Thursday AND Friday Postponements, Rescheduling....

Here's the latest list of postponements and make-up dates for both Thursday AND Friday games across the county. If you have a game Thursday or Friday NOT listed, it is to be assumed that game is ON, but always check with your coaching staff FIRST.....

THURSDAY MARCH 20TH:

BOYS TENNIS:
Hanover at Varina, postponed (no make-up date announced)

BASEBALL:
Patrick Henry at Atlee, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm

SOFTBALL:
Patrick Henry at Atlee, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm
Lee-Davis at Douglas Freeman, ppd. to Monday April 7th, 6pm

GIRLS LACROSSE:
Glen Allen at Atlee, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 7pm

BOYS LACROSSE:
Atlee at Glen Allen, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 7:30pm

BOYS SOCCER:
Atlee at Matoaca (Scrimmage), Cancelled

JV BASEBALL:
Atlee at Patrick Henry, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm

JV SOFTBALL:
Atlee at Patrick Henry, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm
Douglas Freeman at Lee-Davis, ppd. to Monday April 7th, 6pm

JV GIRLS LACROSSE:
Glen Allen at Atlee, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 5:30pm

JV BOYS LACROSSE:
Atlee at Glen Allen, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 6pm

JV BOYS SOCCER:
Atlee at Matoaca (Scrimmage), Cancelled

FRIDAY MARCH 21ST:

BOYS LACROSSE:
Glen Allen at Hanover, ppd. to Monday, March 31st, 7pm

GIRLS LACROSSE:
Hanover at Glen Allen, ppd. to Friday April 11th, 7:30pm

BOYS SOCCER:
Midlothian at Hanover, ppd. to Monday April 21st, 7pm

GIRLS SOCCER:
Hanover at Midlothian, ppd. to Monday April 21st, 7pm

BOYS TENNIS:
Atlee at Lee-Davis, ppd. to Friday April 25th, 5pm

GIRLS TENNIS:
Lee-Davis at Atlee, ppd. to Friday April 25th, 5pm

JV BOYS LACROSSE:
Glen Allen at Hanover, ppd. to Monday March 31st, 5:30pm

JV GIRLS LACROSSE:
Hanover at Glen Allen, ppd. to Friday April 11th, 6pm
SPECIAL NOTE: Lee-Davis at Powhatan Scrimmage WILL be played Friday at 6pm. 

JV BOYS SOCCER:
Midlothian at Hanover, ppd. to Monday April 21st, 5:30pm

JV GIRLS SOCCER:
Hanover at Midlothian, ppd. to Monday April 21st, 5:30pm

Wednesday And Thursday Postponements....

Here is the latest on postponements on Wednesday AND Thursday events due to weather and wet grounds...

WEDNESDAY MARCH 19TH:

BOYS LACROSSE:
Patrick Henry at Hanover, ppd. to Monday 3/24, 7pm

GIRLS LACROSSE:
Hanover at Patrick Henry, ppd. to Tuesday 3/25, 7pm

BOYS TENNIS:
Atlee at Highland Springs, ppd. to Monday 3/24, 5pm

GIRLS TENNIS:
Highland Springs at Atlee, ppd. to Monday 3/24, 5pm

JV BOYS LACROSSE:
Patrick Henry at Hanover, ppd. to Monday 3/24, 5:30pm

JV GIRLS LACROSSE:
Hanover at Patrick Henry, ppd. to Tuesday 3/25, 5:30pm


THURSDAY MARCH 20TH:

BOYS TENNIS:
Hanover at Varina, postponed (no make-up date announced)

BASEBALL:
Patrick Henry at Atlee, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm

SOFTBALL:
Patrick Henry at Atlee, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm

GIRLS LACROSSE:
Glen Allen at Atlee, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 7pm

BOYS LACROSSE:
Atlee at Glen Allen, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 7:30pm

BOYS SOCCER:
Atlee at Matoaca (Scrimmage), Cancelled

JV BASEBALL:
Atlee at Patrick Henry, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm

JV SOFTBALL:
Atlee at Patrick Henry, ppd. to Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm

JV GIRLS LACROSSE:
Glen Allen at Atlee, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 5:30pm

JV BOYS LACROSSE:
Atlee at Glen Allen, ppd. to Thursday April 3rd, 6pm

JV BOYS SOCCER:
Atlee at Matoaca (Scrimmage), Cancelled

Latest On Tuesday's Postponements.....

POSTPONEMENTS: Here's the latest list of postponements for Tuesday sports....

TENNIS: The Patrick Henry/JR Tucker matches are rescheduled to Wednesday 3/26, same times and locations. The Atlee/Lee-Davis matches are reset for Friday 3/21, same time and locations.

BASEBALL: The Atlee at Matoaca game is postponed from tomorrow with no makeup date yet. The Patrick Henry at J.R. Tucker game is postponed to Wednesday March 26th.

SOFTBALL: The Atlee at Clover Hill game is postponed from tomorrow with no makeup date yet. The Patrick Henry at J.R. Tucker game, which was to be heard live on HCS Media Network, is postponed to Wednesday March 26th.

SOCCER: Lee-Davis at Douglas Freeman boys matches are rescheduled from tomorrow to Monday, March 31st. The girls matches at Lee-Davis have not been rescheduled yet. The Patrick Henry/J.R. Tucker boys and girls matches scheduled for tomorrow are now to be played on Friday (3/21), same times and locations.

In addition, the JV baseball and softball games between Hanover and Mills Godwin at Hanover are now rescheduled for May 8th.

Lacrosse Opener Rescheduled......

The Hanover/Glen Allen lacrosse matches scheduled to kick off the 2014 season, and the new VHSL era of lacrosse in Hanover County tonight, have been rescheduled for this Friday, March 21st.

Times and locations remain the same:

BOYS: Glen Allen at Hanover, 7pm (JV at 5:30pm)
GIRLS: Hanover at Glen Allen, 7pm (JV at 5:30pm)

The Lee-Davis/Patrick Henry matches that were scheduled for tonight have not been rescheduled as of 11:15AM Monday morning.

SCHOOL CLOSED MONDAY: No Lacrosse Broadcast....

Due to the late Sunday night wintry weather, Hanover County Public Schools are closed on Monday, March 17th. Employees are to use Code 2.

This also cancels our HCS Media Network broadcast of tonight's scheduled Girls Lacrosse match between Lee-Davis and Patrick Henry in Ashland.  We will endeavor to reschedule it if possible.

All other scheduled games and practices will be called off as well. Games include:

TENNIS: Hanover at Cosby (Boys); Cosby at Hanover (Girls)

BOYS LACROSSE: Patrick Henry at Lee-Davis, Glen Allen at Hanover

GIRLS LACROSSE: Hanover at Glen Allen

2014 BASEBALL PREVIEW!!

Here is our exclusive 2014 Baseball Preview as seen in Thursday's edition of the Hanover Herald-Progress!

From a defending state champion to a team whose roster was gutted by graduation, there are a myriad of storylines, questions, and hopes for success as the first pitch of the 2014 baseball season approaches.

HANOVER: (23-4, defending Group AAA State Champion) How do you top a trip to the mountaintop? Of course, you try again. 

But for the Hawks, they must replace some extremely talented players, beginning with shortstop Andrew Knizner, now leading the ACC in batting as a freshman with North Carolina State at .422. Also gone are final Capital District Player of the Year Keith Searles, Jeff Decker, Chris Gilliam and Brett Whitlow.

The strength for Hanover in their returnees begins on the hill with Derek Casey, the senior hurler who helped pitch the Hawks to the state title and has signed to play collegiately at the University of Virginia. Any rotation that starts with Casey will be very formidable. Add in Trevor Denton, Thomas Renfro and Anthony Zona, all seniors, and the Hawks return a load on the mound.

"This team's strength should be pitching and defense," said 11-year Hanover head coach Charlie Dragum. "We did not have a senior throw a pitch last season."

It's the bats where Dragum is looking for help, for new leaders. Josh Shepherd will anchor the infield and can get on base. Denton will add offensive punch playing the infield when not pitching. Cayman Richardson was a pleasant surprise last year as just a freshman as a situational player. His role should grow. Zona has infield experience as well.

Replacing Searles behind the plate will fall to either senior Ben Nachman or junior Brady Didlake. With such an experienced group of pitchers, that may be the key defensive change for the Hawks in 2014.

Taylor McDougal and Hayden Moore are the most experienced outfielders returning. Senior Jakob Pridemore, junior Elliott Sleed and sophomore Jacob Weis could see playing time.

Dragum's top priority in the offseason was "working on playing as a unit and get physically stronger."

"We can't get anything done without everyone pulling in the same direction," Dragum noted. 

In the new 4A classification, in Conference 20, their new postseason foes including old Capital rival Glen Allen, but also the likes of Midlothian, Monacan, Dinwiddie and J.R. Tucker. No longer will the Hawks have to fight through county brethren Atlee and Lee-Davis just to make the region playoffs.

But this doesn't make the road back to either region or state competition any easier, just different. But any team who can hand the ball to Derek Casey in a one-game, win-it-all situation has to be considered a favorite, at most any level.

PATRICK HENRY: (14-7, lost in Colonial District semifinals to Central Region champion Douglas Freeman) The first season back for longtime head coach Sam Hart had to be considered very successful, taking a group with a .500 past and winning 14 of 21 games, including a regular season win at perennial power Douglas Freeman.

But six seniors have departed, including ace Kyle Palmer (Radford), and catcher Joe Bugas (VCU). 

Returnees begin with junior Chesdin Harrington, who, when he isn't on the mound, anchors the infield defense at shortstop. He is talented at both positions, but does having to pull your shortstop to pitch on a regular basis a plus or minus overall?

Harrington is joined by fellow senior Joe Buehren in the rotation along with newcomer sophomore William Strong. Hart is looking to his mound triumvirate to help the Patriots get off to a good start. Buehren handles first base when not hurling. In between them, always at second base, is senior Tyler Starling.

Hart's biggest concern?

"We've got to find someone to take care of the catching position," Hart noted, not naming a starter to the Herald-Progress.. 

Riley Enright and A.J. Hart will return to give experience to the outfield.

With so many newcomers and some positions not settled as opening day approaches Tuesday at J.R. Tucker, Patriot fans can count on Harrington and Starling for consistency up the middle defensively, and for helping solidify the offense. 

They'll also be the fans' anchor for familiarity until they learn the many new names on the Patriots roster. The other unknown is the new Patrick Henry postseason road: Conference 16. They won't see Albemarle, Halifax, or Orange until they play for keeps in May. The regular season schedule is the same as past years, filled with county rivals and old Colonial District foes.

LEE-DAVIS: (11-9, lost in Capital District Semifinals to Atlee) Perhaps the most optimism in Hanover County is found off Route 360, as the Confederates return a boatload of experienced, and talented players, from a team that underachieved in 2013. 

Two senior commits to Division I schools anchor the squad: shortstop Brett Langhorne (Tennessee) and center fielder Haiden Lamb (VCU), also known for his blazing speed on this year's 5A State runner-up boys indoor track team. 

Add to them Josh Lam at third base, who is committed to the University of Mary Washington and can also pitch, catcher Adam Boyle, outfielder/pitchers Cody Powers and Patrick Holler, pitcher Andrew Sergent and first baseman Kevin France and there's reason to be excited at Lee-Davis.

Did we also mention sophomore pitcher Justin Sorokowski, nifty with the bat, and already committed to play collegiately in the ACC for Florida State? Yes, a sophomore. He could easily be the ace of the pitching staff.

The biggest replacement from graduation will be naming a new second baseman, where Sean King patrolled until graduating in June. Junior Adam Trice may fit that bill. Other promising newcomers include junior Brandon Fox and freshman Hunter Parker.

"We are senior-laden, we have experience, but it is our pitching staff that will need to really contribute," longtime Lee-Davis head coach Kenny Lewis said.

Those who witnessed their scrimmage at J.R. Tucker Tuesday evening may find that hard to believe. The Confederates defeated the Tigers by a 20-1 score. 

The fly in the Lee-Davis ointment is the new VHSL classification. They are now a part of Conference 11, absolutely loaded with talented teams, including defending Central Region champion Douglas Freeman, perennial powers Mills Godwin and Deep Run, and old Capital District foe Atlee. 

Only two of those five teams can advance to 5A South Regional play out of Conference 11. It will be a war of attrition come tournament time later in May. But it looks like the Confederates have the horses, on the mound and at the plate, to survive and advance.

ATLEE: (17-4, lost in Central Region quarterfinals to champion Douglas Freeman) A 3-2 loss to the Rebels ending not just a season, but an era at Atlee High School.

Names like Kenner Berry (Bridgewater), Luke Bolka (East Carolina), Dalton Ruch (University of Hartford), Evan Swecker and Steven Edmonds ended their Raider careers. Most of the starting lineup and top pitchers graduated.

So, in the new Conference 11, the most inexperienced team in the county will take the field under fiery head coach Barry Burton.

Experienced returnees are led by pitcher/infielder Cody Thompson, who can contribute on the hill, with the bat, and with the glove. He'll likely be joined at the top of the rotation by fellow senior Collin Bazemore. Justin Bishop could develop into a key member of the pitching staff.

Replacing Roy Coates at catcher will either be junior David Baughan or promising sophomore Henry Moore. 

Seniors competing for playing time include Michael Feild, Tyler Carter, Will Pritchett and Ryan Hooper, juniors Stephen Hurd, Brandon Crosby, Brett Ayer, Joseph Neagle and Andrew Simpson, and sophomores Andrew Foster and Johnny Friel.

That's a lot of new names for Raiders fans to digest, and with that, likely some growing pains and a learning curve. They won't have long. Opening week starts with a trip to Matoaca on Tuesday, followed by home games with Patrick Henry next Thursday and longtime region power Cosby a week from Friday.

New Conference 11 foe Deep Run comes calling on Monday, March 24th, meaning, by the end of the first week of the season, the Raiders will play four games and have a much better idea how much they miss the Class of 2013. 

2014 Softball Previews!!

Here are our softball previews that appeared in the March 13th edition of the Hanover Herald-Progress!

Since 2002, softball has been one of the most successful high school sports in Hanover County. Three teams have claimed state titles, the latest Lee-Davis in 2011. Patrick Henry was state runner-up in 2012, Atlee a state quarterfinalist in 2013. 

With eight returning starters and a new lease on life for the postseason, is this the year Hanover makes its mark?

HANOVER: (14-5, lost in Capital District semifinals to Lee-Davis) For two years, the Hawks have seen a good team lose to another good team one win away from the Central Region tournament.

For two years, Hanover has had to watch the rest of the county teams all advance to region play, on the outside looking in. Good enough to be a regional team, mind you, but always one win short.

They won't see the rest of the county come playoff time any longer. Add to that eight returning starters, and Hanover has loads of confidence heading into 2014.

On the mound, it's all up to Kiandra Mitchum. The senior commit to Christopher Newport has shared the mound with the now-departed Shannon Albright. Now Mitchum knows it's up to her, and she is ready for the challenge.

Her battery mate, senior Maura Long, is an experienced, fiery defensive field general. Other returning seniors are outfielder Jessica McLaughlin and 3B/1B Lacey Sullivan.

For all the talent the Hawks have, this is still a very young team. Eryn King is the long junior returning starter. Kaylyn Shepherd and Mackenzie Wyatt each had breakout seasons a year ago as freshmen, and will be counted on, especially offensively. Haley Gilbert and Erin Watkins also begin their second seasons on varsity as just sophomores.

Hanover welcomes JV call-ups juniors Tabby Dabney and Kristin Wilcox, and another talented freshman duo in Erin Acors and Emma Casey.

"We are focused on conditioning, strength, and agility, working together as a TEAM," said new head coach Stephanie Acors, her emphasis included. Acors moves up from the assistant coach position to replace Brian LeTourneau, who stepped down to spend more time with his young family.

"Our pitching will be counted on greatly, with Kiandra as our number one", Acors noted, adding the team is still determining early strengths and weaknesses thanks to all the weather disruptions during practice season.

Mitchum, Long, Shepherd and Wyatt all have what it takes to replace Albright's very productive bat. When the postseason begins, they'll be in the 4A classification, not 5A like the other county teams. In Conference 20, they'll battle Glen Allen, and new rivals Midlothian, Monacan, Dinwiddie, and J.R. Tucker. If they can advance from Conference 20 into the 4A South Regionals come late May, there's no reason to believe the 2014 Hawks can't experience a special season.

PATRICK HENRY: (18-3, lost to Lee-Davis in Central Region Quarterfinals) A year ago, there was so much change, or so it seemed, with Patrick Henry softball. Five seniors from a state runner-up team were gone. Who would pitch? Where would the offense come from?

And who is this young lady now in the third base coaching box?

A year later, there are plenty of answers and a resume to prove it. 

Candace Whittemore exploded onto the pitching scene, starting each game for the 18-3 Patriots, proving she belonged in the Hanover County pitching pantheon. She returns with her partner behind the plate, James Madison softball commit Ashley Samuels.

Samuels leads the offensive charge as well, with fellow future Duke, junior shortstop Paige Mitchell. Mitchell has been such an integral part of the Patriots' defense for so long, it's hard to believe she's not a senior. Mitchell's grand slam was part of a ten-run sixth inning that led Patrick Henry to a 15-1 win in a scrimmage with Caroline Tuesday afternoon.

Also returning from the final Colonial District champions are infielders Brooke Flexon and Beth Ford, both juniors, and outfielders Kendall Thomas (a senior, three-year starter), Briana Woody and Taylor Prokopis. Abby Clement and Alex Reed look to expand their roles.

And there are promising newcomers arriving from a successful JV team, including sophomore infielder Katie Dodson, juniors Taylor Adams and Mishala Terrell, and freshman Grayson Radcliffe.

Whittemore will likely inhabit the circle every game again, so her health is of utmost importance. But head coach Shelby Webb, already a proven coaching commodity after her debut last season, is very specific about how her team will operate in order to be successful once again.

"Everyone has to play their part in order for anything to be great. I am counting on my large number of returnees who have worked with a purpose in the off-season to set us off on the right foot," Webb said. "I am blessed to have a group that wants to work hard, wants to win, so hopefully that leadership and desire will transfer to game play."

In their new life in the 5A North Region, in Conference 16, there are plenty of unknowns. The Patriots won't see Albemarle, Halifax, or Orange before postseason tournament play in May, so wins over old Colonial District foes that line their schedule are critically important in building the best winning percentage possible for playoff seeding.

No one wants to start the playoffs with a trip to Halifax against a team you don't know. You want them to come to you.

The Patriots open their 2014 season at J.R. Tucker on Tuesday night at 6pm.

ATLEE: (18-4, lost to Great Bridge in Group AAA State Quarterfinals) They began 17-1, but finished 1-3 in the critical postseason. After taking the final Capital District regular season title, they lost the District and Central Region tournaments.

Now the Raiders come back with seven of nine starters back from the state participant. But, early on, the two who are gone will cast a long shadow.

The $64,000 question for Atlee all off-season has been, "Who replaces Jessica Holte at pitcher?". Holte leaves a big void, having become the first pitcher in University of Maryland at Baltimore County history to go 6-0 in her first six starts as a freshman. Who mans the circle?

Please welcome sophomore Laura Kate Moss and freshman Peyton St. George. Both will get their opporunity to prove themselves worthy of the title of Atlee starting pitcher. But head coach John Earley is looking for far more than that.

"My off-season priority was to find out who was going to take over the leadership roles since we lost Holte and (Taylor) Sutherland," Earley explained. Sutherland, a diminuitive and feisty defensive wall at shortstop, was also part of the glue that held the Raiders together. She is now playing at Roanoke College.

As for the returning seven, they are led in the infield by impressive sophomore third baseman Raine Wilson, who's ready for a breakout year offensively, power hitting first baseman Delani Ferrar and veteran senior catcher Cameron Hall.

Add to them the experience of right fielder Mattie Fitzgerald, center fielder Shelby Hill, outfielders Blair Jones and Malorie Fodill and second baseman Annamarie Worley, and the Raiders are unbelievably rich in talent, both offensively and defensively.

Riley Satterwhite and Coral Throckmorton return and are joined by freshman shortstop/outfielder Casey Barrett. 

"I believe our biggest strength will be experience, both with defense and facing good pitching,", Earley said. "The "X" factor for us is how we will approach every game since they are all important, and not just district games like the past."

Earley's grasp on the schedule and how it plays into postseason seeding and positioning cannot be understated. For any team, a loss in late March could cost them a home game come Conference Tournament time, even against a non-conference foe.

And with Atlee residing in Conference 11 along with Lee-Davis, Deep Run, Mills Godwin and Hermitage, there will be no easy road back to regional play, this time in 5A South.

It will be the potent hitting that dots the Atlee lineup coupled with well-played defense that will help the Raiders get out of the gate strong as their new pitchers get their baptism by fire into varsity softball. 

Atlee begins Tuesday at Clover Hill, then welcomes Patrick Henry next Thursday, and new Conference 11 foes Deep Run and Hermitage on March 24th and 27th. If the Raiders find solid pitching in time for the stretch run, their deep experience could position them for yet another long post-season odyssey.

LEE-DAVIS: (18-5, lost to Cosby in Central Region Semifinals) With the Confederates, as it is with Hanover and Patrick Henry, it begins in the circle, as Radford University commit Lauren McIntyre, still just a junior, begins her third full season as starter.

Her experience is immeasurable when it comes to leadership and ability to win the close game late and the game others think you cannot. She be joined in the battery by Brooke Martin, who moves into the catcher position to replace the now graduated Haleigh Cottrell.

The Stonebreaker sisters returns, as senior Kinsee anchors the right side of the infield at second base, while sophomore Kylie will see time in left field and can also spell McIntyre if necessary. Outfield staples, seniors Becca Fields and Victoria Houff return.

Among the newcomers for Lee-Davis are two freshman you should see early in the season: Ella Alvis, who can man either third base or shortstop, and Elizabeth Hudson, the possible answer at first base, when the Confederates have to replace Amy Wingfield, now contributing nicely as a freshman at Wingate University.

"Our strengths are leadership, work ethic, and fundamentals," Lee-Davis head coach Jackie Davis said. "But our weakness is youth."

Sometimes though, it's a good thing to have a talented group of young players who go out and play, execute and perform, not knowing they're not supposed to be threats to win a Conference, and battle for a region title.

Many will look at Lee-Davis' roster this season and see the glass half-empty, question lack of experience in some areas, and not the possible lack of depth.

Others will look at it half-full, careful to remind themselves how, in a similar depth situation last year, the Confederates rolled through the Capital District Tournament and finished a game short of a state tourney berth for the second straight season.

Lee-Davis may just fly under the radar, and become that team no one wants to face in the Conference 11 tournament, and if that's the case, it'll be just fine by them.

 

They begin their season next Thursday at new Conference 11 rival Douglas Freeman before hosting Matoaca next Friday.

FIRST ON HCS UPDATED: Patrick Henry Names Bryan Davis New Football Coach (New As of 1PM ET)

Patrick Henry High School announced this morning that Bryan Davis, a 1997 graduate of Ferrum College who last served as a head coach at Topsail High School in North Carolina, has been named their new head football coach.

Davis compiled a 40-30 record at the helm at Topsail over six seasons from 2007 to 2012. He resigned in April, 2013 citing family commitments. (More on that announcement can be found here.) Davis had four winning seasons during that span.

His father, Dave Davis, began coaching at Ferrum as an assistant in 1984, becoming head coach ten years later. He led Ferrum through the 2010 season whereupon he retired.

"We wanted someone who would be a good fit for our boys and would help us elevate PH football. We think we found that person in Bryan Davis," Patrick Henry principal Wanda Bibb said in a statement released to the press earlier this morning.

Davis is currently working at Jacksonville High School in North Carolina and formally cannot begin working at Patrick Henry until August 1st. Bibb said a "meet and greet" event for parents, students and staff with Davis is in the works as well as other events.

Davis becomes the third head coach at Patrick Henry since Ray Long's late 2009 retirement after 28 years at the helm, and 228 victories. Since that time, the Patriots have compiled a record of 12-28, while the other three high schools in the county have reached the postseason at least twice since 2011.

UPDATED NOTE: HCS has learned that Davis was set to become head coach at Warhill High School in James City County a year ago, but later resigned because a teaching position that he said originally was offered to him with the head coaching position did not come. He had worked two weeks with the football players before making the decision to return to teaching in North Carolina.

Details on the Warhill story are available in this story from the Hampton Roads Daily Press (@DP_Sports on Twitter) HERE.

HCS Media congratulates Davis on the appointment and looks forward to working with him and his staff. There was no immediate word on timetables of hiring assistants.

SNAPSHOTS: Randolph-Macon Men in the NCAA Tournament.....

In spite of the outcome, what an electric atmosphere in Crenshaw Gymnasium Friday night for the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament!

Double Blow: Randolph-Macon Men, Women See Season End in NCAA Tournament Round 1....

For the Randolph-Macon women, it was a learning experience for a team on the rise.

For the Randolph-Macon men, it was a devastating blow for a team primed for a deep run in March.

The women's team were soundly defeated by a fundamentally-sound Messiah College team 91-62 in New Jersey Friday evening to finish their season at 23-6. The Jackets finished second in the regular season, and went into the tournament as the ODAC Tourney Champions.

Patrick Henry duo Taylor Huber and Katie Anderson led Randolph-Macon with 16 and 13 points, while Hannah Livermon added 10.

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In front of a jam-packed Crenshaw Gymnasium crowd, the DeSales Bulldogs came to Ashland and avenged a loss from four years ago.

Teams change, so comparison isn't there. But tonight, the Bulldogs found a way to stop Randolph-Macon down low, holding Andre Simon to six points in his final game as a Jacket. A sterling free throw performance by senior guards Mike Coleman and Kyle Hash in the final minutes of regulation and overtime helped DeSales upset the Yellow Jackets 76-70.

"Credit DeSales. They made plays when they needed to, and we didn't do that," Randolph-Macon head coach Nathan Davis said, giving Coleman, who finished with a game-high 29 points, full credit. "He hits a deep three in overtime with a hand in his face, he hits a jumper on the baseline that was fully contested. It wasn't bad defense on our part. He made plays."

Coleman, and Hash, who ended with 26 points, gave full praise to their teammates down low for the defense that held Simon, Joe Hassell and Akeem Holmes to 16 points in the low post.

"Their defense kept us in the game in the first half," Hash noted.

So did a cold stretch for the Jackets. Up 27-18 with 4:00 to go, Randolph-Macon went scoreless the rest of the half, allowing DeSales to cut the lead to two at 27-25.

"We felt coming in that if we could keep it close in the first half, be 3-4 points either way with 7, 8 minutes left, we'd have a shot," DeSales head coach Scott Coval said.

Mission accomplished. In fact, the Bulldogs held a 60-55 lead with a minute to play, but fouled Trent Walker with 50 seconds left. Walker made both free throws for a 60-57 game.

In Randolph-Macon's best defensive possession of the night, the Jackets played the full shot clock, denied the Bulldogs the basket, and got the ball with 11.9 seconds left down three.

In a play Davis said he's run since his days at Bucknell, Chris Hamilton got the ball, and, with a DeSales Bulldog draped all over him, he hit the trey with 4 seconds left to force the extra session.

In a stunning admission, Coval said he believed Hamilton may have been fouled on the play. Had that been called, there may not have been overtime.

But the Jackets went cold again in the extra session, falling behind by as many as nine, watching their season slip away with every made Hash or Coleman free throw. The Bulldogs finished 25-of-28 at the line.

The season ends in harsh fashion for the Jackets, especially for seniors Simon and Jamie Robinson, who did not play in the game. Simon, the 40th player in school history to score 1,000 points, says he'll remember his teammates and the good times the most from his four years.

Tonight, for Simon, Davis, and Yellow Jacket Nation, will be tough to overcome for a long time. But Randolph-Macon returns everyone else next season, and, if Hassell and Holmes are able to take care of business down low, a sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament is certainly a possibility.

The Road Begins: Randolph-Macon Women's Hoops Off To New Jersey!

For the ninth time, the Randolph-Macon Women's Basketball team is on The Road to the Final Four!

Head Coach Carroll LaHaye and her team left Ashland earlier today for Madison, New Jersey for the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Tournament where they will face Messiah College on Friday at 5pm.

Complete details on the game, and how to listen, watch, or follow stats are available HERE.

We will, of course, offer real-time score updates on Twitter, @hanoversports and will be LIVE at Crenshaw Gymnasium Friday night when the Men's Basketball team opens their NCAA Tournament journey against DeSales at 7:30pm.

CHAMPIONS: Randolph-Macon Women's Hoops On Top of ODAC

ODAC Tournament MVP, Beaverdam native, and Patrick Henry graduate Katie Anderson scored 16 of her 21 points in the first half, while longtime teammate both at PH and R-MC, Taylor Huber, scored all 13 of her points after intermission, as Randolph-Macon held off Guilford 91-84 to win the 2014 ODAC Tournament Championship Sunday at the Salem Civic Center.

The title is the eighth in school history, all under head coach Carroll LaHaye, and the seventh since 2003. Randolph-Macon last won the league tournament in 2011.

The Yellow Jackets now earn the automatic bid from the ODAC into the NCAA Division III Tournament. Brackets will be announced this afternoon at 2:30pm ET.

SNAPSHOTS: Atlee Girls Basketball!

HCS salutes the Atlee girls basketball team for one of their best seasons since their 2003 State Group AAA Championship! Three of their seven losses came to powerhouse Highland Springs, including last night in the 5A South Regional Semifinal. They avenged an early loss to Hermitage by eliminating them in the Conference 11 Tournament.

Losing Cierra Shelton and Jayme Matthews to graduation, everyone else returns. They'll need a new #1 scorer to replace Shelton, but if they can find that, and get solid off-season improvement, especially in team shooting, the Raiders could make a return to Regional action come February, 2015.

Congratulations, Atlee!

THE WRAP: Another Tournament Classic for Patrick Henry; Hanover, Atlee Fall...

Late in the second half Friday night in Ashland, the Conference 16 Tournament Championship began to sound echoes of a game played 53 weeks earlier...

...the 2013 Colonial District Tournament Championship, where a outmanned Patrick Henry squad knocked off Mills Godwin in double overtime to win an emotional championship.

Fast forward a calendar year plus a few days, and the Patriots found themselves in a fierce battle with another set of Patriots, these from Albemarle High.

Last year Ashley Samuels fouled out early and had to watch. This year it was Amber Lee, leaving the game with 15 points, five minutes plus still on the clock. Samuels watched two overtimes from the bench last year.

Lee would watch three.

Patrick Henry and Albemarle would battle for 12 extra minutes before the visiting Patriots' immense size advantage wore down the Patrick Henry bench, called into duty after three starters were disqualified, capturing the 82-76 win in triple overtime.

Summer Price, who played all three extra sessions with four fouls of her own, scored 32 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, and had 10 steals. Price went over the 1,500 career point mark, but would gladly give that up to have made two three-point attempts in the final 70 seconds of the third overtime which could have forced yet another session.

PH had their chances, especially in the first overtime, when Albemarle went 0-for-7 at the free throw line at one stretch. Last year, Mills Godwin missed all of their free throws in the second overtime, not scoring a point in the final extra session on the way to the Patriot win.

This year, though, Patrick Henry couldn't take advantage. Critical turnovers doomed them. One in particular, a traveling call on Ashley Samuels when the Patriots led and had the ball. Samuels herself fouled out with 1:42 left in the first overtime.

PH led 66-63 in the final seconds of that extra session when Albemarle's KK Barbour, who led all scorers with 35 points, drained a three-pointer from the top of the key with seven seconds left to force a second overtime.

Price's drive to the basket to win at the end of double overtime fell off the mark. By then, Adams had also fouled out and the homestanding Patriots were short on height. Albemarle took full advantage, going on a 7-0 run to start the third and final overtime, mostly by drawing fouls on offensive rebounds down low. Their size simply overwhelming the remaining Patriots on the floor.

Patrick Henry is now 16-5 and turns its attention to the 5A North Regional Tournament First Round, where on Monday night at 6pm they will host Massaponax.

OTHER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS:

Conference 16 Boys: Halifax County 57, Patrick Henry 39 (Patriots host Massaponax in 5A North First Round Game Monday, 7:30pm)

Conference 20 Boys: Glen Allen 71, Hanover 44 (Hanover plays winner of Saturday's Conference 19 Final between Grafton and Smithfield on the road Tuesday in 4A South Region Quarterfinal)

Conference 11 Girls: Highland Springs 91, Atlee 32 (Raiders play Prince George Tuesday, 8pm at L.C. Bird High School in Chester in 5A South Region Quarterfinal)

CHAMPIONS: Jackets Clinch ODAC Title on Senior Night Over Tigers....

The perfect set-up Wednesday night at Crenshaw Gymnasium: Senior Night for Andre Simon and Jamie Robinson, a sold-out crowd pumped to face arch-rival Hampden-Sydney, and a chance to clinch the ODAC Tournament title.

Chris Hamilton decided to lead the party in Ashland, and single-handedly sent the Tigers back to Farmville disappointed.  Hamilton was 8-for-8 from three-point land, and hit three free throws when fouled behind the arc with 4.1 seconds left in the half as Randolph-Macon rolled 90-67 to clinch the regular season crown and the number one seed in next week's ODAC Tournament in Salem.

"He's the best shooter I've ever seen, and I have to guard him every day in practice," said Connor Sullivan, who had nine points on the night. "He's the best shooter in the country."

"I know my job here is to be a shooter," Hamilton noted. "It's great to have the confidence of my teammates and coaches to know whether I make five in a row or miss five in a row, they want me to shoot the ball."

His final trey, after the ball was almost knocked away from him, came when he pulled up from 30 feet in front of HCS Media's courtside position. When it went in the basket, the sold-out crowd, already providing the best atmosphere for a game in Crenshaw in years, exploded into celebration.

On Senior Night, Andre Simon wasn't called to carry the load inside, scoring seven points and happily finding ways to pass the ball to the hot outside shooters. The Jackets shot 56.7% from the field.

Lost in it all for the Tigers was a 49% shooting performance and great inside play from Khobi Williamson, who had 17 points, 8 on dunks, and 11 rebounds. But there was simply too much for the Tigers to overcome defensively.

Twelve Jackets scored in the game, a sign of their immense depth and ability to continually throw fresh, and talented bodies, at the opposition. If this team can avoid the "ice cold" shooting game, they could go further than the 2012-13 squad, who won the ODAC Tournament from the #3 seed, then made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division III Tournament despite having to travel six plus hours to play three weekends in a row.

Randolph-Macon looks to avoid a letdown in their regular season finale Saturday, 7pm, at Washington & Lee.

NOTES: The win was 112 overall for head coach Nathan Davis...witnessing the win at courtside was Hall of Fame head coach Paul Webb, the father of Randolph-Macon basketball with 315 wins from 1956 to 1975...in this, his fifth season at the helm, Davis has yet to miss an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Taylor Huber: ODAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week

Huber, a junior from Patrick Henry, shown below in Saturday's "Pink Day" victory over Guilford, led the team with 26 points in the contest, a win that clinched a bye in the first round of the 2014 ODAC Tournament.

Read more HERE:

Bazemore Wins Region Title; Three L-D Wrestlers Runners-Up...

The first-ever 5A South Region Wrestling Tournament this weekend at Clover Hill High School was both successful and disappointing for the Lee-Davis Confederates.

They'll send five wrestlers to next week's 5A State Championships, but their three representatives in Regional Final action Sunday night each fell short.

Hayden Keener at 113, Chris Morris at 132 and David Boyle at 152 all finished in the runner-up position. Lee-Davis as a team finished fifth overall in team competition.

For Atlee, one wrestler had a shot at the gold, and took advantage as Tanner Bazemore captured the 170 pound championship in a hard-fought 2-0 victory.

Congratulations to all county wrestlers this weekend at the 5A South and 4A South Tournaments and good luck to Patrick Henry at Monday's delayed 5A North Championship, moved to Leesburg at Tuscarora High School!

SUPER SATURDAY II: Atlee Swimming Wins Region; R-MC Women's Hoops Clinch Bye in ODAC....

Another Saturday FULL of action across a wide spectrum of sports around Hanover County, from basketball to swimming, wrestling to gymnastics, plus track & field!

BASKETBALL: The Randolph-Macon women's team clinched a first-round bye in the 2014 ODAC Tournament with a come-from-behind 80-74 win over Guilford at Pink Day in Crenshaw Gymnasium. Down 61-52 with 11:05 to play, the Jackets' defensive intensity picked up, as did their shooting percentage, and Randolph-Macon held the Quakers to just 13 points the rest of the way.

Taylor Huber (Patrick Henry) led with 26 points. Freshman Stephanie Staples (Atlee) had 8 points but several key plays defensively as her quick maturation process continues down low on both ends of the floor. The Jackets, now 11-3 in ODAC play, go to Washington & Lee Wednesday before coming home for Senior Day next Saturday to finish the regular season. Randolph-Macon can finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th in the ODAC. The top 4 seeds clinch first round byes in the conference tournament which begins for seeds #5 through #12 on Tuesday, February 25th.

The R-MC men's team overcame a very slow start to handle Emory & Henry 65-39 in the second half of the Crenshaw doubleheader. On a day where #2 Guilford and #3 Virginia Wesleyan both lost, the Jackets made sure they, too, did not slip, going on a 15-0 run after three straight Wasps treys had made it a 21-10 E&H lead.

Down 30-26 at halftime, the Wasps managed but 8 points in 17 minutes of second half action. By then, it was 60-34 and Nathan Davis' crew was in cruise control. Andre Simon led R-MC with 18 points.

Randolph-Macon is 12-2 in ODAC play, 18-5 overall with two games left. Guilford is second at 10-3, Virginia Wesleyan third at 10-4. The Quakers play the Wasps Monday in a makegood game from last week's storm. A win would put them just a game behind the Jackets.

Randolph-Macon celebrates Senior Night for Simon and Jamie Robinson on Wednesday when arch-rival Hampden-Sydney comes to Crenshaw for a 7pm matchup. The Jackets won in Farmville 69-60 on January 29th.

SWIMMING: The Atlee Raiders won the first-ever 5A South Region Girls Swimming Championship Saturday at Old Dominion University, outpacing Princess Anne 374-317. Great Bridge was 3rd at 266 points. Lee-Davis finished seventh overall with 161 points.

Freshman Olivia Fisher won two events for the Raiders, capturing the 50 Yard Freestyle in 24.06, and the 100 Freestyle in 52.40. Fellow freshman Molly Sheffield got a win for Lee-Davis by virtue of her 56.88 time in the Girls 100 Butterfly, winning by nearly two seconds over Jillian Breeger of Menchville.

The Raider boys placed third as a team with 305 points, behind winner Princess Anne (410.5) and runner-up Hickory (390.5). Lee-Davis finished eighth with 90 points. Wyatt Grubb won the 100 Butterfly in 51.95 and took third in the 100 Backstroke in a state-qualifying time of 52.04, while Jeremy Edwards took second in the 500 Freestyle in 4:52.49.

The county, between Atlee and Lee-Davis in 5A South and Patrick Henry in 5A North, will be well represented at the 5A State Championships next weekend at the new Collegiate School Aquatic Center in Chesterfield.

WRESTLING: Gray Hart, Corbin Allen, and T.J. Allen all won indvidual championships for Hanover at the 4A South Regionals at Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth tonight.

Hart defeated Malcolm Dawson of Nansemond River to win the 106-pound title, 7-4. At 120 pounds, Tyler Flora was pinned in 3:03 by Nick Garland of Nansemond River to finish second.

Corbin Allen, looking for a state title after finishing runner-up at the state level at 138 pounds last year and coming through a frustrating season with his ankle, won the 152 pound crown with a 7-3 decision over Carter Paige of Smithfield.

T.J. Allen takes the crown at 182 pounds by defeating Jake Tomlinson of Powhatan by pin in 3:07. Bishop Guempel fell just short at 195 pounds, losing to Elijah Cash of Deep Creek 14-2.

Though Hanover will fall short of the 4A South Region team title, they will be well represented at the 4A State Championship next Friday and Saturday at the Salem Civic Center.

Lee-Davis and Atlee began work in the 5A South Regionals at Clover Hill with semifinals and championship matches scheduled for tomorrow afternoon and evening in Chesterfield.

GYMNASTICS: Patrick Henry senior Kristen Valasek finishes third in the All-Around in the first 5A South Regional Meet held at Deep Run High School. For the second straight week, it was a fall on the beam that cost Valasek, this time a shot at the All-Around title.

She won the bars with a 9.8, placed third in floor exercise with a 9.725 and fourth on the vault at 9.575. Valasek advances to the 5A State Open Championship next Saturday in Virginia Beach.

(NOTE: We will update you on other county gymnasts as we receive results from the meet.)

TRACK & FIELD: Lee-Davis leads the men's competition over Atlee 48-32 after six events at Day 1 of the 5A South Region Track & Field Championships at Boo Williams SportsPlex in Hampton. The Atlee girls are currently second to Henrico, down 36-32, with Lee-Davis in seventh with 12 points.

Listed are Top 10 county finishers in each of Saturday's race. Action resumes on Monday.

Girls Pole Vault: 2) Madison Angus, Lee-Davis (9' 9"), 5) Erin McDaniel, Atlee (8' 9"), 6) Jordan Lipinski, Lee-Davis (8' 9"), 7T) Chelsea Rose and Numa Rehmani, Atlee and Yomna Soloman, Lee-Davis (8' 3").

Boys Pole Vault: 1) Bryce Simpson, Atlee (13' 6"), 2) Michael Doggett, Lee-Davis (12' 3"), 3) Henry Buyas, Atlee (12' 3"), 4) Charlie Buyas, Atlee (12' 3"), 9) D.J. Petty, Lee-Davis (10' 9")...

Girls Triple Jump: 2) India Lowe, Atlee (37' 2")

Boys Triple Jump: 3) Quintez Mason, Lee-Davis (43' 9"), 5) Haiden Lamb, Lee-Davis (41' 10 1/2")

Boys Shot Put: 4) Evan Griffey, Atlee (46' 1 1/4")

Girls 55 Meter Hurdles: 3) India Lowe, Atlee (8.75); 9) Sariya Kelley, Lee-Davis (9.19)

Boys 55 Meter Hurdles: 1) Lee Warren, Lee-Davis (7.34), 10) David Segovia, Atlee (8.27)

Girls 55 Meter Dash: 3) CeeCee Harris, Atlee (7.33)

Boys 55 Meter Dash: 2) Haiden Lamb, Lee-Davis (6.39), 7) Blake Stattelman, Lee-Davis (6.68)

Girls 4 X 800 Relay: 3) Atlee (Katie Gardner, Scarlett Bavin, Chloe Bavin, Katt Grasberger), 9:45.26, 9) Lee-Davis (Madison Doss, Lauren Lewis, Hailey Warren, Shelby Rathert), 10:31.85.

Boys 4 X 800 Relay: 1) Lee-Davis (Grayson Morgan, Sheldon Harris, Josh Grant, Paul Adam) 8:06.30, 3) Atlee (David Segovia, Andrew Franco, Tre Fields, Nathaniel Hall) 8:12.12.

HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS: Lee-Davis got one more shot at regular season play in makegood games with Maggie Walker Governors School Saturday, with the girls winning at home 40-33, the boys surviving in Richmond 59-57.

For the ladies, Kerstin Winston led the way with 17 points while Imoni Boothe added 11. On the boys side, Irving Jones poured in 24 points to helped the Confederates to victory.

BASKETBALL: Conference 11 Tournaments Are Set!!

Here they are, the brackets for the Inaugural Conference 11 Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments to begin on Tuesday, February 18th:

BOYS:
#8 Douglas Freeman at #1 Deep Run, 7:45pm
#5 Hermitage vs. #4 Mills Godwin, 7:45pm at Atlee HS
#7 Atlee vs. #2 Henrico, 7:45pm at Hermitage HS
#6 Lee-Davis at #3 Highland Springs, 7:45pm

Boys Semifinals will take place on Wednesday February 19th at 6pm and 7:45pm at Hermitage High School. The Conference 11 Boys Tournament Championship will be Friday February 21st, 8pm, at Hermitage.


GIRLS:
#8 Douglas Freeman at #1 Highland Springs, 6pm
#5 Mills Godwin at #4 Deep Run, 6pm
#7 Lee-Davis at #2 Hermitage, 6pm
#6 Henrico at #3 Atlee, 6pm

Girls Semifinals will take place on Thursday February 20th at 6pm and 7:45pm at Highland Springs High School. The Conference 11 Girls Tournament Championship will be Friday February 21st, 6pm, at Hermitage High School.

REMINDER: The top two teams from each Conference (tournament winner and runner-up) will advance to the 5A South Regional Tournament beginning Tuesday, February 25th.

SCHEDULE UPDATES: As of Friday, 3PM (changes in bold italics)....

EVENT UPDATES:

1) 5A South Region Gymnastics Championships ARE ON for tomorrow at Deep Run High School! First rotations begin at 12:45pm. This affects all four county schools.

2) 5A North Region Wrestling Tournament (Patrick Henry) moved to Monday 2/17 at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg. It will be a one-day tournament. Schedule being made now, will be released later today.

3) 5A South Region Wrestling Tournament (Atlee/LD) STILL ON for tomorrow AND Sunday at Clover Hill High School. First round matches set to begin at 2pm, second round at 7pm. Sunday begins with semifinals at 1pm, championships approximately 7:30pm.

4) 4A South Wrestling Tournament (Hanover) is now a one-day event scheduled for tomorrow, still at Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth.

5) 5A South Track & Field Championships are now a Saturday/Monday affair at Boo Williams SportsPlex in Hampton.

6) We await updated word on the 5A North Track & Field Championships that were to occur this weekend at George Mason University....

7) 5A South Swimming Championships are now a one-day event, still at ODU, on Saturday.

BASKETBALL:

--Hanover boys have clinched the top seed in the Conference 20 Tournament starting Tuesday, receive a bye to the semifinal round where they will play the winner of Dinwiddie and Caroline in the semifinal round.

--Patrick Henry girls have the top seed in the Conference 16 Tournament and host #4 Orange Tuesday at 7pm in Ashland. A win would put them as host for the Tournament Final on Friday against the winner of Halifax/Albemarle.

--Patrick Henry boys are the #3 seed in the Conference 16 Tournament and will travel to Albemarle for a semifinal game at 7:15 Tuesday night.

--Conference 11 Brackets were released just after 5pm Friday and are now here on our website in the post above this one!

THE WRAP: SUPER SATURDAY: R-MC Wins Two More, Atlee, Hanover, PH Celebrate Post-Season Wins!

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Randolph-Macon's men's team won its 13th straight game, 84-72 Saturday over Lynchburg to up their ODAC mark to 11-1, tops overall in the conference. The Jackets had six scorers in double digits, led by Andre Simon's 16 points, and are now 17-4 overall.

The Yellow Jackets women's team took an 83-71 victory at Hollins University Saturday afternoon as Sarah Parsons returned from a concussion to score 16 points. Taylor Huber added 11 for the Jackets, now 9-3 in the ODAC, alone in the 3rd place, and 16-5 on the season.

TRACK: The Atlee girls team won the first-ever Conference 11 Tournament Team Championship Saturday evening at the Arthur Ashe Center. The Raiders scored 120 points to hold off runner-up Mills Godwin (115). Leading the way were India Lowe, winning the 55 Meter Hurdles in 8.82, the 4 X 200 Relay Team of Zaliah Carey, Sarah Spinner, CeeCee Harris, and Lowe in 1:52.79, and Betsy Chilcoat, the first-ever girls shot put Conference champion at 36 feet, 5 inches.

The Lee-Davis boys placed second as a team at the Conference 11 event, finishing with 124 points behind champion Highland Springs, who had 137.5 points.

GYMNASTICS: Patrick Henry swept the top two positions in All-Around Individual competition en route to a second place team finish at the inaugural Conference 11 Gymnastics Tournament Saturday at Deep Run. Kristen Valasek, two-time defending Central Region Champion, won the All-Around with 37.175 points, just ahead of teammate Keion Greenhow, 2nd in the overall with 36.925 points.

Greenhow won the vault competition with the tournament's top individual score: 9.7. Valasek was victorious on the bars at 9.425. Lee-Davis' Becca Fields had a fine floor performance, winning that competition with a 9.625. Teammate Madison Godsey placed second at 9.575, while Valasek was third at 9.450.

Many county gymnasts will compete at the first-ever 5A South Region Championship next Saturday at Deep Run.

SWIMMING: Lee-Davis' boys and girls teams both placed fourth against usually rugged 757 competition in the inaugural Conference 9 Tournament Saturday in Virginia Beach. Individual winners include Hannah Ikenberry in the Girls 100 Backstroke (1:09.90) and the 200 Freestyle (2:12.48), Jordan Witherow in the Boys 400 Freestyle (4:20.84), and Molly Sheffield in the Girls 200 IM (2:26.98).

WRESTLING: Hanover overcame a five-point deficit in the championship round to overtake Glen Allen and win the first-ever Conference 20 Tournament in Dinwiddie. After a long season suffering through and overcoming injuries, Hawks head coach Aaron Bradley was named Conference 20 Coach of the Year. Individual champions were Bishop Guempel, Corbin Allen, T.J. Allen, Tyler Flora, Gray Hart, and J.D. Gregory.

Lee-Davis had a successful Conference 11 Tournament with four individual champions, capped off by Hayden Keener being named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Year in the conference! The team, however, fell just three points short of the Team title, 203-200 to host school Mills Godwin. Atlee finished in fifth place overall. Andrew Anthony, David Boyle, and Chris Morris joined Keener as individual champions.

TOURNAMENT ALERTS!

The Patrick Henry girls track & field team captured the inaugural Conference 16 Tournament Wednesday at Fork Union Military Academy, advancing to the Class 5A North Regional Tournament!

In gymnastics tonight, the host Hanover Hawks placed second as a team in the first-ever Conference 12 Tournament. With the finish, the Hawks qualify for the 5A South Gymnastics Regional Championship!

Congratulations Patriots and Hawks!!!

National Signing Day 2014 Videos On YouTube!!

You can watch all 11 of our interviews with student-athletes making their decisions on this National Signing Day 2014 on our YouTube Channel!  Visit it now by CLICKING HERE!

THE WRAP: Signature Win for Atlee Girls Basketball at Patrick Henry....

Watch out for the Atlee Raiders. On a tear since winning their bracket at the Boo Williams/Ronald Curry Christmas Classic in late December, they found a signature win Monday night in Ashland.

The Raiders ran away from Patrick Henry in a surprising showing of relentless defense and the offensive combination of Cierra Shelton and Ashley Weaver, routing the Patriots 76-47.

Atlee (10-4) went on a 32-17 run over ten minutes, encompassing the final two minutes of the first half and the entire third quarter. Shelton had 13 of her points during a seven-minute stretch of the third alone.

Amber Lee led Patrick Henry (11-3) with 17 points while Summer Price, saddled with foul trouble most of the night, added 16. The loss was the first for the Patriots since a 38-37 loss to Hermitage December 23rd.

"Our first goal was to win the county, then move on to bigger goals," Atlee head coach Michael Rawlings said. "So far, we've done that. We've grown so much from day 1, day 2, day 3."

The Raiders get a chance to avenge one of their losses when they travel to Glen Allen Tuesday night to face the 13-4 Jaguars.

Patrick Henry regroups and travels to Douglas Freeman Wednesday before Senior Night Friday against Deep Run in a game to be heard live on HCS Media Network.

VIDEO EXTRA: Watch HCS Media Network's exclusive post-game interview with Cierra Shelton of Atlee BY CLICKING HERE!

THE WRAP: Huge Victories For Randolph-Macon at "Back To The Hive"

On a day where the cornerstone of Randolph-Macon College basketball, Paul Webb, was honored, on the 25th Anniversary of the "Back to the Hive" celebration, the Yellow Jackets, both women and men, put on shows to remember against the top of the ODAC.

The women used a red-hot run from Hannah Livermon and tremendous aggression on both ends of the floor to run away from Lynchburg 91-73 to improve to 7-3 in ODAC play, 14-5 overall. Katie Anderson led the way with 24 points, Taylor Huber had 23. But it was Livermon's 10-point outburst in less than 3 minutes approaching the halfway mark of the second half that put the game out of reach.

Not to be outdone, the Yellow Jacket men took the court in front of Randolph-Macon royalty and proceeded to rout the only league team to hand them a loss. The Jackets defeated Guilford 103-58 to move to 9-1 in the conference, first place to themselves, avenging an overtime loss in Greensboro in late November.

Randolph-Macon shot an amazing 65 percent from three-point range (13-of-20). Chris Hamilton led with 16 points. He, Jamie Wilson, and Connor Sullivan each had mini-runs from beyond the arc as the Jackets just kept building and building and building the lead.

Guilford never got into offensive rhythm, shooting 29.8% for the game.

Head Coach Nathan Davis was certainly pleased with the performance, but has bigger goals in mind, encapsuled by his early statement to reporters after the contest.

"I need to make sure this is not the best game we play this season," Davis stated, clearly not planning on allowing his team to peak too soon, with the ODAC Tournament still 4 weeks away. Davis also pointed out that with a veteran team, he expects that element to keep the upward mobility going.

Their next test, for a chance at a 12th straight victory, is at Bridgewater on Wednesday night. The Jackets were 8-0 in January and last lost at #2 ranked Cabrini 98-91 December 18th.

As for the women's team, they look to get a game closer to a first-round bye in their ODAC Tourney when they host Virginia Wesleyan Tuesday night at Crenshaw Gymnasium. The Jackets and Marlins are in a three-way tie for third in the ODAC with Guilford. The top four teams get a bye straight to Salem on the final week of February.

ADDED: HCS Media Network to air PH/Hermitage Girls, Round 3 on February 14th!

On the final scheduled night of the regular season, HCS Media Network brings you a special treat for Valentine's Day!

It's the final high school meeting in the storied rivalry between Patrick Henry's third all-time leading scorer, Summer Price, and Hermitage's junior standout, Destini Walker, as the Patriots come to The Herm to battle the Panthers!

Airtime will be 5:45pm EST live from Hermitage High School!

SNAPSHOTS: Atlee/Hanover Basketball

A look back at Friday night's rivalry showdown between Atlee and Hanover!

In games heard live on HCS Media Network, the Atlee girls downed Hanover 51-27 behind Cierra Shelton's 23 points, while the Hanover boys held off Atlee 74-69, turning back three different comeback attempts to hold on for the win to move to 11-5.