STEPHENS CITY -- All Sherando High School kicker Justin Haines wanted was one more chance. His teammates got it for him, and the junior made the most of it in Friday night's regular-season football finale.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Skyline gymnasium was blanketed in a strange, eerie silence. Not a lyric leaked from the school's sound system; not a sound swirled above the empty echoes of two dozen bouncing volleyballs.
The Northern Virginia Daily Sports staff collaborated to create a football top 10 list. Each staffer voted, with 10 points being awarded to the top ranked team, nine to the No. 2 team and so on. Numbers in parenthesis indicate where each team was last week.
STEPHENS CITY -- For two reasons, Erin Manuel will always remember Sherando's 2009 softball season: First, the 17-6 Warriors reached the Region II tournament for the first time since 1996; second, the season marked her final year as Sherando's head coach.
STEPHENS CITY -- Sherando did what it was supposed to do, sweeping Handley in three sets Monday night to win a second-straight outright Northwestern District regular season volleyball title.
FRONT ROYAL -- Sherando marched into Skyline High School expecting a tough match and hoping to build on their first-place standing in the Northwestern District. After a slow start, Sherando coach Chuck Ashby called a timeout to rally his troops.
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