By Meg Hibbert
NEW CASTLE – Just before baseball and softball season started, the lights came down at Craig County High School fields.
Tonight, Sept. 7, School Superintendent Ronnie Gordon plans to talk with members of the school’s Athletic Booster Club at their regular meeting about what can be done to replace them.
The lights and poles were...
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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
Don’t call her Rosie. Angela Tincher wants to be just one of the girls.
Tincher, the former James River and Virginia Tech softball pitching star, is the centerpiece of a new six-girl softball team called “Dynasty 6.” Tincher is the pitcher and five other girls play the field against full teams of challengers, usually men.
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
NEW CASTLE – The Craig County Rockets hope to come out of this week no worse than third in the Pioneer District softball standings.
Craig comes into the week at 3-3 in Pioneer games with four to play. The Rockets hooked up with James River in Buchanan Tuesday, and the Knights are tied for the...
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By Cricket Powell
The Lord Botetourt softball team will play host to William Byrd in a pivotal Blue Ridge District game Friday evening.
Byrd features junior pitcher Jessica Mahoney, who opened the season with seven consecutive shutouts, including two no-hitters. Through the weekend, Mahoney had thrown 49 consecutive scoreless innings to start the season. Byrd was home to...
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By Staff Writer
The Craig County Rockets will open the softball season next Tuesday, March 16, with a home game against Eastern Montgomery.
The Rockets will once again be led by pitcher Nicole Craft, who is now a senior. Craft has been a solid pitcher and a good stick for Craig for the past three years, and this...
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By Staff Writer
The Greenfield Complex will be the site of the season-opening high school softball game on Monday as James River takes on Lord Botetourt at 5:30 p.m. Botetourt is officially the home team, but both schools are quite familiar with the complex.
The game might be the first of the season for James River, as the...
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