Jay Weisbrod of St. Christopher’s was able to tally early in Friday’s contest with St. Anne’s-Belfield as the visitors from Richmond came away with a tough 3-1 victory.

Having a clinical finisher often separates good soccer teams from great teams. Logan Pehanick fit that role perfectly, registering a hat trick Friday afternoon as St. Anne’s-Belfield trounced visiting Covenant 5-0.

Ben Freeman is the consummate team player. So when his high school coach, Dwane Pugh, approached him about switching positions his senior year from striker to sweeper, he agreed.

In doing so, Fluvanna coach Patrick Dieter piloted his team to a 14-4 overall record and a second-place finish in regular-season district play, and is The Daily Progress’ choice for the All-Central Virginia boys soccer coach of the year.

Look up just about any state record by a VHSL girls soccer player and most likely that mark will be owned by the same person: Emily Perrin.

With Campbell taking the reins as a first-year coach, taking over a team that had just one senior, it’s safe to say that not many expected Covenant to make it back to the semifinals — much less win the tournament outright.

Charlottesville’s girls soccer season came to a halt Wednesday night by way of a series of severe thunderstorms that swept across the state.

Charlottesville wasted no time asserting itself in the Region II girls soccer quarterfinals on Monday night. A quick goal shifted the pressure to the other end of the field, and the Black Knights’ defense made the early lead stand in a 2-0 victory over visiting Briar Woods.

Orange County’s Cody Fincham was just waiting, hoping the ball would somehow pop out of the scrum.

Giving a halftime speech is a fine art. Getting your team to respond is an entirely different matter altogether.

Western Albemarle’s Aaron Myers was exhausted, but with two minutes left in a fourth overtime, the sophomore mustered one more run, flying towards Fluvanna County’s goal.

Many people in the sports world will say that it’s not about how you start a game, it’s how you finish. But the Covenant girls soccer team would beg to differ. 

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.

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.

On Tuesday, the Patriots kept themselves in the race, handling district opponent Brooke Point, 5-1.

In sports, when the stakes are high, the team that has an edge will often prevail. Well, on Thursday night, Round 1 of the Jefferson District’s boys soccer showdown went to Orange County’s boys soccer team.

The two teams battled to a scoreless tie until just under the 10-minute mark, when Charlottesville freshman Sarah Robinson found the back of the middle of the net from about 25 yards out to give the Black Knights a 1-0 lead they would not relinquish.

The Black Knights and Warriors played to a 1-1 tie at Western after a Charlottesville goal in the closing minutes of regulation evened the score. Neither team could break through for a game-winner in overtime. 

Rittenhouse’s squad finally got back on the field Thursday night, and play they did. On the road against Jefferson District rival Monticello, the Warriors’ offense poured it on in a 7-1 romp.

The Mustangs trailed Charlottesville by three goals fifteen minutes in, but managed to storm back to come away with a 3-3 tie.