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West Springfield graduate Joe Saunders has found a home in the starting rotation for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Saunders was named to his first All-Star team this season.-- Courtesy Angels Baseball | ›› more

Saunders makes his mark

7/24/2008

West Springfield graduate Joe Saunders is making a name for himself this season in Major League Baseball. The left-handed pitcher has 12 wins for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and was named to his first All-Star team. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Bleak forecast for schools

7/24/2008

Last week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and school board unanimously agreed to join forces to review lines of business and school programs in order to plan eventual program and staff reductions needed to attack an estimated $430 million shortfall in the fiscal 2010 budget. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Closing date for Fairfax child care center now in limbo

7/24/2008

In a meeting with angry parents and on-site staff Monday night, the Salvation Army Advisory Board for Fairfax County eventually agreed to discuss options to delay the closing of a 29-year-old day care facility on Ox Road in Fairfax.It was acknowledged at the meeting that on-site staff and parents had been deliberately left in the dark because the advisory board "realized that if we started talking about [the closing], we'd get people upset," said board member Sandy Winans at the meeting. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Clerk at Franklin Farm Sunoco robbed at knifepoint

7/24/2008

Police are investigating a robbery at a gas station that left one man injured. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Time Warner to lease 195,000 square feet in Herndon

7/23/2008

Brandywine Realty Trust announced Wednesday that it has executed a 10-year lease transaction with Time Warner Cable Inc. for 195,000 square feet of office space in South Lake at Dulles Corner, a 268,240-square-foot office building in Herndon. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

All-Stars lose heartbreaker in bottom of sixth

7/23/2008

Losing a baseball game rarely makes anyone's day, especially when that loss appears out of nowhere. The SYA East Little League All-Stars suffered one of those losses -- a 7-6 heartbreaker to Tuckahoe in the Majors state title game -- though the team's day was made before it even began. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

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Sports in Brief: Southern Fairfax (July 24-31)

7/24/2008

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Saunders makes his mark

7/24/2008

All-Stars lose heartbreaker in bottom of sixth

7/23/2008

SYA East reaches second straight state final

7/23/2008

The SYA East Majors All-Stars advanced to their second straight Little League state championship game with a 10-4 victory over Vienna American. SYA East is scheduled to face Tuckahoe this morning for the state title. Check back later for a recap of the final. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Area swimming roundup (July 16-23)

7/23/2008

Area swimming roundup (July 16-23). | 0 comments - ›› more ...

McLean/Great Falls loses in state final

7/23/2008

The McLean/Great Falls 14-year-old All-Star team fell to Eastern Loudoun in the Babe Ruth state final Tuesday. After cruising into the championship series, McLean/Great Falls lost back-to-back games to end its run. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Another one crosses the plate

7/22/2008

With a breezy, four-game romp through the 13-year-old Virginia Babe Ruth League state baseball tournament, it was simple for McLean/Great Falls coach Jim Balog to express what he wanted his team to carry into Tuesday afternoon's finale. Offense. McLean/Great Falls kept rolling Tuesday with a 9-0 win over Williamsburg to secure the state title. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Vienna American walks off with another win

7/22/2008

The Vienna American Little League All-Stars, trailing 10-7 after five and a half innings, sloughed off three home runs hit by their opponents and rallied for four runs to again walk off as winners. The 11-10 win over Warwick on Monday produced a 10 a.m. rematch Tuesday with SYA-East in the state semifinals. Vienna American saw its season come to an end with a 10-4 loss. | 0 comments - ›› more ...