Softball: Stone Bridge, Woodgrove Girls Bring Home Regional Titles

See Jeff Vennitti's photo gallery from the Region II finals at Powhatan

(June 3, 2013) - The Stone Bridge and Woodgrove high school softball teams brought back regional titles to Loudoun Friday with the Bulldogs taking the AAA Northern Region title with a 4-0 win over Madison at Falls Church High School and the Wolverines taking the AA Region II title wit a 6-0 win on the road at Powhatan.

For Woodgrove it was a third straight Region II title and for Stone Bridge it was back-to-back Northern Region crowns.

Both teams earned VHSL state quarterfinal home games Tuesday, June 4 with Stone Bridge (26-1) hosting Osbourn at 5:30 p.m. and Woodgrove (24-2) hosting Tabb at 6 p.m.

See Stone Bridge softball galleries from games this year against Edison, O'Connell and Madison

Recaps of both games ...

Softball: Stone Bridge's Niki Prince Named Northern Region Player of the Year; Three Teammates Make First Team

Stone Bridge SR Niki Prince smacking a triple this season.

(May 31, 2013) - The 25-1 Stone Bridge High School softball team will take the field at 4 p.m. today in the Northern Region finals against Liberty District foe Madison at Falls Church High School with some new honors in tow as senior shortstop Niki Prince has been named the region's Player of the Year and three of her teammates -- senior pitcher Kelly McDaniel, sophomore third base Emily Kenny and senior outfielder Sydney Broderick -- have been named first team in a vote of the region's coaches.

And, quite naturally, Stone Bridge's Billy Rice has been named the Coach of the Year.

2013 All-Northern Region Softball Team
First Team
Pitcher of the Year Taylor Nuehart Hayfield 12
Player of the Year Niki Prince Stone Bridge 12

Pitcher Kelly McDaniel Stone Bridge 12
Catcher Heather Ferguson Herndon 12
1st Base Amanda Hendrix Lake Braddock 10
2nd Base Kiana Shurlund Fairfax 10
Short Stop Whitney Burks South County 11
3rd Base Emily Kenny Stone Bridge 10
Outfield Sydney Broderick Stone Bridge 12
Outfield Christi Geisler McLean 12
Outfield Jocelyn Hotter Annandale 11
At-Large Ashley Fleisch Lake Braddock 11
At-Large Rebecca Martin South County 11
At-Large Kat Olson Madison 11
At-Large Jenny Peel Washington-Lee 12
At-Large Sabrina Pierce Chantilly
10 At-Large Stormy Zyzyk Mount Vernon 10
DP/Flex Teresa Cardamone Chantilly 12

Coach of the Year Billy Rice Stone Bridge

State Tournament Scorecard: 15 Loudoun Teams Make States Including 5 from Woodgrove

(May 29, 2013) - A total 15 Loudoun teams qualified for state tournaments this spring including five teams from Woodgrove High School. Briar Woods, with three, and Broad Run, with two, were the only other schools with multiple teams moving on past region. Eight of the 13 Loudoun schools had at least one team make States.

Softball: Stone Bridge Swats Way to State Tournament

(May 30, 2013) - The Stone Bridge High School softball team, which is averaging 13.5 runs per game in the postseason, had just an average night in the Northern Region semifinals as the Bulldogs bashed their way to a 13-1 win over Langley.

Stone Bridge (25-1), with 81 runs in six postseason games and 286 runs total, has qualified for the state tournament and will play Liberty District rival Madison Friday in the Northern Region finals.

Track and Field: Stone Bridge Top 8 Finishes at Northern Region Meet

(May 26, 2013) - Here at the Northern Region track and field meet held at Robinson High School on May 23-24 top eight finishes by Stone Bridge High School athletes:

Girls Discus Throw
4, Jordan Nielsen (Stone Bridge) 101-05

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1, D'Ante Yarborough (Stone Bridge) 14.78
3, Selwyn Lawrence (Stone Bridge) 15.43

Baseball: J.B. Bukauskas Tosses 2-Hitter to Lead Stone Bridge Over Yorktown, 1-0, in Northern Region First Round

(May 25, 2013) - J.B. Bukauskas left no doubt as to why he was named this week as the AAA Northern Region Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore as the Bulldog threw a 2-hitter Friday night to lead Stone Bridge High School to a 1-0 win at Yorktown in the first round of the Northern Region tournament. Senior Matt Hough had the game's lone RBI.

Stone Bridge faces Oakton at 1 p.m. Monday at Lake Braddock High School in the regional quarterfinals.

Baseball: Stone Bridge Soph J.B.Bukauskas Named Northern Region Pitcher of the Year

(May 24, 2013) - Stone Bridge High School sophomore J.B. Bukauskas has been named the Northern Region Pitcher of the Year in a vote of the region's coaches. Madison's Ben Socher was named the Player of the Year and Warhawks skipper Mark "Pudge" Gjormand was named Coach of the Year.

2013 Northern Regioon Baseball Team
1st Team

Girls Soccer: Stone Bridge 5-0! Bulldogs Book Trip to Northern Region Quarterfinals

(May 22, 2013) - The unbeaten Stone Bridge High School girls soccer team (16-0-2) left little suspense Tuesday in the opening round of the Northern Region tournament as region Player of the Year Murielle Tiernan scored in the first three minutes and the Bulldogs booked a quarterfinal spot with a 5-0 win over Stuart.

Stone Bridge will host South County at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Girls Soccer: Stone Bridge SR Murielle Tiernan Named the Northern Region Player of the Year

(May 22, 2013) - Stone Bridge High School senior Murielle Tiernan, who has helped the Bulldogs girls soccer team to a current 16-0-2 unbeaten mark while scoring 24 goals with 13 assists, has been the Northern Region Player of the Year in a vote of the region's coaches. Westfield's Kristi Williams earned Coach of the Year honors.

2013 Northern Region Girls Soccer Team
First Team
Goalkeepers
Sara Vigen (SO) South Lakes
Tori Collar (SR) Centreville

Defenders
Clara Logsdon (SR) Centreville
Regan Dahlsberg (JR) Woodson
Corinne Giroux (SR) Stone Bridge
Kaylee Hohein (SR) Westfield

Midfielders
Ashley Herndon (SR) Stone Bridge
Sammie Shifflette (SR) Chantilly
Innis Hitt (SR) Yorktown
Carolyn Seltzer (SR) Westfield
Maire Shine (JR) McLean

Forwards
Murielle Tiernan (SR) Stone Bridge
Laila Gray (JR) Chantilly
Meghan Flynn (JR) Yorktown
Jenna Green (JR) Centreville


Player of the Year: Murielle Tiernan (SR) Stone Bridge
Coach of the Year: Kristi Williams, Westfield

Second Team

Baseball: Northern Region Brackets Released

(May 21, 2013) - The Northern Region baseball tournament gets underway Friday, May 24 with Stone Bridge High School on the road against National District runner-up Yorktown in a 6:30 p.m. first pitch.

2013 Northern Region Baseball Tournament 

1st Round - Fri. May 24 at high seed, 6:30 p.m.

T.C. Williams at Oakton

Stone Bridge at Yorktown

Stuart at Langley

Robinson at South  County

Edison at Madison

Chantily at Lake Braddock

West Potomac at Centreville

Washington-Lee at Marshall

Quarterfinals - Monday, May 27 at Lake Braddock and Madison, DH 1 and 4 p.m.

Semifinals - Wednesday, May 29 at Madison, 4 and 7 p.m.

Finals - Friday May 29 at Madison, 6:30 p.m.

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Softball: Northern Region Brackets Released

(May 21, 2013) - The AAA Northern Region softball tournament gets underway on Friday, May 24 with Stone Bridge High School hosting Edison in a first round game at 7 p.m. Here are the full brackets:

Northern Region Softball Tournament
First Round - Fri. May 24 at high seed, 7 p.m.
West Springfield at Oakton
Madison at Washington-Lee
Mount Vernon at McLean
Centreville at Lake Braddock
Edison at Stone Bridge
Chantilly at South County
West Potomac at Herndon
Langley at Hayfield

Quarterfinals - Mon. May 27 at Falls Church, 11, 1:30, 4 and 6:30
Semifinals - Wed. May 29 at Falls Church, 4:30 and 6:30
Finals - Fri. May 31 at Falls Church, 7 p.m.

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Soccer: Northern Region Touarnament Brackets

(May 20, 2013) - The Northern Region boys and girls soccer tournaments start Tuesday, May 21 with the Stone Bridge girls hosting Stuart at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21

Boys Soccer

Northern Region first round
West Potomac at Oakton
Jefferson at Hayfield
Stuart at Langley
Westfield at Lake Braddock
Yorktown at South Lakes
Herndon at Woodson
T.C. Williams at Robinson
Fairfax at Mount Vernon

Girls Soccer

Northern Region first round

T.C. Williams at Chantilly

Madison at Washington-Lee

Falls Church at McLean

Robinson at Woodson

Stuart at Stone Bridge

Oakton at South County

Annandale at Westfield

Langley at Yorktown

Lacrosse: Northern Region Tournament Opens Tonight

(May 14, 2013) - The Northern Region boys and lacrosse tournaments start tonight with first round action. The Stone Bridge boys will travel to Yorktown for a 5 p.m. start and the girls travel to Hayfield for a 7 p.m. start.

Northern Region Boys Lacrosse Tournament
First Round - Tuesday, May 14
Annandale at Chantilly
Centreville at Woodson
Lake Braddock at Robinson
McLean at Edison
Mount Vernon at Madison
Washington-Lee at Langley
Westfield at South County
Stone Bridge at Yorktown

Northern Region Girls Lacrosse Tournament
First Round - Tuesday, May 14
Stone Bridge at Hayfield
Washington-Lee at Langley
Robinson at Woodson
Jefferson at Yorktown
Annandale at Westfield
Centreville at Lake Braddock
West Springfield at Oakton
Edison at Madison

Gymnastics: Stone Bridge Takes 5th at Northern Region Meet

(Feb. 7, 2013) - Stone Bridge High School placed fifth at the AAA Northern Region gymnastics meet held at Lake Braddock Wednesday night.

Washington-Lee won the meet wtih 147.150 points followed by McLean (143.0), Chantilly (142.450), Woodson (141.450) and Stone Bridge (136.275). Top 10 in each event:

Football: Stone Bridge Storms Back for 69-50 Win Over Yorktown to Claim 8th Regional Title

By Dan Sousa
Viva Loudoun
Ashburn (Nov. 24, 2012) - Stone Bridge High School football coach Mickey Thompson was asked over and over again after Friday's Northern Region Division 5 title game if he was worried his Bulldogs had fallen too far behind Yorktown in the match-up of unbeaten teams.

When it was 16-7 Yorktown after the second Stone Bridge first half turnover? Nope

When it was 23-7 Yorktown after the third Stone Bridge first half turnover? Nope

Surely, when it was 29-7 Yorktown with 9:30 still to play in the first half and Stone Bridge having committed four turnovers!?!

Ah, again, Nope.

Thompson did wonder when his team was going to start showing their true colors in front of the sunshine-lit late November crowd.

"I wondered how many more times could we fumble ... it was a mess," said Thompson, who wasn't worried because he knew exactly how many points his team, which dominated both lines of the scrimmage, could put up on the Patriots.

"If they put up 60, we are going to lose," said Thompson.

And as usual, as the saying in Ashburn goes, "Mickey knows football" and the Bulldogs didn't just snap out of their slumber but went on a roll for the ages, scoring 55 unanswered points including a 33-point Arena-football like third quarter blitz to beat Yorktown, 69-50.

Stone Bridge (13-0), which has now won six Northern Region titles since 2005 and eight regional titles since 2002, will travel to Hanover (9-3) on Saturday, Dec. 1 in the Division 5 state semifinals. Lake Taylor, which destroyed 4-time defending state champion Phoebus, 44-0, is at North Stafford in the other semifinal.

Girls Volleyball: Defending Their Crowns! Loudoun County Wins 7th Straight Region II Title; Stone Bridge Makes It Three Northern Region Titles In a Row

Smiles! Stone Bridge wins a 3rd straight Northern Region title

(Nov. 11, 2012) - Who needs tiaras? These girls wear crowns!

The Loudoun County and Stone Bridge girls volleyball teams successfully defended their respective regional crowns Saturday night with Loudoun County taking its seventh straight Region II title with a 20-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-17 win over James Wood, and Stone Bridge making it three Northern Region titles in a row with a 25-18, 23-25, 26-24, 25-11 win over Liberty District rival Langley.

7th Heaven! Raiders claim 7th straight Region II Title!

Both teams will host state quarterfinals matches on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Loudoun County facing New Kent in the AA tournament and Stone Bridge facing Albemarle in the AAA tournament.

Combined, the Raiders and Bulldogs are 51-3 on the season!

Football: Stone Bridge 69, Edison 7 (Box)

(Nov. 10, 2012) - Stanford recruit Ryan Burns threw for 309 yards and six touchdown ... in the first half as the Bulldogs crushed Edison Friday, 69-7, in the first round of the Northern Region Division 5 playoffs.

The Bulldogs, with Burns hooking up with Jimmy Higgins for four scores, led 56-7 at the half. Higgins finished the half with a school-record 171 receiving yards on the four TDs alone, breaking Brian Calloway's mark of 169 from 2004.

It was the most points ever scored by not only a Stone Bridge team in the playoffs but by any Loudoun team in VHSL playoff history.

Stone Bridge 69, Edison 7 (Box)

Girls Volleyball: Nov. 8 Playoff Scores + The Skinny -- Loudoun County, Stone Bridge Punch Tickets to States; Broad Run, Potomac Falls Fall in 5-Set Heartbreakers!

(Nov. 9, 2012) - The Loudoun County and Stone Bridge girls volleyball teams are once again headed back to the VHSL state tournament after regional semifinal wins Thursday while Broad Run and Potomac Falls had their seasons end in 5-set heartbreakers.

Stone Bridge (25-2) will play for a third straight AAA Northern Region title on Saturday against Liberty District rival Langley (24-4) at 6 p.m. at Centreville High School. Loudoun County (24-1) will shoot for an amazing seventh straight Region II title Saturday when the Raiders host James Wood (22-3) at 7 p.m.

Thurs. Nov. 8 Results

Region II Semifinals 

Loudoun County def. Handley, 3-0 (25-8, 25-11, 26-24)

The Skinny:Loudoun County started fast and fought off a late charge to sweep Handley on Thursday night. Loudoun County moves on to the Region Championship this Saturday, and also punches their 7th consecutive ticket to the VHSL AA State Tournament that begins next Tuesday. 

The Lady Raiders won their 14th consecutive match and improved to 24-1 on the season. The Lady Raiders were led to victory by -- 
Maggie Phillips (11 kills, 10 digs, 8 service points, 1 block, 1 ace, 1 assist)
Taylor Huewe (10 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig)
Jane Feddersen (8 kills, 10 service points, 3 aces, 1 block)
Megan Fox (34 assists, 9 service points, 6 digs, 1 kill, 1 ace)
Emily Solis (12 digs, 7 service points, 2 assists, 1 ace)
Kelsey Slack (10 digs, 4 service points)
Kelsey Anderson (12 service points, 4 digs, 2 aces, 1 kill)
Taylor Borup (5 kills, 1 block)
Quinn O'Connell (4 kills, 2 assists, 1 block)
Rachel Roberts (3 kills, 4 blocks, 1 dig). 

The Lady Raiders return to action this Saturday as they host James Wood High School, a 3-2 winner over Potomac Falls, at 7 PM in the Region Final. With a win Saturday, the Raiders would host the State Quarterfinal next Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Come out and support the Raiders this Thursday as they strive for their 7th consecutive Region Championship.

James Wood def. Potomac Falls, 3-2 (23-25, 25-18, 13-25, 25-18, 15-10)

The Skinny: Potomac Falls wonderful season came to an end last night losing to James Wood. Linda Lachey-Helms, PFalls coach, said: "Our four seniors high school careers might have come to an end last night but they leave their mark on PF and high school volleyball. Setting 12 school records. Kayla Carlton, Eileen Fauteux, Patricia Mook and Hailey Bahr are outstanding young women and outstanding role models for everyone around them both on and off the court. We will miss them all so very much."

For PFalls Thurs --   
Kayla Carlton had 20 kills, 2 aces, 15 service pts. and 24 digs 
Eileen Fauteux had 34 assists, 1 ace, 12 service its., 4 kills, 1 block and 23 digs 
Hailey Bahr had 6 blocks and 3 digs 
Patricia Mook had 1 block, 11 digs, 1 ace and 11 service pts. 
Jasmine Ellison had 6 kills, 4 asssits, 2 aces, 6 service pts., 3 blocks and 6 digs 
Makaely Thomas had 12 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 ace, 2 service its., and 20 digs 
Holly Carlton had 1 ace, 4 service its., 14 digs 
Melanie Gonzalez had 1 ace and 1 service pt.  

Northwest Semifinals 

Albemarle def. Broad Run, 3-2 (25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 16-25, 15-10)

Patrick Henry-Roanoke def. Osbourn Park, 3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 12-25, 25-17) 

Northern Region Semifinals at Centreville

Langley def. Madison, 3-2 (22-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-9)

Stone Bridge def. South County, 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-16)

The Skinny: For SB --
Ryan Ackermann 14 kills, 13 digs, 2 blocks 
Mariah Brantley 9 digs 
Megan Bryn 2 kills, 8 digs, 1 ace 
Megan Ellis 2 kills, 1 dig 
Sarah Fairchild 13 digs, 5 aces! 
Cydney Gill 28 assists, 9 digs, 1 ace 
Libby Haslett 6 kills, 2 digs, 4 blocks 
Shannon Williams 6 kills, 2 digs 

Girls Volleyball: Tues. Nov. 6 Playoff Scoreboard + The Skinny

Viva Loudoun Tues. Nov. 6 High School Girls Volleyball + The Skinny
Playoff Scores

AA Region II
Loudoun County def. Loudoun Valley, 3-1 (25-13, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15)
The Skinny: Loudoun County battled back after dropping the second set to defeat Loudoun Valley for the 4th time this season. The Lady Raiders won their 13th straight match and improved to 23-1 on the season. 

Girls Volleyball: Stone Bridge's Ryan Ackermann Named 1st Team All-Northern Region; Sarah Fairchild 2nd Team

(Nov. 6, 2012) - Stone Bridge High School senior Ryan Ackermann has been named the Northern Region girls volleyball first team in a vote of the region coaches. Teammate, junior libero Sarah Fairchild, was named to the second team.

Stone Bridge junior Cydney Gill was named honorable mention.

Northern Region Girls Volleyball 2012 Selections