Sports

Wildcats Persevere In Difficult Week

RC Has Strong Showing At Amherst Meet

The Jamaican Bobsled Team won the 46th annual Lexington Road and River Relay on Saturday, May 6.

Parry McCluer High School junior Kovyk Chandler placed third of 48 runners in the boys’ 1600-meter run Blue Demon Invitational on Saturday in Christiansburg.

W&L Men Advance

RC Girls Lax Win 10th Straight Game

Turner Ashby used a pair of second-half goals to fend off the Rockbridge County High School girls soccer team for a 2-0 victory in Bridgewater onTuesday of last week.

RC Falls To TA, Harrisonburg, Broadway

The fifth annual Woods Creek Run 4 the Kids benefit race welcomed 59 participants on Saturday morning, raising funds to cover intensive therapy costs for two local youths with cerebral palsy, 7-year-old Riven Welch and 13-year-old Alyssa Cornwell, who were present at the event. The moderately hilly 4-mile race started and ended at Waddell Elementary School, going on the Woods Creek Trail to the historic Miller’s House Museum at Jordans Point and back. AT FAR LEFT, Runners start the race. AT NEAR LEFT, Sam Allen approaches the finish line. Allen, 46, won the race in 25 minutes, 49 seconds. AT BOTTOM LEFT,Asa Tuke (478) and Ryan McKenna (479) sprint to the finish line, placing seventh and eighth, respectively.AT BOTTOM CENTER, A volunteer hands a water bottle to Alyssa Cornwell. BELOW, Justin Clement, 46, makes his way to the finish line. Clement placed second in 28:34.59. A story will be in an upcoming newspaper. For full results, visit www.runroanoke.com (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos)

The Rockbridge County High School softball lost all three of its games last week, falling to Valley District rivals Turner Ashby and Broadway and coming up short against James River in nondistrict action.

The Parry McCluer High School girls tennis team finished the regular season undefeated at 12-0, earning a 5-4 home win over Rockbridge County on Monday of last week before winning 6-3 at Bath County last Tuesday.

Parry McCluer High School junior Payton Emore had a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh to drive in the winning run, lifting the Fighting Blues to an 8-7 home win over Craig County in the final game of the regular season on Monday of last week in Buena Vista.