Greetings New River Valley residents. This is the first edition of a (hopefully) weekly post detailing the sporting events in Blacksburg and elsewhere in the NRV. It will take me a few weeks to track down all of my information sources. Eventually, this weekly sports roundup will have all High School, Virginia Tech, and Radford sports schedules…but this one is likely lacking.
Sports are limited this week due to schools being on break for Thanksgiving. But here are the events that I’m aware of:
If you happen to be in Harrisonburg, VA on Sunday 11/22 or are willing to make the two hour drive, the Women’s Basketball team is playing at James Madison University at 2pm
- Monday 11/23
- Tuesday 11/24
- Wednesday 11/25
- VT Women’s Basketball at Radford
3:00pm | Donald N. Dedmon Center, Radford, VA
- VT Volleyball vs the University of Virginia
7:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
- Thursday 11/26
- Friday 11/27
- VT Wrestling vs Newberry
5:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
- VT Wrestling vs Campbell
7:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
- Saturday 11/28
- VT Women’s Basketball vs Elon
1:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
- VT Football at the University of Virginia
3:30pm | Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VATelevised on ESPN/ESPN360
- VT Women’s Soccer Quarterfinal
TBD
- Sunday 11/29
- Radford Women’s Basketball vs Howard
3:00pm | Donald N. Dedmon Center, Radford, VA
Comments with feedback would be greatly appreciated!
You’ve come to the right place! Give me some time to get the site up to speed, but when I do you’ll see…
- The links at the top of the page populated with area specific information, in a mini-directory format
- Weekly posts outlining local sporting events from Virginia Tech, Radford, the local high schools, and other area teams
- Regular posts with information about area concert, shows, and art displays
- Regular posts with information about movies playing at The Lyric, on campus, and at the Christiansburg Theater
- Detailed information about Town and Campus events
- As needed posts for fund raising events for charities…on my radar now is the Hungry Hokies Fast-a-thon
- Seasonal posts about activities in the New River Valley…hiking, tubing, sledding, etc
- If, after completing the above list, I still have free time…then I’ll try to include special events/specials at the local businesses, restaurants, and bars. I make no promises on this one!
The focus will attempt to focus on cheap or free things to do whenever possible. Blacksburg, Radford, Christiansburg, and sometimes even Roanoke/Salem are fair game to be considered local. However, anything that I think will be a benefit to the readers will make it through my brain filter.
I’ll have a “tip line” email address setup so you can let me know about events and activities I may not already be aware of (especially good causes). Although it usually doesn’t seem like it, there’s always something to do in Blacksburg if you know where to go and have a good enough idea.
Gobble away, friends
-Brad-