Nine area teams in softball, baseball and soccer entered Tuesday night, June 2, with hopes of reaching the state tournament, but only two survived the regional semifinals.
Both Buffalo Gap softball and Riverheads baseball picked up wins in the semifinals and will now not only play for a regional ****** le June 4, but also advance to the state tournament.
Waynesboro girls soccer, Stuarts Draft girls soccer, Stuarts Draft softball, Fort Defiance boys soccer, Fort Defiance baseball, Staunton boys soccer and Riverheads softball all saw their seasons comes to an end June 2.
In tennis, the Fort Defiance girls won a regional ****** le and will advance to the Class 2 state tournament where it will host Randolph Henry at noon Friday, June 5. In Class 1 girls tennis, Riverheads will host Lancaster at 1 p.m. June 5 and Buffalo Gap will travel to Rappahannock that same day.
Local teams will also be competing in their respective state track and field championships June 5 and 6, with Class 1 and 2 schools in Harrisonburg at James Madison University and Class 3 schools in Lynchburg at Liberty University.