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May 16, 2008
Southern Valley’s tennis finals set
Rockbridge’s Dominik Lehmann, Stuarts Draft’s Scott Nelson, R.E. Lee’s Rachel Obenschain and Draft’s Jessica Miller all advanced to the Southern Valley District tennis championship rounds Friday at Fort Defiance.Wilson moves on
In Fishersville, Wilson Memorial won its first round game in the Shenandoah District baseball tournament 6-4 against Stonewall jackson and earned a second round date with Buffalo Gap.Draft advances to S. Valley finals
In Fort Defiance, Stuarts Draft scored an upset over No. 2 Fort Defiance on Friday night in the first round of the Southern Valley boys soccer tournament, earning a 2-1 win. The Cougars’ Justin Orzech scored both goals including the game winner with four minutes to play.Draft advances to S. Valley finals
In Fort Defiance, Stuarts Draft scored an upset over No. 2 Fort Defiance on Friday night in the first round of the Southern Valley boys soccer tournament, earning a 2-1 win. The Cougars’ Justin Orzech scored both goals including the game winner with four minutes to play.Cougars upset Fort in fourth OT
FORT DEFIANCE – Stuarts Draft is battle tested. The Cougars fought a worthy opponent in the Southern Valley Tournament on Friday night, winning 2-1 in four overtimes and defeating the No. 1 seed Fort Defiance. Brooke Reynolds netted the winning goal that advanced the Cougars to the finals. Reynolds said her team was determined to win.R.E. Lee ends Waynesboro’s season
STAUNTON — Robert E. Lee defeated the Little Giants 4-1 on Friday afternoon ending Waynesboro’s season. Lee came back from a goal deficient and netted three more during the last half of a match to reserve a spot against Stuarts Draft next Tuesday in the Southern Valley Tournament. Lee coach Andrew Green said his team had the right motivation against the Giants. It all started at Waynesboro. The Giants defeated Lee at home 5-1 in its first match. That game was pivotal for Lee.Lee boys, Fort girls win Southern Valley track meet
Waynesboro’s Tim Brown, no doubt, earned the nickname “Slick” for his laid-back approach to life.
On Friday, at the inaugural Southern Valley District outdoor track and field meet, the stone-faced senior managed to contort his face into a smile and open his eyes wide in excitement. He’s wanted to hit 45 feet on the triple jump for quite some time and in windy and cold conditions at his home track, he nailed it.
Though it took some convincing from Little Giant jump coach Charlie Cox.
Cougars’ rally stops Waynesboro
STUARTS DRAFT — Stuarts Draft will get to play at least one more game at home.
With the Southern Valley District’s No. 2 Region III seed on the line the Cougars needed a late rally against Waynesboro to lock up a first-round region home game. Two Cougar runs in the sixth gave Draft a 7-6 win over the Little Giants.
Fort Defiance locks up Region III berth
FORT DEFIANCE – The Fort Defiance game plan of early scoring took them to a 6-1 win over Stuarts Draft in the first round of the Southern Valley District tournament on Friday.
The Indians got on the board early in the first after a three up, three down defensive inning. Fort’s Blake Sipe smacked one to the Draft shortstop, who then let it roll into the outfield. The Indians’ Justin Chittum’s sacrifice bunt then moved Sipe to second and Michael Wade drove him in with a hard grounder up the middle.
Bulldogs win district tiebreaker
BRIDGEWATER — All though Buffalo Gap stormed out to a 4-0 lead, the Bison couldn’t hold on as Luray won the Shenandoah District tournament playoff game 6-5 Friday night. The exciting loss sent Buffalo Gap into Monday’s tournament semifinals against Wilson Memorial. The game will be held at Harrisonburg High School at 7 p.m. A walk to the Bison’s Ryan Sheridan got the Gap rally started in the top of the second. With one out, back-to-back doubles by Austin Bowers and J.R. Hart brought in two runs. The Bison scored twice more courtesy of a pair of infield errors by the Bulldogs.Giants advance to finals
With Molly Hatchet’s “Flirtin’ with Disaster” blasting between innings, Waynesboro’s Joseph Lucas was flirting with a no-hitter as the Little Giants dismantled Rockbridge 6-2 in Southern Valley District baseball tournament action at Kate Collins Field on Friday.
Lucas lost his no-no and his perfect game with one out in the fifth inning when Wildcats’ pitcher Ryan Miller drilled a 0-1 curveball to center. But the junior lefty finished with a three-hitter and struck out 12 to take the win.
May 15, 2008
Friday’s prep schedule
Today Southern Valley Baseball tournament No. 4 Rockbridge at No. 1 Waynesboro, 6Wilson tops district doubles
FISHERSVILLE – Wilson Memorial dominated district play on Thursday, with both the boys and girls doubles teams winning Shenandoah District tournament championships.
In the first round for the girls, Wilson’s Christine Coffield and Jamie Stark thrashed Riverheads’ Ashley Sorrells and Mary Martin 8-1. Buffalo Gap’s Rachel Coon, who was named the girls Shenandoah District player of the year, and Madison Benner beat Stonewall Jackson’s Lydia Foltz and Conner Shirley in a tiebreaker 13-11. Wilson’s pair then defeated Gap in the championship round 6-2, 6-2.
Vickers’ crew wins challenge
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brian Vickers’ team kicked off NASCAR’s All-Star week activities by winning the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge on Thursday night, beating Denny Hamlin’s team in a battle of Toyotas in the final round.
Vickers’ crew, which includes a former college football player and two former college hockey players, changed four tires, filled the car with fuel and pushed it 40 yards in 22.902 seconds to collect the $70,000 first prize.
Cavs look for a strong finish
CHARLOTTESVILLE — In May 2005, back-to-back losses to ACC rival Miami left the University of Virginia baseball team with a 32-15 record and dealt a blow to its hopes of advancing to the NCAA tournament. But the Cavaliers went 6-0 over the rest of the regular season and then won three games in the ACC tournament before losing in the final — a surge that earned them an invitation to the NCAAs.Gladiators sweep district meet
HARRISONBURG — The Riverheads girls ended Buffalo Gap’s six-year winning streak, taking the Shenandoah District girls track championship with a 38-point win over runner-up Wilson Memorial. Riverheads took the boys championship as well, defeating Stonewall Jackson. Leading the way for the Riverheads girls was sophomore Rebecca Grubb who took first in the 200- and 400-meter dashes. Grubb also finished second in the triple jump, fourth in 100-meter dash and fifth in the long jump to score 34 points.Daily Pooch Punt: Time to bring down the clowns
Will the Southern Valley DoesStink ever get it right? I mean, dropping the bottom seed from a five-team district entering the tournament is ludicrous. But, then again, so is making sure R.E. Lee and Waynesboro boys basketball play the same night as the girls, but at a different site.
May 14, 2008
Coon, Howard win Shenandoah singles
In Fishersville, Buffalo Gap’s Rachel Coon and Riverheads’ Isaac Howard both won Shenandoah District singles tournament titles on Wednesday night. Coon defeated Wilson’s Hannah Shields 6-1, 6-0 in the championship round. She reached the finals after beating Riverheads’ Mary Martin 6-0 in the semifinals. Shields beat Stonewall’s Lydia Foltz 4-2 in the semis.Nelson takes down Wilson
FISHERSVILLE — The game between Wilson Memorial and Nelson County came down to penalty kicks. A pair of fouls against the Hornets led to two goals for the Governors in the first half as Nelson County held on for a 3-2 win on the road Wednesday night. The Governors first goal came at the 30 minute mark in the first half when Hornet keeper Carter Moore left the goal to retrieve an arrent shot.Waynesboro is ready for the S. Valley tournament after win
Now Waynesboro believes it has the confidence, momentum and ability to move forward in the Southern Valley District tournament that begins on Friday. “The girls are getting focused with the district tournament coming up,” said Waynesboro coach Jason Aleshire. Hosting the final regular season game of the year, the Little Giants put together seven strong innings to knock off Harrisonburg 11-4 in non-district action, while only committing one error. Unlike in past games the Little Giants played consistent ball from the start.Crowded at the top
FISHERSVILLE — Wilson Memorial’s road to the regular season Shenandoah District title was blocked by Page County Wednesday afternoon as the Panthers blanked the Green Hornets 7-0 to set up a three-way tie for the top spot with Page and Luray.
After edging Luray 1-0 the day before, Wilson’s championship destiny lay in its own hands.
Wilson drops Page
FISHERSVILLE – Wilson Memorial’s rally in the fifth inning secured a 5-4 win over Page County on Wednesday.
The Hornet’s Alex Fisher commanded both the mound and the batter’s box in the first, throwing nothing but strikes on defense and batting in an early RBI on offense to start the game. Page’s poor hitting kept them out of the game for the first three innings.
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Daily Pooch Punt: How sweep it is for Little Giants
So Jeremy Hahn serves up a hanging curve ball to the one guy in the Valley that’ll make you pay for that pitching gaffe every time—Turner Ashby’s Daniel Bowman. Of course Bowman made him pay, placing the ball somewhere on Hopeman Parkway to give the Knights a quicker-than-lightning 2-0 lead in the final regular-season meeting between the two teams. And another thing ...
May 13, 2008
Wenger breaks Gap’s home run record
SWOOPE – Josh Wenger broke the Buffalo Gap High School record for most home runs recorded in a single season hitting his ninth of the year in Gap’s 10-0 win against Riverheads on Tuesday. It took 15-years for the home run record to be broken but Wenger just shook it off as another hit, but did crack a smile.Waynesboro sweeps TA
Turner Ashby thought its game against Waynesboro started at 7 p.m., but late in the afternoon were told the game started at 6 p.m. The Knights made it to the KC in time, but they didn’t show up until late.
“We thought the game was at seven and we found out at four it wasn’t,” said TA coach Ritchie Anderson. “We came down here and [the Little Giants] were ready.”
Wilson moves into first
Wilson Memorial moved into first place in the Shenandoah District beating Luray 1-0. The Green Hornets now hold onto sole possession of the district’s top-spot but will have to beat Page County today to clinch the Region B berth.Riverheads blanks Gap
GREENVILLE — Riverheads’ Brendan Desmond doesn’t show up in many game stats. But the Gladiator senior leaves his prints in nearly every part of the pitch.
Tuesday was no exception as the Gladiators won an important 2-0 match against visiting Buffalo Gap in Shenandoah District soccer action.
Daily Pooch Punt: Wake up high school athletes. You’re being used.
You can’t use cell phones in school. But schools can use you to fill up their pocketbooks with ducats. Yeah, nice lesson there.
May 12, 2008
SACCO: Injustice of split is lack of equality
When reporters surrounded Ken Tilley during halftime of the Hidden Valley-Greensville County Group AA girls basketball semifinal in March, the VHSL’s executive director knew what was coming.
