Central Region | Archive | June, 2008

Baseball Spring Sensations

Whether you want great pitching, power hitting or phenomenal defense the all-DigitalSports baseball team has it.

Our player of the year Austin Stadler (James River) would lead the way on offense as he is one of the most feared hitters in the Central Region.

Stadler would play first base but would also join a tremendous pitching rotation featuring Cosby’s Ronnie Shaban, James River’s Daniel Marrs, Hanover’s Jake Mayers and Henrico’s Seth Cutler-Voltz.

Cosby’s Jake Lowery is our choice to get behind the plate and catch the hurlers.

With Laine Denton (Hanover) at second base, Reed Gragnani (Mills Godwin) at shortstop and Ryan Parker (Cosby) at third it is unlikely many ground balls would be getting out of the infield.

Mills Godwin’s Travis Lane, Manchester’s Blake Hauser and Prince George’s Jackie Bradley form an outfield with speed and strong arms.

And Matt Gwaltney of Matoaca would be the final piece as the designated hitter.

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Girls Soccer Spring Sensations

Our all-DigitalSports girls soccer team is loaded, there is no other way to say it.

The DigitalSports staff will have a Phil Jackson-type winning percentage with this group.

Most soccer teams start defensively, and wow, it doesn’t get any better than Lindsey Rowe in goal, our player of the year. The Mills Godwin star won’t have to say much to backs Melissa Davis (Hermitage) and ridiculous freshman Chaney LaReau (Deep Run).

That should free up our midfielders and forwards to concentrate on scoring the ball.

Setting things up in the middle is Kristin Lescalleet (Atlee), the Richmond-bound player, Virginia Tech-bound Anne Lumpkin (Mills Godwin) and terrific athlete Becca Wann (Cosby).

Up top is Central Region POY Erin Liberatore (James River), an 100-goal scorer in Kimmy Cummings (Lee-Davis), Annemarie Cole (Godwin), Lindsey Booth (Atlee) and Thomas Dale’s Loren Favale.

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Boys Soccer Spring Sensations

Imagine the opposing team’s faces if the all-DigitalSports boys soccer team showed up to play a match.

The first Spring Sensation they would notice would be player of the year Brian Ownby from Deep Run.

The forward has play making abilities that make him the ultimate offensive threat.

Ownby would be joined up top by Monacan’s Hunter Cheatham and Lee-Davis’ Eduardo Lopez. Both can really make things happen with a soccer ball.

The midfield would be controlled by all-around players Ben Jessee (Cosby), Will Bates (Thomas Dale), Patrick Innes (Thomas Dale) and Bryan Wharton (Deep Run).

Douglas Freeman’s Sean Healy, Deep Run’s Zach Summers and Cosby’s Colin Fitzpatrick make up an intimidating defense that fews ball would get past.

But if one did Deep Run keeper Cameron Murray would surely come up with a big save.

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USSSA June Jamboree

Highlights and photos of the action from the 2008 USSSA June Jamboree at the Virginia Sports Complex in Ruther Glen.


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VHSCA All-Star Week

July is approaching, so it must be time for the Virginia High School Coaches Association all-star week in Hampton, Va.

Several Central Region athletes will be appearing in numerous sports, except for girls volleyball and girls soccer. You will find the week’s schedule, region athletes scheduled to participate and the full roster for both the East and West squads below.

DigitalSports Richmond will have tons of coverage from the entire week!

Schedule
Tuesday, July 1
Girls Basketball at Hampton Coliseum, 6 p.m.
Region participant: Beth Ann Boyce, Colonial Heights
Full Rosters: East   West

Boys Basketball at Hampton Coliseum, 8 p.m.
Region participants: Ibn Rassoull, Petersburg; Andre Williamson, Prince George
Full Rosters: East   West

Wednesday, July 2
Girls volleyball at Christopher Newport University, 2 p.m.
Region participants: None
Full Rosters: East   West

Girls Soccer at Christopher Newport, 6 p.m.
Region participants: None
Full Rosters: East   West

Boys Soccer at Christopher Newport, 8 p.m.
Region participants: Ben Jessee, Cosby; Colin Fitzpatrick, Cosby; Patrick Innes, Thomas Dale; Brian Ownby, Deep Run; Zach Summers, Deep Run; Ryan Taylor, Midlothian; Chris Vonier, James River
Full Rosters: East   West

Thursday, July 3
Softball at Christopher Newport, 11 a.m.
Region participants: Courtney Long, Hanover; Caitlen Manning, Prince George; Jordan Beadles, Monacan; Casey Clarke, Lee-Davis; Whitney Haller, Cosby
Full Rosters: East   West

Baseball at Christopher Newport, 2 p.m.
Region participants: Dustin Galbraith, Douglas Freeman; Travis Lane, Mills Godwin; Jake Lowery, Cosby; Ronnie Shaban, Cosby; Jordan Walton, Lee-Davis
Full Rosters: East   West

Friday, July 4
Football at Darling Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Region participants: Jayvon Brownlee, John Marshall; Torrean Crowell, Meadowbrook; Leonard Smith, Manchester; Ju-Ju Clayton, Hermitage; Ryan Smith, Patrick Henry; Justin White, Hermitage; Andrew Belcher, L.C. Bird; Byron Overstreet, Patrick Henry; Jamel Davis, Hermitage
Full Rosters: East   West

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Tri-City League, 6/26/08

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com

ASSIST Student Athletes 75, Change 64
* In its second year in the Tri-City Summer League, ASSIST Student Athletes got their first victory Thursday night to keep Change winless. It took a while, but ASSIST founder and coach William Duron Carter sees progress.

“It is like an adventure,” Carter said. “Just getting the young guys together. Getting them motivated and letting them be competitive in this grueling, this tough Tri-City Summer League.”

Aaron Mitchell (Matoaca) led ASSIST with 22 points, and Ed Young (George Wythe) dropped 20 points for the second straight night. Dazmond Starke (Highland Springs) added eight points. For Change, Trey Mines put in 20 points, Virginia Union product Buster Perkins scored 12 and Donte Hammonds (Wythe) and Anthony Sally (Chesterfield Community) put in 10 each.

ASSIST 8 15 24 28 – 75
Change 14 17 14 19 – 64
ASSIST (1-1):
Watson 2, Granger 5, Young 20, Starke 8, Grant 4, Mitchell 22, Patterson 2, Doggett 4, Okoth 2, Washington 6. Totals: 30 14-21 75. 3-point goal: Young.
Change (0-3): Sally 10, Mines 20, King 4, Perkins 12, Hammonds 10, Giggetts 0, Lonon 5. Totals: 27 9-13 64. 3-point goals: Mines 2.

T&C Productions 76, BYC Entertainment 63
* Mike Anderson scored 21 points to lead T&C. David Gonzalvez (17 points), Tim Black (15) and Glen Dandridge (11) also reached double figures for T&C. BYC’s leading scorer was Karon Johnson, who scored 22 points. Petersburg alum Herb Jones added 14 and former TJ star Mario Turner had seven.

BYC Entertainment 25 18 20 – 63
T&C Productions     33 19 24 – 76
BYC (1-1):
Smith 2, Harper 2, McKie 2, Kee 2, Smyre 1, Wilson 2, Ward 2, Jones 14, Turner 7, Thornton 3, Johnson 22. Totals: 24 14-20 63. 3-point goal: Turner.
T&C Productions (2-0): Black 15, Giddings 2, Thondique 4, Smith 6, Gonzalvez 17, Dandridge 11, Anderson 21. Totals: 29 16-21 76. 3-point goals: Dandridge, Gonzalvez.

Wallace Express 98, McDonald & Associates 87
* Tarik Wallace struggled in the first two games from the field, but got back to his normal self Thursday, erupting for a game-high 28 points to lead Wallace Express. Bo Jones Jr. stayed hot, putting in 22 points. He’s been over 20 in every contest for 3-0 Express. T.J. Grimes (Hampden-Sydney alum) scored 21 points, Robert Johnson had 12 and Len Williams 10.

Ted Berry led McDonald & Associates with 27 points, Avis Wyatt added 23 points with some monstrous dunks and blocks, and Luqman Jaaber had 12.

Wallace Express 26 27 19 26 – 98
McDonald & Associates 24 22 19 22 – 87
Wallace Express (3-0):
Jones 22, Johnson 12, Williams 10, T. Wallace 28, Grimes 21, Warrent 5. Totals: 39 12-17 98. 3-point goals: Johnson 3, Grimes 2, T. Wallace 2, Jones.
McDonald & Associates (1-1): Jaaber 12, Wyatt 23, Berry 27, Whinnett 3, Renkin 3, Pettiford 8, Richardson 7, Bell 6. Totals: 36 10-18 87. 3-point goals: Berry 2, Bell, Jaaber.

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Tri-City League, 6/25/08

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com

BYC Entertainment 92, ASSIST Student Athletes 78
* John Marshall rising junior Travis McKie scored 22 points to lead BYC (1-0).

“I played good. Last year you just had to pay your dues,” said McKie, who didn’t get much playing time in last year’s summer league.
“Young dudes don’t get no burn like that. So this year I just wanted to
show and prove that I can play.”

McKie is fresh off of the NBA Top 100 Camp that summer league teammate Karon Johnson attended. Johnson, a Richmond native playing at the Patterson School in North Carolina, scored 15 points for BYC. C.T. Thornton (13 points), Herb Jones (12) and Justin Harper (10) also reached double figures.

Ed Young led ASSIST (0-1) with 20 points. Chris Washington dropped 17, all after the first quarter. Dazmond Starke and Aaron Mitchell both scored 14 points.

ASSIST 22 14 18 24 – 78
BYC      20 29 17 26 – 92
ASSIST (0-1):
Starke 14, Patterson 2, Young 20, Grant 4, Washington 17, Granger 0, Doggett 7, Mitchell 14. Totals: 32 9-12 78. 3-point goals: Young 2, Washington 2, Mitchell.
BYC (1-0): Smith 14, Thornton 13, Ward 0, Harper 10, Hammon 6, Jones 12, Kee 4, McKie 22, Turner 0, Smyre 2, Johnson 15, Woodson 4. Totals: 39 9-14 92. 3-point goals: Thornton 2, Harper 2, McKie.

Wallace Express 78, Change 51
* After throwing in 26 points on opening night, Bo Jones returned to put in 27 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Wallace Express (2-0). Wayne Wallace (17 points) also scored in double figures.

Change was led by a 20-point performance from Virginia State’s Trey Mines.

Wallace Express 20 23 27 8 – 78
Change            12 21 15 3 – 51
Wallace Express (2-0):
Jones 27, Ben Wallace 7, Kearse 2, Williams 8, Tarik Wallace 7, Wayne Wallace 17, Grimes 1, Wingfield 7, Meredith 2. Totals: 31 10-16 78. 3-point goals: Jones 4, Ben Wallace, Tarik Wallace.
Change (0-2): Lonon 8, Mines 20, Sally 6, Burston 0, King 4, Giggetts 0, Perkins 3, Peermon 2, Hammonds 8. Totals: 21 4-5 51. 3-point goals: Mines 2, Hammonds 2, Lonon.

DTRL/Cosmopolitan Lounge 88, Fete International 76
* Tyree Evans registered 29 points, and fellow George Wythe product Chris Greene added 24 to lead DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge (1-1) to its first win of the season after falling to Wallace Express by one point Tuesday. Kendrick Warren added 17 points for DTLR and Lamar Taylor had eight.

Fete International (1-1) was led by Andre Ingram, who had 19 points, 17 in the second half for the NBDL player, who will suit up with the Utah Jazz’ summer league squad in a few weeks. Chris Moss and Demarco Williams both put in 16 points, and George Johnson added nine in a matchup with brother Taylor.

DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 17 22 18 31 – 88
Fete International               11 20 24 21 – 76
DTRL (1-1):
Evans 29, Taylor 8, Threatt 2, Greene 24, Macklin 2, Davis 6, Warren 17. Totals: 39 7-10 88. 3-point goals: Evans 3.
Fete International (1-1): Ingram 19, Moss 16, Johnson 9, Nicholas 2, Williams 16, Hamlin 0, Moore 4, Lipscomb 4, Crump 6. Totals: 27 18-21 76. 3-point goals: Ingram 3, Johnson.

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Stadler Named All-USA

Recognized at the region and state levels for his performance this past season, Austin Stadler has now been honored nationally.

Stadler was named to the 2008 All-USA baseball second team as a pitcher.

The team was chosen by USA Today high school sports reporter Jim Halley after talking with high school coaches and USA Today editors.

The 6-2, 185 pound lefty led James River to their second straight state Group AAA championship and earned the victory on the mound in all three games of the tournament.
Stadler was named the State and Central Region player of the year and was the co-player of the year in the Dominion District.

He is headed to play in college at Wake Forest as a pitcher and first baseman and was drafted in the 40th round by the San Francisco Giants in this year’s MLB Draft.

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Post 137 Outlasts Post 284

Chris Ayers and Ronnie Shaban both hit two home runs as Post 137 South Richmond defeated Post 284 Pirates 19-18 at L.C. Bird on Tuesday.

With the scored tied at 18, Post 137 loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with one out. Tim Perry hit a sharp grounder toward third base and the throw home wasn’t in time allowing South Richmond to take the contest.

Ayers finished 3 for 6 with six RBI, three runs and a double. Ronnie Shaban was 2 for 3 with four RBI and three runs.

Jonathan Witt hit two homers for the Pirates, both coming in a nine run fourth inning that gave Post 284 a 10-5 lead. Kevin Curd and Jamie Hendrick also went yard in the inning.

Chris Hardee pitched 3 2/3 innings for Post 137 to earn the victory.

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Tri-City Summer League, Standings, Scores & Leaders, Schedule, Videos

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
All games at George Wythe H.S.
Quarterfinals
Monday, July 14
DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 89, BYC Entertainment 79
S&E Entertainment 100, Change 79
Tuesday, July 15
Wallace Express 78, Fete International 69
Geoff McDonald & Associates 120, ASSIST Student Athletes 89
Semifinals
Wednesday, July 16
DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 75, S&E Entertainment 64
Wallace Express 77, Geoff McDonald & Associates 72
Final
Thursday, July 17
Wallace Express 129, DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 108

FINAL STANDINGS
Click on team name for full roster and scoring averages for the entire team
S&E Entertainment      6   1
McDonald & Assoc.     5   2
Wallace Express         4   3
BYC Entertainment     3   3
DTLR/C. Lounge         3   3
Fete International     3   4
ASSIST                       2   4
Change                      1   6

REGULAR SEASON SCORES/SCHEDULE
All games at George Wythe H.S.
Tuesday, June 24
Wallace Express 75, DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 74
Fete International 100, McDonald & Associates 95
S&E Entertainment 69, Change 40
Wednesday, June 25
BYC Entertainment 92, ASSIST Student Athletes 78
Wallace Express 78, Change 51
DTRL/Cosmopolitan Lounge 88, Fete International 76
Thursday, June 26
S&E Entertainment 76, BYC Entertainment 63
ASSIST Student Athletes 75, Change 64 (ASSIST’s first win in the Tri-City Summer League in its two-year existence).
Wallace Express 98, Geoff McDonald & Associates 87
Tuesday, July 1
S&E Entertainment 96, ASSIST Student Athletes 88
BYC Entertainment 113, Fete International 96
Geoff McDonald & Associates 97, DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 95
Wednesday, July 2
S&E Entertainment 89, Wallace Express 80
ASSIST Student Athletes 81, Fete International 79
Geoff McDonald & Associates 91, Change 89
Monday, July 7
BYC Entertainment 99, Wallace Express 87
Geoff McDonald & Associates 77, S&E Entertainment 70
DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 107, Change 84
Tuesday, July 8
Geoff McDonald & Associates 91, ASSIST Student Athletes 71
Fete International 94, Wallace Express 81
S&E Entertainment 88, DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 81
Wednesday, July 9
Change 91, BYC Entertainment 75
DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 94, ASSIST Student Athletes 92 (OT)
S&E Entertainment 98, Fete International 70
Thursday, July 10
Geoff McDonald & Associates 103, BYC Entertainment 86
Wallace Express 90, ASSIST Student Athletes 77
Fete International 91, Change 84

FINAL SCORING LEADERS
(Top 12, through end of regular season)
Player, Team Name                         Avg. (Total Points)
Tyree Evans, DTLR/C. Lounge            28.6 (172)
Trey Waller, BYC Entertainment          25 (50)
Ibrahim Jaaber, McDonald & Assoc.      24.6 (74)
Demarco Williams, Fete International    24.2 (145)
Luqman Jaaber, McDonald & Assoc.     24.1 (169)
Bo Jones, Wallace Express                  23.6 (142)
Lenny Daniels, ASSIST                       23.5 (47)
Ted Berry, McDonald & Assoc.            21.8 (131)
Travis McKie, BYC Entertainment         21.8 (131)
Chris Moss, Fete International              21 (84)
Aaron Mitchell, ASSIST                   
20.7 (124)
Herb Jones, BYC Entertainment          20.2
(101)

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