Well, Friday was a wild and stormy night as thunderstorms struck both York County and Poquoson. As the cleanup gets underway, we move on to the latest baseball and softball news. On Tuesday, April 16th, the Tabb boys hosted Jamestown and pitched an 8-0 shutout. That same evening, the girls also hosted Jamestown and pitched a 10-0 shutout of their own. We mentioned in a previous column the York boys were 0-7, but five of the losses were close, and a win was probably right around the corner. Well, on Wednesday they traveled to Poquoson, and secured a solid 10-0 victory. Congratulations! The girls defeated Poquoson that night as well, in this instance by a 10-2 count. The next evening they ventured up to Bruton and won 8-4 to move to 5-3 on the year. The Grafton boys won at Lafayette 6-5 on Wednesday, and at home against Jamestown 7-5 on Thursday. They are now a stalwart 8-1 on the season. The girls visited Lafayette on Wednesday and pulled out the 7-6 win to move to 7-1. Strangely, the night before their 10-0 loss to York, the Poquoson boys visited New Kent on Tuesday, and won in the same convincing 10-0 fashion. However, the girls traveled along for the trip as well, but had a rough game and lost 16-0. The Summit Christian Academy boys lost to Norfolk Christian 4-2 in a Thursday matchup.

In soccer action on the pitch on Wednesday, the Tabb boys hosted York but came away with a 3-2 loss. Two days earlier on Monday, the girls visited York and had to settle for a 1-1 tie. They still haven't lost this season and are 7- 0-2 on the season, while the boys are 4-3-1. The Grafton boys lost Tuesday 4-3 at Poquoson, and on Thursday at home 3-0 to Jamestown. In a defensive tussle on Tuesday, the girls hosted Poquoson, but neither team scored and the game ended in a 0-0 draw. However, on Thursday they visited Jamestown and gave up several goals in a 5-1 loss. The Poquoson boys recovered from two straight shutout losses to win at home 4-3 on Tuesday against Grafton. The Bruton girls lost at New Kent 10-0 on Monday, and 8-0 at home to Warhill on Thursday. Meanwhile, the boys lost 2-0 Wednesday at Warhill.

In tennis news, the Tabb boys played three matches in four days. On Monday, April 15th, they defeated Colonial Heights from the Richmond area 9-7, and on Tuesday they defeated Warhill 7-2, but on Thursday they traveled to Lafayette and lost 6-2. The girls squad played the same three schools on the same three nights. However, they walked away with all three victories. They actually traveled to Colonial Heights and Warhill, but hosted Lafayette instead. The Tabb boys are now 5-4 on the season, while the girls are an impressive 7-2. The York boys visited Jamestown on Thursday and lost a close one 5-4 to fall to 5-2-0 on the season. The girls hosted the same school on Tuesday, but experienced their first loss of the year 6-3, and thus fell to a still impressive 7- 1-0. The Grafton boys are having quite a year. On Friday, 4/12 Hanover High visited all the way from Mechanicsville, and Grafton won all the matches for a 9-0 win. Then on Tuesday they visited Bruton, and won 7-2. The boys are still undefeated at 9-0. The girls won at home on Monday against Gloucester 9-0, and on Tuesday at home against Bruton 8-1. They are now 5-4 on the year. The Bruton girls finally pulled off their first win of the season! On Thursday, they hosted Mathews and escaped with a 5-4 victory to move to 1-8 on the year. The boys lost at home 7-2 to Grafton on Tuesday, but traveled out to Franklin on Thursday, which was hit by a tornado the next evening, and won 9-0. The boys are now 5-4 on the year. It looks like some teams are storming towards the playoffs!