With the spring sports season being canceled by the Virginia High School League due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday athletic departments around the state may have taken a hit.

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For Skyline head wrestling coach Kyle Symons, there was a scene in particular that perfectly summarized what was a key part to a milestone season for the Hawks.

Athletes, coaches and athletic directors around the area are all still trying to process the news from Monday that there will be no spring sports this season. A season was ripped away from everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the question remains when will anyone be able to participate…

The news left Central athletic Director Justin Broughman sick to his stomach.

FRONT ROYAL — For a Skyline baseball program that has won only seven games over the past two seasons, the turnaround has to come from the most basic level, and that has meant an attitude shift for the Hawks as they prepare to open a season that has since been delayed two weeks due to concern…

FRONT ROYAL — Skyline’s boys soccer team has plenty of experience and good reason to feel optimistic about the upcoming season.

FRONT ROYAL – With almost the entire squad from last year returning, Skyline’s girls soccer team has lots of reason to feel good about the upcoming season.

FRONT ROYAL — Skyline’s softball team reached back-to-back Class 3 state semifinals in 2018 and 2019, and head coach John Ritter feels the potential is there for the Hawks to get back there again this spring.

All three area indoor track and field teams have athletes in the Class 3 and Class 4 Indoor Track and Field State Championships, which will be held today and Tuesday at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

FRONT ROYAL ― The last time the Skyline boys basketball team played William Monroe, the Hawks left the floor with a bad taste in their mouths – a humbling 73-42 loss to the Dragons.

FRONT ROYAL -- Bryan Scott's wallet was a little lighter on Friday night but he was perfectly fine with it.

SALEM -- Skyline’s wrestling team went into the Virginia High School League Class 3 State Championships with aspirations of winning the program’s first state title. Instead, heavyweights New Kent and Christiansburg once again flexed their muscles.

Central and Skyline's girls basketball teams are familiar with each other, having played twice this season. In tonight's Region 3B tournament first round contest at Skyline, each team will be looking for something to help them pull out a win.

Central and Skyline have each put themselves in position for success in the Region 3B boys basketball tournament when it starts today.

FRONT ROYAL -- Skyline’s wrestling team has been preparing for a run at the program’s first state title all season long. The Hawks finally get their chance to join elite company.

FRONT ROYAL -- Four months after being announced as the head coach of Shenandoah University’s brand-new wrestling program, Tim McGuire has his first official signee.

FRONT ROYAL — Warren County girls basketball coach Randy Bush has been telling his team all season that they’re getting closer to playing their best and on Tuesday they did.

FRONT ROYAL --Skyline’s boys basketball team has been in a rut lately and hasn’t been playing its best. However that changed Tuesday night.

ASHBURN - The Region 3B wrestling championship came down to the final match of the tournament between defending champion Brentsville and Skyline.

FRONT ROYAL — Skyline’s wrestling team has been aiming high all season long, and junior Tyler Davis said the Hawks’ have been “all business” in the practice room since Day 1. With the postseason officially here, it sounds like the Hawks are zeroed in as they hunt the program’s first regional…

The Region 2B and Region 3B boys and girls basketball tournaments will be starting over the next two weeks and both regions use a power-point system to determine seedings, but they do it in different ways. The systems are used for all team sports, except football.

WOODSTOCK -- Skyline’s and Central’s girls basketball teams each were in the bottom half of the Region 3B power-point standings last week, but the two programs are trending in opposite directions as the regular season nears its end.

FRONT ROYAL -- Central boys basketball coach Jeff Whittle wanted to see one main thing from his team on Friday -- a strong defensive game. Whittle got his wish.

FRONT ROYAL — Skyline wanted to show that it could beat the top teams in the Class 4 Northwestern District and on Friday night that’s what they did.

It’s that point in the season when high school wrestlers across the area who consider themselves legitimate contenders at the regional and state levels begin to gear up for runs to the top of the podium. This season, several of those wrestlers with lofty postseason aspirations are in their f…

FRONT ROYAL -- Skyline’s wrestling team has its sights set on bigger things when the postseason kicks off in a couple of weeks, but picking up a head-to-head win over cross-town rival Warren County in their Northwestern District dual certainly rested somewhere on the Hawks’ list of season goals.