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.

After handling his final “SportsRap” broadcast Monday at WKAV, the 26-year-old will make the transition to a two-hour show that will air locally, statewide and in parts of West Virginia.

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Spain closed in on the sprint title by winning Saturday’s 14th stage, while Australia’s Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey in the doping-battered race for a fifth straight day.

MIDLOTHIAN — Amateur Roger W. Newsom of Virginia Beach shot 5-under-par 67 Saturday for a two-shot lead entering Sunday’s final round of the 2008 SunTrust State Open of Virginia.

Albemarle and King George play tonight at Albemarle High for first place in District 12.

On Friday, the Hampton native gave his verbal commitment to play for UVa beginning in 2009. The 5-foot-11 Bethel High star, who is heading into his senior year, picked Virginia over a host of schools, including Marquette, N.C. State and Virginia Tech.

MIDLOTHIAN — Amateur Roger W. Newsom and PGA professional Chip Sullivan shared the lead entering weekend play at the 2008 State Open of Virginia.

The Daily Progress has learned that Jontel Evans, a 5-foot-10 point guard out of Hampton, has given his verbal commitment to play for UVa in 2009.

This year Haws led a group of talented young players to a 15-3 record. In doing so, Western won both the Region II and Jefferson District Championships before falling in a 10-9 overtime loss to Loudon Valley in the quarterfinals of the VHSL state tournament.

In her senior year at Albemarle, Moss scored 76 goals, assisted on 38 others and led her team to the semifinals of the VHSL State Tournament.

The 6-foot-9 Pettinella, who started 20 games for Virginia this past season, is hoping to sign with a European club, preferably one in Italy.

Fourteen players from Central Virginia, seven professionals and seven amateurs, will tee it up today in the opening round of the SunTrust State Open of Virginia at Independence Golf Club in Midlothian.

The 11th-stage victory Wednesday by Norwegian veteran Kurt-Asle Arvesen took a back seat to the arrest of Spain’s Moises Duenas Nevado after he tested positive for the banned performance enhancer EPO in the second doping bust this Tour.

In June, the Atlanta Braves selected Thompson in the fifth round, much lower than expected, with the 160th pick overall. For now, Virginia’s all-time wins leader is waiting on a suitable offer from the organization to forgo his final year of eligibility as a Cavalier.