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Tigers football recruits include four area players
Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) 21st-year Football Head Coach Marty Favret has announced his incoming recruiting class that brings 57 newcomers to the program, including four from ... Read more
2 days ago by Titus Mohler.
Rouse to play pro hoops in Germany
After a historic women’s basketball career for Longwood University, senior forward Dayna Rouse is following up her graduation this past May by playing professionally for ... Read more
4 days ago by Staff Report.
A fierce competitor
If the COVID-19 pandemic had never happened and Prince Edward County High School’s varsity baseball team had played a season this spring, senior Wade Jenkins ... Read more
4 days ago by Titus Mohler.
Bluestone pipeline helped establish Longwood baseball
BY ROHN BROWN Special from LongwoodLancers.com For dyed-in-the-wool Longwood University baseball fans, Doug Toombs, Michael Tucker and Frankie Watson are legendary names. All three set ... Read more
4 days ago by Staff Report.
Lancers welcome Texas prep standout
Longwood University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Griff Aldrich has once again tapped into the Texas basketball pipeline, this time bringing in veteran forward Zac Watson ... Read more
6 days ago by Staff Report.
Big South alters aspects of ’20-’21 season
The Big South Conference provided some insight into how COVID-19 will impact the 2020-21 sports season for Longwood University and the conference’s other member institutions. ... Read more
1 week ago by Staff Report.
VHSL making plans to reopen fall athletics
The Virginia High School League (VHSL) is developing plans for the reopening of fall athletics and activities. A VHSL press release from Tuesday, May 19, ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Report.
Field hockey coach plays for Team USA
For as long as she can remember, it has been Longwood assistant field hockey coach Meg Miller’s dream to play for the USA Field Hockey ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Report.
Big South alters aspects of ’20-’21 season
The Big South Conference provided some insight into how COVID-19 will impact the 2020-21 sports season for Longwood University and the conference’s other member institutions. ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Titus Mohler.
All possibility of 2020 VHSL spring sports ends
The Virginia High School League (VHSL) had held out hope for holding some spring sports activities this summer, but that hope is gone now. During ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Staff Report.
McMakin named to Fab 15 Freshman list
Long after the last basket of the 2019-20 season for Longwood, freshman guard Kyla McMakin continues to accumulate awards and recognitions after her historic freshman ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Staff Report.
Build with us: The story of the 2019-20 women’s basketball Lancers
BY MATTHEW HOLSTEIN LongwoodLancers.com After the 2019-20 season, the Longwood women’s basketball record book looks a lot different. Following a campaign that saw a breakout ... Read more
4 weeks ago by Staff Report.
Second-generation D1 talent signs with Lancers
Point guard Justin Hill has long followed in his parents’ footsteps on the hardwood, and after signing his National Letter of Intent April 22 to ... Read more
4 weeks ago by Staff Report.
The captain of the Dukes
The COVID-19 pandemic ended the Cumberland County High School varsity baseball team’s 2020 season before it began. Nevertheless, the Dukes had their captain all lined ... Read more
4 weeks ago by Titus Mohler.
Toney named to All-State Second Team
Buckingham County High School junior forward Gerry “Tae” Toney, pictured here, was named to the 2019-20 Virginia High School League Class 2 All-State Second Team. ... Read more
1 month ago by Staff Report.
Passion keeps the dream alive for Washington
During his days as a Lancer, few could swing a bat as powerfully as Kyri Washington. It made him the Big South’s home run leader ... Read more
2 months ago by Staff Report.
Tigers mourn a lost season bursting with potential
The seasons of many 2020 spring sports squads were cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the cancellation was particularly hard to bear for Hampden-Sydney ... Read more
2 months ago by Titus Mohler.
VHSL considers playing spring sports through July
While Virginia High School League (VHSL) spring sports and activities were canceled for the 2019-20 school year, there is still hope for spring sports and ... Read more
2 months ago by Staff Report.
VHSL spring sports season canceled
All Virginia High School League (VHSL) spring sports and activities are canceled due to Virginia Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s declaration that public schools in the ... Read more
2 months ago by Staff Report.
Main St. Lanes high bowling scores
HIGH SCORE MEN: Monday Night Football: Joe Rose — 279, B.J. Fletcher — 268, John Dedmond — 258; Wednesday Seniors: Tom Crouse — 204, Danny ... Read more
2 months ago by Staff Report.
ODAC cancels remainder of spring sports season
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) announced Friday afternoon, March 20, that it had made the decision to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 conference ... Read more
2 months ago by Titus Mohler.
Big South cancels remainder of 2019-20 spring sports season
The Big South Conference announced in a Wednesday afternoon, March 18, press release that it was canceling all regular-season competition, conference championships and athletics activities ... Read more
2 months ago by Titus Mohler.
Dailey, Watkins honored
Prince Edward County High School’s varsity boys basketball team had two representatives on the 2019-20 All-James River District Second Team — seniors Isaih Dailey and ... Read more
3 months ago by Titus Mohler.
Lancers open strong at home
Just before Big South play was supposed to begin, Longwood University’s softball team was red hot, a Longwood Athletics press release noted. Officials in the ... Read more
3 months ago by Staff Report.
Tigers shut out Lions
Tigers junior Nick Grohowski and freshman Ryan Boyce each had two RBIs to lead Hampden-Sydney College’s baseball team to a 9-0 non-conference road win at ... Read more
3 months ago by Staff Report.
COVID-19 alters sports schedules
Athletics at all the levels The Herald covers — college, high school and Dixie Youth — have been affected by the novel coronavirus and the ... Read more
3 months ago by Titus Mohler.
ODAC to suspend conference regular season indefinitely
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) announced Friday, March 13, all conference regular season competition is suspended indefinitely beginning Saturday, March 14. Hampden-Sydney College is ... Read more