July 03, 2009
Thomas Dale’s Bates named boys soccer player of year
Will Bates’ list of honors includes Central Region and Gatorade state player of the year. The forward is a member of the USA junior national team and has an eye on the 2012 Olympics.
All-Metro boys soccer team
Year: Senior
Position: Center back
The skinny: Moves up from All-Metro second team as a junior. He scored four goals and had seven assists even though he was primarily a defensive player. Was all-district and all-region first team and will attend Radford. The Raiders eliminated undefeated Thomas Dale in the region quarterfinals.
June 18, 2009
High school notes
Ka’Lia Johnson didn’t make the USA Women’s U16 national basketball team, but she recently returned from three days of trials determined to get a future invitation. “Hopefully, the next time I go back, I’ll be wearing the USA jersey,“ Johnson said. The rising junior at Thomas Dale High was one of 34 players invited to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., to compete for 12 spots. The team will play against seven national teams from North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean in the first FIBA Americas U16 championship Aug. 10-14 in Mexico. The top three teams qualify for the 2010 FIBA U17 world championship next summer in France.
June 13, 2009
Notes: Deep Run baseball coach resigns
Baseball coach Grant Odell is stepping down after starting the program at Deep Run High in 2003. “I’ve decided it’s time to spend time with my family,“ Odell, 52, said. Odell has a daughter who plays basketball and softball about to enter Deep Run and another daughter not far behind. “I want to focus my time and energy in the direction that puts my wife and family first,“ he said.
May 26, 2009
Central Region softball playoffs
Quarterfinals: Top bracket, Midlothian (17-3) at Deep Run (17-2), 7 p.m.; Thomas Dale (17-3) at Atlee (12-5), 7; Lower bracket, Mills Godwin (12-7) at Cosby (19-3), 5; Lee-Davis (16-4) at Prince George (17-4), 7
Semifinals: Thursday at Hanover High, 5 and 7 p.m.
Final: Friday at Hanover High,
7 p.m.
Central Region boys soccer playoffs
Quarterfinals: Top bracket, Midlothian (12-5-1) at Mills Godwin (14-1-2), 7 p.m.; Matoaca (13-3-1) at Lee-Davis (12-4-1), 7; Lower bracket, Deep Run (12-3) at Cosby (14-1-1), 7:30; Atlee (10-4-1) at Thomas Dale (16-0), 7
Semifinals: Thursday at Cosby High, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
Final: Friday at Cosby High, 7:30 p.m.
May 20, 2009
High school notes
Thomas Dale midfielder/forward Will Bates has missed a couple of high school games this season while playing for the U.S. U-18 National team that won a gold medal at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in January. Still, he has scored 19 goals and delivered 13 assists for the top-ranked Knights entering this week’s district tournament.
May 15, 2009
High school spring sports: T-D Top 10s
Prev. TeamW-Lrank
2. Hanover17-1No. 2 3. Thomas Dale15-3No. 3
4. Matoaca15-4No. 4
5. Mills Godwin14-4No. 5
6. Lee-Davis12-4No. 6
7. Dinwiddie14-5No. 7
8. Steward22-3No. 8
9. Douglas Freeman13-6No. 10
10. St. Christopher’s18-4-
Softball Prev.
TeamW-Lrank
2. Midlothian15-1No. 4 3. Prince George14-3No. 7
May 08, 2009
Prep polls
Prev. TeamW-Lrank
2. Hanover12-1No. 2 3. Thomas Dale13-3No. 3
4. Matoaca12-3No. 4
5. Mills Godwin11-3No. 7
6. Lee-Davis10-4No. 5
7. Dinwiddie12-4No. 6
8. Steward18-3No. 10
9. Deep Run7-4No. 9
10. Doug. Freeman10-6No. 8
Softball Prev.
TeamW-Lrank
2. Powhatan13-1No. 3 3. Cosby11-2No. 4
4. Midlothian12-1No. 2
May 01, 2009
Thomas Dale students orchestrate Rock 4 Life benefit concert
Jonathan Warren, a junior at Thomas Dale High School’s Specialty Center for the Arts, was inspired by the song “Viva La Vida” during a Coldplay concert. “I listened to it for months and months,“ he said. Warren, who plays violin, took that inspiration and arranged the rock song for the school’s 60-piece orchestra, and he’s also conducting it tonight at the hunger-benefit Rock 4 Life concert.
Baseball
Prev. TeamW-Lrank
2. Hanover11-1No. 2 3. Thomas Dale12-3No. 7
4. Matoaca12-3No. 3
5. Lee-Davis9-3No. 6
6. Dinwiddie12-3No. 8
7. Mills Godwin9-3No. 9
8. Douglas Freeman9-4-
9. Deep Run7-4No. 4
10. Steward14-3No. 10
Softball Prev.
TeamW-Lrank
2. Midlothian11-0No. 2 3. Powhatan11-1No. 5
April 28, 2009
High school notes: TD’s Johnson commits
Two-time girls All-Metro basketball first-teamer Ka’lia Johnson of Thomas Dale has committed to Duke University. Johnson, a 5-9 sophomore guard, was the Central District and Central Region player of the year after averaging 17 points for the Knights, who finished 24-2 and were ranked No. 2 in The Times-Dispatch Top 10 this season. Johnson missed the Knights’ quarterfinal loss in the region tournament because of illness.
April 23, 2009
Local actress, daughter to perform in play at Thomas Dale
Actress Melissa Johnston Price stepped up her engagement in her children’s education this year, going beyond volunteering for PTAs to acting with her daughter in the classic “Pride and Prejudice.“ Price, whose leading roles include “Deathtrap” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?“ in local theater productions, and her daughter, Meg, a freshman at Thomas Dale High School’s Specialty Center for the Arts, are playing mother and daughter in Jon Jory’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved classic.
April 17, 2009
2009 All-Metro Wrestling Team
Other members of The Times-Dispatch 2008 All-Metro Wrestling team.
Weekly Times-Dispatch high school rankings
(Does not include last night’s games) Prev.
TeamW-Lrank
2. Deep Run6-1No. 8 3. Hanover6-1No. 6
4. Cosby6-0No. 5
5. Matoaca9-2No. 2
6. Lee-Davis6-3No. 4
7. Thomas Dale6-3No. 3
8. Dinwiddie9-2—
9. Mills Godwin7-2No. 10
10. Steward9-1—
Softball Prev.
TeamW-Lrank
2. Lee-Davis6-1No. 1 3. Midlothian6-0No. 3
