The current athletic director for Alleghany High School and former assistant at Virginia Tech and JMU will join VMI as associate head coach.
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Bare-knuckle boxing champion hails from Bedford, trains in Danville
“Instantly, on day one in Danville, I fit in,” Britain Hart-Beltran said. Hart-Beltran won a bare-knuckle boxing title in September, and shared her story with Cardinal News.
Christmas shopping for Hokies and ’Hoos
Both teams went into the off-season looking for quarterbacks.
Mike Leach’s legacy endures with his UVa rival
Former University of Virginia Coach Al Groh reflects on the late Mississippi State coach; their teams faced each other in a 2008 bowl game.
New VMI football coach begins his fourth head coaching position
At 65, Danny Rocco has already been a head coach at Liberty, Richmond and Delaware. Now he begins his fourth head coaching job at what might be his toughest assignment yet.
Graham finishes season undefeated; Riverheads wins 7th straight state VHSL football championship
The Virginia High School League crowned six state champions on Saturday. Others were Freedom, Highland Springs, Dinwiddie and Phoebus.
George Wythe High School gets a crack at Riverheads’ football dynasty
The Riverheads High School Gladiators eye their 7th straight Class 1 football title as the George Wythe Maroons bid for an upset. This will be the Maroons’ first championship game since 2012.
Heritage aims for repeat of 2018 title game in Saturday’s football state championship
Lynchburg’s Heritage Pioneers will meet the Phoebus Phantoms of Hampton on Saturday to determine the 2022 Class 3 champion. In 2018, Heritage defeated Phoebus 24-20 to take the title.
Tech, UVa basketball teams open with combined 34-1 record, plus sports notes from across the region
With no indication how long it will hold up, the Virginia and Virginia Tech men’s and women’s basketball teams have opened the season with a combined record that is seeminglyuntouchable. The UVa men are 8-0 and the Cavalier women are 10-0. In Blacksburg, the Tech men are 8-1 and the Hokie women are 8-0. So, […]
Graham bids for a state championship – and something its teams have never done
Since 2016, the team from Bluefield has only lost twice to a Virginia opponent in the regular season.