During the Virginia School Board on Monday evening, the board discussed being approached by A-C Central School District about looking into the possibility of restructuring with the Virginia School District. Again, this is just a very preliminary inquiry.
The short high school golf season is quickly drawing to a close with the area teams gearing up for conference and postseason play.
A-C Central School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 15 at the Board Conference Room, Unit Office, 501 W. Buchanan Street, Ashland.
Five good seasons ended a little earlier than hoped for all the area junior high softball and baseball teams as they all lost earlier than expected in postseason play.
The Ashland Village Board considered a resident’s request to add stop signs at two intersections on the north side of Ashland at last week’s village board meeting. As a result, a stop sign ordinance is expected to be voted on at next month’s meeting.
The AC Central Junior High School softball team only won one of three games last week, defeating just the Lincoln Magnet Leopards by a score of 9 to 7. The Lady Knights lost to West Central 13 to 3 and to the Springfield Catholic Cyclones 13 to 1.
The Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia High School golf team hosted two meets last week at K’s Creek Golf Course in Jacksonville. On Thursday the Redbirds smacked Palmyra-Northwestern, winning 160 to 210.
The AC Central-PORTA Junior High School baseball team has won eight straight games, including four last week, with the final two giving the Knights the Virginia Tournament Championship last weekend. The Knights are 9-4 on the year with two regular season games remaining.
Two wins against one loss last week has lifted the A-C Central Lady Knight softball team to a winning record as they improved to 7-6 for the season. The Lady Knights fell to Athens 19 to 3, then came back to beat Illini Central 14 to 0 and North Greene 10 to 6.
The A-C Central/PORTA Knights Junior High baseball team was racking up wins last week. The AC Central Yellow team went 3-0 to move to 4-4 for the season. The AC Black team got a win, a tie and a loss and are 4-3-2 for the year.