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Track & Field, 5/27/10: Dale, Atlee triumph

Posted on 28 May 2010 by .

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
(804) 240-2191

Thomas Dale’s girls and Atlee’s boys took the Central Region outdoor track and field titles by wide margins Thursday at Sports Backers Stadium.

The girls competition was won by the depth of the Knights, who had only two event winners, Kortney Williams (shot put) and April Wilson (400).

But Dale got points in nine of the 17 events to pull away, racking up 75 points, 55 without Williams and Wilson’s wins.

Sarah Fulgham and Katea Jemmott tore it up in jumps and sprints, and Kristen Greene doubled up on fourth-place finishes in the throws.

Second was Patrick Henry, led by Lizzie Powell, who beat her own meet record of 12-1 with a vault of 12-3, though she wanted to go 12-9.

“I had just finished running in the 4X100 relay,” said Powell, who ran a terrific second leg on the third-place team. “So my legs are a little worn out from that.”

The Patriots nipped fellow Colonial District member Deep Run 51.5 to 51, but it was Dale’s day, its first girls region track title.

On the boys side, Atlee claimed its second region crown in the school’s 19-year history. It wasn’t close, either.

The Raiders posted 79 points, 20 over Dale and Quintin Fulgham, the long, triple jump, 100 and 200 champion.

Atlee got it done it’s the usual way with terrific depth, and domination in the pole vault. The Raiders put up 19 points in the event alone to offset Fulgham’s unbelievable individual performance.

The senior had Dale up one point with a few events to go, but the Raiders’ depth was too much.

Atlee got wins from its 3,200-meter relay team and Marques Atkinson in the 300 hurdles.

Highland Springs finished third with 51 points, Cosby a close fourth with 50.5.

AWARDS
GIRLS
Outstanding runner: Torie Cunningham, Meadowbrook – Won 100, 200 and ran a leg on top 400-meter relay squad
Outstanding field event performer: Nikki Nunn, Manchester – Won long and triple jump
BOYS
Outstanding runner: Ted Richardson, James River – Took the 1,600 and 3,200
Outstanding field event performer: Quintin Fulgham, Thomas Dale – Won 100, 200, long and triple jump

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Boys tennis, 5/24/10: Semifinals set

Posted on 24 May 2010 by .

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
(804) 240-2191

The Central Region boys singles quarterfinals went without many fireworks.

Two competitors advanced without dropping a game.

Deep Run’s Hunter Koontz beat Matoaca’s hard-hitting Steve Bond, and Douglas Freeman’s Zach Carl ousted Thomas Dale’s Austin Hamilton.

Cosby freshman Brett Moorehead didn’t have much trouble, either, dispatching Henrico’s Arjun Venkatasubramanian 6-1, 6-0.

Moorehead’s teammate, Tyler Carey, had a tough first set with Henrico’s Matt Zimmerman, winning 6-4.

But Carey stopped the demonstrative sophomore 6-1 to clinch a semifinal berth.

TUESDAY’S SEMIFINALS
Noon at Mills Godwin High School
Carey vs. Carl
Koontz vs. Moorehead

WEDNESDAY, FINAL
Noon at Mills Godwin High School

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Michael Robinson Camp, 5/22/10

Posted on 23 May 2010 by .

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
(804) 240-2191

The favorite son returned with friends and free tutelage.

Over 500 football youths took part in Michael Robinson‘s 1st Excel 2 Excellence Football Camp Saturday at Varina High School.

Robinson was an all-everything player at the school before going on to star at Penn State, and now is a running back and special teams dynamo for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers.

Robinson, about to enter his fifth season in the league, was noticeably excited about the turnout.

“It kind of feels like it’s 2000,” Robinson said, “and we’ve won another region championship.”

Exactly 509 players participated in the camp from ages 10 to a rising high-school senior.

Philadelphia Eagle and former Highland Springs and Virginia Tech star Macho Harris took part in the camp, as well as Robinson’s 49er teammates Josh Morgan and Manny Lawson.

Elite coaches in the Richmond area also provided tips for the students, like Highland Springs coach Loren Johnson, Varina’s Stu Brown, Meadowbrook’s Troy Taylor, former Huguenot coach Richard McFee, Hanover’s Josh Just and many others.

“We’re just here basically trying to give back to the kids,” Harris said. “We were in their shoes back in the day. Just to give return to them, I know it means the world to them, and it means the world to us to be out here.”

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Sticks Top 10s, 5/17/10

Posted on 17 May 2010 by .

Records as of Sunday, May 16
BASEBALL TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

Rank,
Team (Record, Previous Ranking)
1. Manchester

(17-1, 1)
2. Matoaca
(13-2, 2)

3. Lee-Davis (13-3, 5)

4. Cosby
(15-5, 3)
5. Douglas
Freeman
(15-3, 8)
6. Mills Godwin
(14-3, 4)
7. Hanover (14-4, 6)
8. Dinwiddie (13-4, 7)

9. Thomas

Dale (11-5,
10)

10. Atlee (11-7,
9)
Others receiving
votes: Prince
George (10-6, NR); Henrico
(11-7, NR)

SOFTBALL TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

Rank, Team (Record, Previous Ranking)

1.

Thomas

Dale (17-1,

2)

2. Prince

George (16-1, 1)
3. Lee-Davis
(15-1, 3)
4. Patrick Henry
(16-1, 4)
5. Cosby (16-3,

5)
6. Midlothian (14-3,
6)

T-7. James
River
(11-5, 8)

T-7. J.R. Tucker (11-5, 7)
9. Matoaca

(11-7, 9)
10. Hermitage (10-7, NR)

Others
receiving
votes: Hanover (10-8, NR)

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Soccer Top 10s, 5/17/10

Posted on 17 May 2010 by .

Records as of Sunday, May 16
GIRLS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

1. Atlee (14-1, 2)

2.
Midlothian (8-2-2, 1)
3. Cosby (11-2-1, 3)

4. Deep Run (7-4,
4)
5. Mills Godwin
(8-4-1, 5)
6.
James River
(7-3-2, 6)
7. Thomas Dale
(11-1, 8)
8. Douglas

Freeman (8-3-1, 7)
9. Patrick Henry
(9-5-1, 10)
10. Hanover (7-6-1, NR)

Other
receiving votes:  J.R.
Tucker
(6-6-2, 9)

BOYS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

1. Deep Run (9-0-1,
1)

2. Cosby
(13-1-1, 2)

3. James River
(11-2, 3)

4. Thomas

Dale (13-1, 4)

5. Mills Godwin
(9-4-1, 5)
6. Lee-Davis (12-1-2, 7)

7. Patrick Henry (10-3-1, 6)
8. Matoaca
(11-3, 10)
9. Maggie
Walker GS (9-3-1, NR)
10. Monacan (7-4-1, 8)

Other receiving
votes: Meadowbrook
(11-3, 9)

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Softball, 5/11/10: #2 Dale 1, #1 PG 0

Posted on 12 May 2010 by .

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
(804) 240-2191

Coming into Tuesday’s monumental matchup with Prince George, Lacey Waldrop averaged 16 strikeouts per game.

But the talented junior only had seven strikeouts in a 4-0 loss to the Royals in the first matchup.

Boy did she make up for it.

The Florida State-bound pitcher racked up 23 whiffs in Dale’s 27 outs, as the Knights knotted up the Central District race with a 1-0 win over PG in nine innings, the Royals’ first loss of the season.

“Last game I didn’t have my best pitching,” Waldrop said. “I had a pitching lesson on this past Sunday to tune up everything and it seemed to work really, really well.”

Waldrop thoroughly dominated, with power and location, only surrendering three hits, two to Prince George’s terrific hurler, Lauren Vinson, another in the sixth to Ginny Miller.

Both reached second base on stolen bases but were left on the base paths.

PG’s Vinson turned in a sterling performance as well, with 12 strikeouts scattering four hits.

Runners reached third base twice on Vinson (Ashby Bryant – fourth inning, error & Logan Tollison – sixth, triple), but PG shut down both opportunities.

Then came the ninth inning.

With the game tied, the international rule went into affect, putting a runner on second base to start the inning. Dale executed, PG didn’t.

The Royals, ranked first in the DigitalSports Top 10 all year, couldn’t lay down a bunt and were unsuccessful in scoring their runner.

Bryant put down a nice bunt to move Waldrop to third in the bottom of the ninth for second-ranked Dale.

Next up was Kelci Simonsen, who wasn’t afraid to share Waldrop’s bright spotlight, pushing a Vinson pitch between shortstop and third to score Waldrop without a throw.

“I was completely relaxed,” said Simonsen. “I don’t get into pressure a lot.”

Though pressure games are left in the Central District, it is probable the two teams will meet again on the Saturday after the regular-season ends for the district title and the all-important automatic Central Region bid that goes with it.

“It’s tough,” Prince George coach Pat Waguespack said. “We just don’t see pitching like that often. When she’s throwing smoke … “

Prince George 000 000 000 – 0 3 1
Thomas Dale   000 000 001 – 1 4 1
Vinson and Landreth; Waldrop and Simonsen.
Records: Prince George (10-1 Central, 15-1); Thomas Dale (10-1, 16-1)

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Soccer Top 10s, 5/10/10

Posted on 10 May 2010 by .

Records as of Sunday, May 9
GIRLS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

1.
Midlothian (6-2-1, 1)

2. Atlee (9-1, 2)

3. Cosby (7-2-1,

5)

4. Deep Run (5-2, 4)
5. Mills Godwin
(5-3-1, 3)
6.
James River
(4-2-2, 6)
7. Douglas

Freeman (6-2-1, 7)
8. Thomas Dale
(6-1, 8)
9. J.R.
Tucker
(6-3-1, 9)

10. Patrick Henry
(5-3-1, 10)

Other
receiving votes: Monacan (3-4-4, NR)

BOYS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

1. Deep Run (8-0, 1)

2. Cosby
(11-1-1, 2)

3. James River
(11-1, 3)

4. Thomas

Dale (11-1, 6)

5. Mills Godwin
(8-4, 4)
6. Patrick Henry (9-2-1, 5)
7. Lee-Davis (10-1-2, 8)

8. Monacan (6-3-1, 7)

9. Meadowbrook
(10-2, 9)
10. Matoaca
(9-3, 10)

Other receiving
votes: Maggie
Walker GS (8-2-1, NR)

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Sticks Top 10, 5/10/10

Posted on 10 May 2010 by .

Records as of Sunday, May 9
BASEBALL TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

Rank,
Team (Record, Previous Ranking)
1. Manchester

(16-1, 1)
2. Matoaca
(11-2, 2)

3. Cosby
(12-3, 7)
4. Mills Godwin
(13-2, 3)
5. Lee-Davis (12-3, 8)

6. Hanover (12-4, 4)
7. Dinwiddie (12-4, 6)

8. Douglas
Freeman
(14-3, 5)
9. Atlee (9-5, 9)
10. Thomas

Dale (9-5, 10)

Others receiving
votes: Prince
George (9-5, NR); James River
(9-5, NR); Henrico (11-6, NR)

SOFTBALL TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

Rank, Team (Record, Previous Ranking)

1. Prince

George (15-0, 1)
2.

Thomas

Dale (14-1,

2)

3. Lee-Davis
(15-1, 3)
4. Patrick Henry
(14-1, 4)
5. Cosby (14-2,
5)
6. Midlothian (13-3, 6)

7. J.R. Tucker (9-4, 7)
8. James
River
(9-5, 8)

9. Matoaca

(10-7, 9)
10. Atlee (9-7, NR)
Others
receiving
votes: Mills Godwin (8-6, NR);
Dinwiddie (7-5, NR)

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Tennis Top 10s, 5/10/10

Posted on 10 May 2010 by .

Records as of Sunday, May 9
BOYS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

Rank,
Team (Record, Previous Ranking)


1.
Deep Run (12-0,
1)
2. Mills Godwin
(12-2, 2)
3. Cosby (15-0, 3)

4. Henrico (16-0, 5)
5. Douglas Freeman
(9-6, 4)
6. Maggie Walker GS
(12-3, 6)
7.
Atlee (13-2, 7)
8.
James River (12-3, 8)
9. Prince George (11-2, 9)
10.

Thomas Dale (8-1,
10)

GIRLS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

Rank,
Team (Record, Previous Ranking)

1. Mills Godwin
(16-0, 1)
2.
Atlee (14-0,

3)
3.
Deep Run (10-2,

2)

4. Midlothian (14-1, 4)

5. Cosby (12-4, 6)
6. Douglas Freeman
(10-4, 5)

7. Prince George
(15-0, 8)

8. Hanover

(9-5, 9)

9. Colonial Heights
(11-2, 10)
10. Maggie Walker
(5-4, 8) 


Other
receiving votes: Matoaca (9-4, NR)

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Soccer Top 10s, 5/4/10

Posted on 04 May 2010 by .

Records as of Monday, May 3
GIRLS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

1.
Midlothian (6-2-1, 8)

2. Atlee (9-1, 3)

3. Mills Godwin
(5-3-1, 1)
4. Deep Run (5-2, 2)
5. Cosby (7-2-1, 5)
6.
James River
(4-2-2, 4)
7. Douglas

Freeman (6-2-1, 9)
8. Thomas Dale (6-1, NR)
9. J.R.
Tucker
(6-3-1, 7)

10. Patrick Henry (5-3-1, NR)

Other receiving votes: Clover
Hill (3-4-4, 6)

BOYS TOP 10
Current

STANDINGS HERE!

1. Deep Run (5-0, 3)

2. Cosby
(10-0-1, 2)

3. James River
(9-1, 4)

4. Mills Godwin
(5-4, 1)
5. Patrick Henry (8-1, 6)

6. Thomas

Dale (8-1, 8)

7. Monacan (5-3-1,
5)

8. Lee-Davis (9-1-1, 7)
9. Meadowbrook
(8-2, NR)
10. Matoaca
(7-3, 7)

Others receiving
votes: Midlothian
(5-6, NR); Maggie Walker GS (6-2-1, NR); Colonial Heights (6-4, NR)

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