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    <title>Sports for New Era Progress</title>
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          <title>Lancers fall to Govs</title>
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Amherst may have lost its match 3-1 to Nelson, but coach Dennis Gilbar said the close games bodes well for the Lancers. Nelson, a Group A school, plays at a caliber comparable to the Seminole District, he said.


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          <title>Amherst tops C&#45;ville 42&#45;6</title>
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Amherst bounced back from its opening loss to Brookville with a 42-6 win over Charlottesville on Aug. 29.
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          <title>Depth to carry Lancers to title</title>
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As the boys cross country team finished their speed work (12 x 400-meter strides), they nearly drained the water cooler that coach Bill Chavis had lugged to the shady dirt road below the high school. That&#8217;s not surprising, since Chavis has 18 boys on the varsity team.
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          <title>Bees deal Lancers opening&#45;night loss</title>
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The Amherst-Brookville game was predicted to be a defensive battle, but ended up hinging on self-induced offensive blunders as the Lancers lost 24-21 at home on Aug. 22.
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          <title>Golf in third place among Seminole teams</title>
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After the second Seminole District tournament at Ivy Hill on Aug. 14, Amherst (682) stands in third place behind Jefferson Forest (657) and Liberty (671).
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Football ready for Bees</title>
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With the preseason winding down, the Lancer football team has had time to adjust to the many changes that came with new head coach Cecil Phillips.
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          <title>Golf season under way</title>
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The Lancers return all but one starter from last season&#8217;s Seminole District championship team.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>New volleyball coach energizes team</title>
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The Lancer volleyball team has a new coach this season &#8211;&#8211; Dennis Gilbar.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>First person: Morgan Harris</title>
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Morgan Harris graduated from Nelson County High School in 2005. She lettered in softball and volleyball. Harris walked on to the Virginia Tech softball team as a freshman. She played catcher for the Hokies, mainly as a bullpen catcher, and will not return to the team this fall. A senior, Harris is majoring in engineering.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>First Lancer scrimmage at William Campbell Aug. 8</title>
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The rapid turnover that&#8217;s changed many faces of the Lancer football team in the last year shouldn&#8217;t change the prospects for this season, said the new man in charge, head coach Cecil Phillips.


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          <title>Stinnett edges Tinsley for win</title>
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In a dramatic finish, Ryan Stinnett caught and passed first round leader Marshall Tinsley on the 17th hole Sunday to overcame a four-shot deficit and capture his fifth career and third consecutive title at the 31st Annual Patrick Henry Invitational at Winton Country Club.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Football practice gets under way for state champs</title>
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Amherst County High School&#8217;s new football coach ran his first practice Monday morning.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Play along: Giddy&#45;up</title>
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&#8220;Horses are unpredictable!&#8221; Ashleigh Foor called as we made our way up the road. To prove this point, Bleu broke into a trot, his black mane lifting in the breeze.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;Ball missionaries&#8217; testify with soccer</title>
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Fifty campers and a handful of parents clapped and sang along in Portuguese with nine men in neon yellow jerseys, self-proclaimed &#8220;ball missionaries.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:30:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>In final week, Amherst tops Bedford, splits with Hill City</title>
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Amherst split the 5-inning doubleheader against Hill City on July 11 at Amherst County High School. The Amherst team finished the regular season 5-3 and advanced to the NABF World Series in the High School Division. The tournament begins July 23 in Lynchburg.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Play along: multitasking on the James</title>
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A gentle float down the James River may be the perfect way to spend a Sunday. Add refreshing dips and successful fishing and I was happily waterborne July 13, despite leaving home at 7 a.m. to follow my neighbor, Steve Saylor, with his &#8220;I&#8217;d rather be kayaking&#8221; bumper sticker, to the James River State Park in Buckingham County.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Americans fall in Belles Dixie Softball championship</title>
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The Amherst Americans stayed within one run of Appomattox until the fifth inning, when Appomattox starting finding gaps and stringing together hits.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A Golden pair of extreme runners</title>
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Kelly and Wendy Golden are ultrarunners, which means they&#8217;ll race distances 20 kilometers or more, usually on trails through the woods over a few mountains and sometimes in the snow.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Play along: trail speed</title>
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Out on the trail, dodging roots and rocks and bugs, I realized I could hardly call this &#8220;playing along,&#8221; at least until it&#8217;s over. Then, sweaty and parched, I could appreciate trail running&#8212;could even call it fun.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Two Lancer varsity football coaches becoming Raiders</title>
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Appomattox hired both its new football coach and new athletic director from the same source &#8212; Amherst&#8217;s football coaching staff.&nbsp;
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          <title>Play along: African dancing disguises workout</title>
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Drumbeats filled the classroom as our group of six formed a circle, lightly marching to the lead of AFRI-CArdio instructor Christine Davis.
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          <title>Play along: softball builds community</title>
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Watch the ball. Watch the ball. Get the glove ready. Oh, what a pretty sunset, all gold and blues &#8211; No! Pay attention to the batter.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Mobile skate park setting up in Rockfish</title>
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A recently formed skateboarder&#8217;s advocacy group is setting up a mobile skate park at Rockfish River Elementary School this week.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pat and Dennis Van der Meer reflect on a lifetime of tennis</title>
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Every summer for more than 30 years, Dennis Van der Meer, 75, has brought his Tennis Academy to the campus of Sweet Briar College to teach all ages and skill levels. His home base is Hilton Head, South Carolina. Dennis and his wife, Pat, 58,  talked with the Amherst New Era-Progress on June 16.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Play along: free tennis with a side of humility</title>
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There&#8217;s a reason I hadn&#8217;t picked up a tennis racket since fourth grade, I learned when I stepped onto the Sweet Briar courts June 9 to participate in the Dennis Van der Meer &#8220;guinea pig&#8221; sessions.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Remarkable: He shoots in the 80s</title>
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Joe Burke&#8217;s approach shot to the 18th green at Winton Country Club was short. The ball settled on spongy fringe, making for a tricky up and down.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Mind the wildlife, play along</title>
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This weekend my fianc&#233;, Chet, earned his most prestigious country-living badge.
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          <title>Amherst girls track team led by a handful of talent</title>
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A handful of athletes raised the competitive level of Amherst girls&#8217; track team this year.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Turner Ashby tops boys soccer team in semifinal</title>
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The intensity and controlled ball movement the Lancers displayed in their quarterfinal win against Alleghany never consistently emerged in their 4-0 loss the following night to Turner Ashby in the Region III semifinal match on May 27. Turner Ashby had a bye on May 26.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Volunteer, former coach throws coaching into gear</title>
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When Kyle Brown picked up a discus for the first time two years ago, volunteer coach Larry Hughes stepped into the circle with him.
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          <title>Amherst boys soccer team falls to Turner Ashby in Region III semifinals</title>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s the first really humid nights we&#8217;ve had back-to-back, and we played on both of them,&#8221; Lancer coach Tom McBride said. &#8220;These guys were drained.&#8221;


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          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Baseball falls to William Byrd despite no&#45;hitter</title>
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While many people were grilling out and enjoying their day off, the Amherst Lancers were working to try and move into the second round of Regional III Seminole baseball tournament.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lancers top Alleghany in region quarterfinals; on to Turner Ashby</title>
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The Lancers&#8217; aggressiveness in the box finally paid off with two goals against Alleghany in the Region III quarterfinals at home on May 26.
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          <title>Vixen has a ball coaching Amherst goalkeepers</title>
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&#8220;At first, it was hard for the guys to accept a girl to come in and try to be their coach,&#8221; head coach Tom McBride said. &#8220;But when they saw her play the position, and they started listening to her, it quickly dissolved.&#8221;


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          <title>Column: Assessing the arrests of Peter Rose and Jody Ramsey</title>
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The arrests of a couple of star athletes wounded the community&#8217;s &#8220;Lancer Pride.&#8221; But reality can&#8217;t be ignored. And neither can the fact that these kids have only been charged with crimes and not convicted.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 13:48:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Amherst girls trailed by 1.25 points to Heritage coming into the 4 x 400 relay, the final event of the evening. First- and second-leg runners Allyssa Knight and Olivia Turner held the lead for Amherst. Heritage closed the gap and passed the Lancer&#8217;s third runner, Jessie Schurner, on the backstretch. Rustburg eased up as well, putting Amherst in third place as the final runner, Candace Davis took the baton.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;He&#8217;s laid back,&#8221; senior pitcher Bianca Gilmore said. &#8220;He understands that we&#8217;re almost adults, and we like to play around a lot.&#8221;
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Senior Ashton Paige initially earned his nickname, &#8220;Burn,&#8221; as a tight end on the football field, but this spring it has translated to the baseball diamond.

&#8220;Big hitter, smash hitter, that&#8217;s what he is,&#8221; senior right fielder D.J. Jones said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we call him &#8220;Burn,&#8221; &#8216;cause he burns balls up.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Elon team completes Girls on the Run</title>
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&#8220;I had two teachers this week approach me about one child and how much she&#8217;d come out of her shell. I think that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve seen with all of them. They just appear to be more confident, a little bit more self-esteem,&#8221; coach Lesley McPhatter said.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>First Person: Lancer soccer player Jim Newton</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Amherst hires new head football coach</title>
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On Thursday night the Amherst County School Board approved Cecil Phillips of King&#8217;s Fork High School in Suffolk. Phillips has worked as head football coach at King&#8217;s Fork since 2004.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;The best goal was the one this year against Nelson. We were 1-1, and we went into overtime. The first overtime we were just determined to win. We got the ball up to about the top of the 18 (yard box) and I just shot it and it went in,&#8221; Lee said.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;We vibe off each other,&#8221; Knight said. &#8220;I always feel like my biggest competition is my team itself because we all do really good, and we try our hardest at practice.&#8221;
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&#8220;We were in the game to the final,&#8221; Thomas said. &#8220;I told them I was proud of them because they never gave up, they kept battling.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;You can only do so much in practice against your own team and have it be beneficial,&#8221; Heeman said. &#8220;We just need to get into game play to make things work.&#8221;


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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s my passion, and it&#8217;s the only sport I&#8217;m really good at. I&#8217;m not sure about college yet, but I&#8217;m going to play forever,&#8221; Campbell said.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;We worked very hard against their flat-back four and tried to penetrate that,&#8221; Liberty coach Thomas Fox said. &#8220;I give them a lot of credit because they wouldn&#8217;t let us through the door.&#8221;

&#8220;In the past five years I&#8217;ve been at Liberty, Amherst and Liberty have been like a Redskins-Cowboys football game,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter how good you are or how bad you are, it&#8217;s always a slug fest. And it was today.&#8221;


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Junior Meagan Bell plays softball and volleyball for Sweet Briar College. She is an outside hitter in volleyball and centerfielder in softball. Bell, of Madison Heights, played softball, volleyball and basketball for Amherst County High School. She graduated in 2005.

The Vixen softball team is 8-19 overall, 1-7 in ODAC play. The next game is home against Lynchburg College on April 9 at 3:30.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;Being part of a team you learn things about life that you don&#8217;t get anywhere else such as making sacrifices for the team,&#8221; Polaski said.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Column Title IX lessons continue</title>
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Change takes time, said the pro team, and this law is closely tied to society&#8217;s changing perceptions of women in sports, as well as other arenas.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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2007 Recap: Last season the team was 8 - 6.

Key returning players: Russell Polaski, junior; Peyton Cox, junior; and Chris Tyree, senior

Newcomers: Ryan Polaski, Cody Stewart, Tyler Creasey, Cameron Bradley and Kitwan Peterson.

Coaching staff: first-year coach Roy Prior
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          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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"I'm like he might be all right. He keeps getting into it, keeps getting better and better. Then he's going 11 feet, 6 inches. And I'm like, "Where'd you come from-" Carter said of first-year pole vaulter Matt McGinn.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:03:50 EDT</pubDate>
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"There's an interest in tennis in this county, I think. They want to play. They want to learn," Jones said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:03:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>First person: State winner Candace Davis</title>
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"I don't want to run through the woods. Distance probably would bother me. Nah, I couldn't run cross country," Davis said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:03:35 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Softball preview: Senior&#45;heavy team boasts depth in pitching</title>
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2007 recap: 17-9 record, lost in regional quarterfinals to Cave Springs 
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