The South Boston Parks and Recreation Department held its annual Substance Abuse Prevention Basketball Tournament on July 29-31 for girls and boys ages 13-15.
The Halifax Ozone All-Stars scored a combined six runs in the top of the fifth and sixth innings to start their stay in the 2022 Dixie League Youth World Series with a 7-4 win over Florida on Saturday afternoon in Lumberton, North Carolina.
The Halifax Minor League All-Star Team put together a mad rally in the bottom of the sixth inning to start its stay in the 2022 Dixie Youth World Series with a 6-5 win over Texas on Saturday afternoon in Lumberton, North Carolina.
Head coach Justin Saunders and his staff have built the Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball Minors All-Stars into a squad Rooster Cogburn would be proud to watch.
Despite playing two separate sports and playing eight years apart, the 2013 Philadelphia 76ers and the Halifax County Dixie Youth Ozone All-Stars have something in common.
The Halifax County Dixie Debs Softball All-Star Team had its 2022 Dixie Debs World Series run come to an end with a 12-1 loss to host Alexandria in the championship game Tuesday night in Louisiana.
The Halifax County Dixie Debs Softball All-Star Team advanced to the championship round for the 2022 Dixie Debs World Series title with a 6-3 win over Florida on Monday night in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Halifax County kept its World Series hopes alive with a 9-1 win over Tennessee in an elimination game of the 2022 Dixie Debs World Series on Sunday afternoon in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Halifax County High School girls volleyball tryouts will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Wednesday at Halifax County High School.
Halifax County Dixie Softball All-Star Debs head coach John Newcomb and his assistant coaches Mike Glassworks and Rob Wallace made an unusual promise to their team after one of their practices earlier this month.
C.H. Friend School hosted a kickball tournament Sunday. Five teams braved the heat for the event to raise money for playground equipment.
Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball teams heading for the World Series next month are now in fundraising mode.
The Halifax County Dixie Softball All-Star Debs team completed its stay in the Virginia Dixie Deb State Tournament with an 11-0 lambasting of Powhatan to clinch the 2022 Virginia Dixie Debs State Tournament Monday evening.
Every young ballplayer has dreamed of being the one to lift their team to a walk-off victory.
Learning from defeats is a part of growing a team and help shaping a player.
When the top of the seventh came around in the MLB All-Star Futures Game on Saturday night, Halifax County native Andrew Abbott strolled out of the bullpen in relief for the NL Futures All-Stars.
Halifax County Youth Football will host registration for tackle football programs from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Mary Bethune Gym.
Two Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball teams are heading to the World Series after state championship wins.
The chance to remain perfect in tournament play is alive for the Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball Minor All-Stars as they defeated Appomattox 7-3 on Wednesday advancing to the championship game set Thursday in Martinsville.
The Halifax County Dixie Youth Ozone All-Stars team is set play for the championship title in the state tournament against Rustburg on Thursday night.
The Halifax County Dixie Youth Ozone All-Stars’ extra inning rally can be summed up as a snowball effect.
LIFE, a loal nonprofit organization, held its third annual basketball tournament at the South Boston Recreation Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Teams from Lynchburg, Roxboro and Reidsville, North Carolina, combined with some local teams, participated in the tournament. More than 300 g…
After blowing out Patrick County in game one of the state tournament, the Halifax County Dixie Youth Minors All-Stars carried their momentum in game two versus Patrick County on Monday in Martinsville.
While many minor league players will be heading home and enjoying their time off during the Major League Baseball All-Star break later this month, Halifax County native Andrew Abbott will be on a baseball diamond, but for good reason.
Down 5-3 going into the bottom ninth, the Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball Ozone All-Stars managed to score three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the 6-5 in their first game of the state tournament in South Hill.
Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball Minors All-Stars opened game one of their tournament in style Friday.
Halifax County Dixie Youth Coach Pitch All-Stars defeated Patrick County 16-5 to open state tournament play Friday.
July is a month full of youth baseball tournaments across the country. Locally, three teams will start battling in state tournaments Friday.
Members of the Halifax Clay Busters recently competed in the Virginia State Scholastic Clay Target Program Skeet shoot at Conservation Park in Charles City. Participating the shoot were Savannah Overby, Trigg Francis and Brett Crowder. Crowder finished third in his class in skeet and he also…
Jacob Webb’s two-run double in the bottom of the seventh lifted Amelia to a thrilling 8-7 walk-off victory over Halifax County in an elimination game of the Majors All-State Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The phrase “close but no cigar” came to mind at the end of the Halifax County Dixie Majors’ All-Star State Tournament matchup against Charlotte County on Friday night.
The Halifax County Dixie Major League team opens play in the 2022 Majors State All-Star Tournament on Friday in South Boston.
At the close of the 2022 District 7 softball tournaments in Brookneal last week, several Halifax County Dixie softball teams were recognized with the Sportsmanship Award and/or the Runner-Up Award in the District 7 playoffs. Receiving the District 7 Dixie Softball Sportsmanship Award were th…
The Halifax County Dixie Softball Angels All-Stars team finished second in the 2022 District 7 playoffs. The District 7 playoffs consisted of teams from Charlotte County, Campbell County and Halifax County. The Halifax County Angels All-Stars fell to Charlotte County on Tuesday night with …
Halifax Country Club held its annual Ladies Member-Member Golf Tournament on June 14 and 16.
The Questionable.co Charity Basketball Tournament held at the South Boston Recreation Center on Saturday raised over $1000 and collected over 400 canned goods for Serving Hope Food Pantry, according to one of the organizers Grayson Ballance.
The Halifax County Dixie Darlings All-Stars team won their first District 7 game against Brookneal with a score of 15-8 on Saturday in Brookneal. The team had another game to play on Sunday.
Twelve Dixie softball All-Stars teams began playoffs Friday night in Brookneal. Opening ceremonies for the District 7 All-Stars teams were held Saturday morning in Brookneal followed by more games being played in the afternoon.Three counties represent the District 7 playoffs. These counties …
After winning the first two District 7 tournament softball games in the Angels division, the Halifax County Dixie Softball Angels lost to Charlotte County on Monday night with the score 3 to 2. The Halifax County Dixie Softball Angels were set to play again Tuesday night to determine which t…
Questionable.co Charity Basketball Tournament will be held at the South Boston Recreation Center on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m.
Two teams in the Dixie Darlings division of Halifax County softball — Mac Ragans Auto and Aaron’s Creed Ruritan Club — played their final game of the 2022 season May 26 at the Bethune Complex. Aaron’s Creek Ruritan Club scored 18 runs while Mac Ragans Auto scored 1 run.
The Halifax County High School Comets varsity basketball team is hosting a basketball camp next week from Monday through Thursday at Halifax County High School.
Closing ceremonies for tee ball, single A, coach pitch, minor league and ozone teams with Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball were held Saturday at the Day Complex.
Closing ceremonies for Halifax County Dixie Softball 2022 were held Thursday night on the field of the Mary Bethune Complex. Players and teams were recognized for their accomplishments including sportsmanship recognition from each team, all-star selection for each division of Halifax County …
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