News: Tuscarora Athletic Booster Club to Hold Golf Tournament June 4 at Goose Creek

(May 24, 2010) - The Tuscarora High School athletic booster club will hold a golf tournament on June 4 at Goose Creek Golf Club. Participants and sponsors are being sought for the event.

Football: Woodgrove Football Players Participate in "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" Event

(May 24, 2010) - Eight future football players from soon-to-open Woodgrove High School participated in a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event hosted by the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter and Potomac Falls High School Peer.

The event was held in Sterling to raise awareness and to prevent sexual violence. The Wolverine football players participating: Andrew Board, Jon DeMarco, Jake Yates, Caleb Welch, Tyler Workman, Jeremy VanNess, Brian Cvilikas and Riley Johnson.

To find more information go to www.walkamileinhershoes.com and www.lcsj.org.

News: What's in a Name? Loudoun County Public Schools to Switch to Shorter Domain Name

(May 24, 2010) - By September 1, 2010, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) will change its domain name from loudoun.k12.va.us to lcps.org.

Photo Gallery: Baseball - Senior Night - Stone Bridge vs. McLean - May 14-15

Click on any photo to view the gallery with 180+ shots

Girls Soccer: Stone Bridge Sweeps Northern Region Honors - Skogerboe Player of the Year, Windows Coach of the Year

(May 24, 2010) - The unbeaten Stone Bridge High School girls soccer team, with a 14-0-2 record and Liberty District regular-season and tournament titles under their belt, swept honors for the Northern Region with senior Jennifer Skogerboe being named the Player of the Year and Joan Windows taking Coach of the Year honors.

2010 All-Northern Region Girls Soccer Teams
as selected by the coaches

First Team
Forwards:
Audrey Barry, Sr., Robinson
Melissa Downey, Sr., McLean
Alex Reed, Sr., South County
Jenna Richmond, Sr., Centreville

Midfielders:
Molly Menchal, Sr., Edison
Barbara Platenberg, So., Robinson
Jennifer Skogerboe, Sr., Stone Bridge
Alex Straton, Sr., Oakton

Defenders:
Madyson Brown, Jr., Chantilly
Emily Fredrikson, Jr., Stone Bridge
Jenny Greenlief, Sr., Westfield
Ali Heck, Sr., Robinson
Danielle King, Jr., Woodson

Goalkeepers:
Jane Aman, Jr., Annandale
Lauren Jancuska, Sr., Chantilly

Player of the Year: Jennifer Skogerboe, Sr.,
Stone Bridge
Coach of the Year: Joan Windows,
Stone Bridge

Second Team
Forwards:
Brittany Bonzano, Sr., Westfield
Ashley Herndon, Fr., Stone Bridge
Ellie Mills, Sr., Washington & Lee
Murielle Tiernan, Fr., Stone Bridge

Midfielders:
Sami Kuykendall, Sr., Madison
Alexandra Myers, Fr., Centreville
Rachel Nichols, Sr., Lake Braddock
Andi Romness, Sr., McLean

Defenders:
Nikki Clarke, Sr., Annandale
Jaszmyn Ervins, Sr., Stone Bridge
Katie Grasso, Jr., Madison
Caroline Gray, So., McLean
Logan Knowles, Sr., Yorktown

Goalkeepers:
Sam Cormode, Jr., Fairfax
Emily Oberheim, Sr., Lee

Honorable Mentions
• -Forwards:
Jacki Sieder, So., Chantilly
Marlee Stynchula, Jr., Woodson
• -Midfielders:
Olivia Colella, So., Chantilly
Morgan Duffy, Sr., South County
Kelley Johnson, Jr., South County
Katie Yensen, Jr., McLean
• -Defenders:
Kristen Adams, Sr., Hayfield
L.A. Miskovic, Jr., West Springfield
• -Goalkeepers:
Charlene Belanger, Jr., Mount Vernon
Katie Martinez, Sr., Thomas Jefferson
Emma Wolfarth, Sr., Washington & Lee

Track and Field: Stone Bridge Girls, Boys Finish Third at Liberty District Meet

(May 22, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School boys and girls track and field teams both placed third at the Liberty District meet.

The Bulldog girls, led by first place finishes by Brittany Schanck and Danielle Swasey in the hurdles and Haley Springman's win in the discus, scored 71 points to finish behind winner Thomas Jefferson (128) and runner-up McLean (115). Schanck clocked 16.64 to win the 100 hurdles and Swasey finished 46.94 to take the 300 hurdles. Swasey was also part of the winning 4x800 relay team along wtih Hannah Strei, Ashley Dodson and Caroline Snell.

The Bulldog boys, led by Andre Best's 14.79 winning time in the 110 hurdles, tied wtih TJ for third with 58 points behind winner South Lakes (153) and runner-up Langley (101).

Finishing Top Six and Moving on To Regionals (others may qualify with times or marks during the season):
Girls - Amanda Morgenthal (6th - 100), Karisa Love (4th - 200, 6th - 400), Snell (4th - 800), Schanck (3rd - 300 hurdles), Molly Jones (3rd - shot).
Boys - Dexter Rogers (2nd - 100, 4th - 200), Kevin Ojo (3rd - 100), John Starke (4th - 200), Nick Driskill (6th - 1600), Reilly Wall (3rd - 110H), Selwyn Lawrence (4th - 110H), Matthew Kinnebrew (6th - HJ), Rob Burns (3rd - shot), Kyle Wrenn (6th - shot).

Soccer: 2010 Northern Region Brackets **UPDATED**

(May 21, 2010)- The Northern Region brackets for boys and girls soccer are set for tournament starting next Tuesday for 16 boys and 16 girls teams.

2010 Northern Region Boys Soccer Bracket
First Round - Tues. May 25 at higher seed
(C=Concored L=Liberty N=National P=Patriot)
N4 Washington-Lee at L1 McLean
P3 T.C. Williams at C2 Chantilly
C3 Centreville at P2 Woodson
L4 Jefferson at N1 Yorktown
C4 Oakton at P1 Lake Braddock
L3 Stone Bridge at N2 Stuart
N3 Mount Vernon at L2 Langley
P4 West Potomac at C1 Robinson

Quarterfinals - Thurs. May 27 at higher seed
Semifinals - Wed. June 2 at Robinson, 5 and 7
Finals - Fri. June 4 at Lake Braddock, 5:30

2010 Northern Region Girls Soccer Bracket
First Round - Tues. May 25 at higher seed
(C=Concored L=Liberty N=National P=Patriot)
N4 Stuart at L1 Stone Bridge
P3 Lee at C2 Chantilly
C3 Oakton at P2 West Springfield
L4 Fairfax at N1 Washington-Lee
C4 Westfield at P1 Woodson
L3 McLean at N2 Yorktown
N3 Hayfield at L2 Madison
P4 South County at C1 Robinson

Quarterfinals - Thurs. May 27 at higher seed
Semifinals - Wed. June 2 at Lake Braddock, 5 and 7
Finals - Fri. June 4 at Lake Braddock, 7:30

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Baseball: 2010 All-Liberty District Selections

(May 22, 2010) - Stone Bridge High School placed five athletes -- catcher JJ White, second base Spenser Rositano, shortstop Ty Lighton, utility Taylor Lambke and pitcher Spencer Brookbank -- on the first team of the 2010 All-Liberty District baseball selections.

2010 All-Liberty District Baseball
1st Team
Pos Player School Yr
C Denis Buckley MCLEAN SR
C JJ White STONE BRIDGE JR
1B Ryan McGuire MADISON JR
1B Jake Bennett MARSHALL SR
2B Chris Russo MCLEAN SR
2B Spenser Rositano STONE BRIDGE JR
SS Ty Lighton STONE BRIDGE JR
3B Scott Bernier MADISON SR
OF Riley Beiro MCLEAN SR
OF Teddy Turner MADISON SR
OF TJ Ehrsam MADISON SR
OF Wilfredo Corps-Ortiz SOUTH LAKES JR
DH Jay Kenyon MADISON JR
DH Joey Garon FAIRFAX SR
UTIL Taylor Lambke STONE BRIDGE SR
Pitcher Sean Fitzgerald MCLEAN SR
Pitcher Josh Sborz MCLEAN SO
Pitcher Spencer Brookbank STONE BRIDGE SR
Pitcher Joseph Vanderplas FAIRFAX JR
Pitcher Matt Moore MADISON SR

Player Of Year Riley Beiro MCLEAN SR
Pitcher Of Year Sean Fitzgerald MCLEAN SR
Coach of Year John Thomas MCLEAN

Second Team:
C Alan Allworth JEFFERSON SR
1B Ty Mocabee STONE BRIDGE SO
2B Thomas Woodruff JEFFERSON JR
SS Matt Moser LANGLEY SO
3B Abraham Yi LANGLEY SR
Ryan Medric MARSHALL SO
OF Colin Cannon MCLEAN SR
Robert Hood LANGLEY JR
OF Jack Carter FAIRFAX SR
Ian Wood LANGLEY SR
OF Dillon Berger STONE BRIDGE SR
DH Jordan Ghanam MCLEAN SR
UTIL Peter Sanson LANGLEY SR
James Oldenberg MCLEAN JR
P Jordan Kuchel FAIRFAX SR
P Stephen Putnick STONE BRIDGE JR
P John Beck SOUTH LAKES JR
P Mitch MacKeith MARSHALL SO
P Elie Facenda MADISON JR
P Dan Powers MADISON FR

Cedar Run District Playoff Brackets: Valley to Host Three Games Monday

(May 22, 2010) - The Cedar Run District is the hardest district to piece together schedules but the VivaLoudoun "Fox" emerged from his little bunker (foxhole) Saturday morning and thinks this is the district tournament schedule for Monday night. Consider this unofficial until you actually see white smoke emerging from Loudoun Valley High School.

Cedar Run district Semifinals
with district records

Baseball
No. 4 Battlefield (3-5) at No. 1 Osbourn (6-2)
No. 3 Heritage (4-4) at No. 2 Loudoun Valley (5-3)
out: Stonewall Jackson (2-6)

Softball
No. 4 Heritage (2-6) at No. 1 Battlefield (8-0)
No. 3 Osbourn (3-5) at No. 2 Loudoun Valley (6-2)
out: Stonewall Jackson (1-7)

Boys Soccer
No. 4 Osbourn (3-4-1) at No. 1 Battlefield (5-2-1)
No. 3 Loudoun Valley (4-3-1) at No. 2 Heritage (4-2-2)
out: Stonewall Jackson (1-6-1)

Girls Soccer
No. 4 Heritage (3-5-0) at No. 1 Loudoun Valley (8-0-0)
No. 3 Osbourn (3-4-1) at No. 2 Battlefield (5-2-1)
out: Stonewall Jackson (0-8-0)

Cedar Run District Playoff Update: Loudoun Valley Sweeps Boys, Girls Lacrosse Titles; Heritage Boys Lax Comeback for Regional Bid

(May 22, 2010) - The Loudoun Valley High School boys and girls lacrosse teams swept Battlefield Friday to claim AAA Cedar Run District tournament titles to go with their regular-season crowns. The Viking boys blasted the Bobcats, 15-2, and the Viking girls cruised, 15-6.

While the Valley girls will have a bye in the Northwest Region quarterfinals on Monday, the Valley boys will host a familiar foe as local rival Heritage came from a 7-3 halftime deficit to defeat Stonewall Jackson Friday in the consolation game. The Pride will travel to Purcellville to face the Vikes on Monday in the regional quarterfinals.

The Pride defense shut the Raiders out in the third quarter while the offense scored six times to take the lead, which Heritage never gave up.

Heritage Scoring
Sterjeck 4g
flinton 1g,1a
Carlin, C. 2g,2a
Carlyle 3g,1a
Carlin, J. 1g
Burkhard 1g,1a
Warnquist 1a
Choe- 8 Saves

Stonewall Jackson
Anderud (7 Saves)
#7 Betonti-4g
#9 Kashur-2g,4a
#8 Brown #13 Kalajainen- 1g each
#28 Mandros #1 Orellana 1a each
#25 Sladek 2 goals
#26 Wichers 1g,1a

Note: Valley scoring/highlights will be put into this story when provided by teams. Please email to dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com

Liberty District Playoff Update: Stone Bridge Girls Soccer Wins Tournament Title; Bulldog Baseball and Softball Fall in Semi's

(May 22, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School girls soccer team remained unbeaten on the season by edging Madison, 1-0, Friday night at McLean High School to capture the AAA Liberty District tournament title. Bulldog baseball and softball both fell in the tournament semifinals.

Bulldog freshman Murielle Tiernan score the only goal of the Liberty District title game in the second half with just five minutes remaining as Stone Bridge improved to 14-0-2 on the season. Stone Bridge, the district's top seed since 2006, will host Stuart on Tuesday in a regional first round match-up. Read more on Stone Bridge's big win from the Loudoun Times-Mirror!

Madison beat Stone Bridge in baseball, 6-4, and McLean defeated Stone Bridge in softball, 7-3. Both teams still advance to next Friday's regional playoffs.

Dulles District Playoff Update: 16 Baseball, Softball, Soccer Teams Advance to Semifinals

(May 22, 2010) - Dulles District baseball, softball and soccer teams took a step closer Friday night to a regional playoff bid and district tournament titles with 16 teams advancing to next Tuesday's semifinals.

Broad Run, with byes for its boys and girls soccer teams, advanced all four teams as did Loudoun County as the Raiders went 4-for-4 on the night. Potomac Falls has three teams advancing while Briar Woods and Park View have two each. Freedom has one team left between the the three sports and Dominion did not advance any teams Friday.

Next Tuesday, Broad Run will be the only school hosting more than one semifinal contest and the Spartans will be hosting four ... just a night after they host a regional lacrosse doubleheader.

Tuesday May 25 Semifinal Schedule
at Broad Run
Baseball: Briar Woods at Broad Run
Softball: Park View at Broad Run
Boys Soccer: Park View at Broad Run
Girls Soccer: Potomac Falls at Broad Run

at Briar Woods
Softball: Loudoun County at Briar Woods

at Freedom
Girls Soccer: Loudoun County at Freedom

at Loudoun County
Boys Soccer: Potomac Falls at Loudoun County

at Potomac Falls
Baseball: Loudoun County at Potomac Falls

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa - I Enjoy This So Much, I'd Do It for Free ... Well Almost!

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa
(May 21, 2010) - I love this job! Honestly, starting VivaLoudoun.com this past year has been a joy.

Covering high school sports is a pleasure and this time of year, especially with so many good teams in Loudoun, it is 24/7 of great sporting events to attend. I like being editor of VivaLoudoun.com so much, I'd almost do it for free ...

Time out: This is Dan's wife ... what about doing this for free ...


Whew! Sorry sports fans, I'm back in control but the truth of the matter is that I have to balance the joy of running VivaLoudoun with the reality that the site needs to make enough revenue in order to warrant the time, effort and resources.

You like the site ... we know from the traffic and word of mouth and great feedback.

A lot of media sites are moving to the subscription model but I'm not of fan of paying subscriptions so I don't want to turn VivaLoudoun down that path.

Our goal is run the site on a combination of advertising and marketing dollars from great local business partners such as Cheers Sports and from generous donations from our fans. Denny Petrella, the owner of Cheers, is a perfect partner for VivaLoudoun. For one thing, Denny and I both care about the reputations of our businesses and we are comfortable doing business over a firm handshake. If I can't look my business partners in the eye, I certainly can't take their money.

I'm looking for businesses to advertise on VivaLoudoun that I believe in and that have purpose and product that will benefit the parents, athletes and coaches who make up the VivaLoudoun.com community.

So how can you help? If you have a business or know of a local business that would be a good fit on VivaLoudoun, give us a shout out or ring.

How else can you help? Why donate! We just added a donate button (look on the right column of this page). Anything you donate will go towards the operating expenses of our website. While our balance sheet at times seems like we are "not for profit", VivaLoudoun is not a non-profit but your donations will be met with the gratitude of a lifetime from the VivaLoudoun "fox". Heck we might even send the fox over to your house to wash your car or mow your lawn!

We know economic times aren't the best but we also know that VivaLoudoun serves a good purpose in the Loudoun community and we aim to be around for years and years.

After all, I love this job!

Donation Bonus! Cheers Sports is helping VivaLoudoun design our first line of t-shirts ... sure to feature the Fox! The first 10 people that donate $25 or more will get one of our t-shirts when they come off the press!

News: VivaLoudoun.com Breaks One Million Page Views Mark in Less Than Nine Months; On Pace for Nearly Two Million Page Views in 2010

(May 21, 2010) - VivaLoudoun.com, the fast-growing website that covers sports, news and views in Loudoun County, has broken the one million page view mark in less than nine months since starting up.

"As a start-up we have focused on the content and done very little marketing and advertising so our site traffic has grown mostly via word of mouth. It blows me away that we have reached one million page views so quickly and we are on pace for nearly two million page views for 2010," said VivaLoudoun.com editor and founder Dan Sousa.

VivaLoudoun has drawn 1,017,941 page views since starting from 166,921 visits, including 52,416 uniques. Since the start of 2010, the site, which covers all (soon to be) 12 high schools in Loudoun, has logged 699,214 page views with 110,540 visits and 36,850 uniques. In the past 30 days alone the media site has received 184,711 page views from 31,489 visits and 11,647 uniques.

Sousa was formerly the editor and founder of LoudounPrepSports.com and LoudounYouthSports.com.

"When we started LoudounPrepSports in 2005 it took us three years to develop this amount of site traffic and we experienced growth for 36 straight months with that site," said Sousa, who sold LoudounPrepSports to DigitalSports in 2008. "Our following on Facebook and Twitter has really helped build our relationship with our fans and created a fun community of people who not only follow our coverage but help contribute to it."

News: VivaLoudoun.com Partners with Cheers Sports

(May 21, 2010) - VivaLoudoun.com, the fast growing media site that covers sports, news and views in Loudoun County, and Loudoun-based Cheers Sports have agreed to a marketing partnership that looks to benefit both locally-owned enterprises.

"Cheers Sports has been a family sporting goods business here in Loudoun since 1995 and owner Denny Petrella has always been a big supporter of my coverage of the local sports scene so I'm very excited to have Cheers partnering with us on VivaLoudoun," said VivaLoudoun editor and founder Dan Sousa.

VivaLoudoun covers all 12 high schools in Loudoun County, highlighting their varsity sports and other items of interest to parents, athletes and coaches. A start-up in August 2009, VivaLoudoun is on pace for nearly two million page views for the 2010 year.

"Fans of VivaLoudoun have no doubt noticed the Cheers Sports ads we put up last week but that is just the start to our partnership. Cheers has agreed to sponsor an Athletes of the Month photo shoot which will start up in the fall," said Sousa. "Look for some unique giveaways and other fun joint ventures between Cheers Sports and VivaLoudoun here on VivaLoudoun and also on our fan pages on Facebook."

Sousa is the former editor and founder of LoudounPrepSports.com and LoudounYouthSports.com which he started in October 2005 and was sold to DigitalSports in 2008.

For information about advertising or forming a marketing partnership with VivaLoudoun please call 703.509.8826 or email (dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com).

College Corner: Former Heritage Football Standout Ross Madison Making Impact at Toledo

(May 21, 2010) - Former Heritage High School football standout Ross Madison is making an impact at the University of Toledo, where he recently signed after completing his fall semester at Hargrave Military Academy.

Madison (#21 in photos) led the Toledo defense with 12 tackles from his free safety position in the annual spring game. Look for Madison to be a factor in the secondary this fall for Toledo.

Girls Soccer: Sweet 16! BWoods Granados Celebrates Birthday, Called Back to Colombia to Train with U-20 Women's World Cup Team

(May 21, 2010) - On Wednesday Briar Woods High School sophomore Lina Granados celebrated her Sweet 16 birthday. And then the week got a lot sweeter as she was recalled to the Colombian U-20 Women's National Team which starts a second round of training for this summer's U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.

The good news for Granados, who leaves for Colombia today, is bad news for the Falcons as they will open postseason play tonight without their talented player. Granados, one of 25 players called for the second training, will be in Bogota through June 7.

Granados is the only player listed on the call-up roster that is currently not playing professionally.

According to an article on FIFA.com: "The coach Ricardo Rozo and technical staff are now getting ready for their second pre-tournament training camp, where as well as strengthening the existing team they will look for new talent around the country to supplement the squad. A number of friendly games are also being organised in advance of the tournament."

"It doesn’t get any bigger than the World Cup. We want to make our mark so we need the best preparation possible”, says the team coach, who is also hoping that the climate will prove favourable to his charges. “I think the players will adapt well to Europe. The tournament is in summer so the heat will help the players to adapt more easily. They are really looking forward to the games. I can see it during every training session, so I’m hopeful we can give it our best shot at Germany 2010.”
For more on the outlook of the Colombian team in Germany, read this article

Players Called for Second Training Cycle
LINA MARCELA TABORDA ORREGO, Quindío Football League
INGRID VIDAL Julieth Isaza Vallecaucana Football League
CAROLINA ARIAS VIDAL, Vallecaucana Football League
CEPEDA MELISSA RODRIGUEZ, Vallecaucana Football League
KAREN POLINDARA RESTREPO, Major League Soccer Vallecaucana
Yulieth DOMINGUEZ PAOLA OCHOA, Tolima Football League
FABIOLA Katerin CASTRO MUÑOZ, Tolima Football League
MONTOYA DANIELA QUIROZ, Antioquia Football League
ALEXANDRA AVENDAÑO, Antioquia Football League
AYALA MONICA LILIANA MARTINEZ, Bogotá Football League
LIZETH PAOLA RODRIGUEZ BAYONNE, League Bogota Soccer
LIANA SALAZAR MILENA VERGARA, Bogotá Football League
DUQUIN JESSICA PAOLA SANCHEZ, Bogotá Football League
ARIZA NATALIA DIAZ, Bogotá Football League
TATIANA ARIZA DIAZ, Bogotá Football League
EDNA FERNANDA MENDEZ CABRERA, Major League Soccer Bogota
LADY PATRICIA ANDRADE RODRIGUEZ, Bogotá Football League
CABRERA Paula FORERO, Bogotá Football League
YORELI HAZLEYDI RINCON TOWERS, Bogotá Football League
Jackeline FONSECA RODRIGUEZ, Bogotá Football League
CAROLINA MELO DIANA PARRA, Bogotá Football League
PEREIRA MAGALY DAISY TRIANA, Bogotá Football League
ANGELICA HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, Bogotá Football League
GAITAN NATALIE Laguado, Bogotá Football League
LINA PAOLA REYES GRANADOS, Briar Woods High School (USA)

Tennis: All in the Family! Freedom's Brother and Sister Sweep Dulles District Singles Titles; Valley Boys Clinch AAA State Tournament Bid

(May 20, 2010) - The athletes in Thursday's AA Dulles District boys and girls singles tennis tournament must have felt like they entered the "Wong tournament" ... because it was all about the Wong's as Freedom High School senior Carla Wong took the girls title and her brother, freshman Wesley Wong, claimed the boys title.

In AAA boys tennis, Loudoun Valley moved into the Northwest Region finals with a 5-2 win over Riverbend in Purcellville. The Vikes, who have now qualified for the state tournament, travel to Albemarle Friday for the regional finals.

Both Wongs started the singles tournament out by matching each other with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 sweeps in the semifinals as Carla defeated Angela Angiollilo of Broad Run and Wesley took care of Brett Stockman of Briar Woods.

In the other semifinals, Megan Hurley of Loudoun County advanced with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Elizabeth Zwicker of Briar Woods and defending district champion Kevin Chang of Broad Run beat Alex Chou of Dominion 7-5, 6-2.

In the finals, Carla Wong defeated Hurley 6-4, 6-0 and Wesley Wong defeated Chang 6-4, 6-3.

Read a feature story on this broather-sister tennis-playing combo by the Loudoun Times-Mirror with some nifty photos!

News: Loudoun Valley Vikings Athletic Association Seeks Nominations for Athletic Hall of Fame

Purcellville (May 20, 2010) - The Loudoun Valley Vikings Athletic Association is seeking nominations of former Viking Athletes to the Loudoun Valley Athletic Hall of Fame.

The deadline for all nominations is August 1, 2010. For more information visit the LVVAA page.

Lacrosse: Region II Boys and Girls Brackets

2010 Boys Lacrosse Region II Bracket
Quarterfinals - Mon. May 24
Salem or James River (Jefferson #3) at Kettle Run (Evergreen #1)
E.C. Glass (Jefferson #2) at Broad Run, 5:15 (Dulles #1)
Dominion (Dulles #2) at Brentsville (Evergreen #2)
Briar Woods (Dulles #3) at Western Albemarle (Jefferson #1)

Semifinals at higher seed - May 26
Finals at higher seed - May 28

2010 Girls Lacrosse Region II Bracket
Quarterfinals - Mon. May 24
Salem or Rockbridge (Jefferson #3) at Brentsville (Evergreen #1)
Monticello (Jefferson #2) at George Mason, (Dulles #1)
Eastern View (Evergreen #2) at Broad Run (Dulles #2), 7:30
Loudoun County (Dulles #3) at Western Albemarle (Jefferson #1)

Semifinals at higher seed - May 26
Finals at higher seed - May 28

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Liberty District: Stone Bridge Softball Clinches Regional Bid, Girls Soccer Rolls into Finals; Boys Soccer Falls to McLean, 1-0

(May 20, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School softball and girls soccer team's both turned in 4-0 victories Wednesday in Liberty District tournament action. The win for the Bulldog softball team over Langley earned the Bulldogs a trip to Friday's semifinals against McLean and a bid to the regional tournament.

The girls Bulldog soccer team remains unbeaten on the season at 13-0-2 after its win at Fairfax. The Bulldogs move into the district title game Friday against Madison. Both the softball semifinals and soccer finals are at McLean.

The Bulldog boys soccer team suffered a 1-0 loss at home to McLean in the semifinals. The teams falls to 12-3-0 and will travel next week in the first round of the regional playoffs.

Liberty District Girls Soccer Semifinal: Stone Bridge 4, Fairfax 0
The Bulldogs came out strong scoring three goals in the first half. Murielle Tiernan had two goals with assists coming from Ashley Herndon and Mallory Corpe. Emily Fredrikson scored in the first half from a free kick 40 yards out that soared over the keeper's head.

Jennifer Skogerboe scored the loan goal of the second half off a pass from Carson Cyphers. Stone Bridge's goalkeeper Julia Harmison had four saves in her eighth shutout of the season.

Liberty District Boys Soccer Semifinal: McLean 1, Stone Bridge 0
For the second time this season, Stone Bridge fell to McLean. The Bulldogs had several chances to equalize hitting the post three times and dominated McLean with 7-0 on corner kicks and out-shooting the Highlanders, 11-6, but could not break through.

McLean scored the game's lone goal on a header by Matt Janssen in the 27th minute of the game after a ball played into the right flank was argued offsides by SB but the assistant's flag stayed down and a ball played in was finished by Janssen.

In the 34th minute, Stone Bridge's Edgey Levy sent a long ball in that sailed over the keeper's head and defleted away off the left crossbar. A minute later, Michael Herndon collected a loose ball for Stone Bridge in the 18 and blasted a shot off the left crossbar.

In the second half, a dangerous ball played in by Stone Bridge in the 61st minute was cleared by a Highlander defender inside his six, straight towards the goal but caught the right crossbar and went out of play.

The game was played on a slick field from recent rain and when players weren't slipping on the turf, they were helping each other to the ground as the two teams combined for 23 fouls.

Tennis: Loudoun Valley Girls, Boys Cruise into Regional Semifinals, One Win from Clinching State Trips

(May 20, 2010) - The Loudoun Valley boys and girls tennis teams didn't even need their doubles pairings on Wednesday in the AAA Northwester Region quarterfinals as the Vikings took care of business in singles with the boys beating Woodbridge, 5-1, and the girls blanking Forest Park, 5-0.

The boys, making the regional semifinals for the first time in more than 16 years, will host Riverbend at 4 p.m. today. The girls, who have been a frequent state tournament qualifier in recent years, are on the road at Albemarle.

Reported Viking boys tennis coach Alex Bennett: "The match was dominated in all aspects of singles. Two matches went to three sets but both Brandon Deleonardis and Sam Riedel dominated their third sets taking 4-1 leads in each. Riedel had the match of the season for valley as his final singles at No. 4 clinched Valley's first regional semifinal in 16+ years."

Northwest Region Boys Tennis Quarterfinal: Loudoun Valley 5, Woodbridge 1
Singles
1. Noah Fenton(v) d. Brandon Larsen(wb) 6-2, 7-6
2. Brandon Deleonardis(v) d. Greg Hawrysko(wb) 6-1,1-6,6-2
3. Alex Jimenez(wb) d. Jake Seraphin(v) 6-2,6-3
4. Sam Riedel(v) d. Eric Obeng(wb) 4-6, 7-5,6-2
5. David Peworchik(v) d. Nathan Hawrysko(wb) 6-4,6-1
6. Erik Driscoll(v) d. Chris Scheller(wb) 6-2, 6-0

Girls Lacrosse: Still the One! Broad Run Captures Fifth Straight Dulles District Tournament Title

Click here for more photos by Craig Sterbutzel from this game

(May 20, 2010) - Back in early April it was all so easy to think that the Broad Run High School girls lacrosse team, after a four-year unbeaten run through the Dulles District, was finally in rebuilding mode. After all the Spartans, under first-year coach Erin Stacy, dropped three straight to start against tough non-district foes, all the losses by double digits.

Then up-and-coming George Mason ended Broad Run's 44-game unbeaten streak against Dulles foes with a 12-11 win to put Broad Run 0-4. End of story? Hardly as Broad Run regrouped and hasn't lost since, reeling off 11 consecutive victories, including a 15-11 win over George Mason on Wednesday in the Dulles District finals in Falls Church.

For Broad Run, the win not only avenged the earlier loss to the Mustangs, but gave the Spartans a five-peat of tournament titles.

Nina Dunay (three goals, two assists) and Taylor Forman (four goals, one assist) led the Spartan attack that saw seven players score including Casey Davidson (2 goals), Kailey Phillips (2 goals), Heidi Smith (2 goals), Rachel Duff (one goal) and Mary Durham (one goal).

Nicolle Bradford had 11 saves in goal for Broad Run.

Most Excellent! Broad Run Girls Lax: 2006-2010 vs. Dulles District
Overall Record vs. District Foes During Stretch: 54-1
2006
W 11-3 George Mason
W 11-2 Freedom
W 19-4 Briar Woods
W 15-8 Heritage
W 10-6 Dominion
W 15-5 Potomac Falls
W 18-4 Park View
W 15-2 Loudoun County
W 10-2 Park View (Dulles Quarterfinals)
W 14-3 George Mason (Dulles Semifinals)
W 11-7 Dominion (Dulles Finals)

2007
W 15-1 Park View
W 15-4 Potomac Falls
W 12-6 Heritage
W 13-8 Loudoun County
W 14-2 Freedom
W 11-2 Dominion
W 17-3 Briar Woods
W 11-3 George Mason
W 17-0 Briar Woods (Dulles Quarterfinals)
W 14-2 Potomac Falls (Dulles Semifinals)
W 12-9 Dominion (Dulles Finals)

2008
W 14-6 Dominion
W 16-2 Freedom
W 13-5 George Mason
W 19-6 Briar Woods
W 12-6 Loudoun County
W 16-1 Park View
W 15-5 Heritage
W 9-6 Potomac Falls
W 21-2 Freedom (Dulles Quarterfinals)
W 14-6 Dominion (Dulles Semifinals)
W 15-4 Potomac Falls (Dulles Finals)

2009
W 17-0 Freedom
W 23-1 Dominion
W 20-2 George Mason
W 16-2 Briar Woods
W 15-4 Loudoun County
W 22-0 Park View
W 23-2 Heritage
W 21-4 Potomac Falls
W 27-6 Heritage (Dulles Quarterfinals)
W 17-7 George Mason (Dulles Semifinals)
W 17-5 Loudoun County (Dulles Finals)

2010
L 11-12 George Mason
W 16-4 Briar Woods
W 23-8 Dominion
W 19-5 Potomac Falls
W 24-3 Park View
W 23-7 Freedom
W 18-6 Briar Woods
W 17-6 Loudoun County
W 19-7 Potomac Falls (Dulles Quarterfinals)
W 20-13 Loudoun County (Dulles Semifinals)
W 15-11 George Mason (Dulles Finals)

Dulles District Girls Lacrosse Third Place Game: Loudoun County 14, Freedom 13
The Loudoun County High School girls lacrosse team earned a regional tournament bid by edging Freedom, 14-13, in the Dulles District third place game Wednesday at George Mason High School.

Raider coach Courtney Wilhelm called the contest: "A gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, down to the last second battle."

Continued Wilhelm: "The Lady Raiders dug deep and played hard from beginning to end."

Lighting up the scoreboard for the Raiders were seniors Hannah Young with one goal and Christine Rihn with one goal and one assist, junior Sydney Hewartson with four goals and two assists, sophomore Rachel Solis with seven goals and four assists and freshman Haley Knudsen with one goal and one assist.

Said Wilhelm: "The attack was on fire, fighting oppressive checks with fast breaks and scoring drives straight to the goal! Down on the defensive side, an impressive game was played. Stopping passes and dishing out a straight denial to the goal were juniors Lesya Chopivsky, Caila Cummings, Jaci Shepherd, and Kasey Fletcher, sophomore Shannon Rose and freshman Haley Knudsen."

Starring in goal for County was sophomore Jessie Joseph who dominated her previous personal best to make an amazing 26 saves.

Click here for more photos from the third place game by Craig Sterbutzel

Boys Lacrosse: Dominion! Dewar! Drama! Senior's Goal with 10 Seconds Left Leads Titans to Dulles District Title

Celebrate! Dominion Fans Rush the Field After School Wins First Ever Dulles District Boys Lacrosse Title with a Dramatic Win Over regular-season champion Broad Run

Sterling (May 20, 2010) - Forget the Dominion High School boys lacrosse team's lifetime 0-10 record against Broad Run. Forget last year's heart-wrenching loss to the Spartans in the Dulles District finals when Andrew Londos scored twice in the final minute to secure a 17-16 Broad Run win. Forget everything but the moment.

And this moment was clearly all about the Titans as they dramatically defeated the Spartans, 10--9, on senior attack Thomas Dewar's goal off a left-handed shot with 10 seconds left in the Dulles District finals and in those remaining 10 seconds the home fans from Dominion made their way down to the stadium field to celebrate the bit of history making with their lacrosse classmates.

Dewar finished with five goals and the Titan's junior goalie Andrew Fawkes showed why he was voted the Dulles District's Player of the Year by limiting a potent Spartan offense which had scored 16 or more goals in the last four contests.

This first ever win against Broad Run earned Dominion's its first ever boys lacrosse title and a second straight trip to the regional tournament, which starts on Monday. Despite the loss, Broad Run as regular-season champion is the Dulles District's top seed and will host E.C. Glass on Monday in the Region II quarterfinals while the Titans travel to Brentsville.

Title Game Scoring
Titans
Kle Hall 1 A
Stephen Tarrant 2g 3a
Sean Cooper 2g 2a
Nick Brendes 1g
Thomas Dewar 5g
Andrew Fawkes 15 saves

Spartans
Ryan Madigan 4g
Andy Londos 2g
Nick Khouri 2g
David Weaver 1a
Zach Clemens 1a

Senior attack Thomas Dewar, show here against Briar Woods in the semifinals, was the hero in the finals with the game-winning goal with 10 seconds left

Boys Lacrosse: Dominion vs. Broad Run Series
2004 - Broad Run 14, Dominion 0
2004 - Broad Run 20, Dominion 1
2005 - Broad Run 15, Dominion 1
2006 - Broad Run 14, Dominion 3
2007 - Broad Run 17, Dominion 5
2007 - Broad Run 23, Dominion 6 (district semifinals)
2008 - Broad Run 15, Dominion 6
2009 - Broad Run 11, Dominion 10
2009 - Broad Run 17, Dominion 16 (district finals)
2010 - Broad Run 11, Dominion 8
2010 - Dominion 10, Broad Run 9 (district finals)
For more on the game, check out the Loudoun Times-Mirror coverage!

Dulles District Boys Lacrosse Third Place Game: Briar Woods 12, Loudoun County 7
Dominon wasn't the only team celebrating on Wednesday as the Briar Woods High School boys lacrosse team wrapped up its first ever regional bid with a 12-7 win over Loudoun County in the Dulles District third place game.

This is the first year that the Dulles District will send three teams into the regional tournament.

Cedar Run District Boys Lacrosse Semifinals: Battlefield 11, Heritage 9
The Pride fell by two goals but still have Northwest Region hopes as they will host Stonewall Jackson on Friday at 6 p.m. in the district's third place game.

News: Loudoun Releases Graduation Information, "Father of the Internet" Vinton Cerf Highlights Grad Speakers

(May 20, 2010) - The speakers have been set for 14 Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) graduation ceremonies in May and June.