Huguenot High, the only Richmond City school remaining active at the varsity level in baseball in the Dominion District (after George Wythe dropped to JV level play), has suddenly announced that it will not field a team this spring.
This is disappointing on several levels. First, Huguenot had shown tremendous improvement over the past two years. Although it could not compete with its county rivals, it routinely beat other city schools in non-district games. Huguenot also had a player play in last June's Tournament of Stars on the Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities (RBI) team. So the folding of the program is a major disappointment.
Moreover, since VHSL only allows 20 regular season games and most everyone else has already booked up their schedules, the 7 remaining Dominion teams are now looking at being stuck with regular season schedules of only 18 games. Many are reportedly scrambling to try to identify private schools who would be willing to add one or two more games to their schedules.
Private schools looking for opponents may want to contact the coaches at:
James River
Cosby
Midlothian
Manchester
Clover Hill
Monacan
L.C. Bird
As these 7 teams all have room to add 2 games to their schedules at this point.
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