Youth Sports - Basketball: Ashburn-Sterling Spring Youth League Registration

(Jan. 3, 2012) - The Ashburn-Sterling Youth Spring Basketball League sponsored by i9 Sports of Loudoun County registration is now open. The Spring League will consist of practices, skills development, games, playoffs and championships and is open to all children ages 6 thru 14 years. For more information or to register, visit www.i9sports.com or call 571-225-5494.

Softball: Loudoun Valley Senior Richardson Battles Back After Chronic Migraines Sideline Her Junior Year

Loudoun Valley senior softball player Kelsey Richardson talks about her comeback attempt after medical issues sidelined her entire junior year


(Dec. 31, 2011) - Loudoun Valley High School pitcher Kelsey Richardson had gotten headaches before so when she developed a migraine on the bus ride her sophomore season to the VHSL state quarterfinal softball game at James Madison High School in Vienna she didn't think twice about it. Only this time, the headache didn't go away. It didn't get better. In fact it got worse and essentially turned into a debilitating 18-month fight against her toughest foe yet: chronic daily migraines.

The soft-spoken Richardson, not only couldn't play softball after that June day in 2010 but she basically missed her entire junior school year at Loudoun Valley as the migraines forced her to be homebound for her studies as the light and noise of school was too much with her painful condition.

"The next few days after that game I woke up and still had the headache ... and there was no cure for it all," said Richardson. "I was sensitive to lights, sounds, smells ... I had to lay in the dark and nothing really makes me feel better.

In addition to the migraines, Richardson also has an aneurysm in her cerebral artery that doctors are monitoring. The good news is that Richardson is back at school for her senior year and determined to make it back into the Viking softball squad. She reached a milestone this fall when she pitched in a travel softball game, facing hitters for the first time since that state quarterfinal playoff game.

Gymnastics: Glory Days Grill/ Park View Gymnastics Invitational Scheduled for Jan. 7

(Dec. 31, 2011) - The Glory Days Grill/Park View Gymnastics Invitational will be held on Jan. 7. Come see some of the area’s top high school gymnasts compete in the 32nd running of this invitational meet. Location is Park View High School, 400 W. Laurel Ave. Sterling VA 20164. Admission is $5 (and you get a free Glory Days Grill Appetizer card!).
VivaLoudoun gymnastics coverage sponsored by APEX Gymnastics! Please thank them for supporting VivaLoudoun!

Girls Soccer: 5-Time State Champion Broad Run Girls to Be Honored

(Dec. 31, 2011) - The defending 4-time VHSL AA state championship Broad Run High School girls soccer program will be recognized for its amazing run in a ring ceremony during halftime of the Jan. 6 boys varsity game at Broad Run. On hand will be players and coaches from all five state championship teams (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) to acknowledge a record-tying performance by a Loudoun County high school athletic program (5 state championships: tying the state championships won by the Park View gymnastics teams from the 1980s).

The 2011 Spartans completed an unprecedented season in Broad Run athletics - winning their 4th straight title, finishing ranked No. 1 in the Washington Post Metro area, No. 3 in the nation by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and No. 6 in the nation by MaxPrepsports (CBS Sports) ranking publications.

Boys Basketball: NCAA Division I Bucknell Offers Broad Run Junior Nigel Johnson

(Dec. 31, 2011) - Broad Run High School junior Nigel Johnson not only led the Spartans to a 58-45 win over Briar Woods Thursday in the 4th Annual Honda of Dulles Battle of Ashburn tournament, but his 27-point, 8-rebound, 5-assist performance earned him a scholarship offer from NCAA Division I Bucknell.

Wrestling: Potomac Falls Takes 3rd at Willie Walters Holiday Classic

(Dec. 31, 2011) - The Potomac Falls High School wrestling team had a strong showing at the Willie Walters Holiday Classic Tournament this week, placing 3rd out of 17 teams.

News: Children's Poems and Essays on My Home and Homelessness

(Dec. 31, 2011) - At a Good Shepherd Alliance (GSA) Youth Committee meeting in November 2010, Executive Director Vickie Koth offered up a unique idea for a charity event. Vickie thought the Youth Committee might consider the publication of a Children’s Poetry and Essay book with submissions made by Loudoun County students. Read the rest of the story on Loudoun Time-Mirror.

News: Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and Fans Record Most Successful Touchdown for Tots Campaign

(Dec. 31, 2011) - The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and the U.S. Marine Corps thank Redskins’ fans for making the 2011 Touchdown for Tots campaign the most successful to date.

Redskins’ fans donated more than 1,380 toys (31 percent increase from 2010) and $41,009.80 (108 percent increase from 2010) at the Dec. 11 Redskins game at FedExField.

Baseball: Broad Run's Chris Johnson Signs to Play at UVA-Wise

(Dec. 31, 2011) - Broad Run High School second baseman Chris Johnson officially signed to play baseball next year at the University of Virginia at Wise.

In the photo above: L to R are Chris Johnson, UVA-Wise Assistant Coach, Erik Lemley
Standing in the back, Broad Run Coach Pat Cassidy.

Wrestling: Freedom Beats Brentsville in Dual, Shows Well at Arundel Holiday Classic

(Dec. 31, 2011) - The Freedom High School wrestling team's holiday action has been highlighted by a tough dual win over Brentsville and a good showing short-handed at the Arundel Holiday Classic in Maryland.

Basketball: Holiday Scoreboard

VivaLoudoun High School Basketball Scoreboard
(Please don't be reading this when the clock strikes midnight tonight ...)

Thurs. Dec. 29
Boys Basketball
Battle of Ashburn Tournament
Broad Run 58, Briar Woods 45

Falls Church Tournament
West Springfield 59, Dominion 33
George Mason 50, Freedom 37

Girls Basketball
Battle of Ashburn Tournament
Broad Run 48, Briar Woods 46

Westfield Holiday Tournament
Centreville 83, Freedom 49

Cougar Holiday Classic
Annandale 51, Loudoun County 39

Basketball: Holiday Scoreboard

VivaLoudoun Holiday Basketball Scoreboard
(This is NOT an either or gift ...)

Wed. Dec. 28
Boys Basketball
Battle of Ashburn Tournament
Broad Run 85, Stone Bridge 68

Falls Church Tournament
Dominion 52, Marshall 48
Thomas Jefferson 41, Freedom 36

Hagerstown Hubs Holiday Tournament
Loudoun County 61, Brunswick 51

Park View Holiday Tournament
Title: Park View 80, Highland 59
Brentsville 64, Manassas Park 60

Girls Basketball
Battle of Ashburn Tournament
Stone Bridge 50, Broad Run 28

Westfield Holiday Tournament
Bishop Ireton 43, Freedom 41

Cougar Holiday Classic
Loudoun County 49, Yorktown 42

Park View Holiday Tournament
Title: Park View 43, Highland 35
Brentsville 44, Manassas Park 32

Dominion 52, J.E.B. Stuart 17

Swim: Local Curl Burke Athletes Made Holiday Trip to Australia

(Dec. 28, 2011) - Several local Curl Burke Swim Club athletes are spending a special holidays with a trip to Australia that started on Monday. Ariana Staffen of Potomac Falls, Rachel Williams of Dominion, Caroline Ruttenberg of Broad Run HS, Liz Mittan of Briar Woods and Fairfax County 8th grader Aaron Tice, along with coach Robbie Robins, arrived in Sydney today and have already had their first surf lessons at the beach and have trained with the Carlile Swimming Club.

The remainder of their trip includes a mixture of training and cultural and social activities. They return on Jan. 4.

Basketball: Holiday Scoreboard

VivaLoudoun Holiday High School Basketball Scoreboard
(Egg nog free zone ...)

Tues. Dec. 27
Boys Basketball
Battle of Ashburn Tournament
Briar Woods 63, Stone Bridge 52

Falls Church Tournament
Yorktown 66, Dominion 36
Freedom 63, Falls Church 56

Hagerstown Hubs Holiday Tournament
Smithsburg 66, Loudoun County 55

Park View Holiday Tournament
Park View 89, Manassas Park 55
Highland 63, Brentsville 49

Girls Basketball
Battle of Ashburn Tournament
Stone Bridge 57, Briar Woods 29

Westfield Holiday Tournament
Flint Hill 47, Freedom 37 (OT)

Cougar Holiday Classic
Lake Braddock 54, Loudoun County 50

Park View Holiday Tournament
Park View 66, Manasssas Park 17
Highland 36, Brentsville 26


Thurs. Dec. 22
Boys Basketball
Patriot 63, Tuscarora 59

Girls Basketball
Tuscarora 46, Patriot 21

Football: Briar Woods Junior Matt Rolin Gets Another D1 Offer

(Dec. 24, 2011) - Briar Woods High School football coach Charlie Pierce reports that All District/All Region linebacker Matt Rolin, who helped the Falcons to a second straight VHSL Division 4 state title earlier this month, received his second verbal NCAA Division I offer, this time from SEC University of Tennessee. Earlier this month, Rolin received his first offer from Boston College.

Boys Basketball: Tis the Season for Milestones! Park View's Ryan McCarter Breaks Billy King's 28-Year-old Scoring Mark; LC's Anderson, LV's Yoxthimer, PF's Graves, WG's Gilson Achieve Records

Ryan McCarter

(Dec. 22, 2011) - The snow may not be falling in this balmiest of winter's but the boys basketball records are dropping nightly in a milestone opening to the season with Park View High School senior Ryan McCarter breaking Billy King's 28-year-old school single game scoring mark with 44 points Wednesday in the Patriots 99-70 win at Dominion.

Also on Wednesday, Potomac Falls senior Greg Graves reached the 1,000-point career scoring mark as he scored 32 points with 15 rebounds as the Panthers finished on a 15-0 run to beat Broad Run, 66-53. Graves has an amazing 700 career rebounds as well!

McCarter's record-breaking and Graves' milestone are not alone as Loudoun County junior Michael Anderson set the Raiders single-game scoring record on Monday night with 43 points in a 76-65 win over Park View. And earlier in the season, Loudoun Valley senior John Yoxthimer broke a Viking school mark that had stood since the 1970s as he moved past Charles Warner career rebounding total of 457. Yoxthimer is also money to break the 1,000-point scoring mark this season.

And in the 1,000-point scoring milestone, Woodgrove coach Steve Douglas reports that Brad Gilson broke that milestone last week in a game against Heritage when Gilson's point totals from his freshman season are figured in with his sophomore year at Loudoun Valley and the past two seasons with new Woodgrove.

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - Park View at Dominion by Scott Shepherd

(Dec. 22, 2011) - Scott Shepherd was on hand last night to shoot the Park View at Dominion High School boys basketball game as Patriot senior Ryan McCarter broke the school's record with 44 points. Enjoy the full gallery here of 162 shots!

News: Wrestle for the Cure to Benefit The Cooley Foundation; Battle Between Briar Woods, Broad Run, Freedom and Stone Bridge

 Special to VivaLoudoun
(Dec. 21, 2011) - Broad Run High School will host the first ever Honda of Dulles Ashburn Duals on Jan. 25 and the varsity wrestling meet, which features the Spartans along with rivals Briar Woods, Freedom and Stone Bridge, will be a "Wrestle for the Cure" event to raise cancer awareness with proceeds going to The Cooley Foundation.

The Cooley Foundation was created by Washington Redskins tight end and former high school wrestler Chris Cooley in honor of his mother, Nancy Cooley, a teacher at Briar Woods, and her fight against breast cancer.

Wrestlers from each team will sport pink shoes laces, sponsored by Reliv, and pink socks, sponsored by Northern VA Homes, with the irregular team uniforms to show their support
for the cause. All proceeds raised on the night from various sponsorships and fundraisers during the matches will be donated directly to The Chris Cooley Foundation to help fight breast cancer and raise awareness.

According to Broad Run coach J.J. Totaro: "The coaches have worked together extremely hard on this to make it a great event not only for the sport, but for cancer awareness as well. Our goal is to get 1,000 spectators to come and support this event."

A lofty goal indeed, but through combined work of the coaching staffs and their wrestlers, they
have been able to set up what could be one of the biggest wrestling events in the county this year.

Play forthe Cure events have been huge for raising awareness for cancer through football, soccer and other sports, but there have been very few, if any, in the sport of wrestling. This event looks to start a tradition of support for cancer awareness through the sport of wrestling.

Basketball: Wednesday Night Scoreboard

(Dec. 21, 2011) - VivaLoudoun High School Basketball Wednesday Night Scoreboard
(Often times in our life ... we just need a T.O. baby ...)

Boys Basketball
Briar Woods 52, Loudoun County 41
Potomac Falls 66, Broad Run 53
Park View 99, Dominion 70
Loudoun Valley 60, Heritage 58
Woodgrove 82, Tuscarora 52

Girls Basketball
Loudoun County 54, Briar Woods 32
Broad Run 36, Potomac Falls 34
Dominion 44, Park View 31
Heritage 39, Loudoun Valley 28
Woodgrove 59, Tuscarora 35

News: Loudoun Valley, Monroe Technology Center Grad Bakes Way to Fame

Special to VivaLoudoun via Loudoun County Public Schools

(Dec. 21, 2011) - Jason Reaves says reality TV is “real,” but only up to a point.

“It’s real, but they get out what they want. They don’t want you to have any inside thoughts, only outside thoughts. Anything you’re thinking, they want you to say it so they’ll know what you’re thinking.”

Reaves, who attended Loudoun Valley High School and Monroe Technology Center (MTC), recently got a taste of reality TV when he won the “LEGO Challenge” episode of the “Food Network Challenge!” The pastry chef at Market Salamander in Middleburg, Reaves and assistant Terry Tuttle created a three-and-a-half-foot-high LEGO city that could serve 400 people out of cake.

If that wasn’t hard enough, Reaves finished the show by proposing to his fiancée, Nicole Paduano on air.

Gymnastics: Loudoun County Stays Unbeaten on Season

(Dec. 21, 2011) - The Loudoun County High School gymnastics team continued their winning way at Potomac Falls Tuesday with a first place finish in a meet with the host Panthers and Briar Woods. The Raider are now 8-0 on the season.

Basketball: Battle of Ashburn Next Week Features 18 Games on All Levels Between Briar Woods, Broad Run and Stone Bridge

Ashburn (Dec. 21, 2011) - The 4th Annual Honda of Dulles Holiday Tournament, billed as the Battle of Ashburn, features 18 games next week on all levels between Briar Woods, Broad Run and Stone Bridge high schools boys and girls basketball programs.

Admission is $6 per day with no season passes accepted.

Video: Boys Basketball - Woodgrove at Loudoun Valley Highlights

(Dec. 21, 2011) - Check out the super video highlights from the Woodgrove at Loudoun Valley boys basketball rivalry game earlier this month put together by Tyler Bailey and Josh Holton of the Monroe Technology Center for TV Production. Cool stuff!

Wrestling: Tuscarora's McCord and Downs Go 2-0 in Dual Matches vs. Loudoun Valley, Park View

(Dec. 21, 2011) - The Tuscarora High School wrestling team faced off against Loudoun Valley and Park View last night, falling to the Vikings, 48-33, and Patriots, 69-12. Alex McCord and Saxon Downs both went 2-0 for the Huskies.

Wrestling: Loudoun Valley Beats Park View and Tuscarora

(Dec. 20, 2011) - The Loudoun Valley High School wrestling team beat Park view 36-33 and Tuscarora 48-27. Going 2-0 for the Vikings were Marcus Oden, Zac Gingras, Vincent Gugliotta, Josh Cassada, David Garvis, and Jimmy Vandervelt.

Some key victories for the Viking team were secured by Lucas Kilgore, Sid Beyers and Joey Bogash. The Viking wrestlers will be home this Thursday at 5:30.