Heritage High School | Archive | October, 2008

 
By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor

(Oct. 23, 2008) – Can’t wait for the XC results from today or the big volleyball match final? Sign up for updates on Twitter (see below) and we will update you this afternoon on the XC winners and tonight we will have update during the match from Heritage vs. LC.


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(Oct. 15, 2008) – Forget the economic meltdown … a sure sign of the ending of the world may be that the LPS Monkey is now on Twitter!

Yes, the LPS Monkey, long the workhorse (er, worksimian?) behind the Loudoun Prep Sports website, has decided that he needs to share updates with you, the viewer, on his new Twitter account.

Want to know which stories are being updated? Want to know breaking news before we actually break it? Want to know if the LPS Monkey is playing Call of Duty instead of cleaning his room? Check out our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/LPSMonkey.

We were worried that the LPS Monkey even knew what he was getting into but, heck, he saw Paul Tenorio and Matt Brooks, Loudoun’s dynamic duo for the WashPost “twittering” away at football games and decided how hard can it be … just kidding Paul and Matt … you know the Monkey “loves ya” … hmmm, didn’t reallys ound right, did it?

Anywho … Check it out … you never know what the LPS Monkey will Twitter about next …

Disclaimer our lawyer (I.B. Suethem) made us print: No actual simians were harmed in the making of this report. The LPS Monkey bears no resemblence to LPS Editor Dan Sousa’s 16-year-old son Cooper, though, come to think of it, that kid doesn’t clean his room much. The LPS Monkey is in fact real … how else to explain the fact that he claims to have roomed with Sid and Marty Kroftt at Hanna-Barbera University and claims to have been turned down for the lead role in “Danger Island” because he was “too hairy”.

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 Heritage Pride 64, Freedom Eagles 21

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Washington D.C. area high school and youth sports to be featured as part of innovative alignment between leading D.C. media properties

Washington D.C. – October 10, 2008 – ABC 7 WJLA and DigitalSports.com, the region’s top source for local youth and high school sports coverage, have announced a media partnership. The joint venture has been developed to highlight and promote dynamic youth sports coverage in the Washington D.C. metro area.  Visitors to www.wjla.com will now have the opportunity to access play-by-play coverage of local school sports events by simply typing in the key word “high school sports.”

DigitalSports is the premier source for local youth and high school sports multimedia offering up-to-the-minute videos, photos, headlines, stats, standings and more. Through this partnership Digital Sports information will become readily accessible to the WJLA audience.  Components of the media marriage include cross-branded web presence on the station’s website and the DigitalSports sites, as well as broadcast television coverage of sports highlights that will span the entire DC Metropolitan area.

“Our technology and operational infrastructure allow DigitalSports to capture and publish news, videos, photos, game results and more in a unique and scalable fashion,” said Rich Toland, General Manager of the DigitalSports D.C. Metro Team.  “Through our many partnerships and with the use of our proprietary technology, we can be in many places at one time.  We’re thrilled that our partnership with ABC 7 will allow even more students, teams and families to enjoy increased coverage and promotion of not only themselves and the games that they play, but also of the uplifting stories that come as a result of participating in organized sports.”

DigitalSports.com was established to highlight the positive aspects of high school and youth sports and the positive impact sports has on the individual and their community.  The goal of the DigitalSports network is to support the influence sports has on young-athletes by offering information, tools, services and tuition-awards to students across the country.  The DigitalSports.com Washington D.C. Metro portal, which can be found online at www.dcmetrodigitalsports.com , serves as a gateway to the various high school conference and county websites that reside within the D.C. Metro area.

For more information on DigitalSports programs, franchise opportunities, scholarships and awards, visit www.digitalsports.com.

About ABC 7 WJLA
ABC 7 WJLA is the Washington metropolitan area’s ABC affiliate. The website address is www.wjla.com. WJLA’s owner, Allbritton Communications Company, operates eight television stations in seven broadcast markets, including Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC.  Allbritton Communications also owns and operates the political newspaper and website POLITICO and POLITICO.com.


About Digital Sports
DigitalSports is the source for your local sports and activities; providing members and guests with a single point of access to high school and club sports and activities around the country. By distributing professional and user-generated content, DigitalSports offers communities around the nation the opportunity to share and spotlight the accomplishments of their local youth.

DigitalSports’ mission is to deliver a positive, quality experience to its guests through their online tools and systems and their video and print information as well as providing innovative tools and resources to coaches and mentors.   DigitalSports operates as a new-media outlet within defined guidelines for preventing any publishing of inappropriate content.

The goal of DigitalSports(r) is to inform, entertain and inspire.  DigitalSports believes that the real heroes are to be found in our local communities; next door, in our homes and in our schools.  More information can be found at www.digitalsports.com.

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(Oct. 10, 2008) – The Heritage High School JV Football Team continued their winning ways last Thursday night against the Panthers of Potomac Falls.  Aaron Summers got the Pride started with a 25 yd TD run and Kyle Flinton added the 2pt conversion on a pass from Austin Nelson.  Nelson then hooked up with Chuck Carlin and Flinton on back to back TD passes.  Aaron Summers found the endzone again on an amazing TD run of 55 yds where he broke many tackles.  Amel Habivovic added the xpt to push the score to 31 – 0.  After a Potomac Falls touchdown, Jordon Grooms broke off a 50 yd TD run of his own and Nelson finished the game off with a long TD run on a counter play to end the night with a 43 – 6 victory.  The Pride defense continued their strong showing with another valiant effort as they caused 4 turnovers.

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Leesburg (Oct. 8, 2008) – The Potomac Falls High School Boys and Girls Varsity XC teams out ran Loudoun County and Heritage at their meet at Ida Lee yesterday.  PF Josh Hardin won on the boys side with a time of 17:09 and LC Julie Strange led up the girls side coming in at 20:06.   PF Coach Null confirmed yesterday that defending Dulles District Champion, Christina Lee, will be out for the remainder of the season due to injury.







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Team Scoring:
Boys:
PF 21    LC 36
LC 17    HER 41
PF 15   HER 48
 
Girls:
PF  28    LC  31
PF  17   HER 44
LC  21   HER 34
 
Top 8 runners boys:
Josh Hardin   PF   17:09
Ryan Hagen  PF   17:26
Brian Robinson  PF   17:27
Matt Joseph     LC    17:41
Chris Lyford     LC    17:47
Alvero            PF    17:48
Tommy Curtin   LC  17:49
Scott Cypher    PF   17:53
 
Top 5 runners girls:
1) Julie Strange LC  20:06
2) Becca Hinch LC   20:45
3) Shannon Brady PF  21:01
4) Rachel Hagen PF    21:21
5) Leslie Lyford LC     21:27

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By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor

(Oct. 7, 2008) – Undefeated Potomac Falls High School leads all AA Division 4 schools in the latest football rankings released by the Virginia High School Legue Monday. The Panthers (5-0) have a 26.8 ratings. Broad Run, also undefeated at 5-0, is tied for third with a 26.0 rating.

While district champions receive automatic bids into the playoffs, the VHSL ratings determine the remainder of the playoff field in each region and also determines homefield advantage.

The area’s third undefeated team, Stone Bridge (6-0), is currently fifth in Division 5 with a 27.667 rating. Briar Woods sits No. 10 in Division 3 at 20.2.

Click for the Top 10 in each of the six divisions.

Northern Region Ratings
Division 5
1, Edison 30.3
2, Stone Bridge 27.7
3, Yorktown 24.2
4, Madison 24.0
5, Mount Vernon 23.8
6, Marshall 20.7
7. Washington-Lee 19.5
8. Lee 18.3
8, Wakefield 18.3
10, Hayfield 18.2
11, South Lakes 16.8
11, TJ 16.8 
13, McLean 15.3
14, Stuart 15.2
15, Falls Church 14.5

Division 6
1, Oakton 30.0
2, Westfield 29.7
3, Chantilly 26.3
3, West Potomac 26.3
5, West Springfield 26.0
6, South County 23.7
7, Woodson 23.2
8, Langley 23.0
9, Herndon 22.8
10, Fairfax 22.7
11, Lake Braddock 21.3
11, Robinson 21.3
13, Annanadale 21.0
14, T.C. Williams 18.0
15, Centreville 17.0

If the playoffs were held tomorrow, top ranked teams in D5, Edison and Stone Bridge, would be facing teams with losing records. SB’s path to another state crown could inlcude Lee again in the first round followed by Yorktown and then a third straight regional title match with Edison, but this year the game might not be held in Ashburn unless the Bulldogs can make up ground in the ratings. The soft record on SB’s non-district opponents has not helped. In D6, how about a wild first round playoff game between West Potomac and West Springfield … it could take 50 points to win that one. A long way to go however … 

Region II
Division 4
1, Potomac Falls 26.8
2, Broad Run 26.0
3, Sherando 22.4
4, Loudoun County 22.2
5, James Wood 21.2
6, Louisa County 20.8
7, Heritage 19.2
8, Park View 18.0
9, Orange 16.8
10, Charlottesville 13.8
11, Brentsville 13.2

Division 3
1, Handley 24.0
2, Monticello 23.6
3, Briar Woods 20.2
4, Skyline 20.0
5, Millbrook 17.8
6, Western Albemarle 15.8
7, Fluvanna 15.2
8, Kettle Run 14.7
9, Dominion 14.4
10, Central 13.0
11, Warren County 12.8
12, Freedom 12.4
13, William Monroe 10.0

If the playoffs were held tomorrow, you could figure that in D4 Potomac Falls would host LC in a rematch of Friday’s game won by the Panthers and Broad Run would host defending regional champion Sherando in a showdown in Ashburn. In D3, Handley would host Skyline in an all-Northwestern District game and Briar Woods would travel to Monticello. But there is still a lot of football to play.

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By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor 

The Plains (Oct. 6, 2008) – Dominion High School, led by sophomore J.T. Duke and senior Jimmy Rion, finished 24th in the strong Varsity A field at the 2008 Octoberfest Invitatiional at Great Meadows Saturday.

Duke turned in an area best 16:40.90 for the meet won by Solomon Haile of Sherwood High School, who finished some 32 seconds ahead of the field with a 15:10.35. Rion also broke 17 minutes with a 16:55.57. Duke placed in the top 30 in the field of 328 runners wih Rion placing in the top 50.

Robinson High School won the race with 104 points followed by Walter Johnson MD (153), Severna Park MD (238), Ocean Lakes (245) and Sherwood MD (255). Dominion was 24th (600) with Loudoun Valley two places behind (668) in the 47-team field. Stone Bridge took 32nd (777), Freedom 36th (844) and Park View 45th (1303).

Heritage took fourth in the Varsity B race with Andrew Slazer (17:01.52) finishing 11th in the race as he had the area’s third best time on the day behind Dukie and Rion. Briar Woods had a sixth place showing in the Varsity B race, led by Zach Deaton at 17:08.15 and Connor Pompilio at 17:21.09. The race was won by Herndon (93) followed by Edison (97), Spotsylvania (164), Heritage (165) and Osbourn Park (180).

BW scored 180 followed by other local teams: Broar Run 13th (313), Freedom 17th (440) and Loudoun County 20th (549) in the 23-team race that featured 173 runners. Darin Longeream of James Wood won the race with a 16:15.54.

In the Boys Upperclassmen JV race, Loudoun County took 8th with Heritage 12th, Briar Woods 19th, Broad Run 21st, Freedom 23rd and Dominion 24th. The race was won by West Sprinfield (53 points) followed by West Potomac (76), Walter Johnson MD (130), Robinson (143) and Osbourn Park (178). Jay Jarrels of Spotswood won the race with a 16:57.48. The top Loudoun finisher in the 223-runner event was Heritage’s Jason Gottlieb with a 18:18.69. 

In the Boys Lowerclassmen JV race, Loudoun County took 16th with Heritage 20th, Briar Woods 22nd, Dominion 32nd, and Freedom 37th. Herndon (84) won the 38-team race that featured 386 runners. Walter Johnson MD (95) was runner-up followed by Osbourn Park (96), Chantilly (179) and Ocean Lakes (206). The race was won by Herndon’s Troy Hunsaker with a 17:52.41. The top Loudoun finisher was Briar Woods Patrick Butler with a 19:02.44.

Top 20 Finishers from Loudoun at Octoberfest

1. J.T. Duke, Dominion 16:40.90
2. Jimmy Rion, Dominion 16:55.57
3. Andrew Slazer, Heritage 17:01.52
4, Benjamin Walker, Loudoun Valley 17:04.60
5, Zach Deaton, Briar Woods 17:08.15
6, Connor Pompilio, Briar Woods 17:21.09
7, Nick Sharp, Dominion 17:29.83
8, Chris Weeks, Loudoun Valley 17:31.82
9, Josh Klug, Heritage 17:31.83
10, Sean Graziano, Heritage 17:42.29
11, Reed Sullivan, Stone Bridge 17:42.90
12, Peter Johnson, Freedom, 17:45.91
13, Nicholas Robles, Stone Bridge 17:47.38
14, Ryan Faulkner, Briar Woods 17:48.34
15, Matt Holton, Heritage 17:56.03
16, Brandon Tully, Broad Run 18:00.12
17, Joel Martinez, Loudoun Valley 18:02.45
18, Jimmy O’Neill, Briar Woods 18:03.39
19, Mike Keiter, Broad Run 18:06.19
20, Drew Holcomb, Heritage 18:10.03

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Octoberfest Invitational At Great Meadows
Saturday October 4th, 2008

Boys A Race                  
Boys B Race                  
Boys JV Upper               
Boys JV Under

Girls A Race
Girls B Race
Girls JV Upper
Girls JV Under

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Leesburg (Oct. 3, 2008) – Broad Run 21, Heritage 13
Two Chris Jessop-to-Adrian Flemming TDs in the second quarter erased a 7-0 Pride lead. Breon Earl’s short punt return for a score provided the final cushion as Josh Thiel hit two second half field goals for Heritage. Pride QB Zach Gordon got the Homecoming crowd fired up with a first quarter score to Dan Dykema. Heritage drove to the Spartan 2 in the waning minutes only to have Joseph Walter intercept a pass in the end zone and return it 57 yards. BR then ran the clock out. Ross Madison gained 131 yards on 25 attempts for the Pride. BR 2-0, 5-0. Her 0-2, 3-2. 

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Broad Run Spartans 21, Heritage Pride 13

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From: Dan Sousa, LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor

To: LPS Viewers!

Well we are still working out our software updates here at DigitalSports so our content is a bit backed up. We are also working out some issues as some of the Sports Centrals and School sites are coming back online.

Rest assured, Alysia “Sideout” Deem and myself are out covering events and we have a lot of good stuff (official term for stories, videos, photos, LPS Monkey musings) to put up. Here is what to expect in the next 72 hours:

Football: Dan is covering Potomac Falls at Loudoun County tonight and Alysia will be at Broad Run at Heritage. Expect video highlights, interviews and photos from both games. Plus we have to get our You  Pick’Em back up! In the meantime, here is Sneak Peak:

You Pick’Em: Last Week’s Winners: Congrats to John Koren, one of our biggest winners two years ago, back in the winner’s circle with his 28-7 BR pick over BW (final was 29-0). He edged out Landon Hawes, young son of PF boys hoops coach Jeff Hawes! Koren also tied with SB baseball coach Sam Plank in our other game as both had PF winning 35-21 over Heritage, off by 13 in the surprising 48-21 final.

This week’s Game: Potomac Falls at Loudoun County (send the final score predictions into Dan email:dsousa@digitalsports.com).

Also in football, here is our latest Power Ranking:

1, Stone Bridge (5-0). 2, Broad Run (4-0). 3, Potomac Falls (4-0). 4, Briar Woods (3-1). 5, Heritage (3-1). 6, Loudoun County (3-1). 7, Loudoun Valley (0-4). 8, Park View (1-3). 9, Dominion (1-3). 10, Freedom (1-3).

Tonight’s games: PF @ LC; BR @ Heritage; Dominion @ BW; PV @ Freedom; Fauquier (4-0) @ Valley; and SB @ South Lakes (1-4).

News: Freedom RB Jeff Pugh likely out for the season. We wish him a speedy recovery!

(Our football stats are behind but we are collected the data … either we will post it over the weekend or send it in with those Lucky Charm box tops to get a glow-in-the-dark decoder ring.)

Volleyball: Dan covered the Briar Woods win over Dominion last night and Alysia was at LC’s win over Potomac Falls. Check back for the story including video highlights and interviews and photos.

Volleyball scoreboard: LC 3, PF 0, BW 3, Dom 1; Her 3, PV 0; BR 3, Free 0; LV 3, Battlefield 2 (Vikes come from behind to take control of first place in Cedar Run District); SB 3, Marshall 0 (Bulldogs open Liberty District play with a win). Check back for a round-up with details on these matches.

We also have the latest Off the Net blog entry from NoDinx to post.

Latest Volleyball Power Rankings: 1, Loudoun County. 2, Loudoun Valley. 3, Heritage. 4, Potomac Falls. 5, Briar Woods. On the bubble: Broad Run, Stone Bridge, Dominion

Cheer: This afternoon we will put up a preview of Saturday’s big cheer meet at Park View. After the meet, check back for a story with video and photos!

Golf: We have video from last week’s Dulles District tournament to put up. We will also have full coverage of Valley’s attempt at repeating as the Northwest Region champion.

Cross Country: BW runners set some records yesterday, check back for details. Plus Dan is working on a fun feature story about ultra-marathon running with interviews with Dominion XC coach Brian Schmidt and LC XC coach Courtney Campbell.

Whew! Not enough for you … for the love of … OK, how about this: Alysia went to the Team Joe charity golf event this morning and has photos and videos (Joe Petrella is so cute! LPS Monkey says uncle Ron Petrella ain’t half bad … not sure what to make of that comment) … We have PF Athletes of the Month to post … an interview with new SB girls soccer coach Joan Windows (her third head coaching job so we reserve the right to call her Windows 3.0) … and breaking news on another coaching hire (shhhh … Paul Tenorio, our favorite WashPost reporter, might be reading …. So we won’t give it away!).

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