VMI Keydets NCAA Football News

One of the worst seasons in Maryland football history didn't stop Torrey Smith from earning individual honors.

Former Warwick High School place-kicker Matt Bevins of Liberty was named Tuesday to the All-Big South Conference first team after leading the Flames in scoring this season with 107 points.

VMI's George Handler, Marc Ray and Tim Maypray were named to the All-Big South first team, the league announced on Tuesday.

On film, the trouble at VMI is clear. Linebacker Emilio Calvin said that on every Monday this season when the Keydets settle in to watch game film with their coaches, they never get docked for lack of effort.

Not much went right for the Virginia Military Institute during the 2009 football campaign.

ODU coach Bobby Wilder must not have read the memo that it was Military Appreciation Day at VMI on Saturday.

Old Dominion's Thomas DeMarco threw for two touchdowns and ran three others, accounting for five of the Monarchs' six touchdowns on the day and leading ODU to a 42-35 win over VMI Saturday afternoon at Foster Stadium in Lexington, Va.

Thomas DeMarco rushed for three touchdowns and passed for two more as Old Dominion won its sixth straight game, beating Virginia Military Institute 42-35 on Saturday to complete its first season of football.

About VMI The Keydets are second in the nation in rushing yardage at the Football Championship Subdivision level at 262.2 yards per game.

BRIDGEWATER - Behind two 100-yard rushers and 468 yards of total offense, the Bridgewater Eagles sent the team's 21 seniors out with a convincing 30-13 victory Saturday in the season finale against Catholic at Jopson Field.

Alejandro Villanueva caught seven passes for 119 yards and a TD in front of 32,109 at Michie Stadium.

Army,0213 Army edges VMI, 22-17 Eds: APNewsNow. Army 22, VMI 17. WEST POINT, N.Y. Patrick Mealy ran 16 times for 136 yards and a touchdown to lead Army to a 22-17 victory over Virginia Military Institute on Saturday.

Chase Prasnicki's home is one block from VMI's Foster Stadium in Lexington, Va. Prasnicki's father, David, is the chief financial officer for VMI's alumni association.

Pain was etched on Tim Maypray's face. Some of it was physical. More wasn't. VMI has made a season out of would'ves and could'ves. But Saturday was the worst.

Matt Bevins kicked four field goals and seven players scored for Liberty in a 54-14 rout of Virginia Military Institute on Saturday night.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team has been predicted to win the 2010 Southern Conference Wrestling championship, in voting by the league's head coaches, it was announced on Wednesday.

Andreakis Allen and SirChauncey Holloway each ran for two touchdowns, and Liberty beat Presbyterian 55-19 on Saturday.

Justin Thorpe ran for one touchdown and threw for another while James Madison's defense registered eight sacks in a 20-8 win over Delaware on Saturday.

The Bucs return a punt and capitalize on a VMI fumble for touchdowns. Katrina Waugh CHUCK STEENBURGH VMI The VMI defense smothers Charleston Southern's Gerald Stevenson for a loss in Saturday's game in Lexington.

Charleston Southern scored 10 points in the final 6 minutes, capped by B.J. Hackworth's 12-yard run, to beat Virginia Military Institute 31-21 on Saturday.