Major League Baseball groundskeeper Murray Cook, Canadian Football League star Ed George and former Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker are among the inductees
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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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.
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VHSL points: Liberty Christian, Graham and Rye Cove have already clinched top seeds
The VHSL will release its playoff pairings over the weekend. Here’s where things stand now.
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4 new teams move into No. 1 in VHSL ratings: Abingdon, Clarke County, Dinwiddie and Riverbend
The VHSL Rating Scale points determine who makes the playoffs.
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Third week of VHSL Rating Scale points show little change
The top spot in only two of the VHSL’s 24 regions changed hands this week as Kettle Run moved up to No. 1 in Region 3B after defeating previously unbeaten Sherando and Lord Botetourt climbed to No. 1 in Region 3D after its victory at William Byrd.
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Olympic gold cyclist who trains in Roanoke picks up more medals
Jennifer Valente captured two more medals over the weekend in Denmark at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Wythe County’s hockey arena has a new look
One returning player for the Blue Ridge Bobcats calls the new permanent seating “state of the art.”
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America’s most decorated female cyclist in Olympic history returns to Roanoke Valley where she trained
Jennifer Valente has won five Olympic medals.
