Baseball
AA Dulles District
Dominion 9, Freedom 5
The
Skinny: If Geoff McCowat and Ryan Skeffington (5.1 innings Fri for the
W) allow Chris Taylor to come in and close out games, then the Titans
could do some damage in the Dulles District.

Potomac Falls 5, Heritage 4 (8)
The
Skinny: Panthers pull one out at home with seventh inning comeback to
tie and then extra inning win. Game-winning rally: bunt, error,
sacrifice, intentional walk and sac fly. PF will take it.

Park View 13, County 3
The Skinny: It was double your fun for the Patriots as Park View got
five doubles including three from Jonathan Mason, who was 4-for-5.

AAA Liberty District
Stone Bridge 6, McLean 3
The
Skinny: Bulldogs continue perfect start improving to 6-0 by winning
Liberty opener for the first time in three tries. Ty Weaver had eight
strikeouts in 6.2 for the victory and took a shutout into the seventh.

Langley 17, TJ 7
Madison 5, Marshall 1
Woodson 5, South Lakes 1

AAA Cedar Run District
Osbourn Park 12, Valley 1
The
Skinny: The Vikes first ever Cedar Run District game didn’t go as
planned as the Yellow Jackets limited Valley to just three hits. Now
that stings.

Lacrosse – Boys
Non-District
Paul VI 9, Dominion 4
The Skinny: Titan goalie Britton Miller may still be seeing shots in his sleep as he snagged 16 saves to keep this match close.

Freedom 15, Freedom-PW 0
The
Skinny: Eagles get their first win on the year by knocking off that
“copy-cat” school from Prince William. Mike “Bring in Da” Funk and
Victor Farrell each had four goals for the real Eagles.

Valley 15, Stone Bridge 4
The Skinny: Viking boys were not about to let this night be a Bulldog sweep.

Lacrosse – Girls
Non-District
Stone Bridge 8, Valley 7
The
Skinny: First-year Stone Bridge coach Kristin Howard called this win on
the road an “emotional victory” for the Bulldogs. Back-and-forth game
ends with SB scoring final two goals in waning moments.

Soccer – Boys
AA Dulles District
Broad Run 3, Briar Woods 0
The
Skinny: Reatagui, Leahy and Cerritos are not a law firm … they are
the three Spartans that scored in this “backyard brawl” .

Dominion 5, Freedom 1
The Skinny: They are scoring and the Titans have some defense as they have only given up two goals in three games … both PKs.

Park View 2, County 1
The
Skinny: Arturo Jimenez chalks up a win in his Dulles District debut as
head coach of the boys after moving over from the girls side this
season. And PV did it without K.C. Onyeador scoring as Alex Valesco and
Jose Garcia both scored.

Heritage 1, Potomac Falls 0
The
Skinny: Wow! What else can we say … Uche Onyeador’s march towards the
VHSL all-time goal scoring record is sidetracked by the Pride and
first-year coach Betsy Munson.

Non-District
Stone Bridge 3, Robinson 2
The
Skinny: A free kick from long-distance by Chris Kamara and a gust of
wind helped set-up the game-winning goal by Won Seo with four minutes
to go in this battle of teams ranked in the WashPost early polls. Won
indeed!

Soccer – Girls
AA Dulles District
Broad Run 3, Briar Woods 0
The Skinny: Spartans start 2008 right where they left off in 2007 … on top of the district standings.

Dominion 2, Freedom 2 (OT)
The
Skinny: Freedom led 2-0 in this affair before Titans came back with two
in the second half to tie, the second coming after a hand ball in the
box resulted in a PK. Neither team could break the tie in OT.

Heritage 1, Potomac Falls 0
The
Skinny: The Pride girls take a page out of the boys book and knock off
PF 1-0. The goal came early and strong team defense and goaltending
kept it 1-nill.

Loudoun County 5, Park View 0
The
Skinny: In 2007 injuries played a role in limiting the Raiders and LC
got off to rough start Friday with two girls sent to the hospital, one
via ambulance, in a 5-0 win. In a strange twist, coaches agreed to end
game with eight minutes left as injured player was being tended to,
only to be told that they had to finish the contest and that couldn’t
happen until Park View could find seven girls to come back to the field.

Non-District
Stone Bridge 1, Robinson 0
The
Skinny: Melony Davis is money so far for Bulldogs with six goals in
three games after hitting the game winner with just under 10 minutes to
play.

Softball
Sports Plus Tournament (Richmond)
Broad Run 5, Cave Spring 0
The Skinny: In quarterfinal win BR jumps out with four in the first and that is plenty for Caitlyn Delahaba, who fans 17.

Broad Run 20, Arcadia 0
The
Skinny: Spartans kick off the tournament with a statement: Judy Betz —
BR’s #2 pitcher — throws a no-hitter and Ashley Kramer hits two home
runs.

AA Dulles District
Dominion 15, Freedom 9
The Skinny: Calling all Titan fans … we need your help …send us some updates!

Potomac Falls 4, Heritage 0
The Skinny: Panthers continue hot start … improving to 5-0 with freshman Heather Kiefer tossing a three-hitter.

County 2, Park View 1
The
Skinny: The Raiders have now won two straight against the Pats. Hope
Flanagan’s two-run single in the fifth erased 1-0 PV lead. Lindsey
Holtz scattered nine hits but good Raider defense limited PV to just a
single run.

AAA Cedar Run District
Osbourn Park 3, Valley 2
The
Skinny: Vikes spent two years in the National District with some weak
softball teams … the Cedar Run is certainly not a weak district as
Yellow Jackets hand Vikes first loss on the young season in this
district opener. Vikes left the bases stranded in both the first and
seventh innings.

AAA Liberty District
Stone Bridge 6, McLean 3
The
Skinny: Mike Skinner not only gets win No. 1 as the new Bulldogs
softball coach but does so in SB’s Liberty District opener. Now that’s
making them count.

Non-District
Briar Woods 16, Washington-Lee 0
The
Skinny: Did we mention the National District was kind of weak in
softball? AA Falcons pound AAA Generals. At 2-1, BW has matched win
total from 2007 campaign.

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 By: Dan Sousa

Fredericksburg (Mar. 27, 2008) – Heritage High School grad Kaitlin Petrella hit her sixth home run of the softball season last Friday to break her own single-season record and set Mary Washington’s career home run record at 11. Petrella was also named the CAC Player of the Week.

During her hot week the sophomore shortstop led the Eagles to a 3-1 mark by hitting 7-for-13 with three home runs and seven RBI. Mary Washington is 6-0 in conference and 18-11 overall.

Petrella leads all starters in average at .400 and she has a .786 slugging percentage and .463 on-base mark. Petrella now has a dozen extra base hits on the season (three doubles, three triples, six home runs) and has driven in a team-high 24 runs. 

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Baseball
Briar Woods @ Warren County PPD (moved to 3.29, 4:30)
The Skinny: Crystal ball says that the Falcons will win this game come Saturday … wanna bet?

Lacrosse – Boys
Falls Church 13, Stone Bridge 12
The Skinny: Jags edged Dawgs … we just like the nicknames.

Valley 15, Loudoun County 5
The Skinny: Vikes bounce back from loss to Heritage.

Potomac Falls 14, Park View 0
The
Skinny: Panthers earn a win for new coach  Jason Leuck. Now that’s
“good Leuck” … we had to get that one out of our system … our
apologies.

Lacrosse – Girls
Briar Woods 11, Brentsville 7
The Skinny: How about them Falcons … off to fastest start in short history

Broad Run 14, Dominion 6
The Skinny: This may not be quite the rivalry it was in years past as Titans are rebuilding a bit.

Valley 13, Loudoun County 5
The Skinny: Vikes rule the county for now … but Stone Bridge awaits Friday (hint, hint)

Potomac Falls 15, Park View 1
The
Skinny: PF earns the “non-district” win. Trust us … it doesn’t count
in the standings. We aren’t sure how that or wireless Internet works
either. PF scored 15 goals: email us and we will include the girls in our Top Performances charts!

Soccer – Boys
George Mason 2, Freedom 0
The Skinny: We thought George Mason was all about Freedom … not shutting it out (it’s a history lesson, kids)
 

Soccer – Girls
Freedom 2, George Mason 1
The Skinny: Eagles will challenge district teams this season.

Softball
Dominion 12, Manassas Park 7
The
Skinny: Tom Chuba, new coach, gets the win. At least we think Tom is
the new coach. Hey, Tom … drop us an email with your preview
information … we’d love to chat with you. Honest! Anybody else with
the Titans: feel free to help our coverage. Email us here.

Tennis – Boys
Dominion @ Park View PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.1

Heritage @ Briar Woods PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.1

Loudoun County @ Broad Run PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.8

Loudoun Valley @ Stonewall Jackson PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.4

Potomac Falls 6, Freedom 3
The Skinny: Panthers rain dance pays off and they get win in as well.

Tennis – Girls
Briar Woods @ Heritage PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.1

Broad Run @ Loudoun County PPD
The Skinny: moved to. 4.8

Potomac Falls 7, Freedom 2
The Skinny: Under the tennis bubble … Panthers win! And somewhere there is a team manager that is going to email us the results. We hope!

Park View @ Dominion PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.1

Stonewall Jackson @ Loudoun Valley PPD
The Skinny: moved to 4.4

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check back for links to more details where teams have supplied them …
in cases where there aren’t links, then your team didn’t send in info.
… don’t worry, we have taken down your coaches name and are plotting
to reprogramt their TiVo’s to record 40 hours worth of the Joker’s Wild
on the Game Show Network

Baseball
Broad Run 13, G. Mason 3 (5)
The Skinny: No truth to rumor that Mason’s scorekeeper is “Mustang Sally”.

Freedom 13, Freedom-PW 3 (6)
The Skinny: “We’ve got the better Freedom … yes we do!” … LPS Monkey chant!

Dominion 10, J.E.B. Stuart 4
The Skinny: Dominion looking strong in non-district play.

Handley 7, Loudoun County 3
The Skinny:Raiders still searching for first win on season.

Park View 10, Wakefield 4
The Skinny: Somewhere on non-district speed-dialing for victories, Wakefield is right next to J.E.B. Stuart.

Lacrosse – Boys
B.Woods @ Trinity Christian PPD
The Skinny: Unlikely to be made up according to BW lax.

George Mason 15, Freedom 4
The
Skinny: A non-district counter but the Mustangs are for real in Dulles
District lacrosse this year, especially with a lights out goalie.

Lacrosse – Girls
Briar Woods 20, Park View 0
The
Skinny: Falcons win big in non-district counter … some district teams
play twice a year with the first one not counting in standings.

George Mason 15, Freedom 9
The Skinny: Mustangs in non-district counter over Eagles.

Stone Bridge 18, Falls Church 2
The Skinny: Bulldogs have plenty of offense this season.

Soccer – Boys
Hylton 2, Dominion 1
The Skinny: Bulldogs from PW play some good soccer

Valley 3, County 1
The Skinny: Vikes turn the tables on Raiders after losing to them in season opener.

Soccer – Girls
Valley 2, County 0
The Skinny: We **** to repeat ourselves but Vikes turn the tables on Raiders after losing to them in season opener.

Softball
Dominion @ Manassas Park PPD
The Skinny: Our crystal ball says this game will be played “tomorrow” and that the Titans will win it … 12-7! Honest.

Loudoun County 16, Handley 3
The Skinny: Raiders want to repeat that regional trip from 2007.

Loudoun Valley 9, Westfield 0
The Skinny: Coach Spicer knows how to schedule tough non-district games for Vikes … and how to win them as well!

Potomac Falls 20, G. Mason 0
The Skinny: Panthers could be a sleeper in Dulles District this season.

Tennis – Boys
Briar Woods 7, Freedom 2
The Skinny: BW looking strong

Broad Run def. Heritage
The Skinny: Spartans get district win over Pride
County 7, Dominion 2
The Skinny: Raiders looking strong

Potomac Falls 9, Park View 0
The Skinny: PF rules Sterling

TJ 9, Stone Bridge 0
The Skinny: All this and brains, too!

Tennis – Girls
Briar Woods 6, Freedom 3
The Skinny: Father-son Noland coaching duo both get wins as Jennifer’s girls beat Eagles

Heritage 7, Broad Run 2
The Skinny: Could Park View be the team to challenge Pride?

Loudoun County 6, Dominion 3
The Skinny: Raiders double up on Titans

Park View 7, Potomac Falls 2
The
Skinny: You are going to have to go way back to find a start to the
tennis season at PV like the Pats girls have having in’08.

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 By: Dan Sousa

(Mar. 22, 2008) – Three Loudoun Schools — Heritage, Loudoun Valley and Stone Bridge — will make one final bid to prevent their move into the Northwest Region’s Cedar Run District starting in 2009-10.

The VHSL Redistricting and Reclassification Committee will hear appeals on April 14 and all three schools will present their case with Stone Bridge, currently in the Northern Region Liberty District, and Heritage, currently in the AA Region II Dulles District, asking to be put in the Liberty District.

Loudoun Valley, recently moved into the Cedar Run District in the Northwest Region, is asking to be put in the Northern Region’s Concorde District. All three schools are slated to be in the Northwest Region Cedar Run under the proposed plan.

Other appeals that affect local schools include the Region II Northwest District proposal to split into two 5-team districts. Click the headline to see all the appeals.

2009-10 and 2010-11 R&R Appeals Summary

Group AAA

1.    Hayfield High School appeals its placement in the Patriot District, Northern Region, and requests

 instead to be in the National District, Northern Region.

2.       Northwest Region appeals the assignment of Heritage,Loudoun Valley andStone Bridge High Schools to the Cedar Run District, Northwest Region. 

3.       Heritage High School (Loudoun County) appeals its placement in the Cedar Run District, Northwest

      Region, and requests instead to be in the Liberty District, Northern Region.

4.       Loudoun Valley High School appeals its placement in the Cedar Run District, Northwest Region, and requests instead to be in the Concorde District, Northern Region.

5.       Stone Bridge High Schoolappeals its placement in the Cedar Run District, Northwest Region, and requests instead to be in the Liberty District, Northern Region.

Group AA

6.       Northwestern Districtrequests dividing the Northwestern District into two five-team districts.

 Northwestern District                                           Northeastern District

 John Handley                                                         Brentsville

 Millbrook                                                               Fauquier

 Sherando                                                              Kettle Run

 Skyline                                                                 Liberty

 James Wood                                                         Warren County

7.       Grundy High Schoolappeals its modification placement into Black Diamond District, Region D, Group A, and requests assignment back into Southwest District, Region IV, Group AA.

Group A

 8.   Colonial Beach High School appeals its placement in Northern Neck District, Region A, and requests

       instead to remain in the Tidewater District, Region A.

9.        Wilson Memorial High Schoolappeals its placement in Southern Valley, Region III, Group AA, and

       requests to remain in Shenandoah District, Region B, Group A.

10. John Battle High School appeals its placement in Region D, Clinch Mountain District, and requests to   

 be placed in the Hogoheegee District, Region C.

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Heritage 3, Loudoun Valley 1

Photo courtesy of Kathleen Finnegan

Purvellville (Mar. 18, 2008) – The Heritage High School boys soccer team gave new coach Betsy Munson a victory in her first game with a 3-1 win Monday at Loudoun Valley.

Amadu Bangura, Shawn Page and Ivan Callejas all scored for Heritage.

It was a sweep for AA Heritage against AAA Valley on the day as the Pride girls opened with a 2-0 win over the Vikes. It was the Pride freshmen leading the way with Jessica Haley scoring the first goal early and  then Lauren McKenzie assisted Kaitlin Thomas late.  Lauren Furtner faced 13 shots on way to her first career shutout.

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Baseball

Leesburg (Mar. 18, 2008) – Heritage High School erased a 5-0 deficit with an 8-run fourth inning and went on to defeat Millbrook, 13-9, Tuesday in a non-district baseball game. Nick Clayton and John Rogerson combined for seven RBIs for the Pride. Rogerson also struck out eight in four innings while picking up the win.

Softball

Leesburg (Mar. 18, 2008) – The Heritage High School softball team avenged an earlier loss to Millbrook by defeating the Pioneers, 6-3, Tuesday. Abby Jamgochian and Valeria Irizarry combined for the win. Rachel Fortney led the offense going 2-for-2, with a double and three runs scored. Kelsey Scanlon also drove in two.

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(Mar. 16, 2008) – Avis Hixon, a level 10 gymnast at APEX Gymnastics and a Senior at Heritage High School has decided to attend Towson University. Avis will attend Towson beginning in September and intends to continue her gymnastics career as a Towson Tiger. She was considering Towson and the University of Bridgeport and eventually decided that Towson was the best place for her athletically and academically.

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