Loudoun: Home of the State Champions!

(Dec. 14, 2009) - Broad Run High School's VHSL Division 4 state football title Saturday crowned a banner fall for Loudoun schools as four state titles were brought home including Loudoun County and Loudoun Valley in volleyball and Briar Woods in competitive cheer.

As far as state titles goes, this is the golden age for Loudoun athletics as local schools have hauled home eight tiles in the past 12 months along and a whopping 37 since 2000. In the previous 30 years, a total of 18 titles were won.

Even if you take into account the expanding number of high schools in Loudoun -- Stone Bridge opening in 2000 was the county's fifth high school and there are now 10 total -- the athletes are still have greater success. In the 1980s, for example, there were four high school and eight total titles won or two per every school. In this decade, even if all 10 high schools had been opened since 2000, the average would be 3.7 or almost double.

In football alone there have been more state title appearances (5) and titles won (3) since 2005 than there were in the previous 35 years where there were four appearances and one title total.