Category: Page County

Page County and King 🤴 William are set to play tonight as a pair of Class 2 royalty programs look to advance to the Softball Final Four…

This will not be the first time that these two perinatal Class 2 Softball powers have met in the Virginia High School League Post season. Both schools have continued to shine over the years and this season was no different.

Dennis Zimmerman standing with the two posters of the Lady Panthers Seniors.

The advantage always goes to the team not making the long Bus trip but once a team makes the Elite Eight of State there are no easy games.

Closing in on 1st Pitch at Alan F Knight Field as Central – Woodstock is here to play the Lady Panthers ! Some random pics after the fact as everyone moves on to the State Tournament now.

Set to start at 6pm !

86° – 6:03 pm

Central plates 1 in the top of the first

Page answers with 1 in the bottom of 1st

Central gets 3 in the top of the 2nd

Page answers with 3 in the bottom of the second – 6:51

Central adds 1 in top of 3rd, leads 5-4

Closing in on 2 and 1/2 hours, Bottom 7th  now , Central up 10-5 [Final ]

King William 🤴will host Page County High School on Tuesday evening.

Central – Woodstock will host Lunenburg Central.

The bottom one here is one of my All-Time favorites that I took, roughly 20 years ago. It’s a copy of it but, still pretty cool!

Getting ready for a good ole fashioned Showdown at Alan F Knight Field tonight and there’s a Trophy 🏆on the line…1st Pitch set for 6pm

Central – Woodstock is a perfect 12-0 in road games after upsetting Fort Defiance Wednesday night at Page County is 10-2 at home.

Both teams know that they will be playing Softball next week in the Class 2 State Tournament so there’s no added pressure there other than the winner gets to host their next game while the team that falls short will travel halfway across the Commonwealth.

The Elite Eight is now set and today and tomorrow we find out which teams get to avoid a long Bus 🚌 ride next week.

Central – Page County III has the makings of a instant classic…

Page County High School Softball 🏫 program is once again heading to the Class 2 State Tournament after edging Strasburg 2-1  Wednesday night. The Lady Panthers will host Central – Woodstock Thursday for Region crown 👑.

Shenandoah – Ava Marshall crushed a Home Run and Kahlei Shifflett scored on a RBI double from Madison Phares to lead Page County High School to a 2-1 victory over visiting Strasburg Wednesday night. Freshman pitcher Summer Pence took care of the rest with a 13 strikeout, one hitter and now PCHS (20-3) is headed once again to the State Tournament.

Central – Woodstock edged Fort Defiance 5-2 in the other semifinal game and now the #3 seed Falcons will challenge the #1 seeded Lady Panthers for the Regional Championship Thursday night.

Strasburg’s  Ava Mayhew limited Page County to just seven hits and recorded nine strikeouts across her six innings of work. The junior would have celebrated a victory more often than not with those stats but the night belonged to Page County.

Both teams committed just one error behind their pitchers and Page County closed out the contest with two stellar defensive plays. Mayhew led off the seventh inning with a line shot that handcuffed Caelyn Lucas but the freshman stayed with the play, nipping Mayhew at first base. One out later, Kaitlyn Cunningham sent a line shot to centerfield that hung up long enough for Marshall to squeeze in her glove for the final out.

Shifflett led the offense by going 3 for 3 and the Junior plated what would prove to be the winning run 🏃‍♂️ in the top of the third inning, thanks to Phares.

The second straight pitchers duel in Region play once again showcased the strong suit of the Lady Panthers Softball. Strong pitching, solid defense and timely hitting is the staple of the veteran Skipper and his team over the decades. PCHS edged Stuarts Draft 3-1 in the opening round and will now face another familiar face when Central – Woodstock comes to town.

Central (20-2) and Page County split their games in the regular season with each team winning on the others home field. Back on April 2nd, Central handed Page a 6-4 loss that dropped the Lady Panthers to a mark of 3-3. On April 29th Page County edged the Falcons 2-1, a victory that is part of the teams 17 game winning streak.

The best part of this trilogy is that both teams will advance to the Class 2 State Tournament after the trophy 🏆 presentation Thursday night 🌙.

First Pitch is set for 6pm.

Strasburg       000 010 0 – 1 1 1

Page County  002 000 X – 2 7 1