One returning player for the Blue Ridge Bobcats calls the new permanent seating “state of the art.”
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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America’s most decorated female cyclist in Olympic history returns to Roanoke Valley where she trained
Jennifer Valente has won five Olympic medals.
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Second week of VHSL rating scale points released; 35 teams unbeaten
Three games this week pit unbeatens against each other: Graham at Lebanon, Glenvar at Alleghany, and Kettle Run at Sherando.
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The first VHSL points rankings for the 2024 football season are out, and here they are
The points are used to determine who eventually makes the playoffs and how they’re seeded.
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Football Friday nights won’t be the same. The woman who compiles VHSL’s point system is retiring.
Lora Bickley has been called the force that “holds the league together.”
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Auburn High School cancels varsity football season
The growing trend of students specializing in just one sport has diminished numbers for football at the Montgomery County school.
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She couldn’t help when her godfather needed a liver. So she set a new goal: Save the life of an anonymous child
Her mother died of liver disease, so Salem Red Sox executive Blair Hoke looked for a way to help others. She found it through an anonymous donation.
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Cyclist who trains in the Roanoke Valley wins her second gold medal in Paris Olympics
Jennifer Valente had previously won gold as part of a team event.
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Cyclist who trains in Roanoke finishes fourth in Olympic race
Jennifer Valente previously won gold as part of a team event. She races again on Sunday in another event.
