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SHOWDOWN NEXT TUESDAY AGAINST AMELIA The Nottoway Lady Cougars finished runner-up Saturday in an invitational softball tournament. at Dream Fields in Weems (Lancaster County). The varsity girls lost in the championship game, 10-4, to St. Catherine’s after giving-up five runs in the first inning. Katherine Gravely and Olivia Shorter each had two RBI for the Lady Cougars. Nottoway reached the […]

Blackstone native Tyler Banks doesn’t fear big linemen, fast running backs — or nosey sports reporters. He fielded a number of inquiries last week as Ole Miss spring football practice got underway. The rising senior is a Captain on Special Teams for the Rebels and is expected next Fall to get more playing time at linebacker — perhaps as a […]

The Lady Kavaliers didn’t need the runs, but that didn’t stop Kenston Forest softball player Hayden Hudson from diving safely to home plate during a 15-0, 3.5-inning rout of visiting Tidewater Academy last week. Roving photographer Carole Hagaman also captured shots during recent action of pitchers Kelsey Marshall (lower left) and Aubrey Mayton.

With less than a second remaining, Nottoway Cougar senior Xxavier McCain caught an inbounds pass and made a fiercely-contested fade-away jumper from 12 feet as the final buzzer sounded. Nottoway basketball fans celebrated last Tuesday, Feb. 25th at Bruton High School in Williamsburg because McCain’s basket tied the game at 67-67 and forced overtime with the Panthers. But wait… Referees […]

Nottoway High School soccer stand-out, Thomas Ingram, left last week for Madrid, Spain to train for 10 days with the Laliga Soccer club, according to his father, Tony Stith. The son of Tony & Latonya Stith of Crewe, Ingram last year scored 24 goals for Nottoway’s soccer team, breaking the previous school record of 23 that he set in 2023. […]

Nottoway High School wrestlers went a combined 100-39 this year, with three members advancing to States. FROM LEFT: freshman Andre Smith (190 lbs); junior Colton Lewis (157 lbs., 1st place District, 2nd place Regionals/State Qualifier, 6th place State Championship; senior Logan Hayes (285 lbs.), 2nd place District; sophomore Ewan Gray (138 lbs.), 2nd place District, 5th place Regionals; junior Elliot […]

Nottoway High School junior Colton Lewis, who’s already a two-time All-State golfer, became an All-State wrestler over the weekend in Bristol at the VHSL state wrestling tournament. Lewis, a 157-pounder, fin- ished sixth in his weight class, good enough to grab the last All-State spot on the podium. He’s wrestled only for a couple of years and also is expected […]