Wrestling Update: Freedom Takes Third in Arundel Invitational

(Jan. 1, 2010) - The Freedom High School wrestling team, competing against some of the top teams in the state of Maryland, finished third this week behind Spalding and DeMatha at the Arundel Invitational

Despite missing a pair of starters, Freedom showed just how far they have come in the last year by placing eight wrestlers in the tournament, six of which were in the top 3.

Joe Sheptock(145) dominated his competition over the course of the two day event by pinning his way through the tournament, including a 1st period pin of Cordell Blair of North County in the finals.

DaQuante Timbers (Heavyweight) also pinned his way into the finals before wrestling Dematha's state place winner Dylan Devine. Timbers defeated Devine in a thrilling overtime victory that caused the gym to erupt, as Timbers sealed the tournament victory for Spalding and wrapped up the third place finish for Freedom. For his outstanding performance in such a pressure packed match and his dominating performance throughout the tournament Timbers was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Upperweight.

Also making the finals for Freedom were Chuong Le and Matt Murphy. Both Freedom grapplers wrestled well and were losing by only a point late in the third period when they fell victim to a pin by their opponents.

Finishing third for the Eagles was Steven Marquina who suffered his first loss of the year to Arundel's state pace winner and eventual tournament champion Logan Reece in a very close 3-2 match. Marquina would then battle back by winning his next two matches including a close 6-5 decision over Northern's regional champion Eric Stubblefield for 3rd place.

Also placing 3rd for the Eagles was Charles Constantino who pinned Curley's Anthony Williams in the consolation finals. Chris Freda and Sean Gaetani wrapped up the Eagle pace winners with their 4th and 6th place finishes respectively.

The 3rd place finish was a large jump from Freedom's 14th place finish from a year ago.

The Eagles will be back in action Saturday as they travel to Broadway High School for the Lou Nagy Invitational.

Click here for complete results.

The Eagles after a win earlier in December at Brentsville

Potomac Falls at the NOVA Classic
The Potomac Falls Panther High School wrestling team competed in the NOVA Classic December 11-12, 2009 held at Fairfax HS. The Panthers ended up taking 5th place out of 32 teams, led by Senior Heavyweight Zac Duffen, who took 1st place going a perfect 5-0, and who also won the award for most pins amongst the 1st place finishers. Also placing were Aaron Rowane (160 lbs) who went 5-1 and took 3rd place, Mike Ozwald (140 lbs) took 5th place, Batchka (130 lbs) 5th place, Mike Linza (119 lbs) 7th place, Nick Rae (112 lbs) 7th place, and Zac Zedan (103 lbs) 8th place.

Freedom JV at Arundel
The Freedom J.V. wrestling team had an outstanding performance at the annual Arundel J.V. Invitational in Arundel Maryland. The Freedom team had eleven individual place winners including Laith Masri(171) who was the tournament champion. Finishing 2nd for the Eagles were Cole Scoggin, Brendan Kammerdeiner, and Taylor Gore. Also placing for the Eagles were Anthony Chau (3rd), Matt Allison (3rd), Riley Scheyder (5th), Mike Lehnertz (6th), Andrew Nelson (3rd), Andres Morana (4th), and Kyle Murphy (4th).

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Basketball: Leesburg Honday Holiday Tournament - Awards Ceromonies Photo Galleries

Basketball: Bulldog Bash All-Tournament Teams and Champions; Freedom's Buchanan Named Girls Outstanding Player

Bulldog Bash at Westfield High School
The girls champions were the Westfield Bulldogs over the Freedom Eagles by a score of 54-42. The third place winner was the Potomac Panthers over the James Madison Warhawks by a score of 51-39.

The boys champions were the Centreville Wildcats over the Langley Saxons by a score of 66-44. The third place winner was the Patrick Henry Patriots over the Westfield Bulldogs by a score of 64-54.

The 2009 Bulldog Bash All Tournament teams are listed below:
Boys:
Name School
Warren Denny-Centreville-Most Valuable Player
Austin Kriz-Langley-Outstanding Tournament Player
Troy Thomas-Flint Hill
Martez Redfearn-West Potomac
Darius Smith-Woodbridge
Brian Orr-Freedom (South Riding)
Terrell Wilson-Patrick Henry (Roanoke)
Zach Elcano-Westfield
Austin Vasiliadis-Langley
Bobby Warhurst-Centreville

Girls:
Name School
Shelby Romine-Westfield-Most Valuable Player
Kelsey Buchanan-Freedom (South Riding)-Outstanding Tournament Player
Kayna Jacobs-Potomac
Erin Kavanaugh-Madison
Eireann Anastasi-St. Hubert's (Philadelphia, PA)
Audrey Dotson-Flint Hill
Madison Hahesy-McDowell (Erie, PA)
Dionna Scott-Freedom (South Riding)
Jessica McNamara-Westfield
Jessica (RJ) Andre-Westfield

Boys and Girls Club of Loudoun 2009

Photo Gallery: Leesburg Honda Holiday Tournament - Broad Run Boys vs. Dominion

Click on any photo to go to the gallery with 179 shots from this game.

Video: Leesburg Honda Holiday Basketball Tournament

Nik Brown Hits Go Ahead Jumper with 1:10 left to give Stone Bridge a 61-59 lead.

Stone Bridge Freshman Jimmy Paige Comes up with a Steal to give Bulldogs 63-60 lead with 15 seconds left and Vikes Can't Tie It

Stone Bridge's Nik Brown and Richie Berry Postgame after Win over Loudoun Valley

Loudoun Valley's Kayla Sweet and Jaimie Gutch after Win over Broad Run

Football: Stone Bridge 6-foot-7 Junior Rob Burns Gets Offer from Virginia

(Dec. 31, 2009) - Stone Bridge High School 6-foot-7 defensive end Rob Burns has picked up his first NCAA Division I scholarship offer, from the University of Virginia, and there could be plenty of more before the prospect decides.

Burns was instrumental on helping the Bulldogs advance to another Liberty District title and Northern Region title as well as finishing runner-up in the VHSL Division 5 state title game to Phoebus. The 230-pounder benches 315 pounds and runs a 4.8 40.

News: As 2009 Closes Please Donate to Your Favorite Causes

(Dec. 31, 2009) - As the year draws to a close please remember those causes that do good and help others. It doesn't really matter where you donate your money as long as you share your good fortune with others.

Here are several causes/non-profits that VivaLoudoun supports:

Boys and Girls Club of Loudoun
Help fund a safe place for kids to learn and grow!

Ryan's Rally
Please support the family of injured former Broad Run High School athlete Ryan Diviney

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
A cure for breast cancer in our lifetime would be a wonderful thing!

Have your own cause or nonprofit that helps out Loudoun? Please feel free to leave a comment with the details.

College Signing: Dominion's Alex Rizzo to Play Lacrosse at U.S. Naval Academy

(Dec. 31, 2009) - Dominion High School senior Alex Rizzo has accepted a nomination to attend the U.S. Naval Academy with a Presidential Nomination and has verbally committed to play lacrosse for the Mids.

Rizzo will play for Cindy Timchal, who has more wins in her career (362-95 for a .792 winning percentage) than any collegiate lacrosse coach in history, men's or womens's. Timchal, who started the Navy Division I program in 2006, led Maryland to eight NCAA titles in 16 seasons including seven straight from 1995 thru 2001.

Football: Peeler to Have Surgery on Knee, Likely to "Grayshirt" First Year at Pitt

(Dec. 31, 2009) - At the holiday basketball tournament this week at Broad Run High School there were many of the Spartan back-to-back VHSL Division 4 state title winning football players in the stands, including running back T.J. Peeler on crutches.

Peeler, injured in Broad Run's state title win over Amherst County earlier this month, confirmed that he will have knee surgery in January and faces a one-to-three month rehab.

One of the Washington D.C. area's top backs, Peeler is likely to "grayshirt" at Pitt next year, delaying fulltime enrollment until January/February 2011. This would allow Peeler to "redshirt" for the 2011 season and give him plenty of time for full recovery and to get his academic footing set.

Basketball: Holiday Tournament Scoreboard

Wed. Dec. 30
Boys Basketball
Leesburg Honda Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament at Stone Bridge
Stone Bridge 63, Loudoun Valley 60
Broad Run 96, Dominion 65
All Tournament Team
Stone Bridge - Richie Berry
Broad Run- Ahmad Zafar
Loudoun Valley-Mike Hathaway
Dominion -Deandre Reaves
MVP- Kevin McGaughey

Tournament at Liberty
Liberty 69, Briar Woods 66

Westfield Tournament
Woodbridge 75, Freedom 40

Don Engle Classic at Middletown H.S. (MD)
Loudoun County 50, Brunswick (MD) 42
North Haggerstown (MD) vs. Middletown (MD)

Holiday Basketball Classic at Park View
Consolation: Highland School 52, Brentsville 42
Finals: Park View 81, Manassas Park 48
All Tournament Team
David Hammond - Brentsville Dist.
Pat Kelly - Highland School
Jordan Owens - Park View
Desmond McDonald - Manassas Park
MVP - J R Shooks - Park View

Girls Basketball
Leesburg Honda Holiday Tournament at Stone Bridge
Stone Bridge 44, Dominion 24
Loudoun Valley 45, Broad Run 36
All Tournament Team
Sakai Williams Stone Bridge
Nina Dunay Broad Run
Steph Purnell Loudoun Valley
Imani Smith Dominion
MVP of Tournament Sarah Stancik

Tournament at Briar Woods
Consolation: Handley 53, Briar Woods 46
Finals: Liberty 63, Fauquier 32

Chantilly Pohanka Tournament
Loudoun County 71, George Mason 66

Westfield Tournament
Finals: Westfield 54, Freedom 42

Holiday Basketball Classic at Park View
Consolation: Manassas Park 50, Highland School 45
Finals: Brentsville 54, Park View 43
All Tournament Team
Ciara Jackson - Highland School
Che Brown - Manassas Park
Kelsey Taylor - Brentsville Dist.
Chloe Owens - Park View
MVP - Keyla Baltimore - Brentsville Dist.

Girls Basketball: Holiday Tournament Round-up

(Dec. 30, 2009) - It was a full night of holiday hoops action for area girls teams with Park View notching its first win of the season, Freedom remaining unbeaten and Broad Run and Stone Bridge winning games as well.

Boys Basketball: Holiday Tournament Round-up

(Dec. 30, 2009) - It was a busy night of holiday hoops Tuesday with eight of the 10 local boys teams in action. At the end of the night, four teams came away with victories -- Broad Run, Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley and Park View.

Photo Gallery: Leesburg Honda Holiday Tournament - Broad Run Boys vs. Stone Bridge

Click on any photo to view the complete gallery with nearly 200 shots!

Basketball: Park View Holiday Tournament Match-ups Set for Wednesday

The second day match-ups of the holiday basketball tournament at Park View High School have been set:
Consolation Girls 1 p.m.- Manassas Park Vs. Highland School
Girls Championship 3 p.m. - Park View vs. Brentsville
Boys Consolation 5 p.m. - Brentsville vs. Highland
Boys Championship 7 p.m. - Park View vs. Manassas Park

Basketball: Holiday Tournament Scoreboard

Broad Run's Kevin McGaughey and Ali Janjua after the Spartans 64-49 win over Stone Bridge Tuesday in the Leesburg Honda Holiday Basketball Tournament at Broad Run


Have one of our missing scores? Email us at dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com
Boys Basketball
Leesburg Honda Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament at Broad Run
Loudoun Valley 40, Dominion 33
Broad Run 64, Stone Bridge 49

Ron Engle Classic at Middletown (MD) H.S.
Loudoun County 63, North Hagerstown (MD) 44
Brunswick (MD) vs. Middletown (MD)

Tournament at Liberty
Fauquier 63, Briar Woods 59 (OT)
North Stafford 69, Liberty 68

Westfield Tournament
Freedom vs. Flint Hill

Holiday Basketball Classic at Park
View
Manassas Park 60, Brentsville 53
Park View 62, Highland School 53

Girls Basketball
Leesburg Honda Holiday Tournament at
Stone Bridge
Broad Run 43, Dominion 38
Stone Bridge 42, Loudoun Valley 26

Tournament at Briar Woods
Liberty 60, Handley 54
Fauquier 64, Briar Woods 54

Westfield Tournament
Freedom 64, Potomac 51

Holiday Basketball Classic at Park
View
Brentsville 54, Manassas Park 32
Park View 49, Highland School 30

Chantilly Pohanka Tournament
Loudoun County vs. Edison

Photo Gallery: Stone Bridge vs. Broad Run Girls Basketball

Girls Basketball: SB Free Throw Practice Pays Off in Win Over BR; Valley Survives Scare vs. Dominion

Stone Bridge Coach Chris Jones and Senior Sara Stancik Postgame

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun.com Editor
Ashburn (Dec. 29, 2009) - With the extended layoff from the snowstorm -- eight straight days off -- and a struggle at the foul line early in the season, Stone Bridge High School girls basketball coach Chris Jones decided his team needed some serious free throw practice Monday morning and each Bulldog took 100 foul shots. The practice paid off Monday night as Stone Bridge went 7 of 8 from the line down the stretch to ice a 46-35 victory over Broad Run in the Leesburg Honda Holiday Basketball Tournament at Stone Bridge High School.

It was the second victory this season for the Bulldogs (5-1) over neighbor Broad Run (4-3). In the opening game of the tournament, Loudoun Valley (3-2) survived a scare against winless Dominion (0-8) as the Titans led with less than a minute to go before Viking junior Jamie Gutch put LV ahead, 47-46. Christina Blue made a free throw in the closing seconds for the 48-46 LV win.

Kayla Sweet led LV with 14 while Gutch and Stephanie Purnell each scored 12. Imani Smith led the Titans with 14 points. The Vikes, missing one starter and the first two subs off the bench, struggled at the line, going 4 of 15.

Titan coach Anne Gasser was impressed by her team's offensive output after they have scored in the 20s most of the season but said the team wasn't used to being in the position of protecting a late lead.

Stone Bridge senior Sara Stancik had her third consecutive double-double as she hauled in at least 10 rebounds and scored a game-high 16 points. Morgan Roehling led BR with 12 points and Sarah Miller (11 rebounds) and Maggie Andricosky (10 rebounds) were big on the boards for the Spartans.

Click here for a full box from the Bulldog-Spartans game.

Loudoun Valley 48, Dominion 46
D: Smith 14, Gasser 8, Kucheruck 7, Anshu 5, Thomas 4, Delcambre 2, Landry 2, Peterson 2, Reynolds 2. 19 5-11 46.
LV: Sweet 14, Gutch 12, Purnell 12, Oden 7, Blue 3. Totals 22 4-15 48.

Loudoun Valley Coach Jen Piccolomini Postgame

Boys Basketball: Stone Bridge Revs Up the Points vs. Titans at Leesburg Honda Tourney; Defensive BR Beats Valley; Freedom Falls at Westfield

(Dec. 29, 2009) - The Stone Bridge High School boys basketball team offense was hitting on all cylinders at the Leesburg Honda Holiday Basketball tournament Monday night at Broad Run High School as the Bulldogs poured in nearly 100 points in a 95-79 victory over Dominion.

In the tournament's opener, host Broad Run beat Loudoun Valley for the second time this season, with a 68-45 defensive victory. The Spartans (7-1) were led by 14 points apiece from Kevin McGaughey and Ahmad Zafar. The Vikes (3-2) struggled in the second quarter with just seven points and trailed, 35-22, at the half. Django Degree led LV with 12 points.

Nik Brown scored 12 of his game-high 29 points in the first quarter as Stone Bridge (4-2) sprinted out to a 31-17 lead over the Titans (1-7). Brown finished with three 3-pointers and had four steals, six rebounds and six assists. Richie Berry added 22 points and James Wells chipped in 16 for the high-scoring Bulldogs.

Chris Huff had five 3-pointers for Dominion and finished with 21. DeAndre Reaves scored 16 for the Titans and Kevin Conboy added 12. The AA Division 3 Titans 1-7 season mark includes an 0-5 record vs. larger AAA schools.

Freedom opened the Bulldog Bash at Westfield High School with a 67-45 loss to the host Bulldogs.

Poll: Briar Woods Competitive Cheer Named the VivaLoudoun.com Team of 2009

Congratulations to the Briar Woods Competitive Cheer team the VivaLoudoun.com Team of 2009 with the Falcons earning the school's first ever VHSL state title! The Falcons pulled in 213 votes in our poll which featured 445 votes! BR football was second with 153 votes. We will be scheduling a photo shoot with the BW cheer team to celebrate their selection once school is back in session!

Basketball: Park View Hosts Holiday Boys, Girls Tournament Starting Today

Park View High School Boys and Girls Holiday Basketball Classic- Today Dec. 29th and Dec. 30. This tournament features both girls and boys varsity squads from Park View, Highland School, Manassas Park, and Brentsville District.

Tuesday Dec. 29th
Girls game 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Boys game 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 30th
Afternoon games TBD
Championship Finals
Girls 6:00 p.m.
Boys 8:00 p.m.

Swim: Top 10 Girls Times for Each Event

Here are the top 10 girls times for the 2009-10 swim season for meets with reported results. For corrections or to send results please email dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com.

Girls Basketball: LC Scores 33 Straight to Open in 97-30 Romp Over Hylton

Chantilly (Dec. 28, 2009) - The Loudoun County High School girls basketball team scored the first 33 points Monday and went on to a big 97-30 first round win in the Pohanka Chantilly Holiday Classic Tournament over the Hylton Bulldogs.

The Raiders (6-1) 33-0 after the first quarter as Alissa Kain and Brittany Batts combined for 25 points. County would extend its lead to 56-14 at halftime.

Basketball: Leesburg Honda Holiday Tournament

Girls at Stone Bridge
Loudoun Valley 48, Dominion 46
Stone Bridge 46, Broad Run 35

Boys at Broad Run
Broad Run 68, Loudoun Valley 45
Stone Bridge 95, Dominion 79

Check back for more details including photo galleries from SB-BR girls game as well as video interviews from both the girls games.

Youth Sports - Gymnastics - APEX Shines in Baltimore

(Dec. 28, 2009) - The The APEX level 5 girls gymnastics team finished fourth in a strong field at the COTC meet in Baltimore on December 11–13. The Loudoun-based squad was the top team from Virginia.

In addition the APEX Level 7 team finished 7th. Special congratulations go out to event champions Kathrin Shamenko (beam), Jenna Haran (beam), Julia Ames (beam) Cassidy Gagnon (bars), Madison Hertel (beam) and Caitie Reyes (vault). Also to the following gymnasts who have now qualified: Abby Reid, Sydney Suter, Alex Donahue, Sharon Gilbertson and River Stone.