For area football fans, Handley High School’s James R. Wilkins Jr. Stadium is definitely going to be the place to be in the winter and spring of 2021. The Winchester-Frederick County schools released the schedules for most of…
All area football teams know the days in which they’re going to be playing games in the winter and spring of 2021. Pretty much everything else involves unknowns, new challenges, and a lot of hoping for the best.…

A 100 percent virtual classroom experience is not how Clarke County tight end and defensive tackle Wynn Morris wanted to spend his senior year. Thanks to athletics, however, Morris still manages to get to see some of the…
Donnie Barton was sitting in a car with football teammate and fellow senior Roger Gilmer, eating hamburgers in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on Valley Avenue, when the news came over the radio — the James Wood football…
Ryan Morgan has led the James Wood football program for the past three seasons. Last fall, the Colonels finished 6-4, the program’s first winning season since 2010. Morgan is a 1998 graduate of Monroe (Mich.) High School. He…

James Wood High School 17-year-old senior Sport: Football. Positions: Offensive and defensive tackle Parents: Stefanie Colson and Justin DeHaven Hometown: Winchester What do you love about football: I love the brotherhood and the feeling of…

Life Scout Andrew Link recently finished his Eagle Scout project for the Boy Scouts of America. Andrew, 15, will be a sophomore at James Wood High School. He is a member of BSA Troop 2, chartered…
Model 3 in the Virginia High School League’s athletics reopening plan is the only one that gives every sport a chance to have a season. But even if the COVID-19 situation improves it’s going to be a challenge to…
Who needs to lift free weights when you have a cat? Ordinarily, high school weight rooms and playing fields at this time of year would be filled with football players honing their bodies so they can hit the…
WINCHESTER — Three James Wood High School football players signed letters of intent Wednesday in a ceremony at the school to continue their careers for Division III programs. Sam Adkins, who played running back and safety for the…