Kleinfelter pitches Marshall past Auburn in middle school softball finale
An 8-0 win or a 10-0 win?A Fauquier County championship or a co-championship?Both were up for debate, but those details didn’t matter much. Either way, the Marshall Middle School Wolves got to dump a Gatorade bucket of ice on their coach Thursday and celebrate a season-ending victory over the Auburn Middle School softball team. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fortney wheeling and dealing in the discus
If Kyle Fortney's theory for a successful discus throw is sound, the Fauquier High track and field team may want to pamper him a bit this week as the Group AAA state meet approaches."Throwing is all about what kind of mood you’re in," Fortney said Friday during the Northwest Region meet at the University of Virginia's Lannigan Field. "It’s just a mindset....I’m in that zone." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Liberty's Coaxum hurdles towards states
One problem with entering multiple events at a track and field meet is the odds for disappointment increase.So as a four-event athlete, it was almost inevitable Liberty's Rachel Coaxum would leave the the University of Virginia's Lannigan Field feeling she could have fared better in the Group AAA Northwest Region meet Friday."It kind of stinks that you come here in all these events and you know you can do well...and I didn’t PR [personal record] in anything today," Coaxum said. “Overall, I’m kind of disappointed. I really am." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Rackets packed for states
All season long, two words have resonated when Jan Ashby has spoken of this spring's Fauquier Falcon tennis unit: Stay focused.Ashby and fellow coach Jordon Walker both have lauded the 2008 edition's skill, athletic ability and work ethic. They felt a berth in this spring's Group AAA state tennis tournament was within reach if the Falcons could concentrate on that goal.They did not need to worry, except it was the ability to regain focus last Thursday when the Falcons qualified for the second state playoff berth in the last three years. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Local results: Northwest Region Track Meet
Local results: Northwest Region Track Meet The Liberty girls track and field team scored 31 points to place 10th in the Northwest Region meet Friday at the University of Virginia's Lannigan Field. Osbourn Park won with 88 points, while Fauquier finished 14th with 11 points.Albemarle won the boys competition with 73.5 points, while Liberty place 13th with 17 points and Fauquier took 22nd with eight points. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Season Opener Saturday
The Fauquier Gators will open their 2008 season in the Valley Baseball League with a Saturday game against the Haymarket Senators at Fauquier High's Athey Memorial Ballpark. -2:30-3 p.m.: Registration for youth baseball clinic, conducted by Gators players and coaches.-3-4:45 p.m.: Free admission to clinic for children in grades kindergarten-eight.-5 p.m.: Gators batting practice.-7:30 p.m.: Mayor George B. Fitch throws the first pitch prior to the game.-The festivities: "It's to get some people out to the ballpark on opening day and see what I think is a really good thing here," coach Paul Koch said. "These are good players. It's high-level baseball." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Highland places 2nd in state golf
Despite a drenching rain which soaked the course the night before, and heavy winds during the event, the first private school golf state tournament proceeded undeterred at Fauquier Springs Country Club last Tuesday. Highland made it memorable despite the weather, finishing second out of eight teams in the Division II competitionThe Hawks shot 255 to finish 11 strokes behind champion Greenbrier Christian's 244. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Jimmy's back in town
One wasn’t sure what to expect from Stu Pierson’s little pickup soccer team.The local coach had assembled the best men's unit he could recruit from the immediate area. Playing under the name Fauquier United, they included former college players, some from Latin America, and members of Pierson's cohesive club team that operated under the name Real Montana Azul. Pierson also had Fauquier High boys soccer coach Phil Roper, an all-state player “in the day” at FHS. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Morse twins shine at regions, but wonder what might have been
There might be a pair of region champions in the Morse household right now if the Liberty track and field team hadn't moved from Group AA to AAA this season.As it is, though, senior Cameron Morse and twin sister Chloe are happy to have combined for six top-eight finishes at Friday's AAA Northwest Region meet at University of Virginia's Lannigan Field. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Liberty's Noe clears height to make states; Costello also flies high
Pole vault was a fickle event for Lindsey Noe at Friday's AAA Northwest Region meet.One minute she faced elimination, needing to clear her third and final vault at 9 feet, 6 inches to secure a state berth; the next minute she breezed over a 10-foot bar to match her Liberty track and field record.Noe's timely vault at 9-6 and subsequent personal-best vault of 10-0 led to a fourth-place finish at the University of Virginia's Lannigan Field. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
MAY 31 Old Dominion Hounds spring trail ride series, Hunter's Rest, Flint Hill, 10 a.m., lunch to follow, (540) 364-3995 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People brief items
The Old Dominion Hounds will host a trail ride this Saturday, May 31, from Hunter's Rest in Flint Hill. The ride starts at 10 a.m. and are "walking only," making it a good schooling opportunity for young horses or green riders. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for kids under 12. Riders are asked to bring a dish to share for a picnic that follows the ride. Directions are at (540) 364-3995. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
College-bound LHS athletes head for the library
On a busy Monday, eight Liberty High seniors were let out of class for a visit to the library. They weren't there to check out books, but to sit in front of a table with family and friends and announce their college decisions in a press conference format.A look at the group, with their sport and college choices listed: | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Hard work pays off for four college-bound FHS wrestlers
Normalcy has returned to the Fauquier High wrestling program. Since Virginia Tech rescinded its full-ride scholarship offer to Nick Cook in April, the Fauquier senior has landed a 70 percent offer from Indiana University and is anxious to join the Hoosiers this fall. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Was Battlefield worried? Oh yeah.
Franco Buzzalino feared for his Battlefield Bobcats if this game were to extend into overtime.After they had squandered scoring opportunities in the second half and relinquished a two-goal lead, the Bobcat standout thought it possible that Fauquier would pull out an upset win if given extra time.So, to avoid that fate, Buzzalino ended the game in regulation, scoring the decisive goal with 25.7 seconds remaining and giving Battlefield a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals of the Cedar Run District boys soccer tournament quarterfinals. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier's Loba and Helsel are a formidable distance duo at districts
Fauquier High's Grace Loba was more chauffeur and cheerleader than distance runner at the Cedar Run District outdoor track and field championships, last Tuesday and Wednesday at Battlefield High in Haymarket.The FHS senior had already run state- and national-qualifying times in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs during the regular season, so her district goals were modest. Loba wanted to set a pace for Emma Helsel in the 1,600 so the FHS freshman could qualify for nationals, she wanted to cheer on her Falcon teammates and she wanted to relax. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
LHS, FHS vaulters dominate their event at district meet
There's no reason to venture outside Fauquier County to watch the best pole vaulting in the Cedar Run District. Liberty and Fauquier High vaulters seem to be setting the bar for the rest of the district, a notion reinforced Tuesday, the first day of the Cedar Run District track and field championships at Battlefield High School in Haymarket. Liberty won both the boys and girls pole vault, while seven other county athletes placed top-eight in the event. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Hawks repeat as state softball champs
Twenty-one innings.Two hundred and fifty-six pitches.And, after several hours, another state title for the Highland softball team.The sixth-seeded Hawks (16-8) battled through an epic Saturday in Richmond — beating No. 1 Greenbrier (27-2 overall) 2-0 in 12 innings for the VIS Division II state championship, just shortly after a 4-3 nine-inning semifinal victory over No. 2 Brunswick Academy. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Hawks' loss is sixth straight in state lacrosse final
The Highland Hawks boys lacrosse team ended its season on a disappointing note last Saturday in Charlottesville. Despite a valiant effort, the Hawks lost the state championship to No. 2 seed Covenant School, 10-4. It was the sixth straight year the Hawks lost in the state championship game, five times to Covenant. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier boys lacrosse upset in semifinals by OP, 6-5
Goalie Thorne Watkins and his defensemen prevented nearly everything that threatened to end Fauquier High's lacrosse season. All they lacked was a vaccination for inept offense.That lone shortcoming led to the Falcons' demise in the Cedar Run District tournament as No. 4 seed Osbourn Park upset No. 2 Fauquier, 6-5, in Thursday's semifinals played in Purcellville. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS falls to Glass, but season continues this week
All season long, two words have resonated when Jan Ashby has spoken of this spring's Fauquier Falcon tennis unit: Stay focused.Ashby and fellow coach Jordon Walker both have lauded the 2008 edition's skill, athletic ability and work ethic. They felt a berth in this spring's Group AAA state tennis tournament was within reach if the Falcons could concentrate on that goal.They did not need to worry, except it was the ability to regain focus last Thursday when the Falcons qualified for the second state playoff berth in the last three years. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Lethal Bobcats eliminate Fauquier, 3-0, in playoffs
Manufactured runs by Battlefield in the first two innings, coupled with a near-perfect performance from senior pitcher Megan Sutphin, ended Fauquier’s season and pitcher Nikki Roy’s career as the Bobcats won 3-0 at home in Haymarket in the first round of the Cedar Run District tournament. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Falcons battle Battlefield, but fall 2-0
Fauquier High finally got the clutch hit in a crucial game that had eluded it throughout this frustrating season. It made no difference, though, as the Falcons' lack of run production endured, and they lost to Battlefield, 2-0, Monday in the quarterfinals of the Cedar Run District tournament. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People brief items
New show series in Hamilton Red Gate Farm in Hamilton will host a series of Virginia Horse Shows Association associate shows this year. Show dates are: June 7, July 6, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20. Classes begin at 9 a.m. Details are at (540) 882-3530 or online at www.RedGateFarmVA.com. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
MAY 23-25 Kathy Kusner clinic, Fox Chase Farm, Middleburg, www.FoxChaseFarm.net | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Hawks send Seahorses galloping home, 14-2
Late in the third quarter of Tuesday's state boys lacrosse quarterfinal, the Christchurch School players looked worn out as they jogged or walked off the field. In contrast, Highland's players sprinted up and down with the same enthusiasm shown in the opening minutes.That, in short, told the story of this lopsided game, as the energetic Hawks brought an intensity the Seahorses could not match and moved a step closer to their ultimate goal with an emphatic 14-2 victory. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Falcons to Eagles: Not this time
Earlier this season, the Liberty High boys soccer team pulled off an rare victory over their county rival, downing Fauquier 2-0. It was the Eagles' only win this year. That loss — including the front page headline in the Fauquier Times-Democrat, “We just whooped Fauquier” —served as fuel for an FHS squad determined to get revenge on Senior Night Wednesday in Warrenton.Goals by Fauquier's Ryan Wagoner roughly five minutes into the second half, and then Ian Burns about 15 minutes later, went unanswered by the visiting Eagles, who lost 3-1. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier shocks Liberty in girls lacrosse playoffs, 10-7
Stranger things have happened.Losing was the last thing on the minds of the No. 3-seeded Liberty Eagles girls lacrosse team as they faced No. 5 Fauquier last Thursday in the Cedar Run District quarterfinals. After defeating the Falcons in both regular season matchups, the 10-7 loss in Bealeton came as a stunner to the Eagles (9-4) and their eight seniors. For Fauquier (3-7), it made their season. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier's super quick Watkins has emerged as a star lacrosse goalie
One by one they chose positions. Attackman. Attackman. Midfielder. Attackman. Defender. And so on.Goalie was the only position on Thorne Watkins' scrimmage squad that his teammates weren't flocking toward, so the eighth grade newcomer filled that void by default. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Vikings win district regular season crown, dumping FHS, 11-5,
Chris Roos called it a five-minute sprint to get ready for the Fauquier Falcons. Teammate Chris Rabung called it a warm up to loosen the legs of his Loudoun Valley Vikings.In reality, it was much more significant. It was the crucial closing moments of a playoff game against Osbourn Park, one postponed due to rain with five minutes remaining Thursday and completed Saturday. But Roos and Rabung could use such levity in their descriptions because the Vikings won that game on Liberty's Kip Hull Field and later in the night beat Fauquier, 11-5. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Cook serves up three championships as Wakefield's new coach
Two things have changed since last season for the Wakefield School boys tennis team: Its record, 14-1, and its coach, Ryan Cook.With all else remaining constant, including their entire roster, the Owls believe there's more correlation than coincidence between those changes. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
A Perfect Fitt: Tutt, Pitt excel in 2008
It would be hard to classify one of the best seasons in the University of Pittsburgh's softball history as a disappointment.It would be harder still to label former Highland School star Reba Tutt's freshman year as anything short of sensational.The Panthers' season came to an end on May 8, when they lost a heartbreaking 4-3, 11-inning game to DePaul in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Highland survives NSA
On the phone, as his team made the long bus ride back from Suffolk, VA., Highland softball coach Donald O'Meara proclaimed facetiously, "I'm fine now, but I was in cardiac arrest about 30 minutes ago!" The reason for O'Meara's angst was his team's heart-stopping VIS quarterfinal game at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. The Hawks held on for a 2-1 victory, but it turned into a white knuckle affair. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
MAY 15 Tri-County Feeds nutrition seminar, 7-9 p.m., Nutrena's Dan Snively on feeding the high performance horse, Marshall, free, refreshments served, (540) 364-1891 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People Briefs
Party date change The Virginia Point-to-Point Association awards party will be held Sunday June 1 starting at 5 p.m. at Great Meadow in The Plains. The event is free; season-end winners in all categories in the point-to-point series will be recognized. For details, log onto www.CentralEntryOffice.com or call (540) 253-5001. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Friday Liberty vs. Fauquier games Postponed
Friday's Liberty at Fauquier Baseball and Softball games have been postponed to Monday May 12th at 6:00PM. Liberty at Fauquier boys soccer is postponed to Wednesday May 14th at 7:00PM. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Eagles shut down by giddy Devilettes, 6-0
Charlie Padgett did not mind that Culpeper's softball team reveled in its Senior Day festivities. The fact that the merriment came at Liberty's expense irked the coach a bit, though. Culpeper rolled to a 6-0 win over LHS on Tuesday — continuing a miserable stretch of games where the Eagles (4-12 overall, 2-10 district) have gone 0-4 and been outscored 48-0. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS boys lacrosse team whips Culpeper to clinch district title
With a seven-goal lead at halftime of their 12-2 victory over Culpeper Monday, the Fauquier Falcons knew it'd be only 24 minutes until they became Cedar Run District champions. The also knew the wait would be much longer to see if they'd have to share that title. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier's McCartin accepts football walk-on offer at UVa.
Suffering a torn ACL last football season didn’t end Kyle McCartin’s scholarship quest, but it made it a more laborious pursuit. In lieu of immediate athletic scholarship offers, the Fauquier High senior decided in early April to attend the University of Virginia next fall and join the football team as an invited walk on. Once recruited by a handful of Division I programs, McCartin will now try to earn a scholarship by climbing up the quarterback depth chart in the coming years. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This time LHS girls dominate FHS in tennis, 9-0
As celebrations go, this was pretty tame. It had the kind of hushed tone found amid church pews mid-sermon, altogether appropriate considering this celebration happened mid-match Wednesday in the Liberty Eagles' 9-0 sweep of Fauquier High. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Norman scores five as Eagles wallop Culpeper, 17-12
While it is always good to get a victory on Senior Night, it is particularly sweet when most of the players on the team are seniors. That was the case Thursday night as the Liberty girls lacrosse team downed Culpeper, 17-12.Liberty scored first on Christy Simmons' goal over a minute into the game. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Battlefield hits 8 home runs, beats Liberty 30-2
It’s technically possible for a baseball game to never end.Baseball has no time limits, meaning one team could keep on hitting if the other team can’t get them out.Battlefield put that mind-blowing time continuum to the test in Friday’s game against Liberty.The Bobcats batted 19 men and scored 15 runs in the first inning alone. They opened up a 15-0 lead and coasted to a 30-2 victory in a game that did eventually come to an end. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Despite 5-1 loss, Liberty girls improve as game goes on
Liberty coach Bob Ruhland could not be disappointed at losing to Battlefield Friday night in Haymarket. His girls managed to hold the Cedar Run District's top team to only one second-half goal with underclassmen doing the bulk of the defensive work for him in the backfield. “I don’t ever complain [about] losing to talent,” he said.The Bobcats (11-1) unleashed a fury of goals right out from the gate as part of a 5-1 victory over the Eagles (2-8-1). | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS boys tennis (14-0) acing all comers
The No. 1 team in the Cedar Run District boys tennis standings faced a test Monday. Here was first-place Fauquier, unbeaten this spring, headed to No. 2 Loudoun Valley for a late-season battle. Loudoun Valley had lost twice in league play, so the Falcons already had clinched the district's crown before entering the regular-season finale. The big question was whether the home-court advantage would permit the Vikings to spoil Fauquier's unblemished record. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sixth straight loss continues Falcons' 'tiring' season
A rolling truck of momentum can't be stopped by optimism alone, especially when loaded with six consecutive losses.As such, the Fauquier Falcons' couldn't avoid a 4-3 loss to the Stonewall Jackson baseball team Thursday in Manassas. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Battlefield overpowers LHS, 5-0, in boys soccer
If you thought Battlefield was good on grass, you should see them on turf. Playing on an artificial surface for the first time this year didn't faze the Bobcats, who shut out the Liberty, 5-0, in a boys soccer match Friday at Kip Hull Field in Bealeton. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
In a physical rematch, Culpeper edges LHS, 9-7, in boys lacrosse
After a difficult start to the boys lacrosse season, Liberty picked up its first win over Culpeper on April 7. Last Thursday, Culpeper turned the tables.The Blue Devils, after a miserable 0-9 start, finally broke into the win column — downing visiting LHS, 9-7 in a hard-fought, physical battle. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Bubble Economy wins Gold Cup
Arcadia Stable's Bubble Economy roared through the stretch to win the $100,000 Virginia Gold Cup, the world's richest timber race, in a four-horse shootout at the finish Saturday at Great Meadow. Trained by Jack Fisher and ridden by Chip Miller, Bubble Economy rated near the back of the nine-horse field early, advanced to contention late and outkicked 2005-'06 winner Miles Ahead, Hot Springs and Monte Bianco to the finish. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Eagles celebrate another win over Fauquier
The Liberty and Fauquier girls lacrosse teams faced off on for the second time this season, with the Eagles winning an edge-of-your-seat game, 16-9, Wednesday at Kip Hull Field.Both teams displayed maximum energy from the get-go. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
MAY 7 Piedmont Equine Practice lecture, Dr. C.A. Shea Porr on feed supplements, Marshall, 6 p.m. refreshments, 6:30 p.m. talk, free, (540) 364-4950 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People briefs
May is carriage driving month The Piedmont Driving Club will host a picnic drive Saturday, May 10 at Weathersfield Farm in Amissville to kick off "Carriage Driving Month." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Falcons threaten Battlefield at times, but fall, 7-1
Had there been a sand wedge hanging on the dugout bat rack, Battlefield catcher Courtney Liddle may have hit three home runs in the Bobcats' 7-1 victory over the Fauquier softball team Tuesday. Sans sand wedge, Liddle had to settle for two home runs and four RBIs because the big barrel of her aluminum bat was of little use in her final at bat. | 0 comments - ›› more ...