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Greater Loudoun U14 Babe Ruth Wins VA Title and Heads to SE Regional

Posted on 28 July 2009 by .

 

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
(July 28, 2009) – The Greater Loudoun U14 Babe Ruth team enjoyed a final practice on a sunny evening in Ashburn Monday night prior to hitting the road for the Southeast Regional in Florida.
The young Lions — most of them are either rising freshmen or sophomores in high school with Heritage, Loudoun Valley, Paul VI and Stone Bridge all represented — earned the right to play at Fernandina Beach, Fla. after a dramatic win in the Virginia state tournament at Colonial Heights a week ago.
Greater Loudoun started the summer slow with three losses at a tournament and then dropped the opener in the district series with Stafford but bounced back to make it to the state tournament. In the state tournament the Lions had three come from behind wins and then an incredible 11-inning victory over rival McLean/Falls Church in the title game after dropping an earlier game to the Fairfax County nine. Click here for a clip of the dramatic audio. For the complete game on audio plus video interviews please visit the Terry Sisiisky Play-by-Play Sportscasts website at http://www.terrysisisky.com/.
The Southeast Regional is being host at Fernandina Beach in Florida, near Jacksonville.
Greater Loudoun has gotten a bye on the first day and will open play on Friday July 31 at 2:30 p.m. against the winner of Nassau (Bahamas) vs. Longwood (FL).
Tournament Schedule – First Two Days
July 30
McLean-Great Falls (VA) vs. Jupiter (FL), 10 a.m.
Giles County (TN) vs. Huntsville (AL) 12:30
Nassau (Bahamas) vs. Longwood (FL) 3
Greenville (NC) vs. Fernandina Beach (FL) 5:30
July 31
North Columbus (GA) vs. McLean-Falls Church/Jupiter winner, 9:30 a.m.
Tallahassee (FL) vs. Giles/Hunstville winner, noon
Greater Loudoun (VA) vs. Nassau/Longwood winner, 2:30
Union County (NC) vs. Greenvile/Fernandina Beach winner, 5 p.m.



Greater Loudoun 
Babe Ruth U14 Virginia State Champions
Daniel Delaney (Stone Bridge)
Daniel Graves (Loudoun Valley)
Lucas Martinez
David Miller (Loudoun Valley)
Andrew Munford
Trevor Pike (Loudoun Valley)
Dan Robinson (Heritage)
Joe Salzano (Paul VI)
Pete Sotos (Heritage)
Blake Southerland (Loudoun Valley)
Sean Walker (Heritage)
Drew Woodford (Heritage)
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Greater Loudoun’s Run at the U18 Babe Ruth SE Regional Ends

Posted on 28 July 2009 by .

 

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
Purcellville (July 27, 2009) – Greater Loudoun’s run at the U18 Babe Ruth Southeast Regional tournament came to an end Monday afternoon with a 6-2 loss to Costal Plains of Eastern North Carolina.
It was the second loss in the tournament for the host Lions against Costal Plains. After the tournament opening loss last Thursday, Greater Loudoun reeled off three straight wins.
Costal Plains fell Monday night to Mobile, Ala. which in turn lost to tournament champion, Baxter, Tenn. Tuesday morning. Baxter took the tournament with a perfect 4-0 mark.

Scores
Thursday
Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 4, Vienna (Virginia) 3
Oviedo (South Florida) 7, Western North Carolina 1
Jacksonville (North Florida) 11, Harris County (Georgia) 0 (5 innings)
Costal Plains (Eastern North Carolina) 10, Greater Loudoun (Host team) 3

Friday
Baxter (Tennessee) 10, Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 0
Mobile (Alabama) 9, Costal Plains (Eastern North Carolina) 7
Greater Loudoun 9, Harris County (Harris County eliminated) 0
Western North Carolina 9, Vienna 5 (8 innings) (Vienna eliminated)

Saturday
Greater Loudoun 7, Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 0 (Starr Tigers eliminated)
Eastern North Carolina 11, Western North Carolina 0 (6 innings) (WNC eliminated)
Baxter (TN) 7, Jacksonville (NFL) 2
Mobile (AL) 11, Oviedo (SFL) 1 (5 innings)
Sunday
1 p.m. – Eastern North Carolina 3, Jacksonville (NFL) 2 (8 innings) (Jacksonville eliminated)
4 p.m. – Greater Loudoun 2, Oviedo (SFL) 1 (Oviedo eliminated)
7 p.m. – Baxter (TN) 7, Mobile (AL) 6
Monday
4 p.m. – Costal Plains (ENC) 6, Greater Loudoun 2 (Greater Loudouin eliminated)
7 p.m. – Mobile (AL) 17, Costal Plains 7 (Costal Plains eliminated)
Tuesday 
10 a.m. – Baxter (TN) 8, Mobile (AL) 4 (Baxter TN wins tournament)
Greater Loudoun Roster
1 Dustin Drewyer
2 Ryan Cummings
3 Ryan Howe
4 Trey Brocke
5 Thomas Meier
6 Daniel Savage
7 Brian Balagurchik
8 Peter Harbolick
9 Ivan Anderson
15 Nick Fischer
17 Andrew Creamer
16 Michael Goldstein
21 David Phillips
22 Louis Huggins
24 Warner Workman
25 Adam Reed
28 Thomas Moxley
Head caoch – Steve Ross
Assistant – Adam Carluccio
Assistant – Danny Lyons

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Greater Loudoun Makes it Three Straight at U18 SE Babe Ruth Regional

Posted on 27 July 2009 by .

 

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
Purcellville (July 26, 2009) – Nobody told the host team at the U18 Babe Ruth Southeast Regional that they weren’t suppossed to win but the Greater Loudoun Lions did just that for a third straight day as Trey Brocke earned his second win of the tournament, a gutsy complete game effort, complimented by defensive gems including game-saving catches in the outfield by Louis Huggins and Michael Goldstein in the final two innings to save a 2-1 win over Oviedo, Fla.
Goldstein, with his catch at the fence in right-center with two outs and two runners on in the sixth inning, and Huggins, with his dramatic catch deep in right to end the game with the tying run racing around the bases, not only provided the defensive flair but they combined for the go-ahead run in the top of fifth inning as Goldstein singled to the left side hole with two outs, scoring Huggins. Earlier in the inning, with Greater Loudoun down 1-0, Nick Fischer drew a one-out walk and then pinch runner Ivan Anderson moved around the bases on three wild pitches, the final sending him sliding across the plate to tie the game.
Brocke, who had thrown about 50 pitches Friday night in a win, pitched a complete-game victory Sunday, throwing about 90 pitches while allowing just four hits with two walks and a hit batter. Oviedo had runners on base but could hit just 2 for 12 against Brocke with runners on base.
It wasn’t just the two dramatic outfield catches that saved Greater Loudoun but in the sixth inning with runners on second and third with one out, a chopper was hit to GL third baseman Warner Workman and he threw to Tommy Meier at the plate who tagged the runner out. The next batter then hit a shot to the right-center gap that Goldstein tracked down at the fence.
The game was delayed by almost two hours in the third inning due to lightning and passing storm that dumped water on the field. The Fireman’s Field ground crew did a super job of getting the field back into playing condition.
Greater Loudoun now faces a rematch with the team that put them into the loser’s bracket to start the tournament, Coastal Plains of Eastern North Carolina. Costal Plains won 10-3 on Thursday.
The task before Greater Loudoun, having already played four games in four days, is almost unhuman: they most win four games in the next 24 hours to become champions of the region. If they win at 4 p.m. Monday, they then play
Mobile, Ala. at 7 p.m. A win in both ends of the doubleheader puts them into the finals Tuesday, which have been pushed up from 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. If Greater Loudoun can win both games Monday and beat undefeated Baxter, Tenn. Tuesday morning, they must then turn around and play Baxter again at 1 p.m. Tuesday to take the double elimination tournament. 
While that schedule is more than daunting, nobody expected Greater Loudoun to still be playing and as the wildcard in the tournament, who knows how far they can extened their run.


Scores
Thursday
Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 4, Vienna (Virginia) 3
Oviedo (South Florida) 7, Western North Carolina 1
Jacksonville (North Florida) 11, Harris County (Georgia) 0 (5 innings)
Costal Plains (Eastern North Carolina) 10, Greater Loudoun (Host team) 3

Friday
Baxter (Tennessee) 10, Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 0
Mobile (Alabama) 9, Costal Plains (Eastern North Carolina) 7
Greater Loudoun 9, Harris County (Harris County eliminated) 0
Western North Carolina 9, Vienna 5 (8 innings) (Vienna eliminated)

Saturday
Greater Loudoun 7, Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 0 (Starr Tigers eliminated)
Eastern North Carolina 11, Western North Carolina 0 (6 innings) (WNC eliminated)
Baxter (TN) 7, Jacksonville (NFL) 2
Mobile (AL) 11, Oviedo (SFL) 1 (5 innings)
Sunday
1 p.m. – Eastern North Carolina 3, Jacksonville (NFL) 2 (8 innings) (Jacksonville eliminated)
4 p.m. – Greater Loudoun 2, Oviedo (SFL) 1 (Oviedo eliminated)
7 p.m. – Baxter (TN) 7, Mobile (AL) 6
Monday
4 p.m. – Greater Loudoun vs. Costal Plains (ENC)
7 p.m. – winner of 4 p.m. game vs. Mobile (AL)
Tuesday 
10 a.m. – Winner of second game Monday vs. Baxter (TN)
1 p.m. – Only played if Baxter (TN) loses first game Tuesday
Greater Loudoun Roster
1 Dustin Drewyer
2 Ryan Cummings
3 Ryan Howe
4 Trey Brocke
5 Thomas Meier
6 Daniel Savage
7 Brian Balagurchik
8 Peter Harbolick
9 Ivan Anderson
15 Nick Fischer
17 Andrew Creamer
16 Michael Goldstein
21 David Phillips
22 Louis Huggins
24 Warner Workman
25 Adam Reed
28 Thomas Moxley
Head caoch – Steve Ross
Assistant – Adam Carluccio
Assistant – Danny Lyons

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Greater Loudoun Storms into Sunday in Babe Ruth U18 SE Regional

Posted on 25 July 2009 by .

 

Please check back for video interviews and complete scores as well as a recap of all the tournament games
By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
Purcellville (July 25, 2009) – The Greater Loudoun U18 Babe Ruth team lost its opener in the Southeast Regional tournament at Fireman’s Field but bounced back with big back-to-back shutout victories Friday and Saturday to move into Sunday’s action with a 4 p.m. game scheduled.
After falling 10-3 on Thursday to Costal Plains, Greater Loudoun blanked Harris County (Ga.) 9-0 on Friday with Trey Brocke (5 innings, 9 strikeouts) and Ryan Howe (2 innings, 5 strikeouts) combining on a 1-hitter with 14 strikeouts and then the home team rolled past the Starr (S.C.) Tigers, 7-0, on Saturday with David Phillips (5 innings) and Thomas Moxley (2 innings) combining on a 4-hitter.
Please check back for more on the games …

Scores
Thursday
Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 4, Vienna (Virginia) 3
Oviedo (South Florida) 7, Western North Carolina 1
Jacksonville (North Florida) 11, Harris County (Georgia) 0 (5 innings)
Costal Plains (Eastern North Carolina) 10, Greater Loudoun (Host team) 3

Friday
Baxter (Tennessee) 10, Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 0
Mobile (Alabama) 9, Costal Plains (Eastern North Carolina) 7
Greater Loudoun 9, Harris County (Harris County eliminated) 0
Western North Carolina 9, Vienna 5 (8 innings) (Vienna eliminated)

Saturday
Greater Loudoun 7, Starr Tigers (South Carolina) 0 (Starr Tigers eliminated)
Eastern North Carolina 11, Western North Carolina 0 (6 innings) (WNC eliminated)
Baxter (TN) 7, Jacksonville (NFL) 2
Mobile (AL) 11, Oviedo (SFL) 1 (5 innings)
Sunday
1 p.m. – Eastern North Carolina 3, Jacksonville (NFL) 2 (8 innings) (Jacksonville eliminated)
4 p.m. – Greater Loudoun vs. Oviedo (SFL)
7 p.m. – Baxter (TN) vs. Mobile (AL)
Monday
4 p.m. – TBA
7 p.m. – TBA
Tuesday 
4 p.m. – TBA
7 p.m. – TBA
Greater Loudoun Roster
1 Dustin Drewyer
2 Ryan Cummings
3 Ryan Howe
4 Trey Brocke
5 Thomas Meier
6 Daniel Savage
7 Brian Balagurchik
8 Peter Harbolick
9 Ivan Anderson
15 Nick Fischer
17 Andrew Creamer
16 Michael Goldstein
21 David Phillips
22 Louis Huggins
24 Warner Workman
25 Adam Reed
28 Thomas Moxley
Head caoch – Steve Ross
Assistant – Adam Carluccio
Assistant – Danny Lyons
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Heritage and Loudoun County Gymnastics Coach Aubel Honored

Posted on 23 July 2009 by .

By Dan Sousa

LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
Leesburg (July 23, 2009) – Jenny Aubel, gymnastics coach for both Heritage High School and Loudoun County High School, recently received two awards at the Virginia High School Coaches Association banquet.
Aubel was honored for coaching 25 years and for reaching the 200+ coaching victory mark at the dinner held July 8 at the Hampton Golf Club.
Loudoun County captured the 2008-09 Dulles District gymnastics title under Aubel’s guidance.
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Sanders, Swankowski Earn U.S. Lacrosse All-American Honors

Posted on 09 July 2009 by .

 

Each year USLacrosse (http://www.uslacrosse.org) honors the best of each region (in the U.S.), lacrosse coaches and players…
 
The list of USLacrosse honorees from Loudoun County is attached. 
Academic All American
Derek Maltz  (Stone Bridge ‘11)
All American
Tim Sanders (Broad Run Graduate ‘09)
All American
Garrett Swankowski (Loudoun Valley ‘10)
Coach of the Year
Dave Forman (Broad Run)
Assistant Coach of the Year
David Smith (Dominion)
Man of the Year
David Blevins (Heritage- Volunteer)

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Loudoun to Charge Athletes $100 Per Sport Next School Year

Posted on 02 July 2009 by .

 

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
(June 24, 2009) – Parents and athletes better start saving their pennies this summer as the Loudoun County Public Schools will charge next year to play sports for the public high schools. The new fee is not cheap either at $100 per sport.
While those eligible for the free lunch program may have the fee waived, there are no built in caps per family or athlete such that a family with three students playing two sports each next year would pay a whopping $600 fee.
See below for the offical letter on the new fees from LCPS.

Feedback: What do you think of the new fee? Email us at dsousa@digitalsports.coma and we will print your comment here!

–– Michael Turner writes:

Regarding the new athletic fee implemented by the Loudoun County Public Schools, has the county determined the answer to a couple of questions:
1. Where does the money collected go to? Who controls it? What happens to the money?
2. There will be schools that “collect” more money than others.  Stone Bridge may collect more money than say Park View. Does the money get redistributed to the schools? 
3. Who is going to tell a parent that they are not eligible for a discount or exemption from the fee? And when kids are paying money to pay, who is going to deal with a parent who complains that their kid isn’t getting a lot of playing time despite paying a lot of money to the school?

This part of the “budget” isn’t a cut. It is a money-making feature. So, in theory if there are 300-400 kids participating in HS sports over the three seasons, a school could conceivably collect $30,000-40,000. Multiply that by 10-12 high schools and the county will collect nearly half a million dollars. Not a huge drop in the bucket in ther overall budget but it could save some people their jobs or take care of say freshman sports.  Add to that the student parking fees that may bring it money, the county will make some money.


— Clarence Zarobila writes:

This is a bad idea and will lead to the end of competitive high school sports in Loudoun County. In my opinion, the following will occur:
 
1.    roster sizes will shrink, as coaches will only take the most talented players because they will not want to deal with disgruntled parents of “bubble” players;
 
2.    grumbling from the parents of those on the roster who don’t play as much (regardless of what euphemism is used to describe the participation fee) will put added pressure on the coaches. This will eventually lead to
 
3.    complaints from these parents to the ADs, who will then refer the parents to LCPS Board.  LCPS will be forced to introduce a minimum play rule, thus guaranteeing a mediocre level of play;
 
4.    then, talented coaches, not wanting to deal with Loudoun’s system, will eventually flee to a school system where they will be free of Loudoun’s constraints;
 
5.    and worst of all, the best players may not be able to pay the fee. Or, their play time will be seriously diminished by the less-than-talented players.  How will this help the talented players who have a chance to compete at the next level? It won’t. Will we see the end of athletic scholarships and championships because of this silly fee? Probably.
 
I am glad my son is a rising Senior. He and I will have only one year in this system, and with great interest we will be watching the chaos that is going to emerge.
 
Thank you Digital Sports for allowing comment on this matter.


Dear
Parents of High School Athletes,

Beginning the fall of 2009, Loudoun
County Public Schools will require that each student pay a non-refundable athletic fee of $100 for each sport in which he or
she is a confirmed member.  Athletes that
tryout and become an official team member will be required to pay the athletic
fee prior to the first official contest in order to be eligible to
compete.  Fees collected will contribute
to the Loudoun County Public Schools budget to assist with coaching salaries, security,
field maintenance, transportation costs, and VHSL Membership fees.  The assessment of fees has been implemented at
the direction of the School Board.  There
is no relationship of  athletic fees to a
guarantee of student playing time. 
Playing time for athletes is the sole decision of the Head Coach and
his/her staff.


The fee will be waived for students that
qualify for the free lunch
program.  The free lunch form must be
completed by the parent to document eligibility.  Athletic fees may be paid on-line by credit
card through the Loudoun County Public Schools payment portal system or by
cash, check or money order at the school. 
We anticipate the on-line payment portal to be available for use on or
before August 1, 2009.

 
If you have any questions, please
contact the high school which your son/daughter attends.

 

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