Stephen James and Todd Jones played together at Emory & Henry. On Saturday, they were on opposite sidelines coaching Grayson County and Essex County in the Class 1 state championship game.
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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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VHSL crowns 6 football champions; here are the box scores
Oscar Smith, Maury, Phoebus, Liberty Christian, Graham and Essex win title games.
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Knee surgery, a broken leg, a broken thumb, a ruptured kidney. One Grayson County player has overcome all those to play in school’s first state championship football game.
The three Goad brothers have led Grayson County. In last week’s semifinal victory, the Goads scored all six touchdowns for the Blue Devils.
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VHSL football championships are Saturday; here are previews of all 6 games
The games will be played in Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Salem.
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Grayson County advances to first state football title game; Graham and Liberty Christian also make finals
The match-ups for the Virginia HIgh School League’s six state championship games are now set. Here they are.
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VHSL football semi-final previews: Maury, Phoebus and Liberty Christian have been mostly untouchable
Meanwhile, neither Grayson County nor Rye Cove has ever advanced to a state championship game but one of them wil this weekend.
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Sports figures from Lynchburg, Martinsville and Salem named to Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball groundskeeper Murray Cook, Canadian Football League star Ed George and former Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker are among the inductees
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All 24 VHSL football regional championships previewed
The Virginia High School League regional championships are this weekend. The Region 6C field has been scrambled by a court case and recruiting scandal.
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4 defending state champions remain in the hunt after first week of VHSL football playoffs
2023 champs Liberty Christian, Maury, Phoebus and Radford remain in contention.
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VHSL football playoff pairings announced
Rye Cove finishes first 10-0 season. Abingdon, Altavista, Bath County, Glenvar, Graham, Liberty Christian, Salem, William Fleming among others with No. 1 seeds.