Basketball: VHSL State Semifinals and Finals Scores

(March 13, 2012) - Here are the final scores from the VHSL state semifinals and championship basketball games.

Tues. March 6
D3 Girls: Liberty-Bealeton 42, Richlands 34
D3 Boys: Cave Spring 76, Fluvanna County 59
D3 Girls: R.E. Lee-Staunton 58, Woodgrove 34
D3 Boys: Brunswick 64, Rockbridge County 59 (OT)
D4 Girls: Millbrook 65, Carroll County 31
D4 Boys: Christiansburg 66, Potomac Falls 52

Wed. March 7
D4 Girls: Courtland 70, Salem-Salem 30
D4 Boys: Grafton 63, Heritage-Lynchburg 48
AAA Girls: Princess Anne 57, Highland Springs 48
AAA Boys: Petersburg 77, Kecoughtan 56
AAA Girls: Oakton 46, Woodside 43
AAA Boys: Hampton 74, Hernrico 60

Thurs. March 8
D1 Girls: East Rockingham 59, Galax 40
D1 Boys: Amelia County 68, Hurley 64
D1 Girls: Covington 50, Altavista 47 (OT)
D1 Boys: Galax 64, Charles City 54
D2 Girls: Gate City 48, Stuarts Draft 42
D2 Girls: George Mason 64, Glenvar 48

Fri. March 9
D2 Boys: Lancaster 82, Virginia High 60
D2 Boys: George Mason 62, Fort Chiswell 50

Championship Schedule
Fri. March 9
D1 Girls: East Rockingham 66, Covington 42
First state title for Eagles from Elkton 

D1 Boys: Galax 66, Amelia County 49
Second state title for Maroon Tide from Galax. They won in 2011

AAA Girls: Oakton 58, Princess Anne 39
First state title for Cougars from Vienna

AAA Boys: Hampton 64, Petersburg 51
Fifth state title for Crabbers from Hampton. They won in 1997, 1989, 1969, 1939

Sat. March 10
D3 Girls: R.E. Lee-Staunton 44, Liberty-Bealeton 37
Third state title for Fighting Leemen from Staunton. They won in 1994, 1975

D3 Boys: Brunswick 48, Cave Spring 33
5th state title for Bulldogs from Lawrenceville. They won in 2011, 2003, 1988, 1987

D2 Girls: George Mason 50, Gate City 47
Fourth state title for Mustangs from Falls Church. They won in 2010, 2009, 1998

D2 Boys: Lancaster 66, George Mason 51
First state title for Red Devils from Lancaster

D4 Girls: Millbrook 63, Courtland 38
Third state title for Pioneers from Winchester. They won in 2011, 2010

D4 Boys: Christiansburg 70, Grafton 69 (OT)
First state title for Blue Demons from Christiansburg

Football: Briar Woods Shut Out Grafton, 31-0, to Book Return Trip to D4 State Finals

By Marty O'Brien
Special to VivaLoudoun

Williamsburg (Dec. 2, 2011) - Briar Woods High School will make a return trip to Williams Stadium at Liberty University in Lynchburg to defend its Group AA Division 4 state title. The Falcons booked passage with an all-encompassing 31-0 win over Grafton on Saturday at Bailey Field on Yorktown.

The Falcons (13-1) dominated on both sides of the ball. Cory Colder led the offense with 113 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

Football: Live! VHSL State Semifinal Scoreboard - Briar Woods Advances to D4 State Finals!

VHSL State Semifinal Football Scoreboard

Division 6
Centreville (12-1) 10, Hermitage (12-0) 9 FINAL
Oscar Smith (12-1) 42, Battlefield (10-2) 14 FINAL

Division 5
Phoebus (11-2) 27, North Stafford (10-2) 26 (OT) FINAL
South County (10-3) 38, Hanover (10-2) 22 FINAL

Division 4
Briar Woods (12-1) 31, Grafton (9-3) 0 FINAL
Christiansburg (11-1) 35, Broadway (12-0) FINAL

Division 3
James Monroe (12-0) 14, Kettle Run (13-0) 7 FINAL
Brookville (12-0) 38, Cave Spring (9-3) 27 FINAL

Division 2
Gretna (11-2) 20, Amelia County (12-1) 12 FINAL
Goochland (13-0) 47, Wilson Memorial (11-2) 21 FINAL

Division 1
Galax (13-0) 50, Central-Lunenburg (10-3) 14 FINAL
Clintwood (11-3) 17, Sussex Central (12-1) 8 FINAL

Football: VHSL State Semifinal Match-ups *Updated*

(Nov. 28, 2011) - These are the Virginia High School League state semifinal, for divisions 1 through 6:

All games Sat. Dec. 3
Division 6
Centreville (12-1) at Hermitage (12-0), 1:30 p.m.
Oscar Smith (12-1) at Battlefield (10-2), 1 p.m. (VHSL list this as TBA but Potomac News is listing 1 p.m.)

Division 5
North Stafford (10-2) at Phoebus (11-2), 1:30 p.m. at Darling Stadium
Hanover (10-2) at South County (10-3), 4 p.m.

Division 4
Briar Woods (12-1) at Grafton (9-3), 4 p.m. at Bailey Field at York High School
Christiansburg (11-1) at Broadway (12-0), 2 p.m.

Division 3
James Monroe (12-0) at Kettle Run (13-0), 1:30 p.m.
Brookville (12-0) at Cave Spring (9-3), 1 p.m.

Division 2
Amelia County (12-1) at Gretna (11-2), 1:30 p.m.
Wilson Memorial (11-2) at Goochland (13-0), 2 p.m.

Division 1
Central-Lunenburg (10-3) at Galax (13-0), 2 p.m.
Clintwood (11-3) at Sussex Central (12-1), 1:30 p.m.

Finals - Sat. Dec. 10
Division 6 at Scott Stadium, UVA, 4:07 p.m.
Division 5 at Scott Sadium, UVA, 12:07 p.m.
Division 4 at Williams Stadium, Liberty, 4:30 p.m.
Division 3 at Williams Stadium, Liberty, noon
Division 2 at Salem City Stadium, Salem, 4:30 p.m.
Division 1 at Salem City Stadium, Salem, noon

Girls Soccer: Live! State Semifinal: Broad Run vs. Jefferson Forest

(June 9, 2011) - It's an all-day Live! blogging event as VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa covers the second game of the girls soccer doubleheader with 3-time defending AA state champion Broad Run taking on Jefferson Forest. Coverage will start as soon as the Woodgrove game ends.

Girls Soccer: Live! Coverage AA State Semifinal: Woodgrove vs. Blacksburg

(June 9, 2011) - As soon as the Briar Woods softball state semifinal ends Friday, VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa will be heading over to the stadium field to cover the Woodgrove High School girls soccer game against Blacksburg. The game starts at 2 p.m. and our Live! coverage will get underway at 1:30 p.m.

Softball: Live! Coverage from State Semifinals: Briar Woods vs. Broadway

(June 9, 2011) - VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa will be at Radford University Friday to bring you Live! coverage of the VHSL AA state softball semifinal between Briar Woods High School and Broadway. Our coverage will start at 9:30 a.m.!

Friday's State Semifinal Schedule

Fri. June 10

Baseball

State Semifinals: AA at Calfee Park, Pulaski

York vs. Northside, 4 p.m.

Broad Run vs. Tunstall, 1 p.m.

Softball

State Semifinals: AA at Radford

Briar Woods vs. Broadway, 10 a.m.

Woodgrove vs. Northside, 4 p.m.

Girls Soccer

State Semifinals: AA at Radford

Woodgrove vs. Blacksburg, 2 p.m.

Broad Run vs. Jefferson Forest, 4 p.m.

AAA at Westfield

Heritage vs. Cox, 3 p.m.

Battlefield vs. McLean, 1 p.m.

Live! Blogging! VHSL Basketball Division 4 State Finals

We are Live! from the Siegel Center as the Loudoun County girls and Potomac Falls boys attempt to bring back two basketball state titles to Loudoun. VivaLoudoun editor Dan "set shot" Sousa is now online from courtside of the 7 p.m. contest.

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - VHSL D4 State Semifinals by Gary Sousa - Potomac Falls vs. Christiansburg

(Mar. 10, 2011) - It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's ... Gary Sousa ... Superhero Photographer!

Yes that was Gary Sousa way up high in the catwalk at VCU Wednesday taking photos of the Potomac Falls boys win over Christiansburg in the VHSL Division 4 state semifinals. No word on if Spiderman the Musical is considering hiring Sousa to shoot it retooled Broadway opening ... but they could be so lucky!

As always, click on any photo to view the full gallery and if you purchase any shots ... it will make the VivaLoudoun Fox smile!

Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball - D4 State Semifinals by Gary Sousa - Loudoun County vs. Turner Ashby

(Mar. 10, 2011) - Hey we had two teams make the trip to VCU for the basketball state semifinals so why not have two photographers! Gary "He is NOT my brother but what a cool last name" Sousa was on hand to capture all the emotion and check out the shot of Erica Linnemann as she puts the ball in for the winning layin with four seconds left in Loudoun County's 41-40 victory over Turner Ashby! Wow ... indeed ... as always click on any photo to view the complete gallery

Concentration of a game-winning shot!

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - VHSL D4 State Semifinals by Jeff Scudder - Potomac Falls vs. Christiansburg

(Mar. 10, 2011) - Jeff "Shoot 'Em Up" Scudder was on hand as the Potomac Falls High School boys basketball team rolled to its 29th win on the season Wednesday and advanced to the VHSL D4 state finals for the second straight year. Click on any photo to enjoy the full gallery.

Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball - D4 State Semifinals by Jeff Scudder - Loudoun County vs. Turner Ashby

(Mar. 10, 2011) - It was an emotional ending to a great comeback for the Loudoun County High School girls basketball team Wednesday in the VHSL Division 4 state semifinals, and Jeff Scudder was on hand to shoot it. Click on any photo to check out the 162 shots by Jeff from the big win.

Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls 59, Christiansburg 44 - Full Box

Girls Basketball: Loudoun County 41, Turner Ashby 40 - Full Box

Basketball: VHSL Final Four Schedule for All Classifications

(Mar. 6, 2011) - The Virginia High School League 2011 state basketball tournament Final Four schedule, with all games at VCU's Siegel Center in Richmond:

Tues. Mar. 8
D3 Girls: Western Albemarle vs. R.E. Lee-Staunton, 11 a.m.
D3 Boys: Brunswick vs. Spotswood, 1 p.m.
D3 Girls: Millbrook vs. Spotswood, 3 p.m.
D3 Boys: Fluvanna County vs. Waynesboro, 5 p.m.|
D4 Girls: Liberty-Bealeton vs. Salem-Salem, 7 p.m.
D4 Boys: Liberty-Bealeton vs. Hidden Valley, 9 p.m.

Wed. Mar. 9
D4 Girls: Loudoun County vs. Turner Ashby, 10:30 a.m.
D4 Boys: Potomac Falls vs. Christiansburg, 12:15 p.m.
AAA Girls: Stonewall Jackson vs. West Springfield, 2 p.m.
AAA Boys: L.C. Bird vs. T.C. Williams, 3:45 p.m.
AAA Girls: Princess Anne vs. Forest Park, 7 p.m.
AAA Boys: I.C. Norcom vs. Highland Springs, 9 p.m.

Thurs. Mar. 10
D1 Girls: Riverheads vs. John I. Burton, 11 a.m.
D1 Boys: Page County vs. Surry, 1 p.m.
D1 Girls: Sussex Central vs. Bath County, 3 p.m.
D1 Boys: Luray vs. Galax, 5 p.m.
D2 Boys: Lancaster vs. Radford, 7 p.m.
D2 Boys: George Mason vs. James River-Buchanan, 9 p.m.

Fri. Mar. 11
D2 Girls: East Rockingham vs. Patrick Henry-Glade Spring, 10:30 a.m.
D2 Girls: George Mason vs. Radford, 12:15 p.m.
D1 Girls Title Game, 2 p.m.
D1 Boys Title Game, 3:45 p.m.
AAA Girls Title Game, 7 p.m.
AAA Boys Title Game, 9 p.m.

Sat Mar. 12
D3 Girls Title Game, 11 a.m.
D3 Boys Title Game, 1 p.m.
D2 Girls Title Game, 3 p.m.
D2 Boys Title Game, 5 p.m.
D4 Girls Title Game, 7 p.m.
D4 Boys Title Game, 9 p.m.

Football: Briar Woods and Stone Bridge Semifinal Opponents Lined Up

(Nov. 28, 2010) - Briar Woods and Stone Bridge football teams have a week to prepare as they learned their VHSL state semifinal match-ups on Saturday. Region II champion Briar Woods will host Region I champion Courtland Saturday tentatively at 1:30 p.m. in the Division 4 semifinals, and Northern Region champion Stone Bridge will travel to Northwest Region champion Osbourn Saturday tentatively at 1:30 p.m.

The game time for the Manassas contest is up in the air due to an annual holiday parade scheduled in Manassas at the same time.

Briar Woods (11-2), advancing to the first time this far in the postseason, will host Courtland (8-4), a team that started the year 0-4 but has now won eight straight games including a 31-10 win over Eastern View Saturday in the Region I title game. Briar Woods started the year 2-2 and since won nine straight including the first three playoff games in school history, including a 24-21 win Friday over rival and two-time defending state champion Broad Run.

Stone Bridge (13-0) advances to the state semifinals for the fourth straight year and will face Osbourn  (12-0)  in a match-up of unbeaten teams as the Eagles stopped Mountain View Saturday, 48-7, and the Bulldogs beat Hayfield on Friday, 35-7.

More on Courtland's win over Eastern View from the Freelance Star
More on Osbourn's win over Mountain View from the Potomac News.
More on Dominique Terrell, Osbourn's top player from the Potomac News.

Volleyball: Stone Bridge Sweeps into AAA State Finals

Richmond (Nov. 19, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School girls volleyball team is one match away from clean sweeping through the VHSL AAA state tournament as the Bulldogs swept to yet another win Thursday -- Stone Bridge's fifth straight 3-0 win in the postseason -- to advance to Saturday's title game against Kellam at 7 p.m. at VCU's Siegel Center.

The Bulldogs 25-22, 30-28, 25-18 win over Atlee Thursday puts Stone Bridge into unchartered waters as they advance to the state finals for the first time. It is not, however, unusual for a Loudoun team to advance as Loudoun Valley won the AAA state title last year and Loudoun County plays tonight in the AA semifinals in a bid for a fourth straight state title.

Simply put ... Loudoun=volleyball.

Stats for Stone Bridge Thursday:
Christine Beckham 10 kills, 10 digs, 3 blocks, 3 service pts
Amanda Miller 32 assists, 7 digs, 9 service pts, 3 aces, 4 blocks
Amy Christensen 15 digs, 1 service pt
Ryan Ackermann 12 kills, 1 block, 8 digs, 11 service pts, 3 aces
Alex Heyn 7 kills, 4 blocks, 1 dig
Vanessa Paige 4 kills, 2 digs
Mariah Brantley 4 digs, 11 service pts
Chandni Chudasama 8 service pts, 1 ace, 3 digs
Haley McClure 2 blocks, 2 digs

Sure you could read Matt Brooks account of this match in the Washington Post but VivaLoudoun had its special Stone Bridge volleyball fan taking notes on the match ... we like to call her "Sideout Suzy" (not her real name ... duh) ... Here is what she saw at the Siegel Center Thursday including a great account of the epic second game or set:

1st set
· Atlee led early, went back and forth to 10-6 Atlee.
· Amanda Miller served it up to catch up 11-11.
· Stone Bridge fell behind again always trailing by one or two points to 20-19 Atlee.
· Chandni Chudasama served to get Stone Bridge up 21-20 when Atlee calls time out.
· Turning point for Stone Bridge (wake-up call) at 22-22 with a big kill from Christine Beckham to bring it to 23-22 and Christine serves the rest of the set with Ryan Ackermann with a great kill to win 25-22.

2nd set
· Stone Bridge comes out ahead 9-5 forcing Atlee to take the first time out.
· Atlee trails by 3 to 4 points the rest of the match.
· Then it got interesting, Amy Christensen serves an ace making it 24-21 Stone Bridge.
· Stone Bridge hits it into the net (don’t know who) to 24-22.
· Longest rally of the game with Atlee winning the point 24-23.
· Ace by Atlee (HUGE server, got lots of aces throughout the match) 24-24.
· Next play, 2 big blocks and a huge hit by Stone Bridge 25-24.
· Atlee with a big kill making it 25-25.
· Alex Heyn comes up with a big hit in the middle 26-25 but Atlee comes right back with a kill 26-26.
· Stone Bridge blocks a hit but ball bounces out (Atlee 27-26).
· Christine Beckham makes a great hit to tie it at 27-27.
· Chandni Chudasama comes up to serve and Atlee gets called for a carry (Stone Bridge 28-27).
· Next rally you can hear a pin drop as everyone holds their breath, again a great rally ending with Atlee tipping it over Stone Bridge blockers 28-28.
· Stone Bridge wins the next point 29-28 and Amanda Miller comes up to serve.
· Amanda Miller with an ACE to win 30-28.

3rd set
· Atlee opens with a service error, Stone Bridge 1-0.
· Mariah Brantley serves to 5-1 with Alex Heyn getting 2 huge blocks during that time.
· Atlee loses their serve and Ryan Ackermann takes it to 7-1 timeout Atlee.
· Ryan Ackermann with an ace at 9-1.
· Atlee serves at 9-2 and Stone Bridge gets it back when Alex Heyn blocks making it 10-2.
· With Stone Bridge leading 13-9, Atlee tips it over making it 13-10.
· Atlee, their big server AGAIN, gets 3 aces in a row to tie it 13-13 before Stone Bridge gets their serve back at 14-13.
· After that, it was all Stone Bridge.
· Ryan Ackermann serves at 17-14.
· At 20-14, Alex Heyn and Amanda Miller had a huge double block forcing Atlee to a timeout.
· At 21-14, Amy Christensen gets a nice back row kill.
· At 22-14, Ryan Ackermann gets an Ace.
· Atlee gets their serve back at 22-15 but Alex Heyn comes up with a great kill.
· Atlee looked like they were coming back again when they got their serve back at 23-16.
· Atlee with an ace 23-17.
· Atlee with a great block 23-18.
· But then Atlee gets a service error to 24-18.
· Once again Amanda Miller serves an ace to 25-18.

Thanks Sideout Suzy! Now if we can get a Loudoun County fan to provide a blow-by-blow report from tonight's semifinal we will be set!

Stone Bridge Volleyball (28-1)
Match-by-Match 2010
W - 8.31 - Loudoun Valley - 3-0
W - 9.1 - Yorktown - 3-0
W - 9.7 - Herndon 3-0
L - 9.11 - Loudoun County 2-3
W - 9.11 - Sherando 3-1
W - 9.11 - Kettle Run 3-0
W - 9.13 - Robinson 3-0
W - 9.15 - South Lakes 3-0
W - 9.21 - Marshall 3-0
W - 9.23 - Fairfax 3-1
W - 9.27 - Broad Run 3-0
W 9.29 McLean 3-0
W 10.4 Centreville 3-0
W 10.5 Heritage 3-0
W 10.12 Westfield 3-1
W 10.14 TJ 3-0
W 10.19 Chantilly 3-0
W 10.20 Freedom 3-0
W 10.26 Madison 3-0
W 10.28 Langley 3-2
*W 11.1 Marshall 3-0
*W 11.2 TJ 3-0
*W 11.4 Langley 3-1
**W 11.8 Herndon 3-1
**W11.9 South County 3-0
**W 11.11 Robinson 3-0
**W 11.13 Hayfield 3-0
***W11.16 Princess Anne 3-0
***W 11.18 Atlee 3-0

*Liberty District tournament
**Northern Region tournament
***AAA state tournament