Marty Gordon
NRVsports@ourvalley.org
Virginia Tech is proud to announce men’s basketball head coach Mike Young has been selected as an inductee into the Wofford Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
The five-member class was revealed by Wofford Monday afternoon.
In addition to Young, McLeod Dean ’19 (women’s track and field), Cameron Jackson ’19 (men’s basketball), Fletcher Magee ’19 (men’s basketball) and Hayley Younginer ’19 (women’s soccer) will also be inducted. This honor celebrates Young’s remarkable impact at Wofford, where he spent 30 years coaching, including 17 seasons as head coach of the Terriers.
Young’s legacy at Wofford is unparalleled. Under his leadership, Wofford’s men’s basketball program achieved unprecedented success, highlighted by five NCAA Tournament appearances and five Southern Conference tournament championships. He was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year four times (2010, 2014, 2015 and 2019) and guided the Terriers to their first NCAA Tournament win in program history during the 2018-2019 season. His final season at Wofford culminated in a historic 30-win campaign, propelling him to national recognition as one of college basketball’s top coaches.
Auburn ahead of East Mont in points
Auburn High School has not played a single football game this season, but thanks to Craig County counting their loss of a game with the Riner school as a forfeit, then Auburn is still receiving points from the Virginia High School League weekly rating system.
In the latest Region 1C numbers, Auburn has nine points and is above both Eastern Montgomery (0-8) and Bland (0-7). Eastern has 8.883 and Bland 8.375 points. None of those three have a chance to make the playoffs, but Auburn continues to gain points thanks to Craig’s decision. The other nine games lost by other teams when Auburn cancelled their season are being made up by other opponents.
Hargrove defensive POW
Virginia Tech soccer player Lauren Hargrove has been named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.
The Richmond native was lights out at goalkeeper this week for the Hokies as she posted two shutouts.
She recorded six saves in the Hokies’ 2-0 win at No. 7 Notre Dame – the first Top 10 road win for Tech since 2012. It was the third straight shutout for the Hokies and the 10th of the season. Entering the match, Notre Dame had the seventh-best scoring offense in the nation.
Hargrove also led the Hokies to a shutout draw at NC State.
She finished the week with a 1.000 save percentage, a 0.00 GAA and seven saves over two shutouts.
New sports com at RU
Radford University Athletics is excited to announce the appointment of Matthew Schaefer as the new Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications. Schaefer joins the Highlanders from Northern Kentucky University, where he most recently served as the Associate Athletics Director for External Operations.
In his new role at Radford, Schaefer will oversee the Athletics Communications and Video Production and Creative Video departments, to go with serving on the Highlanders leadership team. He will also serve as the main media contact for the Radford men’s basketball and men’s and women’s cross country and track & field programs. His extensive experience in external relations and strategic storytelling will be instrumental in enhancing the visibility of Radford Athletics at both the local and national level through traditional and digital media.
At Northern Kentucky, Schaefer was responsible for the oversight of the NKU Athletics communications, creative content and storytelling units, marketing and fan engagement and ticketing operations for the Norse.
Red Sox future schedule
The Salem Red Sox have released their 2025 home schedule, complete with 66 games at Salem Memorial Ballpark during the 2025 season, the 17th season as a Boston Red Sox affiliate.
The Red Sox home opener at Carilion Clinic Field is set for Friday, April 4 against the Delmarva Shorebirds (Baltimore Orioles).
The Red Sox open against the Shorebirds in a 3-game series from April 4-6. A total of 10 homestands make up the home slate in Virginia’s Championship City, with a 9-game series (across 10 days) from July 18-27 and a 12-game series (across 13 days) from June 17-29. Salem Memorial Ballpark hosts 36 weekend games in 2025.
