Rev. Lee Scripture is recognized by VHSL

At left, Rev. Lee Scripture receives a Virginia High School League 2019-2020 Regional Award of Merit from Region 1A chairman Mike Myers last week at Northumberland High School. Photo by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Rev. Lee Scripture dressed in a sports jacket and tie for his award ceremony at Northumberland High School (NHS) last Thursday, not his trademark outfit of walking shorts and blaze red socks—his official outfit on the Indians’ sidelines at hundreds, maybe thousands, of games for the last 38 years.

For his nearly 40 years as a sports reporter and statistician, and his decades of work on the county’s school board, Rev. Lee Scripture of Wicimico Church received the Virginia High School League 2019-20 Regional Award of Merit for Contributor from Region 1A…. [to-view-more]