Girls Basketball: Loudoun County Opens Season with Big Win over Heritage

Leesburg (Dec. 7, 2010) - The Loudoun County High School girls basketball team opened the 2010-11 season with a 67-39 victory at Heritage in head coach Derek Fisher's debut.

Fisher takes over for Kevin Reed who left Leesburg to take the Sherando job.

After leading 21-18 at the half Monday, the Raiders went on a 30-8 run in the 3rd quarter to put the game out of reach.

LC junior guard Erica Linnemann scored a career-high 27 points (15 in the 3rd Quarter) to lead the scoring. Senior guard Brittany Batts scored 23 points, and junior guard Alex Lapple added 14. Haley Knudsen led the way on the boards with 15.

The Raiders will play this season without junior standout Jenna Strange who helped the team to a state title her freshman year as she is concentrating on volleyball where she has helped the Raiders to three consecutive state titles, the latest coming last month.