Girls Volleyball: One for the Thumb! Loudoun County Rallies for 5th AA State Title in Six Years

Richmond (Nov. 19, 2012) - The Loudoun County High School girls volleyball team started out fast Saturday in the VHSL AA state title match at VCU, but then found themselves down 2-1 to Hidden Valley, and trailing big in the 4th set, 16-10. 

With their dream of a state championship fading away, the Raiders charged back to win the 4th and 5th sets to take the match 25-22, 20-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-11. The Raiders rally brought home the program's 5th championship in six years, and ties the VHSL record of most girls volleyball titles with Cave Spring at five. 

Loudoun County won their 18th consecutive match and finished their season at 28-1 on the season. 

Cross Country: VHSL AA Girls State Meet

(Nov. 10, 2012) - Full results from today's VHSL AA girls state cross country meet:

VIRGINIA STATE XC CHAMPIONSHIP - GIRLS AA
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Results by runhigh.com

PLACE TEAM                POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS              AVG. TIME SPREAD

  1 Blacksburg               86    3    7   14   24   38   45   49    19:35    1:57
  2 Grafton                 129    5    9   10   52   53  105  109    19:56    1:41
  3 Jefferson Forest        130    4   21   29   34   42   43   58    20:00    1:25
  4 Hidden Valley           131    1   20   28   35   47   87         19:51    2:31
  5 Tuscarora               157   13   15   32   46   51   68   74    20:12    1:14

Breaking: Tuscarora Girls Take 5th at AA State Cross Country Meet; Loudoun County's Patrick Joseph 2nd in Boys Race

(Nov. 10, 2012) - The Tuscarora High School girls cross country team capped a wonderful season in The Plains today with a fifth place finish at the VHSL AA state meet. In the boys race Loudoun County senior Patrick Joseph finished off his brilliant Raider career with a second place finish. In 2011 he was fourth overall and as a sophomore he was 18th.

Check back for complete results later today.

Golf: Loudoun Valley JR Ian Hildebrand Finishes Runner-up at AA State Tournament

Harrisonburg (Oct. 10, 2012) - Loudoun Valley High School junior Ian Hildebrand finished runner-up at the AA state golf tournament at the Lakeview Golf Club, just missing the state title after Blacksburg's Ryan Monday shot a sizzling 67 Tuesday for at two-day total fo 145 to edge Hildebrand by a stroke.

Heritage's Ryan Douglass earned all-state honors with a tie for 8th at 148 and Dominion's Erik Dulik just missed all-state by a stroke, shooting 149.

Salem ran away with the team title with a 597, 25 strokes better than runner-up Spotswood. Dominion finish 7th with a 648. Full results:

Football: Tuscarora, Woodgrove Join Stone Bridge, Briar Woods in AP State Polls

(Sept. 26, 2012) - In just their third season of play both the Tuscarora and Woodgrove high school football teams broke into the AP's Virginia state football polls this week with Tuscarora, with a big win over Loudoun County, breaking in at No. 8 in AA and Woodgrove, also undefeated like the Huskies, moving in at No. 10.

2-time defending Division 4 state champion Briar Woods continues to be No. 2 in AA, just a hair behind No. 1 Brookville. Amherst County, Salem, James Monroe, Christiansburg and Region II's Kettle Run are 3-7 with Smithfield sandwiched between Tuscarora and Woodgrove.

In AAA, Unbeaten Stone Bridge remains at No. 5 just ahead of nemesis Phoebus. Oscar Smith, Hermitage, Westfield and Salem-Virginia Beach are 1-4. Lake Taylor, Ocean Lakes, North Stafford and Varina are 6-10.

Football: Briar Woods, Stone Bridge, Loudoun County All Ranked in State by AP

(Sept. 17, 2012) - The AP Virginia sportswriter's high school football polls have been released and three Loudoun teams are ranked with Briar Woods No. 2 in AA and Loudoun County is tied for No. 6. In AAA, Stone Bridge is ranked No. 5.

Hermitage is No. 1 in AAA, just ahead of No. 2 Oscar Smith with both schools receiving three first-place votes apiece. Also getting first place votes: Westfield (No. 3), Phoebus (No. 7) and Ocean Lakes (No. 8). In AA, Brookville is first despite have three first place votes to Briar Woods' four. Amherst County (No. 3) also picked up a first place vote. Essex received seven of nine first place votes to take the top spot in A.

  See the complete polls for A, AA and AAA on InsideNova.com.

Girls Soccer: Woodgrove's Barrett Named AA Coach of the Year; Five Area Athletes Selected 1st Team

(Aug. 1, 2012) - Woodgrove High School's Erin Barrett has been named the Virginia High School Coaches Association's AA Girls Soccer Coach of  the Year after leading the Wolverines to the state title in June.

Woodgrove defender Lucy Etro was named first team as was Dominion forward Maria Pinkston. Loudoun County, which finished runner-up to Woodgrove in the state tournament, had three first team selections: forward Shauna Kain, defender Alana Mackey and keeper Kelsey Slack.

VHSCA AA ALL-STATE GIRLS SOCCER

Boys Soccer: Tuscarora's Ceron-Garcia and Briar Woods' Pompilio Named First Team AA All-State

(July 31, 2012) - Tuscarora High School's Angel Ceron-Garcia and Briar Woods' Connor Pompilio have been named to the first team AA all-state boys soccer team by the Virginia High School Coaches Association.

Tuscarora's Ben Ogedegbe was named second team. Patrick Kelly of Jamestown was named the Player of the Year and Jamestown coach Bobby O'Brien took Coach of the Year honors.

VHSCA 2012 AA Boys Soccer All State

Softball: Woodgrove's Spicer Named AA Coach of the Year

(July 31, 2012) - Woodgrove High School's Joe Spicer has been named the Virginia High School Coaches Association AA Coach of the Year after leading the 2nd-year Wolverines to the state title in June.

Named to the first team were pitcher Macy Jones of Briar Woods, OF Sam Thomas of Park View and OF Ashley Cole of Woodgrove.

Second team honors went to pitcher Allie Reid of Woodgrove and OF Brittanne Gasser of Dominion.

VHSCA 2012 AA Softball Selections

Girls Soccer: Road Warriors! Broad Run, Loudoun County Advance to State Semifinals with Road Wins

Darbie Kelley ( above earlier in the year vs.
Stone Bridge) scored in Tuesday's victory

(June 6, 2012) - These girls are Road Warriors! The Broad Run and Loudoun County high school girls soccer teams advanced to their respective VHSL state tournament semifinals with big quarterfinal wins Tuesday.

Broad Run (14-4-5) shocked highly-ranked Kellam (ranked No. 10 in the country by ESPN HS), 2-1, in the AAA state quarterfinals and Loudoun County (17-4-2) rolled over Tabb, 5-0, in the AA state quareterfinals.


Broad Run will face Deep Run, a 3-2 winner over Stone Bridge, in Friday's 8 p.m. state semifinal at Westfield High School. Cosby and Cox face each other in the other semifinal at 6 p.m.

Loudoun County's offense (picture vs. Woodgrove) was
flying high on Tuesday at Tabb with five goals

Loudoun County will face Jefferson Forest, a 3-0 winner over Salem in a noon semifinal at Radford University. Woodgrove faces Blacksburg in the other semifinal at 10 a.m.

VHSL State Tournament: Complete Scores AAA, AA and A

Virginia High School State Tournament Scoreboard
All classifications, All Sports

State quarterfinals at high seeds
AAA
Baseball
Lake Braddock 9, Cosby 0
Hylton 2, Nansemond River 0
Kellam vs. Freedom PPD
James River-Midlothian 6, West Springfield 1

Softball
Cosby 6, Oakton 1
Broad Run 2, Hickory 1
Osbourn Park 6, Great Bridge 4
Patrick Henry-Ashland 4, Stone Bridge 0

Boys Soccer
Lake Braddock 1, Cosby 1 (LB advances 3-2 on PKs)
Albemarle 1, Grassfield 0
Colonial Forge 3, First Colonial 2
Thomas Dale 1, Robinson 0

Girls Soccer
Cosby 2, Woodson 1
Cox 1, Battlefield
Broad Run 2, Kellam 1
Deep Run 3, Stone Bridge 2

AA
Baseball
Cave Spring 8, Jefferson Forest 6
Powhatan 4, King George 3
Brookville 7, Hidden Valley 4
Grafton 3, Monticello 2

Softball
Abingdon 1, Jefferson Forest 0
Woodgrove 3, Culpeper 0
Broadway 3, Richlands 1
Poquoson 1, Briar Woods 0

Boys Soccer
Blacksburg 8, E.C. Glass 1
Tuscarora 4, Tab 0
Jefferson Forest 6, Bassett 0
Jamestown 5, Briar Woods 1

Girls Soccer
Blacksburg 2, Spotswood 0
Woodgrove 3, Grafton 1 (OT)
Jefferson Forest 3, Salem 0
Loudoun County 5, Tabb 0

A2
Baseball
John Battle 4, Fort Chiswell 3
William Monroe 10, Essex 1
Chilhowie 7, Union 6
Nandua 3, Appomattox County 2

Softball
John Battle 1, Glenvar 0
Stuarts Draft 9, Nandua 3
Eastside 7, James River-Buchanan 4
King William 2, Clarke County 1


A1
Baseball
Castlewood 10, Holston 0
Luray 7, Sussex Central 3
Galax vs. Clintwood SUSP
Rappahannock 9, East Rockingham 5

Softball
Holston 13, Clintwood 3
Madison County 16, Chincoteague 1
Bath County 3, Castlewood 0
Rappahannock 2, East Rockingham 1


A
Boys Soccer
Radford 4, Virginia High 0
Manassas Park 2, Nandua 1 (OT)
Gate City 4, Galax 1
Northampton 3, Clarke County 0

Girls Soccer
James River-Buchanan 3, Gate City 0
George Mason 6, Northumberland 0
Graham 7, John Battle 0
Clarke County 12, Northampton 0

VHSL Open Lacrosse Tournament
Girls Semifinals at Westfield
Lanlgey 11, Battlefield 6
Oakton 19, Western Albemarle 6

Tennis
AA Boys
Blacksburg 5, Harrisonburg 4
Western Albemarle 5, Jamestown 2
E.C. Glass 5, Hidden Valley 0
Handley 5, James Monroe 2

AA Girls
Spotswood 5, Cave Spring 3
Western Albemarle 5, James Monroe 2
E.C. Glass 5, Blacksburg 0
Jamestown 5, Fauquier 2

Softball: Briar Woods, Woodgrove AA State Quarterfinal Previews

Courtney Bogan and Amanda Rathjen talk about Woodgrove's
game-winning rally in the 3-2 win over Briar Woods in the Region
2 title game.

(June 5, 2012) - We interrupt the Briar Woods vs. Woodgrove 2-year long softball tour to bring you games against other teams ... but don't be surprised if Briar Woods and Woodgrove aren't playing again later this week.

The two teams that have faced each other nine times since the start of 2011 including five meetings in championship games were at it again Saturday with the Wolverines beating the Falcons 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning in Purcellville.

Last year Briar Woods took the Dulles District and AA state titles while Woodgrove won Region II. This year Woodgrove has won Dulles and Region. Tonight they face Region I opponents with Woodgrove hosting Culpeper and Briar Wood travelling to Poquoson.

On Saturday it was Amanda Rathjen with her first triple of the season in the bottom of the seventh and then Courtney Bogan hit a walk-off single into left field with two outs to set off the celebration.

Culpeper (18-8) at Woodgrove (24-2), 6 p.m.
*Woodgrove has gone 23-1 since losing 1-0 in the opening week to Briar Woods with the lone loss the second game of a non-district doubleheader.
*Woodgrove has shut out 12 of the last 16 opponents faced
*Woodgrove has 14 wins this year by 10 or more runs.
*Woodgrove pitcher Allie Reid has hit three home runs
*Ashley Cole leads WG with 38 RBIs. Reid has 25. Courtney Bogan and Christy Haney each have 17.
*Culppeper lost 2-0 to Poquoson in the Region I finals

Briar Woods (22-4) at Poquoson (24-2), 5 p.m.
*Maggie Tyler threw a 2-hitter in the regional finals with 14 strikeouts for a 2-0 win.
*Tyler is a Virginia Tech recruit and has nine home runs the past two years at the plate. She also is nearing 1,000 career strikeouts. Read more on HRVarsity.com
*Briar Woods senior Macy Jones led the Falcons to a state title last year
*She is the school's all-time leading pitcher and hitter and will play OF for Penn State next year. She has seven home runs this year, despite teams pitching around her often.
*Jones was named the Region II Pitcher of the Year
*The Falcons are 86-17 with Jones as a 4-year starter
*Briar Woods has wins over Broad Run and Stone Bridge, two teams in the AAA quarterfinals tonight

Girls Soccer: Loudoun County, Woodgrove AA State Quarterfinal Previews

Woodgrove's Tabitha McHale talks about her goal in the 1-0
Region II title game win over Loudoun County

(June 5, 2012) - The Woodgrove High School girls soccer team rolls into the state playoffs tonight on a 20-game winning streak fueled by a roster with 10 college-bound athletes. Tabitha McHale's early goal on Saturday was all the scoring for Woodgrove over Dulles District foe Loudoun County in the 1-0 Region II finale.

The Raiders are on the road tonight with high-scoring Shauna Kain up top and hoping for another big game from keeper Kelsey Slack, who had some great saves in the second half Saturday to keep it a 1-goal game.

Grafton (14-2-3) at Woodgrove (21-0-1), 7 p.m.
*Woodgrove has won 20 straight since an opening-week tie with Briar Woods
*Since the start of May only Briar Woods has scored off Woodgrove with the Wolverines registering seven shutous
*Woodgrove made it to the state semifinals in the first year the school opened.
*Morgan Singer leads Grafton with 27 goals scored - More on Grafton from HRVarsity.com
*Grafton must recover from giving up a goal in the final minute of regulation in the regional final game that sent things to overtime and then given up a goal in the final seconds of OT to lose.
*Woodgrove line-up is chalk full of college-bound players including: senior Katie Beebe (Longwood), Lexi Clarke (Stony Brook), Lucy Etro (Wofford), Addie Healy (Washington and Lee), Tabitha McHale (UNC Greensboro), Charlotte Radcliffe (Coastal Carolina), and junior Brittany Basinger (Penn State), Ashley Bonner (American), Bergen Elkjer (Indiana State), and Sarah Hardison (George Mason).
*Bonner leads WG with 18 goals and Hardison has 16 with McHale scoring 12.
*Clarke has 15 assists with Victoria Perry picking up nine.
*Basinger spent time this spring with the US. Women's U-17 team, starting on defense as the team won the CONCACAF championship in Guatemala and qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup this summer in Azerbaijan.

Loudoun County (16-4-2) at Tabb (20-2-1) at Bailey Field
*All 4 of Loudoun County's losses this year have come against unbeaten Woodgrove
*Loudoun County forward Shauna Kain was named the Region II Player of the Year, scoring 21 goals.
*Tabb got a goal from Sydney Omweg in the final minute of regulation to send the Region I title game with Grafton into overtime and then Haley Mill won it int he final seconds of the second OT. - Read more on HRVarsity.com
*Kain will play next year at the University of South Carolina Upstate. LC defensive stalwart Alana Mackey will play at Longwood.
*Many of the seniors on the Raiders roster were on the squad two years ago that finished state runner-up to Broad Run
*Emma Sieber has 10 assists for LC

Boys Soccer: Briar Woods, Tuscarora AA State Quarterfinal Previews

(June 5, 2012) - Briar Woods and Tuscarora high school boys soccer teams will play in tonight's VHSL AA state quarterfinals with Briar Woods on the road at Jamestown in Williamsburg and Tuscarora hosting Tabb.

Briar Woods (18-3-2) at Jamestown (16-1-1), 7 p.m.

*Falcons are making their first ever state playoff appearance

*Briar Woods scoring: Connor Pompilio (Virginia Tech recruit) has 14 goals, Will Salomon 10, David Clements 9, Jimmy Grace 8 and Collin Verfuth 6.

*Assists: Clements has 17, Grace 10 and Pompilio 8.

*Falcons keeper Nick Der-Hecopian averaged 11 saves a game in the regional tournament

*Jamestown, looking for third Final Four appearance in four years has the Region I Player of he Year in Patrick Kelly (34 goals) - Read more on HRVarsity.com.

Tabb (14-5-1) at Tuscarora (19-2-2), 7 p.m.

*Tuscarora out-scored opponents 15-2 since end regular season with both goals from Briar Woods

*Huskies opened the year with five straight 1-0 wins

*Tuscarora coach Dave Gryder picked up a state title with Potomac Falls in 2006 and was runner-up in 2009 with the Panthers. He started Tuscarora's program last spring.

*Tuscarora advanced to the state quarterfinals last year

*Huskies have only one senior on their roster

*Tuscarora JR Angel Ceron-Garcia was named Region II Player of the Year with 25 goals, 8 assists

*Tabb's Riley Maw has 35 goals on the season - Read more on HRVarsity.com

News: AA State Tournament Schedule for Baseball, Softball, Soccer

VHSL State Tournament Schedule
AA
Baseball
Quarterfinals - Tues. June 5
Jefferson Forest at Cave Spring
King George at Region II champion
Hidden Valley at Brookville
Region II runner-up at Grafton

Semifinals - at Calfee Park, Pulaski - Fri. June 8
Jefferson Forest/Cave Spring winner vs. King George/Region II champion winner, 10 a.m.
Hidden Valley/Brookville winner vs. Region II runner-up/Grafton winner, 1 p.m.

Finals - at Radford - Sat. June 9, 1 p.m.

Softball
Quarterfinals - Tues. June 5
Jefferson Forest at Abingdon
Culpeper County at Woodgrove, 6 p.m.
Richlands at Broadway
Briar Woods at Poquoson, 5 p.m.


Semifinals - Fri. June 8 at Radford
Jefferson Forest/Abingdon winner vs. Culpeper/Woodgrove winner, 10 a.m.
Richlands/Broadway winner vs. Briar Woods/Poquoson winner, 1 p.m.

Finals - Sat. June 9 at Radford, 1 p.m.



Boys Soccer
Quarterfinals - Tues. June 5
E.C. Glass at Blacksburg, 5:30 p.m.
Tabb at Tuscarora, 7 p.m.
Bassett at Jefferson Forest
Briar Woods at Jamestown, 7 p.m.


Semifinals - Fri. June 8 at Radford
E.C. Glass/Blacksburg winner vs. Tabb/Tuscarora winner, 2 p.m.
Bassett/Jefferson Forest winner vs. Briar Woods/Jamestown winner, 4 p.m.

Finals - Sat. June 9 at Radford, noon



Girls Soccer
Quarterfinals - Tues. June 5
Spotswood at Blacksburg, 7:30 p.m.
Grafton at Woodgrove, 7 p.m.
Salem at Jefferson Forest
Loudoun County at Tabb, 7 p.m.

Semifinals - Fri. June 8 at Radford
Spotswood/Blacksburg vs. Grafton/Woodgrove winner, 10 a.m.
Salem/Jefferson Forest winner vs. Loudoun County/Tabb winner, noon

Finals - Sat. June 9 at Radford, 10 a.m.

News: AA Spring Jubilee Schedule Released

(May 21, 2012) - Think your AA Loudoun team has what it takes to make the state tournament, then plan ahead as the 2012 VHSL AA Spring Jubilee schedule has been released:

Lacrosse: AA Northern Sectional Brackets

(May 21, 2012) - Here are the brackets for the AA Northern Sectional (formerly called Region II) lacrosse championships:

Boys Lacrosse
First Round - Monday May 21
Woodgrove (Dulles #3) at Culpeper (Evergreen #2), 7 p.m.
Loudoun Valley (Dulles #4 at Dominion (Dulles #2), 7 p.m.

Semifinals
Woodgrove/Culpeper winner at Briar Woods (Dulles #1), TBA
Dominion/Loudoun Valley winner at Kettle Run (Evergreen #1), TBA

Girls Lacrosse

First Round - Monday May 21
Loudoun Valley (Dulles #3) at Fauquier (Evergreen #2), 6 p.m.
Tuscarora (Dulles #4) at Loudoun County (Dulles #2), 6 p.m.

Semifinals
Loudoun Valley/Fauquier winner at Woodgrove (Dulles #1), 6 p.m.
Tuscarora/Loudoun County winner at Culpeper (Evergreen #1), TBA

Wrestling: Potomac Falls Zulkhuu Wins AA State Title; Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley Medal Two Each

(Feb. 23, 2012) - Potomac Falls High School senior Batchka Zulkhuu's state title at 152 pounds highlighted Loudoun's good showing at the Virginia High School League AA state wrestling meet in Salem with Loudoun County and Loudoun Valley each sending two wrestlers to the awards podium.

Loudoun Valley's David Garvis finished fourth at 182 and teammate Josh Cassada-Maple finished at 160. In that same weight class, Joe Cavallaro of Woodgrove took seventh.

For Loudoun County, Logan Smith was fifth at 132  and A.J. Pittas took sixth at 138.

Complete Brackets

Wrestling: Loudoun Crowns 2 State Champions! Potomac Falls' Zulkhuu wins AA 152 Title; Freedom's Timbers Takes Down AAA 285 Crown

DaQuante Timbers

(Feb. 19, 2012) - Wrestling state titles have been tough for Loudoun athletes to bring home with just 20 young men achieving the honor in the past 41 years, but on Saturday both Potomac Falls senior Batchka Zulkhuu and Freedom senior DaQuante Timbers captured state championships.

Batchka Zulkhuu

Zulkhuu became the first local wrestler to win a state title, since another Panther Justin Wheaton did it in 2005, when he captured the 152 pound AA championship in Salem. Zulkhuu won by technical fall over Andrew Saunders of Northside in the finals, 21-6, to cap a 52-4 season.

Just hours later, at Robinson High School in Fairfax, Timbers completed a total domination of the 285-pound weight class in AAA with a pin in 3:08 over Jake Pinkston of Robinson. It was the third fall in four matches for Timbers as he needed just 48 seconds to advance to the quarterfinals and 1:19 to make it to the semifinals. His 15-6 semifinal win over Marshall's Matt Crawford was Timbers only match that didn't end early. The victory left Timbers 55-2 on the season.

(More later on how other Loudoun wrestlers fared at the AA and AAA state meets)

Loudoun All-Time State Wrestling Champions:

Wrestling: AA Finals Match-ups - Potomac Falls Batchka Zulkhuu in 152 Pound Title Bout

VHSL AA state wrestling meet finals match-ups:

106
Coy Ozias (Christiansburg, 45-3) vs. Bryan Ramey (Eastern View, 54-5)

113
Landon Curry (Brookville, 42-5) vs. Jacob Michael (Turner Ashby, 39-4)

120
J.R. Wert (Christiansburg, 43-4) vs. Chase McDaniel (Cave Spring, 42-8)

126
Jeffrey Ogburn (Poquoson, 24-3) vs. Bennett Payne (Fauquier, 39-3)

132
Joey Dance (Christiansburg, 36-5) vs. Dave Bowers (Powhatan, 48-3)

138
Dallas Smith (Christiansburg, 35-10) vs. Dylan Wisman (Millbrook, 47-7)

145
Luke Kiser (Turner Ashby, 40-3) vs. Justin McRee (Grafton, 43-4)

152
Andrew Saunders (Northside, 38-8) vs. Batchka Zulkhuu (Potomac Falls, 51-4)

160
Zach Epperly (Christiansburg, 48-2) vs. Jake Crawford (Millbrook, 54-2)

170
Tyler Miles (Christiansburg, 39-4) vs. Chris Tyree (Staunton River, 45-2)

182
Devin Smith (Salem, 37-1) vs. Derek Thurman (Brooville, 44-0)

195
Joe Jessen (Millbrook, 47-3) vs. Addison Siler (Rockbridge County, 45-7)

220
Brandon Taylor (Christiansburg, 38-7) vs. Victor Montalbano (Brookville, 44-0)

285
Evan Oddenino (Fauquier, 30-4) vs. Mike Jones (Lord Botetourt, 36-0)