Buckingham County’s best offensive play against Fluvanna County didn’t come out of coach Craig Gill’s playbook.

Wendell Green enters his first season as head coach at Albemarle, as former head man Rick Vrhovac stepped down after his 2008 squad finished 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Commonwealth District. Gone from last year’s roster are starting quarterback Jeremy Robinson, receivers Zach Vrhovac and Tyler Molinaro and key linemen Jon Pfeifer and Will Gimble.

Enrollment changes will knock several area high schools down to lower divisions for the 2009 and 2010 football seasons.

The Louisa County boys outdoor track team picked up where it left off after winning the Jefferson District title, capturing the Region II crown earlier this week.

Micalah Sacre tossed a one-hitter to lead Orange County to a 1-0 victory over Monticello in the Jefferson District softball final on Thursday.

The Mountaineers, who trailed for most of the game, finally secured the lead late in the fourth quarter thanks to some critical adjustments on the defensive end and hit their free throws down the stretch to hang on for a 65-58 win.

When Buckingham County needed leadership the most, it turned to two players who have delivered all year long.

On Friday night, Jones continued the trend in his final regular-season home game as a Knight, scoring from everywhere on the court and leading his team to a huge 82-74 victory on senior night over visiting Goochland, which came into the game with an unblemished James River District record.

Charlottesville escaped with a 65-61 victory to claim third place in The Daily Progress NBC29 Holiday Classic.

Buckingham was able to roll with the punches for the first quarter, but in the second and third quarters Albemarle flexed their muscle to move on to tonight’s championship game against Spotswood after dispatching the Knights 84-59.

The Group A Knights held off the hot-shooting Blue Devils and pulled out a 74-66 victory in the first round of the Daily Pro-gress NBC29 Holiday Classic by creating of-fense out of a solid defensive effort.

It’s that time of year again. The holiday season is upon us, and that means area basketball teams are gearing up for the NBC29/The Daily Progress Holiday Classic.

Nelson County head coach Tim Crawford admitted that his team got dominated in its opener last week against Madison County. On Friday night, his troops traveled to Buckingham County and came away with a decisive 28-7 victory, their first of the young season.

Unfortunately for Nelson County, it’s becoming more obvious that the path to a Group A state title runs right through the Governors’ Dogwood District.

It appears that Albemarle’s baseball team isn’t the only squad that came out on the short end of Mother Nature’s stick. Charlottesville’s girls soccer team’s state quarterfinal battle with Courtland was called a 1-0 Courtland victory after a thunderstorm delay of nearly three hours. There were 38 minutes left on the clock when the game was delayed, but those 38 minutes won’t ever be played.