A starter on the Spring Valley boys’ soccer team had to tell the Richland Northeast Cavalier starters how to line up for the introductions at their match at Spring Valley Friday, March 11. The Cavaliers stood vertically near midfield when they should have been horizontal. The Cavaliers also had to make a couple of last–minute uniform changes prior to the […]

The Falcons dominated at the region Speed and Strength meet March 3 at Lexington High taking 14 of the 30 total slots possible to place in the competition. First, second, and third place were named for each weight category for such events as bench press, broad jump, and 40–yard dash. Flora’s 35 participants— including the only two female athletes at […]

Chandler Terrapin struck out ten over seven innings and hit a towering home run to lead the Brookland– Cayce Lady Bearcats to a 4–2 victory over the visiting Cardinal Newman Lady Cardinals Saturday, March 12. Cardinal Newman started the scoring in the top of the first as pitcher Annalise Hughen led off with a single, stole second, and came around […]

In a game marred by typical early–season sloppiness, the Richland Northeast baseball team utilized its small– ball ability to defeat Eau Claire 9–5 Monday, March 14. “ We did the little things we needed to do to win the baseball game,” said RNE head coach Thane Maness. “We’re not a great hitting team, and when we play small–ball we tend […]

Coach John Johnson and the Airport baseball team enter the 2011 season facing a wide range of expectations. Diamond Prospects predicts the Eagles will finish sixth in their seven team region, while the coach’s poll has the Eagles ranked 10th in the preseason 3A poll. Among Johnson’s expectations are a better ending to 2011 than in 2010, when a 23–6 […]

Alexa Barnes scored twice and assisted on the game–winning goal as the Cardinal Newman Lady Cardinals defeated the Dreher Lady Blue Devils 3–2 at Memorial Stadium Monday, March 14. The Lady Cardinals (3–0) put pressure on the Dreher defense from the start. Barnes missed just wide left in the sixth minute, and Ashley Brown was wide right with a shot […]

It took 56 minutes and 10 secconds. That is when the Cardinals’ junior forward Nestor Jaramillo took an inbounds pass and kicked a rocket into the Falcons’ net with 23:50 left in the game. Just over 20 minutes later, senior midfielder captain Jono Cleary gave his teammates the cushion they needed, taking a corner kick and finding the back corner […]

“The ball stays in the opponents’ front third a lot but not necessarily in the opponents’ net a lot.” Therein, Lady Cardinals’ soccer coach Steve Berzins concisely analyzed how his Cardinal Newman girls play soccer. He did admit that his team “had more success than in any of the previous games” in the contest at Ben Lippen field Tuesday, March […]