Ashburn, Va. — Twelve months ago, the Briar Woods High School girls soccer team decided they were going to return to the state championship game. On that same day in June 2021, the Falcons had dropped a heartbreaker in PKs to First Colonial High School at First Colonial in the VHSL Class 5 State championship game. So when the opportunity presented itself to host First Colonial at Briar Woods in the 2022 VHSL Class 5 State championship, the Falcons were going to make the most of it. In the 17’ of the state final, Briar Woods senior defender Kendall DiMillio…
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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.
Ashburn, Va. — It was an uphill battle for the Riverside High School boys soccer team, but every chance they got, they made the most of it. Entering the Potomac District tournament as the No. 3 seed, the Rams defeated No. 6 Woodgrove, 2-1, in overtime then upset No. 2 Potomac Falls, 4-3, in their district semifinal before knocking off No. 4 Stone Bridge, 4-2, in PKs in the district championship. In the VHSL Region 5D tournament, the Rams dispatched Brooke Point, 8-1, before knocking off North Stafford, 3-2, in overtime, setting up a match up with Potomac District No.…
Ashburn, Va. — Taylor Price has been a force all season long, and when it mattered most, the Briar Woods High School senior forward did not disappoint. Briar Woods quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead against Frank W. Cox High School in a VHSL Class 5 State semifinal, but Cox scored in the 24’ to grab some momentum. Price wasn’t going to let the visiting Falcons hold onto that momentum for long and scored goals in the 35’, 43’, and 51’ to stifle the Cox intensity and eventually win their semifinal, 7-1, on June 10 in Ashburn. “Today felt…
Leesburg, Va. — From the very first pitch, Stone Bridge High School junior ace Kayla Fekel knew something felt right. The NC State-commit had been relied on all season long to get the job done, but what she accomplished in the Bulldogs’ VHSL Class 5 State semifinal 2-0 win over Granby was more than her team could have asked for: it was perfection. After that first pitch was swung on, Fekel threw two more strikes to retire the Comets’ leadoff batter. Then Fekel threw three more strikes to retire the second batter and another three to retire the third as…
Leesburg, Va. — Katie Scheivert hasn’t played her last softball game. And while the Delaware-commit knew that would be the case even after her final high school season was over, she wasn’t ready to hang up her Tuscarora blue just yet. Leading off the bottom of the sixth in a 0-0 game, all Scheivert was thinking about was how she could use her senior experience to help her team live to fight another day. “Earlier in the game, I almost broke down, because I thought this was my last chance to play high school softball,” Scheivert said. “[Assistant] coach Jake…
Leesburg, Va. — For the fifth time in as many trips, the Riverside High School boys lacrosse team will hang a region championship banner. After falling into an early 2-0 hole against Briar Woods High School, the Rams rallied back, took the lead late in the first quarter, and never looked back in their 13-6 win over the Falcons in the VHSL Region 5D championship on June 1 in Leesburg. “That’s our fifth straight region title. That’s tough to do, but our guys work hard for that to happen, so hats off to everybody involved,” Riverside head coach Nick Worek…