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Warhawks sweep doubleheader from Blue Mountain

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 10:38am
Warhawks sweep doubleheader from Blue Mountain

The Auburn Montgomery baseball team closed out the non-conference portion of its 2013 schedule on Tuesday by sweeping a doubleheader from visiting Blue Mountain College. The Warhawks took the opener 5-1 and rallied for a 7-6 win in nine innings in the nightcap.

With the sweep, AUM improved to 32-18-1 on the season, while the Toppers fell to 10-36 overall.

In the opener, Nathan Taylor (2-0) tossed three no-hit innings and Hayden Hillyer drove in a pair of runs to lead the Warhawks.

AUM took the lead for good with three runs in the third inning, with Hillyer delivering the key hit with a two-run single. Bryan Young led off the frame with a double, before consecutive bunt singles by Branden Kelley and Chad Mansmann helped to score Young. Shane Turner also reached on a bunt hit later in the inning.

A pair of insurance runs scored on a Josh Thompson infield single in the sixth inning.

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AUM's Cassie Daniels earns 4th SSAC Pitcher of the Week award

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 10:16am
AUM's Cassie Daniels earns 4th SSAC Pitcher of the Week award

For the second consecutive week and fourth time overall, Auburn Montgomery sophomore Cassie Daniels was named the Southern States Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after a pair of dominant performances against ranked opponents.

On Saturday, Daniels tossed her first career no-hitter against ninth-ranked Belhaven, leading AUM to a 2-0 victory. She struck out nine batters in her fifth complete game shutout of the season.

Daniels continued her impressive weekend the following afternoon versus 14th-ranked William Carey, limiting the Crusaders to one run in another complete game effort. She surrendered seven hits while striking out seven. The victory moved her to 17-1 this season, setting a new AUM single-season record for wins.

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Hawks rally in bottom of 10th for win over Point University

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 10:07am
Hawks rally in bottom of 10th for win over Point University

The Huntingdon baseball team rallied to beat Point University 8-7 in 10 innings on Wednesday night.
 
It was the Hawks’ 14th straight win at Posey Field. With three road games remaining this weekend, Huntingdon (28-9) closes the regular season with an 18-1 record at home this season.
 
In Wednesday’s win, Trammell DeJarnett scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game 7-7 and Caleb Astin drew a bases-loaded walk to score Grant Brown in the bottom of the 10th for the win.
 
The Hawks, who played a total of 20 players in the game, built a 5-0 lead early before falling behind 7-6 in the eighth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, Cameron Lewis singled with one out and DeJarnett came in to run for Lewis.

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Auburn University programs rank high in US News & World Report’s 2013 Best Online Education Programs

Submitted by News Staff on Wednesday, April 24th, 3:31 pm

Online graduate programs in Auburn University’s College of Education, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and College of Business are listed in the top 10 of the just newly released U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 Best Online Education Programs rankings... Read More

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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day set for April 27

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 9:53am
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day set for April 27

ADMH is encouraging the public to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely discarding of unwanted and unused prescription drugs at collection sites throughout the state. Take Back Day will be held this Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Local collection sites can be found by visiting www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.

This effort represents the sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The DEA, as well as state and local law enforcement, collaborate to offer the initiative. Last September, Americans turned in 244 tons of prescription drugs at over 5,200 sites.

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Huntingdon softball closes out conference play unbeaten

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 2:16pm
Huntingdon softball closes out conference play unbeaten

The Huntingdon softball team closed out the regular season with a pair of 11-4 wins over Salem College on Saturday.
 
Huntingdon (23-9, 16-0 Great South Athletic Conference) has won 23 of its last 26 games this season and 20 straight GSAC games dating to last season. Entering the conference tournament next week, Huntingdon has won 34 of its last 35 conference games.
 
In Saturday’s sweep, the Lady Hawks finished with 21 hits and three home runs. Brittany Richardson was 5-for-7 on the day with four runs and a RBI and Lauren Welch was 3-for-7 with a two-run homer, four RBIs and three runs.
 
Holly Ostrander hit a solo home run, drove in two runs and scored three runs and Halleigh DiNicholas hit a two-run home run and finished with two RBIs and three runs.

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Lee County's unemployment rate for March

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Friday, April 19th, 2013, 11:51am
Lee County's unemployment rate for March

Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees announced today that Alabama’s preliminary March unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.2%. March 2012’s rate was also 7.2%. March’s rate represents 155,071 unemployed persons, compared to 154,790 last month, and 156,224 last year.

In Lee County, the unemployment rate for March was 5.8%, down from 6.4% in February and down from 6.2% a year ago.

“This month we continued to see the labor force grow, which tells us that more people are re-gaining confidence in the job market. We also saw the number of people with jobs grow by nearly 7,000, with only a slight increase in the number of unemployed,” said Surtees. “Even though the rate didn’t decrease, these are still positive signs.”

The civilian labor force increased in March to 2,164,497, up from 2,157,556 in February and 2,156,362 last year.

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