By Brian Hoffman
FINCASTLE – The James River girls will play host to Covington tonight in a key Pioneer District basketball game. The Knights can tie the Cougars for the Pioneer District lead with a win.
“If we win and also defeat Highland on Friday, that will force a play-off with the Cougars for the regular season championship,”...
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By Brian Hoffman
Jessica Simmons delivered and the batter swung and missed. Bedlam erupted on the field and the girls on the bench sprinted onto the field to join the celebration, their feet barely touching the ground.
In the corner of the Radford University dugout, John Shotwell just smiled and put a “K” in his scorebook for the...
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By Edwin McCoy
RICHMOND – Radford’s and James River’s boys basketball teams have their second date of the season Saturday at 5 p.m. in Richmond.
The Region C, Division 2 rivals advanced to the state championship game Thursday night—but in different fashions.
Radford needed overtime to take out Lancaster 67-61 while James River breezed past George Mason 65-31 at...
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By Brian Hoffman
The James River golfers were off to Wytheville Tuesday to participate in the Region C golf tournament. Results were too late for publication, but the Knights had high hopes after winning the Pioneer District tournament last week.
River shot a team score of 328 to win the Pioneer tourney at the Vista Links course in...
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By Brian Hoffman
For the first time since 1993, James River can claim to have the best football team in Botetourt County.
The Knights stunned host Lord Botetourt last Friday with a convincing 15-9 win over the host Cavaliers as their intra-county rivalry continued in Daleville. River dominated the line of scrimmage, and thus the game, as the...
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By Brian Hoffman
A point here, a point there could have made the difference. But things didn’t fall James River’s way last Saturday and the Knights were edged by Manassas Park in their quest for a Group A state girls track championship. James River took runner-up honors at Radford University’s Cupp Stadium, with 51 points to the...
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By Edwin McCoy
James River’s baseball, softball and two soccer teams had little trouble advancing to the Region C semi-finals in their respective sports Tuesday evenining.
The girls soccer team plays Radford today (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m. at George Wythe High School in Wytheville.
On Thursday, the baseball team plays Glenvar at 7 p.m. at Kiwanis Field in Salem,...
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By Brian Hoffman
The James River softball team will play Bath County in a playoff game for the Pioneer District season championship Monday in Covington.
River was rained out of a game with Craig County last week but got it in Tuesday evening at JRHS. The Lady Knights beat Craig 5-1 to force the playoff. Meanwhile, Bath had...
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By Brian Hoffman
To the victors go the spoils, and the James River basketball team reaped the spoils this week.
Two James River players have been named to the All-Group A, Division 2 first team in basketball and Coach Mike Goad has been named the State Division 2 Coach of the Year. In addition, Ethan Humphries has been...
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By Brian Hoffman
The James River boys were knocking on the door of a state championship for the past three years, and last weekend they finally kicked it in. River won the school’s first ever basketball state championship with two dramatic wins at the Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
The two wins concluded River’s season...
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