Sports

By Mark Moring The 100-mph fastball — it’s every pitcher’s dream ... and every batter’s nightmare. A ball traveling that fast takes about 375-400 milliseconds to reach the plate. That’s about the same amount of time it takes to blink your eye. Literally, it’s blink and you’ll miss. The very idea makes...
After a year-long hiatus, the Northampton Yellow Jackets varsity baseball team made a triumphant return to the field on Friday, March 15, securing an 11-8 victory against Charles City. Tanner Feltes emerged as a standout player, leading the team in batting, going 2-for-2 at the plate. Additionally, Brock Leland, Corbin...
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Ron Killmon, the Onancock High School graduate and celebrated multi-sport athlete who played semipro football in Norfolk before coaching state championship high school football and baseball teams in Hampton Roads, died Sunday, Jan. 7, after a brief illness.  He was 83 and lived...
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — Delaney Drummond is having her picture taken in front of the trophy case at Nandua High School. She smiles as the camera clicks away. Suddenly, she cracks up laughing. Her coach, standing behind the photographer, is flexing his biceps, and motions for Drummond to...
BY JIM RITCH, Eastern Shore Post — A Bay Creek member and resident, Rusty Gates, defied odds in the millions to one and scored two holes-in-one during a single day of golf on Friday, Oct. 6. Word spread so quickly after the second hole-in-one that “you could hear people yelling on...
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — If Alan Hall had to do it all over again, he says he wouldn’t coach his sons. Hall, the football coach at Arcadia High School, says it’s hard to find the right balance between being a taskmaster on the field and being a dad...
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — Being a single mother is hard enough. But when you’re a sports mom, it’s even harder. Helena Blake knows. She’s lost track of how many miles she’s put on her vehicles over the years taking her boys to practices, games, and special events. Up...
BY KINSEY RAYFIELD, Special to the Eastern Shore Post — The Broadwater Vikings traveled to Chincoteague Friday, Aug. 25, and defeated the Ponies, 26-24. Broadwater got its offense started when quarterback Logan Hickman connected with Rufus Abbott for a 70-yard touchdown. Jacob Seltzer ran in for the 2-point conversion to...
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Anglers Club will have a free Kids Fishing Day on Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Saxis Pier. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. and fishing is from 1 to 2:30 p.m. A picnic will follow. All children will receive a fishing rod to use and take home.
The Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club Ladies Invitational was held Tuesday, Aug. 22, with 44 golfers coming from many miles away and many making it an annual affair. Sponsored by the Ladies Golf Association at the club, proceeds go to the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Barbara Murphy,...