Basketball: Season Tips Off with Dulles Nissan Titan Classic; Key Dulles District Match-Ups

(Nov. 28, 2011) - While the Briar Woods High School football team is still playing in the VHSL state playoffs, the winter season officially tips off tonight with the Dulles Nissan Titan Classic at Dominion High School and several other boys and girls basketball contests including a home-and-away Dulles District rivalry games in Leesburg between Heritage and Tuscarora.

At Dominion tonight, Marshall girls takes on Middleburg Academy at 6 p.m. followed by the host Titans against Falls Church at 8 p.m. On Tuesday the boys take to the court at Dominion with Colonial Forge playing Forest Park at 6 p.m. followed by the host Titans against Falls Church at 8.

The girls continue play Wednesday with Falls Church facing Middleburg at 6 and Dominion vs. Marshall at 8. The tournament concludes on Thursday with the boys second night: Falls Church vs. Forest Park at 6 and Dominion vs. Colonial Forge at 8.

With a 16-game regular season schedule to fit it, the 9-team Dulles District wastes no time in getting to some big contests including an interesting Loudoun County vs. Potomac Falls home-and-away match-up Tuesday. The Panthers are coming off back-to-back state titles but graduated almost their entire squad with the big returning, NCAA Division I signee Greg Graves.

VivaLoudoun will be putting together a master schedule for all of the winter but here are the season-openers for all 24 varsity basketball teams:


Girls Openers
Briar Woods: Wed. Nov. 30 at Fauquier
Broad Run: Thurs. Dec. 1 at George Mason
Dominion: Tonight vs. Falls Church at Dulles Nissan Tip Off
Freedom: Tonight at Loudoun Valley
Heritage: Tonight vs. Tuscarora
Loudoun County: Tues. Nov. 29 vs. Potomac Falls
Loudoun Valley: Tonight vs. Freedom
Park View: Fri. Dec. 2 at Loudoun Valley
Potomac Falls: Tues. Nov. 29 at Loudoun County
Stone Bridge: Tues. Nov. 29 vs. Loudoun Valley
Tuscarora: Tonight at Heritage
Woodgrove: Wed. Nov. 30 vs. James Wood

Boys Openers
Briar Woods: Tues. Dec. 6 at Woodgrove
Broad Run: Thurs. Dec. 1 vs. Heritage at Loudoun County Tip Off
Dominion: Tues. Nov. 29 vs. Falls Church at Dulles Nissan Tip Off
Freedom: Tonight vs. Loudoun Valley
Heritage: Tonight at Tuscarora
Loudoun County: Tues. Nov. 29 at Potomac Falls
Loudoun Valley: Tonight at Freedom
Park View: Fri. Dec. 2 vs. Loudoun Valley
Potomac Falls: Tues. Nov. 29 vs Loudoun County
Stone Bridge: Tues. Nov. 29 vs. Loudoun Valley
Tuscarora: Tonight vs. Heritage
Woodgrove: Tues. Nov. 29 vs. Handley