Browse past news stories for North Stafford High School in Stafford, VA.

• Hart pumps upWolverines (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:51:10 am
  After Torry Hart's family moved to Stafford County from Trenton, N.J., it didn't take long to find the football field. Hart was in first grade when the family made the move, and the next year he was a running back in the Stafford County Parks and Recreation leagues....
• O'Banner is NAACP queen (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:58:29 am
  Jasmine O'Banner, a ninth- grade student at North Stafford High School, was crowned the 2009 NAACP Queen of Stafford County during the recent NAACP King & Queen Rally of area churches in Stafford County. Jasmine, the daughter of Keith and Irma O'Banner, is an honor-roll student and a cheerleader on the Junior Varsity Cheer Squad....
• sports notes (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 06:16:02 am
  North Stafford hosts softball-coach clinic North Stafford High School's coaches clinic is Friday, 7-9:30 p.m. The clinic will cover principles of coaching, practice planning, specific skills, and throwing, fielding, pitching, catching and hitting drills....
• Four-team race for king of the hill (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:27:45 pm
  STAFFORD — With Brooke Point High School’s defeat last weekend, the reign of the Black-Hawks at the top of the mountain in the Commonwealth District is just about over.
• Weekly Watch: Oct. 30 Paper (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 06:57:46 pm
  Colonial Forge at Riverbend Friday 10/30 at 7:30 p.m. Sole possession of first place, and potentially the championship in the Commonwealth District is on the line. And for Colonial Forge High School, they couldn’t be going into the critical match-up any hotter.
• Roads, schools are issues in the Garrisonville District (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 05:02:32 am
  BY JONAS BEALS Both candidates for the Garrisonville District seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors know what life is like for many of the voters in their North Stafford district....
• Maine finishes season on high note (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 04:57:20 pm
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a nearly-empty Nationals Park more than three hours before game time, John Maine stood in the green grass in left field and gently tossed the baseball to his catcher.
• MILITARY NOTES (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 04:47:41 am
  Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Daniel A. Eadie graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is the son of James Eadie of Fredericksburg and a 2006 graduate of Colonial Forge High School. Army Pvt. Melinda K. Pfister graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C. She is the daughter of Betsy Pfister of Stafford. ...
• Stafford girl wins Fair Sweepstakes (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 04:43:05 am
  L AST WEEK I wrote about the students from Stafford High School who entered the State Fair as part of their Family and Consumer Science classes. I am happy to report they earned 21 first-place ribbons, 27 second-place and 22 white ribbons. I recently found out about another exceptional Stafford county student who participated in the fair. Katy Shepard, a senior at North Stafford High School ...
• Schools to give H1N1 shots (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 05:06:25 am
  The Stafford County school system has tentatively scheduled swine flu vaccinations for later this month. Shots for the H1N1 flu virus will take place at the county's five high schools from 5-8 p.m....
• Black Tie and Boots gala raises State Fair funds (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 04:03:44 am
  The State Fair of Virginia welcomed guests to its new site, the Meadow Event Park in Caroline County, at the Black Tie and Boots benefit gala Sept. 23. Award-winning Virginia wines, gourmet food, auctions, live music and dancing, the midway grand illumination and private access to games and rides pulled in more than 480 guests on the eve of the fair’s opening. Approximately $40,000 was raised ...
• Seniors create, display art at Rowser (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 07:53:17 pm
  STAFFORD — Paper mache, watercolors and acrylic paintings by local senior citizens were on display at an art show at the Rowser Building on Saturday.
• Fredericksburg woman in ‘hot seat’ (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 01:58:26 pm
  STAFFORD — A Fredericksburg woman sat in “the hot seat” on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” this week, answering host Meredith Vieira’s questions for cash.
• Military Salute (Papillion Times)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 08:54:18 am
  Delwiche arrived for duty Navy Lt. Scott R. Delwiche has arrived for duty at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to serve as a member of Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B). The task force is comprised of almost 600 U.S. military members and more than 650 U.S. and Honduran civilians who work in six different area units: the Joint Staff, the Army Forces, Air Force Forces, Joint Security Forces, the Medical ...
• Area baseball players in the pros (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on August 30, 2009 at 05:24:35 am
  North Stafford High School graduate John Maine threw off a mound Friday and will do so again Tuesday in his bid to return to the New York Mets. Maine (5-4, 4.52 ERA) has been on the disabled list since June 7 with right shoulder soreness. North Stafford graduate Jason Godin is 1-0 with a 4.26 ERA in three relief appearances for Triple-A Omaha....
• Team to play on field newly dedicated to coach (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 01:08:57 pm
  STAFFORD — On Sept. 3, the North Stafford High School field hockey team will play their first home game of the 2009 season on a field dedicated to former educator and Coach Carol Lysher.
• New Walmart will have open format (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 11:07:21 am
  WHILE THE FIGHT over putting a Walmart in Orange County has been grabbing headlines, the world's largest retailer has been steadily building a store on U.S. 17 in Stafford County . The exterior of the 176,000-square-foot Supercenter is now largely complete, but it will take workers a few more months to finish the interior....
• Business Brief for the week of August 28 (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 01:33:09 pm
  STAFFORD — The McDonald’s fast food restaurant located on Shelton Shop Road, near North Stafford High School, has been torn down.
• Thompson wants fans to forget 'gravy'quip (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 05:36:43 am
  It probably wasn't the way Cordarrow Thompson wanted to get into Sports Illustrated. The magazine featured a photo of Thompson last week in its Scorecard section. Under "They Said It" was a quote from Thompson's defensive coordinator at Virginia Tech, Bud Foster....
• Military News for the week of August 28 (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 09:53:56 pm
  Coast Guard Seaman Stephen P. Cooke, son of Linda and Douglous Cooke of Stafford, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J.
• Beaumont hosts world class softball coaches (Wyoming County Press Examiner)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 10:31:13 pm
  BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner On Friday, Aug. 21, softball players ages 7-18 will take to the Bob Horlacher Baseball Fields in Beaumont to participate in a softball clinic. The clinic, set to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is bringing talent from a regional and international level to help young ladies learn the art of playing softball. This clinic will focus on teaching girls ...
• Former LL star returns home (Times Leader)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 05:53:46 am
  BEAUMONT — Pam Coolbaugh Kanter was a standout softball pitcher for Kutztown University who has established herself as one of the top high school coaches in Virginia.
• the pros (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 05:01:30 am
  North Stafford High School grad John Maine will throw off a mound within the next week as he tries to return from a sore shoulder that has sidelined him for more than two months. Maine (5-4, 4.52 ERA) hopes to pitch again for the New York Mets in September. Chancellor grad Justin Moore pitched six strong innings Tuesday night to earn the victory in rookie-league Bluefield's 10-2 win over ...
• Student will oversee 'Trendsetters' program (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 04:48:04 am
  A North Stafford High School student will be the first in the county to oversee the Teen Trendsetters Reading Mentor program. Rising senior Raven Townsend will help teach her Learn and Serve classmates how to be mentors using material from the Florida-based program. She's called a "Lead Teen."...
• MVHS vs. NSHS softball (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 12:19:01 am
  Mountain View High School: 2, North Stafford High School: 0
• Collegiate swimmer prepares for last school laps (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 12:15:09 am
  It took a medical scare for Damian Rodino to start swimming on a competitive level. And the George Mason University senior from Stafford has made the most of that opportunity.
• North Stafford’s Radlin to commits to UNC (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 12:14:28 am
  STAFFORD — While some may dream of making it big by being scoped out by a big-name college, North Stafford High School senior Reynaldo Radlin, ran quite literally headfirst toward the opportunity.
• A family tradition (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 12:13:48 am
  Ken Reightler is a retired astronaut who flew into outer space in 1991 and again in 1998. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the uncle to Kelly Reightler, a 2008 graduate of North Stafford High School and a freshman swimmer at Navy.
• Back on the mat (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 12:13:38 am
  Thomas Lacey was an all-conference wrestler as a junior and senior at North Stafford High School. He finished second in the state at 145 pounds as a senior and was an all-Met selection by The Washington Post.
• Former teammates playing football in Maryland (Stafford County Sun)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 12:11:38 am
  Kevin Ives and Bruce Crawford both played football at North Stafford High School for coach Tap Pace.