By Frank Gorey LoCoSports Contributor Clifton (September 23, 2015) — The Broad Run High School (4-0) and Centreville High School (2-1) football teams were both unbeaten and viewed as two of the top teams in the area, but on September 18, it was Broad Run junior Meech Hembry and the Spartans who throttled the Wildcats and emerged victorious, 56-21, after amassing an astounding 482 rushing yards. Broad Run senior Chris Moore’s strip during the game’s opening kickoff gave the Spartans the ball on the Centreville 26 from where quarterback Kyle Brickerd found the opportunity to run in the game’s first touchdown –…
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(September 22, 2015) — The results are in and the week four winner of the LoCoSports Football Pick’Ems sponsored by Cheers Sports is HokieGirl from Winchester! HokieGirl went 9-1 in week four, beat all of the local experts and will take home a gift certificate for a free meal at ResQ Grille! TD from Ashburn and TomTy from Leesburg are now tied for the lead in the season-long Pick’Ems competition with records of 32-9. WHS Wild from Purcellville placed second in week four, turning in an 8-2 record and missing the final score of the Game of the Week between John Champe and Loudoun Valley High Schools by 12 points. WHS Wild will take…
By Andy Murray LoCoSports Contributor Aldie (September 20, 2015) – Coming off a bye week can either make your team sluggish or well prepared, both were the case for John Champe High School in their, 40-13, win over visiting Loudoun Valley High School on September 18 in Aldie. “We knew it was going to be a tough game this week,” John Champe head coach Jason Dawson said. “Getting prepared was essential and our guys do their work.” After electing to receive the opening kickoff, John Champe (3-0) was forced to punt on its opening drive, but quickly got the ball…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Sterling (September 20, 2015) — Dominion High School senior Calvin Miller has made a commitment to run cross country and track at Christopher Newport University beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. “Throughout high school I have pictured senior year being very stressful because of classes, applications, figuring out which college I want to attend and just thinking about what I want to do with my future,” the 6-foot-3 Miller said. “It is kind of refreshing already knowing where I’m going to go and what I’ll be doing when fall comes around next year. Now, I can really focus…
Leesburg (September 19, 2015) — Loudoun Valley High School senior Drew Hunter broke the Oatlands course record by four seconds when he posted a National Elite time of 15:12 to win the Oatlands Invitational in Leesburg on September 19. The only other runner to post a National Elite time on the day was Heritage High School sophomore Weini Kelati (17:11) who was almost a minute-and-a-half faster than the second place girls finisher. Kelati’s finish helped the Pride girls to a second place team finish behind only Walt Whitman High School while Hunter’s finish helped the Viking boys to a fourth place finish…
(September 15, 2015) — The results are in and the week three winner of the LoCoSports Football Pick’Ems sponsored by Cheers Sports is MB from Leesburg! MB went 9-1 in week three, beat all of the local experts and will take home a gift certificate for a free meal at ResQ Grille! Beisbol Coach Price from Sterling is now the lone leader in the season-long Pick’Ems competition with a record of 26-5. Mikeybaby92 from Leesburg placed second in week three, turning in a 9-1 record and missing the final score of the Game of the Week between Heritage and Loudoun Valley High Schools by 29 points — which was just one point more than MB’s tiebreaker score…