After winning a state record seven straight titles in the state’s lowest-enrollment division, the Augusta County school moved up a size classification this year — and is now in the title game against Radford.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How Roanoke’s minor league hockey team kept its fan base during a pandemic shutdown
Even though a season was canceled, the owners kept paying the staff, which spent the time revamping the team’s operations.
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Roanoke College women’s swim team objected to trans athlete, faults school for lack of support
The trans athlete later quit the team, but the swimmers called on the Roanoke College administration, the NCAA and state lawmakers to prevent trans athletes from competing in women’s sports.
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Pickleball fever comes to Martinsville-Henry County
The project is expected to bring eight courts to the region late next spring.
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Smyth County teen on U.S. team that wins World Youth Fly Fishing Championship
Blake Hall, 14, won first place last year in a national competition, which put him in the running to compete on the U.S. team that fished in Bosnia.
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Injured Boston Red Sox pitcher from Botetourt County will throw rehab innings in Salem
Zack Kelly will pitch three times during Salem’s homestand starting Sept. 5 and then hopes to be back in the majors.
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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.