Leesburg, Va. — Tied at 31-31 with less than 90 seconds to go in the third quarter, the Loudoun County High School boys basketball team called a timeout and drew up a play. After the inbound, senior point guard Jimmy Daughtrey made a bounce pass between two defenders on a backdoor cut to junior forward Nick Alexander who elevated for the dunk to give the Captains a 33-31 lead. “It pumps them up and gets the crowd going,” Loudoun County head coach Mark Alexander said. “Nick’s been working hard to be an inside player for us, and he’s doing okay.”…
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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.
Leesburg, Va. — Dominion High School sophomore Isabel Smith finished fourth on the vault (8.900), third on the beam (8.700), and won the bars (8.600) as she claimed the individual all-around (34.200) at a six team meet on January 24 at Heritage High School in Leesburg. Loudoun Valley High School got top three finishes from Gaby Cevallos on the vault (9.000), Mirella Savee on the floor (8.550), Carly Snyder on the bars (8.400), Tirayah Robinson on the floor (8.700), and Kayla Crowson on the beam (9.150) and bars (8.100) as the Vikings claimed the team title. Owen Gotimer captured 100+ photos…
Ashburn, Va. — After leading by 13 points at the half, the Loudoun County High school boys basketball team saw Broad Run cut their lead to just 6 points after the third quarter. But a tremendous defensive effort and a balanced scoring attack was the difference in the fourth quarter as all five Loudoun County starters finished with 9+ points, and the Captains rolled past the Spartans, 60-42, on January 21 in Ashburn. “After that first loss to Loudoun Valley, we can’t afford to lose anymore district games,” Loudoun County senior point guard Jimmy Daughtrey said. “So it feels good…
Leesburg, Va. — With just over four minutes left in the first half, the Loudoun Valley High Schools boys basketball team trailed Tuscarora, 17-3. By the end of the third quarter, the Vikings had cut the deficit to 26-24, and with :19.3 left in the game, Loudoun Valley junior guard Brett Zimmet hit a pair of free throws to give his team a 35-34 lead. After a series of clock-stopping fouls from both teams, Loudoun Valley senior center Ben Hall knocked down a pair of 1-and-1 free throws to give the Vikings the 37-34 lead by which they’d defeat the…
Leesburg, Va. — Midway through the third quarter, the Stone Bridge High School boys basketball team had expanded its lead to 14, but the Riverside Rams wouldn’t go away. Then early in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs re-expanded their lead to 10, before the Rams once again cut the lead to 4. Down the stretch, the Rams answered just about every Bulldogs’ basket, but in the end, the double-digit lead Stone Bridge had created in the third proved to be too much for Riverside to overcome as the Bulldogs held off the Rams, 63-60, on January 14 in Leesburg. “We’re…
Leesburg, Va. — It was a slow start for the Broad Run High School girls basketball team, but the message at halftime was simple: stay the course. “We wanted to keep playing good defense and taking care of the rebounds,” Broad Run head coach Kate Culhane said. “We just stayed positive and talked about staying the course regardless of what was going on.” Trailing Tuscarora 15-14 at the half, the Spartans used a spark in the third quarter to pull away from the Huskies, before eventually securing the win, 52-41, on January 12 in Leesburg. “We’ve been working really hard…