News: Schools Make Redistricting and Reclassification Requests to Virginia High School League

(Jan. 22, 2010) - 15 high schools, including eight involving AA Region II where the majority of Loudoun schools compete, have requested modifications to the Virginia High School League Redistricting and Reclassification plan.

Another of the five requests involve the AAA Northwest Region where two Loudoun schools compete.

The VHSL R and R Committee will review the requests at its meeting on Jan. 26.

January 26 R and R Modification Requests

School                                               Requests

Bluestone                                           Move from Group AA, Region I, Southside District to Group A, Region B, James River District

Central (Woodstock)                        Move from Group AA, Region II, Northwestern District to Group A, Region B, Shenandoah District

Culpeper County                               Move from Group AA, Region I, Battlefield District to Group AA, Region II, Evergreen District

Eastern View                                     Move from Group AA, Region I, Battlefield District to Group AA, Region II, Evergreen District

Fleming, William                               Move from Group AAA, Northwest Region, Western Valley District to Group AA, a nearby district and region to be determined

Graham                                              Move from Group AA, Region IV, Southwest District to Group A, Region C, Mountain Empire District

Grundy                                                Move from Group AA, Region IV, Southwest District to Group A, Region D, Black Diamond District

Henry, Patrick (R)                              Move from Group AAA, Northwest Region, Western Valley District to Group AA, a nearby district and region to be determined

Jackson, Stonewall (Q)                    Move from Group A, Region B, Bull Run District to Group A, Region B, Shenandoah District

Monroe, William                                Move from Group AA, Region II, Jefferson District to Group A, Region B, district to be determined

Nottoway                                            Move from Group AA, Region I, Southside District to Group A,

                                                            Region B, James River District

Orange County                                  Move from Group AAA, Northwest Region, Commonwealth District to Group AA, Region II, Jefferson District

Powhatan                                           Move from Group AA, Region I, Southside District to Group AA, Region II, Jefferson District

Prince William County

     New School                                  Move from Group AA, Region II, Evergreen District to Group AAA, Northwest Region, Cedar Run District

Sherando                                           Move from Group AAA, Northwest Region, Cedar Run District to Group AA, Region II, Northwestern District

Gymnastics: Stone Bridge to Host Liberty District Meet Feb. 1

Ashburn (Jan. 22, 2010) - Stone Bridge High School will host the AAA Liberty District gymnastic meet on Monday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door. The school is located at 43100 Hay Road in Ashburn. T-shirts will be on sale during the meet. For further information, call Dave Hembach or Mike Skinner at 571-252-2210.

News: Park View Honors Winter Sportsmanship Winners

Sterling (Jan. 22, 2010) - Park View High School recently honored the school's winter sportsmanship award winners.

As selected by their coaches:
Boys' Basketball: Tim French and Jordan Owens
Boys' Swimming: Zach Strickland and Nguyen K. Nguyen
Girls' Swimming: Brittany Griffin and Julia Chelar
Cheer: Alexer Lozano and Diamante Colon
Girls' Basketball: Vanessa Grapes and Mikala Dillard
Gymnastics: Brittany Zartman and Stephanie Cox
Wrestling: Tuan Dang and Tyler Roberts

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Football: Park View's Brandon Lee Commits to James Madison

Sterling (Jan. 21, 2010) - Park View High School senior Brandon Lee accepted a full scholarship this afternoon to play football next year for NCAA Division I James Madison University.

Lee and his mother, Diane, met with JMU Head Coach Mickey Matthews’s Wednesday evening. The meeting left Lee feeling excited about the opportunities that JMU presented, both academically and athletically, leading him to finalize his selection this afternoon.

During his career at Park View, Lee established himself as one of the top playmakers in the AA Dulles District on both sides of the football.

Basketball: Area Teams Ranked High in AA by Associated Press

(Jan. 21, 2010) - According to the Associated Press basketball poll, Loudoun has four of the top teams in AA in the state with the Freedom girls ranked No.1 and Loudoun County No. 3 and the Potomac Falls and Broad Run boys ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the state.

Freedom plays at Loudoun County Friday in the second game of a boys/girls doubleheader which will be televised by Verizon FiOS1 local sports and can be seen locally on TV in delay and then via Verizon FiOS On Demand. VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa will provide the color commentary on Friday so stop by and say "hello"!

Swim Notebook: Briar Woods Sweeps Potomac Falls Ending Panther Girls 4+ Years Win Streak in Dulles

It was senior night for Potomac Falls on Friday in the Panthers exciting dual meet with Briar Woods. Look for more great action when these teams swim at the district meet.

(Jan. 20, 2010) - For the first time in more than four seasons a Dulles District opponent swam away with a win against Potomac Falls as Briar Woods swept the Panthers Friday in the boys and girls dual meet.

It was close as the Falcons edged PF by 12 points in the girls portion of the race. Briar Woods built its win with its girls 200 medley relay turning in an area beest 1:55.19 and Falcon Elise Guessford saw a No. 1 2:01.75 in the 200 free and BW's Alli Haufler swam a top time this season of 58.49 in the 100 fly.

Scores
Heritage boys 160, Loudoun Valley 126
Heritage girls 166, Loudoun Valley 120
Freedom boys 157, Loudoun County 129
Loudoun County girls 143, Freedom 142
Briar Woods boys 154, Potomac Falls 131
Briar Woods girls 149, Potomac Falls 137
Broad Run boys 149, Dominion 136
Dominion girls 174.5, Broad Run 111.5
George Mason boys 112, Park View 58
George Mason girls 128, Park View 35

Click for the PF-BW results
Click for the BR-Dom results
Click for the LC-Free results

Gymnastics: Broad Run Posts Area's Second Best Score of Season

(Jan. 20, 2010) - The Broad Run High School gymnastics team posted its best score of the season and the area's second best score overall with a 136.3 result at a 4-team meet at Potomac Falls High School.

Team Results:
Broad Run 136.3
Potomac Falls 126.4
Loudoun County 121.95
Heritage 68.5

Vault:
K. Ewen (BR) 9.2
D Ewen (BR) 8.9
C Noschese (BR) 8.9
A Daczkowski (PF) 8.8
D. Scoggin (LC) 8.7

Bars:
D. Ewen (BR) 9.3
J. Drews (LC) 8.8
A. Daczkowski (PF) 8.75
C. Thoppil (LC) 8.6

Beam:
K Ewen (BR) 9.3
D. Ewen (BR) 8.7
A. Daczkowski (PF) 8.4
C. Thoppil (LC) 8.4
D. Scoggin (LC) 8.4

Floor:
A Daczkowski (PF) 9.5
K Ewen (BR) 9.2
J. Drews (LC) 9.1
D. Ewen (BR) 8.9

All Around:
K. Ewen (BR) 36.2
D. Ewen (BR) 35.8
A. Daczkowski (PF) 35.45
C. Thoppil (LC) 34.05

Many local teams will compete at the Stonewall Jackson Aloha meet on Sat. Jan 23.

Wrestling Notebook: Freedom Wins First Ever District Title; Exciting Dulles Matches; More!

(Jan. 20, 2010)- Millbrook High School may have gotten its revenge on Freedom, by winning the Eagles Duals on Saturday a week after Freedom stole the show at Millbrook's own event, but that couldn't dampen the program's mood as a 70-6 victory over Loudoun County on Tuesday wrapped up not only the school's first ever AA Dulles District regular season title but the Eagles first district title in any boys sport since the South Riding school opened in 2005.

In other action, Potomac Falls, battling all kinds of injuries was able to come away with two Dulles District wins on Monday night by the thinnest of margins, a 34-32 win over Broad Run, and a win on a tiebreaker -- going all the way down to the 8th criteria -- in a 37-37 match with Park View. The Patriots were able to defeat the Spartans on the night, 44-32.

"The match against Park View was settled by criteria H (the 8th criteria on the list to break a tie ... "team that scored the most first points")," said Potomac Falls coach Mike Grafton. "Both matches were determined by the final match. In the win against Broad Run, Batchka Zuhlkuu sealed the win for the Panthers, by beating Dennis Murray in overtime. In the win against Park View, Mike Oswald, the team captain, needed a fall at 140 just to get the team score to a tie. He did so and the match was decided by the tie-breaker system. I take my hat off to both teams. They wrestled well."

Starters not wrestling for the Panthers included Chris Belin, Joe Thomas, and Zack Duffin.

In Freedom's win Tuesday, Levi Hamm (103) and Chuong Le (119)( started off the night for the Eagles after a forfeit at 285 by County to DaQuante Timbers. Both Hamm and Le avenged losses from a week ago at the Millbrook invitational by pinning their opponents in the second period. Le's victory over County's Tyler Anthony, who finished 5th in the State in 2009, could bring a lot of interest to a potential District Finals match up in two weeks.

Wrestling well for County were Kenton Perez and David Richardson, who both were winners for the Raiders.

Also congratulations to Loudoun County 119-pounder Tyler Anthony who notched career win No. 100 last week and placed second at the very competitive Super 32 meet at Riverbend.

Click the "Read More" button for complete results from many of the matches!

Basketball: Tuesday Night Scoreboad and The Skinny

Kayla Sweet and Chrystal Oden talk about Loudoun Valley's win over Heritage Tuesday.


(Jan. 20, 2010) - AAA teams took the spotlight Tuesday and Loudoun Valley boys and girls swept Heritage in Cedar Run action while the Stone Bridge boys and girls were swept by Marshall in Liberty District play. And in non-district action, the top AA girls team in the state, Freedom, fell to D.C. area power Riverdale Baptist.

Tues. Jan. 19
Boys Basketball
Marshall 85, Stone Bridge 68
The Skinny: Marshall, with a crushing advantage in rebounding (25-10 in the first half) put a halt to Stone Bridge's run. The Bulldogs were within five heading into the final quarter but Marshall's Daniel McClain was hot with 30 points and Stanley Watts went 7 of 8 from the foul line down the stretch. The Statemen hit eight 3-pointers in the win. SB was held to 29 total rebounds. Nik Brown led SB with 25 and Richie Berry added 18.
SB 14 30 54 68
M 16 38 59 85
SB
Brown 6 12-15 25
Berry 6 5-9 18
Lowdermilk 1 0-0 3
Wells 3 0-0 6
Tripp 3 0-0 6
Paige 0 3-4 3
Hamrick 1 0-0 3
Gouveia 2 0-0 4

Loudoun Valley 74, Heritage 40
The Skinny: The Vikes cruised in a meeting with AAA district rival Pride, with four players in double digits: Kyle Kohnen (10 pts, 7 reb), Cody Mangano (13 pts, 6 reb), Django DeGree (11 pts, 7 reb) and John Yoxthimer (11 pts, 9 reb). No Heritage player scored more than six points.

Other Liberty Games
Fairfax 59, McLean 53
Langley 51, South Lakes 33
TJ 42, Madison 32
Other Cedar Run Game
Battlefield 62, Stonewall Jackson 36
Osbourn 71, Liberty 67 (non-district)

Girls Basketball
Marshall 53, Stone Bridge 48
The Skinny: Murielle Tiernan led SB with 11 points and Sakai Williams added eight but SB suffered a setback at home to fall two games out of the Liberty District lead.
Girls Basketball: 1/19/10
Marshall -      10-16-15-12-53
Stone Bridge -  7-12-17-12-48
Leading scorers:
Marshall: Hackett-14 , Zirkle-11 , LaBarbera-10
3 pointers:  Light 2, Hackett 1
Stone Bridge:  Tiernan-11 , Williams-8
3 pointers: C. Prince 1, Williams 1

Loudoun Valley 56, Heritage 43
The Skinny: Kayla Sweet threw down 24 and Chrystal Oden added 17 as the Vikes cruised on the road in Leesburg to maintain second place in the Cedar Run District.

Vikes coach Jen Piccolomini said that her team used "multiple defenses, and an attacking offense to get the win. Defensive pressure by Lisa Beksel kept the Pride’s point guards at bay."

And Owen Gotimer reported for VivaLoudoun from the game: "Valley's Kayla Sweet came out shooting hot, scoring eight in the first quarter. She, along with her fellow Vikings, went into the second quarter up 15-9.

Loudoun Valley's Chrystal Oden and Heritage's Erika Grabbi both matched Sweet's first quarter scoring with eight each in the second, as the Vikings went into half time up 31-22.

The Pride played their strongest quarter (the 3rd) of the game so far coming out of halftime, but still trailed Valley 42-35 going into the fourth. For the third consecutive Cedar Run contest the Pride fell short, losing 43-56.

As Heritage's head coach Anthony Long said after the game, "You have to play all four quarters."

Analysis of Heritage by Gotimer: For the second straight game Heritage went in, heads held high, expecting to be part of a competitive game, but once again they missed on their scoring opportunities. This, along with Valley's tremendous driving, sneaky back door cuts, and well-organized paint-centered offense, is what led to the seemingly one-sided battle. If Heritage can string together four straight solid quarters, they could have a shot at second place in the Cedar Run District.
Loudoun Valley coach Jen Piccolomini postgame Tuesday



LOUDOUN VALLEY 56, HERITAGE 43
L (8-5, 2-1) — Sweet 24, Oden 17, Blue 6, Beksel 4, Calhoun 3, Purnell 2. Totals 20 16-23 56.
H (2-10, 1-1) — Grabbi 14, Scott 12, Paskowski 9, Evans 8. Totals 14 13-17 43.
Halftime: Loudoun Valley, 31-22.
Three-point goals: H 2 (Scott 2).

Liberty at Broad Run PPD
Riverdale Baptist 57, Freedom 38
The Skinny: We could tell you all about it but then that would make Matt Brooks of the Washington Post sad as he covered the game last night so why don't we just link to his story. Besides, we can't even find "Riverdale" on our GPS!

Other Liberty Games
South Lakes 66, Langley 54
Madison 50, TJ 31
McLean 45, Fairfax 37
Other Cedar Run Game
Stonewall Jackson vs. Battlefield

Wrestling: Freedom Earns First Even Dulles District Title in Any Boys Sport

Check back for our wrestling notebook today with details on how Freedom High School wrapped up its first ever Dulles District dual season title -- the school's first every district title in any sport since opening in 2005! Plus some other exciting matches from Wednesday's tri-meet between Broad Run, Park View and Potomac Falls and also a weekend wrap!

Basketball: Jan. 15-16 Round-up

Sat. Jan. 16
Boys Basketball
Heritage 73, Park View 56
The Skinny: For the second straight game the Pride have nine players score as they cool off the Patriots in non-district action. Elijah Calhoun and Joe Cavan combined for 41 points for Heritage. Ryan McCarter scored 22 for the Pats.
Heritage 73, Park View 56 at Heritage 1/16/2010
HHS - Calhoun 21, Cavan 20, Alcorn 8, Arbogast 6, Nelson 6, Dentler 4, Woody 4, Swanson 3, Russell 1. Totals: 21, 3, 22-27 for 73.
PVi- McCarter 22, Dombkowski 9, Owens 9, Shooks 7, French 5, Horvath 2, Absher 2. Totals: 19, 2, 12-19 for 56.
By quarter it was HHS: 14-12-23-24= 73 PV: 9-17-11-19=56. Halftime was 26-26.
Three pointers - HHS 3 (Alcorn 2, Cavan 1) PV 2 (French, Dumbkowski).

Loudoun Valley 55, Washington WV 41
The Skinny: Django Degree had 17 points, five rebounds and six assists and John Yoxthimer also added 17 points and eight rebounds. Vikings have won three out of their last four games.
Wash: 6-11-12-12 = 41
Loudoun Valley: 13-13-13-16 = 55

Potomac Falls 63, Broadway 50
The Skinny: Lukas Mihailovich scored 18 and Gregory Graves added 14 points as the Panthers won this game which was scheduled after a Potomac Falls game in December at Broadway got postponed.
Potomac Falls-20, 15, 4, 24
total: 63
Broadway- 18, 9, 11, 12
total: 50
Potomac Falls
Player 2’s 3’s FTA FTM TP
Tarrell Owens 2 1 2 2 9
Zack Curran 2 0 4 1 5
Lukas Mihailovich 6 0 7 6 18
Brendon Chesson 2 0 0 0 4
Mickey Wagenhoffer 3 0 2 1 7
Gregory Graves 6 0 3 2 14
Matt Hoover 2 0 2 2 6

Click the photo for an entire gallery from the game!



Girls Basketball
Loudoun Valley 58, Washington WV 45
The Skinny: The Vikes traveled out of state Saturday and squeaked out a win over Washington High School. The Vikes kept pace with the Patriots in the first half, trading baskets and coming up even at the end of the half. The third quarter proved much of the same, as both teams traded baskets, and mistakes. However, the Vikings were able to speed up the tempo, as well as, step up the defense in the final quarter, and pulled away from the foul line, going 13 for 16. The Vikes were led by Kayla Sweet with 21 points, while Chrystal Oden added 12 points and 9 rebounds, and Christina Blue had 10 points and 9 boards.

DATE: 1/16/10 OPPONENT: WASHINGTON (Charles Town, WV)
BOX SCORE:
Loudoun Valley 58 Washington 45
LV (8-5, 2-1) – Sweet 21, Oden 12, Blue 10, Purnell 7, Gutch 4, Beksel 2, Hardison 2 Totals 19 19-29 58
WHS – Hosby 23, Lambert 10, Armel 7, Walls 3, Curry 2 Totals 18 6-18 45
Halftime: 26-26
Three-Point Field Goals: LV 1 (Sweet), Washington 3(Lambert 2, Hosby)
Scoring By Quarters
Loudoun Valley 19 7 13 19 58
Washington 19 7 12 7 45

Park View 40, Washington-Lee 33
The Skinny: Chloe Owens continued her hot shooting with 18 points including two 3-pointers to lead the Patriots to a non-district victory.

January 16, 2010
PVHS vs. Washington-Lee
Park View
Chloe Owens 7 2-7 18
Kylie Himmelberger 2 0-1 4
Mikala Dillard 2 1-1 5
Christina Sheppard 1 4-9 6
Yorkie Torto 1 2-3 4
Kayla Stephens 0 3-4 3
Totals 13 12-25 40
3-Pointers: Owens 2.


SCORES EACH QTR.
PV-9 11 8 12 - 40
WL-8 6 9 10 - 33
FINAL SCORE PV-40, WL-33
W-L
Players
Ellie Mills 0 0-2 0
Emma Cooper 5 2-4 12
Janese Jackson 1 1-2 3
Shante Waller 2 2-6 6
Brianna Hogan 0 4-6 4
Michele Derieux 1 0-0 2
Katrina Cook 2 2-2 6
Totals 11 11-22 33

Click on the photo to view the entire gallery from this game!


Fri. Jan. 15
Boys Basketball
Stone Bridge 70, McLean 60
The Bulldogs are off to the best start in school history with a 9-4 overall record and a 5-1 Liberty District mark. Richie Berry scored a game-high 24 points and Nik Brown had a good all-around game including 14 points.
SB 17 36 51 70
M 13 25 41 60
Brown 6 0-0 14
Berry 9 5-5 24
Lowdermilk 3 2-2 9
Nowakowski 2 1-2 5
Wells 3 0-1 6
Tripp 1 2-4 4
Paige 2 1-3 5
Hamrick 1 0-0 3

Osbourn 85, Heritage 65
The Skinny: Pride looking for first Cedar Run win still
Stonewall Jackson 49, Loudoun Valley 31
The Skinny: Vikes looking for first Cedar Run win still
Other Liberty
Fairfax 67, South Lakes 64
TJ 48, Marshall 42
Langley 57, Madison 33

Girls Basketball
Stone Bridge 59, McLean 55 (OT)
The Skinny: Hannah Beth Whitaker poured in 24 points (her career high) and made a put back as time expired to send the game into overtime. In OT, Stone Bridge scored the first four points and then made 6 out of 7 free throws to seal the win. Sakai Williams contributed 10 points for the Bulldogs.
Girls Varsity 1/15/10
Overtime:
Stone Bridge - 10-16-12-11-10 - 59
McLean -         9 - 14 - 18 - 8 - 6 - 55
Stone Bridge: 10-3 (4-2 district)
Stone Bridge:
Whitaker-24, Williams-10, Tiernan-7, C. Prince-6, Gouveia-5, Guzek-4, Stancik-2, N. Prince-1 Three pointers: C Prince 2, Williams 2 Foul line: 11 for 16
McLean:  Romness-21, Pascoe-12, Wilson-10, Bettner-6, Baker-4, Munday-2 Three Pointers: Wilson 3, Ramness 2, Pascoe-1 Foul line:  7 for 16

Osbourn 45, Heritage 34
The Skinny: Read Owen Gotimer's report!
OSBOURN 45, HERITAGE 34
O (0-0, 0-0) — Peters 17, Scott 13, Johnson 10, Fearon 3, Rodgers 2. Totals 16 6-7 45.
H (2-9, 1-1) — Evans 7, Scott 6, Whoolery 6, Grabbi 4, Surles 4, McDonald 2, Nibbelink 2, Reilly 2, Paskowski 1. Totals 13 6-7 34.
Halftime: Osbourn, 27-24.
Three-point goals: O 7 (Peters 3, Scott, Johnson 2, Fearon); H 2 (Whoolery 2).

Stonewall Jackson 71, Loudoun Valley 23
The Skinny: Raiders leave no doubt as to the top team in the Cedar Run with big win over Vikes


Martinsburg WV 54, Briar Woods 39
The Skinny: Falcons struggle in non-district loss.

Other Liberty Scores
Marshall 63, TJ 43
Madison 56, Langley 35
South Lakes 74, Fairfax 57

Girls Basketball: Osbourn's Scott Controls Heritage, 45-34

By Owen Gotimer
Special to VivaLoudoun.com

Leesburg (Jan. 16. 2010) - The Osbourn High School girls basketball team started the game on an 8-0 run and Heritage was down seven still after the first quarter.

A full team effort led to an 9-2 Heritage run to start the second, but OHS quickly recovered going into halftime with a 27-24 lead.

A 9-4 third quarter put the Pride down in an 8-point hole. An array of Pride turnovers, and several missed opportunities left Heritage hanging their heads after a 45-34 loss.

Notes and Analaysis:

HHS's leading scorer was Chelsea Evans with 7. Osbourn's Kylie Peters led all scorers with 17, including 3 three pointers and 6 of 7 from the line. Heritage's Akenya Surles dominated the rebounding game.

On a side note, I thought Osbourn's Erica Scott was one of the best point guards I have seen all year. Personally I felt she controlled the offensive flow, took better shots, and made better passes then Kyani White of Stonewall Jackson did Tuesday night against Heritage. Nothing against Kyani's play I just felt that Scott communicated better with her teammates.

Also I talked to injured Pride starter and top player Necole Sterling and she said that she should be back for the next time Heritage plays Stonewall Jackson. I asked her what she was thinking about playing against Kyani White and she said, "I can't wait."

Youth Sports - Gymnastics - APEX Athletes Sweep Aerials Invitational

(Jan. 19, 2010) - The APEX gymnastics girls teams at Levels 5, 7 , 8, 9 and 10 each placed first in their respective team competition at the Aerials Invitational.

The APEX level 6 team did not have enough gymnasts to field a team.

APEX also has qualified the following additional gymnasts to sectionals/states: Jenna Haran, Tali Klaff, Kathrin Shamenko, Ashley Wilkins, Priscilla Hall, Tess Tibbits, Brooke Wivagg, Rachel Giachinta, Rebecca Henry and Sarah O’Donnell.

Top three placement results are listed below. Complete results can be found at www.arlingtonaerials.org.

Girls Basketball: Broad Run Game with Liberty Postponed

Ashburn (Jan. 19, 2010) - The Broad Run vs. Liberty girls basketball game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight has been postponed. It will be made up at a later date.

VivaLoudoun News: Today's Schedule of Content

Well we are sweeping up here at the VivaLoudoun World Headquarters in Ashburn from editor Dan Sousa's 10-year-old son's birthday weekend!

Some how Ryder Sousa managed to stretch his birthday into a 4-day event including three dinners out and bowling yesterday with 10 other 10-year-olds! Only one bowling ball went the wrong direction ... but the elder Sousa is recovering from the weekend!

Look for this content today ...

1. First up will be a Friday/Saturday basketball round-up plus an update of our Hot Shots charts
2. Then we cover swimming where the Briar Woods girls had a big win over Potomac Falls on Friday and we have complete results to share from three meets plus we will update our Top Times charts
3. Then wrestling with a report on the Freedom Duals and other events over the weekend
4. And finally, we haven't seen anything on gymnastics yet but hope to have some reports from the weekend

Check back the rest of the day and into Wednesday as we catch up with the weekend. Whew!

Video: Brittany Batts and Alissa Kain Postgame after Loudoun County Beat Potomac Falls last Week in Girls Hoops

Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball - Potomac Falls vs. Loudoun County Jan. 11

Click on any photo to view the gallery

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - Stone Bridge vs. Madison Jan. 9

click on any photo to view the entire gallery of 65 shots!

Basketball: Verizon FiOS1 Local Sports Broadcasting Loudoun Games

(Jan. 16, 2010) - Earlier this month Verizon FiOS1 Local Sports started broadcasting a Loudoun basketball "Game of the Week" that can be viewed locally several times on delay and then in the On Demand section.

Currently in the On Demand section of FiOS programming in Loudoun you can view the Potomac Falls at Dominion boys contest. And on Sunday night at 5 p.m. the Briar Woods boys at Park View game will be shown and after that you can view that game On Demand.

Finally, the latest game shot was last night as Verizon FiOS1 shot the Stone Bridge boys at McLean, captured by the Bulldogs, 70-60, to improve a school record 5-1 in the Liberty District and the best start in school history at 9-4.

To get to the games on VOD FiOS TV subscribers...
1) Click on the "On Demand" (star) button on your FiOS remote.
2) Choose the following... Browse All > Free > FiOS1 Local Zone > Northern VA

Remaining Schedule
Friday, Jan. 22 - Girls Basketball: Freedom @ Loudoun County (Loudoun) 8:00PM
Friday, Jan. 29 - Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls @ Broad Run (Loudoun) 7:30PM
Tuesday, Feb. 2 - Boys Basketball: Briar Woods @ Freedom-South Riding (Loudoun) 7:30PM
Friday, Feb. 5 - Boys Basketball: Stone Bridge @ Fairfax (Loudoun/Fairfax) 7:30PM
Tuesday, Feb. 9 - Boys Basketball: Broad Run @ Briar Woods (Loudoun) 7:30PM

Photos: Youth Basketball - River Bend Boys vs. Harper Park - By Nick Lutkins

Enjoy these great shots by Nick Lutkins ... click on any photo to go to the gallery with 125 shots!

News: Fairfax Sports Report Expands to Include Loudoun Coverage

(Jan. 16, 2010) - The Fairfax Sports Report, the longest running sports media group in the Washington D.C. area, has expanded its weekly television highlights show to include Loudoun County with VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa hosting a Loudoun segment along with Paul Frommelt.

You can check out the show on Verizon FiOS TV in Loudoun on Channel 10 on Wednesday night's at 10 p.m. and then again on Thursday's at 7 p.m. and Friday's at 2 a.m. (Set your TiVo!)

Fairfax Sports Network programming can be seen on:

Cox Communications (Fairfax) Channels 10 & 23
Cox Communications (Fairfax) Video-On-Demand
Comcast (Reston) Channels 10 & 3
Comcast (Woodbridge) Channel 3
Comcast (Mannassas) Channel 3
Verizon FiOS TV (DC Metro Area) Channel 10

News: Athletics Could be Hit Hard if Local Funding Doesn't Increase for Loudoun County Public Schools

(Jan. 16, 2010) - Loudoun County Public School Superintendent Dr. Edgar B. Hatrick III presented his proposed budget to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors this week and if approved high school athletics in Loudoun would not undergo any dire changes.

He was also directed, however, to propose a budget with no increase in local funding and Hatrick said this would result in a budget deficit of $25.1 million. His list of cuts to meet that shortfall, should it be implemented, severely affects high school athletics in Loudoun.

Among the changes that could happen:
*Per sport per athlete athletic fee which was first put in place this school year at $100 per sport could raise to $200 or $300 per sport.
*All freshman sports and junior varsity lacrosse would be cut
*Assistant athletic directors would be eliminated at all 12 high schools
*Part-time assistant athletic trainers would be cut

Click here for more on the budget.

Click here for a video presentation of the budget.

Breaking News! Park View Football Coach Andy Hill Resigns, Exploring Other Options

(Jan. 15, 2010) - Park View High School football coach Andy Hill, became the second high profile local coach to step down this week, as he announced Friday that he has resigned from the Patriot program.

While speculation has Hill possibly taking over at two-time defending state champion Broad Run in Ashburn, where Mike Burnett announced this week he has left for soon-to-be-opened Tuscarora in Leesburg, Hill stressed that he does not have another position spoken for and is exploring possibilities including taking a year off from coaching or accepting another position out of the area, even out of the state.

Here is a letter Hill released to the Patriot football community:

Hello Park View Football Community -

Later today - at 4:00 p.m. in the weight room - I will be meeting with our kids to let them know that I have stepped down as the football coach at Park View High School. This was not an easy decision, but it was one that was made after a lot of thought and consideration. I have had a great time here at Park View over the past five years, and while I have matured and grown professionally in this experience, the most difficult part of the decision was leaving the student-athletes that make up our program.

My decision came down to my personal desire to seek a new challenge. Contrary to the internet speculation or popular rumors - which have me headed off to any one of several schools or colleges - I have not made a decision about where my next step will be. It is quite possible that I would take a year off from coaching and focus on finishing my Masters degree program, but my desire is to take on a new challenge within coaching. This may take me to the AAA level or even out of state. While I am exploring the options to determine what the best fit might be, I am honest in telling you that nothing is locked into place. I will be addressing specific rumors with the kids, but otherwise I'm going to avoid adding to the speculation.

The timing for my decision is for one simple reason, and that is to try to do right by the kids and the program. If I waited until the middle of February or early March to move to a new position, and therefore held up the process to replace me, that would have hurt the program. When I submitted my resignation to Dr. Minshew and Mr. Breinig, I expressed that my intent was to allow them to start the process of finding a successor immediately, and they have started the process. To leave a job without having committed to another one may not be the best professional decision, but I wanted to leave PV in the best position I can.

I realize that this news may not sit well at first, but I hope you can come to understand that this was a personal decision centered on my own professional growth. The hard part about the player/coach dynamic is that from the time a player enters high school there is a targeted graduation date to move on to the next step, but with coaches our stay is often assumed to be unending. I am simply also moving on to a new challenge within my own life. I love the PV program and will forever cherish the time and memories here. I wish nothing but the best of luck and continued success for our kids and the program, and I will work towards this end until a new coach takes over.


Hill took over at Park View five years ago when Briar Woods opened and Patriot coach Charlie Pierce left Park View for the new school. In those five seasons, Park View went 35-21 and made the playoffs four times. Twice Park View made it to the regional finals including this past season.

Perhaps the most memorable two-week period of Hill's tenure were back-to-back games at Broad Run in 2007 when the Spartans and Patriots met in the final week of the regular season with 9-0 records and then again the next week in the opening round of the Region II Division 4 playoffs. While Broad Run won to finish 10-0 in the first of the two meetings, Park View got its revenge the following week, winning the game late on a trick play. That loss is Broad Run only loss since the start of the 2007 season.

Wrestling: More on Freedom's Win over PF Plus Updated Rankings!

(Jan. 15. 2010) - The Freedom High School wrestling team made history on Wednesday as they defeated the defending Dulles District Champions Potomac Falls 56-18.

The win marks the first time in the young program's history that they have beaten Potomac Falls, which has dominated Dulles District wrestling for the past eight years. Since the inception of the Dulles District Potomac Falls has won six out of the eight Dulles District Championships held in wrestling, losing only twice to Dominion High School.

Wednesday night however, belonged to the Eagles. With two of Potomac Falls top wrestlers out with injuries the Eagles ran out to a 41-3 lead and never looked back.
Results
171- Constantino(F) tf Causey(PF) 16-1
189- Freda(F) pins Walden(PF) 1:43
215- Cardozo(F) wins by forfeit
Hvy- Timbers(F) wins by forfeit
103- Zedan(PF) dec Hamm 12-6
112- Marquina(F) wins by forfeit
119- Le(F) pins Linza(PF)
125- Hosti(F) pins Palacio(PF)
130- Zuhkulu(PF) pins Gaetani(F)
135- Philbrick(F) pins Belin(PF)
140- Oswald(PF) dec Young(F) 3-1
145- Sheptock(F) pins Causey(PF)
152- Murphy(F) dec Warden(PF)? 9-8
160- Rowane(PF) pins Scrivo(F)

Updated Rankings
The rankings are compiled by editor Dan Sousa (dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com) with the help of Dulles District coaches. Each week a new rankings will be released based on results supplied by teams as well as feedback from fans and wrestlers.

Note: We did not include the three Loudoun AAA schools in the rankings as they are not wrestling the Dulles District schools head-to-head.

Dulles Distrit Wrestling Rankings - Top 3
as of 1.15.10

103
1, Dang (PV)
2, Grieco (LC
Defeated Zedan, 3-2, last week
3, Zedan (PF)
Defeated Hamm, 12-6 on Jan. 13
Others to watch: Hamm (F), Gowda (BR)

112
1, Marquina (F)
Won title at Elks; Forfeit vs. PF on Jan. 13
2, Rea (PF)
Not able to wrestle vs. Marquina Jan. 13
3, Hulcher (BW)
Maj. Dec. over Sandoe Jan. 13
Others to watch: Schmidl (BR), Sandoe (D)

119
1, Anthony (LC)
Defeated Le at Elks Tournament, 9-4; defeated Linza last week also
2, Le (F)
Pinned Linza Jan. 13
3, Linza (PF)
Pinned by Le Jan. 13
Others to watch: Ali (PV)

125
1, Hosti (F)
2, Hartman (BR)
Defeated Garcia, 9-7, last week
3, Garcia (D)
Others to watch:

130
1, Zuhkulu (PF)
pinned Robillard last week; pinned Gaetani Jan. 13
2, Murray (BR)
Edged Fawkes, 5-3
3, Gaetani (F)
Pinned by Zuhkulu
Others to watch: Fawkes (D), Robillard (LC), Landmesser (PV)

135
1, DiRenzo (BR)
Tech Fall over Kirkwood
2, Philbrick (F)
Wrestled for first time all season, won Elks! Pinned Belin Jan. 13
3, Belin (PF)
Pinned by Belin Jan. 13
Others to watch: Kirkwood (D)

140
1, Oswald (PF)
Defeated Richardson last week; Dec. Young 3-1
2, Young (F)
Beat Richardson last week; Lost 3-1 Dec. to Oswald
3, Richardson (LC)
Others to watch: Sealy (BW)

145
1, Sheptock (F)
Won at the Elks
2, Montoya (BR)
pinned Chervenko
3, Cheverchko (D)
Others to watch:

152
1, Murphy (F)
Dec. Warden 9-8
2, Warden (PF)
Lost 9-8 Dec. to Murphy
3, Garcia (PV)
Others to watch: Gass (BR)

160
1, Rowane (PF)
Defeated Perez last week; Pinned Scrivo Jan. 13
2, Perez (LC)
Defeated Scrivo last week
3, Scrivo (F)
Pinned by Rowane Jan. 13

171
1, Constantino (F)
Won at the Elks
2, Roberts (PV)
3, Mendoza (BR)
Others to watch: Stevens (LC)

189
1, Freda (F)
2, Awad (BW)
3, Gil (PV)
Others to watch: Walden (PF)

215
1, Sosa (BW)
2, Lanzaro (F)
3, Sisson (D)
Others to watch:

285
1, Duffin (PF)
Did not wrestle due to injury vs. Timbers
2, Hayes (PV)
3, Timbers (F)
Forfeit vs. PF
Surprise winner at Elks
Others to watch: Ward (D)

Wrestling: Freedom Hosts 16 Teams at Second Annual Tori Kent Duals Saturday

(Jan. 15, 2010) - The Freedom High School wrestling team will host the second annual Tori Kent Duals tomorrow which will feature 16 teams on eight mats. The Freedom wrestling team will take their 13-0 record into the tournament and try to win their fifthtournament of the season.

Teams attending are Briar Woods, Heritage, Potomac Falls, Park View, Gar-Field, Stonewall Jackson, Mount Vernon, Thomas Edison, Robert E. Lee (Springfield), Carroll County, Millbrook, Orange County, Monticello, and John Handley.

The teams will be split into four pools of four teams and the pool winners will wrestle in the semis in round four and the winners in the semis will wrestle in the finals. All teams will wrestle five matches with no byes.

The wrestling will take place on four mats in the main gym, two mats in the aux gym, and 2 mats in the cafeteria. Wrestling will begin at 10 a.m.

"Should be a great day of wrestling at Freedom High School," said Freedom assistant athletic director and former wrestling coach Pat McNanley.