Fort Chiswell High School has hired Jacob Underwood as their girls varsity basketball coach. Underwood had been the varsity girls head coach at Christiansburg High School. He takes over the Pioneer program after Rupert Hill stepped down at the end of the season.
Auburn hires new coach, as does Honaker
Auburn High School has hired Mike Royal as their new boys varsity basketball coach. He has been at Auburn for 17 years as an assistant coach and JV head coach. He replaces Terry Millirons, who stepped down at the the end of last season.
Honaker High School has hired Shane Wicks as their new football head coach. Wicks had been an assistant at the school.
Former coach back coaching
Former Radford High School head coach Matthew Saunders is back on the sidelines. Saunders has been hired at Glenvar High School as an assistant coach. He will be the quarterbacks and linebackers coach for this years Highlander team.
BIG Thank You !
RSN would like to say, Thank You to all the people that helped me for the school year 2023-2024. It was an exciting year in local sports. The following schools I want to thank for their access to their sporting events: Radford, Narrows, Pulaski Co., Auburn, Fort Chiswell, and Graham. Like to also thank, Floyd Co HS, Eastern Montgomery HS, Grayson Co HS, Carroll Co. HS, Geo. Wythe HS., Christiansburg HS, Blacksburg HS, Salem HS, Giles HS, Rural Retreat HS, Honaker HS, Galax HS, Chilhowie HS, and others. Thank you to all the football, basketball, baseball coaches, athletic directors that helped me this past seasons, as well as the stat keepers , announcers and clock operators . Thank you to the officials and their friendship. They do have a tough job to perform. The friendships hopefully -both ways- are so ,so very much appreciated. Thank you to Mike Williams and Matthew Hatfield for letting me cover sports for their publications. Hopefully the 2024-25 seasons will be just as exciting!!!
Christiansburg hires new coach
Christiansburg High School has hired Matt Herron as their new football head coach. He was the Blue Demons offensive coordinator.
Auburn , Galax & Radford needing new coaches
Auburn High school is looking for a new boys basketball. Terry Millirons has stepped down as their head coach. Interviews are being conducted.
Galax High School is in need of a new baseball head coach. Bobby Parnell is no longer their head baseball coach. Search for new coach is on going.
Radford High School baseball coach Drew Cox has stepped down as, Radford will have a new varsity baseball coach next year.
State Championship Baseball Schedules- Sat. June 8- Final Scores
Class 2 – 10 am -@ Kiwanis Field -Salem
Poquoson 2 Lebanon 1- 10 inns.
Class 1 – 1 pm- @Kiwanis Field -Salem
Rappahannock 6 Chilhowie 5
Class 3 – 11 am – @ Monticello HS
York 10 LCA 5
Class 4 – 11 am – @ Western Albemarle HS
Atlee 12 Courtland 4
State Semi-finals- Baseball Schedules & Final Scores
Fri. June 7
Class 1 @ Salem, Va. – Kiwanis Field
9:30 am – Dan River ( 12-11) vs Poquoson ( 17-9)- Poquoson won 2-1
12 noon – Lebanon ( 20-5) vs King William ( 17-3)- Lebanon won 4-3
Class 2 @ Salem, Va. – Kiwanis Field
2:30 pm – Auburn ( 23-1) vs Rappahannock ( 20-3)- Rappahannock won 3-0
5 pm – Chilhowie (22-3) vs Lancaster ( 17-8)- Chilhowie won 14-4- 6 inns
Class 3 @ Monticello HS
11 am – Lafayette ( 14-11) vs LCA (23-0)- LCA won 4-1
2 pm – Pulaski Co (14-10) vs York (17-9)- York won 11-6
Class 4 @ Western Albemarle HS
11 am – Courtland ( 18-5) vs Tuscarora ( 18-7)- Courtland won 6-4
2 pm- Atlee (19-5) vs Dominion ( 18-7)- Atlee won 3-2- 11 inns.
State Quarterfinals- Baseball scores
Auburn 4 Rural Retreat 2- Class 1
Chilhowie 9 Fort Chiswell 8- Class1
Rappahannock 12 Surry Co. 0- Class 1
Lancaster 4 Rappahannock Co. 2 – Class 1
Poquoson 11 Riverheads 2- Class 2
Lebanon 5 Gretna 4- Class 2
King William 7 Buckingham Co. 6- Class 2
Dan River 6 Central-Wise 5 – Class 2
Pulaski Co. 12 Fluvanna Co. 5 – Class 3
LCA 2 Lord Botetourt 1- 8 inns.- Class 3
York 4 Brentsville Dist. 1- Class 3
Lafayette 5 Culpeper Co. 2- Class 3
Dominion 10 Blacksburg 0- Class 4
Tuscarora 4 James Wood 3- Class 4
Atlee 7 Smithfield 1 – Class 4
Courtland 4 Gloucester 2- Class 4
Baseball State Quarterfinals Schedules- Tues. June 4
Class 1
Rural Retreat @ Auburn – 3 pm
Surry Co. @ Rappahannock – 6 pm
Fort Chiswell @ Chilhowie – 3 pm
Lancaster @ Rappahannock Co.- 6 pm
Class 2
Central-Wise @ Dan River
Riverheads @ Poquoson – 5 pm
Gretna @ Lebanon
King William @ Buckingham Co.- 4 pm
Class 3
Fluvanna Co. vs Pulaski Co.-@ Calfee Park-6 pm
York @ Brentsville Dist. – 6 pm
Lord Botetourt @ LCA
Culpeper @ Lafayette- 6 pm
Class 4
Dominion vs Blacksburg – At English Field (Va. Tech) – 6 pm
Courtland @ Gloucester
James Wood @ Tuscarora- 6 pm
Smithfield @ Atlee
Notice :
State Semi-finals – Fri. June 7 – Class 1 & Class 2 @ Kiwanis Filed – Salem Va., Class 3 @ Monticello HS – Class 4 @ Western Albemarle HS
State Championships – Sat, June 8- Class 1 & 2 @ Kiwanis Field-Salem Va. – Class 3-@ Monticello HS – Class 4 @ Western Albemarle HS