Brake excited for challenge as new Riverheads girls basketball coach

Riverheads girls basketball had one of the youngest teams in the Shenandoah District a year ago with just one senior and seven players who were either sophomores or freshmen. That's good news for the program's new coach, Justin Brake. The Riverheads graduate and current physical education teacher at Riverheads Middle School was named girls basketball coach recently.

A 2007 graduate of Riverheads High School, Brake played on three basketball district championship teams and, in 2020, was part of the Riverheads coaching staff that won the Region B championship. While in school, Brake was coaching youth sports throughout. He coached track at Broadway High School while in college and has coached middle school in Rockingham County and has coached at the junior varsity level also.

More: Woman stabbed in Verona, flown to UVA Health "It's just a really great group of ladies," Brake said of the Riverheads team. "Not only are they really good athletes but they're good people and I know they're very coachable. That's a big aspect in taking a new job, you want to be able to be happy in it and feel like you can make an impact.

" Brake was a 1,000-point scorer for his high school playing career and was named district player of the year. Brake played collegiately at Bridgewater College. "They have so much talent on that team," Brake said.