April 30, 2009
FRONT ROYAL -- Some golfers were decked out in rain gear from head to toe, while others toted an umbrella in one hand and their trusty club in the other as steady rain fell at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club on Wednesday.
WINCHESTER -- Handley erupted for five second-half goals en route to a 6-0 Northwestern District boys soccer win over Skyline on Wednesday.
April 29, 2009
QUICKSBURG -- By the conclusion of the Generals' season last year, Stonewall Jackson boys soccer coach Nate Hissong knew something had to change.
STRASBURG -- Clarke County and Strasburg each reached the halfway point of the district season Tuesday.
STRASBURG -- It did not take until the bottom of the seventh inning this time for Clarke County's softball team to scratch across the winning run against Strasburg.
WINCHESTER -- The Handley Judges girls soccer team employed a new defensive set, and freshman midfielder Cassandra Alamo scored her first varsity goal in their 3-0 win over the Warren County Wildcats on Tuesday.
STRASBURG -- Through one half of play, Strasburg keeper Dara Dillman stood strong against an aggressive Clarke County squad.
NOKESVILLE -- Central hung tough with Brentsville this time around. The Falcons got a solid outing from pitcher Brea Hinegardner and another homer from Ashley Ebersole, but still fell to the Tigers, 4-1, on Tuesday in Northwestern District softball action. The two teams met last week and the Tigers came away with a 14-3 win.
April 28, 2009
FRONT ROYAL -- All David Ko had to do was sit back and watch. Watch as Randolph Boppe was moved from center back to forward, where he played last year and so is one of the more experienced Judges at the position.
FRONT ROYAL -- For a team that has been in a recent slump, the last thing Handley needed to see was top pitcher Brian Tavenner have to leave Monday night's Northwestern District baseball game at Warren County early due to an injury.
FRONT ROYAL -- Four innings of nearly flawless pitching wasn't enough for Nicole King and the Wildcats. Breakdowns in defense rattled Warren County in the fifth and an inability to muster any offense against Handley ace Chelsea Hamric resulted in the Wildcats self destruction in a 5-0 Northwestern District softball loss on Monday night.
STEPHENS CITY -- As Kettle Run could attest to on Monday night, Sherando is not a team you want to come out flat against.
QUANTICO -- Casey Williams had two solid games to lead Shenandoah Valley Christian Academy to a split of a nonconference doubleheader with Quantico on Monday night in baseball action. The Patriots won the first game, 6-0, but lost the second game, 4-1. Williams went 2-for-3...
April 27, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Sherando Warriors freshman Tre Porter drew his first starting pitching assignment against the Handley Judges on Saturday in a Northwestern District baseball game.
WINCHESTER -- The host Colonels haven't won the Apple Blossom Invitational in so long that not one James Wood coach could remember how many years it's been.
WINCHESTER -- Sherando high jumper Lauren Carter took an unusually long time to line up her final series of jumps.
WINCHESTER -- Henkel-Harris Field showcased two of the best pitchers in the area Saturday morning in a game so well-played that it was a shame one team had to lose.
April 25, 2009
WINCHESTER -- There's a little extra excitement in the air for James Wood's boys track team as it gets ready to host today's 41st annual H. Brian Landes Apple Blossom Invitational.
FRONT ROYAL -- "WP" has two meanings in scorebooks -- winning pitcher and wild pitch.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Skyline Hawks put on a clinic Friday night, much to the dismay of Warren County.
WINCHESTER -- Kettle Run was late getting to Bridgeforth Field on Friday night, but the Cougars' bats made noise early in a 7-3 win over Handley.
Call it "May Madness." Next Sunday, May 3, the Shenandoah University baseball team will anxiously await its postseason fate. Just like the NCAA basketball tournament that comes along every March, the Division III baseball tournament, made up of 54 teams, will have a selection process to determine which teams get in.
WOODSTOCK -- Central started off slowly, but led by Ashley Ebersole's fifth homer of the season the Falcons got back on track for a 6-2 Northwestern District softball win over Millbrook on Friday.
April 24, 2009
WINCHESTER -- It all started with a harmless visit to the state of New York. Shenandoah men's lacrosse coach Brian Jenkins, while visiting his in-laws in Buffalo, traveled 76 miles to Rochester to watch a lacrosse tournament showcasing local high school talent.
Chandler Rhoads is coming home ... sort of. Just 11 months after committing to play basketball at Air Force, the former Clarke County hoops star has signed a letter-of-intent with the University of New Hampshire. Rhoads said his comfort with UNH's coaches, particularly head coach Bill Herrion, and a desire to be back in the East so his family could watch him play were the mitigating factors in making the move.
FRONT ROYAL -- Strong pitching and timely hitting were the keys to success as Sherando got back to the basics on Thursday night.
STEPHENS CITY -- The little things played a big part in the Northwestern District softball game between Skyline and Sherando on Thursday.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood did everything it needed to in the seventh inning on Thursday night.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood held its own for six innings Thursday before succumbing to Northwestern District softball power Brentsville, 8-3.
Daily Staff Reports QUICKSBURG -- For one inning, it all came together for the Stonewall Jackson baseball team. On a night when the Generals struck out 13 times, the fourth inning saw the home team make solid contact batter after batter as the 10-run frame...
By Linwood Outlaw III -- loutlaw@nvdaily.com FRONT ROYAL -- It's arguably the most celebrated achievement in the history of youth sports in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Fourteen years after Little League baseball was founded by the late Carl E. Stotz, a talented group of 12-year...
April 23, 2009
BERRYVILLE -- A pitchers' duel was brewing between Clarke County ace Jordan Wolford and Warren County's Nicole King on Wednesday as fans watched from the edge of their seats.
WOODSTOCK -- The thought of his older sister going away to college was weighing on Mason's Smith mind. So throughout basketball season, the James Wood sophomore continually tried to talk her into coming out for the Colonels' track team this spring.
BERRYVILLE -- Warren County brought its lumber to Singhas Field on Wednesday, and held off Clarke County, 17-8, in a non-district slugfest.
WOODSTOCK -- Brentsville feasted on Central on Wednesday, gorging on 14 hits, including three home runs, while the Falcons managed just one hit off each of two pitchers in a 14-3 loss to the Tigers.
Daily Staff Reports Softball Handley 12, Millbrook 3 WINCHESTER -- Handley played a near-flawless game against Millbrook, scoring in all but two innings and exuding patience at the plate. "We were happy about the win," Handley coach Tim Mondell said. "Millbrook's a young team so...
April 22, 2009
QUICKSBURG -- There were doubts in the Stonewall Jackson locker room, and there were concerns in the back of coach Nate Hissong's head.
WINCHESTER -- Thanks to Hunter Leight's stellar pitching performance and his offense's red-hot bats, James Wood made easy work of defeating Millbrook 10-1 on Monday night.
STRASBURG -- Even the rain-soaked field couldn't slow down the squad from George Mason, as the Mustangs scored early and often in torching Strasburg, 10-0, in a game shortened by the mercy rule on Tuesday.
April 21, 2009
WINCHESTER -- As his shot flew past diving Handley keeper Stefano Frantellizzi in the final minute of overtime, Ryan Witt spun around on his heels and pumped a single fist into the air.
WINCHESTER -- Brittini Dennis scored on a breakaway and then went sprinting back up the sideline, pointed into the stands and waved goodbye to one of the spectators.
April 20, 2009
FRONT ROYAL -- The experienced battery tandem of Central junior Brea Hinegardner and senior Ashley Ebersole squared off against Warren County's freshmen battery of Nicole King and Taylor Bass on Saturday night.
WINCHESTER -- Things haven't gone as smoothly this season for Handley's girls tennis team as they would have liked, but on Saturday the two-time defending Group AA state champions showed things are starting to come together.
FRONT ROYAL -- Central's Sam Dowdy took the mound Saturday and pretty much turned off the lights at Bing Crosby Stadium as the visiting Falcons shut out Warren County, 2-0, in a pitchers' duel.
April 19, 2009
Bobby Herrell sports@nvdaily.com WINCHESTER -- James Wood scored two runs in the bottom of the first Friday night and held on behind the pitching of Matt Copley to defeat Kettle Run 10-6. With his pitch count up, Copley was pulled after six complete innings and...
April 18, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- Handley Judges pitcher Chelsea Hamric made a strong case for a "W" against the first-place Central Falcons on Friday.
STRASBURG -- Strasburg certainly had a lot of material to cover during halftime. Down six goals to Madison County by intermission, the Rams gathered in a circle as captain Kayla Del'Aguila stood apart from them and delivered some words of encouragement.
WOODSTOCK -- Handley gave Central some extra opportunities to score in the third inning and the Falcons took full advantage.
STRASBURG -- On the second pitch of the game, Madison County's Jordan Aylor started off right with a leadoff home run, and the rest of the Mountaineers followed suit as they battered the Rams, 10-4, on Friday night.
STRASBURG -- The Rams overcame a 3-0 deficit after the top half of the first inning to rout the visiting Madison County Mountaineers, 13-3, in a five-inning Bull Run district baseball game on Friday.
BURLINGTON, N.C. -- Shenandoah University's baseball team advanced to the second round of the USA South tournament with a 17-5 win over top-seeded N.C. Wesleyan on Friday. The win was the Hornets' 30th of the season. Daily Staff Report...
April 17, 2009
This season has been a rare one for the Shenandoah baseball team; one in which records have been shattered and history has been made.
STEPHENS CITY -- By squandering opportunities and leaving 10 runners on base, it appeared that Sherando was headed for defeat.
WOODSTOCK -- Daniel Park spent most of last year watching from the sidelines, but by the end of the season he was able to make it into Handley's starting tennis lineup. Park even played at No. 5 singles in the regional quarterfinals, where he pulled out a long three-set victory.
STEPHENS CITY -- One big inning and Nicole Musser's pitching were just about all Sherando needed to defeat Warren County, 5-1, Thursday in Northwestern District softball action.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood took advantage of two Handley errors and came up with some timely doubles to pull out a 3-1 Northwestern District baseball victory over the Judges on Thursday.
April 16, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Before every race Brad Beauregard looks up to the sky and prays. The Millbrook senior asks for his father, John, who died when Beauregard was 7, to help him out.
April 15, 2009
WINCHESTER -- During warmups, Handley keeper Caitlin Glackin defended a series of shots from assistant coach John Lynch.
April 11, 2009
STEPHENS CITY -- Sarah Wolfe attended a tennis camp at the University of Virginia as a seventh-grader and was able to hit with top Cavaliers player Somdev Devvarman. The experience was one the Sherando freshman hasn't forgotten.
Two former Strasburg players are making a big impact on their college squads: Christopher Newport's Parker Neal (Strasburg '06) and Charleston's Nick Barnes ('07).
Sherando's Kaleb Nguyen thought his season was over after breaking his left thumb.
We've all heard the excuses not to watch soccer: There's too little action; there's too little scoring; it's just a bunch of athletes running around, like headless chickens, just hoping to score a goal.
April 10, 2009
BERRYVILLE -- It was as subtle an entrance as it could have been. With no announcer to bellow his name over the Clarke County P.A. system, and with designated hitter Mitchell Wilson hitting in his place, Rams outfielder Will Orndorff made his presence known only when he quietly marched out to his spot in left field and turned to face the Eagles batters.
BERRYVILLE -- The Clarke County Eagles hosted the Strasburg Rams in the Bull Run District opener for both squads on Thursday evening.
BERRYVILLE -- It was a night of firsts for the Strasburg girls soccer team -- and not ones they'd be happy about.
April 9, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- When Central coach Jill Yew bags up the equipment before and after games, she makes sure one bat doesn't get misplaced.
STRASBURG -- There are rumors swirling through Strasburg High School. Whispers that the girls soccer team, a program not two years in the making, is doing pretty well this season.
WINCHESTER -- The way runs have been piling up at Bridgeforth Field this season, offense has almost become passé.
FRONT ROYAL-- With the string of losing seasons the James Wood girls soccer team has sustained in recent years, the Colonels are more than used to playing with a deficit.
STEPHENS CITY -- Sherando rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh and then scored the winning run in the eighth as the Warriors defeated Millbrook, 4-3, in Northwestern District baseball action on Wednesday.
April 8, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- The reason Ashley Ebersole hit three home runs in the season opener is the antithesis of what makes Central's catcher tick.
STRASBURG -- The Strasburg Rams were unable to carry over momentum from winning the Ram Hardball Classic on Saturday as the Page County Panthers prevailed in all aspects of the game, ending a five-game Strasburg winning streak with a 12-3 non-district baseball victory Tuesday night.
STRASBURG -- Maybe it was the freezing temperatures, or perhaps a lack of confidence, but either way something just wasn't right about Strasburg's play against Page County on Tuesday night.
STEPHENS CITY -- Using its speed on the basepaths to manufacture runs, Fauquier scored for runs in the top of the first en route to a 10-6 win over Sherando in non-district softball on Tuesday.
FRONT ROYAL -- Central picked up its first win of the season rallying for a 2-1 Northwestern District win over Skyline on Tuesday night in girls soccer action.
April 7, 2009
STEPHENS CITY -- With his team leading 4-2 heading into doubles, James Wood girls tennis coach Rob Haskiell could breathe a little sigh of relief.
STEPHENS CITY -- For three seasons, Nikki Rhodes was a defender on the Sherando Warriors girls soccer team.
WOODSTOCK -- The Central Falcons broke away from their recent habit of waiting until the seventh inning to get win-earning run production and built a nine-run lead after three innings and held on for a 14-8 win over the Stonewall Jackson Generals in a non-district baseball contest Monday night.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood put it all together Monday night in what coach Jared Mounts called the biggest game this year.
WOODSTOCK -- Much to its coach's delight, Central got the bats working early and often.
April 6, 2009
STRASBURG -- It was an image that everyone in the Strasburg community needed to see: Will Orndorff, clad in full baseball uniform, walking to home plate with Rams head coach Jeff Smoot for the pregame conference.
STRASBURG -- Doubleheaders test the prep softball reliance on a single premier pitcher.
WINCHESTER -- Cody Vorous had a career day on Saturday. The James Wood junior hit three home runs to lead the Colonels to a 17-7 win over Loudoun County in nondistrict baseball action. The game was called after six innings due to the mercy rule.
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Derrick Borlie won the National High School Coaches Association senior national title at 189 pounds on Sunday. The Millbrook senior beat a state champion from Nebraska in the final, pinning him in 2:52 for his first national title. "This was huge for...
April 4, 2009
STRASBURG -- Strasburg's players received all the inspiration they needed before their game with Berkeley Springs (W.Va.) on Friday night.
WINCHESTER -- Though Handley had tallied two goals through 64 minutes, the Judges had yet to score a traditional goal on the Millbrook defense.
April 3, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- Sherando coach Erin Manuel was disappointed with her team after Tuesday's lopsided loss to Brentsville and has been preaching the last few days about the importance of staying focused no matter what the score is.
STRASBURG -- Will Orndorff, a Strasburg baseball player who was seriously injured in a collision with a teammate at practice on Tuesday, is in stable condition and improving by the hour, according to Rams athletic director Matt Hiserman.
WINCHESTER -- An unofficial theme of this year's Apple Blossom Festival is "Go Local! Go Bloom! Go Celebrate!"
WOODSTOCK -- The regulation, seven-inning game has been the perfect length for Central lately, as the Falcons pulled off their second consecutive come-from-behind win in the seventh inning on Thursday.
WINCHESTER -- Vance Washington isn't a natural leader. He isn't a rah-rah type player or someone who needs to shine in the spotlight on every occasion. But whenever his team needed a leader this season, Washington was more than willing to step up and take charge.
WINCHESTER -- Courtni Green has always wanted to do everything her older brother Erick did. In fact, she always wants to do everything just a little bit better than the Virginia Tech-bound hoops star.
WINCHESTER -- For as intimidating and violent as Derrick Borlie presents himself at wrestling matches, Millbrook's two-time state champion is surprisingly impressionable.
Falcons coach shows hunger for wins, wings By Tim Tassa - sports@nvdaily.com WOODSTOCK -- Seated in a booth before an order of buffalo wings or a steak and cheese hoagie -- his favorite items on the menu -- Central's Roger Wilkins often meshes his favorite...
QUICKSBURG -- A document on a computer in Jeff Burner's second-floor classroom revealed a list of players dating back to 1997. For Stonewall Jackson's head coach, while acknowledging the names flanked by the corresponding colleges they attend or attended, life accomplishments are far more rewarding than high school basketball achievements.
STRASBURG -- For most wrestlers at Strasburg, it's been a new experience. Few of them ever had the chance to see Rick Bowley sit in the coach's corner during matches, where he leans forward with his hands folded between his knees, his protruding jaw always gnawing on something that is never in his mouth.
First team Danziel Cartwright, Handley - The senior made a team-high 43 3-pointers for the Judges this season. Cartwright shot 5-for-9 from 3-point range in the Region II, Division 3 final against Dominion. Aaron Heishman, Central - The only junior on the first team, Heishman...
First team Heather Armel, James Wood - The junior broke the James Wood scoring record this season and went over 1,000 points for her career. The guard led the area in scoring at 20.6 points per game. Jaclyn Ayers, Strasburg - Ayers averaged 11.8 points,...
First Team103: Ben Genda, Clarke County Finished runner-up in the Bull Run District and Region B tournaments. 112: Ryan Bono, Millbrook A Region II runner-up, Bono also placed seventh in the Group AA state tournament. 119: Jake Crawford, Millbrook A state champion as a freshman,...
• 1984: Walker Lambiotte, Central • 1985: Walker Lambiotte, Central • 1986: David Perault, Stonewall • 1987: C. Russell, Warren County • 1988: Brett Walters, Central • 1989: Brett Walters, Central • 1990: Clarence Morgan, Handley • 1991: Tyson Brooks, Warren County • 1992: Robert...
• 1988: Jerry Walters, Central • 1989: Jerry Walters, Central • 1990: Jerry Walters, Central • 1991: Jerry Walters, Central • 1992: Millson French, Strasburg • 1993: Mike Sipe, Clarke County • 1994: Jim Moose, Warren County • 1995: Mike Sipe, Clarke County • 1996:...
The 2008-09 Winter All-Area Teams section's players and coaches of the year and members of the boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling all-area teams were selected by The Northern Virginia Daily sports staff.
April 2, 2009
STRASBURG -- A Strasburg baseball player remained in serious condition on Wednesday in the intensive care unit at Winchester Medical Center, according to Strasburg athletic director Matt Hiserman.
QUICKSBURG -- Not two minutes into Stonewall Jackson's match against Spotswood, Caleb Golladay scored a goal and ignited a scoring spree by the Generals' offense.
Daily Staff Reports FRONT ROYAL -- On the heels of a no-hitter, the Warren County Wildcats received another strong performance from budding ace Nicole King. The freshman struck out 12, walked none and held visiting Luray to one hit in Warren County's 5-2 non-district softball...
April 1, 2009
WINCHESTER -- With her team down by two runs entering the top of the seventh inning, Ashley Ebersole entered the dugout and implored her team to keep fighting.
WINCHESTER --James Wood was hoping for a quick seventh inning on Tuesday night, so they could try to win the game in the bottom half of the inning, but the Falcons had other plans.
BERRYVILLE -- Clarke County coach Andrew Porter had only one word for the Eagles' lone goal against George Mason on Tuesday night.
LURAY -- Sam Herndon went 3-for-4 with six RBIs, inlcuding a two-run homer to lead Clarke County to an 18-2 nondistrict softball win over Luray on Tuesday.
March 31, 2009
FRONT ROYAL -- In softball, good things rarely come to those who wait. Unless Tootie Jackson's on deck.
QUICKSBURG -- Lauren Stickles faced only 25 batters (the minimum being 21), struck out 10, issued no walks, and scattered four hits in pitching the Strasburg Rams to a 5-1 win against the Stonewall Jackson Generals on Monday in a non-district softball contest.
FRONT ROYAL -- Jamie Dodd hesitated for a second as he watched his double go down the third-base line.
Daily Staff Reports Baseball Millbrook 10, Warren County 5 WINCHESTER -- Quinn Courtney went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored to lead the Pioneers past the Wildcats in Northwestern District action. Michael Dillow went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs for the...
March 28, 2009
STRASBURG -- Zach Cover wasn't sure what to expect when he took the mound for the first time for Strasburg this season. And while the season is still young, the sophomore is showing a lot of promise and a bright future for the Rams.
QUICKSBURG -- Two years ago, Juan Flores was the team manager of the Stonewall Jackson boys soccer team.
BERRYVILLE -- Stonewall Jackson stretched the sixth inning out so long on Friday night at Clarke County that, after they shut down the Eagles down in the bottom half of the inning, the game was halted because of darkness.
STRASBURG -- The Luray Bulldogs used great offensive efficiency, scoring seven runs on seven hits, and dealt the Strasburg Rams their first loss of the season, 7-4, in a rain-shortened five inning non-district softball game Friday night.
BERRYVILLE -- Clarke County's Brianna Smith was in a hurry to get the game over with. Smith hustled around the bases with seven steals, swiping home twice as the Eagles pounded Stonewall Jackson, 15-0, in a five-inning game.
March 27, 2009
STEPHENS CITY -- It's a good thing the Warriors scored when they did. After Sherando put up six runs on Kettle Run in the first two innings, Cougars coach Ty Thorpe replaced starting pitcher Justin Reinaldo with reliever Jamie Driver.
March 26, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah assistant coach Bruce Cameron asserts that he's not the reason why the Hornets have become such an offensive powerhouse this season.
BERRYVILLE -- The Clarke County girls softball team beat Handley for the second time in five days, 9-2, on Wednesday at home.
SHENANDOAH -- Strasburg took advantage of six Page County errors, six walks and six hit batsmen to defeat Page County, 12-4, in nondistrict baseball action on Wednesday night.
March 25, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Following Millbrook's win over Central on Tuesday night, there was a resounding notion amongst the Pioneers that anything can happen in baseball.
WINCHESTER -- Michelle Long wasted no time getting to the point. "Right now, I have a team that's playing with very little heart, very little desire and very little urgency," Millbrook's softball coach said Tuesday. "I'm trying to get through their heads how much better they can be if they decide they want to do that. This season's been a lot about personal responsibility, and it's not being taken."
FRONT ROYAL -- Sherando's winning recipe for knocking Skyline off its undefeated Northwestern District throne was a perfect blend of small-ball, home runs and one back-breaking inning.
NOKESVILLE -- James Wood came out on the wrong end of a slugfest.
March 24, 2009
STEPHENS CITY -- With a year under his belt, James Harrelson is finding his place on Sherando's pitching staff.
BERRYVILLE -- On paper, everything was in Stonewall's favor. The Generals were undefeated through two games, while the Clarke County Eagles had yet to win a boys soccer match this season. Stonewall had the upperhand in the always competitive rivalry, sweeping their Group A counterparts last season.
FRONT ROYAL -- In searching for its first win of the season, Warren County's bats broke out in a big way.
March 23, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- Strasburg and Central were locked in a pitchers' duel Saturday night.
WOODSTOCK -- The Strasburg Rams managed to score eight runs on a stingy diet as Central Falcon pitcher Brea Hinegardner surrendered four hits, tossed four shutout innings, struck out three, issued two walks, and hit a homer to aid her own cause.
WINCHESTER -- Saturday's softball game was the season opener for Clarke County, while Handley had already played four games.
March 21, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Chris Haines has enjoyed a lot of success as Millbrook wrestling coach, but after five years he's decided it's time to head back home to Pennsylvania.
FRONT ROYAL -- Jon King's 11 strikeouts kept Warren County hitless through five innings, but it was King's acrobatics at third base that may have secured Skyline's 8-4 win.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood overcame sloppy play in the field and scored seven runs in the fifth to pull away with a 14-4 win over Millbrook on Friday in Northwestern District baseball action. The game was called after five innings due to the mercy rule.
FRONT ROYAL -- Warren County Wildcats freshman Nicole King and Skyline Hawks senior Amanda Litwin engaged in a ferocious pitchers' duel, featuring 19 strikeouts and no-hitters through four and five innings, respectively, in a nine-inning Northwestern District softball game Friday night.
March 20, 2009
STEPHENS CITY -- The bellowing roars of "Let's go, Sherando" from Nicky Lee betrayed the Warriors' improbable comeback over the Handley Judges.
STEPHENS CITY -- Sherando's road-weary baseball team finally got to christen their newly renovated field with a sweet 5-1 Northwestern District victory over rival Handley on Thursday evening.
STEPHENS CITY -- In soccer, a single opportunity seized, or missed, makes the difference between victory and defeat.
FRONT ROYAL -- The only thing coach Rich Armstrong wanted his Skyline girls to remember from their 11-0 shutout loss to Potomac Falls on Thursday night was to forget about it.
Daily Staff Reports STEPHENS CITY -- Danielle Walls had two hits, including a double to rally Handley past Sherando, 7-5, in Northwestern District softball action on Thursday. The Judges trailed 5-0 entering the sixth inning, but scored two in the top of the sixth and...
March 19, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- Jordan Robinson always knew he wanted to be a tennis coach, he just didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.
STEPHENS CITY -- Sherando's boys tennis squad hopes to pick up where it left off last season. The Warriors lost a couple of their top six players to graduation, but with two talented newcomers added to the team, they have good reason to be confident this year.
March 18, 2009
QUICKSBURG -- Sometimes all it takes is one extra drop of water before the dam finally breaks. And in the 16th minute of Stonewall Jackson's boys soccer match against Strasburg, after the Generals had already taken six shots, a rocket by forward Lupe Cardoso from 20 yards out was all the Generals needed before their offense spilled onto the field in an 8-0 victory.
WINCHESTER -- Brian Tavenner stayed calm even when Central was threatening to score early in the game. The senior was able to get out of a few jams and his teammates rewarded him. The Judges used an eight-run fifth inning to break open a close game and pull out a 9-1 Northwestern District baseball victory on Tuesday.
STRASBURG -- A search for reliable arms began in earnest Tuesday night.
In a 14-4, five-inning victory against Shenandoah County rival Stonewall Jackson, Strasburg's baseball team officially started its search for dependable pitching help. The early returns: Sophomore starter Zach Cover gave up three unearned runs in two innings, while senior Yoshi Suzuki yielded one run in three innings of relief.
STRASBURG -- Some may say the luck of St. Patrick's Day had found Strasburg on Tuesday night, but it was clear that hard work was the real reason for the Rams' 20-4 victory over Stonewall Jackson.
WINCHESTER -- Behind the power hitting of Ashley Ebersole, Central's softball team handed Handley its first loss of the season on Tuesday, 7-4.
TITLE: Prep roundup: Colonels win with seventh-inning rally AUTHOR: Daily Staff Writer DATE: 3/18/09 2:00:24 AM PRIMARY CATEGORY: web_sports ----- BODY: Daily Staff Reports NOKESVILLE -- James Wood rallied for six runs in the top of the seventh to pull out an 8-5 victory over...
March 17, 2009
FRONT ROYAL -- Sherando coach Patrick Anderson wasn't so much impressed with how many goals the Warriors scored as he was with the variety of ways in which they scored.
FRONT ROYAL - The Warren County Wildcats were considerably wilder in their fielding, and other aspects of defensive execution, and the Sherando Warriors capitalized on the opportunities with an 18-6 win in Northwestern District baseball action Monday night.
FRONT ROYAL -- Skyline never recovered from a first-inning home run by Page County, as they lost 8-0. It was the Hawks' first loss of the young season.
March 16, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- In their Northwestern District boys soccer season opener, the Central Falcons were overly gracious hosts for the Warren County Wildcats in a steady drizzle on Saturday.
March 14, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Zac Gordon and Eduardo Santiago can both attest that spending years together on a pitch can do wonders for two players' chemistry.
FRONT ROYAL -- In the early evening, with the temperature retreating from a high of 40 degrees, and the humidity 70 percent and climbing, "raw" would be an apt description of the weather as the Skyline Hawks hosted the Millbrook Pioneers for their home opener.
WINCHESTER -- Having won back-to-back Group AA state titles, Handley's girls tennis team was rewarded in the offseason with a lot of recognition and even some bling.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood got up early and held on for a 9-5 victory over crosstown rival Handley at home Friday night.
WOODSTOCK -- Eventually one team was going to break through in Central's 2-1 victory over Warren County in Northwestern District softball action on Friday night.
March 13, 2009
WOODSTOCK -- The spring of 2007 was a special time for the Central softball team. Following a winless campaign in 2006, Jill Yew's first season as the Falcons' head coach, pitcher Brea Hinegardner and catcher Ashley Ebersole were reunited at Central, after playing years together in various leagues, and paraded the Falcons to nine wins in 2007 and 11 in 2008.
FRONT ROYAL -- For Megan Williams, this year's Warren County girls soccer team will display a bit more than just returning talent on the field.
March 12, 2009
By Bobby Herrell Daily Sports Correspondent WINCHESTER -- Facing a four-run deficit, Sherando's bats came alive with back-to-back seven-run innings en route to an 18-7 victory over Millbrook in opening-night baseball on Wednesday. Millbrook got on top in the bottom of the second behind triples...
QUICKSBURG -- The Central Falcons and Stonewall Jackson Generals played their softball season opener in a non-district game Wednesday afternoon.
NEW MARKET -- Both clubs are young, there are holes to fill on each side and growing up a little was a priority Wednesday at Rebel Park.
WINCHESTER --Millbrook coach Michelle Long has seen enough of Nicole Musser during her high school career. Musser has always had success on the pitching circle against the Pioneers and Wednesday was no different.
WINCHESTER -- It wasn't the first time this year that Millbrook forward Welmer Landaverde scored a goal between the legs of a keeper, but it's the only one so far that's mattered.
WINCHESTER -- Handley used timely hitting to knock off defending Northwestern District champion Brentsville, 6-4, on Wednesday in softball action. The win snapped Brentsville's 17-game winning streak in the district.
March 11, 2009
RICHMOND -- Freedom coach Jason Eldredge ran onto the court during a timeout in the fourth quarter, looked at his school's cheering section and pumped his fist.
QUICKSBURG -- Stonewall Jackson coach Nate Hissong stands in the middle of a barren field, his soccer team scrambling in every direction around him and dribbling soccer balls as they go.
WINCHESTER -- Often meaningless before a pitch has been thrown, the early-season expectations for James Wood -- as they were last Tuesday -- haven't always been so high.
March 10, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Millbrook has taken the approach of one game at a time all season, and now the Pioneers are one game away from playing for a state championship.
March 9, 2009
RICHMOND -- The Millbrook girls basketball team is "living the dream." Following the Pioneers' 45-40 victory over Greensville County in the Group AA, Division 3 State quarterfinal game at the Siegel Center on Saturday, Millbrook coach Debbie Sanders spoke for her entire team when she was, essentially, at a loss for words.
WINCHESTER -- The Shenandoah University Hornets baseball squad found itself on the wrong side of another 20-run score on Sunday afternoon, getting thoroughly thrashed by the Methodist Monarchs, 25-4.
March 7, 2009
WINCHESTER -- The Millbrook players squealed like little children getting the toy they wanted on Christmas morning.
HARRISONBURG -- Vance Washington lay on the floor, hands over his head, as the buzzer sounded and Greensville County began to celebrate.
WINCHESTER -- As freshmen, Millbrook's Madison Baker, Danielle Farrish, Tylesa Harper-Scott and Tarin Harper-Scott went through some growing pains.
March 6, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Vance Washington makes flashy dunks and drives to the basket. Danziel Cartwright is known for hitting 3-pointers. The pair, along with Tylon Raynor, have racked up accolades this season for Handley.
WINCHESTER -- Handley is all too familiar with JMU's Convocation Center, where the Judges will play tonight against Greensville County in the Group AA Division 3 state quarterfinals.
WINCHESTER -- With the temperature reaching the mid-50s after the recent cold snap, the Shenandoah University Hornets baseball team stayed hot, extending their winning streak to 11 with a 22-11 romp over the visiting Bridgewater College Eagles on Thursday afternoon.
March 2, 2009
ORANGE -- As Handley's name was announced to pick up the Region II, Division 3 championship trophy, Tylon Raynor stepped forward. The Handley senior hoisted the trophy in the air and showed it proudly to the Handley crowd.
ORANGE -- For a full quarter, the Millbrook girls basketball team was impervious to Freedom's size, athleticism and the echoing roar of the surrounding crowd and pep band.
February 27, 2009
WINCHESTER -- Underneath senior Vance Washington's uniform was a sleeveless white T-shirt branded with "Judges" on the front, the No. 44 on both sides and the last name "Raynor" across his shoulder blades.
HARRISONBURG -- For the first time all season, Stonewall Jackson coach Jeff Burner was nervous for the entire day prior to a game.
WINCHESTER -- As Millbrook's players raced to the locker room, they screamed and chanted, "We're going to states, we're going to states."
AMHERST -- Strasburg made a valiant comeback against Randolph-Henry on Thursday night in the Region B, Division 2 semifinals, but came up short in a 51-40 loss.
February 26, 2009
QUICKBURG -- If the Stonewall Jackson girls basketball team had nothing to prove in the Shenandoah District championship game against Buffalo Gap last Friday, they certainly do now.
WINCHESTER -- It was only natural that Lacey Harris would be a basketball player. The Millbrook junior grew up around the game.
GOOCHLAND -- With leads that numbered four points to 14 in the fourth quarter and the clock dwindling, Goochland head coach Oliver Courtney instigated Clarke County out of its preferred zone defense and into a man-to-man set.
WINCHESTER -- Jamie Carr knew going into it that this basketball season was going to be hard on him.
February 25, 2009
QUICKSBURG -- In the locker room, Stonewall Jackson freshman guard Ashley Clar was ecstatic, and she immediately let head coach Jeff Burner know about it.
WINCHESTER -- Skyline senior Andrew Thorne may have made his head coach, Sonny Dyke, a fan of the blocked shot on Tuesday.
BERRYVILLE -- There was a running joke at Clarke County High School in early January that the school's basketball team would finish with less wins than the football team.
STRASBURG -- It's an abiding hope of coaches that their players' will give their best effort in key contests.
FRONT ROYAL -- Jasmine Curtis knew her team's season was on the line. When she came off the bench in the third quarter, the Handley sophomore made sure to make the most of her opportunity.
WINCHESTER -- They may have waited until the last four minutes of the game, but the Shenandoah Hornets made sure everything fell into place at the right time to snatch an 83-77 victory over N.C. Wesleyan in the quarterfinals of the USA South Tournament on Tuesday night.
WINCHESTER -- The Shenandoah women's basketball team came out aggressive, slowly building a lead it wouldn't relinquish, and took down a scrappy Averett team, 76-64, in the USA South quarterfinals on Tuesday.
WINCHESTER -- Shenandoah coach Kevin Anderson became the school's all-time wins leader on Tuesday. The achievement came early in the season due to the Hornets' hot start. SU won its sixth consecutive game and eighth in nine games to open the season to push Anderson...
February 24, 2009
STEPHENS CITY -- Moments before the beginning of a mid-January practice at Shenandoah Valley Christian Academy, Stephen Jefferson's wish wasn't to be someplace else.
WINCHESTER -- After growing up in Baltimore as a youngster, Jeremiah Wilson has always been a fan of the Maryland Terrapins.
FRONT ROYAL -- Until he was in seventh grade, Rueben Shanks' athletic focus was baseball. That's when he found that throwing shot put and discus came easy to him.
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