Putting his studies at the Darden School of Business on the back burner for the time being, Nelson is focused on his third trip to the Olympics to compete in the shot put.

When the first letter arrived in the mail, Ariana Moorer was floored with excitement.

While McDonald’s All-American Sylven Landesburg may have been DaveLeitao’s most notable recruit, John Brandenburg could wind up being his most vital.

“We just weren’t playing very well,” Dave Breslin said. “But I told the kids that they had the next 24 minutes to do something special.“

“He hardly ever talks anymore, but he’d always know how many goals I’d scored and he’d say ‘Four goals?’ or ‘Seven goals?’ and give me a big high-five,” Jack Thomasson said.

In the deciding game of the District 14 Championship, the McIntire All-Stars got things started early and held off Louisa’s All-Stars 13-4 on Sunday

Grove went out like a champion, made the birdie for a final round of 1-under par 69 and a two-shot victory with a three-day total of 3-under 207.

Leader Jeff Toms and contender Phillip Mahone have been competing in the Reines Jewelers Charlottesville City Golf Championship for years, but have yet to taste victory. So today’s final round of the 21st annual event at Meadowcreek Golf Course presents an unforgettable opportunity for the two players and a short list of competitiors within striking distance.

Facing elimination in a must-win game, the Monticello 10-11 year-old All-Stars got help from their big hitters in the lineup and a strong pitching performance to defeat Louisa’s All-Stars 7-3 on Saturday afternoon. Monticello’s win forced a deciding contest today for the right to move on to the state tournament later this month.

In Spotsylvania, Tyler Marshall and Sean Sweeney combined for a two-hit shutout as Albemarle Post 74 defeated Courtland Post 55 12-0 on Friday night.

That’s just fine with Ty Grove, who shot a 3-under 67 late Friday evening to claim the first round lead. Grove, a Crozet resident who plays out of Old Trail, holds a one-stroke lead over Birdwood’s Toms and Jerry Burton of Spring Creek. Farmington’s Mahone is two back at 69, and Meadowcreek’s Bill Hamilton is within striking distance at 1-over 71.

In Virginia Beach, Suffolk’s Lauren Doughtie used a strong short game to claim a 5 and 3 victory over Norfolk’s Kristen Simpson — a graduate student at Virginia — in the 83rd Virginia State Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championship.

The city championship has been the most unpredictable of all the local major tournaments over the past two decades.

While Carl Frischkorn missed the television coverage of Will’s greatest day in the sport, he did have the chance to talk to his son shortly after Monday’s stage.

In Purcellville, Donald Robertson of Earlysville finished one shot out of first place at the VSGA Masters Championship at Loudoun Golf and Country Club.

Former Virginia star Sean Singletary agreed to terms with the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.

In the tenth inning, trailing by one run, the Albemarle offense rallied once more, and after Ryan Hughes drove in the tying run, Patrick Collins drove in Daniel Haugh to win the game, 5-4.

So it came as no surprise to Troy when he turned on the local news Monday night and learned that his former pupil had nearly won the third stage of the Tour de France. Frischkorn, who graduated from STAB in 1999 and is competing in his first-ever Grand Tour, finished second.

The Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site that former Virginia pitcher Michael Ballard will make his MLB debut tonight for the Texas Rangers against the Los Angeles Angels.

Chaudoin, who graduated from Virginia in May, recently earned a spot on the United States Under-23 national team. The 21-year-old will be competing at the upcoming world championships in Brandenburg, Germany, set for July 17-20.

A trip to the dentist can have a number of outcomes. None of them are usually very good. But Kevin Sauer’s visits to the tooth doctor in 1999 may result in Lindsay Shoop taking home Olympic gold in Beijing next month.

While the pressure may have nagged him, Moyers was able to overcome it, defeating Jack Wilkes 2-up at Birdwood Golf Course to become the first-ever repeat champion.

After two days of stroke play qualifying, the VSGA kicked off its Junior Match Play Championship on Thursday.

Tasmin Fanning, a former standout at Western Albemarle High School, advanced to today’s finals in the 5,000-meter run in the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.

The 2008 All-Central Virginia Baseball team has been announced.

Sammy Zeglinski’s, medical redshirt was officially granted.

It was a serendipitous twist of fate that brought the 2008 All-Central Virginia baseball coach of the year together with his overachieving Albemarle team. And while the Patriots’ season ended on their bus rather than on the diamond, the foundation is set for a return trip to the state tournament.

The countless hours of practice paid off — Kyle Long was named the 2008 Central Virginia baseball player of the year after dominating in two-way fashion.

Evan Beck jumped out to a quick start in the second round of the stroke play qualifiying to seize the top spot in the the VSGA Junior Match Play Championship.

Assane Sene, the oldest of six children, grew up playing soccer in Senegal. Since nobody in his family is particularly tall, he figured that would be his sport.