Another “Battle of the ‘Burgs” took place this past Monday as Christiansburg varsity softball took on Blacksburg for the district tournament championship.
Christiansburg won the season just edging Blacksburg out so the 1-seed Christiansburg took the 2-seed to the turf to settle things once and for all. The game would go scoreless until the fifth inning where Aubrey Davis started things off with a walk and the bats heated up from there.
Christiansburg went on to have more than half a dozen hits to score nine runs, Kadyn Camper almost ending things with a line drive to the fence that was several inches from going over.
In the bottom of the sixth, Tyleigh Dillard took a walk and then stole a base to get into scoring position. With two outs, Brooklyn Manieri hit the walk-off RBI double to end the matchup 10-0 in favor of Christiansburg.
Camper had three hits on the night. Manieri, Reasor, Dillard and Lowe all had a pair and Sophia and Hughes each had pivotal hits. Camper pitched 72 total pitches striking out 11 making that 200 strikeouts on the season.
This is Christiansburg softball’s first ever regular season and tournament title.
Blacksburg advances in regions
The Blacksburg boys’ and girls’ soccer teams both advanced Wednesday in Region 4D Quarterfinal action.
The boys downed E.C. Glass 3-1 to move to 16-1-1 on the season.
The lone first half goal by Craig Huxtable with an assist from Aiden Hardwick for a 1-0 Blacksburg halftime lead.
Early second half EC Glass goal by Cooper Napior to draw even. Sean DeLorenzo put Blacksburg ahead with 15 minutes remaining on an assist from Huxtable. Charlie Lattimer scored the third goal for Blacksburg on a free kick from 25 yards out with 7 minutes remaining.
Simon Pratt had two saves for Blacksburg and Charlie Hageman had seven saves for EC Glass.
Girls roll in similar fashion
Blacksburg High School girls’ soccer team defeated EC Glass 6-0 on Wednesday night in the regional quarterfinals. Erin Bishop scored three goals to lead Blacksburg to the win. Also scoring was Claire Langlinais, Tea Bissell, and Abby Whaley. Kallan Malabad contributed two assists.
Blacksburg improves to 16-0-2 on the season and EC Glass ended their season 11-5.
Blacksburg moves on in softball
The Blacksburg softball team also advanced in region play this week. Blacksburg beats Mecklenburg in a 4-3 win. Evelyn Rhoads, Molly Lyon and Natalie Green had multiple hits on the evening. Lindsey Polan hit a big HR which helped propel the Bruins to victory.
Lorelei Spradlin pitched five innings striking out six. Rhoads pitched two innings striking out five.
Radford boys, girls tennis win region
The Radford Boys and Girls tennis teams are both 2024 Region 2 C Champions. The boys beat Glenvar 5-2 and the girls beat Floyd 5-0 to win the region.
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