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.

STAFFORD — Stafford’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.

WOODBRIDGE — Sheena Tosta wasn’t leaving the track after winning the silver medal last week in the 400-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics.
Not yet anyway. She’d overcome too much over a four-year span to make an early exit now. 

STAFFORD — An athlete with local roots has taken the silver medal in the women’s 400 meter hurdles competition in Beijing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The New York Mets, after firing manager Willie Randolph in mid-June, recently posted a 10-game winning streak under interim manager Jerry Manuel.

BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech’s most uncertain position suffered another setback yesterday when projected starting wide receiver Zach Luckett was suspended indefinitely by coach Frank Beamer for violating team policy. The move could mean a redshirt freshman and true freshman will start at receiver when the Hokies open the season Aug. 30. 

The time appears to be now for Patrick Slebonick, a former football standout at North Stafford High School.

The Washington Redskins’ offense started faster than the cars that were whizzing by on the nearby interstate highway.

Coaches association selects All State teams.

Jason Kittell saw a Class AAA minor league baseball game as a youngster at The Diamond in Richmond. This past spring he was there again to see Virginia Commonwealth University host North Carolina-Wilmington in a Colonial Athletic Association game.

ASHBURN — The gates opened at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, but cars of fans were lined up well before sunrise to watch the burgundy and gold take the field.

ASHBURN — Jason Taylor does not want anyone to think his days as a football player are finished. He doesn’t want anyone to think he’s more interested in “Dancing with the Stars” than tackling quarterbacks, and he especially wants people to know he did not agree to play for the Washington Redskins just to collect millions of dollars. 

STAFFORD — Dustin Keys has put countless hours into the Virginia Tech football program the past several years

STAFFORD — The Mariners were Stafford County Baseball League’s Minor A champions this season, with a perfect overall record of 17-0.

Ed Rubbo of Stafford had just 18 RBIs this past season for Bucknell University, but two of them came at just the right time.

STAFFORD — Brooke Point High School graduate April Sinkler has earned All-America honors in two weekend events at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships. 

The high school sports season came to an end Saturday. The Colonial Forge High School baseball team advanced to the Group AAA state tournament for the third time in school history.

STAFFORD — Badges for Baseball, which pairs law enforcement professionals with children for sports mentoring, will be held at the Gari Melchers Complex next week. 

STAFFORD — Gregg Ritchie of Stafford spent 10 years as a minor-league hitting coach with the Chicago White Sox and worked with several future major-league hitters.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — As signing day for football approached in February, fans and media members across the commonwealth raised this question time and again: 

STAFFORD — Amanda Babineau says the sport of field hockey was a great way to experience new and fun things. She didn’t know those experiences would allow her to play field hockey for college.

STAFFORD — The college career for Staffords Marshall Thomason did not begin well for his team, as Mt. St. Mary’s lost its first 15 games of the season.

The outdoor high school track and field season ended Saturday with the group AAA state meet at Todd stadium in Newport News. 

STAFFORD — A new outdoor option has arrived for area canoe paddlers and it promises to make those who have the interest and desire to learn be better river-goers.

Well, the first round of the Northwest Region playoffs was good for a number of Stafford county teams. 

Jason Kuhn, after shoulder surgery in June 2006, missed all of the last college season as a pitcher for James Madison University.

They say hitting is contagious in baseball. 

CONCORD — If Saturday night’s no-caution, no-incident All-Star race is any indication of what to expect in next weekend’s Coca-Cola 600, drivers and crew chiefs aren’t going to be very happy

CONCORD — Racing is good guys and bad guys and fast cars and faster tempers. 

The Stafford County Sun catches up with North Stafford High School’s Reynaldo Radlin to ask five questions: