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Spring Jubilee finals from Radford U.

From softball:

Kallie Cox belted an RBI-double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift James River to a 3-2 victory over Essex for the Group A championship. It's James River's third championship third title in four years.

Bri Richie’s one-out RBI single to leftfield in the bottom of the seventh gave Dan River its first Group AA Softball State Championship. The single capped off a two-run rally lifting them to a 3-2 victory over Powhatan.

From boys tennis:

Loudoun County defeated Hidden Valley 5-4 for the boys' Group AA title. Diskin and Wang of Grafton won the doubles title 6-2, 6-1.

George Mason’s Alex Goetting and James An won the championship match in Group A Boys doubles. The duo defeated John I. Burton’s Caleb Crowder and Wes Ward, 6-3, 6-2.

From girls tennis:

Jamestown cruised to its third straight AA Girls Team Tennis Championship this morning from. In a rematch of last year’s final, Jamestown blanked Hidden Valley, 5-0, winning five singles matches in straight sets.
Results

Jamestown 5, Hidden Valley 0

Singles
1. Mary Kate James (J) def. Stephanie Morrison (HV) 6-0, 6-0
2. Kelly Maxwell (J) def. Kelly Bernlohr (HV) r 6-0, 6-0
3. Whitney Ball (J) def. Beth Lucas (HV) 6-0, 6-0
4. Lauren Howell (J) vs. Leann Cecere (HV) 3-6, 6-1, 4-2 DNF
5. Kelly Little (J) def. Whitney Walton (HV) 6-3, 6-3
6. Liz FauntLeRoy (J) def. Sara Nakagawa (HV) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
1. James/Maxwell (J) def. Gordan/Gardiner 6-1, 6-1
2. Ball/Howell (J) def. Fiumefreddo/Garrett 6-4, 6-0
3. Little/FauntLeRoy vs. Robinson/Stickley 6-2, 2-6 DNF

Gate City won its fourth consecutive Group A title this afternoon, defeating George Mason, 5-2.

The Blue Devils won four of the six singles matches to take a 4-2 lead. They clinched it with a victory at No. 2 doubles.

Results

Gate City 5, George Mason 2

Singles
1. Tara Sheets (GC) def. Michelle Repper (GM) 6-1, 6-1
2. Maura Ehmer (GM) def. Mallory Lane 6-3, 6-3
3. Nikisha Eichman (GC) def. Eleanor Kang (GM) 6-1, 6-1
4. Kaitlyn Musick (GC) def. Anna Duning (GM) 6-1, 6-4
5. Louise Robertson (GM) def. Annie Fritz 7-5, 6-4
6. Lindsey Newsome (GC) def. Margaret Lipman 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Lane/Eichman (GC) def. Ehmer/Dunning 6-0, 6-1

We'll have more finals later.

And I see a couple of alert readers have spotted a couple of mistakes over the weekend. Thanks for pointing those out.

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