James Smith started coaching the Halifax County Middle School softball team in 1998.

Growing up Joey Duffer heard all of the stories about his father Curtis being a part of the 1984 Halifax County High School baseball team and their run to winning the first state championship in school history. Curtis went on the play college baseball at Virginia Tech as well and Joey knew f…

The Halifax County School Board is expected to hear a presentation Thursday night about the return of extracurricular activities and driver education.

David Riddle has been coaching at Halifax County High School for 22 years.

Last Monday night, we were all caught off guard when the Halifax County School Board voted to allow extracurricular activities to return.

In a surprise move, the Halifax County School Board voted 4-3 Monday night to allow secondary students to participate in practices of extracurricular activities following the guidelines set forth by the CDC, Virginia High School League, the school system’s safety plan outlined in the return-…

Halifax County High School softball player Trinity Martin has wanted to become a professional softball player since she was a child. She is now one step closer to that goal after verbally committing to play college softball at Virginia Tech.

The Virginia High School League will hold a special called meeting on Thursday.

The final buzzer sounded on March 6 in the Virginia High School League state quarterfinals where Halifax County High School basketball team suffered a devastating three-point loss to the Millbrook Pioneers.

The Virginia High School League Executive Committee met in a special work session on Monday where they discussed schedule options for the regular season and postseason championships for the condensed interscholastic plan.

After a successful year that was capped off by winning their first Jr. Piedmont District Tournament Championship, the Halifax County Middle School boys basketball team held their end of the year banquet recently at Edmunds Park.

Rising Halifax County High School senior Jaxon Lloyd lost his junior baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coming off of the heels of their decision to push back the start of high school sports until December, Virginia High School League officials released Phase Three guidelines for reopening sports and activities.

The Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation recently donated a scoreboard to the Halifax County Middle School softball field.

Halifax County High School basketball player Kameron Roberts turned a lot of heads in his freshman campaign on the team.

As you read this the Virginia High School League is either deciding or just finishing up deciding the fate of high school sports in Virginia this year. We already know that there will not be football on Friday nights this fall, but the rest remains up in the air.

After 30 years of coaching high school football — and three years leading the Blue Comets — Grayson Throckmorton is stepping down.

Soccer now joins basketball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, volleyball and wrestling as high-risk contact sports.

On the hottest weekend of the year, the Virginia Commonwealth Games All-Star baseball tournament kicked off on Friday night at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

The Virginia High School League met again Wednesday to discuss fall sports and once again we were left with few answers as the meeting ended.

The Virginia High School League’s executive committee is scheduled to host a special-called meeting on Wednesday to discuss the fall sports season.

I have tried to stay optimistic.

The Virginia High School League executive committee delayed any action of the future of fall sports during a special session on Thursday.

The Virginia High School League’s executive committee is scheduled to meet in a special session Thursday to discuss the reopening of schools under the governor’s “Return to School” plan and options that relate to fall sports and academic activities.

The Virginia High School League released guidelines for reopening sports/activities on Friday.

Thomas Lee, the class of 2020 winner of the T.C. Watkins award for best all-around male athlete at Halifax County High School, signed his letter of intent on Monday to continue his athletic and academic career at Bluefield College.

Friday, March 13.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced the plans to reopen K-12 public schools in Virginia is his Tuesday press conference and with that came more information regarding high school sports and the plan going forward.

Out-of-season high school practice will be allowed to begin today.

Virginia High School League officials are preparing for a plan to restart athletics and academic activities when Gov. Ralph Northam announces the path for reopening schools in the commonwealth.

Many high school athletes begin their careers with aspirations of playing college sports.

High school football coaches around the commonwealth have long felt their voices needed to be heard and have recently come up with a solution.

As the country begins to slowly reopen, one of the big questions is when will high school sports be given the OK to start back?

The top male and female athletes in Halifax County High School’s graduating class of 2020 were honored on Thursday morning during a ceremony at the school.

The Virginia High School League (VHSL) released an update Friday on guidelines for out-of-season practice due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Two Halifax County High School softball players will be continuing their careers at the next level after signing on the dotted line on Monday afternoon.

Halifax County High School baseball is known throughout Virginia as being a perennial contender for the state championship.

A season with high expectations on the field and memories to be made both on and off the field for the Halifax County High School girls soccer team never materialized as their season was canceled before it even got started. The six seniors on the team lost their last chance to play together …

Jimmy and Carol Wade recently donated two tents to the Halifax County tennis teams and the cross-country teams.

For the Halifax County boys soccer team seniors, they were days away from beginning their last season on the soccer field before their season was grinded to a sudden halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.

One February morning when Tucker Harris was 4 years old he wandered into his parents bedroom at 2:30 a.m. and his father, Dale, woke up thinking something was wrong.

For three of the four Halifax County High School senior players, softball wasn’t something that began three of four years ago.

“Heartbroken doesn’t even begin to describe it.”

Halifax County High School freshman Kameron Roberts was a standout basketball player for the Comets in his first year on varsity.

There are many senior student athletes across the country who have had their last season of high school sports taken away from them due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Halifax County High School senior Abby Casen — a four-year member of the Halifax County High School cross country team — has committed to attend Roanoke College.

Coming off of a successful 7-3 season in 2018, members of the Halifax County High School jayvee football team entered the 2019 season with their eyes on improving upon the success of the previous year.

The Virginia High School League recently released a frequently asked questions letter in response to numerous requests from student athletes and their families after the spring sports season was canceled due to COVID-19.