Lancer standout football player Anthony Rose will be joining his two brothers, Peter and Jon, at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Rose, joined by his parents, John and Mary Rose, signed a letter of intent on March 4 to play for the Dukes. Also at Rose’s side was head coach Cecil Phillps.

The Temple Christian School girls varsity team won its last game of the season to finish third in Virginia Association of Christian Athletics state play with a 14-3 record. The Crusaders topped Grace Christian 39-36 in the state consolation game.

Lacear Hubbard wasted no time fitting in with the college track world. The former Lancer track standout won first place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference champion-ships in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 2½ inches.

The Virginia Association of Christian Athletics regional championships on Feb. 27 in Roanoke pitted the two No. 1 seeds, Temple Christian School against Faith Christian Academy.

Amherst County’s Terrance Morse put the Lancer team on his back and carried them to a third place win in the group AA state championships held Feb. 27 at Liberty University.

Temple Middle School basketball went undefeated, won an invitational tournament held at Faith Christian School, and won the regional Virginia Association of Christian Athletics tournament last weekend at Timberlake Christian School.

The Amherst girls basketball team is still seeking a win this season and got one more tuneup before the start of this week’s Seminole District tournament when they hosted Nelson County on Saturday and lost 47-35.

With district tournaments looming, Amherst hosted Nelson County Saturday as a final tune-up for each team and the Governors made the most of their opportunity to come away with some added confidence by cruising past the Lancers 63-46.

The Temple Crusaders boys team, coming off a high-scoring affair against Shenandoah Valley last week, fell to Faith Christian 85-60 on Feb.15.

The frigid weather could not cool off the hot shooting of Amherst County’s Tyler Brown as he burned the nets for 17 points. He led the Lancers to a 71-45 Seminole District win over Rustburg on Feb. 8.

The Timberlake Christian Tornadoes spoiled the Temple Christian Crusaders girls’ perfect record on Jan. 26 with a 36-33 VACA win. The winners were lead by Danielle Alley’s 24 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocks.

The Amherst girls basketball team continued with its struggles this season, falling 52-26 to Nelson County in Lovingston last week.

The Lancers varsity basketball team still is searching for consistency after having gotten a late start due to the extended football season.

John Dews hit his second game-winning shot in a week, drilling a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Amherst JV squad a 67-66 victory over Liberty on Jan 19.

Amherst County High School has had wins against Heritage High School and an overall record of 1-3 for both the girls and boys teams.

If someone had asked Josh Massie a year ago whether he thought he might play college baseball, he probably would have laughed.

The Amherst County High School varsity girls basketball team feverishly seeks a win, though the victory they covet won’t cap an undefeated season or score them a state championship title.

Monday, Jan 11th, John Dews scored with 1.2 seconds left to give Amherst a 37-35 victory over Jefferson Forest on Jan. 11. Dews led Amherst with 11 points, Floyd added 10. Amherst improved to 5-1 on the season.

The Brookville Bees varsity boys basketball team came into Amherst Monday night with a 4-4 record. The Lancers were sitting on an undefeated record –– actually, the Amherst team had yet to play a game.

Though it may be his first year as a head coach at Amherst County High School, Joey Crawford, the Lancers’ new junior varsity boys’ basketball coach, has plenty of coaching experience to fall back on when he needs it.

The last two seasons have been good to the Liberty Flames.

Amherst’s unfinished business remained undone after Saturday’s Group AA, Division 4, state championship football rematch with Broad Run.

Nelson County and Amherst split a girls and boys junior varsity basketball doubleheader at Amherst last Thursday. The Governors won the girls game 30-13, but Lancers bounced back in the boys’ game to take the nightcap 44-20 as 10 Amherst players scored.

The Lancers will once again meet Broad Run the Group AA, Division 4, state championship game this Saturday in Blacksburg at Lane Stadium.

By applying relentless pressure on Christiansburg sophomore quarterback Brenden Motley and capitalizing on two turnovers and a failed fourth-down conversion, Amherst’s defense saved the day in Sunday’s Group AA, Division 4, state semifinal postponed by Saturday’s snow.

Long before the Rollers were ready for a home bout –– they practice at AJ Skateworld –– they had to learn just what roller derby was, since most of the girls had little experience with the sport.

After capturing their fourth consecutive Division 4, Region III championship with a surprisingly easy 47-22 victory over Harrisonburg, Amherst County’s football team prepares to host a team very similar to itself in Saturday’s Group AA, Division 4, semifinals.

Amherst (11-0) will host Harrisonburg this Friday in the Region III Division 4 championship match after knocking off Spotswood 53-14 in the semifinals.

The annual Amherst High School Powder Puff football game was played on November 16 in front of a large supportive crowd.

The Amherst Wolverines Mites team lost a close 6-0 game on Nov. 14 in the championship against Rustburg. The Red Devils avenged an earlier-season loss to the Amherst squad, which beat them with the same score. The young athletes got to play at Lancer stadium and got a small taste of turf action.