[twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (May 28, 2015) – If you ever want to draw a big crowd to a sporting event in Loudoun County in the spring, host a boys lacrosse game between Loudoun Valley and Woodgrove High Schools. During the stadium-packed Dulles Group championship, the No. 1 Vikings and No. 2 Wolverines gave the fans a less-than-exciting first half followed by a crazy fourth quarter from which Loudoun Valley came out on top, 6-4, to claim the group title and a No. 1 seed and home field advantage in the VHSL 4A North zone playoffs.
Author: Owen Gotimer
Owen Gotimer
Owen Gotimer is an award-winning journalist and small business owner from Leesburg, Virginia. After graduating from Heritage High School, Owen spent his college years at Syracuse University, where he studied broadcast and digital journalism in the renowned Newhouse School of Public Communications, before earning a Masters degree in social media, culture, and society from the University of Westminster. Owen owns OG Media, a full-service marketing partner specializing in website design & development, content creation, and graphic design & print. Additionally, Owen is the president of of the Jeffrey C. Fowler Memorial Scholarship.
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[twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (May 28, 2015) – A slow start to the Vikings’ offense exploded in the sixth inning, when No. 1 Loudoun Valley High School scored eight runs on eight hits to run-rule No. 4 Skyline High School, 12-2, in a Conference 28 softball semifinal in Purcellville on May 27.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (May 27, 2015) – How often do you hear about a guy escaping a one-out, first and third, fifth inning jam on the hill before delivering a walk off single at the plate just two innings later? Whenever, LoCoSports writes it that way.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Leesburg (May 24, 2015) – A back-and-forth girls varsity soccer game between No. 2 Tuscarora High School and No. 3 Briar Woods High School saw a tie heading into the under two-minute mark in Leesburg on May 22.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Leesburg (May 21, 2015) – Three cards, two penalty kicks, two hat tricks, two overtimes and two tons of emotion later, the Conference 14 boys soccer quarterfinal between No. 3 Tuscarora High School and No. 6 Potomac Falls High School finally ended in the 96th-minute when Tuscarora senior Justin Carey connected on his fourth goal of the game, as the Huskies defeated the Panthers, 5-4, in double overtime.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’]By Owen GotimerLoCoSports Editor Leesburg (May 20, 2015) – In one of the most open conference tournaments of the spring, No. 5 Dominion High School traveled to No. 4 Heritage High School on May 19 for the opening round of the Conference 21 baseball tournament, where Titan senior ace Justin Traenkle settled in after a two-hit first inning, to cruise to a, 2-0, win by way of a four-hit, complete game shutout.