Volleyball: Stone Bridge's Ryan Ackermann is Named Liberty District Player of the Year

(Oct. 30, 2011) - Stone Bridge High School junior Ryan Ackermann, who helped the Bulldogs to 20-2 regular season and perfect 7-0 mark in the Liberty District, has been named as the district Player of the Year in a vote of the coaches. Bulldog coach Jill Raschiatore was named co-Coach of the Year along with McLean's Steve Stotler.

Joining Ackermann on the first squad are teammates, senior Rachel Auerbach and sophomore Libero Sarah Fairchild. Stone Bridge sophomore Megan Bryn was named to the second team while sophomore Libby Haslett was Honorable Mention.

Liberty All-District Volleyball 2011

First Team
Ryan Ackermann Stone Bridge (Player of the Year)
Julia Weeks Langley
Angela Pubal McLean
Lexi Slotkoff McLean
Rachel Auerbach Stone Bridge
Sarah Delaney South Lakes
Sarah Fairchild (Libero) Stone Bridge

Second Team
Marissa Perez Madison
Madeline Osburn Langley
Megan McKenzie Fairfax
Megan Bryn Stone Bridge
Alex Andrejev Langley
Diana Hartford Fairfax
Claire Bell (Libero) Madison

Honorable Mention
Libby Haslett Stone Bridge
Angela Liu T. Jefferson
Jenna Dean Langley
Madeline Kotoriy Langley
Nora Elliott Fairfax
Annie Tracz Madison
Elena Karakozoff McLean
Natalie Noll McLean
Christy Hoffman South Lakes
Annemarie Bresson South Lakes
Dory DeWeese South Lakes

Co-coaches of the year
Steve Stotler McLean
Jill Raschiatore Stone Bridge

Football: Disjointed Bulldogs Clinch Share of 7th Straight Liberty District Title

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor

(Oct. 29, 2011) - The Stone Bridge High School football team is leading a double life.

On one hand you have a team with an 8-1 record after defeating Madison Friday night, 35-20, to clinch a share of the program's seventh consecutive Liberty District title. That makes 47 district wins in 48 games since joining the Liberty in 2005 and Stone Bridge is now just two wins away from an unheard of 10 consecutive seasons with 10+ wins.

On the other hand, Stone Bridge demonstrated Friday that they are a ways away from making a fourth trip to the VHSL Division 5 finals in five years. Despite the win over the Warhawks, which came into the game 6-0 in district, the Bulldogs were left ruminating over a litany of miscues -- interceptions, fumbles on their own goal line, blocked field goal attempts, onsides kicks not covered and key penalties.

"Disjointed," was how Stone Bridge coach Mickey Thompson summed up his team on the eve of the postseason.

Football Box: Stone Bridge 35, Madison 20

Stone Bridge 35, Madison 20
M  -  7  0  0  13  - 20
SB - 14 7  7   7  - 35

1 M: Jacquez 3 pass from Powers (Dorka kick) 8:43
1 SB: Goldring 7 run (Lambourne kick) 5:45
1 SB: Reynolds 9 run (Lambourne kick) 2:39
2 SB: Trivieri 2 run (Lambourne kick) 0:51
3 SB: Johnson 25 pass from Burns (Lambourne kick) 3:06
4 M: Sanford 5 pass from Powers (Dorka kick) 6:20
4 M: Arndt 1 fumble return (kick blocked) 5:13
4 SB: Trivieri 2 run (Lambourne kick) 0:47

Rushing
M: Hoy 5-29, Powers 3-19, #21 5-12, Hall 3-11, Arndt 1-1, Hofmann 1-0, Durham 1-(-1). Total 19-74.
SB: Trivieri 36-169, Reynolds 5-74, Goldring 8-36, Dailey 3-30, team 1-(-5), Burns 4-(-4). Total 57-300.

Passing
M: Powers 9-28-4 124.
SB: Burns 8-21-2 180.

Receiving
M: House 3-64, Ehrsam 3-52, Sanford 1-5, Jacquez 1-3, #21 1-(-6).
SB: Johnson 4-131, Goldring 3-41, Trivieri 1-8.

Penalties
M: 3-15
SB: 7-89

Volleyball: Liberty District Tournament Brackets Released

20ll Liberty District Girls Volleyball Tournament
Quarterfinals - Mon. Oct. 31 - 7 p.m.
No. 8 Marshall (2-19) at No. Stone Bridge (20-2)
No. 5 Madison (10-11) at No. 4 Fairfax (8-13)
No. 6 South Lakes (15-9 at No. 3 McLean (10-6)
No. 7 TJ (11-12) at No. 2 Langley (15-6)

Semifinals - Tues. Nov. 1 at Stone Bridge, 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Finals - Thurs. Nov. 3 at Stone Bridge, 7 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Threat of Weather Shifts Second Liberty Semifinal to Marshall

(May 18, 2011) - The threat of severe thunderstorms tonight has shifted the second Liberty District tournament girls soccer semifinal from Stone Bridge High School to an earlier start at Marshall High School.

Stone Bridge will still host Fairfax at 5 p.m. but the Madison vs. McLean contest will now be played at 6 p.m. at Marshall. All-district presentation will now take place between the girls and boys soccer finals on Friday at McLean High School.

Girls Basketball: Stone Bridge Sophomore Tiernan Leads Bulldogs to Top of Liberty District Standings

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor

Ashburn (Jan. 26, 2011) - Last spring as a freshman, Murielle Tiernan helped Stone Bridge High School to a state title in girls soccer and this winter the talented sophomore has led the Bulldogs to a 16-1 start and a No. 20 ranking in the Washington Post Metro Poll.

It seems that Tiernan can do just about whatever she wants to do -- including our taxes next month if we just asked her! -- after she scored 22 points Tuesday, including the final six for Stone Bridge, and had nearly as many rebounds as the Bulldogs (8-1, 16-1) beat Madison, 47-43, at home to avenge their only loss of the season and break out of a 3-way tie in the Liberty District standings and take sole possession of first ahead of Madison (7-2, 11-5) and Fairfax (7-2, 12-5).

"Our girls kept battling and finally got the ball inside to Murielle," said Stone Bridge coach Chris Jones, who called Tiernan's double-double just a "normal game for her."

At 5-foot-10 Tiernan presents teams with a real match-up dilemma as she plays inside as if she was easily 6-foot or 6-1 and she runs the court with the speed and quickness of a point guard.

With Madison playing without 6-3 senior Anna Jay, who had seven block shots in the Warhawks 54-40 win over Stone Bridge in December, Tiernan was able to control the paint.

While the Bulldogs were up by eight points early in the fourth quarter, 39-31, after Tiernan stole a Madison pass and senior Cori Prince converted on the other end with a nice touch off the glass, the Warhawks fought back behind the transition play of sophomore Megan LeDuc, who finished with a team-high 14 while teammate senior Carmen Mann had 13.

It was LeDuc and Mann with back-to-back baskets to make it 39-35 with 4:53 to go. After Madison missed a makeable fastbreak layin, Stone Bridge responded with sophomore Nicole Prince making a determined drive to the basket from near halfcourt. LeDuc's layin with 3:05 left made it 41-37.

Madison sophomore Megan Henshaw was fouled shooting a 3-pointer with 2:39 to go and she converted on two of the three foul shots, slicing the lead to 41-39. About a minute later, Madison tied the contest, 41-41, with Mann working on the block.

Tiernan called for he ball inside and got to the foul line with 1:32 left, making both to give Stone Bridge a 43-41 lead.

In the final 90 seconds Stone Bridge picked up its defensive pressure without fouling Madison, forcing three missed shots. On the other end, Tiernan drove down the right side of the lane from the foul line and banked it with just under a minute to go to put Stone Bridge ahead.

Madison, forced to foul, put Stone Bridge on the line three times with 1-and-1 situations and the Bulldogs missed the front end of all three attempts but on the final miss, it was Tiernan grabbing a loose ball and scoring the game's final points at the buzzer.

While Tiernan was the only Bulldog in double figures, Stone Bridge found scoring from five other players with the Prince sisters accounting for 11, senior Kayliegh Guzek scoring five and working against the Madison defensive pressure and Kayla Sleece had some key rebounds and scored five, while freshman Megan Della-Penna scored four.

"This is good for the girls. It is nice for them as there were 3-18 just a couple of years
ago," said Jones.

Video highlights of the closing minute starting with Tiernan sinking two free throws to break a 41-41 tie

Stone Bridge 47, Madison 43
M -  14   7   7 15 - 43
SB - 13 10 12 12 - 47
M: LeDuc 14, Mann 13, Henshaw 9, Gauf 4, Schrock 3.
SB: Tiernan 22, CPrince 7, Sleece 5, Guzek 5, NPrince 4, Della-Penna 4.

Volleyball: Beckham, Miller and Christensen Make First-Team All-Liberty District

(Nov. 1, 2010) - Christine Beckham, Amanda Miller and Amy Christensen were all named All-Liberty District first team in a vote of the district's volleyball coaches last week.

Langley's Kathryn Caine was named the Player of the Year and Thomas Jefferson's Charlee Johnson earned Coach of the Year.

Stone Bridge's Ryan Ackermann and Vanessa Paige were selected to the second team.

2010 All-Liberty District Volleyball
First Team
Kathryn Caine – Langley
Christine Beckham – Stone Bridge
Amanda Miller – Stone Bridge
Megan McKenzie – Fairfax
Angela Liu – Jefferson
Christine Baek – Langley
Amy Christensen (Libero) – Stone Bridge

Second Team
Ryan Ackermann – Stone Bridge
Kevyn Richmond – Fairfax
Lindsay Warden – Langley
Angela Pubal – McLean
Sarah Delaney – South Lakes
Vanessa Paige – Stone Bridge
Kelsey Phillips (Libero) – Fairfax

POY – Kathryn Caine - Langley
COY – Charlee Johnson – Jefferson

Honorable Mention
Allison Hahn – Madison
Marissa Perez – Madison
Bella Borgiotti – Marshall
Kathleen Roche – Jefferson
Shannon Eriksson – Jefferson
Blair Graham – Jefferson
Dory DeWeese – S. Lakes
Lexi Slotkoff – McLean
Alex Andrejev – Langley
Kat Ngov – Langley
Diana Hartford – Fairfax
Kelly Kolb - Jefferson

Football: Stone Bridge Moves to 7-0 with 28-10 Win at Stubborn Madison

(Oct. 17, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School football team improved to 7-0 on the season with a 28-10 win at Madison Friday night, but for the first time since an opening 7-3 win at Westfield, the Bulldogs needed to play four quarters to put away an opponent.

Stone Bridge dominated the play, piling up 366 total yards, including 259 on the ground with Marcus Harris collecting 140 yards on 22 carries, but the Bulldogs had five fumbles on the night, three of them lost and because of that it was just 7-3 Stone Bridge heading into the final quarter. Madison, besides Phoebus, is the only team to beat Stone Bridge since the 2007 season.

Softball: Briar Woods and Loudoun Valley Have Seasons End in State Quarterfinals

(June 9, 2010) - The Briar Woods High School and Loudoun Valley High School softball seasons came to an end Tuesday with both teams falling in the state quarterfinals, the Falcons at Powhatan, 4-0, in AA and the Vikings at Madison, 6-1, in AAA.

For Briar Woods (21-4) the loss ended the Falcons best ever season as the school captured its first Dulles District regular-season title and repeated as district tournament champs before finishing runner-up in Region II.

For Loudoun Valley (17-7) the loss ended the Vikings chances of returning to the state title game. Madison's Sam Brady pitched a 3-hitter for the win over Valley with 10 strikeouts.

Softball: 2010 All-Liberty District Softball Selections

(May 19, 2010) - The Liberty District softball coaches voted on their all-district selections last night and Stone Bridge had four second team selections including a pair of freshmen, second base Niki Prince and outfielder Sydney Broderick.

Also second team for SB were juniors, shortstop Cori Prince, Niki's big sister, and catcher Beth Lewis.

2010 Liberty All-District Softball Team by position
Honor Name Grade School
Pitcher of the Year – Sam Brady 11 Madison High School
Player of the Year Kaila Conlon 12 Madison High School

1st Team All-District
Catcher Michelle Tilson 12 Marshall High School
1B Lauren Sanata 12 Marshall High School
2B Kaila Conlon 12 Madison High School
3B Jessie Straub 11 McLean High School
SS Lauren McColgon 12 McLean High School
OF Olivia Ellis 12 Marshall High School
OF Laura Wolf 12 Madison High School
OF Lauren Sutherland 12 McLean High School
DP/Flex Kelly Marsh 11 Marshall High School
At-Large
P Jamie Bell 11 McLean High School
C Caroline Gilbertson 12 McLean High School
IF Toni MacReynolds 12 Madison High School
OF Allison Wilhelm 10 McLean High School

Coach of the Year John Schneeberger Madison High School

2nd Team All District
Honor Name Grade School
P Ashely Rollins 12 Fairfax High School
C EmJ Fogel 11 Madison High School
1B Meghan Mutchler 12 Thomas Jefferson High School
2B Niki Prince 9 Stone Bridge High School
3B Barbara Lantz 11 Thomas Jefferson High School
SS Cori Prince 11 Stone Bridge High School
OF Mary Spulak 10 McLean High School
OF Sydney Broderick 9 Stone Bridge High School
OF Stephanie Buchko 12 Madison High School
DP/Flex Christine Brant 12 Thomas Jefferson High School
At-Large
P Christine Grilliot 12 Marshall High School
C Beth Lewis 11 Stone Bridge High School
IF Khristin Kyllo 12 Madison High School
OF Elaine Bennett 11 Marshall High School

Honorable Mention
Position Name Grade School
OF Tina Balbuena 10 Fairfax High School
3B Mina Dunn 9 Marshall High School
C Rachel Dyment 9 Thomas Jefferson High School
3B Adrianne Engel 12 Langley High School
P Helen Hastings 10 Thomas Jefferson High School
SS Kayla Marsh 10 Marshall High School
2B Brittany McCray 12 McLean High School
SS Amanda Moll 11 Langley High School
1B Paige Radakovich 12 Stone Bridge High School
1B Alyssa Siquerios 11 South Lakes High School
C Mary Severin 9 South Lakes High School
1B Megan Sullivan 12 McLean High School
C Farren Tashian 10 Fairfax High School

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Boys Soccer: 2010 All-Liberty District Selections

2010 Liberty District Boys’ Soccer All-District Teams

Coach of the Year: Bo Amato (Langley)
Player of the Year: Roshan Patel (Langley)

FIRST TEAM
Forwards
Jan Gundersen (Langley senior)
Tim Whitebread (McLean senior)
Moussa Diallo (Fairfax senior)
Mike Herndon (Stone Bridge senior)
Midfield
Matt Janssen (McLean senior)
Dylan Price (Langley junior)
Dan Flittcroft (Langley junior)
Mervyn Levy (Stone Bridge senior)
Ajay Amin (Marshall senior)
Defense
Roshan Patel (Langley senior)
Jeff Pontell (Thomas Jefferson senior)
Abdul Shaban (Stone Bridge senior)
Rafi Enriquez (McLean junior)
Goalkeepers
Nick Lowrey (Stone Bridge senior)
Jay Lupus (Langley junior)

SECOND TEAM
Forwards
Josh Ellis (Langley junior)
Ryan Fishel (Madison junior)
Christian Salinas (Stone Bridge senior)
Taki Nakumara (Thomas Jefferson senior)
Midfield
Farhan Khan (Langley junior)
Dan Traxler (Madison junior)
Alex Burch (Thomas Jefferson junior)
Suliaman Dalnkey (South Lakes)
Defense
Jeff Cochran (Langley)
Charley Baxter-Gagen (Fairfax junior)
Tommy Dunne (Stone Bridge junior)
Brian Szymanski (Marshall sophomore)
Goalkeepers
Stephen Clark (Fairfax senior)
Mohammed Hassan (South Lakes senior)

Honorable Mention:
Mike Atassi (Fairfax sophomore)
Joel Garcia (Fairfax senior)
Peter Lam (Fairfax sophomore)
Stephen Savage (Fairfax senior)
Justin Galiani (Langley freshman)
Sam Walsh (Langley junior)
Rhys Howard (Langley sophomore)
Onar Yousefi (Marshall senior)
Kian Tabatabai (Marshall senior)
Chris Gates (Marshall junior)
Nolan Costigan (Marshall senior)
Julian Smith (Marshall senior)
Dylan Goodale (Marshall junior)
Brett Gravatt (Marshall freshman)
Pablo Chavil (McLean senior)
Ben Paris (McLean senior)
Andrew Hunt (McLean senior)
Michael Russo (McLean sophomore)
Adam Hamdan (Stone Bridge sophomore)
Clay Brothers (Stone Bridge senior)
Luke Schierling (Stone Bridge junior)
Ryan Buckley (Stone Bridge junior)
Bruk Dinberu (Thomas Jefferson senior)
Kyle Gutkowski (Thomas Jefferson senior)
Chris Heo (Thomas Jefferson senior)
Sam Hoehn (Thomas Jefferson senior)
Sean Lee (Thomas Jefferson senior)

Girls Soccer: Stone Bridge Sweeps Liberty District Honors - Skogerboe Player of the Year, Windows Coach of the Year

(May 17, 2010) - Stone Bridge High School finished the Liberty District girls soccer season unbeaten and the Bulldogs were rewarded wtih senior Jennifer Skogerboe being named Player of the Year and Bulldog coach Joan Windows was named Coach of the Year.

Besides Skogerboe, four other Bulldogs were named first team.

2010 Liberty All-District Girls Soccer Selections (chosen by the coaches)

Player of the Year: Jennifer Skogerboe Stone Bridge
Coach of the Year: Joan Windows Stone Bridge

First Team
Sam Cormode (Fairfax) Goalkeeper- Junior
Katie Martinez (Thomas Jefferson) Goalkeeper- Senior
Jaszmyn Ervins (Stone Bridge) Defender- Senior
Emily Fredrikson (Stone Bridge) Defender- Junior
Caroline Gray (McLean) Defender- Sophomore
Katie Grasso (Madison) Defender- Junior
Christina Popps (Thomas Jefferson) Defender- Junior
Sami Kuykendall (Madison) Midfielder- Senior
Andi Romness (McLean) Midfielder- Junior
Jennifer Skogerboe (Stone Bridge) Midfielder- Senior
Katie Yensen (McLean) Midfielder- Junior
Melissa Downey (McLean) Forward- Senior
Ashley Herndon (Stone Bridge) Forward- Freshman
Belle Tunstall (Madison) Forward- Junior
Murielle Tiernan (Stone Bridge) Forward- Freshman

Second Team
Julia Harmison (Stone Bridge) Goalkeeper- Junior
Nadia Shebaro (Madison) Goalkeeper- Junior
Lauren Hoffman (Fairfax) Defender- Senior
Annmarie Irwin (Madison) Defender- Senior
Claire Krejci (Madison) Defender- Senior
Evelyn Robinson (McLean) Defender- Freshman
Kim Baldwin (South Lakes) Midfielder- Senior
Kate Murphy (Madison) Midfielder- Senior
Meg Murphy (Fairfax) Midfielder- Junior
Sarah Nielsen (Thomas Jefferson) Midfielder- Sophomore
Maggie Schierling (Stone Bridge) Midfielder- Senior
Annabel Bergin (Madison) Forward- Junior
Jackie Dallaire (Thomas Jefferson) Forward- Sophomore
Amanda Digiammarino (Langley) Forward- Senior
Rose Sommovigo (McLean) Forward- Sophomore

Honorable Mention
Lindsay Amador (Langley) Goalkeeper- Sophomore
Anne-Marie Lloyd (South Lakes) Goalkeeper- Sophomore
Maddie O’Beirne (Marshall) Goalkeeper- Sophomore
Logan Tapscott (McLean) Goalkeeper- Senior
Meredith Doherty (Langley) Defender- Junior
Kirstie Fleger (South Lakes) Defender- Junior
Kelly Kolb (South Lakes) Defender- Junior
Sarah Meoni (Marshall) Defender- Junior
Ann Galeas (South Lakes) Midfielder- Senior
Lizz Gentry (Langley) Midfielder- Sophomore
Liz Nguyen (Fairfax) Midfielder- Sophomore
Katie Kraus (South Lakes) Midfielder- Senior
Kelly Regan (South Lakes) Forward- Sophomore

Lacrosse: Stone Bridge Boys, Girls Fall in Liberty Semifinals

(May 11, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School boys and girls lacrosse teams came close to advancing to the Liberty District finals but both teams fell in close semifinals games with the boys not able to hold a 6-goal second half lead and dropping an 18-16 shootout to Madison. The SB girls were edged by Langley, 11-10.

The Bulldog boys were ahead 4-0 against the Warhawks and it was 5-2 Stone Bridge after the first quarter. Madison chipped away at the lead and the Bulldogs led by one, 7-6, at the half. Stone Bridge opened strong in the third and scored five straight goals to take a 12-6 advantage but Madison was able halve SB's lead by the end of the third to 14-11.

Madison scored six straight goals to open the fourth quarter and led, 17-14.

Stone Bridge was led by the trio of Derek Maltz (3 goals, 5 assists), JP Giroux (5 goals, 4 assists) and Dylan Maltz (4 goals, 2 assists). James Wells also scored three times for the Bulldogs and Matt Vincent added a goal and James Esser had an assist.

In the girls game, Stone Bridge was led by Kayla Sleece (3 goals, 1 assist) and Lauren Giusti (3 goals). Brittany and Kayla Worstell each added a goal and an assist, as did Hannah Mohler. Also for SB, Kelley Galownia had an assist and Rachael Pascale scored a goal. Coral Ryan had seven saves in goal for the Bulldogs.

The Langley girls will face Madison, a 17-6 winner over Marshall in the other semifinal, in the finals. In the boys final, Madison will face Langley, which romped 18-3 over South Lakes. The finals are scheduled for May 14 at Marshall High School at 5 and 7 p.m.

Lacrosse: Liberty District Tournament Opens Tonight

(May 6, 2010) - The AAA Liberty District boys and girls lacrosse tournaments open tonight with the top three schools -- Langley, Madison and Stone Bridge -- all hosting doubleheaders at 5 and 7 p.m.

The No. 3 Bulldog girls host No. 6 McLean in the opener followed by the No. 3 SB boys hosting No. 6 TJ.

Liberty LAX Boys Bracket
Quarterfinals, May 6
No. 6 Jefferson at No. 3 Stone Bridge, 5
No. 7 McLean at No. 2 Madison, 5
No. 8 Marshall at No. 1 Langley, 5
No. 5 Fairfax at No. 4 South Lakes, 7

Semifinals, May 10 at Marshall
Langley/Marshall vs. South Lakes/Fairfax, 5
Stone Bridge/Jefferson vs. McLean/Madison, 7

Final, May 14 at Marshall
Semifinal winners, 7

Liberty LAX Girls Bracket
Quarterfinals, May 6
No. 6 McLean at No. 3 Stone Bridge, 7
No. 7 Fairfax at No. 2 Langley, 7
No. 8 South Lakes at No. 1 Madison, 7
No. 5 Jefferson at No. 4 Marshall, 7

Semifinals, May 10 at Langley
Madison/South Lakes vs. Marshall/Jefferson, 5
Stone Bridge/McLean vs. Fairfax/Langley, 7

Final, May 14 at Marshall
Semifinal winners, 5

Gymnastics: Stone Bridge Defends Liberty District Title, Fissmer Captures All-Around

Stone Bridge's Tori Severin and Amy Fissmer

Stone Bridge coach Catherine Morrison

Ashburn (Feb. 3, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School gymnastics team just didn't repeat their AAA Liberty title Monday night they ended it with an overpowering display on the floor with All-Around champion Amy Fissmer leading a charge to the podium with five Bulldogs finishing in the top six in the event.

When it was all said and done the Bulldogs had scored a team record 141.900 points to take the title with Fissmer scoring 35.950 for the All-Around crown and teammate Tori Severin third at 34.925.

Stone Bridge's depth was evident, especially on the floor where Fissmer scored 9.300 to win and teammates Kelly McCabe and Casey Merwin tied for third at 9.225 followed by Severin in fifth with a 9.100 and Bulldog Chelsea Fonseca in sixth with a 9.000.

Severin, out for a month with an ankle injury, took the vault with an 8.950 and Fissmer was third at 8.800.

The bars were won by TJ's Marisa Katoaka with an 8.900. Severin was runner-up at 8.775 and Fissmer fourth.

Caitie Simpson of Langley won the beam with an 9.300. Fissmer was second at 9.150 and Bulldog Tricia Grywatch was third with a 9.000.

See below the photos for complete results and past results.
Click on any photo to view the entire gallery

Swim: Madison Sweeps Shortened Liberty District Meet, Stone Bridge Struggles

(Feb. 1, 2010) - The AAA Liberty District swim meet was cut short due to the snowstorm over the weekend so that the prelim times swam on Friday night stood as final times. Madison boys and girls swept the meet with Langley runner-up in the girls and Fairfax on the boys side.

Stone Bridge, which always has trouble scoring in postseason meets because the Bulldogs are not allowed by Loudoun to field a dive team, struggled with a seventh place finish on the girls side and 8th for the boys.

A bright spot for SB was the girls 200 free relay which took third with a regional cut time of 1:42.92. Apple Pollock, Haley Springman, Paige Haynes and Dani DeGooyer teamed in that event.

Click here for the results

Liberty District Championships 2010
Held at Wakefield Park Audrey Moore RECenter
Team Rankings -Through Event 24
Girls -Team Scores
Place School Points
1 James Madison High School MAD 435 . 50
2 Langley High School LANG 404 . 50
3 McLean High School MCHS 323
4 Thomas Jefferson High School TJEFF 316
5 Fairfax High School FFX 217
6 South Lakes High School SL 154
7 Stone Bridge High School SB 148
8 George C Marshall High School GCMS 105

Boys -Team Scores
Place School Points
1 James Madison High School MAD 404 . 50
2 Fairfax High School FFX 393
3 Langley High School LANG 334
4 Thomas Jefferson High School TJEFF 332 . 50
5 South Lakes High School SL 201
6 George C Marshall High School GCMS 172
7 McLean High School MCHS 168
8 Stone Bridge High School SB 76

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - Stone Bridge vs. Madison Jan. 9

click on any photo to view the entire gallery of 65 shots!

Basketball: Saturday Stone Bridge Sweeps Puts Girls in First, Boys in Second in Liberty District

Stone Bridge freshman Murielle Tiernan talks about the Bulldogs big win over Madison Saturday night

Ashburn (Jan. 11, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School boys and girls basketball teams have combined for their best starts ever in the AAA Liberty District with the Bulldog girls tied for first and the Bulldog boys tied for second after a Saturday night varsity doubleheader sweep at home against James Madison.

The girls 51-41 win over the Warhawks handed Madison its first district defeat and knotted up the standings with four teams -- Stone Bridge, Madison, Langley and South Lakes -- all sitting at 3-1. Overall the SB girls are 9-2.

Stone Bridge took over the contest with a big 21-8 advantage in the second quarter. Also impressive was that even though SB experienced foul trouble with some starters, others stepped up including freshman Murielle Tiernan who had 11 points, five rebounds and four steals off the bench.

The Bulldogs shot 46 percent from the floor in the win. Sakai Williams contributed 10 points and, according to SB coach Chris Jones, Kayleigh Guzek had a good all around game as the team's floor leader.

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Girls: Stone Bridge 51, Madison 41
Stone Bridge 8 21 10 12 - 51
Madison      9 8 10 14 - 41
Stone Bridge:
C. Prince-2 , Sleece - 9 , Schierling - 2 , Whitaker - 6 , N. Prince - 1, Tiernan - 11 , Guzek - 6 , Stancik - 4 , Williams - 10 Three pointers: Sleece Foul Line:  14 for 23
Madison:
Kyllo - 6 , Kavanaugh - 20, Jay - 3 , Henshaw - 10 , LeDuc - 2
3 pointers: Henshaw
Foul Line:  12 for 24

Boys: Stone Bridge 62, Madison 44
Stone Bridge used a suffocating defense to defeat Madison easily Saturday and move three games above .500 on the season at 7-4 and into a tie for second place in the Liberty District at 3-1.
Nik Brown and Richie Berry, SB's super quick guard tandem slashed their way for a combined 44 points and Kyle Gouveia provided a spark off the bench as the Bulldogs broke open a tie game (14-14) to take an 11-point halftime lead (35-24).

Brown also grabbed eight rebounds and had six steals. Gouveia picked up three steals, three assists, and six boards.


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SB 14 35 50 62
M 14 24 32 44
SB
Brown 10 4-5 24
Berry 8 3-4 20
Nowakowski 2 2-3 6
Michael 0 1-2 1
Gouveia 1 0-0 2
Tripp 2 0-0 4
Hamrick 1 0-0 2
Paige 1 0-0 3
Madison was led by Baule with 12 and Ehrsam with 11.

Football: Stone Bridge Makes 8th Straight Trip to Regional Finals

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun.com Editor

Ashburn (Nov. 21, 2009) - For the Stone Bridge High football team revenge was a side dish Friday night as the Bulldogs turned the tables on Madison, the only team to defeat them this season. The main course for the Bulldogs was a complete performance on both sides of the ball which led to a dominanting 27-8 AAA Northern Region Division 5 semifinal victory over the Warhawks.

And the game wasn't even as close as the final score indicates as Stone Bridge (11-1) didn't allow Madison (7-5) to cross midfield until a final drive against the Bulldog second defensive unit and SB junior Marcus Harris rushed for more than a 100 yards in the first half and finished with 171 yards on 28 carries, breaking the school's single-season rushing mark along the way.

"We have just been waiting to play well on both sides of the ball and special teams and this was the night we finally put it together," said Stone Bridge coach Mickey Thompson. "I don't think we can play any better than we what we played tonight."

All of this adds up to an incredible eighth consecutive trip to the regional finals, a game tentatively scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday in Ashburn against R.E. Lee, something which doesn't surprise the players.

"Stone Bridge, our season starts in the playoffs. A lot of other teams, it's a big thing to make the playoffs. But it's normal here," said Stone Bridge senior lineman Mitchell Freitas. "We've done this before, it's nothing new. We've come alive."

While Madison had defeated Stone Bridge a month ago, 28-14, by controlling the line of scrimmage, it was a different story as Stone Bridge, which was running a spread offense half the time in the first meeting, stuck exclusively to the single-wing and Harris, off a great angled snap from Kyle Wrenn, cut back the fifth SB snap of the night and was into the secondary before most people on the field could find him and he sprinted untouched 56 yards for the first score. Later in the game, Harris broke Devon Brown's school record of 1,745 rushing yards in a season. Harris now has 1,768 and counting.

"It feels real good for my name to be put up there with some of the top running backs that have come out of here," said Bulldog junior Marcus Harris.

While it was a different Stone Bridge offense Friday, it was also a different Stone Bridge defense as the Bulldogs bunched the line of scrimmage and stuffed the Warhawk running attack. After picking up two first downs on the opening drive of the night, Madison failed to move the chains on its next seven possessions and didn't get another first down until less than five minutes remained in the game and Stone Bridge leading comfortably, 27-0.

With the run game mired, the Warhawks couldn't pass against the Bulldogs, going just 4 of 15 for 24 yards and Stone Bridge corner Dexter Rogers intercepted a pass at the SB22 -- that interception was launched from the SB49, the only snap Madison took in Bulldog territory until the final drive of the night.

Kyle Gouveia added 70 yards rushing and two short touchdown dives, including one on the first drive of the second half to make it 21-0. Abdul Shaban added two field goals to pad the lead.

Football Box: Stone Bridge 27, Madison 8

Stone Bridge 27, Madison 8

Northern Region Division 5 semifinal played Nov. 20 in Ashburn

Madison        0  0  0  8 - 8

Stone Bridge 7 7  10 3 - 27

1: SB - Harris 56 run (Shaban kick) 5:49 (drive: 5 plays, 82 yards, 2:12)

2: SB - Gouveia 1 run (Shaban kick) 10:11 (drive: 11 plays, 55 yards, 5:48)

3: SB - Gouveia 1 run (Shaban kick) 8:51 (drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 3:09)

3: SB - Shaban 24 FG 0:57.4 (drive: 14 plays, 73 yards, 6:43)

4: SB - Shaban 35 FG 5:27 (drive: 13 plays, 52 yards, 6:22)

4: M - Roland 32 run (Powers from Roland) 1:51 (drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 3:36)

Rushing

Madison: Roland 5-41, Thomas 7-14, McCool 2-12, Wilkinsen 4-10, Powers 1-5, Kelliher 3-4. Totals 22-86.

Stone Bridge: Harris 28-171, Gouveia 13-70, Rody 4-24, Girdy 3-16, Miles 2-16, Kajut 2-7, Rositano 2-7, Burns 2-7, Rankin-Bell 1-1, team 1-(-3). Totals 58-316.

Passing
Madison: Roland 4-15-1 24.

Stone Bridge: Rody 2-3-0 34.

Receiving

Madison: Powers 2-19, Wilkinsen 2-5.

Stone Bridge: Harris 1-20, White 1-14.