Girls Soccer: Standings - Dulles District, Cedar Run District and Liberty District

Boys Soccer: Standings - Dulles District, Cedar Run District and Liberty District

Football: Dominion's Trey Baxter to Play at Prestigious NCAA Division III Mount Union

(Mar. 23, 2011) - Dominion High School senior Trey Baxter, a two-way starter who helped the Titans to their first ever playoff appearance in the fall, will play next year at NCAA Division III power Mount Union University in Alliance, Ohio.

Mount Union is 153-6 since 2000 and has made sixth straight appearances in the NCAA Division III National Championship game -- the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. The Purple Raiders finished a fifth straight undefeated regular season in the Ohio Athletic Conference in the fall and won 14 straight games before falling in the title contest.

Baxter said the coaching staff is looking at him to play defensive back. Baxter was named first team all-district at running back and second team all-district on defense.

"If I'm going to play D3 football, there is no where else I would rather go than Mount Union. I hope to step into their winning tradition," said Baxter.

Baxter is looking at business management or criminal justice as his major.

Since its founding in 1846 as one of the nation’s first co-educational institutions of higher education, Mount Union is a comprehensive university rooted in a tradition of liberal arts education and associated with the United Methodist Church. Its 2,200 undergraduate students represent more than 22 states and 13 countries.

Mount Union's 115-acre campus is located in Alliance, Ohio. Founded in 1850, this city of 25,000 is located 70 miles from downtown Cleveland and 80 miles from downtown Pittsburgh.

Football: Stone Bridge Senior James "Poohster" Johnson to Play D-Line at Christopher Newport

James "Poohster" Johnson (#73) opens a hole for Marcus Harris in the state title game.

(Mar. 23, 2011) - Stone Bridge High School senior lineman James "Poohster" Johnson announced Wednesday that he will play football next year at NCAA Division III Christopher Newport.

Johnson will play defensive line for the Captains, a position the 5-foot-11, 300-pound Johnson played for the Bulldogs until switching to offensive line during his junior season.

On the offensive side, Johnson was all-district and all-region and helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back trips to the VHSL Division 5 state finals. He was named the Bulldogs top offensive lineman after the season.

The Christopher Newport coaching staff had seen Johnson, who can bench 420 pounds, on film playing defensive line and that was the position they pitched him on as the recruiting process happened quickly, with CNU coaches visiting Johnson at Stone Bridge and then inviting him down several days later to visit the Hampton Roads area school.

It will be a Homecoming of sorts for Johnson as his father grew up in the area and there is still family living there and looking forward to watching Johnson play in college.

Christopher Newport captured the USA South conference title in the fall and advanced to the NCAA playoffs for the seventh time in 10 seasons.

Johnson will join other Loudoun players on the roster including Broad Run grad linebacker A.J. Schmetzer and Loudoun Count grad defensive lineman Teddy Orrison -- both freshman in the fall.

Boys Soccer: Broad Run Senior Keeper Hegedus Wins Appeal to VHSL to Play

(Mar 23, 2011) - Broad Run High School keeper Paul Hegedus, who allowed just three goals in seven postseason matches last year as the Spartans boys soccer team rolled all the way to the AA state semifinals, was in danger of having his senior season shut out by an academic rules violation but the Virginia High School League granted him a waiver on appeal Wednesday.

"We can't tell you what a relief this is. Not getting to play his senior year would have been just too much to take," commented Hegedus' father Pete Hegedus after the VHSL ruled 4-0 in his son's favor. "We definitely appreciated all the support that the school gave Paul. (Broad Run principal) Mr. Anderson, (athletic director) Mr. Kirby and his guidance counselor all came down and all spoke on his behalf ... in the end - his academic record and I think his character, plus the support of so many around him, won the day and reasonable people reached the proper and fitting decision. Paul's excited to put this behind him!"

Hegedus carries a 4.1 GPA and is taking four AP courses this senior year but a scheduling conflict forced him to drop his fifth credit course and when it was replaced by a non-credit course, he fell below the VHSL threshold of five credit courses for athletes in the semester prior to and during their sports season.

The Dulles District voted 3-0 to waive the rule for Hegedus but the VHSL initially denied the waiver. That denial was overturned today and the waiver was granted, allowing Hegedus to play this season.

Hegedus was a second team all-district selection last year for the Spartans and a year ago he captured US Youth Soccer's Save of the Year for the entire country in 2009 while with his travel soccer team.

Softball: 2011 Standings - Dulles District, Cedar Run District and Liberty District

Baseball: 2011 Standings - Dulles District, Cedar Run District and Liberty District

Tuesday Night Scores

Tuesday, March 22 Scoreboard

Baseball
Dominion 6, Park View 1
Briar Woods 9, Woodgrove 3
Freedom 8, Loudoun County 7
Broad Run 2, Tuscarora 0
Stone Bridge 14, Thomas Jefferson 0

Softball
Potomac Falls 3, Heritage 2
Dominion 5, Park View 0
Woodgrove 4, Briar Woods 3
Loudoun County 9, Freedom 1
Broad Run 12, Tuscarora 0
Stone Bridge 14, Thomas Jefferson 2

Boys Soccer
Kettle Run 2, Heritage 1 (OT)
Thomas Jefferson 2, Stone Bridge 1 (OT)
Park View 2, Dominion 1
Woodgrove 2, Briar Woods 1
Loudoun County 2, Freedom 1
Broad Run 3, Tuscarora 0
Loudoun Valley 3, Handley 1

Girls Soccer
Handley 4, Loudoun Valley 3
Stone Bridge 3, Thomas Jefferson 0
Kettle Run 2, Heritage 1
Loudoun County 3, Freedom 2 (OT)
Dominion 2, Park View 2 (OT)
Woodgrove 1, Briar Woods 1 (OT)
Broad Run 3, Tuscarora 0

Boys Tennis
Kettle Run 4, Heritage 3 SUSP (resume TBA)

Girls Tennis
Kettle Run 8, Heritage 1

Youth Sports - Gymnastics - APEX Qualifies 29 to Regional Competition

(Mar. 22, 2011) - The APEX girls and boys gymnastic teams were in full force this past weekend at the state championship competitions where APEX qualified a record 29 gymnasts to postseason competition.

The APEX girls team finished 10th in the Level 9 Team competition with most gymnasts competing in their first year of this highly competitive level.

The Level 8 gymnasts finished in 8th place as a team. APEX gymnasts Sara Connors, Alex Cocozza, Bridgette Schaal, Anli Solly, Maddy Scozzie, Caitlin Villavicencio, Amy Eck, Cassidy Gagnon and Courtney Walker all qualified to move on to Regional completion in Maryland and New Jersey in early April.

The APEX boys team were crowned state champions at Level 6 and finished 2nd at Level 10 and 3rd at Level 5.

The boys qualified Elliott Armstrong, Sanil Sharma, Lance Czarnecki, Tanner Collins, Paras Sharma, Grayson Kemper, Paul Sternberg, Isaiah Jones, Scott Conrad, Jackson Kemper, Nathan Conrad, Chester DeWolfe, Matthew Rubright, Alex Shamenko, Chris Chlanda, Logan Voegele, Austin Fox, Callan Carder, Chase Clingman and Aaron Meland to Regional competition in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Chase Clingman is the Level 6 All Around Champion; he placed 1st on FX, PH, and PB. Other 1st place event champions are Paul Sternberg (level 5) on Rings, Callan Carder (level 6) on FX, and Aaron Meland (level 10) on FX. Apex had many other podium finishers -- complete results can be found at www.vaboysgymnastics.org

Individual top finishes for girls are listed below:
Level 8
Cassidy Gagnon- 4th vault, 5th bars, 4th all around
Caitlin Villavicencio – 3rd bars, 5th floor, 4th all around
Courtney Walker – 4th beam
Shannon Daily – 5th beam, 4th floor

Level 9
Jessica Schaub – 4th floor
Bridgette Schaal – 4th beam
Sara Connors – 5th beam
Maddy Scozzie – 5th bars, 3rd beam, 5th floor, 3rd all around
Anli Solly - 4th beam


VivaLoudoun gymnastics coverage sponsored by APEX Gymnastics! Please thank them for supporting VivaLoudoun!

Monday Night Scoreboard

Monday, March 21 Scoreboard

Baseball

Freedom at Heritage PPD (moved to 3.23)

Loudoun Valley 6, Centreville 4

Chantilly at Stone Bridge PPD (moved to 3.30)

Softball

Brentsville 8, Loudoun Valley 4

Freedom at Heritage PPD (moved to 3.23)

Park View 5, Herndon 1 (Shortened to 5 due to lightning)

Battlefield 5, Potomac Falls 1

Boys Lacrosse

Chantilly 9, Stone Bridge 4

Loudoun Valley 11, Briar Wood 9

Freedom 7, Loudoun County 6 (OT)

Robinson 14, Broad Run 3

Potomac Falls 13, Tuscarora 3

Girls Lacrosse

Park View 11, Wakefield 1 (game called 9:29 remaining)

Potomac Falls 18, Tuscarora 0

Loudoun County 14, Freedom 11

Chantilly 13, Stone Bridge 11

Robinson 20, Woodgrove 11

Loudoun Valley 18, Briar Woods 8

Boys Tennis

Dominion 7, Park View 2

Briar Woods 8, Woodgrove 1

Freedom 8, Loudoun County 1

Broad Run 8, Tuscarora 1

Stone Bridge 6, South Lakes 0

Loudoun Valley 7, Millbrook 2

Girls Tennis

Stone Bridge 9, South Lakes 0

Dominion 9, Park View 0

Woodgrove at Briar Woods SUS due to lightning (Resume date TBA)

Loudoun County 3, Freedom 3 SUSP due to lightning (Resume date TBA)

Broad Run 9, Tuscarora 0

Loudoun Valley 8, Millbrook 1

Youth Sports - Baseball - 11U Potomac Riverdogs Capture Charles Town Challenge

(Mar. 22, 2011) - The 11U Potomac Riverdogs, based in Ashburn, opened their 2011 spring baseball season by capturing the inaugural Charles Town Challenge. The Riverdogs defeated host CTRYB Freedom, 9-1 in the championship game with Michael Alba throwing a no-hitter.

The Riverdogs struggled to a 7-7 tie in their opening game of the season against the Apple Valley Athletics, but came back in their next game to defeat the Burke Bulldogs, 7-2. Lukas Rubio and Connor Gorey combined on a 1-hitter against Burke. Gorey would later blast a 3-run home run in the semifinals, as the Riverdogs blasted the Haymarket Bulls, 13-0.

In the championship game, Alba threw a no-hitter against the Freedom. Michael Apodaca secured the gem by throwing out a runner at first from right field after cleanly fielding a hard hit ball.

The Riverdogs will be back in action locally this weekend (March 25-27) as they compete in the 7th Annual Longhorn Stampede -- which brings some 70 teams from Maryland, DC, and Virginia as they compete in age groups ranging from 9 to 15, playing throughout Loudoun County.

Baseball: 500 Dulles Little Leaguers Participate in Broad Run 2nd Annual Clinic

(Mar. 22, 2011) - The Broad Run High School Baseball team hosted its 2nd Annual Clinic for Dulles Little League on Saturday, March 19th. Over 500 Dulles Little League baseball players from 46 different teams participated in this year's clinic.

The day consisted of four, one-hour sessions with between 10 and 12 teams attending each session. Stations taught by the Broad Run JV and Varsity players included: hitting, base running, pitching, infield, outfield, and pitching.

"The clinic is a great opportunity for the young men in our program to give back to an organization that many of them participated in growing up in the Ashburn area," said Broad Run coach Pat Cassidy. "I feel like our players benefit as much from this day as the little leaguers themselves ... It is a win-win and we look forward to working with Dulles Little League in the coming years."

DLL Annual Golf Tournament:Dulles Little League are hosting their annual golf tournament on Friday, April 8th @ 1757 Golf Club. Please go to www.dulleslittleleague.org and click on the golf tournament link for more details.

Photos above courtesy of Selwyn Richardson

Baseball: Loudoun Valley JV Contest at Centreville Rescheduled for Tuesday

(Mar. 21, 2011) - The Loudoun Valley High School JV baseball game scheduled at Centreville today has been moved to Tuesday at 6 p.m. All other Vikings contests are on as scheduled.

Saturday Score

Saturday, March 19 Scoreboard

Boys Soccer
Handley 2, Heritage 0

Girls Soccer
Handley 3, Heritage 0

Boys Tennis
Washington (WV) 7, Loudoun Valley 2

Girls Tennis
Washington (W.Va.) 7, Loudoun Valley 2

News: Loudoun Health for Life Day Scheduled for April 9 in Sterling

(Mar. 21, 2011) - The Loudoun County Health Council, the Loudoun County Public Library and the Loudoun Medical Reserve Corps are sponsoring the second “Loudoun Health for Life Day” on Saturday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place in Sterling.

The event is part of a wellness initiative to promote a healthy lifestyle for all Loudoun residents through good nutrition, physical fitness, and preventive healthcare. Activities during the event will include:

• Preventive Health Care Screenings: Blood pressure, body mass index, bone density and dermaview (risk for skin cancer) screenings will be available free of charge.
• Physical Fitness for All Ages: Training exercises, yoga demonstration, Nintendo Wii Fit, Dance Dance Revolution and other games.
• Healthy Cooking & Nutrition: Demonstrations and tastings • Activities Just for Children: Hands-on projects, also face painting, games, balloons and special library storytimes.
• Local Resources & Information: Learn, ask questions and take home free materials.

More information about the Loudoun Health Council and the Loudoun Health for Life Day event is online at www.loudoun.gov/healthcouncil.

Boys Lacrosse: Broad Run to Play Varsity Only Match Tonight vs. Robinson

(Mar. 21, 2011) - Due to wet playing conditions the Broad Run vs. Robinson JV boys lacrosse match has been postponed to a later date. The Spartans and Rams will still play a varsity contest starting at 7 p.m.

News: Stone Bridge Postpones Baseball, Moves Varsity Lacrosse Matches Up

(Mar. 21, 2011) - The Stone Bridge High School baseball season opener with Chantilly has been postponed until March 30 due to wet playing conditions.

The Bulldog boys and girls varsity lacrosse matches against Chantilly (boys at home and girls away) have been moved up with the JV matches postponed to a later date. The boys will now face off at 5:30 p.m. in Ashburn and the girls at 6 p.m. in Chantilly.

Stone Bridge tennis with South Lakes is on as scheduled.

News: Freedom Postpones Baseball and Softball with Heritage to Wednesday

(Mar. 21, 2011) - The wet weather has forced Freedom High School to postpone its baseball and softball games with Heritage today until Wednesday.

JV softball with Broad Run and JV baseball with Heritage have also been pushed to Wednesday.

The following contests will take place as scheduled today:
Freedom Girls Tennis Home vs. Loudoun County, 4:30
Freedom Boys Tennis Away @ Loudoun County, 4:30 *early dismissal at 2:45
Freedom JV Girls Lacrosse Home vs. Potomac Falls, 6 *20 minute warm-up only on the stadium field
Freedom Varsity Girls Lacrosse Home vs. Loudoun County, 7
Freedom JV/Varsity Boys Lacrosse @ Loudoun County, 6/ 7:30

Baseball: Freedom, led by Lamont’s 3-Hit Gem, Stuns Potomac Falls, 2-1, in Extra Innings

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor

South Riding (Mar. 21, 2011) – It is so early in the season that Freedom High School second-year baseball coach Jason Treon hadn’t formalized a sign for a squeeze bunt yet so he simply called over sophomore Zach Newell Friday night with the game on the line in extra innings against Dulles District power Potomac Falls.

“Coach called me over and said we don’t have a sign for a squeeze bunt yet, but you are laying one down right now,” said Newell who went to the plate with one out and junior Joey Plesce on third base. “I was kind of fired up when I went up there. There wasn’t time to be nervous. I got a perfect pitch inside and I wanted to get it down the first base line.”

Newell’s clutch bunt allowed the speedy Plesce to slide across the plate to give the Eagles a shocking 2-1 victory in eight innings over the two-time defending district and Region II champion Panthers, a team that returned almost all their starters from last year’s school-record 23-4 AA state runner-up campaign.

The normally hard-hitting Panthers – 45-8 over the last two seasons and unbeaten before Friday in regular season district games since a May 9, 2008 loss to rival Broad Run – were kept off-balance by Freedom right-hander Andrew Lamont, who tossed a three-hit complete game gem, needing just 73 pitches for the win.

“He kept us off-balanced and threw his curve ball for strikes,” said Potomac Falls coach Joe Terango. “Hats off to them.”

For Terango and Treon it was a game of mixed emotions as Treon – the Dulles District Player of the Year in 2001 – not only played under Terango, the only coach since Potomac Falls opened in 1997, but Eagles assistants Danny Watkins and Robbie Bouman are also products of the proud Panther program.

Photo Gallery: Girls Soccer - Briar Woods vs. Dominion JV by Scott Shepherd

(Mar. 20, 2011) - Click on any photo to enjoy the full gallery by Scott Shepherd from the Briar Woods vs. Dominion girls JV soccer game. There are two galleries total.

Gallery 1




Gallery 2

Friday Night Scoreboard

Friday, March 18

Baseball
Tuscarora 7, Heritage 1
Loudoun County 13, Park View 1
Freedom 2, Potomac Falls 1 (8)
Briar Woods 8, Dominion 0
Broad Run 7, Woodgrove 6
Westfield 12, Loudoun Valley 1
Osbourn Park 12, Middleburg 0

Softball
Tuscarora 8, Heritage 3
Loudoun County 9, Park View 7 (8)
Potomac Falls 15, Freedom 1
Briar Woods 3, Dominion 0
Broad Run at Woodgrove PPD (moved to 3.28)

Boys Soccer
Chantilly 0, Stone Bridge 0 (OT)
Park View 1, Loudoun County 0
Potomac Falls 2, Freedom 0
Dominion 1, Briar Woods 0
Broad Run 6, Woodgrove 0

Girls Soccer
Freedom 3, Potomac Falls 0
Loudoun County 4, Park View 1
Dominion 4, Briar Woods 3
Broad Run 4, Woodgrove 0

Boys Tennis
Thomas Jefferson 9, Stone Bridge 0
Heritage 7, Millbrook 2

Girls Tennis
Heritage 5, Millbrook 4
Thomas Jefferson 8, Stone Bridge 1

Thursday Night Scores

Thursday, March 17

Baseball
James Wood 6, Tuscarora 3

Softball
Briar Woods 10, Loudoun Valley 7
James Wood 9, Tuscarora 5
Stone Bridge 8, Park View 2

Boys Soccer
Heritage 3, Fauquier 0
Loudoun Valley at Osbourn Park PPD (moved to 3.28)

Girls Soccer
Robinson 4, Loudoun Valley 1

Boys Lacrosse
Madison 10, Briar Woods 9
South Lakes 8, Stone Bridge 7
Heritage 13, Broad Run 7
Potomac Falls 13, Freedom 8
Loudoun County 16, Tuscarora 3

Girls Lacrosse
Broad Run 15, Heritage 8
Stone Bridge 20, South Lakes 9
Freedom 16, Potomac Falls 4
Loudoun County 22, Tuscarora 2

Boys Tennis
Loudoun County 7, Park View 2
Freedom 6, Potomac Falls 3
Briar Woods 5, Dominion 4
Broad Run 9, Woodgrove 0

Girls Tennis
Loudoun County 9, Park View 0
Freedom 5, Potomac Falls 4
Dominion 9, Briar Woods 0
Broad Run 6, Woodgrove 3

Girls Lacrosse: Freedom to Hold a LAX for the Cure Game vs. Briar Woods on March 24

(Mar. 17, 2011) - On Freedom High School girls lacrosse team will host a LAX for the Cure game against rival Briar Woods on March 24.

The girls will be wearing pink shirts in honor of breast cancer awareness. Anyone may bid (silent auction style) on the shirts starting at the beginning of the JV game through the first half of the varsity game. During halftime of the varsity game the highest bidder of each jersey will be announced and will come down to donate their money to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

News: Naval Academy Aquatic Club Water Polo to Hold Free Clinic at Claude Moore

(Mar. 17, 2011) - The Naval Academy Aquatic Club (NAAC) water polo program will hold a free clinic for boys and girls ages 7 thru 18 at Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling on Saturday, March 19, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Naval Academy Aquatic Club has produced many male and female scholarship athletes for NCAA college programs including Princeton, UCLA, Brown, University of MD and US Naval Academy and is recognized as one of the top water polo programs in the country.

High School and summer age group swimmers and anyone else who can swim 25 yards and tread water for 2 minutes are invited to Saturday's "Open House".

NAAC participates in USA Water Polo age group, high school, and junior/senior level competitions, locally, regionally, and nationally and takes an annual 10 day summer training and competition trip to Southern California.

Water Polo is a combination of swimming, basketball, soccer and hockey. Come learn more about the sport from one of the top coaches in the world, Mike Schofield.

For more information, contact coach Schofield at schofiel@usna.edu or visit:
http://sites.google.com/site/navyacwp/ or http://navynavyac.blogspot.com.


VivaLoudoun swim coverage sponsored by BeachAnd Swim.com! Please thank them for supporting VivaLoudoun!

Wednesday Night Scoreboard

(Mar. 17, 2011) - The Skinny this first week of Spring is a little delayed as we gear up for this new season and the coverage of 120 varsity teams -- 10 varsity sports times 12 high schools!

Expect a big Skinny (phat Skinny dare we say?) over the weekend for this first week and by next week we should have things updated nightly including standings!

Wednesday, March 16
Baseball
Woodgrove 6, Heritage 5

Softball
Woodgrove 13, Heritage 3
Stone Bridge at Park View PPD (moved 3.17)

Boys Soccer
Loudoun Valley 5, George Mason 1

Girls Soccer
Heritage 1, Fauquier 0

Boys Lacrosse
Loudoun Valley 12, Dominion 9

Girls Lacrosse
Loudoun Valley 20, Dominion 0

Boys Tennis
Stone Bridge 8, Loudoun Valley 1

Girls Tennis
Stone Bridge 6, Loudoun Valley 3