Bulldogs softball slay the Dragons to move into the region semifinals

ROBBY FLETCHER Sports Editor

Goochland softball playoff run has started off with an excellent start.

The Bulldogs (12-9, 8-6 in the Jefferson District) traveled to take on the Maggie Walker Green Dragons (119, 5-6 in the Colonial District) on May 25 and left the game in the fifth inning with a dominant 15-0 result to get to the semifinals. A win there puts the Bulldogs in the state tournament.

The Bulldogs opened the game with 10 runs in the first inning, taking complete control from the first pitch. Goochland had 14 at-bats in the first inning alone, with the Green Dragons desperate to get off the field, but unable to do so until the damage had been done.

RBI hits from Madison Duke, Jayden Staton, Sadie Grimes, McKenzie Jones, Chelsey Farthing piled onto the lead to the point where a mercy rule finish was in the cards after one inning of play. During the scoring run, Duke, Farthing and Staton all hit consecutive RBI doubles to get the lead to double digits.

On defense, Farthing got the start pitching for the Bulldogs, and was hardly tested against the opposing batters. Farthing had just one hit off her during the five-inning game, while she struck out six batters.

After the defense did its part to get off the field to end the first inning, the Bulldogs added three more runs in the top of the second frame. A Duke single on a grounder to center field scored in Jones and Brooke- lyn Green to extend the lead to 13-0, while the defense got three outs on three batters to end the inning.

Goochland’s final two runs came in the third, where Grimes scored off a line drive from sophomore Ellie Toney. Toney reached first base off an error on the play. Then, sophomore Kyndall Shapiro singled on a pop fly to right field that got Toney home for a 15-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Farthing put the game away, striking out two batters and seeing one hit end in a line out to Staton to give the Bulldogs a playoff victory.

Just one game separates Goochland from the Class 3 State Tournament now, with the top-seeded Brentsville District Tigers standing in the way in the semifinals. The Tigers (156, 8-5 in the northwestern district) met the Bulldogs in last year’s semifinals as well, winning 17-6 on the way to a region title over William Monroe.

Robby Fletcher can be reached at rfletcher@powhatantoday.com.

Multiple Goochland track stars qualify for state championships

12 Goochland track and field athletes will see their seasons live on.

The outdoor track and field season has built up to the Class 3, Region B championships, where a top performance could cement an athlete’s spot at the Class 3 State Championships.

Goochland fans will be seeing a lot of red apparel sporting the Bulldogs logo on the track at states, with Leilani Burgess and Jade Taylor qualifying in individ- ual events and three relay teams earning their place at the state meet held at Liberty University’s track on June 2-3.

Burgess’ excellent season will continue in the girls 100 and 200-meter dash as well as the high jump. She placed second in both sprinting events, with her 100 time of 13.15 seconds finishing just behind the 12.89-second mark from Manassas Park’s Da’Nayah Cuthbertson and her 200 time of 26.87 seconds coming just over a second behind Brentsville District’s Kayla Smith.

In the high jump, Burgess was the champion, claiming a region title with a 5-foot showing that put her ahead of two 4-10 results from Maggie Walker junior Zara Lenkowicz and Warren County senior Faith Schultz.

Burgess will also be joining the 4x100 relay team at states, accompanying Taylor, Amore Jackson and Katie Futrell after they placed second out of seven schools with a time of 51.67 seconds, 0.20 seconds behind the title-winning Caroline Cavaliers relay team.

That event was Taylor’s second to get her to states, with the speedy junior winning the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.27 seconds.

Two boys relay teams will make it to Liberty University as well. The 4x400 team that includes juniors Jonathan Paschall, Austen Grady, Lucas Weaver and senior Wyatt Davis placed fourth with a time of 3:34.49.

The 4x800 team made it as well, which means Kadin Nitsch, Zach Summers, Drew Meiller and David Johnson get to see their season move forward to one more performance. For Meiller and Johnson, both seniors, it will be a chance to end their Goochland track careers on top with another medal. That group placed fourth in their race like the 4x400 team, finishing the relay with a time of 8:50.79.

At the end of regionals, the Bulldogs saw their girls team place seventh while the boys placed eighth. Maggie Walker’s girls team and Culpeper County’s boys team placed first to take region titles into states.

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Goochland County

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

1800 SANDY HOOK RD., P. O. BOX 10, GOOCHLAND, VA 23063

DATE: JUNE 6, 2023

BOARD MEETING ROOM

11:30 AM BoardofSupervisors Transportation Work Session, Conference Room 270, County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd., meeting is open to the public.

2:00 PM Call to Order

•INVOCATION

•PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

1. Presentation of Resolution Recognizing Captain Earl A. Taylor Upon His Retirement from Goochland County Fire-Rescue

2. Chair’sComments

3. County Administrator Comments

4. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the Order of Presentation

5. Citizen Comment

6. Approval of Action Minutes: April 18 and May 2, 2023 Minutes

7. Reports a. VDOT b. FireRescue Activity c. New County Staff d. Planning &Development Activity e. Accounts Payable f. Broadband Report g. BoardReports

8. Consent Items

Resolution requesting Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Accept Roads in Carver Oaks Subdivision into the Secondary System of State Highways for Maintenance

Resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2023 Goochland County Budget by budgeting and appropriating $517,555 in the School Operating and Cafeteria

Funds and authorizing fund transfers exceeding $10,000

Authorization to loan Goochland Volunteer Fire-Rescue Association, Inc.

$1,500,000 for renovations at Fire-Rescue Station Goochland Courthouse Company 5

Request to Set Public Hearing for July 3, 2023, to consider an ordinance amending Goochland County Code Section 2-44 (Polling places) to change Precinct 301’s(Beaverdam) polling place to the Goochland Sports Complex

Resolution consenting to King and Queen County’swithdrawal from the Pamunkey Regional Library System

Resolution establishing the annual salary for members of the Boardof Supervisors effective January 1, 2024

9. New Business: a. Presentation and Adoption of the Communications Strategic Plan b. Appointment

10. Dinner Break

11. 6:00 PM -Chair Calls Meeting to Order

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Susan F. Lascolette, District 1

Neil Spoonhower., District 2

John Lumpkins, District 3

Charlie Vaughters, District 4

Ken C. Peterson, District 5

12. Presentation by Central Virginia Transportation Authority (CVTA)

13. Citizen Comment

14. Public Hearing: a. District 3-RZ-2023-00001 -Application by I-64 Industrial, LLC requesting a rezoning of 39.8 acres from Agricultural, Limited (A-2) to Industrial, General (M-2), with proffered conditions, located on Pony Farm Road approximately 650 feet northwest of its intersection with Oilville Road on TaxMap No. 33-1-0-5-0. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Industrial. Applicant is requesting adeferral of this application to the BoardofSupervisors July 3, 2023 meeting. b. Resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2023 Goochland County Budget by Budgeting and Appropriating $1,483,148 in the Capital Improvement Fund for the Fairground Road Extension

TIME: 2:00 P.M.

15. Adjour nment: The BoardofSupervisors will adjour nasfollows:

16. Monday,June 12, 2023, 6:00 PM BoardofSupervisors Courthouse Village Plan Public Hearing, BoardMeeting Room 250, County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd., Goochland

•Thursday,June 15, 2023, 6:00 PM BoardofSupervisors and Planning

Commission Joint Work Session on the Centerville Village Plan, Room 270, County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd., Goochland

• Monday,July 3, 2023,2:00 PM Regular Business Meeting, 6:00 PM Public Hearings, BoardMeeting Room 250, County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd., Goochland

INFORMATION ONLY: The Planning Commission will hear the following items at their meeting on June 1, 2023. These items could be scheduled for public hearing by the Board on Monday,July 3, 2023.

District -5- RZ-2022-00004 -Application by Tuckahoe Lands, LLC requesting arezoning of 14.298 acres from Agricultural, Limited (A-2) and Residential, Limited (R-1) to Residential, Limited (R-1), with proffered conditions, to allow 14 single-family lots at 12310 River Road on TaxMap Nos. 64-1-0-75-0 and 64-1-0-75-A. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Single Family Residential, Medium Density

District -5- CU-2023-00003 -Application by Rhonda Randazzo dba Portico Restaurant requesting renewal of Conditional Use Permit CU-1999-00014 for arestaurant on 1.1 acres at 12506 River Road on TaxMap No. 64-2-0-5-0. The property is zoned Agricultural, Limited (A-2). The Conditional Use Permit is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-112. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Single Family Residential, Medium Density District -5- RZ-2023-00005 -Application by Jeffrey and Ann Brock requesting arezoning of a6-acreportion of 15.04 acres from Agricultural, Limited (A-2) to Residential, Rural (R-R), to create one additional residential lot at 785 Cedar Run Trail on TaxMap No. 62-7-0-B-0. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area. This is adraft agenda only and is subject to change