Waynesboro Athletic Director Mel Morris said Tuesday that he hopes Waynesboro High School will find Secrett Stubblefield’s replacement by the start of the school year.

Waynesboro Athletic Director Mel Morris said that he isn’t rushing to fill the vacant varsity girls basketball coach position, but hopes to find someone before the school year begins.

Waynesboro’s Jordan Ross proved that no matter the score, if you play hard someone will notice.

Sorry, that headline isn’t a typo on my part. Blame that one of the Staunton School system’s newsletter obtained by this sports columnist that thanks Paul Hatcher—who is retiring from teaching and still mulling his basketball future—for his years of service to the school.

R.E. Lee boys basketball coach Paul Hatcher has decided to retire from teaching after 43 years. The veteran coach, however, is still mulling his future on the bench.

Dickie Bell, who led the Riverheads girls basketball team for six seasons, said Monday he resigned from the post on April 21.

STAUNTON — All that mattered for 48 minutes on Saturday night was charity.

A team needs to take care of the ball, run an offense well and play good defense to win a state title. Freedom did these things, but for Lee, it was a tale of missed opportunities.

Robert E. Lee walked off the court of the Siegel Center in Richmond heartbroken, thinking of the 58-33 loss it suffered on the biggest stage the Lee Ladies had seen.

RICHMOND — Saturday’s Group AA, Division 3 girls state championship game was decided in the first quarter.

With a second state championship ring soon to be placed on her finger, Buffalo Gap’s Holly Morgan is more than ready to see what happens in the future. Morgan is only a junior and has helped lead the Bison to two back-to-back Group A, Division 1 titles.

RICHMOND –Buffalo Gap cruised past Bland County 50-40 to defend its Group A, Division 1 title.

Can you imagine a better way for your high school basketball career to end? Don’t think so.

Even with key player Sara Lamneck on the bench for half of the game, Buffalo Gap still pulled away with a 56-47 win Thursday, sending the Bison into the Group A, Division1 championship game to defend their title.

RICHMOND – Buffalo Gap pushed by Franklin with a 56-47 win on Thursday in the semifinal round of the Group A, Division 1 tournament.

Buffalo Gap coach Chad Coffey may not share his entire sports literary collection, but he has taken excerpts from the pages of successful coaches to teach his team some lessons.

They were underestimated. They were overlooked, until they took the court this season.

RICHMOND — A youth-fueled Robert E. Lee girls basketball team used its speed and spunk to defeat Lord Botetourt 55-49 in the Group AA, Division 3 semifinals Tuesday at VCU’s Siegel Center in Richmond.

Somebody throw a newspaper column against the backboard and see if R.E. Lee’s Kendra Scott can snag that too. She needs one to answer the “experts.”

The Robert E. Lee girls basketball team will exchange glances again with Lord Botetourt this afternoon.

STAUNTON — For a team with no seniors and seven underclassmen, the Robert E. Lee girls basketball team is confident about its chances this week in the Group AA, Division 3 tournament.

Her stats don’t exactly light up the scoreboard.

SWOOPE — The Buffalo Gap girls basketball team played it cool before its Saturday game against West Point.

Buffalo Gap lacked in the perimeter-shooting department in its Group A, Division 1 quarterfinal against West Point, something that senior guard Renee Burford was not happy about.

HARRISONBURG – After a slow start, Buffalo Gap pulled away with a 55-48 win over West Point in the Group A, Division 1 quarterfinals on Saturday at James Madison University.

RICHMOND — It was a tough night for Riverheads. Players sunk their heads and walked back to the Siegel Center locker room, knowing that a return trip wasn’t going to happen.

RICHMOND – Riverheads lost 70-48 to Colonial Beach on Saturday in the Group A, Division 1 boys quarterfinals at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center.

Lee’s freshman phenom Angela Mickens outscored Graham High School by herself Friday in the Group AA, Division 3 quarterfinals.

HARRISONBURG — Lee made it look easy in the Group A, Division 3 quarterfinal against Graham.

Riverheads’ boys basketball star Lyndon Humphries, was not always on the front lines. Before he ever thought about going to the Group A, Division 1 quarterfinals, Humphries was as a water boy.