Wooden bats are the standard equipment used at City Stadium, home of the Lynchburg Hillcats. But most high school-aged baseball hitters are unaccustomed to wielding anything but aluminum when they step up to the plate. 

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After batting .511 with 26 runs (both team-highs) in her senior season, Ceseley Haynes was selected by the Group A coaches as their player of the year

Jefferson Forest boys soccer players Tim Bullock and Scott Zaring got an up-close-and-personal look at Virginia High School Coaches Association player of the year, Brian Ownby of Group AAA state champion Deep Run, who will play next year at Virginia, in Wednesday night’s VHSCA All-Star game

Whereas Tuesday night’s Virginia High School Coaches Association senior All-Star boys and girls basketball games were high-scoring affairs, Wednesday night’s girls soccer contest had to go to a shootout to determine a winner after a scoreless regulation

Brittany Campbell and Joyous Tharrington of Brookville and Kylee Beecher and Abby Oliver of Group AA state champion Hidden Valley, were all in the starting lineup in the West squad’s surprisingly easy 97-53 victory

Roanoke College holds a Defensive Challenge camp in Salem. 

Stepping down as varsity soccer coach this spring, after coaching the sport for the past 30 years, was, in Chip Berry’s words, “One of the toughest decisions of my life.”

Gretna’s Softball Team and Radford’s Boys Soccer team claimed Gold on Championship Saturday in Radford.

Friday scores from the VHSL Jubilee-State Semifinal Round.

Inning-by-inning updates!

Jamestown upsets the #1 ranked boys high school soccer team in the country.

Tunstall Trojans will continue to chase the Group AA championship. Check out the inning by inning of todays game!

“Day-in and day-out, she’s very reliable,” Gretna coach Ketina Brooks said. “She mixes her pitches well and she doesn’t get rattled. She’s an exceptionally smart pitcher (and) she’s taken more of a leadership role.”

Three Finalists and two titles in the Group A and AA classifications for SW Virginia. The Spring Jubilee at Radford is underway!

Tuesday’s storms forced some state quarterfinal action to Wednesday, but the delay didn’t hurt a pair of James River teams, and the Spartan girls soccer team.

Five area soccer teams have punched a ticket to Radford, while another pair will wait to battle on Wednesday.

Danville native Jamila Harris signed a national letter of intent to play basketball for Division II Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C., this fall.

Sometimes, when Gretna coach Ketina Brooks stops to watch her team, she can’t help but be a little awed

Studies have been done, injury information has been compiled and the results always have been inconclusive. If aluminum bats put children and young adults at an unacceptable risk, they need to be banned. If aluminum bats are no more dangerous than wooden bats, parents need to assess the risk involved, then decide.

The Roanoke County School Board selected Brenda King as the new girls basketball coach at Hidden Valley High School.  She’ll start July 1st.

The Diamond duels between Glenvar and James River were a Region Finals Friday highlight.

Tunstall took advantage of some uncharacteristic Salem errors to claim the region softball title.

Region III boys and girls track and field champions Brookville and Heritage, respectively, consider themselves legitimate contenders for Group AA state titles today and Saturday at Harrisonburg High

Girls soccer powers Radford and Glenvar will face off for the Region Crown after convincing wins on Wednesday night.

The match, which started in the morning, was over quickly, in only an hour and 45 minutes. 

The Cavaliers committed eight errors that led to four unearned runs, but JF managed to pull out a dramatic 9-8 victory over visiting Northside in the bottom of the ninth to advance to Thursday’s Region III quarterfinals

A fastball over the middle of the plate turned into Blacksburg’s go-ahead run in its 4-3 Region IV quarterfinal victory over the Trojans on Tuesday

The Blacksburg Bruins, ranked No. 1 in the country by rivals.com, shut out Tunstall 9-0 in the Region IV tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday.