Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls Senior Mihailovich Named D4 State Player of the Year, Panthers Hawes is Repeat as Coach of the Year

(Mar. 29, 2011) - The Potomac Falls High School historic back-to-back boys basketball state titles has reaped benefits as Panther senior Lukas Mihailovich has been named the Virginia High School Coaches Association Division 4 Player of the Year and Panther coach Jeff Hawes picked up his second straight Coach of the Year honor.

Panther junior Greg Graves was named second team all-state and Broad Run sophomore Nigel Johnson was honorable mention.

VHSCA Boys Basketball AA All-State 2010-11

First Team
Devonte Green, Brunswick SR (D3 Co-Player of the Year)
Ya Ya Anderson, Fluvanna JR (D3 Co-Player of the Year)
DJ Lewis, King George SR
Lukas Mihailovich, Potomac Falls SR (D4 Player of the Year)
Andrew Rowsey, Rockbridge SO
Patrick Cummings, Christiansburg SR

Second Team
Chris Knight, Broadway SR
MJ Pilson, Magna Vista SR
Carter Wright, Hidden Valley SR
Greg Graves, Potomac Falls JR
Shaq Rodney, Tabb SR

Honorable Mention
Malcolm Owens, EC Glass SR
Josh Majors, Culpepper JR
Trey Smith, Northside SR
Alex Graves, Waynesboro JR
Devin Call, Millbrook SR
Nigel Johnson, Broad Run SO
DaQuan Minor, Spotsylvania SR
Brandan Stith, Brunswick SO
Nick Doyle, Southampton JR

Division 3 Coach of the Year: Bryant Stith, Brunswick
Division 4 Coach of the Year: Jeff Hawes, Potomac Falls

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa: Batts-Mobile in Full Gear, Lukas Legend Grows as Loudoun County Girls, Potomac Falls Balls Make State Hoops Semifinals

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa

(Mar. 7, 2011) - Some teams have bandwagons ... the Loudoun County High School girls basketball team apparently has a Batts-mobile as the Raiders have zoomed into the VHSL Division 4 state semifinals on a 20-game winning streak steered by high-scoring senior Brittany Batts.

For the Potomac Falls High School boys basketball team this season hasn't been so much about bandwagons as it has been an epic quest for a second straight state title and on Saturday the Legend of Lukas Mihailovich grew a bit taller with a breath-taking buzzer beater by the 6-foot Panther senior leader.

It is a legend that was forged his junior year when Mihailovich opened December with a school-record 50 points and halfcourt buzzer beater in a triple overtime win and finished things in March with an incredibly clutch state playoffs, averaging 26 points a game, including 33 in the double overtime state finals as the Panthers brought back the first boys basketball state title in history to Loudoun.

Batts and Mihailovich, two standout seniors, both still looking for the right college basketball offers, but first they are concentrating on securing their second state title rings -- the Raiders won the title in 2009 when Batts started as a sophomore.

These two clutch performers were both in the spotlight Saturday in the Division 4 state quarterfinals at Robinson High School but they helped their teams into the semifinals in entirely different fashions.

Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls' Mihailovich Named Region II D4 Player of the Year, Hawes is Coach of the Year

Lukas Mihailovich

(Feb. 28, 2011) - Back-to-back champion Potomac Falls High School swept the Region II boys basketball Division 4 top honors with senior Lukas Mihailovich the Player of the Year and Jeff Hawes named Coach of the Year.

Potomac Falls junior Greg Graves and Broad Run sophomore Nigel Johnson was named first team and a pair of local juniors -- Briar Woods' Myles Tate and Woodgrove's Brad Gilson -- were named second team.

Region II
All-Region Boys Basketball Teams

1st Team

Nigel Johnson

Greg Graves

Ya Ya Anderson Fluvanna Junior
Devin Call Millbrook Senior
Greg Graves Potomac Falls Junior
Nigel Johnson Broad Run Sophomore
Lukas Mihailovich Potomac Falls Senior


2nd Team
Brad Gilson Woodgrove Junior
Preston Isner Liberty Senior
Darius Stanford Fauquier Junior
Myles Tate Briar Woods Junior
Devin Turner Charlottesville Senior

Myles Tate

Region II Players of the Year
Division 3: Ya Ya Anderson Fluvanna
Division 4: Lukas Mihailovich Potomac Falls

Region II Coaches of the Year
Division 3: Munro Rateau Fluvanna

Division 4: Jeff Hawes Potomac Falls

Brad Gilson

Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls to Host Broad Run without Suspended Mihailovich Thursday

(Feb. 2, 2011) - Potomac Falls High School boys basketball coach Jeff Hawes confirmed to VivaLoudoun this week that his 17-1 Panthers will host 15-1 Broad Run Thursday without top player Lukas Mihailovich after the senior was ejected from Monday's win at Loudoun County. Mihailovich, who led PFalls to the Division 4 state title last season, must sit one game after the ejection.

First place in the Dulles District standings is at stake on Thursday as the Panthers enter the game 12-0 in district and the Spartans are 9-1 with their only loss to Potomac Falls.

Boys Basketball: VHSCA Picks Panthers Jeff Hawes as D4 Coach of the Year; PF's Mihailovich, BR's McGaughey Both 2nd Team All-State

(Apr. 1, 2010) - No foolin'! Potomac Falls High School head coach Jeff Hawes, who led a Panther team without any senior starts to the first ever boys basketball state title in Loudoun history, has been selected by the Virginia High School Coaches Association as the state's Division 4 Coach of the Year.

Also honored were Panther junior Lukas Mihailovich and Broad Run senior Kevin McGaughey as second team All-State

VHSCA 2010 AA All-State Boys Basketball Selections
First team
Marlon Organ Spotswood D4 POY
Josh Henderson Cave Spring D3 POY
Casey Walker Brunswick
Avery Green Courtland
Christian Pierce Western Albemarle

Second Team
Lukas Mihailovich Potomac Falls
Kevin McGaughey Broad Run
Jake Mankins William Byrd
Steve Allen New Kent
Shawn Minor Powhatan

Jeff Hawes Potomac Falls D4 COY
Billy Hicks Cave Spring D3 COY

Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls D4 Region II Semifinals Postgame

Interviews after Potomac Falls defeated Broad Run, 62-51, Thursday night to qualify for the school's first ever basketball state playoff spot

Coach Jeff Hawes and junior Lukas Mihailovich - Part 1


Coach Jeff Hawes and junior Lukas Mihailovich - Part 2


Coach Jeff Hawes - Part 1


Coach Jeff Hawes - Part 2

Boys Basketball: More Fallout from Potomac Falls, 111-108, Triple OT Win Over Stone Bridge Last Week

(Dec. 15, 2009) - Potomac Falls coach Jeff Hawes called it one of the best high school basketball games he has ever been associated with. It was a triple overtime thriller won by the Panthers over Stone Bridge on Friday. A game that featured not one, not two, but three buzzer beaters and if it wasn't for the last buzzer beater by record setter Lukas Mihailovich, the two teams would have headed to a fourth overtime.

While Stone Bridge had Mihailovich for 51 points in their book, the Panthers have him for 50 points (the game was played at Park View so there wasn't a home book necessarily). Either way it is a school record for the junior

Here are Hawes' notes from the game:

*Potomac Falls had a 5-point lead in regulation with 14 seconds but the Bulldogs got a 3-pointer and then Richie Berry hit a one-handed runner in the lane at the buzzer to send it into OT.
*In the first OT, the Panthers trailed by as much as seven with 1:40 left and needed a furious run sent it to double OT.
*In double OT, PF had pretty good control but at the buzzer, Stone Bridge senior James Wells banked in a 3-pointer from about 25 feet at the buzzer. Wells hit a shot just inside halfcourt to beat the third quarter buzzer in a game earlier in the week against Broad Run.
*In triple OT, Stone Bridge took a quick 5-point lead. PF battles back and was in pretty good control until SB's Mike Hamrick was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left. He made the first and PF called timeout to ice him. But Hamrick calmly makes the next two shots to tie the game at 108. PF inbounds ball to Mihailovich who takes two dribbles and lets it go from five feet behind halfcourt - count it off the backboard and a 111-108 win.

Final PF Stats
Mihailovich - School record 50 points - 10 rebounds - 6 steals - 6 assists
Curran - 16
Graves - 11 boards and 6 blocks
Chesson - 13 points - 10 boards

SB - Brown 30 and Berry 20