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Riverheads advances to regional championship
GREENVILLE - Riverheads rolled out of the gate and never looked back en route to a big 63-22 win over Cumberland in the Region 1B girls' basketball semifinals Wednesday night. Leading 5-3 early in the first quarter, the second-seeded Gladiators went on a 8-0 run to build a 10-point lead, 13-3, and cruised from there. Berkeley Tyree scored 12 first half points and Dayton Moore had 10 as… → Read More
Riverheads rolls Essex to head back to the state championship
Riverheads made easy work of Essex in Saturday's state semifinals → Read More
Stuarts Draft holds off East Rock for trip to state semifinals
Draft earns second trip in program history to state playoffs with win over East Rockingham Friday night. → Read More
Riverheads rolls Franklin in regional semifinals
The Gladiators will play for a Region 1B championship Friday night. → Read More
Riverheads has little trouble with one-win Rappahannock County
Riverheads will host the second round of the playoffs next Friday. → Read More
Buffalo Gap outscores Wilson Memorial for win No. 5
Teams combine for 108 points Friday night. → Read More
Riverheads continues to roll with shutout of Wilson Memorial
Riverheads offense unstoppable in big win over Wilson Memorial. → Read More
Fort Defiance bounces back with big win over Broadway
Indians now 3-2 after win over Gobblers. → Read More
Spotswood air attack too much for Hornets
Rothgeb paces Wilson on ground, but it's not enough to overcome Trailblazers. → Read More
Staunton survives Turner Ashby in overtime thriller
The Storm jump out to early lead then hold on for victory Friday night. → Read More
Late rally gives Staunton Storm its first football win
Storm pick up first win in debut of new head coach, Jake Phillips. → Read More
Lee High pulls off shocker, upsets East Rock
Jones, Hall lead balanced attack for Leemen in Shenandoah District semifinals → Read More
Wilson Memorial can't overcome Luray's early big plays
The Green Hornets fell behind early against the unbeaten Bulldogs and fell to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the district. → Read More
Waynesboro's second-chance season comes to a close
Spotswood knocks off Waynesboro Monday, ending the Little Giants season in the opening round of the regionals. → Read More
Waynesboro's second-chance season comes to a close
Spotswood knocks off Waynesboro Monday, ending the Little Giants season in the opening round of the regionals. → Read More
Waynesboro comes up short in push for regionals
A loss in the district consolation game ended Waynesboro's season Thursday night. → Read More
Fort rally falls short
BROADWAY - Fort Defiance rallied in the second half, but it wasn't enough as Broadway defeated the Indians 51-44 in the Valley District boys basketball tournament consolation game Thursday night. Behind the play of Ryan Cook and Josh Whelan, Fort knotted the game at 29-29 with 21 seconds to play in the third quarter. The Gobblers used a pair of three pointers to open the fourth before Whelan hit… → Read More
East Rock holds off Bison
Buffalo Gap comes up short in Shenandoah District semifinals → Read More
Indians send out senior in style
Fort girls win third in a row by topping Waynesboro Friday → Read More
ACL injuries slow down, don't stop Waynesboro alums Moore and Coburn
Bridgewater's Brie Moore is back on the court following a knee injury, while teammate Allie Coburn hopes to also return following rehab. → Read More