Football: Recruiting of Briar Woods JR Jared Coker Heats Up as Lineman Now has 8 Offers

(May 18, 2013) - The recruiting of Briar Woods High School junior lineman Jared Coker has heated up as he now has eight college scholarship offers:

• Bowling Green
• Hampton
• Kent State
• Miami (OH)
• Old Dominion
• UMass
• UNC-Charlotte
• VMI

Football: College Scholarship Offers Roll in for Falcons - Trace McSorley Picks Up 3 More, Jared Coker Adds 2 and Brandon Polks Picks Up Another

(March 6, 2013) - The college scholarship offers are rolling in for a talented trio of Briar Woods High School football players that have helped the school to win three consecutive VHSL Division 4 state championships.

Junior quarterback Trace McSorley, 42-3 as a starter in three years, now has eight total offers after getting new offers from Western Michigan, Old Dominion and Vanderbilt. Previously he had offers from Boston College, North Carolina, UMass, UNC-Charlotte and Virginia Tech.

Junior linemen Jared Coker doubled his offers with two new ones as VMI and Old Dominion are vying for his talent. Previously he had offers from Bowling Green and UMass.

And sophomore wide receiver/defensive back Brandon Polk picked up an Old Dominion offer to go with previous offers from Maryland and Virginia Tech.

Viva Loudoun has added a new section to its popular College Choice Chart for college offers ... if you know a Loudoun-based athlete undecided on their college choice but with college scholarship offers, please email us at dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com.

 

Football: Broad Run Celebrates Four Seniors to Play at College Level

Jackson Matteo, Derril Thomas, Caleb Lindsey and Connor Jessop are 4 big reasons why Broad Run football was so good the last four years!

More photos from the celebration

(Feb. 2, 2012) - Broad Run High School celebrated on Wednesday college signing day with four of its seniors heading to the college football ranks. Family,friends, teammates,coaches and staff packed the school's cafeteria to honor Caleb Lindsey, Connor Jessop, Jackson Matteo and Derril Thomas.

Caleb Lindsey proudly wears the VMI hat after signing

Lindsey, a tight end, linebacker, will play at NCAA Division I VMI; Thomas, a running back/DB, at NCAA Division II Concord University while Jessop and Matteo accepted preferred walk-on status with Jessop, a 3-year starter at quarterback who led the Spartans to a state title his sophomore year, heading to Virginia Tech and Matteo, an All-Met lineman heads to Virginia.

All smiles for Jackson Matteo who will be heading to Charlottesville

Matteo originally verbally committed to Temple before deciding to stay in-state. Jessop sat out much of his junior season with a broken collar bone but returned in the playoffs to lead the Spartans to the regional finals. He threw for nearly 2,000 yards and 16 touchdowns this season as Broad Run moved up to AAA.

Broad Run coach Griffis said Derril Thomas will be an impact player at Concord

Thomas, who stepped into the state title game as a sophomore after T.J. Peeler was injured early in that contest, and had a big impact, went on to score more than 40 touchdowns and account for 2,000-plus yards in the single wing offense of 2nd-year coach Matt Griffis.

3-years as QB1 at Broad Run, now Jessop will try and make a name for himself with the Hokies

College Signing: Heritage's Payton Case to Play Soccer at VMI

(May 20, 2010) - Heritage High School held a college signing ceremony Wednesday for senior Payton Case who will play NCAA Division I soccer next year at VMI.

Case and the Pride boys soccer team will host Loudoun Valley on Monday night in a Cedar Run District semifinal with the winner advancing to the title game and regionals.

Updated VivaLoudoun College Choice chart!

College Signing: Three Titans Honored in College Commitment Ceremony

(May 17, 2010) - Three Dominion High School athletes Alexa Rizzo, Kimberly Ledwell and Hannah Donovan were honored at a college commitment ceremony on May 5 in the high school's library.

Rizzo, a standout lacrosse player at Dominion with a grade point average (GPA) above 4.0, received a presidential appointment to attend the Naval Academy.

Ledwell, an outstanding soccer player and team captain,will attend the University of South Carolina/Upstate and play soccer for the Spartans.

Donovan will be swimming for VMI next winter. She completed her high school swim career with the Titans as a four-year letter winner and team captain.

Photo courtesy of Carl "Daguerre" Lukat of the Loudoun Times-Mirror. Visit his fine sports coverage and tell him the VivaLoudoun "Fox" sent ya!