Meadowbrook Girls Basketball Preview
0By Soren Rutherford After completing a regular season that saw Meadowbrook finish with an 11-11 record and a loss in the 5B quarterfinals to Highland Springs, 74-46. head coach Daniel Connor and the Monarchs are looking to have the same success they had two years ago, when they went 15-5. Departures: Jayahna Jenkins and Taiye Johnson Johnson, a first-team All-Region player, will be playing basketball for the Highlanders at the University of Radford. She locked up 14 double-doubles during the 2018-19 season. Returning players: Tamiia Anglin, Jayla Johnson, Jaylynn Johnson, Madison Howard, Maya Ellis, and Tiona Moore. Backcourt: Meadowbrook’s top…
Dale drops Ocean Lakes 36-6
0Will play Oscar Smith for region title Chris Tyree scored a touchdown and rushed for 110 yards in the team’s victory over Ocean Lakes. Thomas Dale traveled to Ocean Lakes for the second round for the Region 6A playoffs and brought a storm the Dolphins couldn’t withstand. The Knights scored early, the defense clamped down, and special teams made plays as the maroon and gray dominated in all three phases, beating the Tidewater powerhouse 36-6. “On offense, we controlled the front line early in the game, which allowed us to have success running the ball,” said Thomas Dale coach Kevin…
Giving thanks
0Hello and welcome back to the holidays in the Dogpound. I am not sure if we will have an issue or not with Thanksgiving being on Thursday, but I will dutifully prepare one. Either way I am, for the first time in a while, on time for a holiday article, or I will be like that Thanksgiving turkey in your refrigerator, a leftover you enjoy long after the event has passed. Anyway, in any event, it is time to count our blessings both big and small. Especially the small ones, those that you see every day and enjoy every day,…
Chase will not caucus with GOP, says she remains a Republican
0State Sen. Amanda Chase talks to a voter outside Ecoff Elementary School on Nov. 5. State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, surprised some last week with an announcement that she would not support Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, as minority leader, and, as a result, would not caucus with the Republican Party when the Legislature convenes in January. Chase was re-elected in Senate District 11 on Nov. 5 by 9 percentage points over Democrat Amanda Pohl. Senate Republicans chose Norment once again as their leader on Nov. 21. He has led the Senate GOP since 2008. Chase said she told…
Dominion, county reps get earful from Rivers Bend residents
0Dominion Energy and Chesterfield County officials met with some local residents of the neighborhoods close to the utility’s power station and Henricus Historical Park on Nov. 14. The purpose of the meeting was to provide residents with an update about plans to recycle coal ash, including options for relocating a boat ramp from Dutch Gap to the James River Conservation Area near Falling Creek Ironworks Park and creating two bridges that would provide access to Henricus and the Dutch Gap Conservation Area. Dominion and county officials stressed that the plans are conceptual at this point. Some will come into fruition…
Renovations, more security on the way to local high schools
0By a 4-1 vote with Carrie Coyner dissenting, the Chesterfield school board on Nov. 12 requested authorization from the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors to spend $4.5 million in county reserve funds and $3.8 million for increased student growth. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the request at its Nov. 13 meeting. The school board approved a plan by Superintendent Merv Daugherty that would remove lockers to make more classroom space at Cosby, Clover Hill, Matoaca and Meadowbrook high schools at a cost of $1.6 million; replace laptops and desktops for 1,435 teachers, administrators and support staff at a cost of…
L.C. Bird’s Barfield picks UVA
0L.C. Bird running back and linebacker Chris Barfield has made his college decision. He’ll attend the University of Virginia and will have preferred walk-on status.
Knights oust Grizzlies
0By Soren Rutherford Thomas Dale 55, Grassfield 28 They say that it’s all about peaking at the right time. It appears as if Thomas Dale is doing just that and building momentum. Entering the playoffs riding a three-game winning streak, they made it four by defeating Grassfield 55-28 in the first round of the region 6A playoffs. The offensive outburst was their biggest scoring output in a playoff game in 23 years. The Knights put up 55 points against the Grizzlies, their largest point total since scoring 64 against L.C. Bird in 1996. Carrying most of that momentum has been…