Basketball: "The Edge" Youth Summer Camp Now Registering

(July 9, 2013) - "The Edge" summer camp, which teaches kids basketball and life fundamentals, is now registering.

The camp runs July 31 thru Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for ages 6-14. Full day and half day options available. The camp is located at Galilee United Methodist Church (45425 Winding Road) in Sterling, VA. To register Visit: http://www.bestyouthhoops.com/loudoun-camp/.

Basketball: VHSL State Tournament Brackets - Final for All Games

(March 9, 2013) - Final results for the 2013 Virginia High School League state boys and girls basketball tournament:

AAA Boys
Quarterfinals
Henrico 65, Kecoughtan 64
Woodson 65, Battlefield 52
John Marshall 66, Great Bridge 55
Wakefield 83, Mountain View 76

Semifinals
Henrico 75, Woodson 65
John Marshall 66, Wakefield 46

Finals
Henrico 72, John Marshall 48

AAA Girls
Quarterfinals
Lake Taylor 68, Highland Springs 55
Colonial Forge 58, Edison 52
Princess Anne 50, L.C. Bird 41
Stonewall Jackson 55, South Lakes 53

Semifinals
Lake Taylor 64, Colonial Forge 49
Princess Anne 48, Stonewall Jackson 38

Finals
Lake Taylor 56, Princess Anne 53

AA Division 4 Boys
Quarterfinals
Salem-Salem 63, Heritage-Lynchburg 45
Potomac Falls 73, Chancellor 53
E.C. Glass 61, Carroll County 46
Grafton 56, Millbrook 40

Semifinals
Salem-Salem 76, Potomac Falls 69
Grafton 51, E.C. Glass 48 (OT)

Finals
Salem-Salem 56, Grafton 48

AA Division 4 Girls
Quarterfinals
Bassett 57, Heritage-Lynchburg 47
Courtland 54, Woodgrove 51
Salem-Salem 46, Lord Botetourt 34
Loudoun County 53, Grafton 48

Semifinals: Tues. March 5
Courtland 64, Bassett 53
Salem-Salem 51, Loudoun County 38

Finals
Salem-Salem 51, Courtland 44

AA Division 3 Boys
Quarterfinals
Spotswood 61, Martinsville 44
Bruton 59, Handley 57
Fort Defiance 59, Abingdon 50
Brunswick 24, Loudoun Valley 22

Semifinals
Spotswood 70, Bruton 69
Brunswick 56, Fort Defiance 29

Finals
Brunswick 56, Spotswood 31

Girls Basketball: Salem vs. Loudoun County D4 State Semifinal Preview

Winning as a team!

(March 4, 2013) - The Loudoun County High School girls basketball team is one win away from a third trip to the state finals in five years! Here is their semifinal preview:

The Skinny: VHSL Girls Basketball Division 4 Semifinals
Loudoun County vs. Salem
Date: Wed. March 6, 2013
Location: VCU's Siegel Center in Richmond
Tip Off Time: 11 a.m.

Loudoun County High School
Location: Leesburg
Nickname: Raiders
Colors: Navy Blue, Gold
District: Dulles
Region: II
Enrollment (March 2012): 1,357
Head Coach: Derek Fisher

Record: 24-5
Past Semifinals: 4
Past State Championships: 1

Boys Basketball: Salem vs. Potomac Falls VHSL D4 State Semifinal Preview

Panthers celebrating 4th straight regional hoops title
(photo by Steven Holland/Viva Loudoun)

(March 4, 2013) - The Potomac Falls High School boys basketball team is two wins away from the school's third VHSL Division 4 state title in four years. Here is their semifinal preview:

The Skinny: VHSL Boys Basketball Division 4 Semifinals
Potomac Falls vs. Salem
Date: Tues. March 5, 2013
Location: VCU's Siegel Center in Richmond
Tip Off Time: 9 p.m.

Potomac Falls High School
Location: Sterling
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Black, Purple and White
District: Dulles
Region: II
Enrollment (March 2012): 1,507
Head Coach: Jeff Hawes

Record: 26-4
Past Semifinals: 3
Past State Championships: 2

Basketball: Loudoun County Girls, Potomac Falls Boys Continue State Success

(March 3, 2013) - It shouldn't be a surprise that the Loudoun Count High School girls and Potomac Falls High School boys basketball teams are still playing in March as the two programs have had a lot of recent success in the VHSL state tournament with Loudoun County girls winning a Division 4 state title in 2009 and Potomac Falls taking back-to-back D4 state titles in 2010 and 2011.

Both teams are back to the Final Four -- 4th straight year for Potomac Falls boys and fourth time in third time in five years for Loudoun County girls -- after big wins Saturday in the state quarterfinals.

Potomac Falls boys cruised by Chancellor, 73-53, at Robinson High School, while the Loudoun County girls went on the road and beat Grafton, 53-48, at ODU.

Both teams face Salem High School in the state semifinals with Potomac Falls playing Tuesday night at VCU at 9 p.m. and the Loudoun County girls playing Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. at VCU.

Loudoun County Girls & Potomac Falls Boys Since 2008-09
2008-09: LC girls win state title; PF boys lose Region II first round
2009-10: LC girls lose Region II semifinals; PF boys win state title
2010-11: LC girls lose in state title game; PF boys win state title
2011-12: LC girls lose state quarterfinals: PF boys lose state semifinals
2012-13: Both teams are in Final Four!

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball D4 State Quarterfinals Potomac Falls vs. Chancellor by Gary Sousa

(March 3, 2013) - Jeff Hawes and the Potomac Falls High School boys basketball team has never lost a VHSL state tournament game with a Sousa covering them so of course they won Saturday with Gary Sousa shooting photos for Viva Loudoun AND Dan Sousa blogging away from press row! Check out all 94 shots from the Panthers vs. Chancellor game here!

Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball D4 State Quarterfinal Woodgrove vs. Courtland by Gary Sousa

(March 3, 2013) - Gary "Big Game" Sousa was on hand for the state quarterfinals at Robinson High School Saturday and captured this great photo gallery from the Division 4 girls game between Woodgrove and Courtland. See all 100 photos here!

Basketball: State Quarterfinal Scoreboard

(March 3, 2013) - Loudoun teams started the day 2-0 in VHSL state quarterfinal basketball action with the Loudoun County girls and Potomac Falls boys advancing but Purcellville-based teams, Woodgrove girls and Loudoun Valley boys, each lost close games:

State Quarterfinal Finals for Loudoun Teams
Boys
Potomac Falls 73, Chancellor 53 (D4)
Brunswick 24, Loudoun Valley 22 (D3)

Girls
Loudoun County 53, Grafton 48 (D4)
Courtland 54, Woodgrove 51 (D4)

Girls Basketball: Coastal Sports Network to Broadcast Woodgrove Girls State Quarterfinal Live Online Saturday

(Feb. 28, 2013) - Purcellville-based Coastal Sports Network will broadcast live online the Woodgrove High School girls basketball VHSL state quarterfinal game against Courtland Saturday at Robinson High School with a 4:30 p.m. tip off. The Broadcast, with Troy Bye on the play-by-play and Woodgrove boys coach Stephen Douglas on the color, will start at 4:20 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Tuscarora Varsity Coach Justin Brown Steps Down

(Feb. 28, 2013) - Tuscarora High School varsity boys basketball Justin Brown, who started the Huskies program three years ago, has resigned, according to Tuscarora athletic director Derek Farrey.

In the first two seasons Tuscarora struggled, dropping 43 of 46 games, including an 0-22 first-year campaign, but this past season the Huskies went 10-8 in the Dulles District, finishing sixth out of 10 teams and ended the year with an overall 11-13 record after a .500 regular season.

Girls Basketball: Two Foxcroft Players Named All-DAC

Middleburg (Feb. 28, 2013) - Debbie Cadenas and Caroline Huckabay, the two leading scorers on Foxcroft School’s team, have been named to the All-Delaney Athletic Conference Division II basketball team, Athletic Director Michelle Woodruff announced Wednesday.

Debbie Cadenas

The selection by the league’s coaches marks the second year in a row that Cadenas, a senior from Middleburg, VA, was named to the first team. The speedy guard finished second on the team in scoring with a 7.8 points per game average. She also led the team in steals (3.5 spg) and assists (12).

Huckabay’s selection completed a remarkable comeback effort by the junior guard. After starting for much of her freshman year, she missed all of last season after a riding accident. The Paris, KY, resident, who is as passionate about horses as she is about hoops, broke her arm suffered in the fall and later had surgery because it did not heal correctly. Despite the injury, Huckabay was awarded the Coaches’ Award for attending practices and games and supporting her teammates through the season.

Caroline Huckaby

After rebuilding the strength in her arm through therapy, Huckabay was able to return to the court, although the arm bothered her at times this season. It didn’t stop her, however, from leading Foxcroft in scoring (8.5 ppg), 3-point field goals (11), and blocked shots (12). She also finished second in rebounding (5.5 rpg) and steals (3.0 spg), and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player by Coaches Patrick Finn and Fred McMane

Foxcroft went 7-11 on the season and reached the semifinals of the DAC postseason tournament.

Boys Basketball: Loudoun Valley 6-7 JR Paul Rowley Picks Up Ivy League Offer from Cornell University

(Feb. 26, 2013) - Loudoun Valley High School 6-foot-7 junior forward Paul Rowley picked up an Ivy League offer this morning according to coach Chad Dawson. Rowley, who has helped the Vikings to the state basketball quarterfinals for the second straight season had earlier gotten scholarship offers from Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg, Md. and Quinniiac University in Hamden, Conn.

Girls Basketball: This Defense Never Rests! Woodgrove Girls Shut Down County in 38-22 Region II Title Win

By Dan Sousa
Viva Loudoun Editor
Purcellville (Feb. 26, 2013) - High School basketball offenses tend to run hot and cold but a great defense never takes a night off. And the Woodgrove High School girls have a great defense, allowing opponents just 31 points per game, and Saturday the Wolverines had an off night offensively but shut down rival Loudoun County in a 38-22 Region II Division 4 title game win.

It was Woodgrove's fourth win over County this year and earned the Wolverines (25-3) a VHSL D4 state quarterfinal game Saturday, March 2 against Region I runner-up Courtland (25-3). Game time is 4:30 p.m. at Robinson High School in Fairfax.

The loss puts the Raiders (23-5) on the road in Norfolk in a quarterfinal match-up with Region I champion Grafton (26-2). Game time is 11 a.m. at Old Dominion University.

Basketball: VHSL Supersite Schedule

(Feb. 26, 2013) - Here is the VHSL supersite schedule for the 2013 boys and girls basketball state quarterfinals:

At Robinson HS
Friday March 1
5 p.m. AAA Girls: Edison vs. Colonial Forge
6:45 p.m. AAA Girls: Stonewall Jackson vs. South Lakes
8:30 p.m. AAA Boys: Woodson vs. Battlefield

Saturday March 2
1 p.m. D2 Girls: George Mason vs. Northumberland
2:45 p.m. D4 Boys: Potomac Falls vs. Chancellor
4:30 p.m. D4 Girls: Woodgrove vs. Courtland

At ODU
Friday March 1
5:30 p.m. D2 Girls: Lancaster vs. Clarke County
7 p.m.  AAA Girls: Princess Anne vs. L.C. Bird
8:30 p.m. AAA Boys: Great Bridge vs. John Marshall

Saturday March 2
11 a.m. D4 Girls: Grafton vs. Loudoun County
12:30 p.m. D4 Boys: Grafton vs. Millbrook

At VCU
Thursday Feb. 28
5:30 p.m. AAA Boys: Mountain View vs. Wakefield
7 p.m. AAA Girls: Highland Springs vs. Lake Taylor
8:30 p.m. AAA Boys: Henrico vs. Kecoughtan

Friday March 1
5:30 p.m. D1 Boys: West Point vs. Page County
7 p.m. D1 Girls: Colonial Beach vs. Altavista
8:30 p.m. D2 Boys: Northumberland vs. William Monroe

Saturday March 2
7 p.m. D3 Girls: Brunswick vs. Western Albemarle
8:45 p.m. D3 Boys: Brunswick vs. Loudoun Valley

Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls Captures 4th Straight Region II D4 Title; Loudoun Valley Falls in D3 Title Game

Potomac Falls SR D'Shawn Shorts helped Panthers
win a 4th straight Region II title on Saturday
(photo by Steven Holland/Viva Loudoun)

By Jason S Rufner 
Special to Viva Loudoun via Loudoun Times-Mirror
Sterling (Feb. 25, 2013) - A 13-2 run in the second quarter got the Potomac Falls High School back into it, and an 11-2 run in the fourth quarter sealed it in the Panthers 63-53 victory Feb. 23 over Millbrook in the Region II Division 4 boys basketball championship game in Sterling.

The win nets the Panthers their fourth consecutive regional crown, a fact that fills Panther coach Jeff Hawes -- the only head boys' basketball coach in school history -- with pride.

"It was my dream 16 years ago to build something the community could be proud of. It hasn't just been me -- it's been a ton of great people, players and parents and coaches," said Hawes, glancing up at the gym's banner proclaiming his program's many championships, another of which now has to be added. 

The outcome of the region title match was in doubt until the midpoint of the last quarter, when senior guard D'shawn Shorts' deep 3-pointer followed by six straight points from sophomore forward Wanya Allen gave the Panthers a lead they would not relinquish. Potomac Falls' characteristic man defense stepped up its intensity and limited the Pioneers' quality looks in the final frame.

"We knew they were going to come in here and give us all that we wanted," said Hawes of Millbrook, who earlier in the tournament upended Briar Woods in Brambleton. "Through the first three quarters we weren't playing particularly well and they had a lot to do with that."

Next up for Potomac Falls is a state quarterfinal date with Chancellor on March 2, 2:45 p.m. at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax.

Potomac Falls 63, Millbrook 53
PF: Thomas 19, Allen 18, Shorts 7, Fischetti 4, Janowski 4, Mologne 4, Orbe 4, Barton 3 
MB: Culbreath 16, Deneal 10, Brooks 6, Bruce 6, Harrell 5, Baylor 4, Trexler 4, Russell 2 
Halftime: Potomac Falls 32, Millbrook 31 
3-pointers: PF 1 (Shorts); MB 5 (Culbreath 2, Deneal 2, Harrell) 
Free throws: PF (14 of 19); MB (16 of 18)
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Handley 58, Loudoun Valley 47
By Dan Sousa
Viva Loudoun Editor
Purcellvile (Feb. 25, 2013) - The Loudoun Valley High School gym was packed so full Saturday night that officials stopped letting fans in and there was a line at the door as people waited to get in all the way until the final quarter as soon as somebody exited.

Girls Basketball: Woodgrove's Purnell Named Region II D4 Player of the Year; WG's Copley is Coach of the Year

(Feb. 24, 2013) - Woodgrove High School senior Stephanie Purnell has been voted Region II Division 4 girls basketball Player of the Year by the coaches. Woodgrove's Kevin Copley is Coach of the Year.

Monticello's Molly Shepard is D3 Player of the Year and Monticello's Josh McElheny Coach of the Year.

2013 Region II Girls Basketball Selections

First Team
Stephanie Purnell (SR) Woodgrove
Lauren Reed (FR) Sherando
Brenna Cook (JR) Millbrook
Molly Shephard (SO) Monticello
Maggie Phillips (JR) Loudoun County
Brooke Basinger (SO) Woodgrove
Timesha Morris (SO) Powhatan

Second Team
Alesha Adams (JR) Warren County
Kayla Tibbs (JR) Heritage
Bridgette Holleran (SR) Monticello
Brooke Borlie (SR) Millbrook
Haleigh Kilby (JR) Brentsville

Photo Gallery: Region II Girls Basketball Final - Loudoun County vs. Woodgrove by Gary Sousa

(Feb. 24, 2013) - Gary "Super" Sousa was at it again Saturday, covering the Region II girls basketball finals between Loudoun County and Woodgrove and he came away with 237 shots as the Wolverines claimed the crown, 38-22. See the full gallery here!

Basketball: Region II Finals

(Feb. 23, 2013) - Region II basketball finals:

Boys Division 4
Potomac Falls 63, Millbrook 53

Boys Division 3
Handley 58, Loudoun Valley 47

Girls Division 4
Woodgrove 38, Loudoun County 22

Girls Division 3
Monticello 50, Western Albemarle 37

Youth Sports: Girls Basketball - Loudoun Xtreme 9th Grade AAU Tryouts

(Feb. 22, 2013) - Loudoun Xtreme's girls 9th grade basketball team is seeking players for the spring season. We are looking for highly competitive players to join our team which finished 17th at AAU D2 Nationals last year. If interested, please contact Rob Green at alfredhoops10@gmail.com or call 703-999-4607 for tryout information.

Basketball: Region 2 Semifinals Scoreboard

(Feb. 21, 2013) - Four Dulles District teams advanced to the Region II finals and clinched state tournament bids with wins Thursday in the semifinals.

Both Potomac Falls (Division 4) and Loudoun Valley (Division 3) boys will host title games Saturday with Panthers tipping off at 6 p.m. and Vikings at 7 p.m. On the girls side, No. 3 Loudoun County is at top-seed Woodgrove in a rematch of the district finals at 6 p.m.

Region II Boys Basketball

Division 3

No. 3 Loudoun Valley 70, No. 7 Monticello 49

No. 4 Handley 58, No. 1 Western Albemarle 55

Finals - Saturday
No. 4 Handley at No. 3 Loudoun Valley, 7 p.m.

Division 4

No. 1 Potomac Falls 79, No. 4 Loudoun County 53

No. 7 Millbrook 70, No. 6 Briar Woods 67

Finals - Saturday
No. 7 Millbrook at Potomac Falls, 6 p.m.

Region II Girls Basketball

Division 3

No. 1 Monticello 50, No. 5 Heritage 40

No. 3 Western Albemarle 51, No. 7 Handley 25

Finals - Saturday
No. 3 Western Albemarle at No. 1 Monticello, 7 p.m.

Division 4

No. 1 Woodgrove 59, No. 4 Millbrook 39

No. 3 Loudoun County 68, No. 2 Sherando 45

Finals - Saturday
No. 3 Loudoun County at No. 1 Woodgrove, 6 p.m.