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Union Gate City

Bears

Blue Devils

The Gate City (VA) varsity softball team lost Friday's home conference game against Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) by a score of 9-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Union	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Gate City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-

Final score provided by N. Johnson.

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Virginia High School Softball - Gate City drops to Union

May 1, 2026: Gate City, VA 24251

Union Bears (Big Stone Gap, VA) supporters left the game thrilled Friday as they saw their softball squad topple the host Gate City Blue Devils (Gate City, VA), 9-0 in a league game.

With the triumph, Union improves its record to 8-9 on the year. The Bears travel to John Battle (Bristol, VA) to play the Trojans in a Mountain 7 game on Tuesday, May 5. The Trojans enter the game with a record of 8-9. John Battle lost 7-3 in their recent league game against Central Wise (Norton, VA)

The Blue Devils now hold a 4-10 record. They play next when they host Ridgeview for a Mountain 7 game on Monday, May 4. Gate City will play a Wolfpack squad coming off a 8-0 league loss to Abingdon (Abingdon, VA). The Wolfpack record now stands at 4-5.

Union @ Gate City Softball Game Info

Fri., May. 1, 2026 @ 7p

The Gate City (VA) varsity softball team lost Friday's home conference game against Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) by a score of 9-0.

Rankings & Records

Union (25-26)

VA	Div.
187	23

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
9-11	4-8	6-4	3-7	.450	.333	115	152

Gate City (25-26)

VA	Div.
223	31

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
4-15	0-13	2-7	2-8	.211	.000	41	143

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Union	1.2	.8	.8	.5	.3	.8	2.0	5.8	5.7	1.7
Gate City	.1	.6	.7	.3	.6	.7	.3	2.2	4.6	2.1

Head-to-Head

Union won last month

4/7 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Gate City - - - - - - - 1 - -
Union - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Gate City (VA) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) by a score of 3-1.
Box score
Union won this month

5/1 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Union - - - - - - - 9 - -
Gate City - - - - - - - 0 - -

The Union (Big Stone Gap, VA) varsity softball team won Friday's away conference game against Gate City (VA) by a score of 9-0.
Box score

4/7 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Gate City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Union	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Union	4-9		Gate City	2-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/26	Union	Virginia High	(W) 13-7	3/23/26	Gate City	Virginia High	(W) 13-1
3/25/26	Union	J.I. Burton	(L) 13-12	3/24/26	J.I. Burton	Gate City	(W) 8-1
4/30/26	J.I. Burton	Union	(W) 9-0	3/27/26	Gate City	J.I. Burton
3/30/26	Abingdon	Union	(L) 16-0	4/14/26	Abingdon	Gate City	(L) 16-1
4/21/26	Union	Abingdon	(L) 15-2	5/8/26	Gate City	Abingdon	(L) 12-3
4/2/26	Union	Central Wise	(L) 12-2	4/9/26	Central Wise	Gate City	(L) 7-1
4/27/26	Central Wise	Union	(L) 11-0	5/12/26	Gate City	Central Wise	(L) 11-0
4/10/26	John Battle	Union	(L) 6-1	4/2/26	John Battle	Gate City	(L) 4-1
5/5/26	Union	John Battle	(L) 14-4	4/3/26	John Battle	Gate City	(L) 4-1
				4/21/26	Gate City	John Battle	(L) 15-0
4/14/26	Union	Lee	(L) 12-2	3/31/26	Gate City	Lee	(L) 9-4
5/13/26	Lee	Union	(L) 14-4	4/24/26	Lee	Gate City	(L) 10-0
4/24/26	Ridgeview	Union	(W) 4-2	4/28/26	Gate City	Ridgeview	(L) 15-1
5/14/26	Union	Ridgeview	(W) 9-6	5/4/26	Ridgeview	Gate City	(L) 1-0

Record Breakdown

Union (25-26)		Gate City (25-26)
9-11	Overall	4-15
4-8	League	0-13
5-3	Non-League	4-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-9	Common Opponent	2-11
6-4	Home	2-7
3-7	Away	2-8
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-11	In-State	2-14
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1