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…
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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…
(November 15, 2014) – Heritage High School freshman phenom Weini Kelati ran the sixth fastest time (17:38) in VHSL state meet history at the Great Meadow Cross Country Course in The Plains on Nov. 15. Unfortunately for Kelati, E.C. Glass sophomore Libby Davidson ran the fastest ever 5,000-meter (17:12) at the state meet as Kelati had to settle for a second place finish. Kelati’s finish did help the Pride girls to a third place team finish behind Jefferson Forest High School and E.C. Glass. Heritage has a bright future ahead of them in girls cross country as the Pride will return…
(November 15, 2014) – The Tuscarora High School girls cross country team took home their first ever crown at the VHSL 5A state cross country meet at the Great Meadow Cross Country Course in The Plains on Nov. 15. Freshman Emma Wolcott – who placed third with a time of 18:25 – and senior Anna Wasko – who placed fifth with a time of 18:57 led the way for the Husky girls. On the boys side, Stone Bridge High School took home the bronze behind champ Douglas Freeman High School and runner up Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.…
(November 14, 2014) – Loudoun Valley High School junior Andrew Hunter set a new VHSL state cross country meet record (14:41) as he won the VHSL 3A state cross country title at the Great Meadow Cross Country Course in The Plains on Nov. 14. Hunter’s time was six seconds better than Chantilly High School graduate Sean McGorty’s former record time of 14:47 which he ran at the VHSL AAA state meet in 2012. Hunter and the Vikings placed fifth as a team, while Brentsville District High School took the team title. Blacksburg High School – which won the girls’ title –…
(November 14, 2014) – Loudoun Valley High School senior Ciara Donohue finished runner up at the VHSL 3A state cross country meet at the Great Meadow Cross Country Course in The Plains on Nov. 14. Donohue’s time of 18:06 was just two seconds slower than Blacksburg High School senior Bonnie Angermeier’s state championship time of 18:04. Donohue and the Vikings placed second as a team, while Angermeier helped Blacksburg to the team title. John Champe High School finished eighth in the team competition. Blacksburg senior Jennifer Fleming (18:27), Western Albemarle senior Annie Taylor (18:50), Blacksburg sophomore Annie Kay Combs (18:52), Blacksburg…