Football: Stone Bridge, Briar Woods, Loudoun County, Tuscarora All Top 10 in State Polls

(Oct. 30, 2012) - Four area football teams continued their Top 10 rankings in the AP state football polls with Stone Bridge High School No. 4 in AAA and Briar Woods No. 2 in AA. Both the Bulldogs and Falcons are 9-0 on the season.

Also ranked in AA were Loudoun County at No. 7 and Tuscarora at No. 9. Both the Raiders and Huskies are 8-1 on the season.

Football: Four Area Teams Ranked in AP State Polls - Stone Bridge No. 4 in AAA; Briar Woods No. 2, Loudoun County No. 8, Tuscarora No. 10 in AA

(Oct. 23, 2012) - Loudoun is well represented in the AP high school football polls released this week with undefeated Stone Bridge (8-0) No. 4 in the state AAA rankings and undefeated Briar Woods (8-0) No. 2 in the AA rankings.

Football: VirginiaPreps.com Releases Consensus Rankings

(Sept. 28, 2011) - VirginiaPreps.com has released a consensus high school football rankings for the state. Briar Woods High School is ranked No. 7 in AA and Tuscarora No. 10. In AAA, Stone Bridge is tied for No. 12 and Broad Run tied for No. 17.

The "Consensus" rankings are computed by using a compilation of the following rankings and polls:
VirginiaPreps.com (rankings)
VHSL Ratings (power points-unofficial tabulation)
AP Polls (media polls)
vhsl-reference (computer rankings)
massey (computer rankings)

In AAA, powerhouse Phoebus is ranked No. 1 and Chantilly, a team that had to rally against Stone Bridge, is ranked No. 4. Two Northern Virginia teams are tied for No. 2 -- Hytlon from Prince William County and Centreville.

In AA, Region II Liberty is No. 3. Check out the full rankings.

Volleyball: Loudoun County Debuts at No. 1, Stone Bridge No. 3 and Heritage No. 10 in AllMet.com Top 10

(Sept. 7, 2011) - Loudoun County, the 4-time defending Virginia High School League state champions, have debuted at No. 1 in the Washington Post's Top 10 poll released on AllMet.com. Stone Bridge, AAA state runner-up last season, is No. 3 and Heritage, which just moved down to AA and the Dulles District, is No. 10.

Check out the full Top 10!

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.

Wrestling: Latest VivaLoudoun Top 3 Rankings for Dulles District

The rankings are compiled by editor Dan Sousa (dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com) with the help of Dulles District coaches. Each week a new rankings will be released based on results supplied by teams as well as feedback from fans and wrestlers.

Note: We did not include the three Loudoun AAA schools in the rankings as they are not wrestling the Dulles District schools head-to-head.

Dulles Distrit Wrestling Rankings - Top 3
as of 1.15.10

103
1, Dang (PV)
2, Grieco (LC
Defeated Zedan, 3-2, last week
3, Zedan (PF)
Defeated Hamm, 12-6 on Jan. 13
Others to watch: Hamm (F), Gowda (BR)

112
1, Marquina (F)
Won title at Elks; Forfeit vs. PF on Jan. 13
2, Rea (PF)
Not able to wrestle vs. Marquina Jan. 13
3, Hulcher (BW)
Maj. Dec. over Sandoe Jan. 13
Others to watch: Schmidl (BR), Sandoe (D)

119
1, Anthony (LC)
Defeated Le at Elks Tournament, 9-4; defeated Linza last week also
2, Le (F)
Pinned Linza Jan. 13
3, Linza (PF)
Pinned by Le Jan. 13
Others to watch: Ali (PV)

125
1, Hosti (F)
2, Hartman (BR)
Defeated Garcia, 9-7, last week
3, Garcia (D)
Others to watch:

130
1, Zuhkulu (PF)
pinned Robillard last week; pinned Gaetani Jan. 13
2, Murray (BR)
Edged Fawkes, 5-3
3, Gaetani (F)
Pinned by Zuhkulu
Others to watch: Fawkes (D), Robillard (LC), Landmesser (PV)

135
1, DiRenzo (BR)
Tech Fall over Kirkwood
2, Philbrick (F)
Wrestled for first time all season, won Elks! Pinned Belin Jan. 13
3, Belin (PF)
Pinned by Belin Jan. 13
Others to watch: Kirkwood (D)

140
1, Oswald (PF)
Defeated Richardson last week; Dec. Young 3-1
2, Young (F)
Beat Richardson last week; Lost 3-1 Dec. to Oswald
3, Richardson (LC)
Others to watch: Sealy (BW)

145
1, Sheptock (F)
Won at the Elks
2, Montoya (BR)
pinned Chervenko
3, Cheverchko (D)
Others to watch:

152
1, Murphy (F)
Dec. Warden 9-8
2, Warden (PF)
Lost 9-8 Dec. to Murphy
3, Garcia (PV)
Others to watch: Gass (BR)

160
1, Rowane (PF)
Defeated Perez last week; Pinned Scrivo Jan. 13
2, Perez (LC)
Defeated Scrivo last week
3, Scrivo (F)
Pinned by Rowane Jan. 13

171
1, Constantino (F)
Won at the Elks
2, Roberts (PV)
3, Mendoza (BR)
Others to watch: Stevens (LC)

189
1, Freda (F)
2, Awad (BW)
3, Gil (PV)
Others to watch: Walden (PF)

215
1, Sosa (BW)
2, Lanzaro (F)
3, Sisson (D)
Others to watch:

285
1, Duffin (PF)
Did not wrestle due to injury vs. Timbers
2, Hayes (PV)
3, Timbers (F)
Forfeit vs. PF
Surprise winner at Elks
Others to watch: Ward (D)

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.