Western Valley District News

The Western Valley District Girls Singles and Doubles continued Thursday night in Rocky Mount from Tuesday.

Franklin County continues to dominate Western Valley District golf action, ss they won its ditrict tournament by three strokes over Halifax County Tuesday at the Pasr-72 Westlake Golf & Country Club.

The Western Valley District will start its district tournament Tuesday, with games scheduled to be played in baseball, softball and boys and girls soccer.

The rain held off for the Western Valley District Finals at Franklin County Park Wednesday evening.

In the Western Valley District girls tennis tournament being played at Franklin County Park Tuesday evening, all the matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals had gone to the higher seed. That finally changed, when Halifax's 4th seeded doubles team of Jessica Palmer and Blair Jeffries upset the #1 seeded doubles team from GW Danville, Betsy Ezell and Lindsay Harris.

All of the higher seeds won their matches, as the Western Valley District girls tennis tournament started Thursday evening at Franklin County Park with quarterfinal action.

The Western Valley District girls tennis tournament will get underway this afternoon with singles and doubles action starting at 5 p.m. The matches will be contested at Franklin County Park on Sontag Road near Rocky Mount.

Patrick Henry's Melvin Henderson and Jack Esworthy were named the MVP and Coach of the Year, respectively, on the recently announced All-Northwest Region Boys Basketball Team.

William Fleming's TiAsia McGeorge and Ronald "Champ" Hubbard came away with the top honors on the Western Valley All-District Girls Basketball Team, as the pair were named the Player and Coach of the Year, respectively.