Sports
Middlesex Little League registration continues
Middlesex County Little League’s 2021 season sign ups for ages 5 through 16 years old are still going on.
All sign ups are at the Middlesex County Sports Complex in Locust Hill and are set for:
9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb....
You can still buy a brick to help sports complex
Middlesex County Sports Complex bricks may be purchased and engraved with up to three lines and a maximum of 13 characters per line. The cost of a brick is $150 for family/individual and $200 for organization/business. Bricks can be...
Urbanna native threw discus farther than anyone ever had
Archie Harris shattered world record in 1941, yet is mostly unknown in MC
by Larry Chowning -
Archie Horgie Harris Jr. was born July 3, 1918 in Urbanna and although little known to most Middlesex County citizens Harris went on...
Volleyball will start March 1 in Saluda
Middlesex school board also OK’d cross country and golf
by Tom Chillemi -
Sports, including volleyball, golf and cross country, will return to Middlesex High School (MHS) in March after nearly a year’s absence due to COVID-19.
The varsity volleyball team will...
MHS volleyball star signs with Roanoke College
by Larry Chowning -
Middlesex High School’s (MHS) volleyball star Elizabeth Ketner signed a letter of intent Wednesday, Feb. 3, to play volleyball at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 3 Roanoke College in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC).
A...
Five youth who live in Middlesex playing on Ware hoops teams
by Don Richeson -
COVID-19 concerns have kept Middlesex County Public Schools’ gyms quiet so far this winter, as cautious Middlesex school system officials previously decided the safest course would be to just cancel sports. However, some youth who live...
Middlesex Shooting Sports Club hits 1,000 member milestone
The Middlesex Shooting Sports Club (MSSC) in Hartfield reached a milestone recently as its membership passed the 1,000 member mark.
MSSC was founded in fall 1999 as the Middlesex Pistol Hunters Club with only five members and changed its name...
Middlesex Little League to start “on time”
No COVID-19 delays expected for ’21 baseball, softball seasons
by Tom Chillemi -
The Middlesex County Little League Board has announced it will start the baseball and softball seasons “on time” this year on April 16.
In 2020, COVID-19 caused the league to...
Pathway fundraiser aids sports complex
There’s nothing more exciting than youth sports and nothing better for Middlesex County than people playing sports. The Middlesex County Sports Complex in Locust Hill is an integral part of teaching children the importance of athletics and sportsmanship. Families...
Hartfield golfer makes his third hole-in-one
On Friday, Jan. 22, at Piankatank River Golf Course, Hartfield’s John Matthews made a hole-in-one on the No. 5 hole at 87 yards with his 5 hybrid (iron-wood) club. He was playing a round of golf with his wife,...
