Chris Walker wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice. After leaving a 3-1 fastball over the plate for Robert E. Lee’s Joseph Wood to lead off the sixth and watching him send it into the trees and circle the bases, Rustburg’s pitcher faced Wood again with two on and two out in the seventh, guarding a four-run lead.

FOREST — Seminole District regular season champion Jefferson Forest led 5-1 with two outs in the top of the sixth when Rustburg’s smallest player — second baseman Chad Wisecarver — stepped to the plate with the bases loaded.

That’s when Wisecarver did something he hadn’t done since he played Dixie Youth Baseball — he put one over the fence.

RUSTBURG — How emotional and closely contested was Thursday night’s Seminole District volleyball clash between frontrunners Rustburg and Jefferson Forest?

“It gave me a heart attack,” Red Devils middle hitter Katie Tyree said after she and her teammates overcame a two-game deficit to stage a 20-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 16-14 triumph.

RUSTBURG — Heritage showed its youth on Friday in a hard-fought 12-7 victory over Rustburg.
The Pioneers, who return just one starter on offense and five on defense, committed 13 penalties and fumbled five times, losing two, but still managed to grind out a win in the season opener for both teams.