Four Altavista Colonels recently earned Region B honors for their play during the just-finished football season.
Altavista High School's boys basketball team suffered not one, but two heartbreakers in the Jeff Cocke Memorial Tournament last week.
While Altavista's volleyball team, Gretna's football team and Faith Christian Academy's basketball and baseball teams were all chasing state titles, there were other sports highlights occurring throughout 2011.
Altavista is nearly halfway through its 2011-12 basketball schedule.
Six games into the 2011-12 season, the young Altavista Colonels have started off with a record of 1-5.
Coach Debra Spencer is entering her 22nd year at the helm of the Altavista girls basketball program.
Four Altavista Colonels recently earned Region B honors for their play during the just-finished football season.
Gretna cruised through the postseason and came out on top as the Group A, Division 2, state champions.
The Gretna Hawks are state football champions for the fifth time in nine seasons.
With a historic run, the Altavista Lady Colonels volleyball team achieved greatness and finished the season at 21-5, including their first trip to the state championship game since 2005.
They all have the same feeling as they walk down the hall at Altavista Combined School where the state championship photos hang.
The Gretna Hawks are returning to the state finals.
Gretna's Thelma Updike won last week's Altavista Journal Football Frenzy, the final contest of the season.
For Debra Spencer, 300 is just a number.
Altavista On Track hosted the fifth annual Abbott Nutrition Giblet Jog 5K Thanksgiving morning in English Park.
Jamie Goodman gets where he's going in a hurry.
The Gretna Hawks upset the section's top seed and advanced to the final four in the state football playoffs.
South Boston Speedway will run a 17-event season in 2012, starting March 10, track officials recently announced.
The Altavista Journal's Football Frenzy returns this week, giving area prognosticators one more shot at pocketing some cash.
Altavista jumped to a two-touchdown lead Friday night, but Sussex Central rallied to down the Colonels 20-12 in a Group A, Division 1 East Sectional game.
The Gretna Hawks won a road contest Friday night to advance to the third round of the playoffs.
Gretna's Robert Rowland won last week's Altavista Journal Football Frenzy.
The fans stood and chanted, "one, one, one, one."
The Gretna Hawks defeated John Battle 55-13 in their playoff opener Friday night.
Altavista On Track's fifth annual Abbott Nutrition Giblet Jog 5K will take place Thursday, Nov. 24, in English Park at 8:30 a.m.
Altavista Coach Mike Scharnus said the Colonels wanted to set the tempo for Saturday afternoon's playoff opener against Lancaster.
Altavista sophomore Sean Farney had to compete in the Group A state meet alone.
At the end of the season, the Appomattox Raiders stood atop the Dogwood District football standings.
Don Hartman of Rustburg made it two weeks in a row as the winner of the Altavista Journal's Football Frenzy.
It's been six years since an Altavista volleyball team grabbed a Region B title.
They raised money, secured in-kind services and transformed an outdated town baseball field into a much-improved, eye-catching playing area.
Both regular season matches between Altavista and Nelson went five sets, so it was no surprise to see the Dogwood District title game run the same course.
Altavista landed six members from its 2011 Dogwood District championship team on the all-district volleyball list.
Altavista On Track's fifth annual Abbott Nutrition Giblet Jog 5K will take place Thursday, Nov. 24, in English Park at 8:30 a.m.
All four Campbell County high schools, as well as Gretna, will have one mission for Dec. 10.
The Altavista boys cross country team won't have an opportunity to repeat as state champions.
It went to a tiebreaker before Don Hartman of Rustburg was declared the winner of last week's Altavista Journal Football Frenzy.
The Gretna Hawks defeated the Dan River Wildcats Friday night.
Altavista's volleyball team capped off a perfect run through its Dogwood District regular season schedule Oct. 25.
Future Virginia Tech Hokie Trey Edmunds scored four touchdowns Friday night as Dan River ran to a 36-11 win over Altavista.
The Gretna Hawks lost in the final seconds Friday night against the Appomattox Raiders.
The Altavista Journal's Football Frenzy has its first repeat winner.
Nelson County's Ramona Bryant and Miguel Zarate may have had the top individual performances in last Wednesday's Dogwood District meet, but it was the Altavista Colonels who hoisted both the boys and girls team trophies when all was said and done.
The Gretna cross country teams participated in the Greater Danville Metro Championships at Dan Daniel Park last week.
Planning on doing some heavy-duty feasting on Thanksgiving? You probably won't feel like working out after all of that turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie.
The Gretna Hawks delivered an impressive win Friday for their homecoming crowd.
Hurt's Hannah Sturm was the winner of last week's Altavista Journal Football Frenzy.
Both coaches agreed - Friday night's Dogwood District battle between Appomattox and Altavista was worth the price of admission.
The Altavista High School volleyball team secured the number one seed in next week's Dogwood District tournament with wins over Nelson and Appomattox.
On Oct. 5, the Altavista High School cross country team traveled to Naruna for a tri-meet with William Campbell and Nelson County.
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