COLONIALS LOSE 6-4

It was another very frustrating loss for the Colonials baseball team last night at Shepherd Stadium falling to the Henrico Warriors 6-4.  I have to say you are not going to win many games when you walk 11 guys and don't hit the ball in key situations.  For some reason over the last few games we are beating ourselves and thats whats frustrating to me, sometimes you have to want it more than the other team.  In the other games yesterday Hopewell beat Varina, Monacan beat Prince George and Dinwiddie beat Clover Hill.  The Colonials will face Varina tonight at 7pm.  The Virginia baseball team will be on the road tonight at Radford to face the Highlanders before returning home tomorrow night to face the Richmond Spiders.  It looks like the weather will nice again tonight so if you don't have anything else to do come on out to the ball game.  MICKEY

Game Box Score

4/18/2011  7:00 PM  (H)  SHEPHERD STADIUM

Game Type: Non-League 

Result: (L) COLONIAL HEIGHTS - COLONIALS  4,   HENRICO  6

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12 +		R	H	E
HENRICO	0	0	3	0	1	2	0							6	6	3
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - COLONIALS	0	0	3	1	0	0	0							4	6	2

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS
MARKINS, DAVID	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
MEARS, DEREK	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	0
MARKINS, JOSH	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
KRUPP, MACK	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
SNELLINGS, CLAY	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
STEELE, ROB	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	0
NELSON, AARON	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MILES, DEVIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HETTINGER, MATT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
REEVES, COLIN	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
JOHNSON, BRIAN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
THIBAULT, ALAN	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	4	6	3	3	6	4	0

2B:MARKINS, DAVID;MEARS, DEREK 

Pitching

Player	IP	BF	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	BK	HB
MARKINS, JOSH	1  2/3	9	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
KRUPP, MACK	3  0/3	18	2	3	3	6	0	7	0	0
REEVES, COLIN	2  1/3	13	2	3	2	3	0	2	0	0
Totals	7  0/3	40	6	6	5	11	0	11	0	0

L:REEVES, COLIN 

Notes:

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Today's Birthdays: Actor Hugh O'Brian is 86. Actress Elinor Donahue is 74. Rock musician Alan Price (The Animals) is 69. Actor Tim Curry is 65. Pop singer Mark "Flo" Volman (The Turtles; Flo and Eddie) is 64. Actor Tony Plana ("Ugly Betty") is 59. Former tennis player Sue Barker is 55. Former race car driver Al Unser Jr. is 49. Recording executive Suge Knight is 46. Singer-songwriter Dar Williams is 44. Actress Ashley Judd is 43. Singer Bekka Bramlett is 43. Latin pop singer Luis Miguel is 41. Actress Jennifer Esposito is 39. Actress Jennifer Taylor is 39. Jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux (PAY'-roo) is 37. Actor James Franco is 33. Actress Kate Hudson is 32. Actor Hayden Christensen is 30. Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno is 30. Actor Courtland Mead is 24. Tennis player Maria Sharapova is 24

COLONIALS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL, VIRGINIA SWEEPS DUKE AND THE RANGERS PICK UP A BIG WIN

The Colonials Baseball Invitational get underway this morning at 10am at Shepherd Stadium 4 games today and tomorrow and on Thursday as well.  The Colonials will play at 7pm each day play Henrico tonight, Varina tomorrow and Monacan Thursday and I have posted the rest if the schedule below.  The Virginia baseball team completed its sweep of the Duke Blue Devils yesterday taking a pair of games by the score of 3-2 and 18-4, the Cavs will ow be off until they travel to Radford on Tuesday and return home on Wednesday to face Richmond.  The New York Rangers picked up a much needed win in there best of 7 series with the Washington Capitals beating the Capitals 3-2, the Rangers still trail the Capitals 2-1 in the series.  At Talladega yesterday Jimmie Johnson picked up the win edging Clint Bowyer for the top spot, Dale Earnhardt Jr came home 4th and is now in 3rd place in the point standings.  The Sprint Cup Series will now be off until April 30 when they come to Richmond.  MICKEY

DAY 1, MONDAY APRIL 18
GAME 1 10am HOPEWELL VS VARINA
GAME 2 1pm PRINCE GEORGE VS MONACAN
GAME 3 4pm DINWIDDIE VS CLOVER HILL
GAME 4 7pm COLONIAL HEIGHTS VS HENRICO


DAY 2, TUESDAY APRIL 19
GAME 1 10am HOPEWELL VS MONACAN
GAME 2 1pm PRINCE GEORGE VS CLOVER HILL
GAME 3 4pm DINWIDDIE VS HENRICO
GAME 4 7pm COLONIAL HEIGHTS VS VARINA


DAY 3, THURSDAY APRIL 21
GAME 1 10am HOPEWELL VS CLOVER HILL
GAME 2 1pm PRINCE GEORGE VS HENRICO
GAME 3 4pm DINWIDDIE VS VARINA
GAME 4 7pm COLONIAL HEIGHTS VS MONACAN

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD

Today is Mom & Dads 51st Wedding Anniversary, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD.  MICKEY

RANGERS IN MUST WIN SITUATION, CAVS TO PLAY 2 TODAY

Well the New York Rangers are pretty much facing a must win situation this afternoon when the face the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden.  The Rangers trail in the best of 7 series 2-0 and if they go down 3-0 I don't think they will be able to come back in win the series and if they want to win somebody has to wake up the offense.  The Virginia baseball team will play a double header today against Duke, the Cavs sure could use a sweep of the Blue Devils to keep pace with everybody else in there division.  The Colonials Baseball Invitational gets underway tomorrow at Shepherd Stadium with 4 games starting at 10am and continuing Tuesday & Thursday with 4 games each day, hopefully the field will dry out by tomorrow morning so everything can go on as scheduled.  The Colonial will play 7pm each day of the Invitational.  Well I will give you 1 guess won won yesterday Nationwide race at Talladega, that right Kyle Busch won again.  Jeff Gordon won the pole for today Sprint Cup race at Talladega edging out his 3 Hendrick Motorsports teammates on the first 2 rows, Jimmie Johnson will start 2nd  with Mark Martin 3rd followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr.  If there was a race for Jr. to win it would be todays race.  MICKEY

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THE RANGERS ARE IN TROUBLE, VIRGINIA WINS

Well if the New York Rangers want to move on to the 2nd round of the NHL Playoffs the had better wake up the offense.  After losing game 2 last night 2-0 the Rangers find themselves down 2-0 to the Capitals in there best of  7 playoff series.  The Virginia baseball team continued its winning ways yesterday beating Duke 10-0 in game game 1 of there 3 game weekend series and because of the impending storms today in Charlottesville will not play today but will play a doubleheader on Sunday.  They qualify today for tomorrows race Talladega weather permitting, the same system that is suppose to bring us storms today is also effecting Alabama as well.  I sure hope it does rain today to wash some of this pollen away because it is really bothering me.  MICKEY

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RANGERS WILL TRY TO EVEN UP SERIES

The New York Rangers will try to even up there series with the Washington Capitals at 1 game a piece tonight in Washington.  The Rangers will try to wake up there offense while trying to keep the high scoring Capitals offense at bay.  The Virginia baseball team will play the Duke Blue Devils this weekend starting tonight however because of the impending weather they will play games 2 & 3 of the series on Sunday and there will be no game tomorrow.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series will be at the Talladega Super Speedway where pretty much anything can happen and we might have another surprise winner just like we had at Daytona and Jr. could possible end his losing streak as well.  My allergies have really been bothering this week so I am hoping tomorrows rain will was some of the pollen away.  MICKEY

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COLONIALS LOSE 7-4, CAPS TAKE GAME 1

The Colonials fell behind 3-0 in the 1st inning last against J.R. Tucker and simply were just where not able to catch up to the Tigers.  The Colonials just left to many runners on base in key situations to pull out the win and Tucker played very well defensively.  The Colonials will now be off until the Colonials Baseball Invitational next week.  The Virginia baseball team scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning yesterday against Coastal Carolina and pulled out a 8-7 win, the Cavs will now return to ACC play starting tomorrow win Duke comes to town for a 3 game series.  The Washington Capitals took game 1 against the New York Rangers last night 2-1 in OT, the Rangers will look to rebound tomorrow night in game 2 of the series.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Actor Bradford Dillman is 81. Actor Jay Robinson is 81. Country singer Loretta Lynn is 76. Actress Julie Christie is 71. Retired MLB All-Star Pete Rose is 70. Rock musician Ritchie Blackmore is 66. Actor John Shea is 62. Actor-race car driver Brian Forster is 51. Actor Brad Garrett is 51. Actor Robert Carlyle is 50. Rock singer-musician John Bell (Widespread Panic) is 49. Actor Robert Clendenin is 47. Actress Catherine Dent is 46. Actor Lloyd Owen is 45. Retired MLB All-Star Greg Maddux is 45. Rock musician Barrett Martin is 44. Actor Anthony Michael Hall is 43. Actor Adrien Brody is 38. Classical singer David Miller is 38. Rapper DaBrat is 37. Actor Antwon Tanner is 36. Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is 34. Actor-producer Rob McElhenney is 34. Actress Vivien Cardone is 18. Actress Abigail Breslin is 15.

COLONIALS RAINED OUT, WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT

Rain washed out last nights game with Thomas Dale and so far no make up date has been set but it looks like it will be after Spring Break.  The Colonials do have another scheduled game for tonight against J.R. Tucker and the start time for tonights game is 7pm.  The Virginia baseball team picked up a 4-0 win over Georgetown last night, the game was shortened to 6 innings because of rain, the Cavs will face Coastal Carolina tonight.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs start tonight with 5 series beginning tonight with the big series locally being my favorite team the New York Rangers visiting my 2nd favorite team the Washington Capitals in Washington, GO RANGERS.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Movie director Stanley Donen is 87. Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., is 78. Actor Lyle Waggoner is 76. Actor Edward Fox is 74. Actor Paul Sorvino is 72. Poet Seamus Heaney is 72. Movie-TV composer Bill Conti is 69. Rock musician Jack Casady is 67. Actor Tony Dow is 66. Singer Al Green is 65. Author-journalist Christopher Hitchens is 62. Actor Ron Perlman is 61. Actor William Sadler is 61. Singer Peabo Bryson is 60. Bandleader/rock musician Max Weinberg is 60. Bluegrass singer-musician Sam Bush is 59. Rock musician Jimmy Destri is 57. Singer-musician Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) is 56. Comedian Gary Kroeger is 54. Actress Saundra Santiago is 54. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., is 51. Rock musician Joey Mazzola (Sponge) is 50. Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is 48. Actress Page Hannah is 47. Actress-comedian Caroline Rhea (RAY) is 47. Rock musician Lisa Umbarger is 46. Rock musician Marc Ford is 45. Reggae singer Capleton is 44. Actor Ricky Schroder is 41. Rock singer Aaron Lewis (Staind) is 39. Actor Bokeem Woodbine is 38. Singer Lou Bega is 36. Actor-producer Glenn Howerton is 35. Actress Courtney Peldon is 30. Pop singer Nellie McKay (mih-KY') is 29.

COLONIALS BACK AT HOME TONIGHT AND TOMORROW

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team will be at home tonight against Thomas Dale at 6pm and tomorrow night against J.R. Tucker at 7pm weather permitting.  It seems like every time we have a game there is a pretty good chance of rain, hopefully the heavy rain will miss us and we will be able to get the game in.  Also note the time change for tomorrows game  which is 7pm instead of 6pm.  The Virginia baseball team will be back in action today as well against Georgetown and tomorrow against Coastal Carolina.  The pollen around are has been pretty bad the last few days and my allergies have really been acting up because of it, that would be one thing that the rain would help.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Country singer Ned Miller is 86. Actress Jane Withers is 85. Opera singer Montserrat Caballe is 78. Actor Charles Napier is 75. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn (AYK'-bohrn) is 72. Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 71. Actor Frank Bank ("Leave It to Beaver") is 69. Rock singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 67. Actor Ed O'Neill is 65. Author Tom Clancy is 64. Actor Dan Lauria is 64. Talk show host David Letterman is 64. Author Scott Turow is 62. Singer David Cassidy is 61. Actor-playwright Tom Noonan is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer JD Nicholas (The Commodores) is 59. Singer Pat Travers is 57. Actor Andy Garcia is 55. Movie director Walter Salles (SAL'-ihs) is 55. Country singer Vince Gill is 54. Actress Suzzanne (cq) Douglas is 54. Rock musician Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen) is 53. Rock singer Art Alexakis (al-ex-AH'-kis) (Everclear) is 49. Country singer Deryl Dodd is 47. Folk-pop singer Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) is 47. Actress Alicia Coppola is 43. Rock singer Nicholas Hexum (311) is 41. Actor Nicholas Brendon is 40. Actress Shannen Doherty is 40. Actress Marley Shelton is 37. Actress Jordana Spiro is 34. Rock musician Guy Berryman (Coldplay) is 33. Actress Claire Danes is 32. Actress Jennifer Morrison is 32. Contemporary Christian musician Joe Rickard (Red) is 24. Rock singer-musician Brendon Urie (Panic! at the Disco) is 24. Actress Saoirse (SUR'-shuh) Ronan ("Atonement") is 17.

VIRGINIA FALLS IN GAME 3

Well the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets beat the Virginia Cavaliers yesterday in game 3 of there weekend series yesterday at Georgia Tech 10-8 ending Virginia's winning streak at 12 games.  The Cavs fell behind early in the game and were playing catchup the rest of the game and just were never able to get over the hump to get the win.  Virginia will face Georgetown Tuesday, Coastal Carolina on Wednesday and the Return to ACC play at home against Duke next weekend.  The Colonial Heights baseball team will play 2 game this week both at home, the Colonial will face Thomas Dale tomorrow night at 6pm and the face J.R. Tucker on Wednesday night at 7pm, note the time change it will be a 7pm start on Wed.  The Rangers vs Capitals best of 7 series will begin on Wed night in Washington, GO RANGERS.  MICKEY

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1919 Hugh Carey, Former New York governor, turns 92
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THE RANGERS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS, VIRGINIA TAKES GAME 2

The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils yesterday afternoon 5-2 keeping there playoff chances alive waiting for last night Tampa Bay vs Carolina game where the Lightning beat the Hurricanes 6-2 sending the Rangers to Stanley Cup Playoffs.  The good news is the Rangers are in the playoffs but the bad new is they have to play the Washington Capitals in the 1st round.  These 2 teams are my favorite 2 teams in the NHL and I would be rooting for the Caps if they were playing anybody else but the Rangers but I will be rooting for the Rangers in this series.  Well the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team beat Georgia Tech again yesterday to take game 2 of there series 12-9 and will be looking for the series sweep this afternoon, with the win yesterday the Cavs improved to 31-2 Overall and 13-1 in the ACC.  Matt Kenseth won yesterday Nascar race at Texas last night, I have to say it was a pretty ho hum race.  Also we got a t-storm last night and a pretty good rain as well and I don't even think they were calling for any rain last night.  Well I am going to try to finish up my VHSL test today so I will probably have headache by tonight.  MICKEY

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COLONIALS FALL 3-0, VIRGINIA WINS

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team lost to Blessed Sacrament Huguenot last night 3-0 last night Shepherd Stadium.  The Colonials offense couldn't push any runs across the plate in the game and the defense was a bit suspect itself and I have to say there is no defense for the walk.  With the loss the Colonials fall to 5-2 on the season will return to Central District action when Thomas Dale visits Shepherd Stadium.  The Virginia Cavaliers baseball team took game 1 of there weekend series at Georgia Tech knocking of the Yellow Jackets 6-2, they will play game 2 of the series today.  Well it looks like the New York Rangers may miss the NHL playoffs again this year, if they want to get in they have to beat New Jersey today in regulation time and have to have Carolina lose to Tampa but right now the Hurricanes may be the hottest team in hockey.  David Ragan captured the pole for tonights Nascar race at the Texas Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards won last night Nationwide race at the Texas Motor Speedway.  My weekend hasn't go off to the best of starts losing last nights baseball game and then coming home to find out that the dryer is broke.  I am hoping to turn my luck around today.  MICKEY

Today's Birthdays: Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 85. Naturalist Jim Fowler is 79. Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo is 78. Actress Michael Learned is 72. Country singer Margo Smith is 69. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 58. Actor Dennis Quaid is 57. Humorist Jimmy Tingle is 56. World Golf Hall of Famer Severiano Ballesteros is 54. Country musician Dave Innis (Restless Heart) is 52. Actress-sports reporter Lisa Guerrero is 47. Actor Mark Pellegrino is 46. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 46. Actress Cynthia Nixon is 45. Rock singer Kevin Martin (Candlebox) is 42. Rock singer Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) is 34. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam is 32. Rock musician Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes) is 31. Actor Charlie Hunnam is 31. Actor Ryan Northcott is 31. Actor Jay Baruchel is 29. Actress Leighton Meester is 25. Actor-singer Jesse McCartney is 24. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazmine Sullivan is 24. Actress Kristen Stewart is 21. Actress Elle Fanning is 13. Classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho (ee-VAYN'-koh) (TV: "America's Got Talent") is 11.

COLONIALS WIN UGLY, VIRGINIA AT GEORGIA TECH

Well I guess sometimes you have to win ugly, well yesterday sure was one of those days as the Colonials pulled out 5-4 win over Meadowbrook.  For some reason when we go to that place we never seem to play very well, in the last 7 years it seem every game has been pretty close out there for the most part.  We only had 4 hits in the game and fortunately we were able to push a run across in the top of the 7th  and held on for the win, Josh Markins picked up his 2nd win in as many days.  We are scheduled to play Blessed Sacrament Huguenot tonight weather permitting.  The Virginia baseball team starts a big ACC series today at Georgia Tech in a battle for 1st place in the ACC.  The New York Rangers suffered a huge loss last night losing to the Atlanta Thrashers 3-0, with the loss the Rangers do not control there own destiny and now will need some help to get into the playoffs.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series will be at the Texas Motor Speedway this weekend.  MICKEY

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COLONIALS IMPROVE TO 4-1

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team improved 4-1 yesterday with a 23-0 win at Hopewell yesterday, in the win the Colonials racked up 21 hits in the game.  The Colonials will be back in action tonight at 5pm at Meadowbrook and are scheduled to return home tomorrow but it looks like tomorrow could be a rain-out.  The Cincinnati Big Red Machine improved to 5-0 yesterday beating the Astros 12-4, the Reds will face the Astros again this afternoon before hitting the road tomorrow to Arizona.  If the New York Rangers want to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs this year they need to beat Atlanta tonight, currently the Rangers lead the Hurricanes by 2 points for the final spot and trail 7th place Buffalo by 1 point.  If the the Rangers win tonight and Saturday they are in the playoffs if they lose either games there is a pretty good chance they will miss the playoffs.  GO RANGERS.  MICKEY

Today's Birthdays: Actor R.G. Armstrong is 94. Sitar player Ravi Shankar is 91. Actor James Garner is 83. Country singer Cal Smith is 79. Actor Wayne Rogers is 78. Media commentator Hodding Carter III is 76. Country singer Bobby Bare is 76. Rhythm-and-blues singer Charlie Thomas (The Drifters) is 74. California Gov. Jerry Brown is 73. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 72. TV personality David Frost is 72. Singer Patricia Bennett (The Chiffons) is 64. Singer John Oates is 62. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is 62. Singer Janis Ian is 60. Country musician John Dittrich is 60. Actor Jackie Chan is 57. College and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett is 57. Actor Russell Crowe is 47. Christian/jazz singer Mark Kibble (Take 6) is 47. Actor Bill Bellamy is 46. Rock musician Dave "Yorkie" Palmer (Space) is 46. Former football player-turned-analyst Tiki Barber is 36. Actress Heather Burns is 36. Actor Kevin Alejandro (TV: "Southland") is 35. Actor Conner Rayburn is 12.

COLONIALS WASHED OUT YESTERDAY AT HOPEWELL TODAY, VIRGINIA WINS

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team was washed out Matoaca last night and the game has been rescheduled next Friday.  The Colonials will be on the road tonight at Hopewell for a 6pm contest and on the road at Meadowbrook tomorrow at 5pm.  Well the Virginia baseball team didn't exactly blow out Radford yesterday but did beat the Highlanders 2-0, the Cavs will now get ready for big ACC series this weekend at Georgia Tech in a battle for 1st place in the ACC in there division.  Starting today it looks like we will be have some pretty mild temperatures through Sunday with temps in the upper 60's and 70's with best chance of rain on Friday & Sunday.  Also in case you haven't noticed the Cincinnati Reds are off to a 4-0 start and will look to make it 5-0 against Houston today.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson is 83. Composer-conductor Andre Previn is 82. Country singer Merle Haggard is 74. Actor Billy Dee Williams is 74. Actor Roy Thinnes is 73. Movie director Barry Levinson is 69. Actor John Ratzenberger is 64. Actress Marilu Henner is 59. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Janet Lynn is 58. Actor Michael Rooker is 56. Rock musician Warren Haynes is 51. Rock singer-musician Frank Black is 46. Author Vince Flynn is 45. Actress Ari Meyers is 42. Actor Paul Rudd is 42. Actor-producer Jason Hervey is 39. Rock musician Markku Lappalainen (mar-KOO' lap-uh-LAN'-en) is 38. Actor Zach Braff is 36. Actress Candace Cameron Bure is 35. Actor Bret Harrison is 29. Actor Charlie McDermott (TV: "The Middle") is 21.

COLONIALS WIN BIG, UCONN WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team came out swinging yesterday at L.C. Bird beating the Skyhawks 18-4 in 5 innings at Bird yesterday.  The Colonials racked up 17 hits in the win and are scheduled to play at Matoaca tonight weather permitting.  Also a scheduling update the Colonials will be at Hopewell on Wednesday night at 6pm making it a 5 game week and of course that is weather permitting.  The Virginia baseball team will be at home today against Radford.  UCONN won the National Championship in basketball last night beating Butler 53-41, Butler simply just just couldn't make any shots.  We had a pretty good t-storm come through Colonial Heights this morning around 5am, one good thing is that the storms were moving pretty quick so we didn't get a tremendous amount of rain.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Movie producer Roger Corman is 85. Country music producer Cowboy Jack Clement is 80. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is 74. Country singer Tommy Cash is 71. Actor Michael Moriarty is 70. Pop singer Allan Clarke (The Hollies) is 69. Writer-director Peter Greenaway is 69. Actor Max Gail is 68. Actress Jane Asher is 65. Singer Agnetha (ag-NEE'-tah) Faltskog (ABBA) is 61. Actor Mitch Pileggi is 59. Rock musician Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is 45. Country singer Troy Gentry is 44. Singer Paula Cole is 43. Actress Krista Allen is 40. Country singer Pat Green is 39. Rapper-producer Pharrell (fa-REHL') Williams is 38.

COLONIALS ON THE ROAD AT BIRD, VIRGINIA SWEEPS VA. TECH

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team will be on the road at L.C. Bird tonight at 5pm and it actually looks like it is not going to rain for a change.  This will be the 1st game in a week where we have 4 games, we are suppose to be at Matoaca tomorrow but it is suppose to rain before going to Meadowbrook on Thursday and returning home on Friday night.  The Virginia baseball team completed there sweep of Virginia Tech yesterday knocking off the the Hokies again this time by the score of 10-2.  I went over and watched the ODU vs VCU baseball game yesterday in which the Monarchs won 8-5.  Kevin Harvick won yesterdays race at Martinsville passing Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the final laps to pick up the win, Kyle Busch leads Carl Edwards in the point standings.  Well I didn't root for Butler on Saturday night but I will be rooting for the Bulldogs tonight against UCONN.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Actress Elizabeth Wilson is 90. Author-poet Maya Angelou is 83. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is 79. Recording executive Clive Davis is 79. Bandleader Hugh Masekela is 72. Author Kitty Kelley is 69. Actor Craig T. Nelson is 67. Actor Walter Charles is 66. Actress Christine Lahti is 61. Country singer Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) is 60. Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 55. Actor Phil Morris is 52. Actress Lorraine Toussaint is 51. Actor Hugo Weaving is 51. Rock musician Craig Adams (The Cult) is 49. Actor David Cross is 47. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 46. Actress Nancy McKeon is 45. Actor Barry Pepper is 41. Country singer Clay Davidson is 40. Rock singer Josh Todd (Buckcherry) is 40. Singer Jill Scott is 39. Rock musician Magnus Sveningsson (The Cardigans) is 39. Magician David Blaine is 38. Singer Kelly Price is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Andre Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 37. Actor James Roday is 35. Actress Natasha Lyonne is 32. Actress Amanda Righetti is 28. Actress Jamie Lynn Spears is 20.

THE BUTLER DID IT, VIRGINIA WINS AGAIN

The Butler Bulldogs ended the VCU Rams dream season last night in Houston knocking off the Rams 70-62 in Houston.  The Rams just couldn't in sync, they went on a couple of runs but they just didn't play as well as they did in the previous games on tournament and I think Butler had allot to do with that.  Butler will move on to the championship game for the 2nd year in a row where they will face UCONN who beat Kentucky 56-55, I will be rooting for the Bulldogs.  The Virginia baseball continued to play well again yesterday beating Virginia Tech 9-3, the Cavs will go for the series sweep this afternoon in Blacksburg.  Jamie McMurray captures the pole for todays Sprint Cup race at the Martinsville edging Ryan Newman for the top spot.  I thin me, dad & Al or going over to the Diamond this afternoon to watch ODU face VCU in college baseball action.  Between watching the basketball and baseball games on TV yesterday I was working on a VHLS coaches test, I finished 1 part of the test but still need to another section to finish the class.  MICKEY

Today's Birthdays: Actress-singer Doris Day is 88. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is 81. Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall is 77. Actor William Gaunt is 74. Actor Eric Braeden is 70. Actress Marsha Mason is 69. Singer Wayne Newton is 69. Singer Billy Joe Royal is 69. Singer Tony Orlando is 67. Comedy writer Pat Proft is 64. Folk-rock singer Richard Thompson is 62. Country musician Curtis Stone (Highway 101) is 61. Blues singer-guitarist John Mooney is 56. Rock musician Mick Mars (Motley Crue) is 55. Actor Alec Baldwin is 53. Actor David Hyde Pierce is 52. Rock singer John Thomas Griffith (Cowboy Mouth) is 51. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy is 50. Rock singer-musician Mike Ness (Social Distortion) is 49. Rock singer Sebastian Bach is 43. Rock musician James MacDonough is 41. Olympic gold medal ski racer Picabo Street is 40. Actress Jennie Garth is 39. Comedian Aries Spears is 36. Actress Cobie Smulders is 29. Rock-pop singer Leona Lewis is 26. Actress Amanda Bynes is 25.

BUTLER ENDS VCU'S RUN

BUTLER 70 VCU 62

VCU 1 WIN AWAY FROM THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

The only thing thats stands between the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams and NCAA Championship game are the Butler Bulldogs who will be looking to return the championship game again this year.  Last year the Bulldogs lost to Duke in  the championship game and the only less probable than them returning to the championship game is VCU playing for the right to play for the national championship.  Needless to say who ever wins todays game will be underdogs in championship game against either Kentucky or UCONN, I will be rooting hard for the Rams today but if they lose I will be rooting for Butler to win it all.  The Virginia baseball team fell behind 2-0 after the 1st inning to Virginia Tech but rallied 18-3 win over the Hokies, the Cavs had 16 hits in the game and our now 26-2 on the season and 9-1 in the ACC.  They will qualify today for tomorrows Sprint Cup race at Martinsville, David Ragan was the fastest in practice yesterday followed by Jeff Gordon.  I guess you figured out by now that we where rained out again yesterday on the diamond, we already have 4 games scheduled next week and there is a possibility that we may play 5 and of the 4 we have scheduled 3 are on the road.  GO RAMS, MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Actress Rita Gam is 83. Actress Sharon Acker is 76. Singer Leon Russell is 69. Jazz musician Larry Coryell is 68. Actress Linda Hunt is 66. Singer Emmylou Harris is 64. Social critic and author Camille Paglia is 64. Actor Ron Palillo is 62. Actress Pamela Reed is 62. Rock musician Dave Robinson (The Cars) is 58. Country singer Buddy Jewell is 50. Actor Christopher Meloni is 50. Singer Keren Woodward (Bananarama) is 50. Country singer Billy Dean is 49. Actor Clark Gregg is 49. Actress Jana Marie Hupp is 47. Rock musician Greg Camp is 44. Rock musician Tony Fredianelli (Third Eye Blind) is 42. Actress Roselyn Sanchez is 38. Country singer Jill King is 36. Actor Adam Rodriguez is 36. Actor Jeremy Garrett is 35. Rock musician Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5) is 32. Actress Bethany Joy Lenz is 30. Singer Lee Dewyze (TV: "American Idol") is 25. Actor Jesse Plemons is 23. Singer Aaron Kelly (TV: "American Idol") is 18.

IT'S APRIL FOOLS DAY, WILL WE BE ABLE TO PLAY TONIGHT

Well don't let anybody fool you today by saying VCU is in the Final Four because it's true and the Rams will play Butler tomorrow night with the winner moving on to the NCAA Championship game on Monday night.  Well we are going to try again tonight to play another game this time at Hopewell, yesterdays home game with Prince George was washed out and the game will be rescheduled top a later date.  The Virginia baseball team will start a 3 game series at Virginia Tech today, the Cavs are #1 in the nation in several polls.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series returns to the Commonwealth this weekend at Martinsville, I think there could be a few paybacks this weekend.  I sure hope the suns comes out today and dries the filed so we can play tonight. Also I have enclosed a baseball video I saw on Youtube last night. MICKEY



Today's Birthdays: Actress Jane Powell is 83. Actress Grace Lee Whitney is 81. Actress Debbie Reynolds is 79. Country singer Jim Ed Brown is 77. Actor Don Hastings is 77. Blues singer Eddie King is 73. Actress Ali MacGraw is 73. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rudolph Isley is 72. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 63. Jazz musician Gil Scott-Heron is 62. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 61. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 61. Actress Annette O'Toole is 59. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 58. Singer Susan Boyle (TV: "Britain's Got Talent") is 50. Country singer Woody Lee is 43. Rapper-actor Method Man is 40. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 39. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 38. Tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 36. Actor David Oyelowo is 35. Singer Bijou Phillips is 31. Actor Sam Huntington is 29. Actor Matt Lanter is 28. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 26.