HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Cape Henry Collegiate announced that Justyce Swango Melendez, an assistant coach for the last two seasons, will be the head coach for the Dolphins’ girls, succeeding Lance Hurdle. Melendez played for two Princess Anne state championship teams before competing for Georgetown and Lenoir-Rhyne, where she served as a team captain and earned her bachelor’s degree in business marketing. SOCCER Friday night, Lionsbridge FC was facing Seacoast United FC of New Hampshire in a USL League Two national quarterfinal at TowneBank Stadium in Newport News, which doubled as the Eastern Conference final.
In the Southern Conference final, which preceded Lionsbridge’s match, Asheville City FC of North Carolina defeated Corpus Christi SC of Texas 1-0. In the 35th minute, the Blues’ Niall Reid-Stephen made a crossing pass from the left side, and Izaiah Vignali volleyed it past the Sharks’ goalkeeper. Asheville City will face the Seacoast-Lionsbridge winner at 7 p.
m. Sunday at TowneBank Stadium in a national semifinal. COLLEGE FOOTBALL James Madison linebacker Jacob Dobbs was named a nominee for the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, as announced by Allstate and the Wuerffel Foundation.
Dobbs joined the Dukes in January after a stellar five-year career for Holy Cross, in which he started all 43 games and was a two-time FCS first-team All-American. His 432 tackles were the most in Holy Cross history. BASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers utility player Chris Taylor, a former.
