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When you play three of the best teams in the area to start your season every year, you’re going to take your lumps. You might even get beat up. But not this time. Meadowbrook was getting progressively better, with each start. As a result, surprised the top-ranked team in the Central Region, Highland Springs, 8-7. With the win, the Monarchs improved their record to 1-2, and now will embark on the portion of the schedule where they started to excel last season. “We came out and had a nice effort against Hermitage last week,” said coach Adam Tiller. “Then this…

By Josh Mathews & Zach Long Thomas Dale 22, Varina 13 The Knights’ “Dark Zone” defense returned against Varina this past week as Thomas Dale didn’t allow an offensive touchdown in 22-13 victory over the Blue Devils. Thomas Dale kicker Austin Feeser booted a 37-yard field goal to give the Knights a 16-13 lead with 2:53 to play, and defensive end Shundarius Carter took the ball out of Varina quarterback Brion Logan’s hands with less than a minute to go in the red zone and returned it 79 yards for a score, putting an exclamation point on the victory. It…

L.C. BIRD 33, THOMAS DALE 0 L.C. Bird’s defense reigned supreme in the Battle of Chester, holding Thomas Dale to less than 100 total yards of offense as Bird cruised to victory 33-0. The Knights weren’t able to sustain a long drive, and they picked at the Skyhawks’ defense, but never broke through. Senior linebacker and Virginia Tech commit Rayshard Ashby gave all the credit to the coaching staff’s game plan. “The coaching staff is amazing, our coaches break down film so well and make it easy for us,” said Ashby. “The defensive line and defensive backs do awesome things…

Thomas Dale Girls Volleyball The Knights look to bounce back this season after finishing with a 12-12 record and losing to Clover Hill in the first round of the conference tournament. The loss of standout outside-hitter Sydney Frink was a big blow to the Lady Knights; she had the first team All-Conference honor and ended her career as one of the best players in Thomas Dale girls’ volleyball history. First-year coach Kirk Jennings, a former Thomas Dale baseball standout, believes that this team can be just as good as last year’s team, if not better, with key players returning such…

LC Bird Boys Volleyball Last season, the Skyhawks boys’ volleyball team played well overall. They finished in the upper half of their district before losing in the first round of the playoffs. This year, they have a new coach, De’Jon Bryant, who is looking to build upon the success they had last season. He believes this can be achieved through mental preparation and consistent learning. “I always tell my players that we’re all given a brain so make the most out of it,” Bryant stated, “That’s why I like to push their mental limits, so we can be a highly…

Thomas Dale 36, Cosby 6 Just when doubt clouded the Knights’ season opener and first few weeks of the season, the Dark Zone arrived. Thomas Dale turned two turnovers into touchdowns, amassed eight sacks, and held Cosby’s standout running back (Joe Hunt-put in if it is?) to just 31 yards on the ground en route to a 36-6 victory. Quarterback Gabe McCollin finished 6-18 passing for 130 yards and a touchdown toss to A.J. Lazaro. Running back Max Oxendine scored two touchdowns and freshman Chris Tyree had a solid debut, catching three passes and gaining 57 total yards. Defensive end…

RICHMOND – All hunters requiring a Virginia hunting license including lifetime license holders who plan to hunt doves, waterfowl, rails, woodcock, snipe, coots, gallinules, or moorhens in Virginia must be registered with the Virginia Harvest Information Program (HIP). A change for the 2016-2017 season is hunters will now be issued a HIP “permit” with their hunting license, when identifying that they will be hunting migratory game birds, instead of being issued a HIP number as in the past. To register for HIP, visit https://www.gooutdoorsvirginia.com/ or call 1-888-788-9772 during normal business hours.

A sign of an excellent program, one that has reached dynasty levels, is an 11-1 season being considered an off year. That’s exactly what L.C. Bird did last year, falling short of its fourth consecutive 5A state championship as they fell to Hermitage in second round. The Skyhawks have a consistently strong defense, and last year they set a school record, posting seven defensive shutdowns and allowing just 46 points all season. That broke the previous mark held by the 2001 team that gave up 100 points. Rayshard Ashby (6-0, 220, Virginia Tech commit) and Isaiah Moore (6-3, 215, North…

A senior-laden group pushed Thomas Dale to their best playoff performance since they won the 2009 state championship under head coach Vic Williams. The Knights won three playoff games, defeating Woodbridge, C.D. Hylton, and Cosby before falling to Oscar Smith in the 6A state semi-finals. “These guys had lots of experience and lots of reps,” said coach Kevin Tucker. “The guys knew what to expect, knew how to get to December football. Senior leadership is hard to replace.” There’s a lot of talent to replace on the defense, which saw seven players move onto the next level. Linebacker Sam Stark…

Halfway through the 2016 competition season, the father-son team of Greg and Matthew Flaherty are successfully campaigning their Moss-sponsored Miata as Flaherty Racing. These men are neighbors to Moss’ Petersburg facility, and Moss is excited to have a racer so close to our East Coast home. Greg is a former late model stock car and drag racer, but son Matthew decided he wanted to race on road courses. Once they got connected with NASA (National Auto Sports Assoc.) they saw a perfect opportunity to get into Spec Miata racing. Currently, Matthew has worked his way up to HPDE (High Performance…

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