In today’s paper: Call it ‘ball security’. Schools and Law Enforcement take a proactive approach to ensuring safety at HS football games across the Fredericksburg area.
For three years, the secondary served as a sanctuary for
@UVaWiseCavs
signee
@lilseanUptopp
. The only thing missing? His biggest fan. In today's paper:
Just spoke to
@FXBGNats
general manager Nick Hall (
@CrazyPantsGM
), who said the team expects to set an attendance record tonight for Stephen Strasburg’s rehab start.
Some personal news: After 7.5 years, I’m leaving The Free Lance-Star at the end of the month. I’m incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to tell your sports stories and especially grateful to
@SteveDeShazo1
, who was the best boss I’ve ever had.
Former
@Nationals
reliever
@aaronbarrett30
is trying to make it back to the big leagues—again. He wants to help his
@FXBGNats
teammates get there one day, too: “I told the guys, I’m an open book.”
A backup safety when summer practice opened, Jamir Boyd posted video-game like numbers at QB. A quick wit fueled the
@NSWolverines
junior's rise to All-Area football player of the year.
If you missed the stream,
@PrideTeamIndian
IS YOUR STATE CHAMPION! Tucker Sullivan lines the game winner down the RF line, scoring Kaz Jordan in the 4-3 win.
Jackson Rutledge will get the ball for the
@FXBGNats
in their Carolina League playoff opener vs.
@LynHillcats
tomorrow night. Rutledge is 8-6 with a 4.90 ERA in 20 starts this season and has been lights out of late.
#nationals
When
@ODUBaseball
pulled Mike Tolson's scholarship offer,
@PrideTeamIndian
coach Tommy Harrison turned to plan B: “ ‘I’ll make the phone call,” he told Tolson. “You put up or shut up.’ And he did, man.”
King George will be wearing patches to honor fallen junior center A.J. Gibson. Tonight will be loaded with tributes for Gibson as the Foxes host
@MVHS_SPORTS
in boys and girls basketball.
Of late, it doesn't seem to matter who totes the ball for
@ForgeAthletics
. The Eagles ran away with the Region 6B championship on Friday behind a trio of capable ballcarriers.
ICYMI: Five months after his recruiting profile contained zero offers, the ascendant
@Shawnasbury_
committed to
@HokiesFB
—on his mom’s birthday, no less.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but, if you're a parent of a HS athlete, back tf off and enjoy being a parent. Overwhelmingly, coaches have your kid's best interests at heart and meddling will not improve their performance.
All season long,
@PrideTeamIndian
has stuck together. So when
@BaseballGodwin
took a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning of the Class 5 state championship, Stafford wasn't about to fall apart.
Fredericksburg-area student athletes: if you’re wondering why your teachers aren’t talking about what’s going on rn in the country, it’s because school districts explicitly ordered them not to in order to placate parents who might get butthurt. It’s cowardice.
A family in mourning. Teammates trying to make sense of a tragedy. I went behind the scenes with
@athletics_kghs
boys' basketball team as the Foxes played their first game since the death of junior center A.J. Gibson.
#1luv
#allforaj
A late equalizer didn't change the equation for
@PonaxSoccer
, which captured the Region 5D championship with a 2-1 win over
@MVHS_SPORTS
in extra time.
.
@PonaxSoccer
brothers
@GBIGsoni9
and
@_officialgma
learned soccer on the streets of a Tanzanian refugee camp, kicking a "ball" made from plastic shopping bags. On their journey from stateless to the state tournament:
If you know a
@SpotsySchools
educator, reach out to them today and let them know you care (Or cash app them $50k in seed money to start a new business). Both are nice gestures.
Craziest ending ever. Desperation heave deflected in the arms of Blake Leake, who cut his way 57 yards for go-ahead score. Cyclones up 19-14 with just four ticks left.
Try as they might, opposing defenses found no antidote for his lethal left foot. Presenting the All-Area boys soccer player of the year,
@JMHS_Athletics
' striker Miguel Hernandez (
@Miguelh_6
).
@WarnTV
I’m sad bc I grinded to Diamond using nothing but my shaky thumbs and a 10yo DualShock with stick drift worse than a shopping cart only to face these kids.
To conclude, Grant Fuller chopped one (he thought off his foot), pitcher tags him (but not with the hand holding ball), he’s safe and Stafford is into tomorrow’s Class 5 championship game.
A sprained ankle wasn't going to keep
@nshs_vball
's Gabrielle Figueroa off the court for long: “There wasn’t a chance I wasn’t going back in unless it was broken.” Her return sparked a comeback for the ages and led the Wolverines back to the state final.
.
@FXBGNats
pitcher Rodney Theophile just told me he’s been promoted to High-A Wilmington. Theophile posted a 1.29 ERA and a 5-1 record in nine appearances with Fredericksburg.
FINAL:
@athletics_kghs
31,
@LC_sportslife
15. Foxes will advance to next week’s Region 4B championship game. The other semifinal was delayed by weather and will be completed tomorrow at noon.
Five
@ForgeAthletics
players named to Class 6 All-State football team: OL Will Carroll, WR/DB/KR Josh Sarratt (listed three positions), PK Jadon Redding, DL Mitchell Shinskie, and LB Oliejah Louissaint.
.
@LA_Strom
couldn’t understand the hubbub after a 12-0 win Saturday. “I knew it wasn’t a save situation or anything like that.” No, but it was a no-hitter, the first in
@FXBGNats
history.
Prior to undergoing season-ending surgery,
@allycook108
had just one goal: beating Courtland. "When I scored the winning goal, time stopped." On a surreal sendoff for the
@ChanAthletics
senior.
Just now on instagram, North Stafford defensive back
@Shawnasbury_
committed to
@HokiesFB
. Senior picked up an offer from Virginia Tech earlier this week.
Sigler takes a knee, he’ll take another and the Wildcats will survive a first-round upset bid from Woodgrove.
@TheViewFootball
42, Woodgrove 35. Wildcats advance to the 5D semis.
Fredericksburg-area athletes, if you've acquired a new skill or hobby (other than working out) during quarantine, drop me a line. I'd love to write about it.
Hella stoked to take first place in the
@va_press_assoc
annual contest for sports writing portfolio🔥 congrats to all of my colleagues (
@tcoghilljr
,
@flsadele
,
@JamesBaronPR
) who were rightfully recognized for their daily dopeness.
Come for the renaissance references, stay for the video of me challenging a 16yo to a bunting contest. For
@BPHS_Baseball1
junior
@JacksonForeman4
, laying one down is no drag.
The
@FXBGNats
announced that LHP Seth Romero will join the team on a rehab assignment. Romero, a 2017 first-round selection, will start on the mound tonight vs. Kannapolis.
After the game, every single Ponax player ran over to Courtland’s dugout to check on Drew Millner, who took one off the dome piece during a seventh inning AB.
#classyaf
Just arrived at Virginia Credit Union Stadium for the
@FXBGNats
playoff opener. This place is packed, probably the most crowded I’ve seen it since Strasburg’s start.
I spoke to
@Nationals
assistant GM/player development Mark Scialabba this afternoon, and, long story short, you’re gonna see a TON of draft picks with the
@FXBGNats
. Players who sign draft deals will head to West Palm Beach for a couple weeks’ “ramp up period”