If Louisa County was fazed by its first inning, no one showed it.  The Lions shook off a rocky start, got some timely hits and rode the arm of Gunnar Carroll to a Jefferson District semifinal win over Orange County Tuesday night.

Junior midfielder James Wittwer scored in the second half to lift the Albemarle boys soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Massaponax in the Commonwealth District semifinals on Tuesday night.

In Goochland, Emily Klein and Amy Inouye scored second-half goals to lift the Covenant girls soccer team into the VIS Division II final with a 2-0 semifinal victory over Wakefield.

Western Albemarle’s tennis program added two more trophies to its case on Thursday in the Jefferson District singles championships.

The only thing that has interrupted Western Albemarle’s Jefferson District tournament dominance is the canceled tournament in 2007. The Warriors’ opponents certainly haven’t gotten the job done.

Western Albemarle’s Stephanie Warren doesn’t pile up many points, but the senior has been a force on draw controls and ground balls all year.

Western Albemarle has built quite a legacy in the sport of tennis in its years in the Jefferson District, as both the boys and girls teams have won every title since the league was formed. The Warriors continued that streak in the 2008 championship on Tuesday at Piedmont Virginia Community College, as each team defeated rival Monticello.

The Western Albemarle boys lacrosse team is back in familiar territory. On Tuesday night, the Warriors dispatched Monticello 12-6, earning a spot in Jefferson District championship.

The Western Albemarle girls lacrosse team showed why it is the Jefferson District’s top team as it excelled in all facets of the game in a semifinal win over Charlottesville Tuesday night.

“She knows when to back off and let other people shine and she knows when to step up,” said Western Albemarle lacrosse coach Nancy Haws. “She is so unselfish that way.”

For a couple of years now, it’s largely been the Daniel Lieb show when Monticello’s lacrosse team takes the field.

Charlottesville and Western Albemarle battled it out for the regular-season Jefferson District title on Thursday, and the Black Knights came through in a must-win situation to secure a first-round bye in the district tournament with a 1-0 win.

St. Anne’s-Belfield seems to have stumbled on to a simple formula that works pretty well. The Saints disposed of Western Albemarle in much the same fashion that St. Anne’s did Woodberry Forest on Saturday - jump out to a big lead, stay patient on offense and let a solid defense take over.

By all accounts, Thursday’s matchup between Western Albemarle and Fluvanna County, two Jefferson District teams featuring solid defenses, should have been a low-scoring affair.

Every minute of a soccer game matters, but none quite so much as the last two. In a match between two evenly-balanced girls soccer teams, Western Albemarle and Fluvanna County played each other to a 1-1 tie.