It’s down to the top two seeds in Virginia’s Class 2 Region A Boy’s high school basketball tournament. Friday night, Brunswick will travel to John Marshall to compete for the region championship.
Armando Bacot, a standout basketball star from the heart of Richmond, heads to the Final Four with the University of North Carolina Tar Heels after a dominant victory in the Elite Eight.
Henrico students will once again play winter sports after the season was canceled in 2020, but there’s a new COVID requirement that some parents are not a fan of.
For the second time in 2021, high school football teams across Virginia are preparing for the start of the football season. After a condensed spring campaign earlier this year, programs are preparing for a normal football calendar this fall.
Anthony Harris went from the local football fields of Chesterfield County to L.C. Bird High School to the University of Virginia to the NFL. He wants to inspire those in the next generation in his hometown to chase their dreams as well.
Manchester running back Ramon Brown verbally committed to the Hokies on Friday evening, picking Virginia Tech over Penn State, Maryland, South Carolina and West Virginia.
Griffin O’Ferrall was named Gatorade Virginia Baseball Player of the Year on Tuesday, the first student-athlete from St. Christopher’s to earn the Gatorade honor in any sport.
When student-athletes come into DefyGenetics in Colonial Heights, they are surrounded by signed flags. They cover the walls and hang from the ceiling as these athletes work to improve their craft.
Friday night marked an emotional one at both Mills Godwin and Glen Allen High Schools. Four soccer games were played in memory of Lucia Bremer, who passed away in March.
Rapids’ head coach Ian Stowe passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last Monday, sending shock and sadness through the James River and local soccer communities. He was 32 years old.
Hermitage senior running back Nigel James won the 2020 Mark L. Fischer Player of the Year Award on Wednesday night. The award show was held virtually and hosted in the NBC12 studio.
In a low scoring affair, the Springers and Stone Bridge went to overtime on Saturday afternoon, but Billy Wiles’ 16 yard pass to Jacob Thomas in the extra frame gave the Bulldogs a 13-10 victory.
From 2015-2018, Highland Springs owned Class 5 football in Virginia. After a year that saw the Springers eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, they are on the brink of returning to the state championship game.
The list of nominees will be trimmed down to three finalists based on the votes of local head coaches and select media members, with the winner announced during the award show on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at 8:00 PM.
A handful or our area teams will hit the field on Friday night to begin hopeful playoff runs to a state championship. Highland Springs, Monacan, Goochland and King & Queen begin postseason play as top seeds in their respective regions.
Richmond Public Schools will not participate in spring sports for the 2020-2021 school year, a school system spokesperson told NBC12 on Tuesday night, meaning that the schools will not play any sports for the duration of the school calendar.
Nate Daniels, owner of Daniels Sports Performance in Midlothian, spent the week hosting small groups of wide receivers and defensive backs for a spring break mini-camp. His goal is to push fundamentals and technique so these players, ages 10-18, can fine tune their skills.
The Richmond football team’s game against James Madison scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed as the Spiders are following COVID-19 protocols. No make-up date has been scheduled.
Highland Springs held off Deep Run in our On the Sidelines Game of the Week to headline action, while several games were postponed and rescheduled due to weather or field conditions.
Not many people have faced the adversity that Matthew Bradford has faced. Now he's using his own adversity in hopes of helping others power through their own.
Lemons is currently in the hospital, unable to walk and with no feeling in his arms or legs. It’s a tough reality for the players and coaches who have grown to know the senior and who have played beside him as teammates.
High school football has been classified as a recreational sport, meaning that while other venues throughout Virginia have been able to increase attendance to one thousand guests, 250 people remains the capacity for high school stadiums.
Hermitage and Glen Allen began playing in 2011, the first year the Jaguars fielded a varsity football team. The Panthers took the first four meetings, but the Jags have responded to win the last two match-ups. These two schools that are a six minute drive apart renew acquaintances on Friday.
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