Author: The Owl

The Owl

Local student-athletes pour sweat, tears and long hours into their crafts while maintaining eligible academic standing, and it’s time for each and every one of them — no matter their school, their sport or their gender — to be showcased. LoCoSports — you’ll go crazy for our sports coverage!

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…

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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…

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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…

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(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…

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(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.…

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