The way Orange County starting pitcher Derek Justice was dealing, the Hornets probably didn’t need five runs against William Monroe Friday night at Porterfield Park. Justice got all the run support he needed in the first inning when he helped his own cause with a sacrifice-fly RBI. The rest was icing on the cake.

Sam Beale is happy with the results of his work with Covenant freshman Sean Rutherford. Beale’s just wishing the young hurler’s success didn’t have to come against his own Miller squad.

The Nelson County baseball team, two games out of the top spot in the Dogwood District, needed a district win against a struggling Gretna squad.

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.

An inning after Long had reached his pitch count and was removed from the mound, STAB won a battle of the bullpens and the game, edging Notre Dame 3-2 on a walk-off double by Michael Spinosa.

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.

A veteran lineup combined with a strong pitcher proved to be the one-two punch that Colonial Forge needed to get past Albemarle in a Commonwealth District matchup Wednesday night.

Buoyed by a narrow defeat in a previous meeting, the Western Albemarle baseball team was full of confidence heading into Wednesday night’s matchup with defending Group AA champion Turner Ashby. It took all of five batters for that optimism to evaporate.

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

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.

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.

After battling to a tie through seven innings last night, Fluvanna County used a timely hit from its No. 9 batter and some nifty baserunning to pull out a 6-2 victory in nine innings over Monticello.

The Greene Dragons gutted out a 3-2 road victory against the Mustangs by scoring on a sacrifice fly, a balk and a wild pitch.

After pitching a scoreless inning and scoring the winning run in St. Anne’s-Belfield’s 8-7 morning victory over Benedictine, Spinosa and fellow freshman Kevin White hit home runs in the Saints’ afternoon matchup with Maury. He then shut the door on Commodores star Marcus Breeden to clinch a 5-3 STAB victory on Saturday at Perry Field.

The Warriors rode the arm of Wade Hughes and the strength at the top of their order to defeat the Mustangs 7-1 and secure their second district win in as many days. 

Behind a 3 for 4, four-RBI performance from M.J. Wells, Nelson cruised to an 8-4 victory.

MINERAL - Sometimes the simplest plays mean the most. And that was the case for Louisa County’s baseball team Tuesday night as it eked out a Jefferson District win over Monticello.

Nothing makes a baseball team happier than watching their pitcher throw a complete-game shutout.

In Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Louisa County baseball team got off to a strong start in the Hawaiian Tropic Classic this week.

Fork Union broke through for eight second-inning runs against Blue Ridge starter Ed Moss, and four Blue Devils pitchers made the lead stand up in an 11-0, five-inning victory Thursday afternoon.

As winners of three Virginia Independent School state titles in the last six years, the bar has been set high for the St. Anne’s-Belfield baseball team.
Off to an atypical 0-2 start, the Saints got things headed in the right direction Monday night by defeating St. Paul’s, 5-1.