The school-issued paraphernalia sent to encourage voting for the 21-year-old graduate student could have included numerous catchy slogans, which now could include: Pastor Peerman. In July, Peerman was ordained as a minister at Charlottesville’s Mt. Zion First African Church.

McGrane, now the newly-appointed baseball coach at St. Anne’s-Belfield, will never forget how life’s doors were opened for him. During his tenure at STAB as an assistant coach under longtime coach Alan Swanson, it became imperative that the coaches reached out to programs nationwide.

Taken with the 142nd pick overall, Miclat is expected to ink a deal with a signing bonus of $225,000, which will be the largest bonus received thus far by a fifth-round pick. He said he plans to leave Sunday to report to the Orioles’ Gulf Coast League team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

For the second time in a week, the University of Virginia is losing a head coach.

In Bridgewater, Bridgewater College head basketball coach Bill Leatherman has announced his retirement after 23 years at the school.

In her last at-bat as a member of the Fluvanna County softball team, Danielle Dike demonstrated what being a team player is all about. Trailing eventual Group AA champion Broad Run by seven runs, Flying Flucos coach Nick Ward gave Dike instructions about what to do if she saw a pitch inside.

The Hornets finished 19-5, falling to Loudoun County in the region quarterfinals, but the team made an impression on Ryder, the 2008 All-Central Virginia softball coach of the year.

According to a release from the University of Tennessee, the Lady Vols and coach Pat Summit will host Virginia on Nov. 17 in Thompson-Boling Arena at 7 p.m.

Former Western Albemarle attacker Kellen Lynn led the Red team to the Charlottesville Adult Summer Lacrosse League championship on Tuesday night at St. Anne’s-Belfield.

Louisa County coach Mark Fischer scheduled practice for 12:01 a.m. Yes, you read that right.

Mamadi Diane says his injury is improving every day and he expects to be ready well before the official opening of the season in October.

For Laroy Reynolds, the fact that the phone rang with an ACC coach on the line was special enough.

Using the screams and applause as a gauge, it was hard to tell which of the 16 teams was on the way to the Jefferson Swim League Championship title as the massive event came to a halt.

Virginia adds Maury wideout/safety Laroy Reynolds

Some of the swimmers on hand at the opening day of the JSL Championships Friday didn’t need but about those two minutes to make their mark on the event. Two records fell during the Friday 200-yard medley relays, with Fairview’s 9-10 year-old boys squad and ACAC’s 15-18 year-old boys team both breaking records in their events.

The annual JSL championship meet, a two-day meet at Virginia’s Aquatics and Fitness Center will start today and crown a champion Saturday evening.

Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper is the ACC’s preseason player of the year.

Life as a teenager is probably hard enough without having to worry about your blood sugar levels. But Albemarle goalkeeper Gus Cramer and Western Albemarle pole vaulter Tyler Lewandowski aren’t that lucky.

Since turning professional after he graduated in May, former Virginia star Somdev Devvarman has played 18 matches. The native of Chennai, India has won them all and has dropped just two sets in the process.

John Swofford said Tuesday morning that if some think the ACC has a post-expansion image problem, he doesn’t share that opinion.

Despite working as a principal in North Carolina for the past two years, Lee Downey was never out of touch with Louisa County, especially when it came to sports.

On the heels of a nine-win season and a trip to the Gator Bowl, Virginia was predicted to finish fifth in the six-member Coastal Division in the ACC’s preseason poll as voted on by members of the media at the league’s annual kickoff in Georgia. UVa, which was picked to better only Duke (85 points), trailed Virginia Tech (383), North Carolina (288), Miami (253) and Georgia Tech (195).

When Clemson rewarded Tommy Bowden with a lucrative contract during the winter, expectations soared as high as his new salary. Bowden had flirted with an offer from Arkansas until Clemson opened its coffers.

UVa will play three exhibition games within a two-day span, beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, Aug. 30. The Cavaliers will take on St. Lawrence University in the morning and then play Concordia University in the afternoon. The games will take place at Concordia, which is located about 20 minutes north of Montreal.

After the grades from the first semester were compiled, Sewell was placed on an academic suspension for the next two consecutive semesters, meaning he would miss spring practice and this coming season. So, Groh and his staff were forced to find another quarterback and return to a different style of play.

Rampant speculation emerged, however, that once Sunday’s votes are tabulated from the members of the media present that the Cavaliers will land in a spot similar — or worse — to that of the past two seasons, when they were predicted to finish fourth.

ST. LOUIS — Former Virginia defensive end Chris Long agreed to a multiyear deal with the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, leaving plenty of time for the second overall pick in the 2008 draft to report to training camp.

PRATO NEVOSO, Italy — Frank Schleck of Luxembourg seized the overall lead in the Tour de France on Sunday, drawing on his strength in the mountains and getting an assist from his brother as the three-week race headed into the Italian Alps.

MIDLOTHIAN — Amateur Roger Newsom has won the SunTrust State Open of Virginia. Newsom won the title with a birdie on the fourth hole of a playoff with pro Chip Sullivan at Independence Golf Club on Sunday.

Barker, a junior, joins senior left guard Eugene Monroe as the lone returning starters on one of the units in question heading into the new season. Former incumbents Branden Albert and Ian-Yates Cunningham, both guards, and center Jordy Lipsey must be replaced on assistant coach Dave Borbely’s offensive line.