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BOB MADISON sports@spiritofjefferson.com SHEPHERDSTOWN — On Friday, April 19, Shepherd University held its 52nd McMurran Convocation in honor of its 2013 McMurran Scholars. The ceremony was held in the Frank Center Theater as presented by the Faculty Center Scholarship and Awards Committee and presided over by Dr. Christopher Ames, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and [...]
Continue reading …A four-run opening inning propelled Musselman to a 10-5 win over visiting Jefferson in a softball game played at Appleland Park last Tuesday. The Lady Cougars were 14-7 overall and Musselman was 17-4. After Jefferson cut the lead to 5-3, Musselman erupted for another four runs in the fourth to assume a 9-3 lead. Alexandra [...]
Continue reading …Musselman used singles wins from Madeline Flanagan, Kendall Kessler, Ashley DeRito and Camille Ratliff to jump start its 6-1 girls win over visiting Jefferson. The Lady Applemen had doubles winners in Flanagan/Kessler and DeRito/Ratliff while the Lady Cougars lone success was registered by the doubles team of Stephanie Busey/Hunter Roll. With wins in all three [...]
Continue reading …By winning the three doubles matches, Jefferson was able to trim Hedgesville, 5-2, in boys tennis. The Cougars had the doubles victories from Devin Forman/Isaac Washington at No. 1, Kaleb Lochner/Drew Polczynski at No. 2 and Noah French/Christian Shimer at No. 3. The teams split the four singles matches with Jefferson getting wins from Forman [...]
Continue reading …INWOOD — Musselman used two singles and then two walks in the ninth inning to score the run that gave it a 10-9 win over Jefferson last Tuesday. Jefferson had overcome an 8-2 deficit and even had a 9-8 lead after a four-run seventh. Musselman had 12 hits off three Jefferson pitchers, but was helds [...]
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Darius Wayne Cook was found by police in the trunk of a car covered in red dye after police responded to a robbery at the Bank of Charles Town in Kearneysville ROBERT SMITH Spirit staff CHARLES TOWN — A man and a woman were arrested Tuesday shortly after robbing a bank in Kearneysville, according to [...]
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BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff BUNKER HILL – Robert Thornton may not fit the stereotypical image of an inventor: he doesn’t wear a white lab coat, and he didn’t graduate two years early from MIT. But several stroke survivors say that a sling he invented to alleviate his partner’s pain is helping them to recover from [...]
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CHARLES TOWN – Making a standard portrait doesn’t hold any allure for Frank Robbins. For his new exhibit,“Artists and Artisans,” he sought to create one-of-a-kind environmental photographs of 20 of Jefferson County’s most creative residents. The 66-year-old self-trained photographer, whose work has been published in several magazines and in The Washington Post, said he hopes [...]
Continue reading …CHRISTINE MILLER FORD Spirit Staff HARPERS FERRY – Saturday’s auction of a landscape by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir – bought in a box for $7 at a flea market here two years ago – has been postponed, with the auction house citing concerns that the painting have been stolen from a Baltimore museum in 1951. [...]
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Washington grad to wrestle at Kansas two-year college BOB MADISON Spirit Staff When her senior year at Washington High had wrestler Crystal DeVaughn finding matches at both the varsity and junior varsity levels there wasn’t a hint she could be taking her love of the sport on to the college level. But a rapid-fire chain [...]
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