Thomas Dale High School | Archive | April, 2008

No Stopping Thomas Dale

Posted on 29 April 2008 by redwan123.

by Chris Naquin
DigitalSports Richmond

Thomas Dale, ranked third in the DigitalSports Top 10, defeated tenth-ranked Matoaca 2-0 in its home game on Tuesday night.

The Knights were led by their two star captains, senior midfielder Patrick Innes and junior midfielder Will Bates who each had a goal and an assist in the win.

The Knights dominated the Warriors from the beginning of the game by keeping possession of the ball and creating several dangerous scoring opportunities.

The first goal of the match came from one of many dangerous corner kicks by Innes, as he delivered a hard in-swinger to the near post where a crashing Bates met it with his head and deflected it into the back of the net to take a 1-0 lead.

“I felt we came out kind of slow and sluggish,” Innes said. “We had a dozen corner kicks in the first half and couldn’t seem to score until Will got on the end of one. Once we scored, it lightened up the game and we were able to knock it around a bit.”

The game definitely opened up for Thomas Dale in the second half.

It only took three minutes for the Knights to score again.

This time it was Bates who would assist Innes on the goal as he slotted a nice through ball to Innes who was able to finish from six yards out to take a 2-0 lead.

The Knights continued to pressure the Warriors the remainder of the match and almost scored a few more but they could not seem to get their shots on frame.

Matoaca’s offense was no where to be found as they were shut out by the Knights defense who broke up every type of attack the Warriors created.

Thomas Dale remains undefeated at 11-0 this season and are looking forward to playing other power house squads such as Deep Run and Cosby.

“We are looking forward to Regionals,” Bates said. “Especially after losing to Cosby last year, we want to get back at them. As for Deep Run, we know a lot of those guys so we are looking forward to it.”

Matoaca          0 0 – 0
Thomas Dale    1 1 – 2
TD: Bates, Innes
Saves: Burdick (M) 7; Lehman (TD) 3
Records: Matoaca (6-2-1 Central, 6-2-1); Thomas Dale (9-0, 11-0)

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Boys Spring 10s – April 28

Posted on 29 April 2008 by redwan123.

Records as of Sunday, April 27

Click on team’s name to visit their team page
Previous ranking in parenthesis
Coaches and the DigitalSports Richmond staff vote on the polls.


BASEBALL
1. Cosby 9-1, (1)
2. Matoaca 11-2, (2)
3. James River 8-4, (3)
4. Mills Godwin 10-3, (4)
5. Thomas Dale 11-2, (5)
6. Henrico 11-2, (6)
7. Hanover 10-4, (7)
8. Deep Run 9-4, (9)
9. Lee-Davis 7-4, (8)
10. L.C. Bird 8-5, (10)
Others receiving votes: Dinwiddie 7-6, (NR); Patrick Henry 7-4, (NR); Manchester 6-6, (NR)

SOCCER
1. Deep Run 8-1-1, (1)
2. Cosby 8-1, (2)
3. Thomas Dale 10-0, (3)
4. Lee-Davis 8-0, (4)
5. James River 6-2-1, (5)
6. Monacan 6-2, (6)
7. Douglas Freeman 6-1-1, (9)
8. Midlothian 5-3-1, (8)
9. J.R. Tucker 4-2, (NR)
10. Matoaca 6-2-1, (NR)
Others receiving votes: Colonial Heights 8-2, (7); Clover Hill 5-4-1, (10); Atlee 5-4-1, (NR)

TENNIS
1. Mills Godwin 12-0, (1)
2. Deep Run 10-1, (3)
3. Douglas Freeman 11-3, (2)
4. Cosby 7-1, (4)
5. Midlothian 6-2, (5)
6. Maggie Walker G.S. 7-2, (6)
7. Hanover 8-2, (7)
8. Prince George 13-1, (8)
9. Colonial Heights 8-3, (9)
10. Thomas Dale 7-3, (10)
Others receiving votes: Atlee 6-2, (NR)

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PS Performance Clinic

Posted on 28 April 2008 by redwan123.

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Cost is $40 per athlete, $30 per person with the team rate (10 players).
Make checks payable to Blackstock
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Send to Position Specifics, P.O. Box 336,
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 Payment through mail ends Wednesday, May 14.


* SPACE IS
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* Over 10 college coaches will be in attendance, as well as media.

* This is an
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and coaches are encouraged to attend.

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Girls Spring 10s – April 28

Posted on 28 April 2008 by redwan123.

Records as of Sunday, April 27
Click on team’s name
to visit their team page
Previous ranking in
parenthesis

Coaches and the DigitalSports Richmond staff vote on
the polls.

SOFTBALL
1.
Lee-Davis 9-1, (2)
2. Cosby 11-1,
(1)
3. Thomas Dale 11-0,
(3)
4. Hanover 10-3,
(5)
5. Prince
George 7-2, (6)
6. Atlee 11-2,
(7)
7. Monacan 8-2,
(9)

8. Deep
Run 11-3, (4)
9.
Midlothian, 8-3 (8)
10. Mills
Godwin 6-4, (10)

TENNIS
1. Mills Godwin 14-0,
(1)
2. Douglas Freeman 12-0,
(3)
3.
Midlothian 9-1, (4)
4. Deep
Run 6-3, (2)
5. James River 8-3,
(5)
6. Prince
George 11-2, (6)
7. Atlee 11-2,
(7)
8. Matoaca 9-3, (NR)
9.
Patrick Henry 8-3, (10)
10. Lee-Davis 6-3,
(9)
Other receiving votes: Hanover 6-7, (NR)

SOCCER
1. Cosby 7-0,
(1)
2. Mills
Godwin 6-1, (2)
3. Atlee 9-1,
(3)
4. Thomas
Dale 9-0, (4)
5. James River 6-1,
(5)
6. Deep
Run 6-1-2, (6)
7.
Hermitage 8-2, (8)
8. Maggie Walker GS
4-2-1, (7)
9. Midlothian 5-3,
(9)
10. Lee-Davis 5-4, (NR)
Other receiving votes: Prince George 5-2-1, (10)

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Girls Spring 10s – April 21

Posted on 21 April 2008 by redwan123.

Records as of Sunday, April 20
Click on team’s name
to visit their team page
Previous ranking in
parenthesis

Coaches and the DigitalSports Richmond staff vote on
the polls.

SOFTBALL
1. Cosby 10-0,
(1)
2.
Lee-Davis 7-1, (2)
3. Thomas
Dale 10-0, (5)
4. Deep Run 11-2,
(3)
5. Hanover 9-2,
(6)
6. Prince George 6-2,
(4)
7. Atlee 10-2, (7)
8. Midlothian, 7-2
(NR)
9.
Monacan 6-2, (8)
10. Mills
Godwin 4-3, (10)
Others receiving votes: Patrick Henry 4-4,
(9); Hermitage 5-3, (10)

TENNIS
1. Mills Godwin 10-0,
(1)
2. Deep
Run 6-1, (2)
3. Douglas Freeman 9-0,
(3)
4.
Midlothian 7-1, (4)
5. James
River 5-3, (6)
6. Prince George 10-2,
(5)
7. Atlee 10-2,
(7)
8.
Colonial Heights 5-2, (8)
9.
Lee-Davis 6-3, (10)
10. Patrick Henry 7-2,
(9)
Others receiving votes: Cosby 4-4; Monacan, 2-2

SOCCER
1. Cosby 7-0, (2)
2. Mills Godwin 6-1,
(1)
3.
Atlee 9-1, (3)
4. Thomas Dale 8-0,
(4)
5. James
River 5-1, (5)
6. Deep Run 5-1-2,
(6)
7. Maggie Walker GS 4-1-1,
(8)
8.
Hermitage 7-2, (7)
9. Midlothian 5-3,
(10)
10. Prince
George 5-1-1, (9)
Other receiving votes: Lee-Davis 4-4

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Boys Spring 10s – April 21

Posted on 21 April 2008 by redwan123.

Records as of Sunday, April 20

Click on team’s name to visit their team page
Previous ranking in parenthesis
Coaches and the DigitalSports Richmond staff vote on the polls.


BASEBALL
1. Cosby 7-1, (1)
2. Matoaca 9-2, (4)
3. James River 6-4, (2)
4. Mills Godwin 9-3, (5)
5. Thomas Dale 9-2, (6)
6. Henrico 9-2, (7)
7. Hanover 9-4, (3)
8. Lee-Davis 7-3, (8)
9. Deep Run 8-4, (10)
10. L.C. Bird 7-5, (NR)
Others receiving votes: Dinwiddie 6-5, (NR); Colonial Heights 8-4, (NR); Patrick Henry 5-4, (NR); Manchester 5-6, (NR)

SOCCER
1. Deep Run 7-1-1, (1)
2. Cosby 7-1, (2)
3. Thomas Dale 8-0, (3)
4. Lee-Davis 7-0, (5)
5. James River 6-2, (6)
6. Monacan 6-1, (4)
7. Colonial Heights 7-1, (7)
8. Midlothian 4-3-1, (8)
9. Douglas Freeman 4-1-1, (9)
10. Clover Hill 5-3, (9)
Others receiving votes: J.R. Tucker 4-1, (NR); Atlee 5-4-1, (NR)

TENNIS
1. Mills Godwin 9-0, (1)
2. Douglas Freeman 10-1, (2)
3. Deep Run 9-0, (3)
4. Cosby 6-1, (4)
5. Midlothian 4-2, (5)
6. Maggie Walker G.S. 6-2, (6)
7. Hanover 7-2, (7)
8. Prince George 11-1, (8)
9. Colonial Heights 7-2, (9)
10. Thomas Dale 5-3, (10)
Others receiving votes: Atlee 6-2, (NR); Monacan 4-0, (NR)

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Thomas Dale Wins Late

Posted on 18 April 2008 by redwan123.

by Chris Naquin
DigitalSports Richmond

The Thomas Dale Knights, ranked fourth in the DigitalSports Top 10, pulled off a late victory in Thursday night’s game to remain undefeated this season.

The Knights defeated the Prince George Royals 3-2 with an Allison Crouch goal with minutes left in the regulation.

Thomas Dale came out strong in the first half, taking the lead after just five minutes of play.

Senior midfielder Carrie Jaeckle took a free kick ten yards outside of the Royals box and blasted it into the net giving the Knights a 1-0 lead.

The Knights continued to pressure the Royals defense resulting in many scoring opportunities.

Thomas Dale’s second goal came off a corner when senior Loren Favale got her head onto the end of a great corner kick by Jaeckle and drilled it into the net putting Thomas Dale up 2-0 at half time.

Prince George fought their way back into the game in the second half.

Senior forward Stacey *** scored a great goal from inside the box to get the Royals onto the score board and within one of the Knights with 14 minutes left to play.

The Royals pushed numbers forward and continued to run at the Knights defenders resulting in the equalizing score from senior defender Angel Woods who made a late run up the side crashing the back post and knocking the ball in with ten minutes remaining.

Thomas Dale goalkeeper Chrissy Dowlen was injured on the play trying to make the save as she hit the post hard.

After the long injury delay, Thomas Dale regrouped quickly as they looked to win the game.

The Knights created some dangerous opportunities on goal and finally, with minutes left in the match, Crouch found the back of the net winning the game for Thomas Dale.

Thomas Dale   2 1 – 3
Prince George 0 2 – 2
TD: Jaeckle, Favale, Crouch
RG: ***, Woods
Saves: Dowlen (TD) 7; Dooley (PG) 10
Records: Thomas Dale 5-0 Central, 7-0; Prince George 4-1-1, 5-1-1.

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Waldrop Drops Royals

Posted on 17 April 2008 by redwan123.

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond

CHESTER – You thought football was a game of inches? Softball is as well.

Two similar plays in the fourth inning turned out Thomas Dale’s way, as the Knights kept their unblemished record with a 1-0 victory over Prince George Thursday night in a crucial Central District contest.

The Royals (3-1 Central, 6-2), ranked fourth in the latest DigitalSports Top 10, had ladies on second and third with no out in the top of the fourth inning.

After a pop out, a Lacey Waldrop pitch got away from catcher Sarah Heretick, putting the No. 5 Knights (6-0, 9-0) in a pickle.

An alert pinch runner in PG’s Stephanie Rodenberry bolted home from third base.

But Heretick found the yellow softball and chucked it to Waldrop, who tagged a sliding Rodenberry for the second out of the inning.

Waldrop got a strikeout to end the inning. She had 13 K’s on the evening, but her offensive game won the game for TD.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, PG’s terrific pitcher Lauren Vinson, who also had 13 strikeouts in one less inning of work, gave up a single to Waldrop after a long at-bat.

Then TD’s Lauryn Nanny jumped on Vinson’s next offering for a double, getting Dale’s own second and third situation with no out.

Deja vu happened within 10 minutes. Vinson’s pitch got by her catcher Ashley Lowe, just like Waldrop’s did earlier in the inning.

But Lowe couldn’t find it in time as Waldrop raced home for the game’s only score.

Two exact same situations. Two exact different outcomes. Ballgame.

“We had the opportunity as well and the ball ricocheted back a little further,” Prince George coach Pat Waguespack said. “I guess that’s just the luck of the bounce. Our ball didn’t roll very far away, but sometimes it’s hard to find. That’s a tough way to lose a game.”

Said Waldrop: “As soon as I saw the ball go past the catcher, I was just like, ‘I gotta go. We have to get on top.’ When I made it I was really happy.”

Waldrop and Vinson went pitch-for-pitch as expected. They both whiffed 13 batters, Vinson in one less inning of work.

Waldrop gave up two hits, Vinson three. The special part is that Waldrop is a freshman and Vinson a sophomore.

That’s good news for softball fans that have seven seasons worth of the fabulous hurlers left, but bad news for the girls that have to step in the box against them.

Speaking of seven, it had been seven seasons since a TD softball team walked off the diamond victorious over a PG team.

That pleases Dale coach Dennis Jones as he hopes his Knights can build on the victory.

“This is very big,” Jones said. “I feel like we don’t get a lot of respect, any of us south of the river. It’s all the Lee-Davis’ and Atlee’s. Which they are good teams. Hopefully this will give us a little bit more respect with those guys and hopefully we can keep it going.

“We still have to keep fighting. We have 11 more games after this. Long road. We’ll be all right. I have confidence in them.”

Prince George 000 000 0 – 0 2 3
Thomas Dale  000 100 x – 1 3 0
Vinson and Lowe; Waldrop and Heretick.
Records: Prince George (3-1 Central, 6-2); Thomas Dale (6-0, 9-0)

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Baseball POW – April 16

Posted on 16 April 2008 by redwan123.

Kevin Curd, Thomas Dale Knights

Height: 5-10                 Age: 18

Position: SS/3B/2B        Year: Senior

Performance: Curd batted .455 with three home runs, six RBI and five runs scored last week as Thomas Dale beat Matoaca and Colonial Heights and lost to Dinwiddie. The Knights are ranked sixth in the DigitalSports Top 10.

On beating then-ranked No. 3 Matoaca last week: “We shouldn’t have lost to Dinwiddie. We know what we can do. We know we should be at the top.”

Best trait: “My hitting, I do most of my damage at the plate.”

Something to improve on: “Staying inside the strike zone, not chasing pitches.”

Favorite music: “Hip Hop and R&B. I listen to everything.”

Favorite food: “Taco Bell, I like everything thing they have at Taco Bell.”

Funniest teammate: “David Hernandez (first baseman) because he does off the wall stuff. He is a crazy dude to be around.”

Favorite class: “Communications because it helps me out with interviews. I want to be a professional athlete one day.”

Favorite movie: Crank

Favorite video game: Madden

Future: “I’m talking to a few colleges. I want to play baseball in college.”

– Seneca Contomanolis

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Boys Spring 10s – April 14

Posted on 14 April 2008 by redwan123.

Records as of Sunday, April 13

Click on team’s name to visit their team page
Previous ranking in parenthesis
Coaches and the DigitalSports Richmond staff vote on the polls.


BASEBALL
1. Cosby 4-1, (1)
2. James River 5-3, (2)
3. Hanover 7-3, (5)
4. Matoaca 7-2, (3)
5. Mills Godwin 6-3, (6)
6. Thomas Dale 7-2, (7)
7. Henrico 6-2, (4)
8. Lee-Davis 5-3, (8)
9. Clover Hill 5-3, (NR)
10. Deep Run 6-4, (9)
Others receiving votes: Dinwiddie 5-4, (NR); L.C. Bird 6-4, (NR); Midlothian 6-4, (NR)

SOCCER
1. Deep Run 5-1-1, (1)
2. Cosby 5-1, (2)
3. Thomas Dale 6-0, (3)
4. Monacan 5-0, (4)
5. Lee-Davis 6-0, (6)
6. James River 4-2, (9)
7. Colonial Heights 5-1, (5)
8. Midlothian 3-2-1, (8)
9. Clover Hill 4-2, (7)
10. Douglas Freeman 3-1, (10)
Others receiving votes: Hermitage 2-3, (NR); Atlee 4-3-1, (NR)

TENNIS
1. Mills Godwin 5-0, (1)
2. Douglas Freeman 7-1, (2)
3. Deep Run 6-0, (4)
4. Cosby 4-1, (9)
5. Midlothian 3-1, (3)
6. Maggie Walker G.S. 6-0, (6)
7. Hanover 5-1, (5)
8. Prince George 8-1, (7)
9. Colonial Heights 5-2, (NR)
10. Thomas Dale 4-2, (8)
Others receiving votes: James River 2-3, (10); Monacan 3-0, (NR)

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