As the girls' basketball team at Albemarle prepared for Tuesday's season opener against Colonial Forge, the Patriots admitted they already had something the team was missing last year -- optimism.

The volleyball season started with 29 consecutive wins at Albemarle High School -- but ended with back-to-back Patriot losses.

Albemarle senior midfielder Connor Carson plans to play her college lacrosse at Old Dominion, according to her father.

Senior Night at Albemarle High School ended like most games during Albemarle’s tenure in the Commonwealth District, with the Patriots falling just short. Albemarle scored late to get within a touchdown but was unable to recover the onside kick, falling to Riverbend 28-20.

Trailing 21-10 in the fourth quarter, Albemarle rallied with two late touchdowns to take the lead with 5 minutes to play. But they were unable to stop Stafford's late rally, falling 28-22.

Mountain View took advantage of well-timed big plays to post 27 unanswered points going into halftime en route to a 37-13 victory over Albemarle in a Commonwealth District showdown Friday night.

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The executive committee of the Virginia High School League has approved the new six-classification group structure for high schools in the state.

Albemarle will be looking to break a losing streak that dates back to 2006 when it hosts cross-town rival Monticello in our @FNEFootball Game of the Week.

For the Albemarle Patriots, camp has been about much more than running drills and getting into football shape. They're working on changing the culture of their program.

Albemarle football coach Mike Alley says much of the work his team has done this off-season has focused on three principles -- character, commitment, and team.

Albemarle High School is hoping a transplant from the Arizona can turn around its struggling girls basketball program.

Albemarle High School alum R.J. Archer is back with the NFL's Detroit Lions.

Albemarle's Joe Burris will get the chance to pitch and hit when he continues his baseball career in college.

The Albemarle boys soccer team already has a trophy that says they're the Group AAA state champion this season. Now a national website is putting the Patriots among the best teams in the country.

Back on May 24, the Albemarle boys soccer team opened the Northwest Region tournament with a 2-0 win at home over Woodbridge.

The Jefferson District and West Central Division released their All-District teams this weekend.

Here are the results from local high school spring sport for Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

Here are the results from local high school spring sports for Monday, May 7, 2012.

Here are the local high school spring sports scores for Friday, May 4, 2012.

Here are the results from local high school spring sports for Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

Here are the scores from local high school spring sports from Monday, April 30, 2012.

Here are the results for local high school spring sports for Friday, April 27, 2012.

Here are the scores from local high school spring sports for Thursday, April 26, 2012.

Here are scores from local high school spring sports on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.