Sports Dogs Podcast: FRLL prepares for 10U State Tournament

Ryan, play-by-play voice of Front Royal Little League, is joined by FRLL 10U All Star coaches Nick Helmick and Bo Woodard!

In the latest Sports Dogs Podcast, they discussed:

  • dominant District Tournament performance
  • impact of WildHawks
  • inspiration from 2025 12U State Champs
  • preview the tournament
  • put out a call for volunteers and the Maroon Monsoon!

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The Front Royal 10U All Stars schedule:

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Sports Dogs Podcast: VHSL Hardware and Commanders moves

3/12/26- In this edition of the Dog-Pod, The R-Dog & The Duke preview the VHSL Basketball Championship games involving six (count ’em, six!) area teams including Luray’s boys and girls, the Clarke County girls, Central boys, Skyline girls, and Handley boys, and a recap (so far) of a very busy week for Commanders GM Adam Peters…

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Local wrestlers excel at VHSL tournament; Skyline claims 2nd straight Championship

Congratulations to all our local wrestlers who represented their schools at the VHSL State Championships over the weekend.

Skyline High School’s wrestling team won their second consecutive Class 3 State Wrestling Championship on Saturday.

The team set a school record for individual champions in a year with four including Dylan Luik, Paden Alyea, Jacob Boffum, and Josiah Sykes.

As a team, Skyline finished with 211.5 points, over 60 points higher than second place finisher New Kent.

Strasburg High School finished as State Runner-Up in Class 2 and senior Hutson Conrad earned his third State Championship.

In the Class 4 tournament, Millbrook’s William Potter and James Wood’s Hayden Black also secured individual State Championships for their schools.

Black won his second straight title at 113 pounds and led James Wood to a fourth place finish.

The VHSL girls state wrestling championship announced a delayed start for Tuesday’s matches.

Doors will now open at 12:30 pm with the 1st round starting at 1:30 pm.

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Strasburg takes on Glenvar in Class 2 State Title

The Strasburg Rams are playing in The Class 2 State Title Game later this morning against the Glenvar Highlanders.

Just one year after falling to Graham in last year’s State Title, Strasburg returns to Salem once again.

This will be the sixth time the Rams have appeared in a State Title Game and they have not won in previous championship matchups.

Randy Woodward and Ryan Rutherford have the call on Fox Sports Radio 1450, theriver953.com and The River 95.3 App with coverage starting at 10:45am and kickoff at 11:30am. 

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Local high schools contend for state championships

Strasburg’s Girls Track and Field team won the state championship last week including a school record setting 4x 800 performance and Macy Smith taking home 1st place in the long jump.

Many local high school teams are looking to follow up with crucial state playoff games this week.

Sherando’s girls tennis doubles advanced to today’s state championship game after defeating Handley in a comeback.

Friday at 10 am, James Wood baseball will take on Hanover in a semifinal game that is a rematch of last year’s state championship game.

Clarke County’s boys and girls soccer teams also advanced to the state semifinals, with both games being hosted at Roanoke College on Friday.

Page County’s softball team extended their win streak to 16 games to advance to the semifinal game against Tazwell at the Botetourt Sports Complex at 10 am on Friday.

Strasburg and Skyline softball saw their strong seasons come to an end in the state quarterfinals.

Central’s girls soccer team also fell in the quarterfinals.

Strasburg’s boys soccer team advanced to the state tournament for the first time in program history before falling to Poquoson 3-2 after taking an early 2-0 lead.

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