Virginia High School Football News

A three-goal run by host Battlefield late in the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter gave the Bobcats the cushion they needed as they went on to beat Patrick Henry 11-9 in the VHSL state lacrosse quarterfinals on Saturday.

Christiansburg's Rochelle Evans won the girls discus and shot put Saturday at the Group AA state outdoor track championships in Harrisonburg.

CHILHOWIE, Va. Chilhowie High School's baseball team ended a four-decade state tournament drought by putting on a hitting display for the ages.

The 6-foot-2, 235-pound senior ripped three hits including a first-inning home run as the Cavaliers downed the Parry McCluer Fighting Blues, 7-3, in the Region C, Division 1 quarterfinals.

Page Moir remembers the first time he got a look at Matt Moats when Moats was a 6-foot-5 freshman at Lord Botetourt High School.

Heritage High hosted a signing ceremony Tuesday morning in its fieldhouse for 10 student athletes going on to continue their careers at a variety of schools.

Whatever you wish to call the rivalry between Virginia High and John Battle, the intensity will be amplified and the stakes will be higher when the two opponents take the field tonight.

Trailing 6-2 at halftime over a tenacious and opportunistic Wildcat squad, the Lady Saxons steadied themselves in the second half, playing lock-down, shut-out defense and steadily chipping away on the offensive end until senior Nicky Pritchett nailed the game-winner with just over four minutes left.

George Wythe teammates Andrew Storms, left, and Ryan Layman, right, celebrate winning the Region C Track and Field 4 x 100 meter relay with a time of 42.99 at Radford University Saturday.

Often I ask coaches and players after games of epic proportion, if somewhere during the day or night, did they take the time to enjoy the beauty of the moment.

Virginia's Quarterback recruiting has been a topic of debate and discussion for Virginia fans, in recent weeks and months.

Spotsylvania County resident Rashard Kelly plans to transfer from Bishop O'Connell and reclassify as a junior next school year.

They held the Region IV girls tennis tournament Tuesday at Virginia Tech, and it turned into an all-comers event.

Nearly 150 walkers and runner participated in Saturday's event at Lake Accotink in Springfield.

NEWPORT NEWS As if working to post performances at summer camps that will gain him valuable exposure isn't enough to motivate Phoebus High running back Tony Pittman, he doesn't have to go far to find more inspiration.

Robinson will head to Hargrave Military Academy in the fall, according to Monticello head coach Rodney Redd.

Western Albemarle swimmer Seana Acker and Louisa County football player Andre Mealy have been named the 2011-12 Charlottesville Newsplex Student-Athletes of the Year.

Duke doesn't usually wait this long to complete its basketball recruiting for the next season, but this time around, it is probably worth the delay.

Three Prince George High School senior football players committed to playing football collegiately on Tuesday afternoon.

The defeat for the Cougars was one of just two they experienced during the regular season this spring.