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Staunton River, Liberty XC post first place finishers at Rush Farm

Staunton River and Liberty had impressive showings at Rush Farm on Aug. 30. Both schools had one first-place finisher at the meet. Rustburg also competed and was the host school of the meet.
 

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The Eagles found gold with Christiana Metric. The freshman logged a 21:26.68 in the 5000 m run to capture first place. Metric’s gold medal run was a whopping 24 seconds faster than the second place finisher.

JF, Liberty face off in Seminole District play

Liberty hosted Jefferson Forest, LCA and Brookville at Bedford CC for the fifth Seminole District match on Aug. 30.

The Cavaliers looked to continue arguably the program’s best season with another District win. The Cavs have finished first at every match thus far except the High School Invitational in Midlothian, which featured elite talent from Class 5/6 high schools.

Cavs split matches with Byrd and LB

All good things must come to an end. That includes Jefferson Forest’s volleyball team’s win streak.

The Cavaliers continued to roll with a win over Byrd to open up it’s week. After a hiccup in the first set, the Cavs rebounded by sweeping the next three sets 25-19, 25-23, 25-23.

JF’s gritty performance was highlighted by Bailey Tibbs and Sarah Shanton’s nine kills each. Sydney Strain produced seven kills while Gracyn Draney and Kelsey Gerni had four kills a piece.

Liberty shuts down Christiansburg

Liberty’s football team picked up where it left off two weeks ago by claiming another win on home soil.

The Minutemen bested Christiansburg 27-13 to move to 2-0 on the season.

Liberty jumped out early by scoring on its first drive as Taylor Carson rushed into the end zone.

The Minutemen would hold the Blue Demons on the Demons’ 24-yard line and forced them to punt down to Liberty’s 30 to give the Minutemen another scoring opportunity.

Jefferson Forest golf makes it six in a row

Jefferson Forest’s golf team secured their sixth consecutive Seminole District match win of the season over Liberty Christian Academy, Amherst, and Heritage at Ivy Hills GC on Sept. 5.

The Cavs nearly dropped their first Seminole District match on Aug. 30 but squeaked out the win by one stroke thanks to Isaac Simmons’ clutch six-foot birdie on the ninth hole. This time, Forest garnered a more comfortable ten-stroke win. The Cavs shot a collective 145 to best LCA by ten strokes, Amherst by 21 strokes and Heritage by 84 strokes.

Business raises funds for hurricane relief

    Blue Ridge Optics, a Bedford high tech manufacturer — they make optics that send laser beams precisely where the engineers, who design equipment, want them to go — is holding a yard sale to raise money for hurricane relief.

Charlottesville was not about slavery

    Rick Howell was very observant to notice that I didn’t use the word “slavery” in my column on what happened in Charlottesville on Aug. 12.  The reason I did not use the word “slavery” is the same reason Mr. Howell made such big deal over the fact that I did not use the word.

Christians should be fighting racism

    You’d think that Christian people, who claim to follow a religion that teaches love, tolerance and understanding, would be the first in our world to stand strong against racism, both past and present.
    But in the South, particularly, that just hasn’t been the case. Too often, self-styled Christians have led the way in rationalizing, justifying and defending racist practices and making excuses for the Confederacy.