Purcellville (January 9, 2013) – In the Dulles District girls basketball battle for first place, Woodgrove High School matched up against Loudoun County last Friday in the most highly anticipated game of the season. Woodgrove (10-0, 11-2) stole the basketball 18 times, forcing 29 Raider turnovers, and kept the defensive pressure on all night as they took sole possession of first place in the district by knocking off Loudoun County (9-1, 12-2) 58-49. For the entire first quarter Woodgrove struggled to put points on the board as they scored only three field goals and went 0-for-2 from the free throw…
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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.
Leesburg (January 8, 2013) – The Heritage High School boys basketball team, which had the entire winter holiday to mull over a tough loss to Dulles District leader Loudoun Valley, bounced back from the break last Wednesday by knocking off the Briar Woods Falcons, 70-56. Heritage committed just five turnovers in their first outing of the New Year. “We always try to limit ourselves to under 10 turnovers,” said Heritage head coach Greg Grimes. “We haven’t been able to do that for much of the season, but five that’s impressive.” The Pride (9-3 overall, 5-3 in the district), led offensively by senior…
Leesburg (January 8, 2013) – High school is a period of time where students begin to transition into a more independent lifestyle. It’s a time where students get to choose, more frequently, who they want to hang out with, who they associate themselves with and what they get to do during their free time from school. During Jesse Case’s freshman year of high school, his free time consisted of playing basketball and the roughly hour long drive back and forth from Leesburg to Fairfax County where he attended Paul VI Catholic High School. Case, now a sophomore and starting point…
Ashburn (December 30, 2012) – Stone High School senior guard Niki Prince scored a game-high 28 points with 10 rebounds and had the assist on junior Megan Della Penna’s basket with just under 30 seconds left Saturday that sent the Bulldogs and Broad Run girls into overtime on the final night of the Honda of Dulles Battle of Ashburn basketball tournament. It was all Stone Bridge (7-4 record) in overtime as the Bulldogs out-scored the Spartans (7-6), 14-5, for a 55-46 victory. Leading at halftime 25-22, Stone Bridge quickly gave up their lead as Broad Run dominated the beginning of…
Ashburn (December 30, 2012) – After starting the Honda of Dulles Battle of Ashburn Tournament with a 12 point loss against Briar Woods on Friday night, the Stone Bridge High School boys basketball team bounced back and defeated Broad Run on Saturday 82-66 after outscoring the Spartans 31-13 in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs (3-8 record) shot 23 of 31 from the free throw line, including 15 of 17 from the line in the final quarter, to conclude their come from behind victory against the Spartans (4-6). Jason Jolly, Emad Rahman and Jimmy Higgins combined for 47 points and Jon…
Ashburn (December 28, 2012) – Junior forward Megan Della Penna (12 rebounds, 10 offensive) and the rest of the Stone Bridge High School girls basketball team dominated the boards on Friday night at Briar Woods in a one-sided 47-7 victory in the second round of the Honda of Dulles Battle of Ashburn. The Bulldogs (6-4) grabbed 23 offensive rebounds, one more than the Falcons (1-10) total rebound count of 22. Stone Bridge senior point guard Niki Prince and junior forward Annie Bokulic led all scorers with eight points each. Stone Bridge Stats Megan Della Penna 4 points, 12 rebounds Niki Prince…