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| APRIL 2009 RELEASES April 30, 2009 Bruins, Braves remain within striking distance of Hawks BOYS: With a 21-8 shot advantage and four goals in the first half, Western Branch didn't look back in its 5-1 romp at Oscar Smith Thursday night. Xavier Primus scored two goals in relief while Ricardo Brown and Donny Chattin added a goal and assist each... The Bruins are currently tied for second in the Southeastern District with Indian River. The Braves got two goals from Duffie as they knocked off Lakeland, 4-1... Hickory held its three point lead over the aforementioned victors. The Hawks moved to 6-0-0 in the SED with a 5-0 win over King's Fork. Jake Jones took the team lead in goals scored with two Thursday to total seven for the season. 13 different Hawks have entered the scoring column in 2009... Elsewhere in the Southeastern District, Harris scored two goals for Grassfield who shut-out Nansemond River, 4-0 while Matt Travis logged a hat trick for Great Bridge who won big at home against Deep Creek... In the Eastern District, Dino Canales scored four goals and Patrick Thompson added three as Lake Taylor beat Booker T. Washington 8-0, while Akeem Mathews hit the net six times for Norview who won 9-1 at Norcom. GIRLS: The five-way tie for third place split up on Thursday as Western Branch, Indian River, and Grassfield all claimed victories to move to 4-2-0 in district play and remain two games behind Hickory. The Bruins beat Oscar Smith 3- 1, the Grizzlies won 2-0 over Nansemond River, while Katie Nichols and Sheena Regan scored two each to push Indian River well over Lakeland, 9-0... Hickory and Great Bridge maintained their positioning with wins. The Hawks blanked King's Fork 5-0 while the Wildcats thrashed Deep Creek, 9-0. Kelsey Dill picked up a hat trick and Amanda Holmes and Garty scored twice apiece for Great Bridge who are alone in second... Shannon Knight and Lucario each logged hat tricks and Simmons scored two goals for Norview who beat Norcom 10-0 in Eastern District competition. April 29, 2009 Norfolk Academy boots Princess Anne girls, 4-2 Dani Johnson's double paced Norfolk Academy Wednesday. The Bulldogs, front-runners in the TCIS, improved to 3-1-0 versus the Eastern Region in 2009 with its 4-2 victory at home over Princess Anne. Senior midfielder Chelsea Hill tallied one of the goals for Princess Anne, giving her a team-high total of eight... In the Eastern District, The Wilson girls earned a big win at Churchland, 1-0 while the Churchland boys took their tilt over the Presidents, 2-1... In other ED news, the Maury/Granby doubleheader at Powhatan has been moved to Friday night. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Wednesday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights April 28, 2009 MOVING DAY 2009: Cox, Hickory, Maury, Denbigh all earn key victories BOYS: Beach: It wasn't their prettiest result of 2009 but any win in the Beach District is a good one. Just ask the Cox Falcons who made a Ryan Oakes goal in the 16th minute stand up despite being out-shot 11-6 in the second half at Ocean Lakes, hanging on for a 1-0 result. The Falcons became the first team in the Region to earn 10 wins this season as they dealt the Dolphins its second straight loss... Next up for the Falcons is the revival of the annual neighborhood rivalry with First Colonial Friday night in a match-up of remaining unbeatens in the Eastern Region. The Patriots shut-out Salem 3-0 to remain a point up on Cox in the standings. First Colonial is currently tied for the Eastern Region lead in shut-outs with eight and has only allowed three goals in 11 matches Both the Falcons and Patriots are assured Beach District Tournament spots... Elsewhere in the Beach, Landstown won at home over Kempsville 2-0, Princess Anne won at Green Run 5-2, and Kellam also prevailed on the road, 5-1 at Bayside. Multiple goal efforts in the Beach came from Trey Smith (PA) with three, and Jordan Grumney (KEL) and Hector Arellano (KEL) with two each. Southeastern: Hickory kept a three point lead in the SED standings following its 3-1 win over Great Bridge in a game that was tied at the half... Grassfield stayed in the hunt for a playoff spot as it came up with a big 2-1 win over Oscar Smith... Western Branch stayed a game back of Hickory by beating Lakeland 4-0. Four players scored for the Bruins... Elsewhere, Indian River drubbed King's Fork while Nansemond River blew out Deep Creek. Multiple goals came from Paul Dillon of Indian River with two, four from Watson and two from Schutz of Nansemond River. Peninsula: Tyree Etienne scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season for Warwick who ended a three match winless streak with a 2-1 result at home to Woodside. The Wolverines, who were unbeaten in their first eight matches of 2009, have dropped three straight... Gloucester moved into sole possession of third place with a commanding 6-0 win over Denbigh. Corey Sindle and David Pherson scored two apiece for the Dukes... Kecoughtan maintained its cushion atop the PD with a 8-0 pasting of Hampton. Three goals and two assists from Robert Alberti while Karl Kummer scored a pair and added an assist. The Warriors can lock up the Peninsula District Regular Season crown and the first bid to the Eastern Region Tournament with a win over Phoebus on Friday... Menchville has joined Kecoughtan with berths in the Peninsula District Tournament following the Monarchs' 6-0 win over Phoebus. Jimmie Howard logged two goals for Menchville who has won seven of its last eight... Bethel kept the heat on one of the remaining PD playoff spots with a 5-2 win at Heritage. Eastern: Maury took sole possession of first place Tuesday with an 11-0 drubbing of Wilson. Will Grimes with a hat trick while Kenny Moore added two for the Commodores who lead Churchland by two points in the table. GIRLS: Beach: Emory Camper scored multiple goals for the fourth time this season, and it couldn't have come at a better time for Cox. The Falcons won at Ocean Lakes 3-1 to become the lone unbeaten team remaining at the midpoint of Beach District play... Lauren Williams and Allie Boubouheropoulos scored two each for Kempsville who rode some super set pieces to a 5-0 drubbing at Landstown... The Chiefs are tied in points with Kellam after the Knights won 2-0 at Bayside. Kellam has a game in hand on Kempsville... Brittany Beaty notched a pair of goals as First Colonial rebounded from last week's OT loss to Kempsville, beating Salem 5-0... Also, Princess Anne cruised 6-0 over Green Run as six Cavaliers entered the scorebook. Southeastern: Hickory took control of the SED Tuesday as the Hawks beat Great Bridge for the second time this season, 4-2 at home... Oscar Smith pulled off an important 2-1 win over Grassfield to create an absolute mess for third place in the District. Five teams now stand at 3-2-0 in district play including the Tigers and Grizzlies... Western Branch, Nansemond River, and Indian River cruised to SED shut-outs to complete the current five-way deadlock. Multiple goals in the remaining matches came from Wallace- Zocher (WB) and Callwood (WB) with two each. Peninsula: The Denbigh Patriots rode the leg of Dani Gunderson once more. Gunderson scored all five of the Patriots' goals (totaling 20 for the season) in a 5-4 affair at Gloucester with first place in the PD on the line. Linsey Snavely scored multiple goals for the fifth consecutive match with two on Tuesday for the Dukes (14 for the season). Denbigh can clinch its first Peninsula District regular season title with a win Friday vs. Menchville... Speaking of Menchville, the Monarchs settled for a 2-2 draw with Phoebus... Menchville moves into a tie for third with Woodside who also drew, 1-1 at Warwick... Bethel took a 1-0 result at Heritage while Kecoughtan got a hat trick from Caitlyn Smith and two goals from Allie Segura to beat Hampton 6-0. Eastern: Maury continued to separate itself from its district race Tuesday. The Commodores rode the back of Mary Morgan once more as she converted four times to beat Wilson 8-0 and deal the Lady Presidents its first ED loss. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Tuesday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Tuesday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights April 27, 2009 Churchland salvages points versus Granby After falling behind to Granby who scored on the only two shot attempts they forced, the Churchland Truckers responded in a flash. For soccer, 74 seconds of running clock is a flash when the official time is stopped after a goal. Nigel Tuft-Williams assisted on Frank Bravo's header in the 48th minute, then took one to the house himself on a give-and-go with Jarrett Wallbanks in the 49th. Churchland and Granby would furiously move back and forth across the FieldTurf pitch at Powhatan the remaining 30+ minutes of regulation and into overtime, but the Truckers and Comets stayed unbeaten in the Eastern District with a 2-2 draw. Jeremy Jones, who has scored in every match for the Comets this season, logged his 23rd of the year. Churchland and Granby's girls teams also battled to a 2-2 draw earlier on Monday as the Truckers scored with less than four minutes remaining in regulation to save itself a point and cost Granby two more. Lake Taylor and Norview rolled to ED victories in both genders Monday with multiple goals scored by P. Thompson (LT) and A. Mathews (NORV) for the boys, and J. Richardson (LT), Thomas (LT), and Vinson (LT) for the girls. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Monday's high school roundup April 24, 2009 Salem boys upset O. Lakes, Kempsville girls win at FC BOYS: Jeffery Lavallee's 49th minute goal broke a halftime deadlock as Salem picked up a big victory in the Beach District, winning at Ocean Lakes, 2-1... First Colonial now takes a one point lead on Cox and Ocean Lakes but it didn't come easy for the Patriots on Friday. In his first visit back to Kempsville as FC head coach, Kevin Denson's Patriots defeated the Chiefs 1-0 with a Colin Eckert goal. Denson, who still teaches at Kempsville, led to four state championships during his 22 years leading the Chiefs... Elsewhere in the Beach, Cox and Landstown rolled to 4-0 victories in their respective matches while Kellam beat Tallwood, 4- 1. On the Peninsula, Menchville has managed to move all alone into second place in the table by winning at Gloucester, 3-0... Kecoughtan remains three points and a tiebreaker clear of the Monarchs as they leveled Heritage, 6-0... Hampton continued its surprising 2009 campaign. The Crabbers are 3-3-0 in the PD following their 2-1 win over Phoebus... Michael Marshall logged a hat trick for Bethel who beat Woodside, 4-1 to snap a 3-game slide... In the Eastern District, Maury rolled 10-2 over Norview as Will Grimes and Ryan Lee each scored twice. GIRLS: Gabby Carragino's overtime goal gave Kempsville a key Beach District win as the Chiefs knocked off First Colonial, 2-1... Bayside earned a 1-1 draw at home with Landstown... Taylor Smith scored two goals to lead Ocean Lakes over Salem, 3-0... Katie Bonney scored twice as well as Kellam beat Tallwood, 6-0 while Emory Camper's four goals led Cox in a 13-0 rout of Green Run... The leading scorer on Friday was again Mary Morgan of Maury who found the net six times as the Commodores schooled Norview 8-0... Woodside, Phoebus, and Kecoughtan earned 1-0 wins on the Peninsula while Gloucester trounced Menchville, 5-0. Linsey Snavely and Shelby Milks scored two goals apiece for the Dukes (9-2- 0, 6-0-0 PD). On Saturday, Kellam logged another shutout, 1-0 over Parkland (PA) as Mei Nagahama scored two goals in as many days for the Knights. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Friday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Saturday's lacrosse/soccer results/highlights April 23, 2009 Hickory boys alone atop SE District table BOYS: Ritchie Duffie's seventh goal of the season was an important one in the Southeastern District. His Braves would proceed to remove Great Bridge from the top of the table with a 1-0 result... Hickory, who got a hat trick from Jarrett Chaine, moved into sole possession of first place with a 6-0 win over Nansemond River... Oscar Smith earned a 1-0 result over Deep Creek while, in Suffolk, Lakeland dealt King's Fork its fourth straight defeat by a 2-1 margin. Denbigh and Warwick tried to get an early jump on the Peninsula In the Eastern District, but they ended up a scoreless stalemate... Jeremy Jones upped his ER-best goal total to 22 with a pair of strikes as Granby annhiliated Norcom, 9-0... Churchland also won again, beating Lake Taylor 5-2 while Wilson earned its first win of the season, beating Booker T. Washington 6-1. GIRLS: Dani Gunderson scored four goals to lead Denbigh to a 6-0 win over Warwick... In the Southeastern District, Tara Kerns scored two goals as Great Bridge shut out Indian River, 3-0... The Wildcats remain tied with Hickory who beat Nansemond River, 2-0. Samantha Hinson tallied her ninth goal of the season for the Hawks... E. Jefferson scored five goals for King's Fork who removed itself from the winless teams in the SED, beating Lakeland 6-0... Oscar Smith blanked Deep Creek, 5-0. In the Eastern District, the top four teams continue to remove themselves from the bottom as Granby, Churchland, and Wilson all won big, and Maury has yet to play its third district tilt. Rachel Gilooly logged her third hat trick in as many games for the Comets. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Thursday's soccer/lacrosse results and highlights April 22, 2009 Cox earns clean sheets against Maury Action was scarce around the Region on Wednesday evening but exciting nonetheless in a pair of key boys and girls soccer matchups. In Norfolk, the defending Eastern Region Champion Cox Falcons picked up where they left off over two weeks ago with a pair of wins over Maury at Powhatan Field. Charley Martin scored twice for the Falcon girls in the opening match, part of a 3-0 run by Cox in the opening 15 minutes as they cruised 4-0 over the Commodores. In the nightcap, Eric Bird logged a goal and assist while the Cox defense kept a fast Maury attack off the board as the Falcons won 2-0. Jon Holmes earned the shutout in his first varsity appearance for Cox with five saves. In Chesapeake, Western Branch and Grassfield decided to get an early jump on the rest of the Southeastern District Wednesday. The Bruin boys picked up a huge win in SED play, defeating Grassfield 2-1 thanks to a mid- 2nd half goal from Taylor Oakey. Donald Chattin (WB) scored his 10th goal of the season while, after reviewing the tape, James McNair officially scored the goal for Grassfield. In the girls match across town, Samantha Phillips' ninth goal of the season stood up for the Grizzlies who dealt Western Branch its first district loss, 1-0. In the Eastern District, the Churchland boys beat Norview 2-0 to tie atop the table at 2-0-0. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Wednesday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights April 21, 2009 Menchville takes a pair of 1-0 wins over Warwick BOYS: Jimmie Howard headed in a 45th minute set piece to provide just enough cushion for Menchville to beat Warwick 1-0 in front of a large and spirited crowd at Captains Field. Howard has scored a goal in his last three matches for the Monarchs (6-5-0, 4-1-0 PD)... Kecoughtan put on a clinic against the offside trap of Woodside as it continues to clear itself from the rest of the table in Peninsula District play, thrashing the Wolverines 7-1. Robert Alberti logged a hat trick for the Warriors (6-5-0, 5-0-0 PD) who dealt Woodside its first loss of the season, dropping the Wolverines into fourth place with four matches remaining... Gloucester needed overtime for the third consecutive match and have now won two of them. The most recent came in the form of 2-1 over Phoebus... Elsewhere on the Peninsula, Denbigh survived a high scoring affair with Bethel, and Hampton shut out Heritage. In the Southeastern District, Jake Jones scored for the third straight game as Hickory won at Oscar Smith, 4-2... Western Branch found its rhythm after surrendering an early goal to King's Fork off a counter. The Bruins responded with six of their own, including two each from Donny Chattin and Brett Woodward, to win its third straight match and stay unbeaten in the SED... Paul Dillon made things happen for Indian River, serving as the catalyst for many of the Braves' goals as they beat Nansemond River, 5-1. Morrison scored two goals for the Braves (5-4-0, 2-1-0 SED)... Also score district blowouts for Great Bridge and Grassfield with a pair of goals each from Szczepaniak (GB), Fleming (GRAS), and Carr (GRAS). GIRLS: Megan Hept logged two goals as Hickory beat Oscar Smith 4-1 to stay tied atop the Southeastern District with Great Bridge who dismantled Lakeland... Indian River picked up a 1-0 win over Nansemond River, Grassfield destroyed Deep Creek, and Western Branch earned a lop- sided shutout over King's Fork to round out SED play Tuesday... In the Peninsula District, Rachel Green scored two goals for Woodside who moved to 4-1-0 in PD play, winning 3-1 at Kecoughtan... Menchville scored on a penalty kick which proved to be the difference maker in their 1-0 win over Warwick to also keep in the top four... Also score clean sheets in the Peninsula to Gloucester and Denbigh who are currently tied at 5-0-0 and will meet in one week... on the flip side of the PD table, Hampton and Heritage both picked up a point in their 1-1 draw. Other players who scored multiple goals in the aformentioned girls matches Tuesday were A. Holmes (GB) with four, Shipman (GB) with three, and S. Phillips (GRAS), Andersen (GRAS), Kerns (GB), Cross (GB), Callwood (WB), D. Gunderson (DEN), L. Cheatham (DEN), Coates (DEN), L. Snavely (GLOU), and E. Drake (GLOU) with two each. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Tuesday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Tuesday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights April 20, 2009 Eastern District contenders win big Monday A tornado watch in the region and a few nasty thunderstorms didn't prevent a few Eastern District games from getting in the books Monday. While half of the games were postponed, the other half were unanimous blowout wins for the Maury boys and the Maury, Granby, and Wilson girls, all improving their district records to 2-0-0. Multiple goal scorers Monday included Maury's Stewart (4) and Morgan (4), Granby's Davis (3), Gilooly (3), and Stevens (2), and Wilson's Wolf (3) and Parker (2). The Maury girls coaching staff reported to The Virginian- Pilot that Mary Morgan, with her Monday performance, had eclipsed the century mark with career goals with 101. April 18, 2009 Ocean Lakes boys defeat Western Branch, 1-0 Daniel Scholz's goal which deflected in the goal off an opposing player was enough for Ocean Lakes to continue its solid start to the 2009 season Saturday afternoon. The Dolphins made the goal stand up as they beat the Western Branch Bruins 1-0. Ocean Lakes has won seven straight and resume play from Spring Break atop the Beach District at 4-0-0 with a April 28 home date with Cox on the horizon. April 17, 2009 Snavely's hat trick keeps Gloucester girls unbeaten in PD GIRLS: Linsey Snavely scored three goals and added an assist as Gloucester beat Warwick 4-1 to move into a tie with Denbigh atop the Peninsula District... Rachel Green also logged multiple goals for Woodside who beat Hampton 4-0. BOYS: Woodside broke a halftime tie with Hampton by scoring a pair to win it 3-1. The Wolverines stay unbeaten at 7-0-1 and 3-0- 1 in the PD... Jake Anderson's two goals paced Menchville past Bethel 4-0... Gloucester played Warwick to a 1-1 draw. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Friday's Prep Rundown April 16, 2009 Princess Anne survives Lafayette with 3-3 tie BOYS: Jake Semler's two goals eventually put Princess Anne into an extra set of frames at Lafayette Thursday night, eventually resulting in a 3-3 draw... Kecoughtan again earned a 3-1 result in Peninsula District play - this time against Denbigh... Chris Russ picked up a hat trick as Phoebus shut down Heritage 5-0 to earn its first PD win. GIRLS: Denbigh needed overtime to beat Kecoughtan 3-2. Dani Gunderson picked up a double including her 89th minute winner... Phoebus also claimed a Peninsula win Thursday, beating Heritage 2-1 thanks to a couple first half tallies. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Thursday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Thursday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights April 15, 2009 Gloucester comes from behind, beats Bethel in OT Scott Holthaus helped his Gloucester Dukes extend their Peninsula District match against Bethel Wednesday evening at the Hampton Soccer Complex with his late-second half goal. Corey Sindle then capitalized for the Dukes in OT with his match-winner as the Dukes beat the Bruins 3-2 in boys soccer. Gloucester blanked Bethel 7-0 in girls soccer action as Linsey Snavely had three goals and three assists. On the Southside, Grassfield defeated Racine Case (WI) 3-1. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Wednesday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Wednesday's Lacrosse/Soccer/Golf Results April 14, 2009 Play resumes in Peninsula with another Kecoughtan triumph BOYS: Kecoughtan has picked a great year to have a front-loaded Peninsula District schedule. The Warriors continued to separate itself from the rest of the field with a 3-1 win at Menchville... Perhaps the surprise result of the season on the Peninsula was Hampton's 1-0 win at home over Denbigh... Warwick held off Phoebus 3-1 on the road while Woodside won big at Heritage. GIRLS: In the lone game on the Southside with Spring Break in full swing this week, Hickory upended Racine Case (WI) 5-1. Amanda Nelms scored twice for the Hawks who have won six of their last seven... In the Peninsula District, Dani Gunderson scored a hat trick for Denbigh who beat Hampton 3-1... Stone and Wilson scored two goals each for Warwick as they defeated Phoebus 4-2... In the tightest game of the day, Menchville held off Kecoughtan 2-1 while the Woodside girls also coasted in their game with Heritage. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Tuesday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Tuesday's Lacrosse/Soccer results April 9, 2009 Hickory, Indian River earn big SED sweeps as break approaches GIRLS: Hickory and Indian River both claimed important 1-0 results over their host opponents Grassfield and Oscar Smith Thursday night... Great Bridge, Nansemond River, and Western Branch also cruised to three points each... A couple Beach teams also earned wins out of district play as Kellam beat First Flight 1-0 and Landstown defeated Norfolk Christian 2-0... Granby scored a 4-1 win at Norview in its Eastern District opener. BOYS: Jeremy Jones scored twice to total 20 for the season heading into Spring Break as Granby beat Norview 6-1. Akeem Mathews scored his 10th goal of 2009 despite the loss... In the Southeastern District, Hickory shut down Grassfield 2-0 after out-shooting the visiting Grizzlies 18-4... Indian River took a 4-1 lead into the locker room against Oscar Smith and made it last the remaining 40 minutes. Duffie scored twice for the Braves (4-4-0)... Western Branch won big at home over Deep Creek, 8-0. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Thursday's soccer/lacrosse results and highlights April 8, 2009 Ocean Lakes sweeps Kellam in Beach District double-dip Ocean Lakes claimed victories in boys and girls soccer Wednesday in a make-up of their rainout at Kellam High School Wednesday night, claiming both matches by the score of 1-0. Kayla White's finish late in regulation was key for Ocean Lakes in an intense girls match. Devin Pierce then drove home a far post header off a corner kick midway through the second half in a game that transformed into a wild one following the go-ahead score from the Dolphins. Play also began Wednesday in the Eastern District with Maury and Lake Taylor claiming blowout wins on the boys side. Maury won big on the girls side over Norcom while Wilson shut-out Lake Taylor. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Wednesday's soccer/lacrosse results/highlights April 7, 2009 Contenders move in their district races Tuesday BOYS: Cox made a statement to the rest of the Beach District Tuesday that, despite the loss of many key players from the Eastern Region Championship side a year ago, they still know how to pour in goals. The Falcons head to Spring Break unbeaten at 7-0-1 following their 4-1 win at Princess Anne in a game that Cox led 3-0 at the half... Salem held off Green Run 1-0 with a first half goal from Jose Rentas... Landstown broke a 2-2 tie at Tallwood with a couple second half tallies to end a three match skid. Chris Magruder scored twice for the Eagles... Ocean Lakes escaped Kempsville with a 3-2 win as they prepare for tonight’s showdown at Kellam... Southeastern District play got underway Tuesday with a couple of key tilts. Grassfield came away a winner at home against Indian River, 2-1... Great Bridge squeaked out a 1-0 match over Western Branch... Nansemond River dealt King's Fork its first loss of the season with a 4-2 result. GIRLS: Cox needed overtime to win on the road Tuesday, 2-1 at Princess Anne. Chloe Russell scored both goals for the Falcons (5-0-2)... Ocean Lakes pushed its first win streak of the season to three with a solid 3-0 win at Kempsville... Landstown, Salem, and First Colonial claimed easy victories in the Beach. Things were a bit tighter in the opening day of the Southeastern District regular season slate. Great Bridge escaped Western Branch with a 2-1 victory... Phillips tallied twice as Grassfield defeated Indian River on the road, 4-1… Nansemond River won a goalfest at home, beating King's Fork 4-3... also score blowout wins Tuesday to Hickory and Oscar Smith. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Tuesday's soccer/lacrosse results and highlights April 6, 2009 Patriot girls upend Cape Henry While many Beach District teams are in preparation for their final gameday before break, First Colonial hit the pitch immediately next door from their campus to Cape Henry Collegiate. There, the Patriots defeated the Dolphins, 4-1. First Colonial moved to 6-2-0 on the season thanks to two goals apiece from Bailey Widman and Brittany Beaty. The Patriots draw Bayside Tuesday on another busy slate in the Beach. April 4, 2009 Kempsville shows well against Emmaus girls but fall to WB boys Saturday's schedule was scarce but Kempsville High School did host a solid doubleheader of football. Returning from injury, Rachel Wallace helped her Chiefs deal Emmaus their second straight tie on their trip from Pennsylvania. In the boys match, it was all Western Branch as Daniel Chattin's two goals helped his Bruins blank the Chiefs, 4-0. While the Peninsula District schools enter their Spring Break next week, quite a few big games await many Southside teams in the upcoming days. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Saturday's soccer/lacrosse results and highlights April 3, 2009 Kecoughtan boys score another big Peninsula win BOYS: Kecoughtan continued showing its improvement Friday night as the Warriors dealt the Gloucester Dukes a 3-1 result in Hampton. Robert Alberti scored twice again in just his second match of 2009... Elsewhere on the Peninsula, Woodside destroyed Phoebus 6-2 as six Wolverines logged goals... In the Beach, Jordan Grumney scored his ninth of the season to lead Kellam past Landstown, 1-0. The Knights move to 6-0-1 and have a bye before their big make-up date at home against Ocean Lakes... Kempsville held off Green Run 2-0 in a tight one... In non-district play, Cox twice broke through a Patrick Henry squad who hadn't allowed a goal in five previous matches and proceeded to hang on for a 2-1 win over the Roanoke side... Ocean Lakes and First Colonial also cruised to clean sheets Friday. GIRLS: In Virginia Beach, Shelby McPherson's goal stood up for Kellam who moved to 3-0-1 with its 1-0 win at Landstown. The Eagles are now 4-2-0... Heather Johnson's goal lifted Gloucester to a key Peninsula District win at Kecoughtan, 1-0... Kempsville, First Colonial, and Ocean Lakes all claimed victories in the Beach while Woodside and Menchville picked up shutout wins on the Peninsula. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Friday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Friday's soccer/lacrosse results and highlights April 2, 2009 Bruin boys hold off Comets in OT, Cox girls tie Emmaus (PA) BOYS: The Granby Comets continued their trend of high scoring tilts Thursday but fell 4-3 to Western Branch in overtime. Brown logged two goals for the Bruins who get their first win of 2009 while Jeremy Jones scored his regional best 18th goal of the season... In Beach District play, Daniel Duke's pair of goals led Princess Anne past Salem 2-0, dealing the SunDevils its second straight defeat... On the Peninsula, Johnson logged two goals as Denbigh moved past Heritage, 3-1 to end a six match winless streak. GIRLS: Emory Camper and Chloe Russell scored within a minute of each other midway through the first half to put Cox ahead of Emmaus but the Green Hornets tied things up in the 2nd half as the two sides finished 2-2... Princess Anne moved to 4-2-0 with a 4-0 win at home against Salem. Chelsea Hill struck twice to lead the Cavaliers... In York County, Nansemond River earned a 1-1 tie with York... Grassfield fell at home 2-1 to First Flight from the Outer Banks... Musselwhite scored twice as Western Branch defeated Granby 5-0 in Norfolk. LINKS: DAILY PRESS: Thursday's Prep Rundown THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Thursday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights April 1, 2009 Grassfield needs Silk to slip past Landstown BOYS: Keita Silk's 79th minute goal propelled Grassfield to a 1-0 win over Beach District opponent Landstown in an otherwise patient affair between the two sides which saw both get great looks at the goal... In Virginia Beach, Eaton and Fisher logged a pair of goals each as Indian River trampled host Kempsville 6-2... Diaz also recorded a double as Oscar Smith trounced Churchland, 6-1. GIRLS: Alexa Bertrand's match winner led Oscar Smith past Churchland, 1-0 in what turned out to be the only girls soccer match in the area Wednesday night. LINKS: THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Wednesday's lacrosse/soccer results and highlights |
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