg Field House.            ]]></description>
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The University of Georgia baseball team was runner-up in the College World Series in 2008. And despite the loss of several top players to the pro ranks, the Bulldogs are ranked fourth in the country in at least one pre-season poll with the start of the 2009 season just weeks away.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s time to hand out the hardware for a 2008 NFL season marked by suspension, dissension, controversial officiating, key injuries and a flood of terrific performances.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Home is where the heart is</title>
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Garrett Marin visited Niagara in New York but decided against going north to play college baseball. He took part in a showcase at Coastal Carolina, in the warm-weather South, but did not pitch as well as he had hoped.           ]]></description>
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ASHBURN &#8212; Jim Zorn addresses the media each Monday in an area about the size of a living room. He is given a podium and a Redskins background to create the appearance of a massive auditorium, though his left arm could grab a soda from the Coke machine right next to him.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:59:26 EDT</pubDate>
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STAFFORD &#8212; The Division III University of Mary Washington women&#8217;s swimming team won its first four meets of this season and one of the reasons is a strong freshman class, according to second-year head coach Matt Sellman.

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WOODBRIDGE &#8212; So the Washington Redskins finally got a home win, ending a couple of dreadful streaks &#8212; three straight overall, three straight at home.            ]]></description>
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WOODBRIDGE &#8212; Potomac Nationals baseball is offering a Holiday Four-Pack, which includes two tickets to Opening Day on April 17 against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and vouchers to any other three games of choice excluding the Fourth of July and playoffs.            ]]></description>
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Kevin Ives and Bruce Crawford both played football at North Stafford High School for coach Tap Pace.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:27:06 EDT</pubDate>
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Jackson Brown had a hit song a few years ago entitled &#8220;Runnin On Empty&#8221;. I don&#8217;t know if Mountain View High School senior Thomas Porter was running on empty last Saturday when he competed at the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego.           ]]></description>
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You will not find too many college basketball players who are co-captains as a sophomore. But Christopher Newport University has two of them and one is Jessica Moore of Stafford.           ]]></description>
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The winter sports season has begun for some Stafford County schools.            ]]></description>
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Chris Darnell, a North Stafford High School graduate, cannot remember a time when he was not playing basketball. He started off with hoops when the family lived in the Park Ridge neighborhood of Stafford and continued when they moved to Windsor Forest, which he still calls home.           ]]></description>
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LANDOVER, Md. &#8212; Jim Zorn&#8217;s sunny outlook remained, even in the wake of Sunday&#8217;s 23-7 loss to the division-leading New York Giants. Zorn&#8217;s Redskins could only sporadically move the ball and only occasionally prevent the Giants from moving.           ]]></description>
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Well it&#8217;s time to move indoors for sports as the winter sports season takes shape but before we delve into the winter sports scene I wanted to recap a very fine fall season for area schools.            ]]></description>
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AVONDALE, Ariz. &#8211; The bad economic news out of Detroit didn&#8217;t settle very well in the NASCAR garage, where hundreds of stock car racing crewmen are on pins and needles about their futures in this sport, and where drivers are sweating things, too.            ]]></description>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Meghan Smith of Mountain View High School has reportedly signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Appalachian State University (ASU).
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A few days ago University of Virginia football player Patrick Slebonick got a telephone call from Cordarrow Thompson, a former high school teammate.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:53:19 EDT</pubDate>
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STAFFORD &#8212; The Redskins have returned to Washington, D.C. after a successful game against the Seattle Seahawks. The team defeated the Seahawks 20-17 on Sunday. 
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The fall sports season officially ended for Stafford County teams last week. On Nov. 14, Brooke Point High School&#8217;s football team, which has qualified for the Northwest Region playoffs the past four seasons, dropped a narrow 27-21 decision to GW-Danville.            ]]></description>
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LANDOVER, Md. &#8212; Washington Redskins head coach Jim Zorn walked to the podium and let out an exasperated sigh. He promised a full examination in the aftermath of Sunday night&#8217;s 14-10 loss to Dallas, a game that further muddied the picture of which NFC East teams will make the postseason.
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STAFFORD &#8212; Mountain View High School junior Kaitlyn Davis placed fifth in the state at last weekend&#8217;s AAA State Cross Country meet, with a time of 18:31, helping the girls&#8217; team to an 11th place overall finish.            ]]></description>
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The morning after Barack Obama was elected, a national sports columnist suggested that one of the president&#8217;s first acts after he takes office should be to fix big-time college football.            ]]></description>
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STAFFORD &#8212; The Commonwealth Soccer League Fall 2008 Division Finals will be held Saturday and Sunday.
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High school football playoffs begin on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Brooke Point High School, which won the Commonwealth District title, hosts G.W. Danville in the first round. The Black-Hawks roll into the post-season with a four-game winning streak.            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Dustin Keys, step by step, measured his approach and checked his footwork. Whenever Virginia Tech would approach field goal position on Nov. 6 against Maryland, the Stafford resident would practice kicking field goals into a net just to the right of the Hokies bench.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. &#8212; Former Stafford High School football star Torrey Smith, with the game tied at 17 at halftime, returned the opening kickoff of the third quarter 22 yards to the Maryland 33-yard line.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; When Virginia Tech defensive backs coach Torrian Gray met after last season with cornerback Victor &#8220;Macho&#8221; Harris, he knew Harris was physically capable of skipping his senior season and heading for the NFL.            ]]></description>
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I have lots of kudos to give out this week. (I like that word kudos by the way.)            ]]></description>
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LANDOVER, Md. &#8212; After three-and-a-half months of work, the Washington Redskins finally get their first chance to rest since the regular season began.            ]]></description>
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OK, I&#8217;ll be the first to admit it. I am not a runner! I&#8217;ll run if I have a ball in my hand or trying to get a hit in baseball or softball but as far as just running, I&#8217;m sorry it&#8217;s not my cup of tea.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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The Colonial Athletic Association, a Division I college league based in Richmond, expanded a few years ago. The CAA, with long-time ties to Virginia schools, grew to include such schools as Hofstra on Long Island and Northeastern in Boston.           ]]></description>
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Volatility is common in the stock market these days as well as on the Washington sideline. 

Even more surprisingly, volatility will occasionally erupt during a postgame interview. When such things happen, someone has to stay calm.            ]]></description>
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When it comes to bad luck this season, the list of Sprint Cup drivers who can commiserate with each other is lengthy.            ]]></description>
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The high school football career for Brooke Point High School senior Chase Barnett ended last Friday night at Massaponax High School.            ]]></description>
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LANDOVER, Md. &#8212; Cleveland had but a few feet to six points. In most instances, it&#8217;s a foregone conclusion; goal line situations are plentiful, but goal line stands are rare.           ]]></description>
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Well, the first big upset of the high school football season took place last Friday night.            ]]></description>
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Jessica Gould is playing small-time athletics at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa. But she and her volleyball teammates got a big-time experience Oct. 9-11 during their stay in New York City.           ]]></description>
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The list of the reasons the Washington Redskins lost to the lowly St. Louis Rams on Sunday appears to be long.            ]]></description>
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Michelle Lane made several trips to the University of Maryland as a youngster, and she attended a field hockey camp at the school when she was in high school at Colonial Forge.           ]]></description>
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When he takes stock of where his team is, Jim Zorn tries not to look at the Washington Redskins&#8217; 4-1 record. He tries not to think about being classified as one of the best teams in the NFL.            ]]></description>
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I always enjoy it when an athlete gets a chance to play in college. Erin West, a North Stafford High School graduate who is in her senior year at Longwood College, is the Lancers starting goalkeeper on the field hockey team.           ]]></description>
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Chris Lovitt, a 2008 graduate of Colonial Forge High School, enrolled this fall at Old Dominion University, a school that will play a football schedule starting in September 2009 after an absence of nearly 70 years. The ODU football program also includes freshman defensive end Andrew Slebonick, a 2008 graduate of North Stafford High School.           ]]></description>
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Sarah Warlick attended a team field hockey camp at James Madison University during the summer of 2007. She played so well that JMU coaches asked her to return later that summer.            ]]></description>
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Parity, that&#8217;s the word I would use to describe this season&#8217;s field hockey race in the Commonwealth district.            ]]></description>
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The Washington Redskins are not in the midst of a youth movement, but six of their 10 selections from this year&#8217;s draft were active Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.           ]]></description>
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Well, summer is over and it&#8217;s back to school. I hope you had a great summer.            ]]></description>
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The Washington Redskins&#8217; offense was sputtering: Two straight three-and-outs led to Reggie Bush&#8217;s dramatic punt return and the New Orleans&#8217; Saints&#8217; two-score lead.            ]]></description>
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ASHBURN &#8212; Some people call it the two-minute drill. Others call it the hurry-up offense.            ]]></description>
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Not long ago, Brittany Croce of Stafford played soccer in front of several college coaches. It was the fall of her senior season at North Stafford High, where she was the Northwest Region&#8217;s player of the year.           ]]></description>
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Old Dominion University has annually had one of the top baseball programs in the Colonial Athletic Association, a Division I league that now stretches from Boston to Atlanta.           ]]></description>
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STAFFORD &#8212; Stafford&#8217;s Max King was about 11 years old when she first met Diane Drake, a veteran soccer coach.
Drake was conducting a camp at Goucher College in Maryland. And later King attended camps run by Drake at Georgetown University and George Mason University.           ]]></description>
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