Girls Lacrosse: VHSL State Tournament Brackets

(May 31, 2013) - The VHSL girls lacrosse state tournament features Woodgrove at home tonight against Osbourn Park in a quarterfinal at 6 p.m. and Loudoun Valley on the road for an early 4:30 p.m. start at Battlefield.

2013 VHSL Girls Lacrosse State Tournament
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 30
Langley 13, Western Albemarle 10

Friday, May 31
Osbourn Park at Woodgrove, 6 p.m.
Loudoun Valley at Battlefield, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 1
Salem at Madison, 5 p.m.

Volleyball: Stone Bridge Remains Unbeaten with Four Wins at Loudoun Valley Tournament

Purcellville (Sept. 17, 2012) - Stone Bridge High School went unbeaten in four matches Saturday at the Loudoun Valley 2012 tournament. The Bulldogs, with wins over host Valley, Heritage, Forest Park and Osbourn Park improve to 10-0 on the season.

Loudoun Valley finished 3-1 with wins over Flint Hill, Freedom and Battlefield and Heritage went 2-2 while Freedom wound up 1-3.

Ryan Ackermann had a big day for Stone Bridge with a combined 32 kills and 16 digs in the four matches. Sarah Fairchild finished with 51 digs and six aces. Cydney Gill was kept busy running the Bulldog offense with 77 assists to go with 10 digs and five aces.

Girls Lacrosse: Northwest Region Semifinals Set for Thursday

(May 23, 2012) - The Northwest Region girls lacrosse semifinals are set for Thursday May 24 after a 2-day delay for rain and wet fields. Broad Run is at Forest Park at 6 p.m. while Battlefield hosts Osbourn Park.

Finals are set for Saturday May 26.

Volleyball: Heritage Sweeps Through Loudoun Valley Tournament Including Wins Over Stone Bridge, Freedom

(Sept. 13, 2011) - Heritage High School swept past the competition at the Loudoun Valley High School 8-team tournament Saturday with a perfect 4-0 day, including wins over AAA powers Stone Bridge, Freedom and Deep Run as well as a victory over private power Flint Hill.

The Pride (8-1 on the season) did not drop a set on the day, winning 12 straight with victories over Stone Bridge (25-22, 25-14, 15-11), Freedom (25-14, 25-21, 15-11), Deep Run (25-18, 25-8, 15-5) and Flint Hill (25-18, 25-8, 15-5).

The tournament format was three sets for each match with the third set to 15 regardless of the outcome of the first two sets.

Stone Bridge (6-1), which hadn't lost a set on the young season coming into the event, finished 3-1 on the day with wins over host Loudoun Valley (25-23, 25-17, 15-7) and Prince William premier programs Forest Park (25-16, 25-14, 15-9) and Osbourn Park (15-17, 25-14, 7-15).

Freedom also went 3-1 in the tournament with the Eagles only loss to Heritage. Freedom (6-3) defeated Osbourn Park (25-2, 25-17, 15-9), Forest Park (23-25, 25-21, 15-7) and Loudoun Valley (26-24, 25-22, 15-17).

Host Valley defeated Flint Hill in straight sets, 3-0, and also played Deep Run (story will be updated when results arrive).

Volleyball: Loudoun Valley to Host Big Tournament Saturday - 8 Teams and 16 Matches

(Sept. 8, 2011) - If you like girls high school volleyball then Loudoun Valley is the spot on Saturday as the Vikings host an all-day tournament that features eight teams -- four of them from Loudoun -- and 16 matches in two gyms.

Valley, Heritage, Freedom and Stone Bridge are the local teams. Deep Run, Flint Hill, Osbourn Park and Forest Park join the field. For the complete schedule, check out our friends at the Loudoun Times-Mirror! Leave 'em a note and tell them the "Fox" sent ya!

Volleyball: While Loudoun County and Stone Bridge Swept to Regional Titles, Heritage Won an Epic 5-Gamer

Heritage High School senior Lian Bernett and junior Christina Kamis

Heritage High School volleyball coach Carmel Keilty


By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor

Leesburg (Nov. 14, 2010) - It was a volleyball "title wave" on Saturday night as three Loudoun teams claimed regional crowns. While Loudoun County (Region II winners) and Stone Bridge (Northern Region) swept to victory, Heritage had to work a 5-game thriller against Cedar Run District foe Osbourn Park to take the school's first ever Northwest Region title.

It was also Stone Bridge's first ever Northern Region title, as the Bulldogs took Hayfield in three games.

For Loudoun County, a quick winner over Dulles District opponent Freedom, it was an amazing fifth straight Region II title. County is the 3-time defending AA state champion and has made the AA state finals four straight years.

For Tuesday, the regional titles earned Heritage (23-2), Loudoun County (25-1) and Stone Bridge (26-1) home dates in the state quarterfinals. The Pride host Deep Run; the Raiders host Powhatan; and Stone Bridge takes on Princess Anne. All start at 7 p.m. with the exception of Heritage that starts at 6 p.m. and cost is $8. (FYI - that price is fixed by the VHSL, not the schools, and senior citizens are not admitted free)

Freedom (17-10) travels to Grafton.

Tuesday Schedule
State Quarterfinals
AA Girls
Cave Spring at Jefferson Forest, 7
Powhatan at Loudoun County, 7
Freedom at Grafton, 7
Turner Ashby at Hidden Valley, 7

AAA Girls
Princess Anne at Stone Bridge, 7
Osbourn Park at Atlee, 7
Deep Run at Heritage, 6
Hayfield at Kellam, 7

The Skinny on Saturday's Regional Titles Games

Photo Galleries: Boys Lacrosse - Northwest Regionals - Osbourn Park vs. Loudoun Valley and Brooke Point vs. Loudoun Valley

We have two photo galleries from the Northwest Region boys lacrosse at Loudoun Valley last week including the semifinal Brooke Point vs. Vikings and the finals with Osbourn Park vs. Valley. Click on any photo to go to that full gallery.

Finals: Osbourn Park vs. Loudoun Valley - May 28



Semifinals: Brooke Point vs. Loudoun Valley - May 26

Lacrosse: Loudoun Valley Girls Capture Third Straight Regional Title, Valley Boys Stung by Yellowjackets

Purcellville (May 29, 2010) - The Loudoun Valley High School girls lacrosse team claimed its third consecutive AAA Northwest Region title on Friday with a 16-12 victory over Cedar Run District rival Battlefield.

The Vikings senior tri-captains -- Shannon Harkey, Morgan Becker and Sophie Swan -- led Valley (16-2) to the win by combining for 12 goals and six assists. Sophomore Maggie Beglau made her first start of the season in goal for the Vikes and made nine saves.

The Loudoun Valley boys were not able to make it twin titles on the night as Osbourn Park scored a late goal to stun the Vikes, 9-8.

Valley senior tri-captains Shannon Harkey, Morgan Becker and Sophie Swan after Friday's regional title win

It was an emotional win for the Loudoun Valley girls that had to play after the dismissal from the team earlier in the day of two keys players -- a first team all-district senior attack and the starting junior goalie, a second team all-district selection -- for unspecified violations.

The Vikings had plenty of firepower to handle the Bobcats for a fourth time this season -- with 14-5 and 12-9 regular season wins and a 15-6 win in the district title game -- as Becker, Harkey, Swan and Andrea Mustacchio have all scored more than 50 points on the season.

Harkey finished Friday with six goals and three assists to give her 52 goals and 39 assists on the season. Becker added four goals and two assists and now has 38 and 27 total. Swan scored twice with an assist to give her 37 goals and 22 assists total. Mustachio finished with two goals and two assists to giver her 35 goals and 21 assists on the year.

The four players combined have 162 goals and 109 assists on the season and prevent teams from keying defensively on just one Viking scorer.

Valley was also good in this title game when the ball was loose as 12 Vikes combined to control 22 ground balls.

In the boys game, Osbourn Park had never beaten Loudoun Valley but the Yellowjackets took control with two goals in the final minute of a then scoreless first quarter.

It took Valley until the third quarter to catch up with Denis Radcliffe scoring early to make it 4-4 and then Matt McGuinness put the Vikes up for the first time, 5-4, with 6:30 left in the quarter. OP's Nick Leporatti tied it back up with 1:37 to play in the quarter but Valley went back ahead, 6-5, on Chris Rabung's score with 34 seconds left before the fourth.

OP retook the lead in the fourth with two goals in just over a minute span with Matt Reichard of OP give the Yellowjackets the 7-6 lead with 8:26 left in the contest. Leporatti then scored with 7:13 to go for a 2-goal cushion.

The Vikes looked as if they would finish strong for a comeback as Tyler Ikwild scored from a McGuinness assist with 6:07 left and then Syracuse bound-Chris Daddio found the back of the net to tie the game with just under five minutes to play.

Valley had possession with less than two minutes to play but turned the ball over and OP, which had shown a good transition game all night, quickly moved the ball down the field with Devin Bushweller rifling a shot on the run with 1:12 left for the 9-8 OP lead. Seconds later Valley got off a final shot attempt from the outside that was easily handled by the OP goalie and the Yellowjackets were able to run the clock out on their end and a wild celebration was set off after the final horn as parents and students joined the OP team on the field to soak up the big win.

Volleyball: Regional Semifinal Scoreboard

AAA Northwest Region
Semifinals - Thurs. Nov. 12
Loudoun Valley def. Forest Park, 3-0 (25-10, 25-23, 25-18)
Vikes sweep in 58 meets to advance to finals and qualify for AAA state tournament!
Albemarle def. Osbourn Park, 3-1

Finals - Sat. Nov. 14
Loudoun Valley at Albemarle
Earlier in the year Vikes beat Albemarle on their home floor but Albemarle wasn't at full strength. This is a rematch of a thriller regional final a year ago when Albemarle rallied for the title in Purcellville

AA Region II
Semifinals - Thurs. Nov. 12
Loudoun County def. Kettle Run, 3-0
Two-time defending state champs head back to states for fourth straight year!
Western Albemarle def. Sherando, 3-1

Finals - Sat. Nov. 14
Loudoun County at Western Albemarle
OK ... we have been spoiled by all these AA regional title games being played at Loudoun County, three straight years! but now LC is on the road

AAA Northern Region
Semifinals - Thurs. Nov. 12
Langley def. Robinson
South County def. Stone Bridge
The Saxons, the Liberty District runner-ups are through to States! SB ends dream season that might have gone even longer if it wasn't for the injury against Langley to Bulldog setter Amanda Miller. All but two players return to SB should be a Northern Region favorite in 2010

Finals - Sat. Nov. 14
Langley vs. South County