BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — In its first season, Virginia Beach United, a new soccer club playing in the United Soccer League’s League Two has brought a high level of play to the Virginia Beach Sportsplex, and the team hopes… Continue Reading
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Creeds Athletic Association wrapped up a strong season of youth baseball this summer. Ken Beasley, farm baseball coordinator for the association said the league saw a number of great showings by local youth. The Creeds Marlins won… Continue Reading
BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT VIRGINIA BEACH — I am in front of the television for hours on Saturdays during the fall. I’m a college football fanatic. I can watch any team play – usually not rooting for any particular team but hoping… Continue Reading
BY LINDA RUSSELL VIRGINIA BEACH — We’re nearly through the football season, which reminds me that this time last year my granddaughter, then 12, announced that she was interested in trying out for football. Everybody seemed to be excited except for… Continue Reading
BY ANGELA HURNI CORPORATE LANDING — People driving down Dam Neck Road or Corporate Landing Parkway may never realize that there is a regulation size sand soccer pitch – or playing field – at Corporate Landing Medical Center. It is a… Continue Reading
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — The Creeds Athletic Association recently completed a season of youth basketball that marked the return of the sport of the city’s southernmost reaches. The Creeds Tar Heels defeated the Creeds Celtics, 18-17, to win the… Continue Reading
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — Organized basketball for youth from age 4 through fifth grade is back in the southernmost reaches of Virginia Beach. The season opened in January. The league was organized by the Creeds Athletic Association. In addition to… Continue Reading
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SANDBRIDGE — It has become a Thanksgiving tradition for local families and people from around the country who have Sandbridge connections to run one or more races during Charlie Normile’s Turkey Trot Race for the Fallen. The annual… Continue Reading
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SALEM LAKES — Shawn Michaels served in the Navy as a damage controlman. He’s one of a number of folks from up north who got stationed here and stuck around. “I retired out of Oceana,” he said. “I… Continue Reading
BY VENI FIELDS BLACKWATER — No cornfield. No legendary ghosts. No mysterious whispers in the still night air. Derrick Howell just wanted to make a place for his kids to play ball. He and his wife joked about the movie references… Continue Reading