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NORTHERN NECK DISTRICT BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS (As of 6 p.m., January 8)

NORTHERN NECK DISTRICT GIRLS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS (As of 6 p.m., January 8)

Trojans Win In HoopsFest Classic

Ashlock Scores Team-Best 15; Howard Posts Double-Double

Four days after being walloped in their season opener, the Essex varsity boys’ basketball team bounced back with a victory in the Virginia HoopFest Classic at Lancaster High School. Despite committing 32 turnovers, the Trojans managed to hold off Surry County 39-31 in the four-game event held on December 23 at Lancaster Court House. “Since we’re just coming off football […]

Late Game Collapse Costs RHS Vs. Chs. City


Rappahannock saw all of a 12-point fourth quarter lead evaporate as the Raiders suffered a 50-47 boys’ basketball setback to Charles City in the opener of the Virginia HoopsFest Classic at Lancaster High School on December 23. The contest was the opener of the four-game event that featured four Northern Neck District teams playing opponents from the Tidewater District, Tri-Rivers […]

Remembering The 1944 Mosquito Bowl


The endless college football bowl season is upon us. Beginning last weekend with the Mrytle Beach Bowl, and mercifully ending on January 8 with the College Football Playoff National Championship game, 43 games will be played. No football game ever played, or ever to be played, will exceed the drama surrounding the Mosquito Bowl, played on insect-infested Guadalcanal in 1944. […]

Don’t Widen The Plate

The following was authored by Chris Sperry, a baseball consultant who develops players and amateur coaches, assists professional scouts, and counsels families of prospective collegebound student-athletes. His key interests are in player and personal development as they pertain to a life in and beyond sports. In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches […]

NORTHERN NECK DISTRICT BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Current)

NORTHERN NECK DISTRICT GIRLS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Current)

Benefit Basketball Game Scenes Essex Vs. Richmond Co. Faculties


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