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Sports writer covers high schools, auto racing, William & Mary, Hampton University and Christopher Newport University for the Daily Press and Virginian-Pilot

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Cheer Dad does his thing following a York touchdown. Falcons lead Tabb 37-12 after 3Q ⁦ @757teamz
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Brenda Jackson, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s mom ( @DaleJr ) is remembered fondly for her years in Hampton Roads ( @LangleySpeedway )
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Manor beats Deep Creek 58-56 on this amazing buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Desire Short to earn a Class 4 state girls basketball tournament berth. ⁦ @757teamz
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Aziaha James scores the last 3 of her 41 points as Princess Anne beats Henrico 91-48 in the Class 5 state tournament quarterfinals ⁦ @757teamz
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King’s Fork 71 Millbrook 67. Bulldogs winnClass 4 state title. First ever for a girls basketball team in Suffolk! ⁦ @757teamz
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Phoebus defeats Heritage of Lynchburg 48-7 to win the Class 3 state title. It is Phoebus’ ninth state title in 21 years ⁦ @757teamz
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Er’ron Burton’s 18th strikeout gives Nansemond River a 2-0 win over Freedom in Class 5 state final. First ever softball state title for Warriors @757t
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WALKOFF: Hailey Peterson’s grand slam home run with one out in the bottom of the seventh gives Riverside a 6-4 win over Hickory in Class 5 softball state semifinals. It’s Kellam vs. Riverside for state title 11 am Saturday at Glen Allen High ⁦ @757teamz
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Princess Anne’s winning moment. After Zakiya Stephenson his two free throws with 9.6 seconds left, Zoe Collins steals the ball and the Cavaliers dethrone Class 5 state champ Menchville 53-51 in the state semifinals ⁦ @757teamz
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The Bethel Bruins’ football players: hard at work on Day 1 ⁦ @757teamz
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Lakeland beats Hopewell 61-58 and will play in state tournament for first time since 1996 ⁦ @757teamz
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Lafayette defeats Lord Botetourt 27-13 to win the Class 3 football state championship. Its first state title since 2001 and second ever ⁦ @757teamz
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Phoebus defeats Salem 21-14 wins Class 4 state championship!!! Maurikus Banks passes 86 yards to Keyontae Gray with 1 second remaining for the game-winning touchdown. Phantoms win 10th state title, third in a row. @757teamz
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Warhill beats Brookville 1-0 in 18 innings to repeat as 3A softball state champions
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Jamestown beats Lafayette 62-56 in overtime to create a 3-way tie for first in BRD hoops ⁦ @757teamz
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Coach Jeremy Blunt (center) and the stars of Phoebus’ 48-7 win over Heritage of Lynchburg pose with the Class 3 state championship trophy ⁦ @757teamz
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Menchville defeats Norview 59-56 ounces 2OT to advance to state final for first time in 29 years ⁦ @757teamz
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No. 6 Nansemond River beats No. 4 Gloucester 4-2 in nine innings to win the Class 5 Region B baseball tournament ⁦ @757teamz
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Phoebus running back @JaylenWhite2020 is surrounded by family as he signs to play football at the Naval Academy. White had 1,500 total yards - 1,093 rushing, in helping Phoebus win the Peninsula District title. @757teamz
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Hampton defeats Menchville 25-14 to make head coach Mike Smith the third high school football coach nationally ever to win 500 games @757teamz
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New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker and Lafayette High grad Lawrence Taylor showed up at the Rams’ practice today. The Rams (10-2) host Heritage (7-5) at 1 p.m. on Saturday with a Class 3 state semifinal berth at stake ⁦ @757teamz
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Smithfield receives its Class 4 boy soccer state championship trophy ⁦ @757teamz ⁩ Packers beat Jefferson Forest 2-1
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Gloucester defeats Hampton 16-13 to win for the first time ever in 30 meetings. Isaiah Lester's field goal with 0.6 remaining wins it for the Dukes
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Norview beats Princess Anne 40-34 in Class 5 girls hoops state quarterfinals to end PA’s state championship steak at eight ⁦ @757teamz
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Lafayette scores 2 runs on a Riverside error in the bottom of the 7th to win 9-8 in the Class 4 baseball state championship game. It is the Rams' second state title. @757teamz
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Hampton - Class 4 Region A girls basketball champs ⁦ @757teamz
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Trevor Miller talks about scoring the state championship-winning goal as Smithfield beat Jefferson Forest for the VHSL Class 4 title @757teamz
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This is Green’s 40 yd run on the busted punt. Rams lead 27-13 and now just 35 seconds left ⁦ @757teamz
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Phoebus’ Class 4 football state champs set out today to collect 631 items for the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank ⁦ @hrfoodbank ⁩ …one each for the 631 points they scored In going 15-0 this season. The Phantoms collected 1,421 in 3 hours. ⁦ @757teamz
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Hampton hangs on to defeat defending champion Varina 51-49 and advance to Class 4 state tournament championship game ⁦ @757teamz
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Princess Anne’s Zakiya Stephenson, who scored 24 points, talks about the hard road to a state title after the 53-45 win over LC Bird ⁦ @757teamz
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Poquoson boys basketball upsets Lafayette 33-30. Rams were 14-0 in Bay Rivers District coming into the game
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Lafayette star Alexis Blake talks about being on the school’s first team to make a girls basketball state tournament. The Rams beat Norcom 31-30 in the Class 3 Region A semifinals ⁦ @757teamz
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Zakiya Stephenson talks about her game winning free throws and Princess Anne’s 53-51 win over defending state champ Menchville in the Class 5 state semifinals ⁦ @757teamz
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Menchville, Class 5 Region B champs with a 40-31 win over Norview ⁦ @757teamz
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Warhill defeats Lafayette 14-7 to tie York (and perhaps Lafayette) for the Bay Rivers District title. First win for Warhill ever over Lafayette @757teamz
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6 years
Final: Lake Taylor 35, Lafayette 14, as Titans win Class 4 Region A title and will play Eastern View in the Class 4 state semifinals next weekend
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7 years
Final in Conference 18 boys basketball final: Jamestown 65 Smithfield 64 on Evan Wang's two free throws w 6.7 seconds remaining
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Salem wins dramatically! Inayah Lendow’s stickback with 0.8 seconds left gives Sundevils a 43-41 win over Kempsville in Class 5 Region A semifinals. Salem is on to the state tournament. ⁦ @757teamz
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Lakeland, Class Region A girls basketball champs via 46-44 win over Lafayette ⁦ @757teamz
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4 years
Christopher Newport University basketball player Timmy Woollum ( @CNUathletics ) ( @CNUcaptains ) ( @t_woolly ) helps older neighbors during coronavirus shutdown by delivering groceries
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3 years
Pretty sure Lafayette assistant coach Tommy Neville wishes former Ram Lawrence “LT” Taylor could suit up for the Bay Rivers District championship showdown with rival Warhill, but all are happy he showed to watch. ⁦ @757teamz
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Aziah James scores 2 of her 12 third-quarter points as Princess Anne leads Henrico 75-34 going into the 4th quarter of the Class 5 state quarterfinals ⁦ @757teamz
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Final: Warwick 31 King's Fork 19. Raiders advance to (Class 4) state semifinals for first time since 1990 @757teamz
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Cierra Gawryluk pitches the final out of her perfect game in Nansemond River’s 14-0 win over Gloucester in the Class 5 Region A softball tournament quarterfinal ⁦ @757teamz
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Smithfield defeats Eastern View 56-49 in the Class 4 state semifinals and advances to a state final for the first time in school history
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Hampton defeats Loudoun Valley 54-49 to advance to the Class 4 girls basketball state championship game at VCU on Friday ⁦ @757teamz
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Tabb long snapper Brandon Richards signs to play football for Hampton University ⁦ @757teamz ⁩ ⁦ @TabbSports
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Norcom defeats Lafayette 15-10 to end Rams regular season unbeaten streak going back to 2012
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@CNUBasketball ⁩ beats Wheaton 76-70 to earn third Division III final four trip in program history ⁦ @757teamz ⁩ CNU’s women made the final four too
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7 years
Grafton fell to Smithfield 54-51, losing first Bay Rivers District boys basketball game this season.....Lafayette is the lone unbeaten in district play
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Not the best camera work but here’s Jordin Lennon returning an interception 60 yards for a TD on the final play to give York a 26-20 win over Warhill ⁦ @757teamz
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Hampton repeats as Class 4 Region A champion with a 53-35 win over Jamestown ⁦ @757teamz
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Jamestown's Jeff Wolons ( @JefeWolons ) 4A Boys Soccer State Player of the Year. 46 goals and won state title http://t.co/ZD6YX9BBvz
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York High standouts Adam Lytle (Virginia Tech) and Cole Lytle (Virginia) finalize their football commitments #signingday
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@TabbSports ⁩ pep band plays the National Anthem in honor of Tigers’ softball coach Meredith Powell, who is battling breast cancer, prior to the game against York. ⁦ @757teamz
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Poquoson defeats perennial champion Tabb 2-0 to win its first ever Bay Rivers District field hockey championship
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King’s Fork - Class 4 Region A boys basketball champions ⁦ @757teamz
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Menchville defeats Norview 12-6 in Class 5 Region B first round. The win is only second playoff victory in Menchville school history. The last was in 1993, also at Chittum Field - against Maury.
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Booker T. Washington upsets defending Class 3 state champion Lafayette in the Region A quarterfinals 24-22 and advances to the semifinals @757teamz
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4 years
Phoebus football players to sign to play on college are (l-r): Trevon Hayes, East Carolina; Jaylen White, Navy; Kimani Jacobs-Robinson, Louisburg; Josiah Silver, New Hampshire; Corey Wilson, Hampton; Chris Daniels, Glenville State. ⁦ @757teamz
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Aziah James scores a layup as Princess Anne goes up 8-0 on Henrico to start the Class 5!girls state quarterfinal ⁦ @757teamz
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York High just scored a touchdown and “Cheer Dad” strikes again. Lafayette leads, however, 28-14 in 4th quarter ⁦ @757teamz
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Princess Anne defeats Patrick Henry of Roanoke 56-41 in the Class 5 state final to win its eighth consecutive girls basketball state championship
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4 years
BREAKING: Threatened by Title IX lawsuit, William & Mary reinstates women's swimming, gymnastics and volleyball. The school did not reverse cuts of indoor and outdoor men's track and field, men's gymnastics or swimming.
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8 years
Evan Lowery consoles a teammate following Jamestown's state baseball loss #hrstates
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While more than 100 William & Mary athletes rally outside, dozens inside are asking Board of Visitors members not to cut seven varsity sports after this school year, swimming and men’s track among them
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Poquoson wins its 10th wrestling state title convincingly, with more points (207) than runnerup Grayson County (101.5) and Clarke County (101) combined in the Class 2 state tournament
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Surry County defeats Eastside 57-48 to win the Class 1 boys basketball state championship
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McKenna Harris puts Princess Anne over 100 points in 107-45 win over Woodgrove in Class 5 state semifinals. Cavaliers will play for a seventh consecutive state title aT VCU on Saturday
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Princess Anne goes undefeated for the first time since 2002, beating Patrick Henry of Roanoke 56-41 in Roanoke for the Class 5 girls basketball state title. The Cavaliers (10-0) have won eight state titles in a row.
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Taylor Cherry completes Nansemond River’s second consecutive perfect game as the Warriors beat First Colonial 1-0 to advance to the Class 5 Region A championship game at 4 pm on Wednesday at the Stoney Run Complex in Newport News ⁦ @757teamz
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Tavyion Blockett’s amazing catch with 22 seconds left for a 38 yard gain set up Francisque’s 5 yard game winning touchdown run as Warhill beats Lafayette 27-20 ⁦ @757teamz
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York High lineman Blake Ashley finalizes his commitment to ODU as his parents look on #signingday
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Jack Estep scores the winning run in the bottom of the 10th as @MyWalsingham beats Fuqua 6-5 to win its first-ever VISAA Division III baseball state championship
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Jalen Mayo's interception with 27 seconds left clinches Phoebus' 22-14 win over Liberty Christian for eighth state title in 20 years @757teamz
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Final in Class 4 baseball state semifinals: Lafayette 8, Liberty Christian 2. Rams will play Riverside of Ashburn for the Class 4 state championship at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Kiwanis Field in Salem. @757teamz
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Bethel High football players working the weights hard on the first official day of practice under new coach David Porter ⁦ @757teamz
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Charlie Woollum longtime W&M men’s coach who retired in 2000 was honored at Kaplan Arena tonight
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Lafayette defeats Lord Botetourt 4-1 to advance to the Class 3 girls soccer state championship game at 12:30 pm at Courtland High in Fredericksburg @757teamz
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Warhill displays 3A softball state championship trophy after 2-0 win over Brookville #hrstates
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Grafton (Class 4), Tabb (Class 3) and Poquoson (Class 2) all win as the Bay Rivers District puts three teams in the VHSL volleybal state finals
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Smithfield fans love Keon Tucker
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Tabb defeated Meridian 1-0 to win its first (Class 3) boys soccer state championship in 25 years @757teamz
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CNU wins! beats Swathmore 69-66 in national semis and will play for DIII national title on Saturday at 4 p.m. @757teamz
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Poquoson wins Class 2 baseball state championship. TJ Check gives the Islanders a 2-1 win over Lebanon in 10 innings with this RBI double as seen on NFHS Network ⁦ @757teamz
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Phoebus defeats King George 25-13 in the Class 4 football state semifinals and will play next week for a third consecutive state championship and 10th overall @757teamz
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Lafayette with the 3A state baseball championship trophy http://t.co/qcZQkKAQyO
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Lakeland celebrates after defeating Hopewell 43-38 in Class 3 Region A semifinals. Cavaliers reach state tournament for third consecutive season ⁦ @757teamz
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Cle'Von Greene caps WCA state boys basketball championship win with a big dunk
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Jordin Lennon returns an interception 60 yards on the final play of regulation for TD and York beats Warhill 26-20 @757teamz
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Glen Allen denies Nansemond Riverthe winning run on this double play to end the bottom of the 7th. It’s 0-0 after 7 ⁦ @757teamz
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Final: Phoebus 43 Brentsville District 0 in Class 3 state semifinals. Phantoms will play for an 8th state title since 2001 next Saturday @757teamz
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Bruton beats Central Woodstock 3-0 and will play for Class 2 volleyball state title on Saturday ⁦ @757teamz
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Gloucester pitcher Jayanna Richards fields the final out in her team’s 1-0 win at Menchville. She hit a home run in the top of the 7th for the game’s only run as the Dukes and Monarchs are now tied for first in Peninsula District softball. ⁦ @757teamz
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