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Cavaliers, Bees to settle Brookville Duals final Wednesday at JF

The crowning of a champion for the Brookville Winter Classic wrestling tournament will have to wait until Wednesday night. The host Bees and Jefferson Forest went undefeated through their respective pools and decided to put it all on the line when they meet for their Seminole District regular season match at JF.

01/22/2012 12:08 AM

Woody showed poise in repeating as The N&A football coach of the year

Throughout his seven-year career as Brookville’s head football coach, Jeff Woody has emphasized to his teams the importance of maintaining composure through adversity. He certainly was an excellent example for the Bees to emulate this past fall, keeping his cool and remaining calm under pressure through the ups and downs, highs and lows of a perfect season.

01/20/2012 11:57 PM
Lancers thwart Pioneers' comeback bid

After scoring Amherst’s first five points, junior point guard A.J. Richerson got into foul trouble early in Friday night’s Seminole District showdown at Heritage and sat out for long stretches of the first half. He returned after halftime with a renewed mind and purpose and helped seal the Lancers’ 59-54 victory by drawing back-to-back fouls in the backcourt and drilling two free throws with 16 seconds left, extending a two-point lead to four.

01/20/2012 11:37 PM
Wilson was a human highlight reel for Raiders

Appomattox senior Josh Wilson was a reluctant quarterback, but wound up being the next Kenny Scott behind center for the Raiders, and was named The News & Advance all-area football offensive player of the year two years after Scott received the honor.

01/20/2012 12:44 AM
All-area football offensive team capsules

The News & Advance all-area football team capsules.

01/20/2012 12:33 AM
All-area defensive football team capsules

The News & Advance all-area football defensive team profiles.

01/19/2012 1:07 AM
Gretna's Miller turned into a ball Hawk for state champions

An offensive workhorse, Gretna senior Tony Miller didn’t start playing defense with a passion until this past season, when he shifted from outside to inside linebacker and anchored a defense that yielded just 9.3 points per game for the Group A, Division 2 state champion Hawks.

01/19/2012 1:01 AM
Thomas twins too tough for teams to handle

Amherst senior twins Justin and Marcus Thomas found their niches in different places in part so they didn’t have to compete with one another for playing time.

01/19/2012 12:55 AM
All-area girls cross country teams announced

All-area girls cross country capsules.

01/18/2012 1:55 AM
JF senior Deis saved best for last, at AA state meet

"It was a risk," Jefferson Forest cross country runner Mary Deis said. "It was a big risk." The senior was referring to her gamble to change her training regimen heading into her biggest race of the year and her last race as a Cavalier, the state cross country championships.

01/18/2012 1:43 AM
JF boys use 15-0 spurt to blow past Brookvile

FOREST — Things were not going according to plan for host Jefferson Forest’s boys basketball team early in Tuesday’s Seminole District contest against Brookville, a rematch of an early-season overtime triumph in the Bees’ Hive. "When we came out in the first quarter, we didn’t do any of the things we had talked about before the game," Cavaliers coach Paul Smith said. "Our three keys were getting the ball inside, limiting our turnovers and for our defense to keep them out of the lane."

01/18/2012 1:38 AM
No. 1 Dan River blows past Gretna with second-half surge

In the top-ranked Wildcats’ 66-45 Dogwood District victory Tuesday over Gretna, Dan River exhibited the beautiful and fluid motion of its pressing defense and up-tempo offense that makes the team so dangerous.

01/17/2012 11:01 PM
Rustburg's Heath earns All-Area girls volleyball honor

Michelle Heath is The News & Advance’s all-area girls volleyball player of the year.

01/16/2012 7:11 AM
LCA goes 5-0 at Lancer Duals; Bees win Black & Blue Division of Va. Duals

The six area schools in Saturday’s Lancer Duals got their fill of wrestling, competing in a VHSL-limit five matches each in the 16-team event, won by Liberty Christian Academy, a 40-30 victor over Northside in the championship final.

01/15/2012 12:07 AM
Glass's depth sinks Brookville in Seminole District dual meet

Quantity overcame quality in E.C. Glass’ boys and girls swim teams’ Seminole District dual meet sweep of Brookville, Friday night at the Downtown Lynchburg YMCA pool. The Hilltoppers used superior numbers to edge the Bees, who featured a couple more elite swimmers on both sides. Glass wound up winning the girls race 88-73 to improve to 8-1, 4-0 in district, and the boys meet 83-75, to go to 7-2, 3-1.

01/14/2012 12:03 AM
No. 1 Dan River survives battle against disciplined Altavista

Dan River associate coach Ben Elliott told the players in the locker room following the Wildcats’ 48-42 victory Friday night over Altavista that the game was a war that the team needed to prepare itself for the remainder of the season.

01/13/2012 10:58 PM
North Cross football coach, 11 players earn VISAA all-state honors

Stephen Alexander names all-state coach of the Year. 8 players make first team all-state

01/13/2012 11:26 AM
Trey Edmunds named to Parade Magazine All-American team

Dan River senior and Virginia Tech football recruit Trey Edmunds is the first player in school history to be named to the Parade Magazine All-American high school football team. The 49th edition of the All-American team will be revealed in Sunday’s edition of the Parade Magazine.

01/12/2012 6:49 PM
Bowyer wrestles with brother's loss, learns new ways to win

Jefferson Forest 160-pound senior Josh Bowyer still grapples with the death of his older brother Chris, a former football and wrestling standout at JF who took his own life the summer before his freshman year at Virginia Tech in 2008. But rather than dwelling on the loss of his only sibling, he’s kept it in perspective, using it as motivation.

01/12/2012 12:26 AM
Lancers impale Hilltoppers in second half

AMHERST — When E.C. Glass’ Daniel Bowling tied Tuesday night’s Seminole District showdown with Amherst at 30 less than 10 seconds into the second half, most of the Lancer faithful in attendance expected a shootout. "They hit a 3 coming out of the half and I thought, ‘Here we go. We’re going to have a dogfight the rest of the way,’" Amherst coach Eddie Carter said.

01/10/2012 11:55 PM
LCA, E.C. Glass have strong showings on area tracks

Liberty Christian Academy senior William Miller won the 500 meters by nearly two seconds in 1:07.02 and anchored the runner-up 1,600 relay (3:34.08), setting school records in both to highlight Saturday’s Bulldog Invitational at Liberty University’s Tolsma Indoor Track Center.

01/07/2012 11:00 PM
Wildcats cruise past Raiders to remain unbeaten

APPOMATTOX — By the time that Dan River had shot out to a 19-point lead in the first minutes Friday night, Appomattox coach Travis Cottrell knew what the problem was. "I think we hyped them up in our minds a lot more than what was actually going on," Cottrell said of the Raiders’ opponent, Dan River, which used a sublime opening 10 minutes of basketball to build a huge lead and cruise to a 70-53 win. "I think our kids thought they were playing a Division I championship team. I mean, they’re a great team. But we can actually play with them. Once we settled down, it was more back and forth."

01/07/2012 12:29 AM
Heath commits to William & Mary for volleyball

RUSTBURG — Besides being an exceptional athlete, and one of the more powerful spikers and jump servers to come through the Lynchburg area, Rustburg senior outside hitter Michelle Heath has a pretty good head on her shoulders, as she showed by committing to continue her volleyball career at William & Mary at Friday afternoon’s signing ceremony. She brings a stellar athletic and academic résumé to Williamsburg, where she plans to study for a career in forensics.

01/07/2012 12:03 AM
Bees spurt past host Pioneers in fourth quarter

Brookville girls basketball coach Warner Dyke lit a fire under the Bees during two third-quarter timeouts and they responded, outscoring host Heritage 23-11 in the fourth quarter of Friday’s 57-50 triumph. "I just thought we were being passive at both ends of the floor," Dyke said. "I didn’t think we were attacking the basket. I didn’t feel like we were playing very aggressively defensively. When our aggressiveness picked up, we started playing better."

01/06/2012 11:34 PM
LCA to host big indoor track, wrestling events this weekend

Between wrestling and boys and girls indoor track, approximately 100 teams will be in action for this weekend’s Bulldog Invitationals, hosted by Liberty Christian Academy. LCA’s wrestling team, off to a 7-0 start in dual meets and winners of two tournaments, will host its annual invitational starting today at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m.

01/06/2012 2:17 AM