ELKTON – When the East Rockingham High School baseball team is faced with a do-or-die game, it seems to perform. But when the stakes are lower, the underclassmen-laden Eagles apparently still need to figure out how to maintain their success.
BROADWAY – Except for a 17-3 rout of Turner Ashby High School, Broadway’s baseball team was a bit shaky in going 4-2 in their last six baseball games – losing by a run, winning by a run and ultimately, according to senior Quinn Arbogast, lacking intensity.
BRIDGEWATER — Turner Ashby High School gave Fort Defiance too many outs too many times.
BRIDGEWATER — Turner Ashby High School’s ninth batter had two hits. So did one of its reserves. Three other Knights also had multiple hits.
BROADWAY – Moving from shortstop to left field, senior Heather Bagwell was not exactly in her comfort zone, playing a position she’s seldom played during her softball career at Broadway High School.

Based on the emails I received after last week’s column about my heart attack — thanks for all the kind words — many of you do.
Last week seemed scheduled to toy with constituents’ political barometers: Vice President Joe Biden expressed approval of same-sex marriage on May 6 during NBC’s “Meet the Press,” North Carolinians voted Tuesday to outlaw gay marriage in the state, and President Barack Obama returned volley with an unexpected endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday during an interview for ABC.
HARRISONBURG - The Rockingham Ballet Theatre will bring the classic “Coppelia” to stage once again this weekend.
At first, I was surprised that the American Academy in Rome would assume that Italians might need their help in preserving time-honored food traditions. This is a subject Italians are famously passionate about.
CHICAGO (AP) — Protesters gathering in Chicago for the NATO summit were gearing up for their largest demonstration Sunday, when thousands are expected to march from a downtown park to the lakeside convention center where President Barack Obama and dozens of other world leaders will meet. Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — World leaders weary of war will tackle Afghanistan's post-conflict future — from funding for security forces to upcoming elections — when the NATO summit opens Sunday. Read More
SANT'AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy (AP) — One of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, killing at least four people, collapsing factories and sending residents running out into the streets, emergency services said. Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer. Read More
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — It's not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slowly at the back of the field. Read More
BALTIMORE (AP) — I'll Have Another had Bodemeister in his sights again, a shot at the Triple Crown hanging in the balance. Read More
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending. Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week — from birthday, to IPO, to I DO. Read More
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years. Read More
CANNES, France (AP) — Jacques Audiard is on a quest to revive the B movie. Read More
TORONTO (AP) — The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title. Read More