The Virginia High School League Executive Committee voted on Thursday to cancel its spring sports season for the rest of the 2019-20 calendar year due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus.
Lexington native Omar Habwe, a Division I basketball player, signed with Stony Brook University in New York last Wednesday as a graduate transfer from Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland.
With running races canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus, a number of local runners took it upon themselves to complete virtual races instead. This is a way to bring the running community together without being physically together in a race.
Parry McCluer High School guard Will Dunlap was named to the Virginia High School League Class 1 all-state boys basketball team last week after his outstanding junior season for the Fighting Blues.
Stuart Hall senior point guard Chris Littlefield of Rockbridge County received several postseason honors for his play during the recently completed 2019-2020 season.
After last Monday’s order by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to close all K-12 schools for the rest of the school year, Virginia High School League officials held a teleconference call the next morning to discuss the possibility of letting spring teams return to action in the summer. However, they decided to put off any decision until May.
