Sports
Coach Jimmy Swindler motivates volleyball teams to success
By Amy Hitt
Three years ago, Jimmy Swindler became the Co-Coach of the Junior Panther (JP) Volleyball team, with founder Gerard Frank. That year they did not win one game. This year they will be defending the title they won with a 10-1 record, Valley Middle School Conference Champions.
When the season starts […]
Football teams get ready for new season
By Amy Hitt
On August 4 at 7 a.m., 17 Varsity players in ninth to 12th grade suited up for the first three hour morning practice for this year’s football season at Rappahannock County High School. There were nine players that were missing from the team meeting on Friday, due to vacations and […]
RCHS golf coach hopes enough players turn out Aug. 4 to field a team this year
By Amy Hitt
Jason Gochenour, Rappahannock County High School guidance counselor, is also the golf coach at RCHS. Jason is a resident of Luray and a graduate of James Madison University. He has two degrees, a Bachelors in Kinesiology and Health Science and a Masters in Psychology.
He has been the […]
Junior Panther soccer coach Natalie Hathaway looks ahead to a successful season
By Amy Hitt
Since its inception in 2002, Junior Panther (JP) soccer has had the same “high spirited coach”, Natalie Hathaway. Coach Hathaway is a product of Rappahannock County public schools and the University of Virginia with a major in government.
Coach Hathaway is the 7th grade civics and American government teacher at Rappahannock County Elementary School. […]
New coach Melanie Torrance aims to rebuild RCHS cheerleading program
By Amy Hitt
The RCHS cheerleading squad has a new coach this year, Melanie Torrance. Melanie is a graduate of RCPS and a recent graduate of the University of Mary Washington. She has a B.A. in Sociology and was on the cheerleading squad for all of her four years.
Melanie started cheering […]
Supervisors approve $395,000 deal to install sports field lights, with payment guaranteed by county taxpayers
By James P. Gannon
Night football, baseball and softball games on school fields are coming to Rappahannock County later this year under a county-backed plan approved Monday evening by the Board of Supervisors.
The vote to approve the controversial proposal was 4 to 1, with Supervisor Roger Welch of Wakefield District dissenting.
The decision was a major victory […]