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Today's Sports

  • Citizens speak in support of...

    By LARRY CHAMBERS, Staff

    INDEPENDENCE – More than 100 people turned out at the Grayson County School Board meeting Monday night in support of Charles Campbell, who was not renewed as the assistant varsity baseball coach during the board’s June meeting.

    Because of the large crowd, the meeting was moved from the Grayson County Courthouse Board of Supervisors meeting room to the auditorium at Grayson County High School.

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  • Five out of five gives Galax...

    RADFORD –– With a state championship on the line and the Group 1A finals having progressed to penalty kicks, Galax’s shooters were a perfect 5-for-5. Thusly, Maroon Tide goalkeeper Ricardo Ortiz needed to be perfect just once.

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  • Tide shoots down Jackets

    RADFORD –– Just after the conclusion of the first Group 1A state soccer semifinal Friday, a pair of fighter jets zoomed overhead, practicing their almost-daily dry runs over whatever structure the City of Radford provides as a simulated objective. Moments earlier, Galax had already achieved a radar lock on its season-long target.

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  • Freedom stops Cavs in 12

    HILLSVILLE –– The Carroll County softball team was robbed of four games this year due to weather-related cancellations. In two region tournament contests, the Cavaliers got the equivalent of more than two of those games back with 16 extra innings of play. 

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  • Carroll wins, eventually

    HILLSVILLE –– The way Carroll County pitches and plays defense, one run is enough to make the Cavaliers a winner more times than not. Monday night, it took just a little bit longer than usual to scratch out that one run.

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  • Lundy key in Surry title run

    DANVILLE –– For the first time since 2004, Surry Community College’s baseball team is the Region X champion. In the process, the Knights swept the region’s postseason awards and advanced to this past weekend’s district tournament against Prince George’s (Md.) Community College with a berth in the NJCAA College World Series on the line.

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  • Carroll finishes strong

    HILLSVILLE –– First-year Carroll County baseball coach Kevin DeHaven rubbed his red-rimmed eyes, plainly showing the emotion of possibly having played the final home game with his inaugural group of eight seniors. DeHaven didn’t brag on any key plays, any one player or any certain pitch sequence after the Cavaliers’ 5-2 River Ridge District win over Blacksburg.

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  • Adkins, Johnson win Dannelly 10K

    Shannon Adkins led the way with a time of 43 minutes and 14 seconds to win the male division and Rebecca Johnson was fourth overall in 47:12 to win the female division at the 19th running of the New River Trail State Park/Dr. Ed Dannelly 10K run and 5K walk Saturday near the Dannelly Fitness Park on the trail.

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  • Virginia Blaze wins tournament

     The Virginia Blaze FCA travel team won the May Madness tournament in Roanoke on May 6, going 3-0 in the event, including a 44-28 win in the finals. The Blaze also finished 4th in The Warrior Invitational in Roanoke and was the runner-up at The Bond Classic in Winston-Salem. The Blaze is a Fellowship of Christian Athletes team, equipping and preparing athletes for the next level of competition while sharing the good news of Christ throughout the season.

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  • Tribe ends Tide’s hot streak

    Galax’s nine-game winning streak came to a grinding halt Monday as Rural Retreat outplayed the Maroon Tide 6-1 in a nondistrict Conference 46 game at Mountain View Park.

    Galax hadn’t lost since a 2-1 setback to James River on April 1, and the Maroon Tide ran its hot streak to nine games with a five-run win over the same Rural Retreat just three days prior to Monday’s loss.

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