Class of 2025 Churchland High forward commits to Virginia Tech basketball program

BASKETBALL RECRUITING

Churchland High’s Sincere Jones gave Virginia Tech its first men’s basketball commitment from the class of 2025, according to his Instagram.

The 6-foot-7, 195-pound forward visited Virginia Tech last week. He said on zagsblog.com that he has scholarship offers from Virginia Tech, Old Dominion, Robert Morris, Manhattan, Mississippi State and VCU.

Jones is ranked the No. 43 overall power forward nationally and No. 13 player in Virginia, according to 247Sports.

WNBA

Knee surgery for Va. Beach’s Williams

Ten-year WNBA player Elizabeth Williams, who grew up in Virginia Beach, will undergo surgery for a torn meniscus she suffered June 6 while playing for the Chicago Sky against the Washington Mystics. She’ll be having surgery on her knee to repair it.

Williams was averaging 10 points, seven rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game through nine contests. She is in her second year with the Sky after starring for Princess Anne High and Duke, from where the Connecticut Sun chose her No. 4 overall in the 2015 WNBA draft. Williams played one year for the Sun, six for the Atlanta Dream and one for the Mystics before going to the Sky.

SOCCER

VBCFC falls to Virginia Dream FC

Virginia Dream FC held off Virginia Beach City FC 4-3 Sunday night in a National Premier Soccer League Mid-Atlantic Conference match at Powhatan Field in Norfolk.

The visitors, from Falls Church, went ahead 3-0 in the first 31 minutes on a goal by James Filerman and a pair by Angel Chavez. Team captain Joel Albritton cut VBCFC’s deficit to 3-1 in the 40th minute, then netted a penalty kick early in the second half to make it 3-2.

Malcolm McAllister’s goal gave Dream (3-1-2) a 4-2 edge, and despite reserve Riley Usher’s penalty kick for the night’s final goal, VBCFC (1-6) couldn’t draw even.