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The Thomas Dale High School golf team downed Dinwiddie last week, 190-210, at the Meadowbrook Country Club. Jack Brockwell’s 39 was the medalist for the day on the nine-hole par 36 course. Other finishers for the Knights were: Anna White, 44, Nick Papakostas, 47, and Aliyah Kellum, 61. Cody Stanford led Dinwiddie with a 43. He was followed by: Trent Henshaw, 49, Taylor Miller, 58, and Ethan Townsend, 60.

Despite some doubts about holes left by seniors who graduated, Thomas Dale High School rolled over Cosby last week, 34-0. “Our team played well defensively,” Thomas Dale coach Kevin Tucker said. “We had 11 tackles for losses.” He added that special teams played great, and the offense got better and better. Chris Tyree scored on a nine-yard run. Earlier, he electrified the crowd with a 99-yard kick return for a score to set off Thomas Dale’s season with a bang. A.J. Chavis rushed for 69 yards, including a 31-yard score. Quarterback Jasiah Williams ran for 72 yards and a TD…

ABOVE: Grunt work: L.C. Bird’s Javonte Tuppince and Meadowbrook’s Jordan Lomeli battle it out in the trenches during last week’s game. In a game with a multitude of local ties, it came down to something familiar for L.C. Bird: the run game. Tre Mason did a little more than get his feet wet in his first game as a starter. The junior rushed for 192 yards on 33 carries and found the end zone for the decisive score in the third quarter as the Skyhawks dispatched Meadowbrook 14-12 last Thursday night. Mason quietly accumulated his yardage and struck for a…

Thomas Dale turned in another great season last year, finishing 9-3 on the wings of changing their offense over to the Wing-T. The resulting offensive statistics were the most points they’ve scored in 15 years and the most yards rushed as a team. Although quarterback John Pierce was the leader that Kevin Tucker needed for the offense, the passing game never really clicked, so the air attack is a focus for the Knights. “We know with our type of offense that having a good play-action passing game will add an element to our offense,” Tucker said. “That’s something those teams…

Perhaps the biggest statement that a 7-4 L.C. Bird football team made last year was if that’s the worst season you’ve had in more than 15 years, things have been going pretty well. Under interim coach Tony Nicely the team played well last year, but it wasn’t the version of the Skyhawks to which we’ve grown accustomed. Now, with a familiar face in alum and coach Troy Taylor, L.C. Bird will look to continue its smash-mouth style of football. “My philosophy is the Bird philosophy,” Taylor said. “That’s to play tough, physical and smart football.” After losing five seniors to…

Meadowbrook High posted another worthy performance in 2017. Despite a 4-6 regular season record, they qualified for the postseason for the fifth time in the past six seasons. While they ultimately fell to Hermitage 35-6, the Monarchs scored an impressive late season victory over Hopewell that propelled them into the playoffs. A coaching change headlined the offseason for Meadowbrook; Adam Tiller vacated the post, and is, now coaching at Colonial Heights. A graduate of L.C. Bird and former assistant for the Skyhawks under David Bedwell, Chamont Thompson takes the reins. “As a head coach, I’ll try to use the game…

ABOVE: Manny Hickman Matoaca struggled at times in 2017, playing to a 4-6 record and missing the postseason in a competitive region. Coach Derrick “D.L.” Johnson departed and will now lead one of the area’s top programs at Hermitage. Taking over the post is a familiar and capable hand in Jay Parker, who has served as an assistant and special teams coach for the Warriors and played his college football at Virginia State. “Coaching is simple to me,” Parker said. “If you get the kids to take on the mindset of the coach, you can be successful. Our guys already…

CHESTERFIELD – Chesterfield Baseball Clubs narrowly lost in the third round of last week’s Bronco-11 World Series, falling to the eventual champions from Chicago. CBC won a first-round game over Ciudad Juarez, Mexico by a count of 6-5. Patrick Gibrall picked up the win, while infielder Dylan Meyer enjoyed a three-hit game. Four other players joined in with multi-hit games, as Conner Hedgepeth, Gabe Smith, Nolan Harris and Gibrall each had two base knocks. CBC then faced off with Chicago in the second round of the split-bracket tournament. Chesterfield nearly overcame a slow start after trailing 7-5 at the end…

One of the spring and summer’s hottest recruits gave his verbal commitment this past week, as Thomas Dale High standout linebacker Rick D’Abreu announced that he will play his college football at James Madison University. A rising senior, D’Abreu announced his commitment with this statement on his Twitter account: “To begin, I’d like to thank my Lord and savior for allowing me this opportunity to play this game I love at the next level. Secondly, I’d like to thank my Mom, Dad, my entire family, the coaching staff at Thomas Dale and my church families for shaping me into the…

The Chesterfield Little League all-stars of ages 9-11 girls softball recently won a regional tournament in Clarksville, Tenn. They went undefeated, beating North Carolina 12-2, Florida 8-4 and West Virginia 11-1.

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