Gymnastics: APEX Boys Fly Home with Honors from BWI Invitational in Maryland

(Dec. 13, 2012) - The APEX Gymnastics boys team competed in the BWI Invitational in Laurel, Md. on Dec. 8-9 and landed the following Top 10 awards:

Redskins: Shanahan Says Griffin's Condition Continues to Improve

(Dec. 13, 2012) - Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan told the media Thursday that rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III's condition continues to improve as he looks to recover from the big hit that knocked him out of Sunday's game against Baltimore. RG3's chances of starting against Cleveland are most likely a gameday decision, according to Shanahan.

Here is the full transcript of the press conference along with offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and defensive coordinator Jim Haslett's press conferences as well:

Boys Soccer: Briar Woods Keeper Kent Legg Commits to D2 Power Southern New Hampshire University

Ashburn (Dec. 13, 2012) - Kent Legg, senior goalkeeper at Briar Woods High School, committed this week to play men's soccer next year for Southern New Hampshire University, which finished 5th in the nation in NCAA Division II this year with a 19-4 record.

Last spring Legg recorded a 0.62 goals against percentage with six shutouts, working on his seventh shutout and fourth in a row when he suffered a broken tibia while making a save against Heritage in the team's second to last game of the regular season.

News: Armed Bandit in Mask and Florida State Hoodie Hits Sterling Bank

(Dec. 13, 2012) - The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed bank robbery in the Community Plaza in Sterling that took place this morning.

Up to $1,000 reward offered to help
ID this masked bank robber

The suspect entered the Wells Fargo bank around 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2012, brandished a firearm and demanded cash. The suspect is described as a male and was wearing a mask and a maroon Florida State sweatshirt at the time of the robbery. The suspect fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured during the robbery.

Football: FedExField to Host Navy-Notre Dame Game in 2014

(Dec. 13, 2012) - The Washington Redskins and Naval Academy announced today that the 2014 Navy-Notre Dame football game will be played on Nov. 1 at FedExField in Landover, Md.

Girls Volleyball: Heritage to Hold Ceremony for College-Bound Montanez

(Dec. 13, 2012) - Heritage High School will hold a ceremony for senior Dariel Montanez at 1:45 p.m. Friday. Montanez is committed to playing women's volleyball next year at NCAA Division II Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.

Baseball: Stone Bridge SR Marcus Schreiber to Play at King College in Tennessee

(Dec. 13, 2012) - Stone Bridge High School senior Marcus Schreiber has committed to play baseball next year at NCAA Division II King College in Bristol, Tenn.

The 6-foot-2 Schreiber can pitch, play first base and outfield.
"Marcus is a very toolsy left handed hitting outfielder with a huge upside," said King College coach Blaine Brown. "He plays for one of the best travel teams on the East Coast. Every time we have seen Marcus he has gotten better. His ceiling is unlimited and when he puts it all together his future is very bright."

 

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Gymnastics: APEX Boys Start Season Off Well at Tim Weaver Invitational

(Dec. 13, 2012) - The APEX Gymnastics boys team started the season off on a good note last month at the Tim Weaver Invitational in Hanover, PA. The following Top 10 Awards were earned, in alphabetical order by level:

Football: Stone Bridge QB Ryan Burns Named Finalist for U.S. Army All-American Bowl 2013 Doc Blanchard Award

Proud Stone Bridge football coach Mickey Thompson is
flanked by QB Ryan Burns (l) and DE Jonathan Allen (r).
(photo by Steven Holland/Viva Loudoun)

Wharton, N.J. (December 12, 2012) - The U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee has announced Stone Bridge High School senior quarterback Ryan Burns as one of the eight nominees for the prestigious Felix “Doc” Blanchard and Glenn Davis Awards. Both renowned Army Football icons, Glenn Davis and Felix “Doc” Blanchard were college football’s great running back tandem while playing on the Army football team in the 1940s. The awards will be announced at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Awards Dinner on January 4, 2013, in San Antonio.

Football: On Top! Mtneer32 Wins You Pick'Em Contest!; LTM's Carl "The Kat" Lukat Wins Media Race!

(Dec. 13, 2012) - Wow! Was there ever any doubt about our season-long Viva Loudoun high school football You Pick'Em contest winner. Mtneer32 of Charles Town opened the year by going a perfect 10-0 in three of he first four weeks and never looked back.

Overall, Mtneer32 went 157-31 and claims the $100 first prize with $100 to the high school of their choice!

Runner-up was JAGman of Ashburn ($50) and we had a tie for third and in the holiday spirit, both players -- BallCoach9 and TBreeden of Purcellville -- will each get $25. In all 299 fans played this season!

In the LoCo Media Experts race Carl "Kitty Kat" Lukat of the Loudoun Times-Mirror wrapped up the LoCo Media Expert title with a 149-39 season, three games better than Gameday's Andy "Don't Call Me Isaac" Hayes. We should note that by the end of the contest, last year's winner, WashPost's Matt Brooks "Oh, Brother" had checked himself into a witness relocation program in order to avoid handing over his crown to the Kat.

Lukat gets $100 donated to his charity of choice: Paws4People.

One final super big shout out to the sponsor of our You Pick'Em Gayle King of CENTURY 21 Redwood Realty ... her generous support allowed the cash prizes! So give her a virtual shout out the  next time you are online! (View the spreadsheet in its entirety)

Baseball: VHSL Adopts New Pitching Limits

(Dec. 12, 2012) - The Virginia High School League has approved new pitching limits for the coming spring season with pitchers being limited to nine innings in one day and no more than 14 innings of work in a 7-day span.

Previously pitchers were limited to 10 innings of work in two consecutive days.

The trickiest part of the new rules is they are much more complex than the previous limits with different requirements for days of rest depending on if a pitcher goes one inning, two to three innings, four to seven innings or eight to nine innings in his initial outing to start the 7-day span.

Basketball: Dec. 11 Scoreboard

(Dec. 12, 2012) - Viva Loudoun high school basketball scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 10:

Tues. Dec. 11
Boys Basketball
Dulles District
Briar Woods at Potomac Falls PPD (moved to 1.5.12)
Heritage 80, Dominion 46
Loudoun County 61, Champe 34
Loudoun Valley 79, Woodgrove 20

Liberty District
Madison 88, Stone Bridge 55
Marshall 53, Fairfax 52
McLean 63, South Lakes 56
Langley 67, Thomas Jefferson 37

Girls Basketball
Dulles District
Potomac Falls 51, Briar Woods 21
Heritage 45, Dominion 22
Loudoun County 63, Champe 36
Woodgrove 63, Loudoun Valley 25

Liberty District
Madison 59, Stone Bridge 56
Fairfax 67, Marshall 23
Langley 57, Thomas Jefferson 42
South Lakes 39, McLean 29

Girls Basketball: Updated Standings

Boys Basketball: Updated Standings

Basketball: Monday Dec. 10 Scoreboard

(Dec. 11, 2012) - Viva Loudoun high school basketball scoreboard for Monday, Dec. 10:

Mon. Dec. 10
Boys Basketball
Broad Run 63, Potomac Falls 59
Freedom 67, Park View 32
Brentsville 63, Champe 44
Kettle Run 80, Tuscarora 67

Girls Basketball
Broad Run 50, Potomac Falls 37
Freedom 54, Park View 38
Brentsville 44, Champe 40

News: It's a Wrap! VHSL Adopts Final Conference Alignment Plan for 2013-14 and 2014-15 Cycle

(Dec. 11, 2012) - Just about a year after the Virginia High School League proposed an overhaul of its classification and playoff system, final approval was given by the Executive Committee Monday for a Conference Alignment plan for 2013-14 and 2014-15 two-year school cycle.

The plan basically doubles classifications for Virginia public high school sports from three to six levels and starts postseason play at a new conference level. Currently only football holds championships in six classifications with most sports crowing state titles in three classifications.

As expected, Loudoun's 13 schools fell into three classifications: 5A (Briar Woods, Broad Run, Freedom, Potomac Falls, Stone Bridge, Tuscarora), 4A (Dominion, Heritage, Loudoun County, Park View, Woodgrove) and 3A (Champe, Loudoun Valley).

News: Pedestrian Hit and Killed on Route 7; Second Such Fatality in Sterling Within a Month

(Dec. 10, 2012) - Loudoun County Sheriff's reported that a 39-year-old female from Fairfax was travelling westbound on Route 7 near Davenport Drive in Sterling when she struck an adult male in the roadway just before 4 a.m.

The victim was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.The victim has not been positively identified according to sheriff's reports Monday morning.

Just last month, popular Sanders Corner Elementary School principal Kathleen Hwang was struck and killed while walking near her home in Sterling the day before Thanksgiving.

Swim: Heritage Team Involved in Bus Crash on Way to Meet; Accident Sends 7 to Hospital with Minor Injuries

(Dec. 10, 2012) - A Loudoun County Public School bus en route to Manassas with approximately 30 high school students from the Heritage High School swim team on board was involved in a two vehicle crash on Friday evening south of Leesburg.

Football: Rolin Sacks South Carolina, Swaps Commitment to SEC Rival Florida

(Dec. 10, 2012) - Briar Woods High School senior standout Matt Rolin, committed to the University of Carolina since May, has changed his commitment to one of the Gamecocks SEC Rivals, the University of Florida over the weekend.

Rolin, a 4-star linebacker, had nearly 30 offers before initially choosing USC, a school he has strong family ties to. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Rolin is recovering from a knee injury -- the surgery South Carolina recruiting sites report was performed by the Gamecocks team doctor -- that knocked him out of the VHSL playoffs in the regional quarterfinals.

Basketball: Dec. 6-8 Scoreboard

(Dec. 10, 2012) - Viva Loudoun's high school basketball scoreboard for games from Dec. 6 through Dec. 8:

Sat. Dec. 8
Boys Basketball
Skyline 58, Broad Run 57 (OT)
Loudoun Valley 87, Broadway 32

Girls Basketball
Broad Run 47, Skyline 29
Woodbridge 45, Dominion 36
Broadway 68, Loudoun Valley 46

Fri. Dec. 7
Boys Basketball
Tuscarora at Briar Woods PPD (make-up 1.10)
Loudoun Valley 52, Broad Run 44
Park View 57, Champe 34
Loudoun County 71, Heritage 62 (OT)
Potomac Falls 69, Woodgrove 53
South Lakes 51, Stone Bridge 43

Girls Basketball
Tuscarora 60, Briar Woods 12
Broad Run 65, Loudoun Valley 43
Champe 49, Park View 46
Loudoun County 43, Heritage 36
Woodgrove 63, Potomac Falls 29
South Lakes 59, Stone Bridge 40

Thurs. Dec. 6
Boys Basketball
Heritage 64, Freedom 58

Girls Basketball
Freedom 53, Champe 28

Lacrosse: Heritage Seeks Girls, Boys Coaches

(Dec. 10, 2012) - Heritage High School is seeking Girls' Lacrosse coaches for the spring season.  All interested parties may contact Athletic Director Ron Petrella, ronald.petrella@lcps.org.

The Pride are also seeking boys lacrosse varsity assistant and JV level coaches.

Football: VHSL State Scoreoboard

(Dec. 9, 2012) - Final scores from Saturday's VHSL state football championships:

Division 6
L.C. Bird 14, Ocean Lakes 10

Division 5
Lake Taylor 20, Stone Bridge 14

Division 4
Briar Woods 52, Heritage-Lynchburg 0

Division 3
Brookville 24, James Monroe 14

Division 2
Goochland 41, Essex 14

Division 1
George Wythe-Wytheville 17, Honaker 10

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Football: Briar Woods 52, Heritage 0 (Box)

VHSL Division 4 State Football Final
Briar Woods 52, Heritage 0

H     0  0   0    0 -    0
BW 9  15 14  14 - 52

1 BW Safety (intentional grounding in end zone) 3:01
1 BW McSorley 1 run (LaFrankie kick) 0:51
2 BW Miller 63 punt return (Colder run) 2:54
2 BW Serigne 27 pass from McSorley (LaFrankie kick) 0:16
3 BW Larco 12 run (LaFrankie kick) 9:54
3 BW McSorley 25 run (LaFrankie kick) 5:24
4 BW Colder 4 run (LaFrankie kick) 10:36
4 BW Logan 73 run (LaFrankie kick) 6:33

Leaders
Rushing
H: Parrish 14-37, Rosser 3-11, Gallagher 3-4, Hickson 1-1. Total 22-52.
BW: Colder 23-157, McSorley 10-76, Logan 2-74, Larco 3-28. Total 47-366.

Passing
H: Parrish 1-15-0 5; Fitzgerlad 1-1-0 4. Total 2-16-0 49.
BW: McSorley 9-12-0 86.

Receiving
H: Rivera 1-44, Fitzgerald 1-1.
BW: Serigne 5-52, Ramos 2-16, Polk 1-14, Colder 1-4.

First Downs: H 3, BW 20
Total Yards: H 38 plays for 101; BW 59 plays for 452
3rd Downs: H 1 for 10; BW 7 for 11
Possession: H 21:49; BW 26:11

Tackle leaders:
H: Hammond 12, Keeling 12, Parrish 7, Simms 7.
BW: Serigne 5, Barta 4, Barron 4, Germany 4.

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Football: Briar Woods vs. Heritage D4 State Final Live Blog!

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Viva Loudoun editor Dan Sousa has taken the Viva "Fox" chopper from Charlottesville and is reday to cover Briar Woods' attempt for a third straight state title ... check back here for the 4:30 p.m. kickoff!

First Quarter
Heritage gets ball to start ... Briar Woods flagged for pass interference to keep drive alive but Falcons hold and force punt from Heritage own 38

Briar Woods will start at own 35 w 10:02 in first

Colder for 3 yards and McSorley slices for 12 to midfield.

Briar Woods stopped and punts near midfield, McSorley a beauty that is touched down at the Heritage 2.

Briar Woods 2, Heritage 0: Pioneers flagged for intentional grounding in their own end zone. 5:16 1st quarter

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Football: Lake Taylor 20, Stone Bridge 14 (Box)

VHSL Division 5 State Title Football Game
Lake Taylor 20, Stone Bridge 14

LT  0  14  6  0 - 20
SB 0    0   7  7 - 14

2 LT Pinkney 68 pass from Williams (Poole kick) 2:45
2 LT Quinerly 19 pass from Williams (Poole kick) 1:00
3 LT Davis 11 run (kick failed) 4:20
3 SB Burns 4 run (Smedley kick) 2:17
4 SB Burns 1 run (Smedley kick) 6:20

Rushing
LT: Moore 10-30, Davis 5-17, Williams 9-13, Team 2-(-8). Totals 29-40.
SB: Burns 23-98, Yarborough 10-77, Dailey 19-62. Totals 53-232.

Passing
LT: Williams 13-15-0 160, Poole 1-1-0 38. Totals 14-16-0 198.
SB: Burns 2-9-0 50.

Receiving
LT: Pinkney 4-118, Quinerly 4-36, Holmes 2-26, Powell 2-13.
SB: Goldring 1-29, Dailey 1-21.