Viva Loudoun: Vote Now for May 10 Game of the Week!

(May 6, 2013) - Polls are now open for the Viva Loudoun Game of the Week. The game for Friday, May 10 that receives the most votes by noon on Friday will get full coverage from our Viva Loudoun video interns and they will produce a highlight video from the game to share with all the fans!

Poll: How Would You Rate Your Favorite High Schools Sports Year to Date?

Football: Briar Woods, Stone Bridge, Loudoun County All Ranked in State by AP

(Sept. 17, 2012) - The AP Virginia sportswriter's high school football polls have been released and three Loudoun teams are ranked with Briar Woods No. 2 in AA and Loudoun County is tied for No. 6. In AAA, Stone Bridge is ranked No. 5.

Hermitage is No. 1 in AAA, just ahead of No. 2 Oscar Smith with both schools receiving three first-place votes apiece. Also getting first place votes: Westfield (No. 3), Phoebus (No. 7) and Ocean Lakes (No. 8). In AA, Brookville is first despite have three first place votes to Briar Woods' four. Amherst County (No. 3) also picked up a first place vote. Essex received seven of nine first place votes to take the top spot in A.

  See the complete polls for A, AA and AAA on InsideNova.com.

Basketball: VivaLoudoun/Loudoun Times-Mirror Top 5 Hoops Poll

(Jan. 20, 2011) - The Loudoun Times-Mirror and VivaLoudoun.com have teamed up to present the LoCo Elite 5 — a top five weekly rankings for varsity basketball among Loudoun’s 12 public high schools.

Defending AA state champion Potomac Falls is our No. 1 ranked boys’ team, and Stone Bridge is our top ranked girls’ squad.

Here’s a look at our full rankings as of Jan. 18.

Basketball: Loudoun Has Four Teams Ranked in AP Statewide Polls -- PFalls Boys No. 1

(Jan. 19, 2011) - The Potomac Falls High School boys basketball team are ranked No. 1 in the state according to the Associated Press latest polls. The Panthers are one of four local teams ranked with Broad Run boys No. 5, Loudoun County girls No. 4 and Freedom girls No. 7.

Basketball: VivaLoudoun/Loudoun Times-Mirror Top 5 Hoops Poll

Well most teams have gone 12 days with just one game! Thus the poll has been in hibernation but lets get this baby out before Mother Nature spews more wintery woe our way.

Feb. 4, 2010 Poll:

Boys Top 5
1. Broad Run (17-1)
If Broad Run coach John Costello had an assistant coach named Abbott ... then headline writers everywhere would be happy
2. Potomac Falls (15-2)
Ranking a Jeff Hawes team No. 2 is a bit like tugging on Superman's cape
3. Stone Bridge (12-5)
Stone Bridge senior Sam Tripp is a shot blocker by night ... and by day, of course, he's a Daytripper
4. Loudoun Valley (8-8)
The Vikes lose and move up ... the VivaLoudoun fox sent LTM sports editor Carl Lukat's coffee out for testing and it came back mostly Sumatra blend with traces of newspaper ink
5. Briar Woods (7-9), Loudoun County (9-9) and Park View (10-8)
The Skinny: No we didn't use a dart board but Briar Woods is playing well and split with County this year and County just beat Park View which was No. 4 and earlier this year Valley beat Park View and County ... oh heck, Carl, pass your coffee over here!

Girls Top 5
1. Loudoun County (15-2)
The Skinny: Raider coach Kevin Reed rewrote Dale Carnegie's book into "How to Win Games and Influence Officials" ... we hope he doesn't throw the book at us for that joke
2. Freedom (13-4)
The Skinny: We love the Eagles because they have a AAA-caliber schedule and NBA-caliber stat crew!
3. Loudoun Valley (11-5)
The Skinny: Is it just us or is there a great athlete named Oden at Valley just about every year. You could say we are Chrystal-clear on that fact
4. Stone Bridge (11-6)
The Skinny: When you go to a Bulldog girls game there is usually Prince working the snackbar, a Prince in the broadcast booth and two Prince's on the court - talk about your principalities
5. Broad Run (9-7) and Potomac Falls (10-5)
The Skinny: We would ask BR coach Mike O'Hara to change his name to O'Hare so we could joke about his team flying under the radar but man that is way too much work. You could say that even before Facebook and Twitter that PF coach Lynn Ewald was living ... in a "Ewald" ... but honestly, we wouldn't advise saying it

What do you think? Got a Better Pun than Us? Post a comment below! First person to post a comment will receive the keys to VivaLoudoun.com Township ... if we had a township!

Basketball: Local Teams with High Rankings in Virginia AP Poll; Freedom Girls No. 1 in the State

(Jan. 6, 2010) - Basketball in Loudoun has had to struggle over the years to earn respect around the state but in the latest Virginia Associated Press Basketball Rankings four teams are ranked in the top four including the Freedom High School girls ranked No. 1 in AA.

Along with Freedom, the defending Division 3 state champ, Loudoun County, the defending Division 4 state champ, is ranked No. 4.

On the boys side, Potomac Falls is ranked No. 2 in the state and Broad Run is ranked No. 4.

View the complete rankings for A, AA and AAA here.