PRINCE GEORGE—Regular-season champion Thomas Dale got two goals from Hannah Robbins to defeat fourth-seeded Hopewell 2-0 in the semifinals of the Central District field hockey tournament yesterday. Thomas Dale, the defending district and Central Region champion, will meet third-seeded Matoaca in today’s 4 p.m. final at Prince George. Matoaca advanced with a 2-1 victory over the hosts.

As Chesterfield County launches its first attempt to comprehensively shape countywide growth, the full force of decades of liberal development has yet to be felt. With development slowed to a crawl in the recession, leaders have some breathing room to catch up in a community that long ago outgrew its roads and public facilities in many areas. But the cash-strapped county is finding it difficult to make progress on billions of dollars worth of improvements, despite favorable costs.

With the humidity rising and the heat lingering, a sticky night of soccer rewarded aggressive play as Mills Godwin and Cosby punched their tickets to the state tournament. They’ll also play each other—for the first time—in tonight’s Central Region title game. Early rainstorms last night created tough conditions early. Each Eagles header made a splash in the small wading pool of sweat that the players had developed on their foreheads.