(December 1, 2014) – The VHSL 3A East region has selected its all-region team for football. Loudoun Valley High School senior center Sam Allison, senior running back Andrew Cordani and kicker/punter Aaron Peart were named first team all-region. John Champe High School senior offensive lineman Troy Addison, senior running back/linebacker Stephen Baker and junior defensive back Samtam Adhikari were named first team all-region. Lafayette High School senior Matt Hummel was named Defensive Player of the Year and James Monroe High School senior Jay Scroggins was named Offensive Player of the Year. Lafayette High School head coach Andy Linn was named…
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(November 25, 2014) – Conference 21 has selected its all-conference team for football. Dominion High School senior Chad Smith was named Defensive Player of the Year and Sherando High School senior LeeQuan Johnson was named Offensive Player of the Year. Sherando High School head coach Bill Hall and James Wood High School head coach Mark McHale were named co-Coaches of the Year. All Conference 21 Football First Team Offense Center Christian Farris Sherando SR OL Matt Crist Dominion SR OL Trent McCarty Sherando SR OL Jake Wernle Woodgrove JR OL Hunter Smith Woodgrove JR WR Antonio Jackson Loudoun County SR WR Adam Whitacre Sherando SR WR…
By Joe Skinner LoCoSports Journalist Ashburn (Nov. 22, 2014) – The Stone Bridge High School football team (10-2) put up all the points they needed in the first 24 minutes to dismiss visiting North Stafford High School, 44-29, in a VHSL 5A North region quarterfinal on Friday, Nov. 21 in Ashburn. An early scare for the Bulldogs ensued as Stone Bridge fumbled the opening kickoff which North Stafford covered up. However, the Bulldogs quickly recovered and got on the board first when junior quarterback Joe Thompson hit senior receiver Chance Frye with a 6-yard touchdown pass just seven…
By Rikki Pepino LoCoSports Journalist Leesburg (Nov. 17, 2014) – Braving the frigid cold under the Friday night lights, the No. 1 Tuscarora High School varsity football team cruised to a 54-6 win over No. 16 Thomas Edison High School in the first round of the VHSL 5A North Region playoffs on Nov. 14. With the win, the Huskies improved to 11-0 on the season. The undefeated Huskies began their attack with a strong offense led by senior running back Noah Reimers who scored on a 35-yard touchdown run just over three minutes into the game. Reimers then charged 22 yards…
By Emma Myers LoCoSports Journalist Ashburn (Nov. 15, 2014) – On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Briar Woods High School Falcons traveled into the Dog Pound and stormed back from a two-set deficit to defeat the Stone Bridge High School Bulldogs, 3-2, in the VHSL 5A North Region volleyball championship. “It’s the first time that we’ve done anything like this, so it’s incredible and the fact that it was Stone Bridge, our rival, is an even a bigger deal,” Briar Woods junior Lauren Twitty said. “It gives us a lot more confidence going into the state tournament.” At the…
By Joe Skinner LoCoSports Journalist Aldie (Nov. 14, 2014) – The John Champe High School football team (8-3) continues its historic season claiming its first ever playoff football game victory with a win over William Monroe High School, 10-3, on Nov. 14 during the first round of the VHSL 3A East Region tournament in Aldie. “You could tell at halftime that we can win this [and] we should win this,” Champe head coach Jason Dawson said. “They made their minds up as a football team that they were going to win this football game, and they did.” The game was…