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Thursday, April 27, 2006
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The home stretch
By Matthew Stoss, senior writer The JMU baseball team will have Georgia on its mind this weekend as the Diamond Dukes open a three-game series with the Panthers of Georgia State starting Friday at Long Field/Mauck Stadium. “They’re a bunch of Southern boys,” JMU eighth-year coach Spanky McFarland said Wednesday morning. “They’re going to be tough because they’re not going to beat themselves.” More...
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An Eye for an Eye By Whitney Proffitt, contributing writer In spring of 2002, Josh Eye and his Turner-Ashby High School baseball team won the state championship. The following fall he came to play for JMU. Two years later, Josh’s younger sister, Whitney, did the exact same thing. More... Men's team washed out at CAAs Going into the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, the men’s team had already put last year’s dismal record of 6-14 to rest by more than doubling their win column and finishing at .500 (13-13). Despite losing in the first round, the Dukes have a sense of accomplishment. More... Bridgeforth gets makeover Beginning in the 2006 season, the JMU football team will be playing on a new field surface. More... Dukes pass Pride, ousted by Monarchs The women’s tennis team (6-seed) was able to defeat Hofstra (11-seed) outdoors in the first match of their Colonial Athletic Association tournament 4-0, while Old Dominion (3-seed) eliminated them 0-4 in the second. More... NFL draft fever This weekend will see some major sporting action going on. Both the NHL and the NBA playoffs are being played as well as a rematch of last year’s American League Championship Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. But for many, these events don’t even begin to approach the popularity of what the NFL is doing this weekend. More...
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