Boys Hoops: Dominion 67, Broad Run 41 + Loudoun Top 5 Poll

Wednesday Night Scoreboard

Boys Basketball
Potomac Falls 72, Briar Woods 42
The Skinny: Panthers bounce back after back-to-back losses to Dominion and Broad Run. Lukas Mihailovich scored 20 for PF.
Dominion 67, Broad Run 41

The Skinny: DeAndre Albritton almost had a double-double in the first half as the Titans blow past the Spartans. Albritton finished with 20 points and a career-best 16 rebounds.

Freedom 71, Park View 60

The Skinny: Eagles, behind 25 from Ron Campbell, gain their first Dulles District victory of the season and first ever win against Park View. Patriots, like Spartans, fall three games behind district-leading Titans. Marcus Freedom leads PV with 26.
Loudoun County 59, Heritage 50

The Skinny: Joe Bushrod scores 32 as the Raiders have now won three straight district games after opening 0-4 in Dulles play. Stephen Shockley hit for 23 for the Pride including five 3-pointers.

Girls Basketball
Briar Woods 53, Potomac Falls 48

The Skinny: Kim Bell scores 27 as Falcons snap a two-game skid.
Broad Run 47, Dominion 35

The Skinny: Chelsea Gantt scores 19 as the Spartans remain just one game behind of Loudoun County for second in the Dulles District.
Freedom 50, Park View 22

The Skinny: Eagles improve to 7-0 in the Dulles District, having run the table during the first half of the district schedule
Loudoun County 61, Heritage 40

The Skinny: Raiders bounce back from loss at Freedom with Brittany Batts scoring 15.

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Cheers Sports Presents the Leaders of the Night

Boys Top Five in Scoring

32 – Joe Bushrod (LC) vs. Heritage
26 – Marcus Freeman (PV) vs. Freedom
25 – Ron Campbell (Free) vs. Park View

23 – Stephen Shockley (Her) vs. Loudoun County

20 – DeAndre Albritton (D) vs. Broad Run
20 – Lukas Mihailovich (PF) vs. Briar Woods

Girls Top Five in Scoring

27 – Kim Bell (BW) vs. Potomac Falls
19 – Kelsey Buchanan (Free) vs. Park View
19 – Chelsea Gantt (BR) vs. Dominion
16 – Jasmin Jefferies (PF) vs. Briar Woods
15 – Brittany Batts (LC) vs. Heritage

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LoudounPrepSports.com Power Poll

Boys

1. Dominion Titans

Two DeAndre’s. Two Smuckers. One Good team

2. Loudoun Valley Vikings

Area’s best kept secret as Vikes play in Cedar Run District

3. Stone Bridge Bulldogs

Bulldogs quietly just a half game out of first in the Liberty Disrict with 4-2 mark after wins over Madison, Langley and McLean

4. Broad Run Spartans
Lackluster performance Wednesday drops

5. Potomac Falls Panthers
Panthers with two losses in past week

Bubble: Park View

Girls

1. Freedom Eagles
Wake us when the playoffs start as we think the Eagles are flyin’ to States

2. Loudoun County Raiders

Raiders looking for a way to climb ahead of Eagles

3. Loudoun Valley Vikings
Quietly building a nice season in Cedar Run

4. Broad Run Spartans
Flying under the radar but BR could be a sleeper in Dulles District tournament

5. Park View Patriots
Only 22 points against Freedom but otherwise doing fine despite not having a full roster this season due to injuries

Bubble: Briar Woods

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Titans Blow Past Broad Run to Remain Perfect in Dulles District

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor

Sterling (Jan. 15, 2009) – Wednesday’s Dulles District boys basketball game between Dominion and Broad Run figured to be a close afffair as the two teams played a thrilling holiday tournament game with the Spartans taking away a slim victory after Titan senior guard DeAndre Albritton’s buzzer beater rattled around and out. It was all Dominion Wednesday from start to finish and the Titans weren’t asking for refunds as they were perfectly happy to watch their team improve to 6-0 in district play.

Albritton almost had a double-double in the first half and finished with a game-high 20 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, in little over three quarters work. Greg Smucker had nine points alone in the third quarter and finished with 16 points for the Titans, who will host Briar Woods Friday to complete the first half of the district schedule. The game is a make-up from December.

The loss dropped Broad Run to 4-3 in district, three games behind Dominion in the loss column. It was more good news for Dominion Wednesday as Park View also suffered its third district defeat. Potomac Falls is two games back of the Titans, who have never won a district basketball title and have only secured a gymnastics title and two wrestling titles since the school opened in 2003.

Former legendary Loudoun Valley High Schooll boys coach Scott Douglas, father of Dominion coach Steve Douglas, said after the game Wednesday that this was about as good as he has seen the Titans play. Broad Run coach John Costello, who just about used up all his timeouts in the first half in an attempt to wake up his team as they 11-2 and trailed 26-10 by early in the second quarter, could only wonder how his team could have had its worst performance of the year after playing its best half in a comeback win over Potomac Falls Monday night.

The Spartans did not have a single player in double digits in the game as the Titan defense held junior Kevin McGaughey, averaging 16.5 points per game, to just nine.

It didn’t get any better for Broad Run after halftime as the Spartans trailed by 13, 33-20, and never got closer as Smucker and Albritton combined for 15 points to stretch the lead to 49-24 with three minutes still to play in the third.

Box
Dominion 57, Broad Run 41
BR: Snow 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 0-0 4, Earl 4 1-2 9, McGaughey 3 3-6 9, Field 0 0-0 0, Saidi 2 0-0 5, Sanders 3 2-2 9, Sandersen 1 0-2 2, Zafar 1 1-3 3. Totals 16 7-15 41.

D: Reaves 4 0-0 9, Good 2 0-0 4, SSmucker 6 2-2 16, Huff 3 0-0 8, Albritton 8 2-4 20, SSmucker 4 0-2 8, Biller 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 4-8 67.

3-Point Field Goals: BR 2 (Saidi, Sanders), D 7 (GSmucker 2, Huff 2, Albritton 2, Reaves 1).

Score by Quarters

Broad Run 10 10 9 12 – 41

Dominion 21 12 22 12 – 67