Boys Basketball: Broad Run Blows Out James Wood to Open Season, 91-42

Leesburg (Dec. 4, 2009) - A night after Dominion High School opened with 91 points in an overtime loss, AA Dulles District rival Broad Run -- who beat the Titans in last year's district tournament after Dominion won the regular season title -- showed that they could score 91 points ... in regulaton at the Loudoun County Tip Off Tournament!

Broad Run beat James Wood, 91-41, on the back of a monster second half, out-scoring the Colonels, 53-16. Kevin McGaughey led the Spartans with 19 points followed by Taylor Johnson's 18 and Ahmad Zafar with 14. For more on this game, see the Northern Virginia Daily story.

In the second game of the tournament, host Loudoun County fell to George Mason, 52-38.

Nate Ogle scored 15 points to lead the Mustangs, while Ben Stewart and Aaron Young added 10 apiece. County jumped out to a 8-2 lead, but Mason stormed back on the strength of a 16-0 run over the next six minutes to essentially put the game away.

The Raiders cut the margin to five with 1:27 left but could get no closer. (LC has not reported its scoring).

Mason travels back to Loudoun County tonight to face Broad Run, while County hosts James Wood. Game times are 6 and 8 p.m.

Girls Basketball
It was a tough night for three girls teams as they opened the 2009-10 season with losses.

Park View fell to a powerful Millbrook team, 79-33, and Heritage and Dominion both lost at the Brown's Nissan Tip Off Classic at Dominion with the Pride downed by Herndon, 50-43, and the Titans falling to South Lakes, 66-29.

In the South Lakes game, Zoe Beard-Falls led all scorers with 18 and the Seahawks got 14 from Marlena Tremba, 11 from Gabrielle Schultz and 10 from Emily Lopynski. The Titans were led by Haley Landry's eight points.

Read more on Millbrook's win over Park View here!

Football: Another “Average” Year for Stone Bridge as Bulldogs Once Again are One Win from State Title Game

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun.com Editor

Ashburn (Dec. 3, 2009) – For four years the current Stone Bridge High School senior football class has heard about how “average” they were compared to previous classes including last year’s bumper crop of blue chip recruits that made it to the state semifinals, the 2007 state title team, the 2006 squad with talented backs Y’Lou Brown and Jeron Gouveia, and the 2005 state runner-up squad.

It all started their freshman year when they suited up for a freshman program that legend told had never lost a single game and the young Bulldogs went out and not only lost, but lost big, such as 50-0 at Langley, and they finished the year at 4-6.

Average. Everybody said that this year, after so many years of success and after graduating basically 20 of 22 starters, the Bulldogs were finally going to be an average team.

And sure enough these Bulldogs are simply average … for a Stone Bridge football team … one loss in 13 games and a regional title and the right to host Saturday’s VHSL AAA Division 5 state semifinal against Massaponax.

One win away from a third trip to the state finals in three years. Yes, this is another average Stone Bridge season.

“They still want to keep playing,” said Stone Bridge coach Mickey Thompson, who has guided the Bulldogs to an incredible 104-21 record in 10 seasons since the school opened including six regional titles and a 20-6 playoff mark. “I think this team feels like they are not anywhere close to being done.”

Football: Big Challenge Awaits Broad Run

Broad Run (12-0) at Powhatan (12-0)
What: Division 4 state semifinals
When: Dec. 5, 1:30 p.m.
Region finals: Broad Run 36, Sherando 13; Powhatan 34, Chancellor 18
Points scored: Powhatan 545, Broad Run 430
Points allowed: Powhatan 65, Broad Run 125

By Carl Lukat

Times-Mirror Staff Writer

Special to VivaLoudoun.com

Ashburn (Dec. 3, 2009) - Broad Run High School has grown accustomed to the friendly confines of its home field in Ashburn during its perfect run through the last two football playoff seasons.

The Spartans hosted five games and played one neutral site game on their way to winning the 2008 Division 4 state championship and advancing to this year's Division 4 state semifinals.

That changes Saturday as Broad Run will make a nearly 150-mile trip to play the Powhatan Indians. Powhatan is about 30 miles west of Richmond. 

"We are excited. We have been very fortunate to play at lot of important games at home the last few years," Spartans coach Mike Burnett said. "We are trying to embrace this opportunity to go somewhere else and play a big game."

Broad Run (12-0) will not only play on the road, but will also face a very accomplished team. Powhatan (12-0) won all of its regular-season games by 25 or more points.

The Indians defeated Chancellor 34-18 in the Region I championship game, avenging a loss to Chancellor in the 2008 regional final.

Powhatan features a massive offenisve line that averages 280 pounds per lineman. Senior QB Shawn Minor is a playmaker with his arm and his legs. Minor passed for 200 yards and rushed for 135 more in the win over Chancellor.

The Spartans -- winners of 26 straight games -- counter Powhatan's size up front with team speed. Broad Run is stocked with playmakers, including Division I commits RB T.J. Peeler (Pittsburgh) and WR Adrian Flemming (Syracuse).

"We believe in athleticism and explosiveness," Burnett said. "We kind of hope that will give us an advantage."

Amherst hosts Christiansburg in Saturday's other Division 4 semifinal. The two winners will square off for the Division 4 state championship at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium in Blacksburg Dec. 12 at 4:30.

Broad Run defeated Amherst 13-0 in last year's state title game. The Spartans are two wins away from repeating as state champions.

"Every game, we play for each other and to be the best we can be," Burnett said. "Our first goal was to win our district and we did that. We then focused on regionals and we were able to accomplish that goal. Now, we are at our last goal of winning states. It's coming down to the end of the road."

Editor's Note: VivaLoudoun and the Loudoun Times-Mirror are teaming up this week with two football teams in the state semifinals. LTM editor Carl "crazy legs" Lukat is covering Broad Run and Dan "Single Zing" Sousa is covering Stone Bridge. We hope to be doing the same thing next week at UVa and Tech!

Football: Stone Bridge's Harris, Rositano First Team All-Region; Burns, Gouveia Second Team

(Dec. 3, 2009) - Stone Bridge High School placed four juniors on the 2009 All-Northern Region first and second teams including first team running back Marcus Harris who was named Offensive Player of the Year runner-up and Spenser Rositano at first team defensive back.

Second team selections for the Bulldogs (12-1), who play Massapnoax Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at home in the AAA Division 5 state semifinals, were defensive lineman Rob Burns and linebacker Kyle Gouveia.

SB linemen Kyle Wren, Eric Volz and Rositan, at WR, were all honorable mention on offense.

2009 All-Northern Region Football Selections

(as voted by the coaches)

First Team Offense
C - Austin Mayhugh, Oakton (SR).
G - Billy Dvorkin, McLean (SR)
G - Dan Golman, Robinson (SR)
T - Khamrone Kolb, Lake Braddock (SR).
T - Jay Whitmire, T.C. Williams (JR).
TE - Jonathan Fremerman, McLean (SR)
WR - Colin Dempsey, W.T. Woodson (SR)
WR - Brandon Johnson, Lake Braddock (SR)
WR - T.J. O'Connell, West Springfield (SR)
WR - Melvin Robinson, Annandale (JR)
WR - Matt Zanellato, Robinson (JR).
QB - Michael Nebrich, Lake Braddock (JR)
RB - Idreis Augustus, Lee (SR)
RB - Riley Beiro, McLean (SR)
RB - Marcus Harris, Stone Bridge (JR)

Offensive Player of the Year - Michael Nebrich, Lake Braddock (JR)
Offensive Player of the Year Runner-Up - Marcus Harris, Stone Bridge (JR)

First Team Defense
DE - Emmanuel Adetunji, Lake Braddock (JR)
DE - Andrew Embree, Marshall (SR)
DL - Wasim Abassi, Lake Braddock (SR).
DL - Anthony Carabali, South County (SR)
DL - Scott Stangeby, Oakton (SR)
LB - Josh Hogan, W.T. Woodson (SR)
LB - Brian Laiti, Robinson (SR)
LB - Chris Lavery, Lake Braddock (SR)
LB - Eric Wright, Lee (SR)
DB - Spenser Rositano, Stone Bridge (JR)
DB - Andre Simmons, South County (SR).
DB - Thomas Stickford, Lake Braddock (SR)
DB - Dante Taylor, Lee (SR)

Defensive Player of the Year - Brian Laiti, Robinson (SR)
Defensive Player of the Year Runner-Up - Josh Hogan, W.T. Woodson (SR)

Utility Player of the Year - Marcus Hughes, Falls Church (SR)

PK - John McConnell, West Springfield (SR)
P - Donnie McQueen, Annandale (SR).
KR - Cortez, Taylor, T.C. Williams (SR)

Class of 2010 College Choice Chart Updated

Updated Dec. 3, 2009

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Athlete	High School	Sport	Level	College
Molly Baldwin	Loudoun County	Volleyball	NAIA	Savannah College of Art & Design
Megan Beckwith	Heritage	Volleyball	D1	Colorado
Kim Bell	Briar Woods	Basketball	D1	Utah Valley
Nicole Bennett	Loudoun Valley	Volleyball	D2	Frances Marion
Anna Blessing	Broad Run	Softball	D1	Binghamton
Calle Brown	Loudoun County	Soccer	D1	Virginia
Kesley Buchanan	Freedom	Basketball	D1	Delaware
Morgan Clark	Loudoun Valley	Volleyball	D1	Bucknell
Amber Cook	Loudoun Valley	Soccer	D1	Old Dominion
Chris Daddio	Loudoun Valley	Lacrosse	D1	Syracuse
Lizzie Deane	Broad Run	Volleyball	D3	Farleigh Dickinson
Jennifer Escorza	Freedom	Basketball	D1	Wofford
Adrian Flemming	Broad Run	Football	D1	Syracuse
Lindsay Gill	Stone Bridge	Volleyball	D1	Coastal Carolina
Julianne Hanna	Loudoun County	Volleyball	D1	New Mexico
Meredith Harris	Foxcroft	Field Hockey	D1	Denver
Holly Kramer	Stone Bridge	Lacrosse	D1	William and Mary
Taylor Lambke	Stone Bridge	Baseball	D1	George Washington
Andy Londos	Broad Run	Lacrosse	D1	Mount Saint Mary's
Derek Maltz	Stone Bridge	Lacrosse	D1	Syracuse
Ashley Manning	Loudoun Valley	Soccer	D1	Virginia Tech
Robin Marsala	Loudoun County	Volleyball	D2	West Texas A&M
Valerie McMullen	Heritage	Swim	D1	Utah
T.J. Peeler	Broad Run	Football	D1	Pittsburgh
Danny Reategui	Broad Run	Soccer	D3	Johns Hopkins
Morgan Roehling	Broad Run	Basketball	D2	Concord
Elisa Scudder	Broad Run	Volleyball	D1	Dartmouth
Conner Shanosky	Potomac Falls	Soccer	D1	George Mason
Jennifer Skogerboe	Stone Bridge	Soccer	D1	Connecticut
Garret Swankowski	Loudoun Valley	Lacrosse	D1	Virginia
Chase Williams	Loudoun County	Football	D1	Virginia Tech

Boys Basketball: Titans Offense Soars but Opener Ends in Overtime Loss

(Dec. 3, 2009) - The Dominion High School boys basketball team tipped off the post-DeAndre Albritton era -- the talented four-year standout who led the Titans to the school's first ever AA Dulles District title last year and all the way to the VHSL Division 3 state quarterfinals -- with an offensive flourish but the Titans could not hold a 6-point lead in the final minute of the opener and they fell, 95-91, to Osbourn in the Brown's Nissan Tip Off Classic.

The Titans had six players score in double digits including 6-foot-4 senior Brendan Lidral-Porter (17), junior Andre Evans (16), junior Jordan Chinn (14), junior Kevin Conboy (13), junior DeAndre Reaves (13) and senior Matt Care (10).

Lidral-Porter was making his varsity debut after playing junior varsity last season, and Evans was debuting for the Titans after transferring from Briar Woods where he played last season as a sophomore.

Robert Carter, second team All-Cedar Run District last year for the AAA Eagles, led all scorers with 31 and Jay Lane added 22 for Osbourn.

In the tournament opener, Fairfax beat Dunbar, 69-49.

Osbourn and Dunbar will play at 6 p.m. Friday followed by Dominion vs. Fairfax at 8 p.m.


Halftime: Osbourn, 35-32.
Regulation: 80-80.
Final: Osbourn, 95-91
Three-point goals: D 7 (Evans 4, Care 2, Huff).

Osbourn

Name 2pts-3pts-FTM-FTA Total Points

Thomas 2-1-2-2 9

Whitehead 0-0-2-2 2

Bates 6-0-4-8 16

Lane 8-1-3-8 22

Roberson 4-0-3-6 11

Delaney 1-0-0-0 2

Carter 7-2-11-17 31

Freeman 1-0-0-2 2
Totals 29 25-45 95

Dominion

Evans 1-4-2-2 16

Chinn 6-0-2-2 14

Reaves 6-0-1-3 13

Care 2-1-2-6 10

Lidral-Porter 7-0-3-5 17

Huff 1-1-1-2 6

Coleman 1-0-0-0 2

Conboy 5-0-3-5 13

Totals 35 14-27 91.

College Signing: Heritage's McMullen to Swim at NCAA Division I Utah

Leesburg (Dec. 3, 2009) - Heritage High School senior Valerie McMullen has signed a NCAA Division I scholarship to swim at the University of Utah.

McMullen, who does her club swimming with Snow Swimming, will compete next week at the 2009 Short Course Junior Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.

She rejoins former club coach Greg Winslow, whom she swam for while growing up in Arizona. Winslow took over the Utes program three years ago.

Wrestling: Season Opens with Loudoun County, Potomac Falls Posting Dulles District Victories

(Dec. 3, 2009) - The Dulles District wrestling season opened Wednesday with Loudoun County defeating Dominion, 48-24, and Potomac Falls topping Briar Woods, 65-12. The Park View vs. Broad Run match was rescheduled as part of a tri-meet with Potomac Falls later in the month.

Loudoun County 48, Dominion 24
215 Kenny Sisson (D) wins by fft
285 Matt Davis (LC) over Emile Khattar(D) 6-3
103 Donata Griccol(LC) Fall over Greg Sandoe(D) 2:24
112 Mitchell Sandoe(D) Fall overScott Rossell (LC) 3:53
119 Tyler Anthony(LC) wins by fft
125 Griffen Anderson(D) got pinned in 1:28 130 Matt Robillard9LC) fall over Jordan hess(D) :17
135 Nolan Kirkwood(D) dec over Alex Scheller 11-6 140 David Richardson(LC) wins by inj. default over Andrew Fawkes
145 Edwin Rodriquez(D) dec over Eric Acton(LC) 8-6
152 Andrew Chverchko(D) fall over Cameron Acton 4:17 160 kenton perez(LC) fall over Eric Carlson(D) 2;46
171 Zach Stevens(LC) fall over Matt Kloc(D) 4:18
189 Richie Cadenas(LC) dec over Danny Melendez(D) 10-3

We will publish the Potomac Falls vs. Briar Woods full results as soon as they are sent our way (dan.sousa[at]verizon.net)

College Signing: Foxcroft's Meredith "Dish" Harris Plates NCAA Division I Field Hockey Scholarship

(Dec. 3, 2009) - Foxcroft's Meredith "Dish" Harris has platted an NCAA Division I field hockey scholarship at the University of Denver. Harris is also an accomplished equestrian rider. Read the full story by Jason Rufner in the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Girls Basketball: Berry Scores 21, including 11 of 11 from the Foul Line in the 4th, as PFalls Wins Opener

(Dec. 3, 2009) - Symone Berry scored 21 points with nine rebounds and went 11 of 11 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to lead the Potomac Falls High School girls basketball team to a 49-47 season-opening win at Hayfield.

Raven Short added 13 points for the Panthers and Jenae Reid had seven points to go with seven steals. Also for PF: Rebecca Perez and Jasmin Jefferies each had three points and five rebounds.

Panther coach Lynn Ewald credited Alyssa Battle (2 points) with great post defense against the taller opponents.

"It was a rough game, but it was the first of the season," commented Ewald.

Both teams combined to shoot 71 free throws in the game with Potomac Falls sinking 14 of 15 in the final quarter.

Score by Quarters
PF 14 9 7 19 49
HF 13 5 12 17 47

Girls Basketball: Defending State Champion Loudoun County Opens with Win

Bealeton (Dec. 3, 2009) - The AA Division 4 defending state champion Loudoun County High School girls basketball team went on the road and beat Liberty, 71-66, Wednesday in a season opener at the Fauquier County Tip Off Tournament.

Loudoun County played the entire game in foul trouble as four starters had three fouls at the half and senior standouts Kendra Holmes and Alissa Kain picked up their fourth fouls a minute into the second half.

Despite the foul trouble, and facing a starting five that boasted players that went 6-foot3, 6-foot-1, 6-foot and 5-foot-10, the Raiders were able to outscore the Eagles 20-12 in the fourth quarter to get the win.

For the Raiders, sophomore Jenna Strange played steady throughout the contest as she finished with 15 points and 7 rebounds.

Holmes, despite limited minutes, showed why she is one of the top players in the state as she tallied 18 points and eight rebounds.

The leading scorer for the Raiders was junior shooting guard Brittany Batts, who scored 20 points, nine of those in the critical fourth period, and she also had four rebounds.

Kain, who eventually fouled out, finished with eight points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Sophomore Erica Linnemann had a nice game as she finished with eight points.

Alex Lapple, Casey Cummings, and Shauna Kain were also instrumental in the win as they played valuable minutes due to County's foul trouble.

County will be back in action Friday night in second round play of The Faquier County Tip-Off Tournament when they face AAA North Stafford in a 7:45 p.m. contest at Liberty High School.


LOUDOUN COUNTY 71, LIBERTY 66
L (1-0, 0-0) — Batts 20, Holmes 18, Strange 15, A. Kain 8, Linnemann 8, Lapple 2. Totals 0 0-0 66.
Halftime: Liberty, 35-32.
Three-point goals: LC 4 (Batts, Holmes, Strange, Linnemann).
Rebounds: LC 29 (Batts 4, Holmes 8, Strange 7, A. Kain 6, Linnemann 2, Lapple 2).
Assists: LC 8 (Batts 2, Holmes, Strange, A. Kain 3, Linnemann).

Band: Briar Woods Senior Mark Davis Named to Army All-American Marching Band

(Dec. 1, 2009) - Briar Woods High School senior Mark Davis has been selected to the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band.

This band will perform on January 10, 2010, at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is the premier high school football game in the nation. It features the nation's top high school senior football players and marching musicians.

Academic News: Stone Bridge Captures 1st Part of Scholastic Challenge

(Dec. 1, 2009) - Stone Bridge High School was the winner of the first half of the 2009-2010 Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Academic Challenge on Nov. 18 at Broad Run High School.

The College Bowl-style competition consists of four rounds of questions, including two sessions of toss-up questions (answered by the team touching the electronic buzzer first) and directed questions (questions directed at a specific team). Each question is worth 10 points.

Volleyball: State Title Winning Vikes Reap Regional Awards; Clark Player of the Year, Johnson Coach of the Year

(Dec. 1, 2009) - The VHSL AAA state title winning Loudoun Valley High School volleyball team reaped some Northwest Region awards in a vote by the coaches including senior Morgan Clark as the Player of the Year and Laird Johnson as the Coach of the Year.

Other Vikes picking up honors included senior setter Nicole Bennett as first team and senior hitter Lindsey Phipps and senior Libero Kristen Martin as second team.

Heritage junior Lian Bernett and senior Libero Megan Beckwith were picked on the first team, while sophomore Stephanie Yokoyama and junior Emma LeMaitre were picked for the second team.

2009 All-Northwest Region Volleyball Selections
1st Team
MORGAN CLARK, SR- LOUDOUN VALLEY
KELLI GOSS, SR- FOREST PARK
ABBY HENDRIX, SR- ALBEMARLE
NICOLE BENNETT, SR- LOUDOUN VALLEY
LIAN BERNETT,JR- HERITAGE
RACHAEL GOSS, SR- FOREST PARK
TORI PRICE, SR- OSBOURN PARK
HANNAH LAWSON, SR- ALBEMARLE
LIBERO- MEGAN BECKWITH,SR- HERITAGE

2nd Team
LIZ BRAILSFORD, JR- PATRICK HENRY
STEPHANIE YOKOYAMA, SO- HERITAGE
JORDAN TEMPLIN, JR- FRANKLIN COUNTY
BROOKE KELLY, JR- COLONIAL FORGE
LINDSAY PHIPPS, SR- LOUDOUN VALLEY
CAROLINE BRAILSFORD, FR- PATRICK HENERY
ARIQUEL PAYNE, JR- OSBOURN PARK
NIKKI McMILLEN, JR- OSBOURN PARK
EMMA LeMAITRE, SR- HERITAGE
ALYSSA BAIRD, SR- COLONIAL FORGE
LIBERO- KRISTEN MARTIN, SR- LOUDOUN VALLEY

REGION PLAYER OF THE YEAR- MORGAN CLARK, SR- LOUDOUN VALLEY
REGION COACH OF THE YEAR- LAIRD JOHNSON- LOUDOUN VALLEY