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Painter wins district XC, runner-up at region
LURAY, Oct. 30 — Luray High School’s Brylee Painter continues to set the pace for runners across the region. On Oct. 21, the sophomore won the girls division at the Bull Run District Cross Country Championships held at Fairview Park in Woodstock — 37 seconds ahead of second place. Seven days later, Painter finished as the runner-up at the Region 1B Cross Country Championships in Altavista on Wednesday. She will be competing at the state cross country meet in Salem on Nov. 7.
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Staunton River gets the 31-28 victory over Northside in close contest
Two teams trying to sneak back into the playoff picture as Staunton River went to Northside Friday night. Scott Fisher had a smile on his face, ready to start the second half when his team gave him something to smile about. Quarterback Josue Ramirez Gomez called his own number for a seven-yard touchdown as Northside pulled within three.
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Shenandoah Downs “Horse of the Meet” Award won by locally-based first time horse owner
Chris Pangle’s One Fell Swoop is a perfect 5-for-5 in Virginia. Woodstock, VA – Shenandoah Downs will dole out end-of-season awards Sunday (Oct. 31) for leading driver, leading trainer and Horse of the Meet when the 11th annual fall harness racing campaign comes to a close, and while the first two awards won’t be decided until weekend action ensues, the final one has actually been determined already — and it comes with a storyline that can’t be beat.
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First-Time Horse Owner Wins Shenandoah Downs’ Horse of the Meet Award After Perfect Five-Race Run
A local cattleman who had never owned a harness racing horse before this year is ending his first season with one of the sport’s top honors at Shenandoah Downs. Chris Pangle, a Shenandoah Valley businessman who entered harness racing just months ago, earned the track’s 2026 Horse of the Meet Award with his three-year-old pacer, One Fell Swoop, after the horse won all five starts at Woodstock this fall.
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Greene Journal
▶︎Madison Scared, Then Takes Luray in BRD VB Tourney
Playing before a home crowd Tuesday night in a Bull Run District volleyball tournament semifinal game, top-seeded Madison County watched as No. 4 seed Luray took the first set, 25-19. It was a matter of the Mountaineers (21-0) playing loose and a Bulldog team doing what it needed to do for a win. Madison was down six points, 16-10 early, […] The post ▶︎Madison Scared, Then Takes Luray in BRD VB Tourney first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .
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Charlie Obaugh Auto Group Student Athlete of the Week: Trey Guzy
LURAY, Va. (WHSV) - For Luray senior Trey Guzy, success goes beyond Friday nights. The linebacker maintains a 4.42 GPA, serves as president of the school’s National Honor Society and gives back to his community while preparing for a future in engineering and law. “Since he came in as...
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ACC star said no to Gamecocks in portal. Why she's still a big Dawn Staley fan
Kymora Johnson had a tough phone call to make. Dawn Staley beat her to it. It was mid-April, and Johnson had just made a big decision: She was removing her name from the transfer portal and returning to Virginia for her senior season. She’d already told new UVA women’s basketball coach Aaron Roussell the news in person. Now she needed to tell Staley, who’d been recruiting Johnson to join the South Carolina Gamecocks instead. As Johnson left the team facility in Charlottesville that day, she called Staley from her car. Staley didn’t pick up. Turns out she was trying to call Virginia’s star point guard at the exact same time, so neither call went through. That coincidence alone felt like “God’s timing,” Johnson said. Once they connected, the conversation got even more memorable. “I think you should stay at Virginia,” Staley told Johnson. Wait, what? Johnson did a double take. She’d visited Columbia, hung out with Staley and met potential teammates. The Gamecocks recruited her hard, but they finished second. Given all their time and effort, shouldn’t she be the bearer of bad news? Instead, Staley was telling her over the phone that it was OK, that she also sensed