Handley basketball’s Champions Parade coming up April 13

John Handley High School and the City of Winchester are preparing for The Champions Parade to acknowledge the recent State Championship run by the Handley boys basketball team.

The Champions Parade will take place on Monday, April 13th starting at 6 pm and the route will follow Handley Blvd to South Braddock Street then Jefferson Street and conclude at Handley High School.

Stick around following the parade and join the team at Maddex-Omps Gymnasium for pictures and autographs with the team including Coach Zach Harrell-Zook, the youngest coach to win a State Championship in VHSL history, future collegiate basketball players like Will Braun-Duin, Christian Dinges, Jaevon Brisco, Kyren Oglesby, and the rest of the State Champion Judges.

Handley claimed the school’s first basketball title in program history earlier this month after defeating the Hampton Crabbers 61-42 at VCU.

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WPS Innovation Center receives approval for flying drones

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Winchester Public School’s Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for an FAA FRIA Zone behind the school to fly drones.

In this designated area behind the school located at 536 Jefferson Street in Winchester, students and community members can now fly their drones without required Remote ID Equipment.

While operating in these zones, both the drone and pilot must stay within the boundaries and the pilot must be able to see the drone for the entire duration of the flight.

Approval was granted by the FAA for four years, concluding in February 2030.

This will be the first FAA FRIA zone in Winchester.

Other locations in the Northern Shenandoah Valley include the recreational remote control flying club Plane Crazy R/Cers  off Sulphur Springs Road in Frederick County and Laurel Ridge Community College’s Middletown Campus which hosts their drone program.

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