The Recorder

05/31/2026

Yesterday's action and a look at what's coming up ...

Alleghany catcher Bri Terrell makes a throw to second in Wednesday’s regional softball win over Rockbridge County, as third baseman Paige Webb and pitcher Emma Skidmore look on. The Cougars were eliminated from the Class 3, Region C tournament by Western Albemarle on Saturday, 4-3. (Photo courtesy...

05/30/2026

In yesterday's action ...

Kai Rowland scores on a Brady May sacrifice fly Friday afternoon at Casey Field. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) High School Baseball: Liberty Christian 9, Alleghany 7. Liberty Christian scored six times in the top of the seventh inning and held off the Cougars in the bottom half of the frame, pi...

05/29/2026

AHS girls’ tennis advances; Cougars get three more regional track titles; Baseball today at Casey Field ...

Haley Ryder hits a forehand return in Alleghany’s Class 3, Region C girls’ tennis win over Heritage Thursday at Clifton Academy. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler)   High School Girls’ Tennis: Alleghany 5, Heritage 1. The Cougars, the No. 3 seed, put away the sixth-seeded Pioneers with five s...

05/28/2026

Looking for work? See details on these opportunities published in this week’s Recorder:

• Fast Break, Monterey — Apply in-store, Main Street, Monterey.

• Hayfields State Park, McDowell — Office manager assistant. Apply at www.dcr.virginia.gov/jobs.

• Highland Telephone Cooperative, Monterey — Combination technician. Apply at www.htcnet.org, or in person at 392 Potomac River Road.

• Clifton Forge Fire Department — Paramedic. Applications available at Clifton Forge Police Department, 601 Main Street, Clifton Forge.

• Monterey area — Full- and part-time help for bush hogging, brush clean-up, w**d spraying, and more. Call 901-277-8004.

05/28/2026

Cougar relay team wins regional; AHS advances in softball ...

05/27/2026

Coming up in this week’s 48-page Recorder … Congratulations to Highland High School’s high achievers! Alleghany sheriff holds ceremony in honor of fallen officers. Mitchelltown has pretty new signs. Highland was reimbursed by the state for some buses and equipment. Bath Community Hospital hosted new “Food for Thought” event. Clifton Forge Town Council filled its vacant seat. Alleghany County is considering rate hikes for water and sewer. Area student athletes are wrapping up their seasons and the Lumberjacks are gearing up for their home opener. AHS Class of 2026 portraits featured as they get set to graduate Friday night. All that and much more — online tonight; on newsstands in the morning. Thanks for reading your hometown newspaper!

05/27/2026

Highland girls bring home regional title; Rowland named Shenandoah District Player of the Year ...

High School Track: Highland competes at Region C meet. The Rams 4x100 girls’ relay team of Colleen Adams, Adelaide Baxter, Amelia Good and Brooke Williams won the Class 1, Region C title at Eastern Montgomery High School Tuesday, breaking their own school-record with a time of 52.47. It was the hi...

05/26/2026

WAY TO GO, RAMS!
Highland’s 4x100-meter relay team of Colleen Adams, Adelaide Baxter, Amelia Good and Brooke Williams won the Class 1, Region C championship this afternoon at Eastern Montgomery High School. The team set a new school record with a time of 52.47, and beat runner-up George Wythe by nearly a second and a half. For more on the meet, see tomorrow morning’s roundup and this week’s Recorder.

05/26/2026

Heads up Alleghany baseball fans ...

Alleghany's quarterfinal game in the Class 3, Region C tournament has been moved from Thursday evening to Friday at Noon at Casey Field. The Cougars will meet the winner of a Wednesday first-round game between Liberty Christian and Waynesboro.

05/26/2026

An update ...

Alleghany-Fort Defiance games canceled. All of Monday’s scheduled make-up games between Alleghany and Fort Defiance — baseball, JV baseball, softball, JV softball, JV and varsity boys’ soccer and girls’ soccer — were canceled, ending regular seasons for the Cougars.   Class 3, Region C po...