Softball: Dominion to Hold Signing Ceremony for Brittanne Gasser who Will Play at D1 Central Florida

Sterling (Nov. 9, 2011) - Dominion High School senior Brittanne Gasser will be honored with a signing ceremony Thursday as she has signed her National Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division I softball at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Gasser is a 3-year member of the Titan varsity softball team where she has been selected to the 1st Team All District and 2nd All Region as a Junior. She has also played on the Shamrocks softball team, a select travel league, for the past six years. In addition to her Softball accomplishments, Gasser is starting her fourth year on the varsity basketball team.

The signing ceremony will take place Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. in the media center at Dominion High School.

Softball: Dominion's Gasser Officially Signs with UCF

(Nov. 28, 2011) - Dominion High School senior Brittanne Gasser signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball at NCAA Division I University of Central Florida. Gasser will graduate in June as a 4-year member of both the Titans varsity softball and girls basketball squads. Read more on her signing.

Softball: Dominion Junior Brittanne Gasser Makes Verbal Commitment to Play NCAA D1 at Central Florida

Sterling (May 24, 2011) - Dominion High School junior center fielder, Brittanne Gasser, has given a verbal commitment to play at NCAA Division I University of Central Florida starting in 2012-13.

Gasser led the Titans offense with a .469 batting average and a .812 slugging percentage. She had 4 home runs and 20 RBI's on the season.


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Girls Basketball: Dominion, Stone Bridge Win on Day One of 3rd Annual Honda Dulles Holiday Tournament

By Alanna Dvorak
VivaLoudoun College Intern

Ashburn (Dec. 27, 2010) - The Dominion and Stone Bridge high school girls basketball teams came away with wins on the first day of the 3rd Annual Honda Dulles Holiday Tournament at Broad Run High School.

In action tonight, Stone Bridge will face Loudoun Valley at 6 p.m. followed by host Broad Run against Dominion at 7:45 p.m. Admission is $5.

Game One: Dominion 60, Loudoun Valley 44
Dominion High School earned the first girls’ win in the 3rd Annual Honda Dulles Holiday Tournament, defeating Loudoun Valley High School, 60-44.

Dominion’s squad was strengthened by their depth, as all but three Titans put points on the board. Junior center Imani Smith led the Titans in scoring with 19 points. Senior guard Kelsey Luck put up 17 points and was the high-scorer for the Vikings.

Titan coach Anne Gasser hopes to finish both the tournament and the season strong. Dominion is off to one of the school's best starts ever, at 5-4. Loudoun Valley, which lost some returning players to the opening of Woodgrove this year, fell to 3-6.

“The Dulles District is much more evenly matched this season,” said Gasser.

Scoring
DHS: Waters -1, Branton-2, Covey – 8, Gasser – 13, Delcambre -2, Baker – 2, Smith – 19, Johnson – 11
LVHS: Delvecchio – 1, Jane – 2, Luck – 17, Gutch – 12, Hurtt – 13

Game Two: Stone Bridge 57, Broad Run 34

Despite accumulating an 8-0 deficit to start the game, the Lady Bulldogs quickly pulled together to end the quarter with a 12-12 tie.

Stone Bridge then never looked back as they went on to defeat rival Broad Run by 23 points in their 57-34 win on Monday.

“After three days off, I expected them to come out a little sloppy,” said Bulldog head coach Chris Jones. “Hopefully they’ll get their legs back [as the tournament progresses].”

Despite the loss, Broad Run head coach Mike O’Hara is pleased with his team. “Stone Bridge is the best team in the area,” said O'Hara . “We were satisfied it was a close game.”

Both the Spartans and the Bulldogs were undermanned, with Stone Bridge missing star forward Murielle Tiernan and Broad Run missing a total of four players.

Scoring:
SBHS: C. Prince – 2, Sleece – 12, Herndon – 2, N. Prince – 15, Guzek – 4, Della-Penna – 6, Whitaker – 8, Lewis – 6
BRHS: Cabellos – 5, Melhuish – 4, Ferguson – 8, B. Miller – 2, Tashjian – 6, Tousley – 1, S. Miller - 8

News: School Board Approves More than 100 Coaching Hires for 2010-11 Including Jason Geyer as New Dominion Boys Basketball Coach

(Aug. 11, 2010) - The Loudoun County Public Schools board was busy Tuesday night, approving more than 100 coaching hires for the 2010-11 school year including Jason Geyer as Dominion High School's new boys basketball coach.

Geyer was previously an assistant at Briar Woods. He replaces Stephen Douglas, who left after last season to start the new program at Woodgrove.

Among the new hires was a girls lacrosse coach at Tuscarora (Kathleen Crosser) and a swim coach for the Huskies (Jennifer Dunn). Here is the complete list:

Licensed Personnel Action Approved August 10, 2010:

News: 60 Coaching Hires Approved for School Year at June Meetings

(Aug. 1, 2011) - The Loudoun County Public Schools board approved 60 coaching hires at two June meetings for the coming 2011-12 school year including Briar Woods High School boys basketball coach Mike Benson as the Falcons new golf coach for the fall.

Other varsity head coaches approved for fall include Jon Abbett at Dominion for golf; Karl Buckwalter at Dominion for football; Brian Schmidt at Dominion for cross country; and Jerrold Gordon at Woodgrove for football.

Also: Jose M. Gonzalez-Rodriguez as the new volleyball coach at Briar Woods; returning to Tuscarora as volleyball coach is Marsha Hermes; and at Woodgrove: Scott Burns for cross country; Faisal Hallaj for volleyball and Jason Lutman for golf.

Approved at June 28 Meeting:
BRIAR WOODS HIGH SCHOOL
Michael E. Benson – Golf, Head Coach

BROAD RUN HIGH SCHOOL
Walt G. Gouveia – Football, Freshman Assistant Coach

DOMINION HIGH SCHOOL
Jon P. Abbett – Golf, Head Coach
Terry K. Baker – Football, Varsity Assistant Coach
Karl E. Buckwalter – Football, Varsity Head Coach
Gina A. De Gaetano – Cross Country, Assistant Coach
Gina A. De Gaetano – Track, Girls’ Assistant Coach
Heather C. Flor – Swimming, Head Coach
Anne M. Gasser – Basketball, Girls’ Varsity Head Coach
Anne M. Gasser – Softball, Varsity Head Coach
Jason H. Geyer – Basketball, Boys’ Varsity Head Coach
Alexander R. Gray – Lacrosse, Boys’ J.V. Head Coach
Lindsey R. Gruenwald – Cross Country, Assistant Coach
Peter J. Lenotti, Jr. – Lacrosse, Boys’ Varsity Head Coach
Daniel M. McKenna – Lacrosse, Girls’ J.V. Head Coach
Ladon A. Moore – Track, Boys’ Head Coach
Philip J. Nowak – Wrestling, Varsity Assistant Coach
Yash P. Patel – Tennis, Boys’ Head Coach
Jennifer R. Rodgers – Basketball, Girls’ J.V. Head Coach
Brian R. Schmidt – Cross Country, Head Coach
Brian R. Schmidt – Track, Girls’ Head Coach
Robert S. Sikora, Jr. – Baseball, Varsity Head Coach
Andrew S. Tafaro – Baseball, J.V. Assistant Coach
Julie A. Wozniak – Track, Boys’ Assistant Coach
Billy J. Young – Wrestling, Varsity Head Coach

FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
Kristina M. Infante – Cheerleading, Freshman Head Coach
Misty D. Keller – Cheerleading, J.V. Head Coach

LOUDOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Samantha A. Matthews – Cheerleading, Freshman Head Coach
Brittany N. Robey – Cheerleading, J.V. Head Coach

TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL
Jennifer A. Wheaton – Volleyball, J.V. Head Coach

WOODGROVE HIGH SCHOOL
Kevin E. Copley – Football, Freshman Assistant Coach
John K. Cowne – Football, Varsity Assistant Coach
Jerrold A. Gordon – Football, Varsity Head Coach
Damien T. Krisko – Football, Freshman Head Coach
Jeffrey E. Lewandowski – Football, J.V. Assistant Coach
Scott E. Nole – Football, J.V. Head Coach
John A. Robic – Football, Freshman Assistant Coach

And at the June 14 Meeting
BRIAR WOODS HIGH SCHOOL
Jose M. Gonzalez-Rodriguez - Volleyball, Varsity Head Coach

FREEDOM  HIGH SCHOOL
Stacey L, Anderson – Gymnastics Assistant Coach
Laura M. Wrighte – Gymnastics, Head Coach

HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL
Kelsey M. Bennett – Cheerleading, J.V. Head Coach

LOUDOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Scott C. Getter – Football, Freshman Head Coach

POTOMAC FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
Christopher Story – Volleyball, J.V. Head Coach

STONE BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Thomas G. Gaffney – Basketball, Girls’ Varsity Head Coach

TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL
Tammy P. Carter – Cheerleading, Freshman Head Coach
Brian S. DeVault – Football, Freshman Assistant Coach
Marsha H. Hermes – Volleyball, Varsity Head Coach
Alicia C. Richards – Cheerleading, J.V. Head Coach
Robert A. Smart – Football, J.V. Assistant Coach
Adam J. Snyder – Football, Freshman Head Coach
Samantha K. Smingler – Volleyball, Freshman Head Coach

WOODGROVE HIGH SCHOOL
Scott R. Burns – Cross Country, Head Coach
David A. Ciccarelli – Cross Country, Assistant Coach
Robert D. Fuller – Volleyball, Freshman Head Coach
Tammi I. Gryniuk – Cheerleading, J.V. Head Coach
Faisal Hallaj – Volleyball, Varsity Head Coach
Jason F. Lutman – Golf, Head Coach
Michele M. Spahr – Volleyball, Varsity Assistant Coach
Kauren K. Nordstrom – Cross Country, Assistant Coach
Heidi B. Raymer – Cheerleading, Freshman Head Coach

Girls Basketball: SB Free Throw Practice Pays Off in Win Over BR; Valley Survives Scare vs. Dominion

Stone Bridge Coach Chris Jones and Senior Sara Stancik Postgame

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun.com Editor
Ashburn (Dec. 29, 2009) - With the extended layoff from the snowstorm -- eight straight days off -- and a struggle at the foul line early in the season, Stone Bridge High School girls basketball coach Chris Jones decided his team needed some serious free throw practice Monday morning and each Bulldog took 100 foul shots. The practice paid off Monday night as Stone Bridge went 7 of 8 from the line down the stretch to ice a 46-35 victory over Broad Run in the Leesburg Honda Holiday Basketball Tournament at Stone Bridge High School.

It was the second victory this season for the Bulldogs (5-1) over neighbor Broad Run (4-3). In the opening game of the tournament, Loudoun Valley (3-2) survived a scare against winless Dominion (0-8) as the Titans led with less than a minute to go before Viking junior Jamie Gutch put LV ahead, 47-46. Christina Blue made a free throw in the closing seconds for the 48-46 LV win.

Kayla Sweet led LV with 14 while Gutch and Stephanie Purnell each scored 12. Imani Smith led the Titans with 14 points. The Vikes, missing one starter and the first two subs off the bench, struggled at the line, going 4 of 15.

Titan coach Anne Gasser was impressed by her team's offensive output after they have scored in the 20s most of the season but said the team wasn't used to being in the position of protecting a late lead.

Stone Bridge senior Sara Stancik had her third consecutive double-double as she hauled in at least 10 rebounds and scored a game-high 16 points. Morgan Roehling led BR with 12 points and Sarah Miller (11 rebounds) and Maggie Andricosky (10 rebounds) were big on the boards for the Spartans.

Click here for a full box from the Bulldog-Spartans game.

Loudoun Valley 48, Dominion 46
D: Smith 14, Gasser 8, Kucheruck 7, Anshu 5, Thomas 4, Delcambre 2, Landry 2, Peterson 2, Reynolds 2. 19 5-11 46.
LV: Sweet 14, Gutch 12, Purnell 12, Oden 7, Blue 3. Totals 22 4-15 48.

Loudoun Valley Coach Jen Piccolomini Postgame

Football: Woodgrove Improves to 5-0 with 40-0 Win Over Dominion

Updating this story as we got new numbers in for Josh "Sweet T" Sweet of Woodgrove and others as that Wolverine no huddle can cause a stat crew to start muttering to themselves ...

(Sept. 25, 2012) - The Woodgrove High School football team continued its hot start under first-year coach Mike Skinner with a 40-0 win over Dominion Friday night. Josh Sweet paced the Wolverines (3-0 in Dulles District, 5-0 overall) with 253 yards rushing on 32 carries and three touchdowns and Tucker Coil threw for 112 yards on 10 of 14 passing with two touchdowns.

Dominion falls to 1-2, 1-3 on the season.

Football: Angry Birds! Briar Woods Pummels Second Straight Opponent

(Sept. 20, 2011) - Broad Run High School is no longer in the Dulles District but that hasn't prevented the Spartans from stirring the district pot as their season-opening win over defending Division 4 state champion Briar Woods has created a team of "Angry Birds" with the Falcons opening district play by out-scoring two opponents, 101-3!

On the heels of a 53-3 win over Park View a week ago, Briar Woods shut down Dominion Friday, 48-0, to improve to 2-0 in Dulles District and 2-1 overall. Dominion is 0-2 and 0-3.

Briar Woods even started this game slow with just a 3-0 lead after the first quarter but that was followed by a flurry of points in the second quarter as the Falcons flew to the end zone six times in less than eight minutes, including three Trace McSorely TD throws.

McSorley, who also ran in a score during the stretch, found Devin Ramos for a 27-yard score, Cam Serigne for a 12-yard score and Matt Rolin for a 27-yard score. Also, Cory Colder had a 22-yard TD run and Alex Carter broke off a 56-yard TD run.

With a running clock in the second half, Briar Woods tacked on a second David Clements field goal (he hit from 36 and 24 in the win) for the 48-0 final.

The Falcons out-gained the Titans, 292-68 in the contest. Briar Woods defense registered four sacks, picked off three passes, recovered two fumbles and held Dominion to 0 for 8 on third down attempts in the game.

McSorley finished 6 of 14 for 152 yards and the three scores with one interception. Rolin caught three passes for 84 yards. A bevy of Briar Woods backs, eight total, combined for 140 yards on 31 carries. Carter, Melvin Holland and Brandon Brown had the picks. Joe Rizzardi, who twice registered safeties a week ago with sacks in the end zone, had two more sacks Friday. Mark Leith and Zach Sload also had sacks.

Briar Woods 48, Dominion 0
BW 3  42  3  0 - 48
D    0   0   0  0  - 0
1 BW: 36 FG Clements 11:28
2 BW: Colder 22 run (Clements kick) 10:17
2 BW: McSorely 1 run (Clements kick) 7:06
2 BW: Ramos 27 pass from McSorley (Clements kick) 6:43
2 BW: Carter 56 run (Clements kick) 4:16
2 BW: Serigne 12 pass from McSorley (Clements kick) 3:14
2 BW: Rolin 27 pass from McSorley (Clements kicks) 2:19
3 BW: 24 FG Clements 4:11

Rushing
BW: Carter 3-58, Colder 14-58, Ford 4-39, Gadsen 1-14, Larco 1-0, Stanga 1-(-4), McSorley 3-(-4), Miller 3-(-15). Totals 31-140.
D: Wesley 10-24, Valenzuela 1-1, #36 1-0, Carlson 5-0, Gasser 8-(-18). Totals 27-8.

Passing
BW: McSorley 6-14-1 152; Miller 0-1-0
D: Gasser 4-17-3 60.

Receiving
BW: Rolin 3-84, Colder 1-29, Ramos 1-27, Serigne 1-12.
D: Carlson 3-49, Valenzuela 1-11.

Softball: Woodgrove's Spicer Named AA Coach of the Year

(July 31, 2012) - Woodgrove High School's Joe Spicer has been named the Virginia High School Coaches Association AA Coach of the Year after leading the 2nd-year Wolverines to the state title in June.

Named to the first team were pitcher Macy Jones of Briar Woods, OF Sam Thomas of Park View and OF Ashley Cole of Woodgrove.

Second team honors went to pitcher Allie Reid of Woodgrove and OF Brittanne Gasser of Dominion.

VHSCA 2012 AA Softball Selections

Cheers Sports and VivaLoudoun Athletes of the Month for May 2011

Photo shoot held at Lifetime Fitness in Ashburn.

Ashburn (June 16, 2011) - Cheers Sports and VivaLoudoun.com released today their Athletes of the Month selections for May 2011. The May 2011 honorees met at Lifetime Fitness in Ashburn on June 12 for a double photo shoot along with the June 2011 group which will be released on Sunday.

Each month VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa selects the top athletes from across Loudoun's public and private high schools for the Cheers Sports Athletes of the Month program. For May 2011, a total of just three to four athletes per each of the 10 spring sports (baseball/softball, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field) were selected with the 38 athletes coming from 13 different high schools.

"Loudoun's success in the playoffs this spring made the decision of selecting these athletes very difficult," said Sousa.

Check out all the photos from our photo shoot this month at Cheers Sports here!

May 2011

Basseball
Michael Lascomb, Potomac Falls
Matt Malacanem, Freedom
J.J. Sarty, Woodgrove
Spenser Rositano, Stone Bridge


Softball
Maggie Betz, Broad Run
Brittanne Gasser, Dominion
Katlyn Latka, Loudoun Valley
Samantha Thomas, Park View


Boys Soccer
 Isaac Owusu, Potomac Falls
Luke Schierling, Stone Bridge
Sean Skeffington, Dominion


Girls Soccer
Emily Fredrikson, Stone Bridge
Lina Granados, Briar Woods
Sarah Hardison, Woodgrove
Natalie Perussault, Heritage
Maria Pinkston, Dominion



Boys Lacrosse
Chuck Carlin, Heritage
Troy Farmer, Dominion
Chad Niergarth, Woodgrove
Peyton Stone, Loudoun County


Girls Lacrosse
Kelly Bacak, Freedom
Brooke Cope, Loudoun Valley
Ashlyn Dacey, Woodgrove
Mary Sydney Garrett, Briar Woods
Caitlin McGinn, Loudoun Valley


Boys Tennis
Alex Chou, Dominion
Noah Fenton, Middleburg Academy
Sai Kurra, Potomac Falls


Girls Tennis
Jennifer Christhilf, Freedom
Hannah Greenwood, Potomac Falls
Ishy Ranachandran, Freedom
Cory Schaefer, Broad Run


Boys Track and Field
Eddie Barnes, Broad Run
Dexter Rogers, Stone Bridge
Joe Thomas, Potomac Falls
Connor Wilson, Potomac Falls


Girls Track and Field
Amirah Al-Bayinnah, Tuscarora
Kiya Day, Dominion
Lori Kostka, Tuscarora
Sarah Weber, Broad Run

Michael Lascomb

Matt Malacane

Maggie Betz

Brittanne Gasser

Samantha Thomas

Luke Schierling

Sean Skeffington

Emily Fredrikson

Sarah Hardison

Maria Pinkson

Chuck Carlin

Troy Farmer

Brooke Cope

Ashlyn Dacey

Mary Sydney Garrett

Caitlin McGinn

Alex Chou

Noah Fenton

Sai Kurra

Cory Schaefer

Lori Kostka

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Girls Lacrosse Round-up - April 9-17 - Loudoun Valley Knocks off Oakton

(Apr. 19, 2010) - The Loudoun Valley and Stone Bridge girls lacrosse teams haven't scheduled each other this season so the Vikes and Bulldogs will have to battle it out in the standings and thus far both teams are ranked in the Top 10 in the state of Virginia by LaxPower.

After a win over Oakton Saturday, the 5-1 Vikes are No. 4 and the top-ranked public high school. Last year Valley went 19-1 with the only loss to eventual VHSL state champion Chantilly in the state semifinals. Valley's only loss this season, was by a goal in the opener to private Bishop Ireton. The Vikes have quality wins over Langley and Battlefield.

Stone Bridge is 6-1 and ranked No. 10. The Bulldogs lone loss was by one goal also, to Liberty District foe Langley.

Attention Girls Lax fans: We are getting reports from Broad Run, Dominion, Heritage, Loudoun County, Park View and Stone Bridge. If your school isn't sending us any highlights, please nudge your coach or help us by supplying reports! Email info to dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com.

Football: Heritage Breaks .500 Mark for First Time Since 2008 with 42-24 Win at Dominion

Sterling (Sept. 12, 2011) - The Heritage High School football team opened the Dulles District season Saturday night with a convincing, 42-14, win at Dominion to put the Pride over .500 for the first time since 2008.

"We keep talking to the team about momentum. We want to keep things flowing in the right direction," said Heritage head coach Steve Williams after his team improved to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in district.

The Pride were a combined 3-17 the previous two seasons playing in the AAA Cedar Run District, but move down to the AA Dulles District season with a lower enrollment after the opening of Tuscarora High School a year ago. They will look to keep the momentum going this Friday when they host Potomac Falls, a team that is also 1-0 in district after a surprise, 28-13, win Friday at Woodgrove.

Dominion (0-1, 0-2) has it work cut out as the Titans host defending Division 4 champion Briar Woods Friday with the Falcons coming off a 53-3 win over Park View Saturday.

Basketball: Full Round-up Jan. 29 with Boxes

Photos from the Potomac Falls vs. Broad Run boys basketball game courtesy of Carl Lukat of the Loudoun Times-Mirror. Visit www.loudountimes.com for more great photos from Carl and to purchase shots!


Fri. Jan. 29
Boys Basketball
Stone Bridge 64, Langley 62
The Skinny: Before one of the largest basketball crowds in school history, the Bulldogs hand the Saxons their first district loss this season as Langley misses putback at the buzzer to send it to OT. Nick Brown and Richie Berry combined for 41 points on the night. It was a close game the entire way with SB or Langley not able to pull ahead by more than six points. SB trailed 33-31 at the half. Senior Sam Tripp had 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs and took a critical charge late in the third quarter than swung momentum SB's way. WashPost has video coverage of this game!
SB
Player 2pt FG 3pt FG FTM-A PTS
Nik Brown 3 1 13-16 22
Richie Berry 7 1 2-5 19
James Wells 1 0 4-6 6
Ryan Lowdermilk 1 1 0-0 5
Sam Tripp 2 0 0-0 4
Jimmy Paige 2 0 0-0 4
Kyle Gouveia 1 0 0-0 2
Phil Nowakowski 1 0 0-0 2
Marcus Matthews 0 0 0-0 0
Totals 18 3 19-27 64

Stonewall Jackson 77, Heritage 55
The Skinny: Cedar Run woes continue for Pride as Raider Darren Warren pours in 32 points and accounted for five of Stonewall's seven 3-pointers. Sophomore Courtland Arbogast led the Pride with 16 and Eric Dentler added 12. See the Potomac News for a box! 


Briar Woods 52, Dominion 35
The Skinny: The Falcons got a win that helps push Briar Woods a step closer to their goal of hosting their first playoff game in school history. A close game throughout the first half as neither team could put together a significant run. Finally in the fourth quarter the long ball paid off for the Falcons as underclassmen Correy Faciane, Yves Kuoame, Myles Tate and Curtis Calder, all hit from beyond the arc to give Briar Woods a 49-28 lead with two minutes left in the contest.
Dominion - 15 5 7 8 35
Briar Woods - 15 8 12 17 52
Dominion
Chinn 5
Reaves 10
Care 1
Lewis 5
Huff 3
Conboy 9
Harting 2
Briar Woods
Faciane 10
Ball 1
Tate 18
Kuoame 8
Flowers 2
Roush 3
Calder 10

Broad Run 48, Potomac Falls 46

The Skinny: Kevin McGaughey and Taylor Johnson each scored 18 as Spartans come back in second half to essentially put the Dulles District race into a deadlock. Lukas Mihailovich had 25 points for Potomac Falls but only two points in the final quarter. The Panthers box-and-1 on McGaughey slowed down the pace of the game but a patient BR team was able to hit big shots down the stretch including key 3-pointers from McGaughey and Johnson. The Spartans went 8 of 9 from the line in the second half while PF attempted only three foul shots the entire game.
Broad Run 48, Potomac Falls 46
Potomac Falls: Curran  1 0-0 2, Mihailovich 10 2-3 25, Chesson 4 0-0 9, Wagenhoffer 2 0-0 4, Graves 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 2-3 46.

Broad Run: TJohnson 4 8-10 18, Janjua 2 0-0 4, McGaughey 5 5-5 18, Hiatt 2 0-0 4, Zafar 1 0-0 2, Salgado 1 0-0 2, DJohnson 0 0-1 0. Totals 15 13-16 48.
3-Pointers: PF 4 (Mihailovich 3, Chesson 1), BR 5 (McGaughey 3, TJohnson 2).


Potomac Falls  14  12  13  7 - 46 
Broad Run      13  13  10  12 - 48


Loudoun County 56, Park View 55
The Skinny: Loudoun County improves to 3-5 in the district with a win over Park View. Worth Mays made a jumper with 20 seconds left to put the Raiders up for good. Mahir Mrkonjic led the Raiders with 17 points, and Calle Brown added 8 points 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Dan O'Connell came in off the bench and added 8 points for LC. Jordan Owens scored a game-high 26 points for the Patriots and Ryan McCarter added 11.
LOUDOUN COUNTY 56, PARK VIEW 55 P (10-7, 3-3) — Owens 26, McCarter 11, Shooks 8, Early 5, French 3, Dombkowski 2. Totals 20 11-14 55.
L (8-9, 3-5) — Mrkonjic 17, Campbell 9, Brown 8, Mays 8, O'Connell 8, Pratt 4, Huber 2. Totals 21 7-11 56.
Halftime: Loudoun County, 30-29.
Three-point goals: P 4 (Owens 2, Early, French); L 7 (Mrkonjic 5, Campbell 2).

Washington WV 78, Loudoun Valley 55
The Skinny: West Virginia blues for Vikes as Washington avenges an earlier double digit loss to Vikes.Charles Yates, Charles Haigler and Bradley Jackson combined for 42 points for the Pats while Darren Goolsby with nine points was the high scorer for LV

Girls Basketball
Langley 48, Stone Bridge 40
The Skinny: Reports Bulldog coach Chris Jones: "A combination of a poor shooting night and tough defense by Langley had us off to a slow atart and we could never get over the hump."

Langley - 6-10-14-18 - 48
Stone Brisge 4-8-11-17 - 40
Leading scorers:
Langley:  Kody 13 , Kleinknecht 11
Stone Bridge:  Whitaker 12
Foul Line:
Stone Bridge: 10 of 12
Langley: 18 of 28

Stonewall Jackson 93, Heritage 32
The Skinny: Good news for Pride is that Necole Sterling is back from injury. Owen Gotimer reports for VivaLoudoun: "Kyani White with 33 led all scorers, including four 3-pointers (4 of 9 from 3-point range) and 13 of 28 from the field. The Lady Raiders also enjoyed 26 from Joy Caracciolo, 10 from Gwen Newson, and 15 from Amanda Hinton. The Pride weren’t as fortunate but Sterling did put up 11 in about 10 minutes of play. Erika Grabbi had 8 and Akenya Surles had 5.

Stonewall Jackson started off the game on a 10–0 run, ultimately going into the second quarter up 32–8. The Lady Raider’s first quarter was backed by White’s 9 points and Joy Caracciolo’s 12. The Pride’s Sterling made her much awaited return at the beginning of the second, scoring her first basket in a mere 33 seconds. The Pride went into halftime down 49–21, allowing only 17 in the 2nd, primarily because Sterling held Caracciolo to only one second quarter bucket.

From what I saw tonight, White must have read the write up a couple weeks back about how I thought Erika Scott was the best point guard in the district! Tonight White really showed that she was a leader, a defensive standout, and a scorer. The only defense that Heritage didn’t try to run against her was letting Sterling take White one-on-one.
STONEWALL JACKSON 93, HERITAGE 32
H (3-11, 1-3) — Sterling 11, Grabbi 8, Surles 5, Paskowski 4, Nibbelink 3, Scott 1. Totals 14 3-6 32.
S (0-0, 0-0) — White 33, Caracciolo 26, Hinton 15, Newsome 10, Jordan 5, Cameron 2, Smith 2. Totals 38 10-14 93.
Halftime: Stonewall Jackson, 49-21.
Three-point goals: H (Nibbelink); S 7 (White 4, Hinton 2, Jordan).

Dominion 50, Briar Woods 45
The Skinny: Titans snap 41-game losing streak with first win in two years! A proud Titan coach Anne Gasser reports: "Playing with just eight healthy players (Jasmine Thomas season ending knee injury vs. Broad Run, Anshu Pal with a dislocated shoulder, and Brittanne Gasser who went down early in the game with a knee injury). Colleen Reynolds 12 pts; Imani Smith 18 pts, 11 rebounds; Tish Baker 9 points, 7 rebounds; Freshman Erin Delcambre filled in for the injured Thomas 4 points, 2 assist; Ceara Peterson 3 pts; Haley Landry 4 pts. Ashley O'Neill led BW with 14."
Box Score
Falcons:
Ashley O'Neill 8-0-0-2 14
Ashley Adams 0-3-1 1
Morgan McCarthy 2-0-0 4
Brittany Gilbert 1-2-2 4
Macy Jones 3-1-1 7
Caroline Herndon 1-0-0 2
Sydney Harris 4-2-1 7
Jillian Olson 2-2-2 6
Titans:
Collen Reynolds 4-4-4 12
Ceara Peterson 1-4-1 3
Erin Delcambre 1-4-2 4
Tish Baker 2-2-2-1 9
Imani Smith 7-10-4 18
Haley Landry 1-2-2 4
Half time Falcons 19 Titan 16

Broad Run 57, Potomac Falls 41
The Skinny: Morgan Roehling scores 16 as Spartans challenge Panthers for third spot in district
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Loudoun County 73, Park View 51
The Skinny: Brittany Batts and Kendra Holmes combine for 37 for Raiders. LC coach Kevin Reed reports: "The Loudoun County Lady Raiders went on the road and defeated the Park View Patriots 73-51 for their eighth straight victory.

County outscored the Patriots 28-8 in the second quarter to open up the game and take a 41-19 lead into the half. Senior Kendra Holmes scored all 11 of her first half points in the second quarter explosion.

Holmes would go on to score 17 points while adding 11 rebounds, four assists, and three blocked shots. Junior Brittany Batts would take home team high scoring honors by scoring 20 points, 14 in the first half, while connecting on four three pointers and dishing out four assists.

Senior Alissa Kain and Sophomore Casey Cummings would also finish in double digits as Kain scored 13 points and Cummings 10. Kain also contributed nine rebounds and five assists while Cummings pulled down seven rebounds.

Sophomore Jenna Strange would tie Holmes with game high rebounding honors as she also tallied 11.

Freshman Chloe Owens led Park View in scoring honors with a game high 25 points. She scored 13 of those in the fourth quarter as County took a 58-31 lead into the final frame.

Loudoun County 73, Park View 51
L (14-2, 8-1) — Batts 20, Holmes 17, A. Kain 13, Cummings 10, Strange 6, Linnemann 5, Grimsley 2. Totals 28 13-23 73.
P (5-12, 2-6) — Owens 25, Sheppard 12, Himmelberger 6, Dillard 4, Stephens 2, Westbrook 2. Totals 21 8-23 51.
Halftime: Loudoun County, 41-19.
Three-point goals: L 4 (Batts 4); P 1 (Owens).
Rebounds: L 42 (Batts, Holmes 11, A. Kain 9, Cummings 7, Strange 11, Linnemann, Knudsen, Lapple).
Assists: L 18 (Batts 4, Holmes 4, A. Kain 5, Strange 3, Linnemann, Lapple).

Loudoun Valley 49, Washington WV 34
The Skinny: Kayla Sweet scores 17 to lead Vikes to non-district win. Vikes coach Jen Piccolomini reports: The Lady Vikings upped their record to 11-5 on Friday night with a win over visiting Washington High School. Both teams managed to trade baskets much of the night, in a game that saw 11 total fouls, and only one in the first half. Valley slowly pulled away in the second half behind Kayla Sweet's 17 points and Chrystal Oden's 12 rebounds. Lisa Beksel chipped in 8 points for the Vikes. The JV Vikings protected their unbeaten record, downing the visitors 49-19."
BOX SCORE:
Loudoun Valley 49 Washington 34
LV (11-5, 4-1) – Sweet 17, Oden 9, Beksel 8, Calhoun 7, Blue 4, Gutch 4 Totals 23 2-3 49
WHS (0-0, 0-0) – Lambert 12, Hosby 10, Walls 10, Dozier 2 Totals 16 1-2 34
Halftime: LV 25-18
Three-Point Field Goals: LV 1 (Sweet), Washington (Lambert)
Scoring By Quarters
Loudoun Valley 14 11 8 16 49
Washington 10 8 10 6 34

Freedom 52, Robinson 36
The Skinny: Eagles bounce back with defensive effort. Kelsey Buchanan led the Eagles with 28 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks.
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Football: Last Week's Rewind

A quick look at how all the football teams in Loudoun did last week before you head out to tonight's big games!

Fri. Sept. 23
Briar Woods 51, Potomac Falls 6
The Skinny: Falcons continue high scoring ways with Trace McSorley throwing for two scores on 12 of 18 passing for 124 yards including a 2-yard toss to Cam Serigne and a 4-yard pass to Darryll Gadsen. BWoods running attack is gearing up as Cory Colder went for 119 yards and two scores from the goal line. Alex Carter's 84-yard kickoff return for a TD to open the second half made it 37-0. Panthers lone score came on a Michael Fishcetti 28-yard TD pass to Wayna Allen. Falcons finished with two more scores inside the 10, by Brandon Brown and Chris Larco. PFalls was held by Falcon defense to just three first downs in the game.

Woodgrove 35, Dominion 19
The Skinny: Wolverines end a 2-game slide and earn first ever Dulles District victory. The Titans actually led in the second quarter, 19-14, but WG finished with 21 unanswered points. Woodgrove's Atem Ntantang had a huge game rushing with 221 yards on 32 carries and he scored on a 10-yard TD run. Also scoring for WG on the ground were Joshua Sweet, twice from 1 and 7, and Tyler Workman from 25 yards. Workman was just 3 of 4 passing but that was good for 106 yards with Caleb Welsh catching two balls for 83 yards. William Hoffer iced the game for the Wolverines with an 80-yard interception return. Dominion had its best game passing on the year with Donnie Gasser going 13 of 27 for 159 yards. Matt Valenzuela had a big night with 7 catches for the Titans, totaling 96 yards including a 36-yard TD. Dashaun Wesley scored on the ground for Dominion and finished with 49 yards on 16 attempts. Garrett Robinson had a 75-yard kickoff return for a TD for the Titans. Sweet for WG finished with 91 yards, averaging more than 10 yards a carry as WG broke 300 yards in rushing.

Tuscarora 16, Loudoun County 9
The Skinny: Read Owen Gotimer's story here!

Stone Bridge 31, Broad Run 30 (OT)
The Skinny: Read Dan Sousa's story here!

Freedom 43, Wakefield 8
The Skinny: Eagles win their first game of the season. Derek Burns rushed for 90 yards on 19 attempts and scored from 6 and 21 yards out. Trent Gilmore went 4 of 10 passing for Freedom with 146 yards including a 40-yard TD to Garrison Fuller to start the scoring in the second quarter.

Sat. Sept. 24
Heritage 34, Park View 31
The Skinny: Read Dan Sousa's wrap-up of this game.

Softball: Macy Jones Repeats as Dulles District Player of the Year

(May 22, 2012) - Briar Woods High School senior pitcher Macy Jones has repeated as the Dulles District Player of the Year in a vote of the coaches released Tuesday. Woodgrove's Joe Spicer was named Coach of the Year after leading the second-year Wolverine program to a district regular-season title.

2012 Dulles All-District Softball

Cheers Sports Athletes of the Month: Spring 2012

Cheers Sports and Viva Loudoun Athletes of the Month: March 2012

(June 13, 2012) - Earlier this month Cheers Sports and Viva Loudoun held a photo shoot for the 2012 Spring Sports Athletes of the Month. More than 100 of Loudoun's prep baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, and track and field athletes turned out to Cheers Sports in Ashburn for the shoot.

"With 12 high schools and such incredible success this spring from so many team it was our most difficult selection process since we starting doing the Athletes of the Month program in 2006," said Viva Loudoun editor Dan Sousa, who chose the athletes honored.

The athletes were split into three groups for individual and group photos. based upon both performances and athletes availability for the photo shoot. Released today is the March 2012 group. The April 2012 group will be released June 14 and the May 2012 group will be released June 15.

Cheers Sports Athletes of the Month: March 2012

Baseball
Sam Bass (Potomac Falls)


J.B. Bukauskas (Stone Bridge)


Joe Delahaba (Broad Run)











Andrew Lamont (Freedom)


A.J. Powell (Broad Run)

Tyler Rice (Potomac Falls)


Jackson Rogers (Potomac Falls)


J.J. Sarty (Woodgrove)

Josh Sweet (Woodgrove)

Softball
Francesca Beller (Broad Run)


Brittanne Gasser (Dominion)


Kiley Jacobus (Loudoun County - on the right)


Macy Jones (Briar Woods)


Niki Prince (Stone Bridge)


Amanda Pugh (Broad Run)


Allie Reid (Woodgrove)


Sam Thomas (Park View)




Boys Soccer
Angel Ceron-Garcia (Tuscarora)


David Clements (Briar Woods)


Anthony Flores (Loudoun Valley)

Adam Hamdan (Stone Bridge)


Yab Hayba (Woodgrove)

James Paredes (Freedom)






Girls Soccer
Erin Brady (Broad Run)


Elysse Branton (Dominion)


Lucy Etro (Woodgrove)


Ashley Herndon (Stone Bridge)


Kelsey Slack (Loudoun County)


Cassie Smith (Broad Run)


Mallory Ullrich (Freedom)




Boys Lacrosse
Daniel Butcher (Broad Run)


Drew Burkhard (Heritage)


Cody Cunningham (Woodgrove)


Conrad Daufenbach (Freedom - with his sister Jannel)


Nick Kierschke (Dominion)


Dylan Maltz (Stone Bridge)


A.J. Smith (Loudoun County)




Girls Lacrosse
Jannel Daufenbach (Freedom - with her brother Conrad)


Lisa Hemphill (Woodgrove)


Ashley Jackson (Briar Woods)


Rachel Swan (Loudoun Valley)

Taylor Turchan (Dominion)




Boys Tennis
Alex Chou (Dominion)


Nathan Huet (Tuscarora)


Michael Hwang (Briar Woods)


Kyle Mateyov (Briar Woods)


Patrick Nolan (Tuscarora)


Jake Stapleton (Dominion)




Girls Tennis
Kerryn Beamish (Tuscarora)

Kate Gorbach (Dominion)


Dominique Huynh (Dominion)


Sabrina Kim (Tuscarora)


Linh Pham Nguyen (Park View)
Cheyenne Williams (Park View)

Boys Track and Field
Marcus Finney (Heritage)


Tommy Fort (Potomac Falls)


Zach Kerns (Broad Run)


Brandon Polk (Freedom)

Josh Showalter (Loudoun County)




Girls Track and Field
Amirah Al-Bayyinah (Tuscarora


Lydia Cromwell (Woodgrove)


Mo Mitchell-Alexander (Dominion)





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