Monticello traveled to Orange County Friday night for a showdown of two of the Jefferson District’s top pitchers. Orange freshman phenom Micalah Sacre won the battle of the K, but Monticello’s Victoria Scott took home the W.

Box scores from Thursday night’s prep action

Fluvanna County faced an early deficit, but fought back and pulled away with a 6-5 Jefferson District win over visiting Orange County on Thursday.

In sports, when the stakes are high, the team that has an edge will often prevail. Well, on Thursday night, Round 1 of the Jefferson District’s boys soccer showdown went to Orange County’s boys soccer team.

Orange County’s baseball program is making some important strides. While the Hornets lost out on a chance to join archrival Louisa County atop the Jefferson District standings in a
10-3 loss Tuesday night, it’s clear that the Hornets won’t be any pushover as the the district race heads down the stretch.

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.