Jay Jones can be a welcome sight, whether you wish to haul a refrigerator or need your computer tweaked. Jones, 19, has big muscles and delicate fingers. Earlier this month, he took time off from his information technology job with Henrico County schools to set a world teenage power-lifting record.

Thomas Dale pulled away in the second half to defeat James River 3-1 in the Central Region semifinals yesterday at Cosby.

Kathleen Lautzenheiser and the Midlothian girls successfully defended their Central Region title yesterday at Pole Green Park. With about a mile remaining, Lautzenheiser and teammate Amy Witt began to break away from the pack. “I think pretty much it was me and Amy the entire way,“ Lautzenheiser said. “I could hear people behind me, but I never actually saw anyone. . . . During the last mile, I kind of tried to push a little bit ahead to see if she would hang with me, I guess. And it was hot, so both of us were tired and I just happened to maybe have a little bit of a better day.“

Ben Dejarnette turned in another dominating win in the Central Region Cross Country tournament yesterday at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville.

Saturday’s and the week ahead

Last night’s top performers

Yesterday’s prep football scores

The Springers didn’t mess around with smash-mouth football last night. They used five plays of 60 or more yards, each a touchdown, to defeat Lee-Davis 41-14 and remain undefeated in the Capital District.

Games at 7:30 p.m. unless noted

Rushing leaders, passing leaders, receiving leaders and scoring leaders

Thomas Dale’s Eric Williamson ran a 16:45 yesterday to help the Knights win the Central District boys cross country title over the upper course at Pocahontas State Park. It was the 18th consecutive in individual title for a Knights runner. Thomas Dale also won the team title, upsetting regular-season champion Matoaca. Coach-of-the-year honors went to Thomas Dale’s Bob Gulley.

Games in the next week

Dontae Jefferson passed for one touchdown and ran for another as L.C. Bird, ranked third in the T-D Top 10 Poll, knocked off No. 10 Monacan 21-7

Friday’s top high school performances

Manchester and Lee-Davis entered their nondistrict football game with a combined record of 5-5. All the losses were to teams ranked in The Times-Dispatch Top 10 Poll. Their meeting last night at Lee-Davis, where it was homecoming, featured good, young teams that would dearly love to play in the postseason, but most likely won’t this year.