Where Missy Dudley-Heft goes, crowds follow.

The 6-foot-6, 195-pound Parker chose the Terrapins over offers from Virginia, Miami, East Carolina, Clemson and Florida.

For his leadership and outstanding play this past season at Miller, Powell was named All-Central Virginia boys basketball player of the year by The Daily Progress sports staff.

As a result of his hard work and tutelage this past season, which turned out to be his final as Madison’s coach, Taylor was chosen as the The Daily Progress’ All-Central Virginia boys basketball coach of the year for the second time in four years.

The Greene Dragons captured their first regular season district title since moving up to Group AA, went unbeaten in the Jefferson District at home, and hosted their first region tournament game before falling to eventual state champion Freedom-South Riding in the Region II, Division 3 semifinals.

Well, Shawntae Payne can certainly be called one of the best athletes because she belongs in that special category — one that make those around her better.

As spring neared last basketball season, Mychal Parker had all but made up his mind about where he wanted to play in college.

After a decade, Wawner is saying goodbye to the Miller School program and will soon say hello to the staff at Hawaii Preparatory Academy.

The event honored 22 student-athletes for scholastic achievements and 30 others for their character displayed on the court.

Madison County’s fourth-quarter meltdown in a 57-54 loss to Dan River brought an unbeaten season and a march toward the state title game to a screeching halt Thursday night in the Group A, Division 2 semifinals.

Today, coach Tim Taylor and his Madison County team head to Richmond and the Siegel Center, a much bigger venue for their Group A, Division 2 semifinal game against Dan River — and the whole town is hoping to join in.

The Raiders, who devised a defensive scheme to shut down Charlottesville stars Shawntae Payne and Tanyqua Williams, executed their game plan perfectly and let the offense do the rest in the 77-45 victory.

The Black Knights had a three-point lead on Courtland in the Group AA, Division 4 semifinals, but watched the game slip away when Luke Sellers tied the game on a 3-pointer and Lamar Giggets hit a free throw with 2.8 seconds remaining to lead Cougars to a 61-60 victory.

The Miller School’s VIS Division 2 championship on Saturday was especially sweet for the Mavericks, as they avenged an earlier loss to top-seeded Atlantic Shores Christian en route to their first state title.

For the past two weeks, Shawntae Payne has playing every game as if it were her last.

The Mavericks worked the ball inside early and often and used a stingy defense to upend the Seahawks, 69-61, and capture their first title.

Fresh off an emotional victory over rival and top-seeded Benedictine in the VIS Division I semifinals, Blue Ridge was never able to get into its groove against a talented Paul VI team on Saturday in the championship game.

The Mountaineer faithful made their presence felt at Monticello High, and their team didn’t disappoint as Madison held off a fourth-quarter rally from Northampton to win, 66-57.

But in the fourth quarter, Leatherwood couldn’t miss. He scored 13 of his team’s 16 points in the fourth frame to lead CHS to a 58-45 victory.

No. 2 seed Miller survived a hard-fought, emotional effort by No. 3 seeded St. Anne’s-Belfield in the VIS Division II semifinals at Richard Bland College on Friday, winning 62-56.

The defending champions Lady Chiefs held the Lady Mavericks to just four points through the first seven minutes of the fourth period of a 53-45 victory on Friday at Paul VI Catholic High School.

The Mountaineers’ trio of varsity assistant coaches played on three different state championship or state runner-up squads at different times during Madison’s storied basketball history.

The Black Knights certainly did not lack confidence on Friday night, as they outplayed, outhustled and outrebounded Grafton en route to a 59-48 win in the Group AA, Division 4 quarterfinals at Christopher Newport University’s Freeman Center.

StoneBridge was simply too much for Washington and Tandem Friends in the second half in the VIS Division II semifinals held at Paul VI Catholic High School, as the Cavaliers held the Badgers to just five third-quarter points en route to a 53-31 victory.

Madison County junior forward David Falk finally has taken the upper hand in at least one of the never-ending debates about basketball he engages in with his father, former Madison center Aksel Falk.

Relying on its usual balanced attack, St. Anne’s got double figure-scoring performances from each of its five senior starters.

With some hard-nosed press defense early, No. 1-seeded Miller took care of business in the VIS state quarterfinals Thursday by rolling to a 62-31 victory over Broadwater at home.

It wasn’t a pristine effort, but Miller managed to overcome some general sluggishness and punch its ticket to Petersburg and the VIS Division II semifinals with an 82-68 victory over Walsingham Academy.

Liberty Christian’s senior combo of 6-foot-2 forward Jelena Antic and 6-foot-3 center Hanka Musa each scored 23 points and combined for 20 rebounds as the Bulldogs held off the Saints 61-51 to advance to the state semifinals this weekend in Fairfax.

In Virginia Beach, after trailing by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, Covenant completed a furious rally to knock off Cape Henry Collegiate 58-55 in the first round of the VIS Division II tournament Tuesday night.