Ovation time: UVA baseball returns
by Hawes Spencer
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“We had a heck of a run,” exclaimed coach Brian O’Connor, as he welcomed the returning UVA baseball team to Davenport Field Thursday evening after its first-ever appearance in the College World Series. “This team,” O’Connor told a crowd of over 1,000 fans, “will be remembered as the greatest team in UVA baseball history.” As the applause from the standing ovation subsided, he cracked, “That’s until next season.”
Five Charlottesville City schools have received an Energy Star designation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Johnson, Jackson-Via, Venable, Burnley-Moran and Clarke elementary schools have already received their designation and plaques; applications from Greenbrier Elementary and Charlottesville High School are still being processed, according to a press release.
You made us all proud and ignited a love for baseball in this community that now on fire will not soon fade–looking forward to next season and a wealth of wonderful returning players.
Awesome season - the best thing to happen around here sports-wise in many, many years.
Better start raising money for a stadium expansion in a hurry! As good as this team has the potential to be next year, we don’t want to see them shipped three time zones away because the stadium is too small.