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Beach District track: Ocean Lakes boys seek title in Lowery's memory

VIRGINIA BEACH Ed Lowery always thought Ocean Lakes High School had enough talent to have a top-notch boys track program. His problem was trying to get those athletes to compete for the team.

Postseason previews for Beach District track and Eastern District boys and girls soccer

  BEACH DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD MEET When Today and Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. each day Where Landstown High School, Virginia Beach

Lehigh Valley hands slumping Tides their eighth straight loss

Lehigh Valley scored early and often Tuesday night, cruising to a 7-0 victory against visiting Norfolk in the first of a four-game series at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pa.

Photo Gallery: Western Branch beats Hickory in baseball

Western Branch beat Hickory 5-4 Tuesday to take a one-game lead in the Southeastern District with only today's game against King's Fork remaining.

Tuesday's boys results: Hickory claims Southeastern soccer title; Greenbrier leads TCIS golf

BOYS SOCCER   Hickory 3, Western Branch 1   Jordan Griggs scored twice as the No. 8 Hawks upended the fifth-ranked  Bruins Tuesday and clinched their fifth straight Southeastern District regular-season title.

Boxscores and more highlights:   Baseball

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Tuesday's girls results: Churchland goes 14-0 in softball; First Colonial clinches tie for Beach soccer title

   SOFTBALL

Churchland 4, Lake Taylor 3

The No. 10 Truckers (14-2, 14-0) capped an unbeaten run in Eastern District play Tuesday as Ashley Cornell struck out 14 in a six-hitter. Jessie Hall and Brittany Velazquez each contributed two hits.   Host Churchland meets Lake Taylor again Thursday in a 3:30 p.m. Eastern District tournament semifinal.  

Age rule gets NBA, NCAA what they asked for: Lots of trouble

The NBA and NCAA continue to pound square pegs into round holes. What you end up with are simmering - though hardly shocking - scandals such as the one implicat ing former Southern Cal basketball player O.J. Mayo.

State private school boys and girls tourney results: Lane's 8th no-hitter spurs Greenbrier softball

SOFTBALL   Greenbrier 6, Covenant 0   Brittany Lane struck out 16 in her eighth no-hitter as the Gators advanced to a 6:30 p.m. Friday state Division II semifinal against Portsmouth Christian at Dumbarton Complex in Richmond.

The Gators (26-1) got three RBIs from Kayla Fussell and two hits and two runs scored from Robbin Kennedy.

Greenbrier Christian 6, Covenant School 0

In second year, Ragan puts rookie mistakes far behind him

David Ragan needed a little extra time, but he's showing that his sophomore year holds little resemblance to his rookie season. Ragan heads into Charlotte 12th in the points standings - something few would have predicted based on his performance last year.

Baseball: Western Branch tops Hickory to take control in Southeastern

CHESAPEAKE 

Western Branch coach Roland Wright has likened the Southeastern District baseball race to a heavyweight fight.

On Tuesday the Bruins hopped off the mat with the resilience of a cagey veteran in the ring.