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Nate Keenan, Austin Temple and Kayleigh Duffy go unbeaten for the day.

If you’ve been to the Hilltop area of Virginia Beach in the last several years, you’ve likely seen the hundreds of traffic cones and construction signs around Laskin Road.

Led by Tide Swimming competitors Kayleigh Duffy, Dara Duffy and Addy Roberts, among others, the Patriots will compete in this weekend's Class 5 Region A meet before aiming for another state title the following weekend.

Deep Creek's girls basketball team put a vise grip on this year's Southeastern District title during a stretch of little more than three weeks, when the Hornets defeated previously ranked King's Fork, No. 15 Grassfield and No. 11 Nansemond River.

Former Virginia Beach coaches Gary Cason, Johnny Pope, Thad Harold, Cadillac Harris, Ron Jenkins, Johnny Morris, Ricky Hailey, Mark Butts and Willie Maull have impacted athletes on the hardwood, gridiron and track. But now they're making a bigger impact as retired coaches in the classroom.

Hollins played in 11 of the Cavaliers' 12 games this season after surviving a gunshot wound in the Nov. 13, 2022, shooting that took the lives of three of his teammates. He accounted for 308 yards and eight touchdowns.

Kayla Foley and Edie Magula can add a notch to the Patriots' celebration.

The City of Virginia Beach is widening First Colonial Road and will change/remove some traffic lights to allow for continuous righthand turns.

The Wildcats are in the hunt for the program's 26th state championship, and coach Steve Martin has a dual meet mark of 224-15.

The Patriots defeated Riverside 25-17, 22-25, 25-15 and 27-25 to win the Class 5 state title at VCU’s Siegel Center.