In Bull Run District play, Rappahannock County High School’s Quiz Bowl team traveled to William Monroe High School for a Jan. 18 meet. “Our first match was against Central Woodstock,” coach Dave Naser said, “and we jumped to an early lead of 80-30. Zach Huff was responsible for 50 of those 80 points. The...
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RCHS Quiz Bowl team is fifth as tourney begins
Panther wrestlers’ wins make up for team scores
Panther wrestlers recently took their talents on the road for one Bull Run District meet and one tough tournament. Last Wednesday (Jan. 11), the team hosted district opponents George Mason and Madison. On Friday and Saturday (Jan. 13-14), Rappahannock wrestlers traveled to Eastern View High School for a large, two-day tournament. In Bull Run...
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Woods makes it to nationals
This winter, Julia Wood, an eighth-grade Rappahannock County High School Panther cross country runner, clawed her way to the National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where she finished in the top 20 percent. To qualify for the Dec. 10 nationwide competition, Wood had to earn her slot. “There were two...
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School and Sports News for Jan. 12
Wakefield announces athletes of the month Wakefield Country Day School’s December athletes of the month included two female co-winners and a seventh-grade basketball leader. Junior Makenzie Magaro of Amissville is a returning player on girls varsity basketball who led her team in scoring in the opening win over Fresta Valley with nine points. She has scored in every...
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Small team, large achievements mark Panther wrestling
This winter, Rappahannock wrestlers have been persevering through small team numbers to show their individual prowess and Panther Pride. Beyond the mats, the Panthers have battled to harness athletes for their season. In the midst of the struggle, personal triumphs prevail in this tenacious group. Rappahannock welcomed the new year with two tough competitions...
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Photos: Winning — with bells on
At the 4-H Community Club’s first-ever Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk in the town of Washington earlier this month, early leaders among the field of nearly 140 included (from left) August Lutkehus (No. 737), Donnie Sobanko (No. 741), Julia Wood (the race’s overall female winner) and Danny Collins (No. 728, the overall male winner). Also...
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Panthers thin on wrestlers but not on talent
Panther wrestlers hosted their first Bull Run District home meet of the season Dec. 14 and posted team losses of 42-28 against Randolph-Macon and 50-18 against Clarke County. On Saturday, Dec. 17, they made the long trek to Washington and Lee and brought back bragging rights from the tournament by posting a team win against...
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Ready, set, returned: Rapp volleyball is back
The return of the Panther Pride could be a theme of the Rappahannock girls’ volleyball team this season.
“We have a lot of returning girls,” Maddie Kopjanski said. “A few are back from varsity, but now there are a lot of JV girls on varsity. The good thing is that we’ve played together for so...
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RCSSA comes up $25,000 light
The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors paid the bills as part of its regular monthly meeting Monday afternoon at the courthouse, but one of them — for roughly $25,000 — came as a surprise. Three years ago, the Rappahannock County School Sports Association (RCSSA) helped finance the purchase and installation of lights at the...
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Wolfpack wild over new girls’ team
Girls may be made of sugar and spice and everything nice. They may wear pink fingernail polish and refuse to leave the house without mascara on. And heaven forbid if they can’t text their BFF night and day. But in the world of rugby these sweet, sometimes innocent, young ladies also have to have...
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Wakefield’s Cowherd award winners
At its final athletic awards night of the year May 20, Wakefield Country Day School announced the winners of the annual Leonard Cowherd Awards. The award is named for a 1999 alumnus of the school who died in Iraq while leading a platoon of soldiers in 2005. “The Leonard Cowherd that I knew as...
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2011 Fodderstack 10K awards and top finishers
Top finishers and award-winners of the 33rd annual Fodderstack 10K.
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Letter: Special thanks due to 10K volunteers
Special thanks to all our volunteers who helped with our soggy Fodderstack 10K Race.
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School and Sports News for April 28
Rappahannock High School girls' soccer, boys' soccer and baseball coverage.
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The language of rugby a universal one
Hosting a match against a team made up of deaf and hearing impaired players may have brought a few changes to the field, but when it came down to it everyone understood the language of rugby on April 9 as the Warrenton Wolfpack U-17 defeated the Model Secondary School for the Deaf Eagles, 36-33.
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New athletic director brings energy, enthusiasm
If you're the parent of a high school student who doesn't play sports, you may well receive a personal invitation from Jimmy Swindler to bring your teen to team tryouts.
In the April 12 regular monthly meeting of the Rappahannock County School Board, chairman Wesley Mills announced the appointment of James E. Swindler II...
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Track: good performances fall shy of scoring position
What a difference finishing sixth can make in the scoring.
Rappahannock County High School’s track and field team learned that placing one spot out of the top five means a loss of points.
And a loss of points can translate into a tough afternoon.
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School/Sports News for April 21
One thrilling victory and one disappointing defeat categorized Rappahannock boys soccer last week with an 8-1 win over Strasburg April 14 and a 3-1 loss to Manassas Park the next day. In a highly anticipated away game against their long-time nemesis, the Panthers ruled the Rams in a tense battle. “Within the first 10...
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Photos: The spill of the ‘chase
A spectacularly alarming fall by Molly White, atop Freddie’s Fortune in the Old Dominion ladies’ timber race Saturday, ended well for both jockey and horse on the race’s final jump.
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Sand Box rules at Old Dominion
After a gutty score at Saturday's Old Dominion Hounds steeplechase at Ben Venue Farm, 2011 looks like a breakout year for Kinross Farm’s Sand Box Rules -- though things didn’t start out that way.
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Boys’ soccer 3-2 as district play begins
With a 3-2 pre-season record, Panther men’s soccer charges into regular Bull Run District play this week. Last Thursday (April 7), Rappahannock High School traveled to Skyline in Front Royal for a showdown with the Hawks. The Panthers brought home an exciting 2-1 victory. “Before the game, I made sure the guys knew we...
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Steady progress in Panthers track and field
On paper, the results count. In reality, Rappahannock County High School track and field coach Scott Stephens considers every weekly meet to be another scrimmage. “A lot of teams will peak early,” Stephens said. “We have it worked out that our kids will peak at districts.” Last Wednesday afternoon (April 6), the Panthers competed...
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‘It’s Academic’ and it’s . . . ours!
Rappahannock High School's Scholastic Bowl team wins the Central Virginia “It’s Academic” title.
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School and Sports News for April 7
SkillsUSA students get results; Band awards in Myrtle Beach; baseball struggles and bad weather for softball.
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Panther men triumph at their soccer Bash
For varsity men’s soccer, the Panther Spring Bash spelled victory. “We finished in the top spot,” coach Matt Gillispie said, “and we get to put a trophy in the high school trophy case.”
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For RCHS softball, this change just fields good
The defensive changes made to the Rappahannock County High School softball team’s lineup seemed to produce dividends Saturday. The Panthers played error-free softball en route to a second-place finish in the Panther Spring Bash.
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School and Sports Briefs for March 31
RCHS Lady Panther soccer and Panther baseball coverage, and environmental work by Wakefield Country Day School students.
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Photo: Going with the flow
A kayaker takes advantage of this spring’s rain-swollen North Fork of the Thornton River in Old Hollow earlier this month. The photographer tried to get the young man’s name, but the sound of the river was too loud and he moved on anonymously.
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Panther soccer starting out ahead of the game
Roundup of RCHS men's soccer, baseball and Lady Panthers soccer this week.
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Softball coach emphasizes defense
Coach Larry Settle may have had his Rappahannock County High School varsity softball team members a little confused the first three weeks of the season. The main focus of every practice, it seemed, was defense.
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School Briefs for March 10
Previews of RCHS track and field and Lady Panthers soccer; an award for Danika Kritter and for winter-sports athletes, and more.
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New baseball coach, team get down to work
The sounds of baseball being played reverberated in the crisp, pre-spring air on Tuesday afternoon behind Rappahannock County High School. Coach John Lesinski led the Panther varsity baseball team in some field preparation before group warm-ups and drills. “We had our first week of practice last week,” Lesinski said. “It was a good start....
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Wrestler Hitt returns with a bump and a bronze
Dylan Hitt traveled to Richmond to wrestle in the Virginia Folkstyle State Championships at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center on Sunday (Feb. 27) and brought home some heavy metal with a third/fourth place win. In the 11-man freshmen bracket of 125 pounds, the Rappahannock High School wrestler was the only single-A athlete among AA...
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DuMez named Outstanding DAC Female Swimmer
Wakefield Country Day School’s Rachel DuMez was named the Outstanding Female Swimmer at the Delaney Athletic Conference Championships on Feb. 12. She continued her season of brilliance, easily winning both of her events, the 200 IM and the 100 backstroke, breaking her previous DAC record in the backstroke. She earned the top honors as...
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Big crowd talks sports at school
Superintendent of Schools Aldridge Boone met with a crowd of about 100 people for close to four hours last Thursday (Feb. 17) to talk about the future of the athletic program in the Rappahannock County Public Schools. Many at the meeting in the high school auditorium said they liked what athletic director Jamie Harris...
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Wolfpack Rugby player named All-American
Michael Reid of the Warrenton Wolfpack Rugby Club plays on the USA High School All American Team at the Las Vegas 7s International Tournament.
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School Briefs: Freshman Hitt an alternate in state tourney
An RCHS freshman finishes fifth at the wrestling regionals, and the Lady Panthers basketball team hangs tough at districts to finish fourth.
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Letter: School needs athletic director
I was appalled to read in the Rappahannock News that the school authorities are considering the elimination of the athletic director position at the high school. Perhaps the greatest lack in the county is the virtual absence of things for young people to do once school is out. The athletic program provides the best,...
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Pankow wins state athletic scholarship
Christine Pankow, a senior at Flint Hill’s Wakefield Country Day School, was selected as a winner of a John C. Youngblood Scholarship by the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (the state athletic directors organization). The VIAAA awards four scholarships each year to qualified seniors in the name of their founder and athletic administration pioneer,...
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Shafran is Wakefield Athlete of the Month
The January 2011 Male Athlete of the Month at Wakefield Country Day School is junior Brian Shafran of Viewtown, a competitor in varsity boys basketball. Shafran was a major factor in his team’s 6-1 January record. As the primary guard, his task is bringing the basketball up against pressure defenses. He hit a career...
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