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March 11, 2008
Nelson County chasing the championship dream
It’s been a memorable season for Nelson County’s boys basketball Before last month, the Governors (28-1) had never won a Region B tournament game. Tonight, they will play in prime time at VCU’s Siegel Center when they take on Twin Valley at 7:30 in their first trip to the Group A, Division 1, Final Four.
March 08, 2008
Bees run out of honey
ROANOKE - Nearly four minutes had passed and the Brookville girls basketball team's score hadn't budged, locked on zero as the turnovers and missed shots mounted. The Bees couldn't have picked a worse time to come out flat.Bowyer, Jackson stumble in finals
SALEM - To be the best, you've got to beat the best. Two area seniors, Jefferson Forest's Chris Bowyer and Brookville's Ryan Jackson, finally met their match in the Group AA state wrestling championship finals Saturday night at the Salem Civic Center. Bowyer (38-2) bowed to Grafton's Chase Ennis (38-2), the state's top-ranked Group AA 189-pounder, 5-3.Governors streak to win
AMHERST - After struggling in the first half, Nelson County shot Chesterfield Community out of its 2-3 zone defense in the second half and went on to bounce the Eagles out of the state tournament with 66-61 victory in the Group A, Division 1, boys basketball quarterfinals Saturday.March 07, 2008
Five wrestlers competing for state crowns
SALEM - With action taking place simultaneously on eight mats for Friday's first day of the Group AA/A state wrestling championships at the Salem Civic Center, it's not always clear who the many factions of fans are cheering for at any given time.March 06, 2008
Brookville’s Guthrie wrestles like Gumby
Prep athletes of the week
With eight wrestlers, Bees have shot in Group AA meet
March 01, 2008
Brookville suffers late collapse
DALEVILLE - Turnovers, poor shooting and Waynesboro's Devon Brown were too much for Brookville to overcome as the Bees' fell 59-37 to the Little Giants in the Region III girls basketball championship game at Lord Botetourt High on Saturday.Brookville’s Nixon wins 55 hurdles, high jump
Defending champion Brookville's boys got 35 points from Ethan Nixon, who was recovering from the flu, and clung to a three-point lead over Western Albemarle heading into the final 1,600-meter relay at Saturday's Group AA state indoor track and field meet at Liberty University.Nelson rips Page
HARRISONBURG - Nelson County's speed and aggression overcame a larger Page County squad in the Region B, Division 1, championship game, as the Governors won 64-53 at Eastern Mennonite University on Saturday.February 29, 2008
Brookville, Heritage look for trifecta in track titles
February 28, 2008
Nelson County drops Altavista
AMHERST - Thomas Brown waded through what seemed like an endless crowd Thursday night, moments after Nelson County had finished qualifying for its first state tournament in school history.Prep athletes of the week
Bees’ boys fell just short of state again
Bees thwart Cavaliers’ comeback
"Don't foul 30." Lord Botetourt's players must have yelled that to each other a dozen times in the final minutes of Thursday's Region III semifinal game. Still, they couldn't keep Brookville's Brittany Campbell off the free throw line.No fans, no sweat for VES
Virginia Episcopal School's girls basketball team knew it would miss the first week of its spring break if it made the Virginia Independent Schools, Division II, state tournament.LCA drills Collegiate
It was easy to look onto the court and see that Liberty Christian Academy had a considerable size advantage over Collegiate.Inge signs scholarship to vault at Clemson
February 27, 2008
Glass graduate Catalano joins USL’s Ricmond Kickers
William Campbell girls fall to Riverheads in Region B tourney
February 26, 2008
Bees boys stunned in 2OT by Little Giants
Brookville girls advance to semis at LB
Nelson struggles, survives Luray in OT
Glass girls soccer star Johnston signs with LU
Cvetinovic’s last-second dunk lifts VES boys
Liberty boys JMU-bound for rematch with R.E. Lee
Liberty High's boys basketball team trailed host Harrisonburg 40-31 with three minutes left in the third quarter before applying a press and going on an 11-0 run to seize a 42-40 lead by the start of the fourth.February 25, 2008
Staunton River knocks out William Byrd
MONETA - By turning up the pressure on Virginia 24 rival William Byrd on Monday night, Staunton River's girls basketball team earned a trip to Harrisonburg tonight, when it will challenge Turner Ashby, one of four top seeds in the 12-team Region III tournament.Liberty shakes Stuarts Draft
BEDFORD - Liberty boys basketball coach Jeffrey Monroe could sense his team was going to struggle to find energy Monday night against Stuarts Draft. The Minutemen were playing just three days after dropping a tough Seminole District championship game to Brookville. And five minutes before tipoff, the Liberty gym had all of the buzz of a weekday practice.February 24, 2008
