The team, in its first year, finished in last place on the ice but averaged 1,294 fans per game.
Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson worked for 44 years in Virginia as a sports writer, most recently as the high school sports editor at The Roanoke Times. before retiring in June 2022. He has won multiple Virginia Press Association awards for sports writing portfolio and has been honored nationally by The Associated Press Sports Editors. Anderson is a North Carolina native and a graduate of Martinsville High School in Virginia and Emory & Henry College, where he was the runner-up in the inaugural Old Dominion Athletic Conference tennis championship.
British manager returns to guide the Salem Red Sox
Liam Carroll is the first British citizen to manage a minor league baseball team in the United States.
Northside boys and Liberty Christian girls join two Wise County schools as VHSL state champions
Updated Saturday: In the VISAA state bsketball tournament, Carlise girls and New Convent boys won titles.
Complete results from all the VHSL regional basketball tournament games
The field for the state tournament is now set.
This is Jeopardy! Roanoke College professor makes a rare comeback on the game show
Chemistry professor Gary Hollis was invited back, thanks to the writers strike. This week, the school held a watch party to view his final show.
Martinsville star wound up on a Canadian postage stamp for his football records north of the border
In the 1970s, Sonny Wade won three Most Valuable Player awards in the Grey Cup, the championship game for the Canadian Football League.
VHSL playoffs: First-round games begin this weekend
Patrick Henry and William Fleming have never met in a playoff game until now. Salem and Jefferson Forest force tie-breaker rules. Alleghany off to impressive start in first year of consolidation.
A minor league hockey team takes the ice in Wytheville
The town of 8,241 is now host to a team in the Federal Prospects Hockey League.
Longtime rivals Alleghany and Covington begin their school merger with first football practice for combined school
Declining population has driven the change. The populations of Alleghany County/Clifton Forge and Covington have dropped nearly 50% from their respective peaks.
British-born manager now guides the Salem Red Sox
Liam Carroll grew up in a country where soccer and cricket dominate, but he’s spent his life learning the quintessential American sport.