L.C. Bird Conference 12 champions with game-winning shot
0By Andy Baldacci In a rematch of a hard-fought championship game Varina won last season, L.C. Bird got its revenge, Friday defeating Varina 61-58, on a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Mario Haskett to become the Conference 12 boys’ champions. The Skyhawks controlled the lead most of the game with a fast-paced second quarter and aggressive defense. Despite this, the Blue Devils were able to stay in the game down to the final seconds. With the game tied at 58 and five seconds remaining, the ball was inbounded to Pinky Wiley, who got it to Haskett, for the deep, contested, game-winning shot.…
Track and wrestling results
0By Zach Long Thomas Dale Track: In his three years coaching track and field at Thomas Dale, Coach Jay Price said that he had more athletes qualify for the 6A South Regional than ever before. His team competed at the regional meet in Hampton over the weekend and did not disappoint. A.J. Lazaro broke the school record in the 55 meter hurdles, running 7.55 seconds and took fourth place in the event. Lazaro also finished fourth in the triple jump. The Knights were the only team to have two boys make the finals in the 55-meter dash. Chris Tyree finished…
Lions Club annual Bland Music Scholarship competition
0The Hopewell Lions Club will hold their annual Bland Music Scholarship Competition March 26, 2 p.m. at Powers Memorial Baptist Church in Hopewell. There will be two divisions: vocal and instrumental. Prizes the local level will be $100 for first place winners and $50 for second place winners. First place winners in each division will compete at the District Contest, date and location to be announced soon. Prizes will also be awarded at district levels. District winners will compete in the State Contest, which will be held during the State Lions Convention, date and location to be announced. Top prize…
Semolina: the noun that won the county spelling bee
0This year’s top speller in Chesterfield County Public Schools is Mary Grace Walsh, an eighth-grade student at Robious Middle. She won the countywide spelling bee Feb. 8, topping a field of 18 Chesterfield students. The spelling bee runner-up is Kamryn Plowden, a seventh-grade student at Midlothian Middle. The spelling bee lasted nine rounds, and it featured 13 students from middle schools and five from elementary schools. Mary Grace correctly spelled semolina to win the competition, and she will represent Chesterfield County Public Schools in the regional spelling bee March 11 at the Library of Virginia. The winner of the regional…
Chesterfield Basketball League tournament results
0Chesterfield tournament play last weekend at Tomahawk Middle School for the senior league and Elizabeth Davis Middle School for the junior league. Results were as follows for senior play (no scores were provide): NCAA Tournament Champions – Ettrick defeated Gates NIT – Jacobs defeated Woolridge CIB – Weaver defeated Enon CIT – Midlothian defeated Woolridge Results for junior play NCAA Tournament – Gates defeated Wells NIT – Smith defeated Woolridge CIB – Clover Hill defeated Hening CIT – Crenshaw defeated Midlothian
DOG POUND LIGHTS OUT
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. First off I need to wish everyone a happy Valentine’s Day. Yeah…yeah…I know …but it was my Master’s fault. He recently printed a past issue instead of a current article….that…for the record…was submitted on time. Well, part of that statement is true…the Master did print a past issue…but to be honest…Valentine’s Day just blew by me. However, I did send out some valentine cards to close friends and family, and I handed out heart-shaped boxes of candy at the office. I buy those little one-dollar boxes of chocolate, put…
Schools still can’t start before Labor Day
0By Jessica Samuels Capital News Service RICHMOND – Students in Virginia’s largest public school districts can continue enjoying summer vacation through the Labor Day weekend after a Senate panel killed a bill that would have allowed school districts to start classes earlier. House Bill 1983, which sought to end a rule nicknamed the “Kings Dominion Law,” had been approved by the House in January. But the Senate Education and Health Committee voted 9-6 that the bill be “passed by indefinitely.” Under current state law, public schools cannot start before Labor Day unless they get a waiver from the Virginia Department…
Rally at City Hall demands ICE leave Richmond
0By Amelia Heymann and Jessica Nolte Capital News Service RICHMOND – After federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids led to nearly 700 arrests nationwide, about 100 Richmond residents held a rally in front of City Hall on Monday to demand that ICE stay out of Richmond. The rally was called to support immigrants who fear they may be the next target of ICE. People at the event represented several human rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and Southerners On New Ground. Speakers at the demonstration called for Richmond to be an “intersectionally” inclusive sanctuary city. Their…