After the adrenaline boost from winning a state championship passed, May Cuyler had a chance to reflect. Standing in a hallway outside the gym, the senior attempted to put the gravity of the moment into words but choked up when she realized this was the end of her Brentsville District career.
Virginia
Brentsville’s May Cuyler rules again as Virginia girls’ wrestling keeps growing
“When I first met the team, I didn’t even talk to anyone. They brought me out of my shell and treated me better than anyone else in the world,” she said, wiping tears from her eyes. “I love them more than anything.”
Cuyler went out in style, claiming the 152-pound title at Saturday’s Virginia girls’ wrestling state championship meet at Gar-Field High in Woodbridge. Only 60 seconds elapsed from the opening whistle of her final match to her hand being raised by the referee following a pin, a grin showing as she looked to her supporters in the bleachers.
Winning has been a habit of Cuyler’s since she started wrestling for the Tigers as a sophomore. Ranked sixth in the nation at 145 pounds by FloWrestling, she will leave to compete for Presbyterian College as a three-time state champion.
“It feels amazing,” Cuyler said. “I worked so hard with my team, with my family, and I can’t believe they got me here.”
Lily Oh, a freshman at Riverside, pinned her opponent to claim the 120-pound title. Potomac’s Mahalia Adams won the 185-pound final by fall. Eleanor Dean of Freedom (South Riding) won at 138 pounds.
“To finally get my moment is the best feeling ever,” said Dean, a junior who finished second at the state meet the previous two years. “I was just so happy. I was waiting to just run to my coaches and give them a hug.”
Saturday’s meet was just the second girls’ wrestling championship sanctioned by the Virginia High School League — an unofficial tournament was held in 2022 — and the event’s growth has been remarkable. More than 400 wrestlers competed this year — well over 100 more than last year — with 143 schools represented, a year-over-year increase of 25.
Dean recalled having just seven others in her bracket at her first state tournament. Just two years later, her weight class had 52 participants. Cuyler has seen a similar trend.
“When I came in sophomore year, it was just me and one other girl. We’d have to work really hard to find tournaments,” she said. “But then we just got swept up into this whirlwind. … I’m super happy to see it’s growing, and I think it’s going to explode from here.”
RICHMOND, Va. — Winston Hodges, a Cartersville, Virginia native who launched his comedy career at the Richmond Funny Bone in Short Pump, is now one of six remaining comedians on the Netflix series “Funny AF with Kevin Hart,” competing for a Netflix comedy special and a cash prize.
The Virginia Tech graduate and 35-year-old comedian has opened for several major acts and become a regular at New York’s Comedy Cellar.
Hodges said his Richmond roots are where it all began.
“I saw that the Richmond Funny Bone had a competition, and I entered into the competition 11 years ago called Clash of the Comics, and I ended up winning the competition,” Hodges said. “After that point, it was just like, I guess I just do stand up. So I was doing stand up around Richmond the first five years of my career before I moved to Washington DC.”
He said winning the show could be a turning point.
“To win the show would absolutely change the trajectory of my career,” Hodges said. “The winner gets a Netflix special. I’d be able just to kind of jump the line and get an opportunity… it could catapult my career to heights that I never, ever even thought possible.”
The competition culminates with live finale episodes on May 4 and 5 at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Netflix subscribers can vote in real time using their TV remote or the Netflix mobile app, but only while watching live.
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Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots: What to know in case you win
Here’s what to know in case you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.
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The Virginia Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 1, 2026, results for each game:
Mega Millions
Mega Millions drawings take place every week on Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.
16-21-27-41-61, Mega Ball: 24
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 3
DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.
Night: 5-1-7, FB: 9
Day: 4-0-1, FB: 8
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.
Night: 9-6-8-9, FB: 1
Day: 6-7-0-0, FB: 5
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.
Night: 4-9-0-1-4, FB: 5
Day: 6-7-0-6-1, FB: 4
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Cash Pop
Drawing times: Coffee Break 9 a.m.; Lunch Break 12 p.m.; Rush Hour 5 p.m.; Prime Time 9 p.m.; After Hours 11:59 p.m.
Coffee Break: 04
After Hours: 01
Prime Time: 15
Rush Hour: 10
Lunch Break: 07
Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.
Cash 5
Drawing every day at 11 p.m.
08-17-20-25-45
Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
Drawing everyday at 11:15 p.m.
17-24-26-28-55, Bonus: 04
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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One backer of a massive data center planned near a Civil War battlefield is trying to revive the project with an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court this week, filed just one day after another developer pulled out citing ongoing legal challenges.
Neighbors have objected to Digital Gateway — a 37-building data center complex slated for a tract next to the Manassas National Battlefield Park — because of the area’s historical significance and worried about 14 planned electric substations and hundreds of diesel generators.
The Virginia Court of Appeals halted construction in April, siding with Prince William County residents and the American Battlefield Trust, finding that area leaders had not given proper notice for a 2023 hearing where the Board of Supervisors approved development.
The ruling gave QTS Realty Trust and Compass Datacenters — which jointly proposed the project — until April 30 to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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