Sports

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

Middlesex players grouped by race before integration This is the third part of a special three-part series on Middlesex County semi-pro baseball teams and is on the all-black baseball teams that existed in Middlesex in the pre-integration era. It was first...

by Don Richeson -  Hartfield’s Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club is offering free “golf croquet” lessons this Sunday, April 26. Official play starts at 2 p.m., but you can come at 1 p.m. if you’d like some instruction. No special attire is needed...