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

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.

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.

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

#3 Western Branch 5, #2 Hickory 4 Western Branch 201 000 2 — 5 4 1 Hickory 040 000 0 — 4 8 1

   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.  

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

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.

VIRGINIA BEACH

No one was more thankful for the way the final minute of Tuesday’s Division II state private school boys lacrosse tournament game between Nansemond-Suffolk and Bishop Sullivan Catholic unfolded than Zane Turner.

By JOHN STREIT Special to the Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK

This time, Maury and Granby didn’t need 10 innings to settle the issue, the way they did twice this year while splitting a pair of Eastern District regular-season games.

The Beach District tournament has become a chance in recent years to showcase Landstown’s well-kept field. But the Eagles often have been watching other teams play in their own backyard. Not this year. Landstown is the No. 1 seed after winning the program’s first Beach regular-season championship since the school opened in 2001. The Beach tournament begins Saturday.