As the clock wound down inside Bridgeforth Stadium, the crowd started to get a sense of what was happening.

As James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti walked into the locker room at halftime against Georgia State, trailing by 20, he used a calm approach.

NORFOLK — A week after James Madison quarterback Todd Centeio completed just four passes as the Dukes attempted to control the ground, the Colorado State transfer flipped the script against Old Dominion.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the game wore on, James Madison’s players didn’t find it as easy to move the ball against Louisville on offense or stop the Cardinals when they were on defense.

Leading into James Madison’s game with Marshall, the Dukes weren’t sure which quarterback would start, graduate student Todd Centeio or redshirt freshman Billy Atkins IV.

JONESBORO, Ark. — James Madison defensive end Isaac Ukwu was shaken up early in the game after an Arkansas State tight end clipped him on a block.

Ask James Madison tight end Drew Painter about what playing the position is like with the Dukes and the answer is simple: playing a role.

Late in the first half against Norfolk State earlier this season, James Madison was struggling with 1-on-1 fade routes and head coach Curt Cignetti thought of an idea to help limit the Spartans’ success at it.

When Mickey Matthews watches football on the weekends, he’s reminded of James Madison’s first-round playoff loss at Appalachian State in 2007 during almost every close game.

The first time James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti saw nose guard James Carpenter, he attended a camp at Elon as an offensive lineman.

As James Madison ran onto the field before its season opener against Middle Tennessee on Saturday, it set in for linebacker Jailin Walker that he was going to start.

James Madison canceled the remainder of its softball season Monday morning as the Dukes continue to grieve last month’s death of sophomore catcher Lauren Bernett.

Less than a year after the James Madison softball team was the feel-good story of the nation, tragedy struck the program Tuesday as the school announced the death of sophomore catcher Lauren Bernett.

Chase Hart could picture it since he was a young football player.

After another impressive and dominant playoff victory, James Madison’s final run through the FCS Playoffs will continue on to the national semifinals.

A good 10 minutes after the final buzzer sounded on James Madison’s 52-49 victory against Virginia, security hadn’t even managed to begin clearing the court Tuesday night at the Atlantic Union Bank Center. JMU fans had waited years for this one and even as the public address announcer pleade…

In the matchup dubbed the Cole Bowl, James Madison and Cole Johnson produced a gem. The Dukes raced past Southeastern Louisiana, 59-20, in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs Saturday at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg.

Earning a first-round bye in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs could have its advantages for James Madison.

James Madison didn’t look in the rearview mirror as it sped out of the CAA Football conference, pounding Towson 56-10 to close out the regular season Saturday at Bridgeforth Stadium.

News of an impending move to the Football Bowl Subdivision dominated discussion at James Madison early in the day on Saturday. By late afternoon, the Dukes were dominating Campbell on the field as JMU continued to set itself up for one final run at a Football Championship Subdivision title.

The Saturday morning press conference at James Madison’s Atlantic Union Bank Center, called to celebrate the Dukes’ acceptance into the Sun Belt Conference, for the most part went off exactly as meticulously planned.

RICHMOND — Another vote, another unanimous decision to approve James Madison’s move to the Sun Belt Conference.

James Madison is another step closer to making a jump from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision and into the Sun Belt Conference.

NEWARK, Del. – Hardly anyone sitting among what was left of the rain-drenched, soggy crowd at Delaware Stadium realized who had it.

RICHMOND – When Beau English picked his head up to search for a solution, he had precious seconds to do so.

This effort was boiling, festering and embedded in the gut of the visitors for the last two years.

This wasn’t the win-or-go-home circumstances they had met under previously.

With each decision and on every throw, he looked the part of a poised, veteran quarterback.

FRONT ROYAL — Marion 'Budder' Haley is about to have his dream come true.

The run that captured the attention of sports fans everywhere finally came to an end for James Madison on Monday afternoon in Oklahoma City when top-seeded Oklahoma pulled away from the Dukes for a 7-1 victory in the national semifinal round of the Women’s College World Series.

James Madison’s season died Saturday underneath the sun-drenched Texas sky as its 21-point halftime lead evaporated and its national championship-game hopes melted away.

They had the perfect counter to put an aggressive defense in slow motion.

An early triumph in one-on-one coverage was enough.

He needed only three yards, but Cole Johnson recognized the rare continuously-widening space for more.

That’s not how anyone thought it would go.

They could’ve continued sputtering.

There’s no denying the primary source of motivation for James Madison this spring.

The game was over when Latrele Palmer put a punctuation mark on it.

COVID-19 dominated headlines in 2020 and local college sports weren’t spared from the virus’ impact. And yet, before the pandemic gripped the nation and quarantines and full-scale shutdowns became the new normal, college storylines proceeded as normal for the first couple months of the calen…

NEW MARKET – Once again one inning proved costly for New Market on Tuesday night.

New Market Shockers head coach Nolan Potts believed going into the season that pitching would be his team's strong suit and through three games that has proven true.

Plenty of events shaped the area’s sports landscape outside of the high school scene in 2019.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Just as quickly as Chattanooga showed it could hang, D’Angelo Amos dashed the Mocs’ hopes of an upset.

It’s been a busy week for Colton Harlow.

WINCHESTER — Handley’s Kevin Curry certainly was happy to be continuing his football career at Division II Concord University next fall.

Whether it was a quarterback lighting up the stat sheet, teams enjoying playoff success, pitchers getting drafted or new faces taking over key positions, a lot happened in the local college athletics landscape in 2018.