An emotional Billy Wagner said on Saturday “Cooperstown was easier” as he gave a speech during a ceremony dedicated to unveiling a statue of him at the new Billy Wagner Park in downtown Tazewell.
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- MATT CASE The Roanoke Times
Some squads have chances to make a big statement and gain crucial seeding points, while a pair of 7-0 teams will be tested and teams that may not see the playoffs have a real chance to win
- MATT CASE The Roanoke Times
Carroll County hosts Radford in a big Three Rivers District tilt, Chilhowie takes its unbeaten record to Rye Cove and the annual Battle of the Burgs
- MATT CASE The Roanoke Times
Plus Floyd County challenges Carroll County's unbeaten season, Glenvar's rebuilding year could surprise Radford and Roanoke Catholic faces its final big hurdle against a powerhouse
- GREG MADIA The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
CHARLOTTESVILLE — He’s had the chance to get to know the opposing quarterback he’ll try to out-duel on Saturday.
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DAMIEN SORDELETT The Roanoke Times
The Hokies are piling up penalties and penalty yards at a rate Franklin isn’t accustomed to experiencing. They enter this week’s slate of games ranked 105th in penalties per game and 111th in penalty yards per game.
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Late heroics lift Douglas Freeman past Teejay in marquee Colonial District clash at Virginia Union's Hovey Field. Watch highlights, interviews here.
It just so happens that several of the biggest games, and perhaps even the biggest, of Week 6 are happening on Thursday
Lord Botetourt loses 40-0 against Magna Vista in a Friday, Sept. 11 game at Cavalier Stadium.
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“Whether it was the press or anybody else (saying) old Salem ain’t what they used to be, well we’re tired of hearing that,” head coach Don Holter said.
Player ejections are up across the state in Virginia high school pubic school sports for the 2025-26 school year, data provided by the VHSL shows.
Hampton is stepping down at Franklin County High School to succeed Carla Flaherty.
The Palmers anticipate filing a similar action to their preliminary injunction in state court "promptly," according the court documents
The Eagles held a slim lead through five innings before the Jaguars found their offense
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The Palmer family filed a preliminary injunction to allow their son to compete at Northside High while their lawsuit against the VHSL and Roanoke County School Board proceeds
The Eagles allowed just two goals all season and scored 48 across 14 games.
Tessa Hampton takes over for Thomas Hering, who spent this past season as the interim head coach in the wake of the shooting death of Tony Gill last July
Attorneys for the Palmer family and the defending VHSL and Roanoke County School Board stated their cases before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon in court Monday
The win puts the Eagles at 11-0 on the season and 7-0 in the Blue Ridge District.
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Now that grocery inflation seems to have eased, retailers are clamoring to offer more and better discounts that will get shoppers back to their stores this summer. With an announcement Wednesday, Walgreens joined a growing list of national brands, which also includes Target and Amazon Fresh, that are touting price cuts on an array of...
The high school softball season is already underway, and two Franklin County Eagles were named in The Roanoke Times' list of nine players — one from each position — to keep an eye on this spring across the region.
A Roanoke County family has filed a lawsuit against the VHSL challenging the constitutionality of Virginia's rule prohibiting homeschool students from participating in high school athletics.
The final day of state championship games at the Siegel Center
Scenes from the second day of state championship basketball games in Richmond
After 15-plus years of organizational efforts, girls wrestling is a VHSL-sanctioned sport, and held its first official state meet Tuesday and Wednesday at the Henrico Sports and Events Center.
Wednesday marked the first VHSL-sanctioned girls wrestling state tournament
Franklin County High School and Benjamin Franklin Middle School will be having sideline cheerleading tryouts for the 2026-2027 school year from March 23-25 in Central Gym and Law Gym at the high school.
County Sherriff Trevor Craddock released a statement Wednesday afternoon, announcing the result of his department's investigation from the Jan. 22 incident