Sports

PM Netters Return Two Starters, Welcome Six Newcomers

Plogger At The Helm Of Girls Team This Go-Round

Slaydon Says Certain Activities Out Of Compliance

Cancer Survivor Achieves Lofty Fitness Goal

McCoy Wins Season Opener, Leads Wildcats All Week

Virginia Military Institute head men’s soccer coach Nick Regan has been appointed head coach of the United States ahead of the XV Pan-American Ma ccabiah Games in Argentina this winter, VMI reported in a press release on Tuesday of last week.

Fighting Blues Hold Football Camp

Recent RC Grad Wraps Up Club Swimming Career On Top

RC Golfers Hopeful After State Run Last Year

With just over three weeks before they face off, both the Rockbridge County and Parry McCluer high school football teams have started practicing, with the Wildcats beginning last Thursday morning and the Fighting Blues getting underway on Monday afternoon. The Fighting Blues are under the direction of first-year head coach Jeremiah Brockenbrough (above), while second-year head coach Martin Cox (middle row, right photo) guides the Wildcats. The county rivals will play each other in their season opener at PM’s Bobby Williams Field in Buena Vista on Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. (RC photos by Stephanie Mikels Blevins, PM photos by Ronnie Coffey)

The Goshen Volunteer Fire Department “A-Team” won the first annual Fire Fighters Challenge tug-of-war at the Rockbridge Breakfast Club’s Celebrate Rockbridge event this past Saturday at Brewbaker Field. The team was presented with the Devin Riley Memorial Fire Fighters Challenge trophy by Congressman Ben Cline and Rockbridge Fire-Rescue Chief Nathan Ramsey. Glen Mon, chairman of the Rockbridge Breakfast Club, served as master of ceremonies for the fire fighters challenge activity.

Blues Won Third Of Five State Titles Under Williams

Virginia Military Institute baseball players Cole Garrett, Ty Swaim, Cole Jenkins and Trey Morgan were named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors University Division All-State Baseball Second-Team on Tuesday of last week.

Rising PM Senior Leads Bandits To State Basketball Finals

Three new head coaches have joined the staff at Mountain Gateway Community College to lead three different Roadrunner sports teams when the fall semester begins, according to MGCC athletic director Vince Wyatt.

Rockbridge County High School was one of 116 schools recognized last week by the Virginia High School League for outstanding sportsmanship during the 2022-23 spring season. As announced by the VHSL in a press release on Monday of last week, these schools had no player or coach ejections, nor were their programs placed on warning status.

Lexington native Austin Doyle, a 2020 Rockbridge County High School graduate, was one of seven Virginia Military Institute cadet-athletes posting perfect 4.0 GPAs. Doyle is a redshirt junior for the VMI football team.

Lexington Resident Honored For Service To University Of Rutgers

Newhall Competing At State, National Events

For the second year in a row, Parry McCluer High School junior shortstop Payton Emore was named to the Virginia High School League Class 1 all-state softball second team last week.