Covenant dodged a bullet in the last minute in its opener against visiting Atlantic Shores, as the Eagles held on to a 28-26 victory.

In Gordonsville, Western Albemarle used a balanced effort to hold off Mikey Moyers and William Monroe in the Jefferson District Golf mini-match at Spring Creek Golf Club.

High school football practices got underway this week and area coaches are excited about the season’s prospects. Among them is first-year Charlottesville High coach Chris Fraser, who took over the program from longtime coach Garwin DeBerry.

Despite working as a principal in North Carolina for the past two years, Lee Downey was never out of touch with Louisa County, especially when it came to sports.

All it took was one bad inning. And unfortunately for Louisa County, it came in its biggest game of the year.

Just over a week ago, Fluvanna County’s baseball team beat Louisa County, handing the Lions their first loss in Jefferson District play.

If Louisa County was fazed by its first inning, no one showed it.  The Lions shook off a rocky start, got some timely hits and rode the arm of Gunnar Carroll to a Jefferson District semifinal win over Orange County Tuesday night.

In Goochland, Emily Klein and Amy Inouye scored second-half goals to lift the Covenant girls soccer team into the VIS Division II final with a 2-0 semifinal victory over Wakefield.

After rolling through the Jefferson District during the regular season, the Louisa County baseball team looks for continued success as the postseason begins.

The Virginia High School League’s Group AAA football championships are bidding goodbye to Scott Stadium.

Louisa County, coming off a win over William Monroe on Thursday, rode the arm of Gunnar Carroll and timely hits from the middle of its order to cruise past Western Albemarle Friday night.

The Lions made quick work of visiting Fluvanna County to remain perfect in the district with a 10-2 victory.

Since losing its season opener to Albemarle just over a month ago, the Western Albemarle soccer team has come a long way.

The Hornets finally got the upper hand, as they scratched across two runs in the eighth inning off of botched plays by the Lions’ infield to prevail 3-2.

For a few innings, it appeared Orange County was ready to end several years of frustrating losses and knock off powerhouse rival Louisa County. But a monster double by Louisa’s Dylan Szalankiewicz helped spark a five-run fifth inning that blew apart Orange’s chances.