It may feel like summer, but the spring sports season has arrived.
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As the calendar turns from February to March, the winter sports in the Commonwealth District have reached their conclusion.
FARMVILLE — Sometimes the demands of college athletics forces students to drop the sport they play to focus on academics and getting their degree.
There was plenty of action on the hardwood for the Commonwealth District.
Taylor Torino was introduced to distance running as a seventh-grade student while living in Mississippi.
A number of teams and players from the Commonwealth District stood out over the course of the past week — in all avenues of the winter sports season.
Brian Mays touched lots of lives throughout the area.
The latest week of Commonwealth District football featured the usual slate of games.
Dominique Terrell rushes for 250 yards and five touchdowns in 48-7 win over Mountain View
Last weekend was one that has, for the moment, separated the clubs in the Commonwealth District. After two district games for each team, none have a 1-1 league record.
STAFFORD — The Stafford County Board of Supervisors will vote July 6 at its 7 p.m. session on a proposal to allow Stafford Baseball League to administer the county’s girls' softball program. The public may sound off with their opinions on the matter during the public presentation part of the meeting.
STAFFORD — The Riverbend boys soccer team doesn’t allow its opponents to rest. Thanks to an attacking style of play that can put goals up on the scoreboard in a quick manner, the Bears have tirelessly worn out the competition in the Commonwealth District en route to a regular-season championship.
STAFFORD — At a time late in the season when teams need to come together and play their best, the North Stafford High School Wolverines are hitting their stride. At press time this week, they had won seven of their last eight, were 12-5 overall and had an 8-3 mark in the Commonwealth District.
With five Commonwealth District regular season championships and three Northwest Region titles in the past seven seasons, Colonial Forge baseball is facing an uphill battle in its quest to reach that same glory. The Eagles are 9-6 overall record with a 5-4 mark in the district, leaving them third in the standings heading into the season’s final stretch.
STAFFORD — In the arms race, the North Stafford baseball team and head coach James Labrusciano have a hand that has been hard to beat.
STAFFORD — When the Mountain View girls’ track team took first place as hosts of the Wildcat Invitational, it wasn’t exactly a case of home cooking.
Coach: ‘I knew they had it in them’ Cinderella is a prominent term in March on the hardwood. But last May in the Commonwealth District tournament, that was a label that could have been placed on the Brooke Point Black-Hawks baseball club.
Colonial Forge quarterback Blake Frohnapfel didn’t waste any time getting ready for 2010. Just two weeks ago his team fell in the opening round of the playoffs in a 37-35 decision against Franklin County, and the Eagle signal-caller is already in off-season conditioning drills.
From the Northwest Region boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments, two underdogs prevailed. Patrick Henry and Osbourn Park were the only clubs to celebrate…and carry the momentum into the state tourneys.
Stafford High School has been seeing double lately.
STAFFORD — Colonial Forge High School’s wrestling team has captured its ninth straight Northwest Region title.
WOODBRIDGE, VA — When he first heard Mountain View High School was looking for a new head football coach, Lou Sorrentino hesitated about putting his name in for the job.
SaturdayJAN. 9 At Brooke Point High School:
Massaponax at Stone Bridge Saturday 12/5 at 1:30:Lake Braddock at Battlefield Saturday 12/5 at 3:00:Boys basketball tips off All weekend
“We are Family” was the theme to the Pittsburgh Pirates 30 years ago as they won the World Series.
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