Turner Ashby High School coach Marshall Smiley’s warning to his wrestlers became all too real, as Waynesboro and Fort Defiance – two of three new district rivals – were breathing down the Knights’ necks. Going into the finals, one point separated WHS from Fort and TA (tied for first with 110 points).
HARRISONBURG — Getting beat by 4.4 boards per game, James Madison is the worst rebounding team in the Colonial Athletic Association. The smallest Duke is the most perturbed about continually losing that battle. “Just put a body on somebody, man,” 5-foot-9 guard Humpty Hitchens said, when asked how he can contribute to the Dukes’ rebounding woes. “They call over-the-back – that’s illegal – so you don’t even got to, I don’t have to get the rebound.

From my north-facing kitchen window, only the top of the peak is visible, like the tip of a huge iceberg. Massanutten Peak. When I first moved to the Valley in 1978, I lost my moorings. You see, I was raised on a grid. The streets of Long Island ran east-to-west and the avenues north-to-south.
With an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 in the Valley, chances are your child’s teacher, your mechanic, lawyer or favorite restaurant’s owner is a refugee.
The Guerilla Gallery Art Show, a one-night-only exhibition by local artists, will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 3 in the Newman Ruddle Building, 2 N. Main St., Harrisonburg.
PAL’s monthly theme for February is romance. Le Hotclub de Biglick will set the tone with their gypsy jazz at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the PAL Center for the Performing Arts, 1 E. Main St. in Luray.