Capital Championships

by Chris Naquin
DigitalSports Richmond

Atlee Girls Soccer Takes Title

Atlee's Jordan Roseboro and Kristin Lescalleet each scored twice to help lead their team to the Capital District girls soccer title on Thursday night.

The Raiders, who earned the first-seed in the tournament, defeated second-seed Lee-Davis 5-1 in the final.

"I think this is the fullest and complete game we have played," Lescalleet said. "As for regionals, we are moving at the right pace right now and we are peaking, so thats a good thing."

Atlee came out ready to win in the first half, as they took a 4-0 lead heading into the half.

In the second half, Lescalleet scored her second goal of the match off of a free kick, putting the Raiders up by five.

Capital District player of the year, Kimmy Cummings of Lee-Davis, scored the Confederates only goal of the game, when she riffled a shot from 18 yards out into the side netting.

Atlee will now play host to the Cosby Titans of the Dominion District in the Central Region tournament beginning on Tuesday.

Lee-Davis will head to James River to play the Dominion District champion Rapids.

Lee-Davis  0 1 - 1
Atlee          4 1 - 5
LD: Cummings
A: Roseboro 2, Lescalleet 2, Booth
Saves: Evans (L-D) 9; Poland (A) 5
Records: Lee-Davis 12-6; Atlee 16-1


Boys Soccer Crown Goes To Atlee

Atlee High School proved that they can play soccer.

Immediately following the trophy presentation for the Atlee girls soccer team for winning the Capital District title, the boys soccer team went out and won one of their own.

Atlee defeated Lee-Davis 3-1 in the boys soccer championship held at Hanover High School Thursday night.

Ben Anderson scored two goals to help lead Atlee to the win.

Matt Pennington had a goal as well for the Raiders in the victory.

The Confederates only goal of the match came from Eduardo Lopez.

Atlee will now host James River, runner's up in the Dominion District, in the Central Region tournament on Tueday.

Lee-Davis will travel to play the Dominion District champions, Cosby, on Tuesday.

Lee-Davis  1 0 - 1
Atlee          1 2 - 3
LD: Lopez
A: Anderson 2, Pennington
Saves: Cook (L-D) 3; McCabe (A) 4
Records: Lee-Davis 15-3; Atlee 12-4-1


Lee-Davis Brings Home Softball Championship

Lee-Davis, the second-seed in the Capital District tournament, defeated first-seed Hanover 4-3 to win the Capital District title on Thursday night.

The Confederates, after being down a run in the first inning, came back in the top of the second to take the lead.

Hanover managed to tie the game at three in the bottom of the second inning on Capital District player of the year Courtney Long's RBI single.

Lee-Davis regained the lead in the top of the fifth to go up 4-3 on the Hawks.

In the bottom of the seventh, with runners on first and second and two outs, Lee-Davis pitcher Melanie Hazelwood struck out the Hawks batter giving Lee-Davis the title.

"I was so ready to come in and pitch," Hazelwood said. "I love coming into pressure situations.  I wanted to shut them down and we did, we all did."

Lee-Davis 120 010 0 - 4 7 1
Hanover    210 000 0 - 3 7 1
Hudson, Hazelwood (2) and Mallory; Puryear and Long
Records: Lee-Davis 16-3; Hanover 17-4


Hanover Rolls to Baseball Title

Hanover was crowned as Capital District champions on Thursday night.

The first-seeded Hawks defeated the third-seeded Henrico Warriors 6-1 in the Capital District baseball finals.

Hanover senior pitcher Aaron Adkins pitched a complete game throwing for 8 strikeouts.

Junior short stop Beau Flinchum went 2 for 3 for the Hawks with a double, and junior second baseman Laine Denton had a double and two RBI.

Adam Toombs, Landon Prentiss and and Seth Cutler-Voltz all went 1 for 3 for the Warriors.

Henrico  000 000 1 - 1 5 2
Hanover 021 012 x - 6 9 1
Thornton, Bateera (3) Prentiss (6) and Mansfield; Adkins and E. Mayers
Records: Henrico 16-6; Hanover 17-5