Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

1. Tribe Baseball Walks Off to Beat JMU 20-19 in Tourney Opener
   After play was suspended overnight in the third inning due to inclement weather, the William and Mary baseball team opened its 2013 CAA Baseball Tournament with a 20-19 walk-off victory over James Madison on Friday morning. Trailing 19-16 as play entered the ninth, junior second baseman Ryan Lindemuth drove in the tying the runs before freshman catcher Ryan [...]
2. Lady Warriors repeat as HRLax Conference Champs
   The Williamsburg Lady Warriors varsity lacrosse club broke open a close game midway through the first half May 17 to win their second consecutive HRLax conference championship, finishing off Cox High of Virginia Beach 16-4 in front of several hundred fans at CNU’s lacrosse stadium. Led by attackers Lauren Owens, who scored five goals, and [...]
3. Lafayette Boys Capture Region I Track and Field Title
   Lafayette’s boys track and field team followed up their Bay Rivers District Championship with a Region I title Thursday afternoon at Culpeper County High School. The Rams narrowly edged runner-up Brunswick 94-86 to win their second straight region crown. Tabb’s girls placed second – just two points off champion Brunswick (79-77) – to lead Bay [...]
4. Bay Rivers Baseball, Softball Tournament Championships Postponed (Again) to Saturday
   The championship games of the Bay Rivers District baseball and softball tournaments have been postponed for the second day in a row. Both will be played Saturday. The softball final between Smithfield and Grafton will be played at 11 a.m. at York High, scheduled ahead of baseball because of Grafton High’s prom later that evening. [...]
5. Frugal Jena: Clearance Clothing at Kmart
   I got some steals yesterday at Kmart!  No coupons needed.  They have marked down tons of mens, women’s and children’s clothing to .99!  They also had a rack of winter gloves and hats marked down to .99.  I got all of this for $11.88 plus tax, which was a great deal considering that the retail [...]
6. Hometown: Williamsburg Book Festival Looking for Authors, Professionals
   The Williamsburg Book Festival will take place Sept. 21, and organizers are looking for more published authors and publishing professionals to exhibit or present workshops. The William & Mary Bookstore, Williamsburg Economic Development, Cherokee McGhee Publishing and Williamsburg’s Arts Month are presenting the Book Festival this fall. The free festival will feature area authors and [...]
7. ‘Threads of Feeling’ Exhibit to Open at Colonial Williamsburg Museum (w/ Video)
   Over 25 years in the mid-1700s,  the mothers of 16,433 babies left their children at the Foundling Hospital in London with pieces of fabric attached as a means of identifying their child when they came to retrieve them. But only 172 mothers returned. The swatches of fabric and ledgers, keeping details of the children — [...]