Union continues unbeaten season despite missing coach. Five of six defending state champions still in the running.
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VHSL football 2025: All 6 defending champs still alive after first-round games
Craig County wins it first-ever playoff game. Patrick Henry and William Fleming move closer to All-Roanoke regional final. Full list of scores and second round pairings.
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VHSL football 2025: Here’s what to look for in the first round games
For the first time, Patrick Henry and William Fleming will have home playoff games at the same time. Meanwhile, Craig County hopes to win its first playoff game ever, and two teams have already forfeited playoff games.
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VHSL football playoff pairings for 2025 announced
This week, 184 teams begin a five-week pursuit of one of the six VHSL championship games scheduled for Dec. 13.
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Salem’s minor league baseball team is renamed the Salem RidgeYaks
The team retains its affiliation with the Boston Red Sox but wanted a unique name for marketing purposes.
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VHSL football playoff primer: Here are the scenarios
Here’s what to look for in the final weekend of the regular season.
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Some Virginia colleges now play a team that won’t hear the cheers: The players are deaf
Gallaudet University, a Washington-based school for deaf students, is playing its first season in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The coach talks about how he coaches players with hearing loss.
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Lee High School golfers face a long drive to state tournament — so the team is flying instead
The golf team’s success highlights how far away Virginia westernmost county is. A Lee County company is using one of its corporate jets to fly the golf team to Tappahannock.
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Ridgeway banks on pickleball for new sports complex
The new multiuse complex also will offer a place for residents to play basketball, street soccer and hockey.
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Salem honors ‘the savior of baseball’ in the Roanoke Valley
When it looked as if Salem’s minor league team would leave town in the 1980s for better facilities elsewhere, Kelvin Bowles bought the team and persuaded the city to build a new stadium.
