Updated with scores from the Saturday games and this week’s match-ups.
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. He is a 2025 inductee into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame.
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Wythe County to lease Apex Center to group that plans to bring in hockey
The center hopes to become home in 2023 to a franchise in the Federal Prospects Hockey League, which stretches from Mississippi to New York.
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VHSL football playoff pairings announced
William Fleming and Hidden Valley make it in, William Byrd and Pulaski don’t. E.C. Glass, Galax, Graham, Liberty Christian, Lord Botetourt, PH-Glade Spring, Radford, Riverheads secure top seed in their regions.
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Two-point conversion puts William Fleming into VHSL playoff contention
The latest VHSL points rankings put Franklin County on the road while logjam between E.C. Glass, Louisa and Salem set to be broken this week.
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Grayson County moves into top spot; Honaker up, Franklin County down
The latest VHSL points rankings for high school football show some big shifts.
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E.C. Glass, Salem battle for top seed; three weeks left in VHSL points race
Friday’s big game will be Radford vs. Floyd County.
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Martinsville and Radford challenge for top spot; Rye Cove posts big turn-around
The latest VHSL points rating scale have tight race between Salem, E.C. Glass and Louisa County for top seed in their region.
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Who’s up and who’s down in the VHSL football points
The first points rankings have come out this week; they will eventually determine who makes the playoffs.
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In Wytheville, ‘base ball’ by 1865 rules
Wytheville brings back ‘Vintage Base Ball,’ where players don’t wear gloves and the rules date to the Civil War.
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Back from a coma, former Roanoke sportscaster returns to broadcast booth
Covid nearly killed Justin Ditmore — six times. Here’s how he survived.