By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (Nov. 23, 2014) – Playing after Thanksgiving Day is becoming second-nature for the Loudoun Valley High School varsity football team who for the second straight year will play in a VHSL 3A East region semifinal just two days after Turkey Day with hopes of making it to the state final for the first time ever. “We always hear we won’t be playing after Thanksgiving. We’ve done it two years in a row now,” senior quarterback Sully Warner said. “It’s really rebuilding the program. It means a lot, definitely for the younger guys coming back…
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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.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Leesburg (Nov. 21, 2014) – In subfreezing temperatures under the Friday night lights at Fortune Field, the Tuscarora High School football team (12-0) remained red hot knocking off Wakefield High School (8-4), 42-14, in a VHSL 5A North region quarterfinal. “It was just coming out and taking care of business like we’ve been talking about all week,” Tuscarora senior running back Noah Reimers said. “This is a team that obviously I thought we were better than, but you can’t take anyone lightly. They were a little bit better than we expected. They came…
*Update (11/17/2015): Potomac Falls High School senior Holly Carlton has officially signed her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at the University of North Carolina. (November 20, 2014) – Potomac Falls High School junior Holly Carlton has made an early verbal commitment to join veteran head coach Joe Sagula at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she will continue her volleyball career starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. “The recruiting process started the summer after my sophomore year, and has been a crazy ride since. I have been blessed with many opportunities around the country, but feel…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor (November 5, 2014) – As the high school fall sports season starts its playoff push this week, the Tuscarora High School golf team is still celebrating its fourth place finish at the VHSL 5A state championship at Meadowbrook Country Club in Richmond on Oct. 13 and 14. “It was pretty rewarding. One of our goals right out of tryouts was to get to states and win the region,” Tuscarora head coach Jeff Kaplan said. “I actually had a quote that I put on their golf bags that said ‘every hole, one goal, win states’…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief Leesburg (October 25, 2014) – On a night Heritage High School celebrated their Homecoming, the Loudoun Valley High School Vikings had real reason to rejoice as they knocked off the Pride 35-7 to improve to 7-1 on the season including adding to a six game winning streak. Loudoun Valley senior running back Andrew Cordani ran for 201 yards and four scores including a 71-yard touchdown run. “We started increasing his work load a little bit as we’ve gone through the season. He can handle it well,” Loudoun Valley acting head coach Anthony Long said. “He’s a…
(October 24, 2014) – Woodgrove High School junior Courtney Olivier has verbally committed to join head coach Gina Oliver at the University of Cincinnati where she will continue her lacrosse career beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. “I’m not so stressed anymore about college and lacrosse,” said the 5-foot Olivier. “I’m so happy in my choice of committing early!” Olivier made her commitment shortly after the Woodgrove Wolverines defeated the Loudoun Valley Vikings in the VHSL 5A Girls Lacrosse State championship in mid-June. The state final victory was the first ever for a Loudoun County school in girls lacrosse. “It’s unreal!…