MECHANICSVILLE — By the time you read this, I will no longer be sports editor of The Mechanicsville Local and Ashland-Hanover Local.
MECHANICSVILLE — Once Mechanicsville caught its breath, the Mustangs could hold their own against visiting King William Friday night. Unfortunately for the hosts, the Cavaliers jumped out to a 27-0 first quarter lead and coasted to a 34-13 victory.
Region 4B champion Monacan (307) played on its home course, Stonehenge Golf & Country Club, and tied for fourth with Jamestown behind repeat champion Blacksburg (289), runner-up Western Albemarle (291) and third-place Loudoun County (303) on in the Virginia High School League Class 4 gol…
RICHMOND — Patrick Henry had a 16-point lead over host Armstrong early in the fourth quarter of their game Thursday night, but the Wildcats had plenty of fight left in them. The final 10 minutes of regulation looked to be full of drama as fans watched to see if the Patriots could keep Armstr…
ASHLAND — Perfection in sports is hard to come by.
MECHANICSVILLE — Elite runners from the Mid-Atlantic region came to Pole Green Park Saturday for the Milestat.com XC Invitational. Throughout the day, Hanover County runners held their own against the best of the best.
MECHANICSVILLE — Hanover struck early and often.
MECHANICSVILLE — Camden Metzger is going to the World Series.
Their jersey numbers are 0, 1 and 2, but that wouldn’t necessarily be the finishing order in a footrace among Highland Springs’ Caron Ferguson (0), Jakyre Henley (1) and Takye Heath (2).
Monacan may have had the biggest guns out on the course at The Hollows on Sept. 27-28 for the Region 4B golf championships, but they didn’t have enough to prevent two Hanover County golfers from qualifying for the Virginia High School League Class 4 state golf championships.
ASHLAND — The second half was sterling. The first half? Not so much.
“They played tough. They got the ball in great situations. They got momentum on the onside kickoff. When we come into somebody’s home and they get the momentum, we have to find ways to get the W.”
MECHANICSVILLE — Armstrong opened its game at Hanover Friday night with a score. It closed the game with a score.
ASHLAND — It is, after all, football.
MECHANICSVILLE — There was no shortage of action, but there was a dearth of scoring when Patrick Henry hosted Hanover in a cross-county field hockey battle Thursday night.
MECHANICSVILLE — Atlee’s Raider boys led the way at the RVA Relays at Pole Green Park Saturday. The great depth of the Raider boys cross country team gave them advantage in the team title stakes.
ASHLAND — Patrick Henry’s football team knew it had some work to do after a close loss to Glen Allen on Sept. 9. The Patriots clearly put forth some effort to correct their mistakes last week.
ASHLAND — Camp is behind them. They hold two home wins and a successful road trip to Washington, D.C. Now, on their bye week, preparing for Old Dominion Athletic Conference play, one question hovers over the Randolph-Macon College football program?
GLEN ALLEN — Patrick Henry had its chances but couldn’t take advantage of enough of them.
MECHANICSVILLE — Mechanicsville High School’s Carter Smith and Patrick Henry’s Andrew Senfield were among the top finishers in the boys championship ‘A’ race at the Pole Green XC Classic at Pole Green Park Saturday morning.
Mechanicsville High football coach Shane Reynolds was pleased with his team’s effort after it played its first game of the season on Friday following a hazing investigation that shut down the program for two weeks.
The rally was coming.Sam Rogers knew. His Hanover Hawks knew.
ASHLAND — Against the backdrop of the nearly completed Duke Hall, the 135th Randolph-Macon College football team took to Day Field Saturday evening with looming questions. Specifically, who would be their quarterback?
“I don’t really care about individual success. If the scoreboard says a win, I’m fine.”
In case some folks are wondering what’s in reserve for Patrick Henry this season after losing a lot of firepower to graduation …