Sports
Rogers makes hole in one at Piankatank Golf Club
On Wednesday, May 13, Greg Rogers made a hole in one on hole number five at 100 yards with a nine iron at Piankatank River Golf Club in Hartfield. He was playing with his buddy, Dick Goyne. Rogers is...
T-ballers big users of MC Sports Complex
Bam Bam and Pebbles T-ball League’s 2- to 5-year-old players experience fun galore at Locust Hill facility
(Editor’s note: This is the third in a special multi-part Southside Sentinel series on the Middlesex County Sports Complex, which is celebrating...
Rappahannock River Fishing
Channel cats, blue cats not native to river
The two most sought after catfish species in the tidal Rappahannock River, channel cats and blue cats, are not native to the river. Channel catfish were likely first stocked in the Rappahannock...
Montague Island: Golf cart Kentucky Derby
by Don Richeson -
Neighbors on Middlesex County’s Montague Island missed the running of the Kentucky Derby so much that they decided to create their own derby Saturday — the first Jamaica Derby, named for Middlesex’s Jamaica community. Instead of...
Soccer is a big part of MC Sports Complex
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a multi-part series.)
by Larry Chowning -
The Middlesex County Sports Complex at Locust Hill is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and since opening it has been home to the Middlesex Soccer League...
Middlesex youth soccer program traces beginnings to October 1982
by Larry Chowning -
The current YMCA Middlesex youth soccer program started Oct. 2, 1982, as the “Tidewater Summer Soccer League Fall Youth Division,” when a group of parents and soccer fans met in the Middlesex High School (MHS) cafeteria...
Deltaville Ballpark’s second phase renovations now mostly complete
by Stephen Blue -
When fans drive up to Deltaville Ballpark this summer, they’re going to notice something looks different from how it appeared over the past four decades.
While baseball -- and nearly every other sport -- has...
MC Sports Complex nears quarter century milestone
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a multi-part series.)
by Larry Chowning -
The Middlesex County Sports Complex at Locust Hill is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The journey that led to the opening of the complex in 1997...
Middlesex Little League began in 50s
by Larry Chowning -
Twenty-five years ago, one of the main driving forces behind development of the Middlesex County Sports Complex was to create a permanent site for Middlesex County Little League teams to play and practice.
The league...
LL season delayed, could open in May
by Larry Chowning -
Usually taking place this weekend to fanfare is the annual throwing out of the first pitch and opening day ceremonies of the Middlesex County Little League (MCLL) at the Middlesex Sports Complex in Locust Hill.
Unfortunately, the...
