Ashburn, Va. — Freedom High School senior Carter Levin, Tuscarora High School sophomore Bobby Philpot and Tuscarora High School senior Brecan Saul led the Eagles and Huskies to co-team titles at the VHSL Region 5C wrestling championships on February 9 at Broad Run High School in Ashburn. Levin won the 126-pound weight class, while Philpot and Saul won the 106-pound and 132-pound weight classes, respectively, as Freedom and Tuscarora tied atop the team standings, 176-176. Stone Bridge sophomore Charlie Lausten (113-pound), John Champe freshman Christien Cousino (120-pound), Rock Ridge senior Jason Braig (138-pound), John Champe senior Nathan Williams (182-pound), Rock Ridge senior…
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Hershey, Pa. — APEX gymnast Lucy Edmonds led the Level 6 team to a team title at the 25th Hug & Kiss Meet in Hershey, Pennsylvania on February 7-10. APEX also saw success at Levels 3 and 4, where they turned in third place team finishes. At Level 3, Brooke James, Alexis Scott and Annabella Stone won all-around titles. At Level 4, Rylan Archer and Addison Clarke won all-around golds. Complete APEX results below… [adrotate banner=”15″] Level 3 Child B Place Name Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around 4 Savannah Garrett 9.350 9.225 7.650 9.250 35.475 Level 3 Child C Place…
Leesburg, Va. — A trio of Loudoun athletes claimed individual titles at the VHSL Region 4C wrestling championships on February 9 at Heritage High School in Leesburg. Dominion High School junior Jack Creamer won the 113-pound weight class, while Woodgrove High School seniors AJ Bartling and Drew Oliver won the 220-pound and 160-pound weight classes, respectively. Bartling’s and Oliver’s performances helped lift the Wolverines to a third place finish as a team. Championship results below… [adrotate banner=”19″] 106lb Results Place Name School 1 Mason Barrett Liberty 2 Zachary Maisus Heritage 3 Matt McLaughlin Kettle Run 4 Braden Sitton James Wood 5…
Sterling, Va. — The Riverside High Schools boy and girls swim teams combined to win eight individual championships en route to sweeping the team titles at the VHSL Region 4C championships on February 8 in Sterling. For the Rams boys, junior Otto Gerstl won the 100-yard freestyle, senior Jackson McCummings won the 50-yard freestyle and sophomore Robert Quan won both the 200-yard individual medley and 500-yard freestyle. On the girls side, junior Allison Kopac won both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events and senior Claire Nguyen won both the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley. Other Loudoun champions include Woodgrove sophomore…
Purcellville, Va. — Riverside High School freshman Marisa Cisneros swept the individual events en route to the all-around title at the VHSL Region 1-4A Championships at Woodgrove High School on February 8. Cisneros scored a 9.800 on vault, a 9.575 on bars, a 9.675 on the beam and a 9.650 on the floor exercise to edge out Woodgrove senior River Stone in the all-around, 38.700-37.975. Stone finished second in each event with a 9.525 on vault, a 9.250 on bars, a 9.600 on the beam and a 9.600 on the floor exercise Loudoun Valley junior Jenna Haran (36.775) placed third in the…
South Riding, Va. — Freedom High School freshman Kelly Fangyen won three of the four individual events en route to the all-around title at the VHSL Region 5C gymnastics championships on February 5 in South Riding. Fangyen scored a 9.425 on bars, a 9.600 on the beam and a 9.375 in the floor exercise to edge out teammate Liliana Gines in the all-around by just .550 points. Freedom sophomore Riley Waldrop and freshman Emily Hyun finished third and fourth, respectively, as the Eagles swept the podium and won the team title. It is Freedom’s sixth region gymnastics title since 2012. Complete meet…