The Radford High School domination in state girls’ tennis play continued this past week.
In individual play, Lydia Pratt won the regional individual title and then teamed with Claire Fender to take the doubles championship.
Meanwhile both the girls and boys took team titles to advance to the state semi-finals.
Christiansburg softball advances in region
Top-seeded Christiansburg defeated Pulaski 3-0 on Friday as they continue to play in the Class 3 softball post-season.
To start things off Kadyn Camper went yard and then did it again later to finish with two homeruns.
Tyleigh Dillard would follow suit and knock one over the fence. Freshman Aubrey Davis had a triple and the other hit came from Addison Reasor. On the mound, Camper had 14 strikeouts with no walks and just two hits.
Blacksburg soccer splits
One Blacksburg High School fell in the region playoffs this past week, while one moves on. The Blacksburg boys’ is out, while the girls’ advanced.
The Lady Bruins defeated Jefferson Forest in the first sudden death overtime period 1-0 on Friday night. With the win, Blacksburg advances to the regional final on Tuesday, where they will host James Wood High School.
Claire Langlinais headed home a cross from Bella Garza for the win. Paige Miller recorded five saves to gather her 17th shutout HYPERLINK “http://shutout.pf/” o HYPERLINK “http://shutout.pf/”f the season.
Blacksburg improves to 17-0-2 on the season and Jefferson Forest ends their season 17-2.
Meanwhile Jefferson Forest (18-0) took a 1-0 win over the Blacksburg boys.
The lone goal came on a scramble in the penalty area in the 49th minute by Maxwell Reed.
Tyler Beck had four saves for Jefferson Forest, and Blacksburg’s Simon Pratt had five saves. Blacksburg finishes 16-2-1 on the season.
Auburn rolls in baseball
Auburn (20-1) defeated Craig Co. 19-0 in the opening round of the Region C baseball tournament. Four pitchers combined to throw a five-inning no-hitter with Josh Givens picking up the win throwing two innings with four strikeouts. The Eagles scored 11 runs in the first and six in the second to put the game away.
Jared Lavergne had three hits and scored three runs, Zac McGlothlin had two hits and four RBIs and Matthew Altizer had two hits and two RBIs. Graham Alley, Landen Marrs, Talan Mower and Brady Hale also added two runs batted in each.
Auburn boys setup EM matchup
The Auburn boys soccer team was slated to play county-rival Eastern Montgomery Monday night with a trip to the state semis on the line. Auburn advanced after a 8-0 win over Narrows.
Jared Bradley scored three goals and had an assist in the match. The third and final goal set the AHS boys soccer single season goals record with 25 goals scored.
Goalkeeper Coahan Gordon picked up another shutout as Auburn is now 12-4-1 on the season.
EM alive in softball
Late last week, Eastern Montgomery defeated George Wythe Softball in a close game 3-2. The Mustangs took the lead for good when Alexis Artrip hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning. Mary Miller was the winning pitcher.
With the win, Eastern Montgomery advances in region play.
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