John Vasvary used to have a running joke with the late Jim Whorley.

Originally, the plan was for two new multi-purpose practice fields behind Brookville Middle School. Now, the Campbell County School System will only be able create one new field, because of a wetland on the property.

DRY FORK — Jessi Chandler trucked around the bases for an unusual triple shortly after Brookville tied the game in the sixth inning, punctuating a contest filled with wild momentum swings by slapping a grounder up the middle that caught a lip in the field and took an extreme leap over the center fielder’s head before rolling to the fence.

Carpe diem.

Brookville senior Andrew Epperson had the Latin motivational phrase, which translates “Seize the day,” tattooed on his right biceps on New Year’s Eve Day.

He will try to live it out tonight on the first day of competition in the Group AA state track and field championships at Harrisonburg High, where he is seeded first by a full foot in the pole vault.

STUARTS DRAFT — Facing the Seminole District’s Pitcher of the Year was bad enough for the upstart Stuarts Draft softball team.

Committing two first-inning errors to spot Brookville’s Nicole DeFilippo a 3-0 lead before she even sniffed the circle was worse.

The bats falling asleep? That just sealed the Cougars’ fate as they could only muster three hits en route to a 7-1 loss to the Bees in the Region III quarterfinal round.

Unconventional doesn’t begin to describe Jefferson Forest’s 3-0 Seminole District tournament semifinal win over Brookville on Wednesday at Forest Middle School.

Though their records don’t show it, the starting pitchers in Monday’s Seminole District baseball tournament opener — Brookville’s Jay Graham and Liberty’s Jake Tanner — were their staffs’ aces.

Seminole District wrestler of the year Zeb Stewart was ranked No. 1 all season at 130 pounds, coming off a third-place finish at the Group AA state championships in Salem.

Brookville freshman Amber Wingfield emerged as a natural breaststroke swimmer when she started competing with the Lynchburg YMCA team at the age of 8.

Playmaker. Floor leader. World-beater.

You name it, Logan Thomas did it for Brookville’s boys basketball team this past season.

He led the Bees to the Group AA, Division 3 state playoffs for the first time since the late 1980s before losing to eventual state champion Cave Spring.

“He did everything for us, to some degree,” coach Chris Young said. “He was a game-changer, a kid who could take over a game.”

Alec Thompson and Jay Graham have been playmates since they were 6 and 7 years old, respectively.

“Me and Jay have played together ever since we were little so we’re used to playing beside each other,” said Thompson, who started at safety in the Bees’ secondary this past fall, flanking Graham at cornerback.

Now, they’re among the veterans of a Brookville baseball team brimming with potential.

Split divisional playoffs in Group A and AA have opened the door for five area boys and girls basketball teams to qualify for the state playoffs, which tip off tonight when Brookville meets Cave Spring in a Division 3 quarterfinal at 8:45 p.m. at the Salem Civic Center.

“We’re all excited, including me,“ coach Chris Young said of the Bees reaching state for the first time in 21 years. “We started the season saying this is where we wanted to be and I think our players are prepared. They’re excited, full of en-ergy, and hopefully we can come out, execute our game plan and get a W.“

Backed by a balanced scoring attack and a stingy defense, Liberty’s boys basketball team knocked off Brookville 53-40 on Saturday night in the Hive to capture the Region III, Division 3, tournament title.

Seven different Minutemen scored, including a 16-point outburst from Kordero Thompson. The 6-foot-3 Thompson was adept all night at creating his own shot and finishing at the rim, where he scored the bulk of his points.

Chris Glaize could brag at one time of being on Brookville’s only state playoff basketball team. Now he can boast of being a member of both.

Glaize, a Bees assistant coach, was the starting point guard for Brookville’s state playoff team in 1988, which before Friday night was the last year the Bees made the playoffs.

They clinched their second state playoff appearance with a 46-38 win over visiting Lord Botetourt on Friday.

STAUNTON - Robert E. Lee had all but locked up its game with Brookville on Tuesday night.

With just over four minutes left in the final quarter, the Leemen were leading the visiting Bees 36-24, but a 22-7 run to end the game gave Brookville a 48-43 overtime victory in the Region III, Division 3 quarterfinals.