Huge Day for Local Teams at Radford Jubilee

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SOCCER SEMIFINALS:
RADFORD, Va. – Alistair Moore scored in the 79th minute to tie the match and Michael Releford made three saves during penalty kicks to help Blacksburg defeat previously undefeated Jefferson Forest 2-1 (3-1 PK) in the second Group AA Boy’s Soccer Semifinal match from Radford High School.
The Bruins (19-2-2), who will be looking for their tenth state title, will face Potomac Falls (17-5-1) Sunday in the Championship game at 4:00 p.m. from Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium on the campus of Radford University.

RADFORD, Va. – Two-time defending champion Radford High School scored three goals in the second half to pull away from Virginia High and advance to the Group A Boy’s Soccer Championship match with a 4-0 victory Saturday from Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium on the campus of Radford University.
the Bobcats (18-2-1) who did not allow a shot all match, will face George Mason (17-2) in the title match on Sunday at noon from Cupp Memorial Stadium.
Lukas Findley put Radford on the board in the ninth minute. The Bobcats could not find the back of the net the rest of the half and went in with a one-goal advantage.
Three different Bobcats scored in the second half. J. Clark started the scoring in the 52nd minute, taking a cross from William Saunders and tucking it inside the left post. Michael Farmer and Tino Benitez added unassisted tallies in the 57th and 63rd minutes to close out the scoring.

RADFORD, Va. – Paxton Sauerwald’s blast from 25 yards out in the 78th minute lifted Hidden Valley to a 2-1 victory over Salem and into the 2009 Group AA Girls Soccer State Championship Saturday morning at Radford High School as part of the Spring Jubilee hosted by Radford University.
Hidden Valley and Broad Run, the Group AA Girls Soccer defending champs, will meet in Sunday’s state championship at 2 p.m.
After Maddy Elder gave the Titans an early 1-0 with a strike in the sixth minute, Salem’s Brittany Ingvaldsen provided an equalizer in the 29th minute.
Hidden Valley is looking for its second state title in the last four years as the Titans defeated Charlottesville 3-2 in 2006.

RADFORD, Va. – Radford High School scored a pair of goals in each half and didn’t allow a shot en route to a 4-0 victory over James River in the VHSL Group A Girls Soccer State semifinals Saturday morning at Cupp Stadium as part of the Spring Jubilee hosted by Radford University.
Radford and George Mason, which defeated Wilson Memorial earlier in the day, will meet in the 2009 Group A Girls Soccer State Championship Sunday morning at 10 a.m.
Mary Wiley, who scored the eventual game winner in the 26th minute, contributed an assist on Cece Scott’s 28th minute strike to lead the way for the Bobcats.
Anna Witkowsky (47:12) and Pip Pattison (65:35) also added goals for Radford in the second frame.
Radford is looking for its second state title in the last three years. The Bobcats edged Clark Country 1-0 in 2007 to win its only state championship.
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TENNIS STATE FINALS:

BLACKSBURG, Va. – After eight matches were complete, including six that required a third set, Western Albemarle’s No. 3 doubles team of Riley Wilson and Alex Politis won a third-set tiebreaker to lift the Warriors to a 5-4 victory over Hidden Valley and their third straight Group AA Boys Tennis State Championship Saturday at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on the Virginia Tech campus as part of the 2009 VHSL Spring Jubilee hosted by Radford University.

Western Albemarle held a 4-2 lead after the singles competition, but Hidden Valley put all the attention on the final court by winning the first two doubles matches to tie the score, 4-4.

Hidden Valley’s No. 3 duo of Ben Hunter and Alex Wyatt grab the first set, 7-6 (4), but the Warriors’ tandem, who did not compete in the singles portion, forced a third and decisive set with a 6-4 win in the second.

Western Albemarle is the fourth school in VHSL history to string together three straight Group AA Boys Tennis titles. Prior to their most recent run, the Warriors only other state championship came in 1992 when they defeated Salem 8-1.

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BASEBALL STATE SEMIFINALS:

RADFORD, Va. – Chris Anderson went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored to lead Rustburg to a 6-2 win over Alleghany Springs in the 2009 Group AA Baseball semifinals Saturday afternoon at Calfee Park as part of the Spring Jubilee hosted by Radford University.
Rustburg (21-6) and Poquoson (27-1), which defeated Potomac Falls 3-0 in the day’s first semifinal, will meet in Sunday’s state championship at 1 p.m.
To go along with Anderson’s three-hit performance, Chris Walker, Kerry Cofer and Ross Garner also added multiple hits for the Red Devils.
After Anderson scored the first run of the game in the top of the second on a Cofer RBI single, Rustburg’s bottom half of the lineup strung together four straight hits, which led to a four-run inning. Alleghany Springs’ only runs came in the sixth and seventh innings.
Brandon West picked up the win for the Red Devils tossing six innings, while allowing just five hits and striking out seven.
Rustburg is attempting to win its first state title in school history as the Red Devils made championship game appearances in 1991 and 1999.

RADFORD, Va. – Gavin Hylton led Chatham’s 15-hit attack with a 3-for-4 showing including a home run, triple, three RBI and four runs as the Cavaliers cruised into the Group A Baseball State Championship with a 14-3 victory over Rappahannock Saturday morning at the RU Baseball Field as part of the VHSL Spring Jubilee hosted by Radford University.
Chatham and Gate City will meet in Sunday’s Group A State Championship at 10 a.m.
Along with Hylton’s impressive outing at the plate, Drew Kirks added four RBI, a triple, two runs and a pair of walks in five plate appearances for the Cavaliers. Chatham’s Beau Cassada also contributed three RBI from the nine spot.
Five Cavaliers finished with multiple hits, while all nine of their batters recorded at least one base knock.
After Chatham put five runs on the board in the bottom of the first, Rappahannock answered with three in the second, but that’s as close as the Raiders would get as the Cavaliers scored nine unanswered including a four-run fourth and three more in the fifth.
Matt Bray scattered eight hits, while striking out seven in a complete-game effort for Chatham. Just one of the three runs Bray allowed was earned.
Jacob Roberts led the way for Rappahannock with a pair of hits.
Chatham is looking to win its second state title in school history as the Cavaliers defeated Stuarts Draft 3-0 in 1987 to win its first crown.

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SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS

RADFORD, Va. – Chasidy Williams’ singled in a pair of runs with a two-out single in the top of the eighth to lift GLenvar Past Virginia High, 3-1 in the second Group A Softball state semifinal from Radford University Softball Field. The two-time runner-up Highlanders will face first time state finalist Alta Vista in the championship game Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
With two outs, Julie Helton and Julianna Caldwell extended the inning with a walk and a bunt single and moved up on heads up base running on the base hit. Williams stepped up and blooped a single to left center sending Helton and Caldwell home.
It was the second hit of the game for Williams, who finished 2-for-4. Helton was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and Caldwell registered two hits for the Highlanders as well.
Helton, who tossed the final three innings, picked up the win in relief of Brandy Bryant. She did not allow a run on one hit with one strikeout and three walks. Bryant surrended a first inning run, struck out nine in five innings of work.

RADFORD, Va. – Brooke Short’s two-out walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh gave Alta Vista a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over Essex in the first Group A Softball semifinal Saturday morning from Radford University Softball Field. Making its first state tournament appearance, Alta Vista will take on xx in the championship game, Sunday at 1:00 pm.
Trailing 6-3 entering the sixth, the Colonels made it a 6-5 game on a home run by Short and a RBI double by Mallory Greene.
In the seventh, Chelsea Stephens launched a one-out home run to dead centerfield to tie the game at 6-6. With two outs and runners on first and second Short, who homered in previous at bat, was being intentionally walked reached out and poked the game-winning single just out of the reach of a diving Kendall Tignor in rightfield.
Black, who was the starting pitcher for the Colonels, finished the day 3-for-5 with triple and two RBI. In the circle, she allowed seven hits, struck out six and walked one.