ROANOKE -- Patrick Henry began the final week of Western Valley District baseball play with four wins.

Now, the Patriots have eight wins, a district tournament championship and a home game in the Northwest Regionals on their diamond resume.

To earn those superlatives the Patriots defeated WVD champion George Washington-Danville and Franklin County in consecutive slugfests to complete regular-season play, then bested Halifax County in the semifinals of the district tournament.

On Friday, PH (8-13), playing in the tournament's title game for the fourth time in five years, won its second championship since 2010 by besting the Eagles, 7-4, at Edwards Field in Roanoke to finish its run of four wins in five days.

ROANOKE -- Western Valley District foes Patrick Henry and Franklin County took their rivalry in girls' tennis to a new level Friday at the River's Edge Sports Complex.

With both teams already having Group AAA state tournament berths secured, the Patriots and the Eagles battled for the Northwest Region championship.

PH, this year's WVD champion, won pivotal singles matches at position Nos. 2 and 3, and captured a decisive contest at No.1 doubles, to defeat FCHS, the WVD runner-up, 5-2, for the regional team crown.

FERRUM -- After six years at the helm which yielded a sub. 500 career coaching mark, Ferrum College baseball coach Darren Hodges has resigned from the post.

Hodges, a former Franklin County and Ferrum standout and alumnus of the two schools, was chosen to succeed current Ferrum Director of Athletics Abe Naff, who retired at the conclusion of the 2007 campaign.

Hodges, who served as Naff's lead assistant coach before his promotion, resigned to "pursue other interests' according to a statement prepared by the college.

Currie Hanes netted Franklin County's match-winning goal as the Eagles edged William Fleming in a penalty-kick shootout, 7-6, to win the consolation match of the Western Valley District boys' soccer tournament at C.I. (Cy) Dillon Stadium-Fred M. Brown Memorial Field Friday night.

The Eagles (10-6-1) and the Colonels finished regulation play deadlocked at 0-0.

Two, mandatory, five-minute overtimes and two, five-minute sudden-death extra periods failed to break the stalemate.

Each team was 6 of 6 in the shootout until William Fleming, the tournament's No. 4 seed, placed its seventh attempt wide of the net.

That opened the proverbial door for Hanes who was able to find the back of the net for the win.

Franklin County netted five, first-half goals and tallied four more after intermission Thursday for a 9-0 victory over Halifax County in the semifinals of the Western Valley District girls' soccer tournament at C.I. (Cy) Dillon Stadium-Fred M. Brown Memorial Field.

With the win, its third season over the Comets, FCHS, the WVD champion and tournament's No. 1 seed, advances to today's championship match against No. 2 seed Patrick Henry.

The Patriots defeated No. 3 seed George Washington-Danville, 5-1, in their semifinal match Thursday.

The Eagles (12-4-1) will host the title match at 5 p.m.

ROANOKE -- Franklin County's girls' track and field team placed second and its boys' squad came in fourth in Wednesday's Western Valley District championships at William Fleming.

The Colonels swept the team championships.

William Fleming scored 164.5 points en route to victory in the girls' meet, followed by FCHS (118), Halifax County (104.5), Patrick Henry (83) and George Washington-Danville (24).

William Fleming edged PH, 151-143, to claim the boys' championship. Halifax (91) was third, followed by FCHS (87) and Danville (45).

The Colonels' girls' team won its second straight league championship, while FCHS's girls placed second for the second year in a row.

William Fleming's boys' squad, which placed second in last year's meet, ended PH's two-year reign as league champion.

SONTAG -- The following events are sponsored or co-sponsored by the Franklin County Department of Parks and Recreation.

Call 483-9293 or the number listed for information.

Also, information and/or registration forms can be obtained by visiting www.franklincountyva.org/parks.