York Baseball Keeps Its Season Alive, Beats Grafton in BRD Tournament Quarterfinals
The task was by no means easy, but at least it was clear cut: Win or go home. Saturday’s Bay Rivers District baseball quarterfinal pitted No. 4 Grafton vs. No. 5 York – the last two Region I champions – both fighting to keep their season alive. York did so behind another great outing on [...]
Bay Rivers District Boys: Rundown of Friday’s Quarterfinal Games
The opening round of the final Bay Rivers District tournament offered few surprises. Some were shocked to hear defending Group AA Jamestown, the third seed in this year’s tournament, being tied with No. 6 Smithfield at halftime, but the Eagles pulled away to win 3-1 with a handful of players who see regular playing time [...]
Game On: Schedule Adjusted for Lafayette-Poquoson Baseball Quarterfinal
The time and site for Saturday’s Bay Rivers District baseball quarterfinal between No. 3 Lafayette and No. 6 Poquoson has been adjusted, again. With scheduling conflicts on the Rams’ home field at the Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex, the game was first moved to William and Mary’s Plumeri Park at 7 p.m. Saturday following the Tribe’s [...]
Bay Rivers Girls Soccer: No. 4 Warhill Edges No. 5 Grafton 1-0; Other Top Seeds Advance
With contrasting strengths in the midfield, the majority of the first half of Thursday’s Bay Rivers District girls soccer quarterfinal between No. 4 Warhill and No. 5 Grafton played out as anticipated- back-and-forth, with few quality scoring opportunities and most of the action taking place between the 18s. So at halftime, Warhill coach Todd Williams [...]
Jamestown’s Walter Sisters Savor BRD Tennis Doubles Title
Sisters Leah and Anna Walter will both tell you that, from a mental standpoint, competing against one another for Bay Rivers District tennis singles crown was one of the hardest matches either of them have ever endured. “We were kind of dreading it,” said Leah, a Jamestown senior, after edging her younger sister Anna, a [...]
Bay Rivers Tennis: Jamestown’s Walter, Bruton’s Mittmann Capture Singles and Doubles Titles
The favorites prevailed Wednesday afternoon as top-seeded Kurt Mittmann of Bruton and Leah Walter of Jamestown captured their first Bay Rivers District tennis singles titles at Huntington Park. Walter, who outlasted her younger sister, freshman Anna Walter, 6-4, 6-3, lost in the singles final each of the past two years, and was thrilled to cap [...]
Final Bay Rivers Tourney Schedules Set for Baseball, Softball and Soccer
With the VHSL’s new playoff classification system set to go into effect next school year, the final Bay Rivers District tournaments are officially underway. Girls soccer, which is the only district sport that will send four teams to the Region I tournament, begins Thursday evening. Boys soccer and baseball/softball, which begin Friday and Saturday, respectively, [...]
The Score: Baseball, Softball and Soccer Wrap Regular Season
Warhill’s baseball team clinched a share of the Bay Rivers District title for a second-straight year after defeating cross-town rival Jamestown 8-1 on Tuesday. The Lions got yet another stellar pitching outing from ace Michael Brumfield, who tossed all seven innings allowing just five hits while striking out 11 Eagles batters. Blake Wills (2-3) helped [...]