A high-octane offense, a stout defense, and strong special team play added up to a 60-14 rout for the Rappahannock Raiders over the Middlesex Chargers in a non-district football game played Friday night at the Syd Thrift Athletics Complex in Saluda. In improving to 4-0, Rappahannock rolled up 409 yards total offense in just 26 snaps and scored 6 touchdowns. […]
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Raiders Fill Schedule With Northside Vikings
Rappahannock has filled a void in its football schedule by scheduling an October 3 game with Class 3 Northside of Roanoke. Both programs recently found themselves with nine games after Mathews folded its program forcing cancellation of its September 19 game with Rappahannock and Galax offered a forfeit to Northside for its September 26 contest. Northside refused the forfeit and […]
Lancaster Wins NND Golf Tournament
Lancaster’s Tyler Brent shot a tournament-best three-over-par to power the Red Devils to the Northern Neck District championship in a high competitive event held at Hobbs Hole Golf Course in Tappahannock on September 23. Last year’s individual runner-up, Brent’s 74 was five strokes better than runner-up Christopher Germaine of Rappahannock. Brent shot a blistering 34 on the front nine, while […]
High School Football Continues To Rebound From Pre-Pandemic Decline
In just four years since the return to full activity in high school sports following the pandemic, participation figures have increased more than 200,000 each year. Two of the biggest reasons have been the re-emergence of 11-player football and the skyrocketing numbers of girls flag football. In the year prior to the pandemic, football had just recorded its sixth consecutive […]
Essex Continues Winning Ways, 52-0
Trojans Improve To 4-0Essex extended its football winning streak to 13 games — dating back to last season — with a 52-0 drubbing of Franklin Friday night at Armory Field in Franklin. The non-district victory improved the defending Class 1 state champions’ overall record to 4-0 on the season. “This was our first road test of the season, and I though our kids […]
Rappahannock Sweeps Essex In Volleyball
Don’t let their sub-.500 overall record fool you. The road to the Northern Neck District volleyball championship still runs through Warsaw and more specifically the Rappahannock High School gymnasium. Rappahannock took the first step towards defending its NND title by sweeping Essex in the district opener for both teams. The Lady Raiders won the contest 25-18, 25-12, and 25-14. “This […]
Caroline Handles King William, 35-9
High School Football RoundupCaroline got 368 yards total offense out of quarterback Blake Morris as the Class 4 Cavaliers from Milford topped King William 35-9 Friday night in Central Garage. “We faced them in 7-on-7 (over the summer), so we knew they were going to be good,” King William coach Scott Moore stated. “I’m proud of how our guys battled to the end. […]
Trojans Roll Past King William, 38-13
Jaden Holmes and Demetrius Stewart eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark Friday night as Essex bolted to a 38-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 38-13 victory over Class 2 King William in a non-district football game played in Tappahannock. The result improved the Trojans to 3-0 overall, while King William suffered its first loss in three outings. Essex completely controlled […]
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