Weekly fishing report

Adam Brenner had one of those dream seasons in 2007 at Old Dominion Speedway.  The 32-year-old Fredericksburg driver not only won his first Grand Stock championship but won it in the season’s finale.

There are all the beaches in the world, and then there’s Nags Head. For me, when it comes to getting out of town for a few days, especially in the spring, there is no place I’d rather be than on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

For the seniors of the George Mason men’s basketball team, the Colonial Athletic Association tournament title is the one accomplishment that has eluded them.

Pressure situations no longer faze Amanda Bates. She is calm on the basketball court, which leads to playing with enjoyment and confidence.

Woodbridge assistant Gryder to take over for Joe Mangano

Drakeford will be a key member for Forest Park in state quarterfinal

Tigers sending four wrestlers to meet

Forest Park loses Deidre Richardson after senior has knee surgery.

Brentsville will travel, while Forest Park stays home for Saturday’s state quarterfinals

Freshman was recently named CAA rookie of the week

Furr scores twice in loss; former Hylton football player inks with Montreal

Bethany Hyter walked into the infield flashing a smile, knowing she had won the girls’ 500-meter dash. And the Osbourn Park senior did so doing what she does best: running from behind.

Charlottesville, powered by a trio of players in double figures, dis-patched Brentsville to secure its second consecutive Region II championship Saturday night.

It wasn’t the left-handed jump shot that caught Quinton Mason’s attention. He’s seen his 12-year-old daughter pull up near the 3-point line and loft thousands of those through the hoop.

Amber Epps didn’t need anybody to tell her that she’d drawn a tough defensive assignment Saturday night.

Catching up on the area fishing scene

Hylton graduate starred at Auburn as a linebacker

Game is April 13th at the Comcast Center.

The day after Brentsville’s heart-stopping 52-51 win over Freedom-South Riding that put the Ti-gers into the Region II finals against Charlottesville, coach Eugene Baltimore had a simple message for his team.

Monica Wright wasn’t thinking about making school history Thursday night when she caught and pass from playmaker Sharnee Zoll and sent a 3-pointer spinning through the air.

Franklin Butler had a pretty decent year in Late Models at Old Dominion Speedway in 2007.  But, for the 40-year-old Chesterfield, Va., driver. it wasn’t close enough to the success of his two previous seasons at ODS.

Youth bowling pioneer Don Lowry, state and local association official Charlotte Smith and bowling center owner Roger Wiemer have been chosen to receive United States Bowling Congress recognition awards for 2007.

Erin Jones figured she had nothing to lose. She had already made the finals of the girls’ shot put. So the Hylton senior went into the last round intent on putting an all-out effort into her throw and hope for the best.

Even after 22 victories and a guarantee that the Forest Park girls’ basketball team will play in the Group AAA state tournament, center Briana Scott isn’t ready to celebrate.

David Coccoli, an assistant at Warwick High School in Newport News, takes over the Cougars’ program.

Sophomore Monica Wright (Forest Park, 2006) scored 21 points on Thursday night to lead the Virginia women’s basketball team to a 67-57 victory over Boston College.

There were stark contrasts among the faces of the Potomac and George Washington-Danville players in the final substitutions of Thursday night’s Northwest Region semifinal, clearly delineating between the team continuing on to the Group AAA state tournament and the one staying home.

Danni Jackson stepped into the classroom that serves as a post-game gathering place for the Forest Park girls’ basketball squad Thursday night and greeted her teammates with a euphoric scream — one that came from the pit of her stomach and the depths of her soul.

Potomac’s coach and star player were nowhere to be seen at the end of the George Washington girls’ 60-41 victory in a Northwest Region semifinal playoff game on Thursday night in Danville.