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    <title>Sports News for Charlottesville Daily Progress</title>
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          <title>2008 UVa season analysis</title>
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Coming off last year&#8217;s surprising nine-win season, Gator Bowl appearance and an NCAA record of five wins by two points or fewer, University of Virginia football fans wonder what Coach Al Groh will do for an encore.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Mikalauskas finished at Virginia</title>
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On Wednesday, former Virginia forward Lars Mikalauskas told The Daily Progress that he has given up hope of returning to the program. 


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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Seven set to battle it out for Jefferson title</title>
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Odds are good that the battle for Jefferson District supremacy this season will come down to Monticello and Orange County.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Trio of top&#45;notch QBs make the Jefferson a district to watch</title>
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Rarely do three such signal-callers come through school at the exact same time, but this year, fans across the Jefferson District will be treated to a trio of quarterbacks who have the potential to play at the next level. Monticello&#8217;s Michael Graham, Orange&#8217;s Quintin Hunter and Charlottesville&#8217;s Kevin Leatherwood will give defensive coordinators headaches all season. 


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          <title>Revving up the Cavaliers&#8217; offense</title>
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Moments after Virginia&#8217;s embarrassing performance in a season-opening game at Pittsburgh in 2006, a member of Virginia&#8217;s offense placed the blame on his unit&#8217;s poor preseason preparation.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Quite the physical challenge for the Hoos</title>
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The current crop of Cavaliers has faced some great athletes and some great teams over the past three or four years, but they haven&#8217;t faced anything quite like what&#8217;s coming to town this weekend.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Nelson County prepares for Dogwood gauntlet</title>
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Unfortunately for Nelson County, it&#8217;s becoming more obvious that the path to a Group A state title runs right through the Governors&#8217; Dogwood District. 


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Speed rules for Patriots</title>
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Albemarle is loaded with great team speed this season, from the skill positions down to some quick linemen who will rely on being technicians in the trenches. The Patriots are fast just about everywhere, and you can guarantee coach Rick Vrhovac is going to find a way to use that quickness.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Cavs ready for circus atmosphere</title>
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At this point, a total of 410 media credentials have been issued, a figure that includes television personnel for the national broadcast and 15 NFL scouts. 


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Exercise changes lives for the better</title>
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At age 62, Phil Franssen&#8217;s major motivation is to grow old gracefully. After a series of setbacks at an early age, he&#8217;s doing everything in his power at this point in his life to maintain a healthy routine, and also to help others who wish to do the same.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Cavs&#8217; compass points north for 2008&#45;09 contests</title>
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UVa&#8217;s most notable non-conference games are back-to-back road affairs. The Cavaliers play at Syracuse the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28), then travel to take on Minnesota in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge four days later (Dec. 2). 


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Past Healthy Heroes stick with lifestyle changes</title>
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As customers enter a busy gym in San Francisco, former Charlottesville resident Ron Harris greets them at the front desk.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:34:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pats stop Warriors</title>
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The Patriots struggled with mental mistakes early, but the presence of Kara Elder and Laura Gomez ultimately overwhelmed the Warriors, giving Albemarle the 3-1 victory.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Youthful Cavs ready for fresh start</title>
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On Tuesday, Virginia&#8217;s baseball coach, 20 veteran players and 11 new faces took the first step at ensuring a magical run of NCAA Tournament appearances rolls on.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Glennon to start for Hokies; Taylor will redshirt</title>
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Hokies head coach Frank Beamer said that the decision was made on Saturday and the two quarterbacks were told on Sunday.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Ex&#45;U.Va. standout Sean Singletary moved to 3rd NBA team</title>
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Less than three months into his NBA career, former University of Virginia standout Sean Singletary is with his third team.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Beamer near QB decision</title>
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.&#8220;We&#8217;re going to talk about it (today),&#8221; Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech Football Preview: Dedication to offseason conditioning could lead to ACC title run</title>
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Defensive tackle Cordarrow Thompson dropped about 30 pounds. Tight end Greg Boone lost 15. Starting interior offensive linemen Sergio Render, Ryan Shuman and Nick Marshman shed close to 80 pounds combined.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>ECU confident &#8212; but not too much &#8212; after VT game</title>
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For a change, East Carolina is opening its season with a game &#8212; not a catharsis.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW: Patriots, Warriors seek titles</title>
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The volleyball season moves into full swing today as two of last year&#8217;s top teams lock heads when Western Albemarle visits Albemarle.


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          <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Seniors Heinsohn, Colberg lead Covenant into 2008</title>
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Luke Heinsohn is looking to lead the Eagles to some team success to cap what is quickly becoming a storied high school career.


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          <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>STAB takes on expectations</title>
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St. Anne&#8217;s-Belfield is reloading for another state title run, but that comes as little surprise. State titles have become all but the norm for the Saints. 


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          <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Cavs&#8217; Phillips set to break out</title>
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John Phillips reached down and pulled on the orange and blue silicone bracelet on his wrist and offered a chuckle.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Spring Creek to host Tarheel Championship</title>
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The Tarheel Tour has agreed to a three-year deal for Spring Creek to host the tour&#8217;s championship event beginning this October.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>First Tee expands, impacts youth</title>
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For the longest while, it was difficult to detect who was wearing the biggest smile.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:30:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>30 things to know about USC</title>
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With Southern Cal coming to town, we thought it appropriate to introduce fans with 30 things you should know about the Trojans:


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          <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Werman headed to George Mason</title>
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In five of the past seven years, Virginia&#8217;s baseball program included a Werman.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Western falls in season opener</title>
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Western ended a long trek to Liberty High in Bedford with a 33-0 loss. The Minutemen leapt out to an early lead and then took control with three monster plays in the second quarter &#8212; a 68-yard punt return for a score, a 39-yard touchdown pass and a 70-yard touchdown run. 


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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>ALL&#45;CVA BOYS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ben Freeman, Orange County</title>
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Ben Freeman is the consummate team player. So when his high school coach, Dwane Pugh, approached him about switching positions his senior year from striker to sweeper, he agreed.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>ALL&#45;CVA BOYS SOCCER COACH OF THE YEAR: Patrick Dieter, Fluvanna County</title>
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In doing so, Fluvanna coach Patrick Dieter piloted his team to a 14-4 overall record and a second-place finish in regular-season district play, and is The Daily Progress&#8217; choice for the All-Central Virginia boys soccer coach of the year.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Quinn&#8217;s two&#45;goal night leads Cavaliers past Greyhounds</title>
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On Friday night at Klockner Stadium, both those things happened as UVa &#8212; behind two goals from senior Kelly Quinn &#8212; opened its season with a dominating 4-0 victory over Loyola (Md.) in front of 848 fans. 


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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Wright set to lead Cavs</title>
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Whether she likes it or not, Wright suddenly finds herself learning how to be a team leader. 


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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Groh finds a kicker</title>
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Virginia coach Al Groh announced the winner of a heated three-way battle for a starting spot in the Cavaliers&#8217; season opener Aug. 30 against No. 3 Southern California. The position pegged, however, was not nearly as glamorous as the most anticipated battle up for grabs.
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          <title>Swanson has high hopes for Cavs</title>
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Virginia women&#8217;s soccer coach Steve Swanson has enjoyed a great deal of success in his nine years at the helm, so it was pretty telling when he recently said that his team&#8217;s performance last year was &#8220;some of the best soccer this program has seen.&#8221; 


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On Thursday, big man Lars Mikalauskas made his first public comments since Monday&#8217;s announcement that he had been booted from the Virginia basketball team. As Mikalauskas talked during a brief interview, one thing was obvious &#8212; he was still in shock. 


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          <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hall of Fame to honor Ackerman</title>
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Val Ackerman, a former women&#8217;s basketball player at Virginia, will receive the 2008 John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:29:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Jones, who last season led the Eagles to the NCAA tournament for the first time as a Division I school, has signed a six-year contract extension that would keep in northwest Washington through the 2013-14 season.&nbsp;
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The Pittsburgh Steelers signed linebacker James Farrior to a five-year, $18.2 million contract extension that includes a $5 million signing bonus.
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Virginian LaShawn Merritt has upset defending champion Jeremy Wariner to lead a U.S. sweep of the medals in the 400 meters at the Olympics.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Jackson finds a position</title>
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It appears, for now, that Jackson&#8217;s moving truck has parked. With deceiving athleticism for a massive-bodied weapon a role as a bone-crushing fullback appears permanent.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;I was extremely sorry to hear about the situation with Lars,&#8221; said Ryan Pettinella, speaking by phone from Italy. &#8220;He was a good friend and a great teammate.&#8221; 
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<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_basketball/article/pettinella_shocked_by_pals_troubles/26497/#When:14:06:00Z</guid>
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On Tuesday, a day after UVa coach Dave Leitao announced that Mikalauskas would no longer be a member of the program, sources told The Daily Progress that &#8220;The Pride of Lithuania&#8221; planned to return to the states early next week and go through an appeals process with the university. The exact nature of his appeal is not known.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_basketball/article/mikalauskas_plans_to_appeal_dismissal/26417/#When:02:27:00Z</guid>
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The hush policy will likely continue until a candidate is named publicly or emerges to take the first snap against third-ranked Southern California on August 30.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pruett linked to Herd scandal</title>
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Sworn affidavits in a federal lawsuit implicate former Marshall football coach and current Virginia defensive coordinator Bob Pruett in an academic scandal and a jobs program for athletes that drew NCAA violations in 2001.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Slideshow: High School BREAKTHROUGH</title>
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10 high school athletes who are set to rule the gyms, trails and fields this fall.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>PREPS PLUS: Breakthrough Athlete Edition</title>
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Wondering which players are set to rule the gyms, courses, and fields this fall?
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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Mikalauskas out, Soroye in</title>
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On Monday evening, UVa coach Dave Leitao officially issued Lars Mikalauskas his walking papers.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Horne hopes to follow Simpson&#8217;s path</title>
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Raynard Horne &#8212; currently third string behind Cedric Peerman and Simpson &#8212; realizes that if he keeps working hard, he too could be just a few snaps from having the chance to make a major impact. 


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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_football/article/horne_hopes_to_follow_simpsons_path/26386/#When:02:43:00Z</guid>
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          <title>Soroye to return to UVa; Mikalauskas kicked off team</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_baseball/article/soroye_to_return_to_uva/26368/</link>
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Tunji Soroye will return for a fifth season


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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Future bright at tight end for Cavs</title>
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&#8220;Tight End U&#8221; lost two players at its marquee position in the spring when Virginia&#8217;s Tom Santi and Jonathan Stupar took their talents to the NFL. But the future of the position is in good hands.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_football/article/future_bright_at_tight_end_for_cavs/26336/#When:01:55:00Z</guid>
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          <title>Little picks up Match Play title</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/recreation/article/little_picks_up_match_play_title/26334/</link>
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After capturing back-to-back Battle Trophy championships and winning every local tournament that he entered this summer, local golf fans wondered just what Nick Little was going to do for an encore.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Cavs&#8217; Jobe gets his reward</title>
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In 2006, Scout tabbed Staton Jobe as a one-star recruit coming out of high school. One measly star. Jobe didn&#8217;t let that label stick for long.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Charlottesville&#8217;s Shoop takes rowing gold</title>
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 The United States won the gold medal in women&#8217;s eight rowing, finally knocking off Romania and another crew for a win in the sport&#8217;s signature event. 


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          <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:44:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Top of the mountain: Phelps wins eighth gold medal in 4x100 medley</title>
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Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/professional/article/top_of_the_mountain_phelps_wins_eighth_gold_medal_in_4x100_medley/26322/#When:02:37:00Z</guid>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_football/article/cavs_cabbell_gets_his_chance_after_two_year_wait/26309/</link>
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In just a few years B.J. Cabbell has gone from small town to big time &#8212; football, that is.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:35:01 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_football/article/cavs_cabbell_gets_his_chance_after_two_year_wait/26309/#When:02:35:01Z</guid>
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          <title>Monroe enters final season</title>
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The first thing big Eugene Monroe noticed when he sat down and looked around the meeting room as Virginia&#8217;s football team started training camp was the presence of a lot of fresh faces.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Cavs&#8217; Cain takes the wheel</title>
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En route to Virginia&#8217;s annual Meet the Team Day festivities last week, offensive line coach Dave Borbely looked to his left in amazement.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The best amateur golfers in Central Virginia discovered something during Saturday&#8217;s first two rounds of the area&#8217;s match play championship at Spring Creek Golf Club: there&#8217;s no free lunches.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Multi&#45;talented Hall ignores the pressure</title>
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Vic Hall does a little bit of everything for the Cavaliers  &#8212; starts at cornerback, returns punts, and was recently named one of the team&#8217;s co-captains along with John Phillips, Cedric Peerman and Clint Sintim.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Jimmy Howell, a 6-foot-6, 238-pound true freshman from Florence, S.C., is one of three punters on the UVa roster, joining senior John Thornton and sophomore Nathan Rathjen.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Yannick Reyering &#8212; who had exhausted his soccer eligibility &#8212; elected to give football a try after talking things over with Virginia soccer coach George Gelnovatch. 


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          <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_football/article/virginias_reyering_takes_a_shot_at_american_football/26288/#When:02:33:00Z</guid>
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The Virginia men&#8217;s basketball team has an absolute steal in Tristan Spurlock, who committed to the program late Wednesday night.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Rated a three-star recruit by both Scout and Rivals.com, the Norview High product is a good fit as a nose tackle in the Cavaliers&#8217; 3-4 defense because of his space-eating size (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) and overall athletic ability (he also played high school basketball).


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          <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Burrell pushes for starting position</title>
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Burrell, now a junior, earned early playing time last year and made his first &#8212; and only &#8212; sack against Duke. But he could not crack the starting lineup as his close friend, Jermaine Dias, kept first-team status.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Aaron Clark has been waiting three years for his chance to shine at Virginia. Now, entering his senior year with the Cavaliers, he hopes to get that 2,000-watt opportunity.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:36:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Tristan Spurlock, a small forward from Montrose Christian, is set to become a Cavalier.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_recruiting_news/article/spurlock_commits_to_virginia/26140/#When:02:09:00Z</guid>
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          <title>ALL&#45;CVA GIRLS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Emily Perrin, Charlottesville</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/high_school_prep/high_school_soccer_girls/article/all_cva_girls_soccer_player_of_the_year_emily_perrin_charlottesville/26114/</link>
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Look up just about any state record by a VHSL girls soccer player and most likely that mark will be owned by the same person: Emily Perrin.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/high_school_prep/high_school_soccer_girls/article/all_cva_girls_soccer_player_of_the_year_emily_perrin_charlottesville/26114/#When:02:50:00Z</guid>
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With Campbell taking the reins as a first-year coach, taking over a team that had just one senior, it&#8217;s safe to say that not many expected Covenant to make it back to the semifinals &#8212; much less win the tournament outright.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/high_school_prep/high_school_soccer_girls/article/all_cva_girls_soccer_coach_of_the_year_pat_campbell_covenant/26112/#When:02:48:00Z</guid>
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The top six seeds from this year&#8217;s Battle Trophy list and three of last year&#8217;s four semifinalists return for the second annual Central Virginia Match Play Championships this weekend at Spring Creek Golf Club.


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Coming out of high school in New Jersey in 2004, Byron Glaspy expected to get a shot at BCS football. He had no way of knowing just how far he&#8217;d come.


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Then Phelps moved ahead of the crowd, breaking his own world record with a time of one minute, 52.03 seconds  in the 200-meter butterfly late Tuesday night. He was scheduled to compete in the800 freestyle relay later in the night. 


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More importantly, Koch is all smiles &#8212; and holding his breath &#8212; as he has remained healthy for the first time during a training camp.


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With his come-from-behind victory in the Jefferson Cup Invitational golf tournament at Birdwood over the weekend, Nick Little blew away the competition for the top spot in the 2008 Battle Trophy competition&#8217;s final standings.


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The longtime youth wrestling coach and current Vice President of Sports Operations for the Orange County Boosters Club wants wrestling in Orange to regain what he believes is a lost tradition. With this in mind, he coordinated last week&#8217;s technique camp at Orange County High.


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It seems that if Nick Little is participating in a local golf event you can just about be certain that he&#8217;ll be walking away with the hardware.


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Albemarle freshman Lauren Eklund held off defending champion Cindy Thompson in a three-hole playoff to win this year&#8217;s Reines Jewelers Ladies City Championship.
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It was not the impending thunder or lightning that shortened the session, but rather Virginia&#8217;s elder statesman at quarterback, Scott Deke, that delivered a booming announcement.
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Having been knocked from his football pedestal, junior Kevin Crawford realizes that he is playing on borrowed time.


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Virginia coach Al Groh said Deke, who will turn 23 in November, was given the honor based on his &#8220;seniority&#8221; over sophomores Pete Lalich and Marc Verica.


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Radford-bound Weston Eklund was the only member of the field to shoot under par in the opening round, and his 2-under round of 70 gave him a two-stroke lead.


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Former Cavaliers fullback Kevin Bradley, 22, was found dead as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head, Lt. David Sportsman, a Fayetteville, N.C., spokesman announced to reporters on Thursday. It is unclear at this point, investigators said, if the wound was self-inflicted. 


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Little, who has dominated Central Virginia amateur golf for the past two years, will lead the field heading into today&#8217;s 54-hole annual Jefferson Cup Invitational at Birdwood Golf Club. It is one of only two local tournaments that Little hasn&#8217;t won.


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Despite having held just three practices, each of which was without full pads, Groh apparently was so tuned into the Cavaliers&#8217; camp that he missed the latest development in the world&#8217;s most over-hyped sports drama.


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The Byron Glaspy story seems to get better with every newly-written chapter. 


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The Richmond squad made the most of four Orange errors, six walks, and three hit batsmen by scoring 13 runs in a three-inning stretch and winning by the slaughter rule, 15-3.


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Norway jumped on the United States from the opening whistle, getting two goals in the first four minutes Wednesday to beat the U.S. women&#8217;s soccer team 2-0 at the Beijing Olympics.&nbsp;
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Jason Vigilante has been named the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country for the Cavaliers. Vigilante comes to Virginia after serving as the associate head men&#8217;s track and field and head men&#8217;s cross country coach at the University of Texas.


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On Wednesday, sources told The Daily Progress that Virginia center Tunji Soroye has informed several people close to him that he is strongly considering transferring to another school. 


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Now 17 months removed from the season-ending ACL tear, the wide receiver is officially back in the mix and gearing up for his long-awaited return to the starting lineup.


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Instead, Brown delivered the game-winning hit in the top of the ninth when he hit a home run to left field that barely sailed over the fence, as Orange managed to slip past Annandale 13-12. The win put Post 156 into the winner&#8217;s bracket of the state tournament.


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In Gordonsville, Western Albemarle used a balanced effort to hold off Mikey Moyers and William Monroe in the Jefferson District Golf mini-match at Spring Creek Golf Club.


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Slideshow inside The University of Virginia&#8217;s football team kicked off training camp Monday evening at its practice facility.


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Jared Green essentially raced from the festivities to Charlottesville to report for the start of Virginia&#8217;s training camp. The Cavaliers opened practice last night at 6:30 p.m.


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The mass team entrance at the Cavalier Inn on Sunday did not include cornerback Mike Brown. Apparently, that will not change.
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Midfielder Angela Hucles, a former University of Virginia standout, scored the winning goal in the Peace Queen Cup final in South Korea in June &#8212; on a set piece that might normally have gone through Abby Wambach.


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The past and future of Virginia athletics will be on display at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing Olympics.


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&#8220;People have no idea that CVa kids, rowing here in the reservoir &#8212; that they&#8217;re world-class athletes,&#8221; said Kevin Sauer recently. 


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As the makeup of the United States women&#8217;s basketball team shifts to a younger generation, legendary guard Dawn Staley is going through some changes of her own.


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When you get the chance, watch Adam Nelson at work.&nbsp;
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Few players, if any ever, have been able to officially report to a Major League team with a drive shorter than the one Jacob Thompson will make.


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