Virginia
Youngkin knocks Va. schools over ‘maniacal focus’ on equality
After seven excessive colleges in Fairfax, Va., acknowledged failing to inform college students of their nationwide benefit recognition, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) sharply criticized the colleges, saying their concentrate on equal outcomes is “hurting” Virginia’s college students.
“They’ve a maniacal concentrate on equal outcomes for all college students in any respect prices,” Youngkin advised 7News reporter Nick Minock. “And on the coronary heart of the American dream is excelling, is advancing, is stretching and recognizing that we’ve got college students which have completely different capabilities.”
“Some college students have the flexibility to carry out at one degree, others want extra assist, and we’ve got to permit college students to run as quick as they’ll to dream the most important goals they’ll presumably dream after which go get them,” he added.
13 excessive colleges in Northern Virginia didn’t notify college students of nationwide benefit recognition forward of great school scholarship and admissions deadlines, 7News reported.
The Nationwide Benefit Scholarship program requires candidates to take the PSAT check. About 50,000 college students are chosen as counseled college students or as semifinalists in this system primarily based on their certified check scores. Though counseled college students would not have an opportunity to proceed within the competitors, those that qualify as semifinalists should submit an utility to advance to the subsequent portion of the competitors, in line with this system’s web site.
The semifinal utility was as a result of program no later than Oct. 5, 2022. Among the college students throughout the Virginia colleges certified as semifinalists, however the colleges’ failure to inform them in September prompted them to overlook the October deadline, 7News reported.
Youngkin says he’ll work to extend training requirements throughout the state. He additionally criticized the superintendent of the Fairfax colleges for hiring exterior consultants for as much as $450,000 to assist create equal outcomes for all college students.
“This overarching effort for equal outcomes is hurting Virginia’s youngsters, and it’s hurting, even worse, the youngsters that they aspire to assist — youngsters within the Black group and kids within the Hispanic group and kids who’re within the socioeconomically challenged group and Virginia’s youngsters with disabilities,” Youngkin stated.
“Now we all know the value consists of paying $450,000 to a liberal marketing consultant to come back in and educate the directors in Fairfax County how to do that,” he added. “What it seems occurred is that principals in colleges determined that they have been going to systematically withhold accolades and a path to school admission and scholarships from high-performing college students.”
Virginia
Charlottesville: Depth of lineup helps Virginia advance to regional final after walk-off win over Mississippi State • D1Baseball
Virginia advanced to the regional final with a walk-off win against Mississippi State. (Shotgun Spratling)
At The Ballpark
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brian O’Connor looked over to third base coach and offensive coordinator Kevin McMullan. He put up three fingers. The Virginia head coach wanted his hitters to have three chances to drive in the winning run after Harrison Didawick led off the bottom of the ninth with a ground rule double that hopped the left-center field fence.
No bunting. No moving a runner up.
Even though the bottom third of the Cavaliers’ lineup was due up, O’Connor wanted them swinging away.
“I believe in these guys that one of these guys was going to drive the run[…]
TUSCON, Ariz. — Brodie Kresser went 2 for 3 with three RBIs — including a two-out single in the bottom of the fourth that gave West Virginia the lead for good — and the Mountaineers beat Grand Canyon 5-2 Saturday night at the Tuscon Regional.
West Virginia (35-22) plays Sunday against the winner between Grand Canyon and Dallas Baptist in an elimination game earlier in the day.
Kresser singled to drive in Reed Chumley and Sam White, Ben Lumsden followed with an RBI single and Kresser scored to make it 5-1 when King reached on a fielder’s choice in the fourth.
Dustin Crenshaw’s RBI single in the top of the ninth capped the scoring.
Grand Canyon (35-24) took a 1-0 lead when Beau Ankeney scored on a sacrifice fly by Eddy Pelc in the top of the second but the Mountaineers tied it bottom when Chumley scored on a single by Kresser.
Tyler Switalski gave up a run on six hits and walk over 7 2/3 innings to improve to 5-2 this season for West Virginia. Carson Estridge (4) retired the only batter he faced to earn the save.
Tucson, AZ – The West Virginia Mountaineers (34-22) meet the Grand Canyon Antelopes (35-23) Saturday night in the winner’s bracket of the Tucson Regional in the NCAA tournament. The first pitch is set for approximately 10:00 and the action will stream on ESPN+.
Grand Canyon handled the host team Arizona 9-4 in the night cap with Grant Richardson grabbing his fifth win of the season. The sophomore relinquished a 2-0 lead in the second after Arizona put up three runs, but it did not deter the sophomore. He tossed three scoreless innings before allowing another run.
Eddy Pelc was one of four Antelopes to register a pair of hits against the Wildcats but separated himself from his teammates after coming up big in the sixth. The senior recorded three of his team-high four RBIs with a double off the centerfield wall for the game-winning RBI.
Sophomore Isaac Lyon, the first-Team All-WAC as a starting pitcher, picked up his first save of the season, throwing three scoreless innings with four strikeouts.
“People who don’t know a lot about college baseball hear Grand Canyon and they’re like, ‘You should beat those guys.’ It’s not that easy,” said West Virginia University head coach Randy Mazey. “You have to play really well to beat these teams. Everybody is talking about this regional being the toughest one. I literally think all four of these teams are very capable of winning this regional.”
WAC Player of the Year Tyler Wilson leads Grand Canyon at the plate. The senior hit a WAC-leading .405 in conference play, and a league-high.381 for the season and was second in RBIs with 63.
Grand Canyon head coach and WAC Coach of the year Gregg Wallis will hand the ball to freshman Hunter Watkins. The six-foot-eight right-hander had a tumultuous start to the season. In his first three appearances of the season, he allowed eight runs in eight and two third innings of work. Since then, he has had a 2.17 ERA in his last 13 appearances.
West Virginia knocked off Dallas Baptist in the Tucson Regional opener 4-1. Senior Derek Clark tossed his fourth complete game win to collect his eighth victory of the season, while sophomore Logan Clark lifted a three-run in the third to provide Clark the cushion needed to dispatch the Patriots.
Junior JJ Wetherholt leads the team with a .349 batting average with eight home runs, five doubles and 30 RBI. The All-Big 12 first team selection was 0-2 at the plate on Friday but drew a walk and scored a run.
“He creates a presence that makes people pitch differently,” Mazey said. “He makes the offense go whether he gets hits or not.”
Tyler Switalski will take the mound for the Mountaineers. The sophomore holds a 4-2 record with a 5.94 ERA. The sophomore had his best performance in last appearance in the final weekend of the regular season, throwing five shutout innings on the road at TCU with a pair of strikeouts.
This will be the first meeting between the two programs.
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