Goochland Gazette

23 hours ago | richmond.com | Zach Joachim

It was everything a region championship match should be. The tension hung in the air as thick as the post-storm humidity in James River's stadium, appropriately dubbed The Swamp, as Mills Godwin came calling on Friday night with the Region 5C girls soccer title on the line. From the outset between the No. 6-seed Eagles (12-5-1) and No. 5-seed Rapids (13-5), the outcome felt poised on a knife's edge, destined to come down to a singular moment of individual brilliance and determination.

1 day ago | richmond.com | Zach Joachim

Soccer can be a cruel sport when the final outcome deviates from the run of play. Such was the case in Friday's Region 5C girls championship at James River, where the host Rapids racked up shots and corners, and possessed the ball for a majority of the proceedings, only for visiting Mills Godwin to stand tall defensively and produce a magical game-winning goal in a 1-0 Eagles victory.

1 day ago | richmond.com | Eric Kolenich

A young child in Virginia has contracted measles, representing the third case of the highly contagious diseases in the state this year, the state health department said. The child is younger than 5 years old, lives in the northwest region of the state and caught the illness after being exposed to another measles case in Virginia. The health department released no other details about the patient. The child could have exposed other unvaccinated people in the Charlottesville area.

1 day ago | richmond.com | Eric Kolenich

Kings Dominion has named Jennifer Schofield its new leader, after its parent company, Six Flags Entertainment Corp., laid off a number of employees last week. Among those Six Flags let go was Bridgette Bywater, Kings Dominion’s vice president and general manager. She had been the Hanover County amusement park’s chief since 2024. Six Flags has reduced its workforce twice since it merged with Cedar Fair LP, Kings Dominion’s previous parent company, last summer.

2 days ago | richmond.com | Zach Joachim

As far as championship games go, the celebrations from Deep Run girls soccer after each of the Wildcats' seven goals in Thursday's Region 6A final against Western Branch at Wildcat Stadium were strikingly businesslike. That's because coach Steve Chapman's squad is accustomed to such dominance as that which it put on display in a 7-0 thrashing of the Bruins. It's also because Deep Run (18-1) harbors aspirations higher than its fourth consecutive region title.