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Gladiators Pick Up Second Straight Road Win

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Riverheads made its first-ever trip to Liberty Bedford for any sport to the best of my knowledge, since they are 70 miles away and Class 3-A, and the trip proved successful as the Big Red swept both the JV (44-35) and Varsity (58-50) games. The two games were actually somewhat similar in that play was a little ragged and VERY closely called by the officials. Also in both cases, Riverheads held a narrow lead at the half but took advantage of a big third quarter to establish a working margin and then held on for the win.

The JV game seemed especially tight in terms of the officiating as both teams were on the double bonus in the first half, and remember JVs only play 7 minute quarters. However I have no complaints about the refs as they were consistent in both games.

I can also compliment the atmosphere at the game. Liberty had a very lively pep band which added a lot to the evening. Their cheerleaders were also a festive bunch but I have to admit I have never seen a game where the home cheerleaders were not only on the visitors' side but were right in the middle of the visiting bleachers as opposed to down front or on the side. I am sure they had their reasons and it was not really that much of a distraction, but it did seem odd.

In the varsity game, the teams were very evenly matched in terms of not having a strong inside presence and therefore each relied on guard play and pressure defense, which of course led to the abundance of fouls. With only 10 guys dressed out for the Minutemen and 9 for RHS, there were dangers of a foul out but to the best of my recollection, only one Liberty player reached the limit.

The first quarter, although fast paced, featured very little scoring as Liberty led 8-7. You could tell that the Gladiators were working very hard to establish a three point game, since they average in double digits and had hit 12 (or was it 13.?........I will come back to that shortly) in Friday's upset win at Fort Defiance.

But in that first quarter, only one fell for the Big Red. Things picked up a little bit and eventually four different guys hit from behind the arc for a total of seven triples. A little below their average but Coach Weller will take that any day as long as a victory comes with it.

Coach also had to be very pleased with tonight's balanced offense. Bennett Dunlap led the way with 12 points, including two of the triples. He was the only player in double figures for RHS but all nine guys dented the scoring column and five of them scored between 6 and 9 points. Worthy of special mention were the steady floor games of Aden Slack and Jackson Brammer. Neither is likely to ever lead the Big Red in scoring in any game, but Slack is a strong rebounder and does a lot of the little things that do not show up in the box score, and Brammer is one of the steadiest guys on the team and never seems to get rattled.

The victory gives RHS a 4-5 overall record and when Mountain View comes to town on Thursday, they can even their slate heading into the second half of the season. By the way, tonight's game was a make-up you might say and was scheduled due to the teams having to miss out on the chance to compete in the Dec. 22-23 Riverheads Holiday Tournament. Weather canceled that event but RHS worked out home-and-home series with both Mountain View and Liberty. The Minutemen will visit Riverheads on Saturday night the 21st.

In closing, let me explain my comment above about the Fort Defiance game. As I had mentioned in that recap, Henley Dunlap's game winner appeared to be a three-pointer in real time but yet the game went to record as a 47-45 Riverheads win.

However the Harrisonburg paper has since covered the game and they called it a three and reported the score as 48-45. So tonight I asked our AD about it. He had a bird's eye view of the play that night and he says that Dunlap was a foot and a half behind the line and therefore it should have been called a three. So I guess the final word was that it was a two pointer, so let's just hope that Mr. Dunlap, who is only a sophomore, does not find himself flirting with the 1,000 point mark a couple of years down the road. Or let's hope he easily exceeds it so that the point or lack thereof doesn't matter.
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Steward School defeats Norfolk Collegiate 63-48

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Senior guard Te'Ven Smith scored 22 points and junior center Owen Gray added 16 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Steward School past Norfolk Collegiate by a final score of 63-48 win. The Spartans, who were recently ranked #4 in the 1st VISAA Basketball poll, led the entire game from the opening tip.

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Smith scored the Spartans 1st seven points and finished the half with 15 points (including a three) as the Steward School led 29-19 at the break. Gray (6-foot-10) was dominant inside and he had 10 points and 11 rebounds before halftime.

An 8-0 run to start the second half increased the Spartans lead to to 37-19 early in the 3rd quarter. Gray picked up his 4th foul but Norfolk Collegiate was not able to cut into the lead.

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Liberty University commit Curtis Blair III scored 12 of his 14 points in the 2nd half for the Steward School.

Junior Rashaad Williams sored 15 points to lead Norfolk Collegiate while adding five rebounds. Brennan Chatman finshed with nine and Kamren Robinson chipped in seven.

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Deep Run High School Football Seeking Scrimmages (Jamboree)

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Deep Run High School in Glen Allen, Virginia (15 minutes outside of Richmond) is looking for two Football scrimmage opponents for the upcoming 2023 season. The first would be part of our now annual Wildcat Jamboree along with Goochland High School at Deep Run on Thursday, August 10th. involving both JV and Varsity teams. The JVs play on a neighboring practice field while the Varsity plays on the main field on a rotating schedule, all within the stadium complex. The second would be a more traditional scrimmage on either Thursday, August 17th or Friday, August 18th, and we would like to travel for that scrimmage if at all possible (again involving both JV and Varsity). We are open to traveling within 45 minutes to an hour of Deep Run.

Interested teams/coaches please email Head Coach Joe Mullinax jemullinax@henrico.k12.va.us - thank you.
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Deep Run High School Football Seeking Scrimmages (Jamboree)

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Deep Run High School in Glen Allen, Virginia (15 minutes outside of Richmond) is looking for two Football scrimmage opponents for the upcoming 2023 season. The first would be part of our now annual Wildcat Jamboree along with Goochland High School at Deep Run on Thursday, August 10th. involving both JV and Varsity teams. The JVs play on a neighboring practice field while the Varsity plays on the main field on a rotating schedule, all within the stadium complex. The second would be a more traditional scrimmage on either Thursday, August 17th or Friday, August 18th, and we would like to travel for that scrimmage if at all possible (again involving both JV and Varsity). We are open to traveling within 45 minutes to an hour of Deep Run.

Interested teams/coaches please email Head Coach Joe Mullinax jemullinax@henrico.k12.va.us - thank you.
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Deep Run High School Football Seeking Scrimmages (Jamboree)

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Deep Run High School in Glen Allen, Virginia (15 minutes outside of Richmond) is looking for two Football scrimmage opponents for the upcoming 2023 season. The first would be part of our now annual Wildcat Jamboree along with Goochland High School at Deep Run on Thursday, August 10th. involving both JV and Varsity teams. The JVs play on a neighboring practice field while the Varsity plays on the main field on a rotating schedule, all within the stadium complex. The second would be a more traditional scrimmage on either Thursday, August 17th or Friday, August 18th, and we would like to travel for that scrimmage if at all possible (again involving both JV and Varsity). We are open to traveling within 45 minutes to an hour of Deep Run.

Interested teams/coaches please email Head Coach Joe Mullinax jemullinax@henrico.k12.va.us - thank you.
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Deep Run High School Football Seeking 2 Scrimmages (Jamboree)

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Deep Run High School in Glen Allen, Virginia (15 minutes outside of Richmond) is looking for two scrimmage opponents for the upcoming 2023 season. The first would be part of our now annual Wildcat Jamboree along with Goochland High School at Deep Run on Thursday, August 10th. involving both JV and Varsity teams. The JVs play on a neighboring practice field while the Varsity plays on the main field on a rotating schedule, all within the stadium complex. The second would be a more traditional scrimmage on either Thursday, August 17th or Friday, August 18th, and we would like to travel for that scrimmage if at all possible (again involving both JV and Varsity). We are open to traveling within 45 minutes to an hour of Deep Run.

Interested teams/coaches please email Head Coach Joe Mullinax jemullinax@henrico.k12.va.us - thank you.
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