When the fly ball to right field landed in Chris Gilliam’s glove Sunday afternoon, the decade-long journey to introduce the Hanover Hawks baseball team to the state championship had finally come to fruition. Ecstatic Hawks flew into one another, forming a pile of humanity near the first base line. Gone was the shock of losing to Varina. Gone was the disappointment of not winning the Capital District or Central Region
When the American Legion District 11 baseball schedule for this year came out a few weeks back, Ashland Post 206 was nowhere to be found. There were rumors Post 206 would join Glen Allen Post 244 on the sidelines, Post 244 having not fielded a team in 2012. But a faithful group of young men were determined to keep Post 206 on the field, and they succeeded, with one major
While Hanover baseball reached the pinnacle of team success with their Group AAA state championship Sunday, many individual honors have been bestowed upon county student-athletes in all spring sports. Four Hawks baseball players earned first-team All-Central Region: Trevor Denton (third base), Keith Searles (catcher), Andrew Knizner (shortstop) and Derek Casey (pitcher). They are joined on the first team by two Atlee Raiders, Kenner Berry (outfield) and Luke Bolka (designated hitter).