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The Washington Redskins have released a full packet of information about parking for the upcoming Virginia Tech/Boise State football game on Monday, Sept. 6 at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
Per the Redskins policies, the parking lot will open up four hours before the game, so 4 o'clock for this game.
A $5 fee has been added to the price of the ticket per the FedExField policy for parking.
This fee is reflected in the total cost of the ticket prices.
There will not be any permits issued for Purple, Orange, Green, Gray or Copper lots.
All vehicles will be permitted to park in those lots at no charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
RVs can enter the RV/bus parking area at 4 p.m., as well. An RV parking pass is $75.
RVs are not permitted in the Copper Lot, so if you would like to arrive in an RV earlier than 4 p.m., you must park in the Overnight RV (Gray) Lot.
RVs parking in that lot must pay $160 and vehicles may not arrive any earlier than noon on Sunday, Sept. 5.
All of the detailed information on the parking situation, including information on limos, bus and handicap parking, can be found here.
A full fan guide can be found here.
August 31, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
Kevin Coddington singled for one of the four Hillcats hits of the game, but Winston-Salem scored six runs in the second and took the series opener 6-0.
The Cats fall to 30-32 in the second half, four-and-a-half games behind Potomac for first place in the second half of the Carolina League North. That number is pending the result of Potomac's second game of a doubleheader this evening.
The Dash jumped on Hillcats starter Pedro Villarreal for six runs in the second inning. Seth Loman led off the frame with a home run, his 24th of the season. That's good for second in the Carolina League.
After Villarreal retired the next batter, he allowed two straight hits to Logan Johnson and Luis Sierra. Drew Garcia then grounded out before Greg Paiml walked to load the bases. Kenny Williams Jr. hit a two-run single, followed by a Jose Martinez three-run homer. That put the Dash up 6-0 and that's all they needed.
Lynchburg put two runners on base in an inning only once during the game, and couldn't score.
The Cats couldn't put up much against Dash starter Nate Jones. In seven innings, Jones didn't allow a run and let up only three hits while striking out three. He gets the win to move to 11-5. Meanwhile, Pedro Villarreal struggled in his three-inning start. He gave up six runs, all earned and gets the loss.
Lynchburg and Winston-Salem continue their four-game series from BB&T Ballpark tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
Curtis Partch (6-10, 4.71) starts for the Hillcats opposite Dylan Axelrod (7-2, 2.05) for Winston.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: DAN RIVER OPENS WITH WIN, E.C. GLASS, STAUNTON RIVER, GRETNA FALL
August 27, 2010
WSLS.com/sports
Staff Reports
It was the first time the Northside Vikings had taken the football field since they won a state championship last December, but they picked up right where they left off.
Thanks to razor-sharp passing from junior quarterback Adam Hardister, impressive kicking by Sean Joyner and balanced team play by its receivers, running backs and defense, the Vikings cruised past Jefferson Forest 34-12at Hickam Field.
Hardister completed 9 of 10 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns, his only miscues being an intentional grounding penalty in the first half and a pass that was broken up by the Cavalier defense in the third quarter. Joyner converted two first-half field goals of 40 and 41 yards, and narrowly missed another from similar distance in the second half.
Eleven Vikings carried the ball, with runners Tyler Fisher (eight carries for 54 yards), Ryan Bowden (7-55), and Jeremy Williams (10-41) leading the way.
Cavaliers coach Don Rice, a 1983 Northside graduate, was frustrated with his team's second-half performance, but attempted to put things in perspective.
Franklin County 28 E.C. Glass 21
ROCKY MOUNT - The Hilltoppers hung close with their former Western Valley District opponent, but couldn't get past the Eagles.
Lamont Hamlette had a breakout night for E.C. Glass, picking up 170 yards on 10 carries. Quarterback Jordan Anderson had eight yards on eight carries and Mike Goins finished with 26 yards on six carries.
James Gaines returned three kicks for 73 yards for the Hilltoppers (0-1).
Cave Spring 41 Staunton River 21
In a battle of an untested offensive line against an attacking defense, Cave Spring took care of visiting Staunton River, 41-21, on Friday in the season opener for both teams.
Golden Eagles quarterback Cody Jones provided the offensive highlights, scoring on a 57-yard run in the first quarter and adding a 72-yard run in the third quarter. But it was a balanced Knight offensive attack that was the difference.
Cave Spring QB Josh Woodrum answered Jones' first score, hitting Austin Micklem for a 16-yard touchdown.
Then, after a Staunton River punt, Cave Spring scored on a 72-yard run that put the Knights ahead for good.
For the game, Jones was 3-for-12 passing for 13 yards he was the leading rusher, carrying the ball 11 times for 146 yards and two touchdowns.
Dan River 21 Tunstall 7
Drew Wilson
RINGGOLD - Dan River running back Trey Edmunds waited patiently for his blockers as he rolled left.
Edmunds found the space he was looking for as he sprinted down the sideline for a 73-yard touchdown to help the Wildcats open the season with a season-opening 21-7 home victory over Tunstall on Friday night.
Dan River, which led 6-0 at the half, took advantage of two Tunstall mistakes and turned them into a pair of rushing touchdowns as they went ahead 21-0 through three quarters.
On Dan River's first possession of the second half, Tunstall (0-1) thought it had the stop it needed to gain momentum.
Tunstall's Peyton Farrior recovered a Dan River fumble, but the play was negated because of a facemask penalty on the Trojans.
A few plays later, Dan River converted a fourth-and-11, which helped set up an eventual 3-yard touchdown run by Justin Gunter.
After Tunstall's next drive stalled, Dan River got the ball on its own 27-yard line.
The Wildcats, who nearly had their first play picked off, turned to Edmunds, who rumbled down the field for the 73-yard score. He finished with 14 carries for a team-high 138 yards.
Tunstall answered with a 20-play, 88-yard drive that culminated with a 1-yard touchdown run by quarterback Evan Huffman, which cut Dan River's lead down to 21-7 with 7:04 remaining.
Tunstall, however, couldn't get any closer. Dan River never gave the ball back as the Wildcats' ensuing drive drained the clock to zero.
Dan River wore Tunstall's defense down with its power running game, led by Edmunds, Gunter and Preston Fuller. The three combined for 33 carries for 226 yards.
LCA 31 Gretna 0
GRETNA - In the last two weeks, Liberty Christian Academy has taken to the road to battle against the area's two pre-eminent prep football powers - Amherst County and Gretna.
The Bulldogs beat Amherst last Friday in a benefit game, opening the door for critics to say, "yeah, well it was just a scrimmage."
Friday night's game, though, wasn't a scrimmage. And for the full 48 minutes, the Bulldogs dominated Gretna in every aspect of the game, coming away with a 31-0 victory.
LCA has now played four times against public schools in the last three years and has won each time. And Friday's game was especially convincing, a total beatdown that showed the Bulldogs are ready to handle all local public school challengers.
With the game scoreless in the first quarter and Gretna driving inside the LCA 20, the Hawks' Darien Jefferson fumbled the ball on a hurried exchange from quarterback Nick Miller. LCA's Rennel Marshall recovered it.
"The momentum totally changed right there," Good said.
The Bulldogs rattled off an 18-play, 83-yard drive that lasted 8 minutes, 17 seconds, a slow march capped by Good's 29-yard TD pass to Lucas Smissen.
After the fumble, the Hawks got no further than the LCA 42. The Bulldogs outgained the Hawks 422 yards to 176 and had 19 first downs to Gretna's 10.
Saunders credited LCA's superior defensive line play as the main reason why the Hawks had so much trouble moving the ball.
Good threw for 247 yards and tossed three touchdown passes, two to speedy Bahamian receiver Demitri Knowles and another to Lucas Smissen.
Knowles' 44-yard TD reception less than two minutes into the second half put the game away, giving the Bulldogs a 24-0 lead.
Knowles finished with nine catches for 148 yards.
LCA, which entered the game with questions at tailback after Corey Harrington was removed from the team for disciplinary reasons, may have found an answer in Ronnie Stringfield.
A fourth-string running back who was expected to play defense, Stringfield ran for 122 yards on 17 carries. Kyri Washington started the game at tailback but was injured early.
Brookville 55 Martinsville 13
MARTINSVILLE - The Bees scored early and often as quarterback Kendall Becraft went completed 14-of-17 passes for 194 yards while throwing three touchdown passes.
It was the Bees' defense, however, that keyed an opening night victory. Martinsville managed 239 yards rushing, but was held to just four yards through the air, with one pass being intercepted by Brookville's Mark Boyd and returned 45 yards for a touchdown. Brookville's Ben Simmons rushed five times for 96 yards.
August 27, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
The Hillcats lost in a 8-2 at Wilmington in the series finale on Sunday afternoon.
Wilmington started their offense early with a run in the first inning on a solo home run by Christian Colon.
Three more runs came across for for the Blue Rocks in the second inning. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer and Colon singled in a run to make it 4-0.
The Rocks struck for three more runs in the bottom of the third. Perez smacked another long ball, this time a three-run shot that upped the advantage to 7-0 for the home team.
Lynchburg responded in the top of the fourth with a run to get on the board. Cody Puckett blasted his 17 homer of the season out to left field.
It marked the fourth straight game that he has homered. The Hillcats would plate one more run in the top of the eighth inning and the Blue Rocks would tack on one more run in the bottom of the frame.
The loss went to starter Ezequiel Infante (0-1) for Lynchburg (26-28, 55-69) and the win went to starter Buddy Baumann (4-2) for Wilmington (29-27, 61-64).
The Hillcats still took two out of three in the three game set.
They now return home on Monday night for game one of a four-game series with Winston-Salem and the first contest of a seven-game homestand at 7:05 p.m. at City Stadium.
Right-hander Josh Ravin (1-0, 0.00) will get the nod for the Cats against righty Stephen Sauer (7-9, 4.98) getting the start for the Dash.
August 26, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
Josh Fellhauer put the Cats in front with a sac fly in the second, but Winston-Salem scored seven unanswered runs the rest of the night to take the series finale 7-1.
The Cats and Dash split the four-game series.
The Cats struck for one against starter Nate Jones in the second inning. Chris Richburg was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame, and advanced to third on Kyle Day's double.
With runners at second and third, Shane Carlson struck out. Then Josh Fellhauer hit a sacrifice fly to score Richburg.
The Hillcats didn't get another hit until the sixth inning, as Jones set down 13 straight Hillcats. Meanwhile, in the top of the sixth, the Dash took the lead. Hillcats starter Curtis Partch registered the first two outs of the inning before giving up a home run to Luis Sierra to tie the game. Still with two outs, Jason Bour singled and scored on Kyle Shelton's double. That put the Dash up 2-1.
In the bottom of the sixth, Ryan LaMarre reached with a one-out double, but he was doubled off second base when Cody Puckett lined out to Jones.
The Dash used the long ball again in the seventh. Kenny Williams, Jr. singled with one out and advanced to second when Jose Martinez walked. After the runners advanced to second and third on a groundout by Ozzie Lewis, Seth Loman homered to right to put Winston up 5-2.
Winston-Salem scored one more in the eighth inning, again with two outs. Kyle Shelton doubled, and scored on Greg Paiml's single. In the ninth, Jose Martinez led off with a triple and scored on the same play after a throwing error by Puckett.
Partch started his outing with five scoreless innings, but ended with the loss. He went five and two-thirds total and gave up eight hits and two runs (both earned). He moves to 6-10 on the season. Nate Jones dominated even though he gave up one run early.
Lynchburg begins a three-game series with Wilmington to close out the 2010 home schedule. Friday night's opener starts at 7:05.
The Hillcats throw out Daniel Guerrero (2-1, 2.96) opposite Aaron Crow (1-2, 5.74) for the Blue Rocks.
Gates open at 6 p.m.
August 25, 2010
HokieSports.com
BRISTOL, Conn. - Virginia Tech will host Duke on Feb. 26, 2011, in Cassell Coliseum and the ESPN College GameDay Driven by State Farm crew will be on hand for a day full of college basketball excitement.
The Hokies and the Blue Devils will tip off at 9 p.m. The Virginia Tech game versus Duke will be the only ACC game featured in the eight week series.
This will mark the Hokies' first-ever appearance on GameDay.
"We are excited and honored to be selected by ESPN to be part of their College GameDay," head coach Seth Greenberg said. "It is the next step as we continue to build our brand and create a national profile for our program.
"It is a reflection of our community, season ticket holders and students and their passion and ownership in our program. ESPN recognizes that Virginia Tech's environment is second-to-none in college basketball. I have no doubt that the Hokie Nation will come out in full force and show the nation the special atmosphere we have here at Virginia Tech."
ESPN's College GameDay Driven by State Farm, the popular eight-week Saturday morning and evening college basketball program originating from the site of ESPN's Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecast, will expand to include an extra hour of analysis, news and features.
ESPNU will air the new first hour of College GameDay - returning for its seventh season beginning Saturday, Jan. 15 - at 10 a.m. and ESPN will continue to televise the show at 11 a.m. and a one-hour edition at 8 p.m.
The Saturday Primetime game-of-the-week series will be aired at 9 p.m.
"We look for a host site with great fan support and consistent success on the court," Nick Dawson, ESPN Director of Programming and Acquisitions said. "Coach Greenberg has Virginia Tech positioned to be a contender for the conference championship and we expect a tremendous atmosphere when the Hokies host defending National Champion Duke."
The 2011 series will open from Knoxville, Tenn., site of the Tennessee Volunteers men's and women's teams hosting the men's and women's Vanderbilt Commodores programs at noon and 8 p.m., respectively.
It will mark the first time the show has originated from a site that has featured a men's and women's game played in the same day.
College GameDay will feature show host Rece Davis with returning analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps, Hubert Davis and Bob Knight.
August 25, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
Ryan LaMarre singled, doubled and scored the game-winning run in his first day as a Hillcat and Lynchburg took game two 1-0.
Wisnton-Salem won game one of the doubleheader 5-0.
Winston-Salem got on the board in game one only two pitches into the ballgame. Kenny Williams Jr. greeted Hillcats starter Justin Walker with a lead-off home run.
After retiring the next two batters, Walker allowed another solo homer to Seth Loman. The Dash led 2-0 after a half of an inning.
The Dash scored again in the second. Kyle Shelton reached with on a double with one out. He later scored on a fielder's choice groundout by Williams Jr. In the fourth, Jason Bour and Shelton notched back-to-back homers off Walker to put Winston up 5-0.
Justin Walker struggled through four innings. He allowed a career-high four home runs and five total runs (all earned). He gets the loss, his second with Lynchburg.
Dylan Axelrod threw seven innings to earn the complete game win to move to 7-2. He struck out eight and didn't allow a run.
In game two, pitching was the story. Pedro Villarreal matched a career-high with seven strikeouts in five scoreless innings. He didn't get a decision, though, as the offenses didn't manage much against the starting pitchers.
Lynchburg jumped on the Dash pen in the sixth inning for their first and only run.
LaMarre led off the inning with a hustle double.
A fielder's choice advanced LaMarre to third, and put Cody Puckett at first base. After Neftali Soto popped out, Chris Richburg hit a sac fly to score the winning run.
Jeff Jeffords get the win in relief. He moves to 3-1. The loss goes to Brandon Kloess.
Lynchburg and Winston-Salem conclude their four-game series tomorrow night at 7:05.
Curtis Partch (6-9, 4.79 ERA) faces Nate Jones (9-5, 4.43). Gates open at 6 p.m.
August 24, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
Tonight's game between Lynchburg and Winston-Salem has postponed due to unplayable field conditions and the inclement weather still in the Lynchburg area.
The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow night starting at 6:05 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m.
August 23, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
The Hillcats lost in a 8-2 at Wilmington in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Lynchburg returns home on Monday night for the series opener of a four-game series with Winston-Salem and the first contest of a seven-game homestand at 7:05 p.m. at City Stadium.
Wilmington started their offense early with a run in the first inning on a solo home run by Christian Colon. Three more runs came across for for the Blue Rocks in the second inning. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer and Colon singled in a run to make it 4-0.
The Rocks struck for three more runs in the bottom of the third. Perez smacked another long ball, this time a three-run shot that upped the advantage to 7-0 for the home team. Lynchburg responded in the top of the fourth with a run to get on the board. Cody Puckett blasted his 17 homer of the season out to left field. It marked the fourth straight game that he has homered. The Hillcats would plate one more run in the top of the eighth inning and the Blue Rocks would tack on one more run in the bottom of the frame.
The loss went to starter Ezequiel Infante (0-1) for Lynchburg (26-28, 55-69) and the win went to starter Buddy Baumann (4-2) for Wilmington (29-27, 61-64). The Hillcats still took two out of three in the three game set.
They now return home on Monday night for game one of a four-game series with Winston-Salem and the first contest of a seven-game homestand at 7:05 p.m. at City Stadium. Right-hander Josh Ravin (1-0, 0.00) will get the nod for the Cats against righty Stephen Sauer (7-9, 4.98) getting the start for the Dash.
August 21, 2010
HokieSports.com
BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced today the extension of Head Football Coach Frank Beamer's contract through Dec. 31, 2016. Beamer's current contract expires Dec. 31, 2012.
"I appreciate Virginia Tech's confidence in me leading this program," said Beamer, who is entering his 24th season at the helm. "I believe that continuity has led to the consistency in our program, and we hope for even better days ahead."
Negotiations for the compensation package will begin in January of 2012 to be effective with the start of the contract extension.
"I am very pleased that Frank Beamer will lead our football program the next seven years," Tech Director of Athletics Jim Weaver said. "He has led the Hokies to unprecedented heights, including 17 straight bowl games and six consecutive 10-win seasons."
August 21, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
Curtis Partch dealt a career-high eight innings and the Hillcats smacked 13 hits in their 9-1 victory over the Blue Rocks.
Lynchburg has already secured a series victory and on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. they will go for their first road series sweep of the season.
Lynchburg struck early with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Kyle Day doubled in both runs with two outs in the frame.
Wilmington got on the board with their first run of the series in the bottom of the fourth inning. Ernesto Mejia plated that run with a sacrifice fly after a one-out triple by Will Myers.
The Hillcats added two runs to their lead in the top of the fifth inning with another two-out two-run double. This time it was Neftali Soto who did the damage to up the Cats lead to 4-1. In the eighth inning three more runs came in for Lynchburg thanks to three errors in the frame by the Blue Rocks.
An inning later two more runs came across to make it a 9-1contest. Cody Puckett rocked his 16th home run of the season to bring in the two runs. Puckett has now homered and doubled in three straight games. With the double, Puckett is now tied for second for the most doubles by a Hillcat in a single season with 39 two-baggers.
The win went to Partch (6-9) for Lynchburg (26-27, 55-68). The loss went to starter Bryan Paukovits (3-4) for Wilmington (28-26, 60-63). The Hillcats secured their third straight road series victory with the win. They have won seven of their last nine on the road and eight of their last ten overall.
The series concludes on Sunday afternoon at 1:35 p.m. at Frawley Stadium. Left-hander Ezequiel Infante (0-0, 4.15) will get the start for the Hillcats opposite lefty Buddy Baumann (3-2, 2.35) for the Blue Rocks.
August 20, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
The Lynchburg Hillcats shutout the Wilmington Blue Rocks 7-0 in game one of a three-game series at Wilmington.
Lynchburg broke the scoreless tie in the fourth inning when Cody Puckett belted his 15th home run of the season out to left field to give them a 1-0 lead.
The Hillcats added on to that advantage with another run in the seventh inning with an RBI by double by Josh Fellhauer.
Two more runs came in for the Cats in the eighth inning to make it a 4-0 game.
Chris Richburg doubled in the first run and Shane Carlson singled in Richburg for the second. Carlson extended his season-long hitting streak to 16 with a 2-for-3 night. That is now the longest streak of the season for the Cats. Carlson has also now scored a run and driven in a run in five straight games.
In the ninth inning the Green & Gold tacked on three more runs to put their lead up to 7-0. Puckett brought in two more runs with a double in the inning. It was his 38th two-bagger of the season and Puckett is now three short of tying the all-time single season mark by a Hillcat. Efrain Contreras doubled in Puckett later in the inning to finish off the scoring.
The win went to reliever Daniel Guerrero (2-1) for Lynchburg (53-68). The Hillcats have now won six of their last eight games on the road and are 11-4 in their last 15 games overall. The loss went to starter Tim Melville (2-11) for Wilmington (28-25, 61-62).
The series continues on Saturday night at 6:05 p.m. at Frawley Stadium. Right-hander Curtis Partch (5-9, 5.05) will start for the Cats opposite righty Bryan Paukovits (3-3, 5.36) for the Rocks.
August 19, 2010
Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
Cody Puckett hit a three-run blast and drove in four total runs and the Hillcats beat the Pelicans 11-8.
The win gives Lynchburg a series split, and caps a 5-2 homestand.
The Cats scored 11 runs, a season high, and also tied their season-high for hits in a ballgame with 17, set in April at Salem.
Myrtle Beach tallied three in the first two innings against Hillcats starter Justin Walker. Gerry Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the first. In the second, Jordan Kreke led off with a single and scored on a double by Samuel Sime. With two outs, L.V. Ware tripled in Sime.
In the third, the Cats offense woke up in a big way. With one out, Miguel Rojas singled, starting a barrage of five straight hits. Brodie Greene singled next, and both scored on Cody Puckett's three-run homer.
Puckett nailed his 14th of the season. After the homer, Neftali Soto and Chris Richburg followed with two straight doubles to put the Cats in front 4-3.
Shane Carlson then grounded into a fielder's choice where Richburg was tagged out. Josh Fellhauer then singled to put Cats on the corners, and Carlson scored on a double steal. Lynchburg led 5-3.
After the Pelicans got one back in the fourth, Lynchburg's offense ignited again. Soto led off the fifth inning with a single. Then Richburg belted his fifth home run with the Hillcats.
In the sixth, Rojas, Greene and Puckett led off the frame with three straight hits to score two more runs. Rojas singled, scored on the Greene triple and Greene scored on Puckett's double. Puckett later scored on a single by Shane Carlson. That was Carlson's second hit of the game, extending his hitting streak to tie the Cats' season-long at 15 games.
Lynchburg led 10-4 at the end of six.
Myrtle scored once in the seventh and twice in the eighth to cut the lead in half. But Lynchburg responded with one more in the bottom of the eighth to make it an 11-7 advantage for the Cats. Cory Harrilchak tripled to lead off the ninth and scored on a ground out, but reliever Nick Christiani shut the door.
Justin Walker struggled at times during his outing. He struck out the side in the first and totaled seven strikeouts. He allowed four runs, all earned in five innings of work. But he also picks up the win, his third straight with Lynchburg.
Lynchburg heads on the road for a weekend series in Wilmington starting tomorrow night at 7:05. Pedro Villarreal (0-1, 7.71) starts for the Cats against Tim Melville (2-10, 5.54).
