Leesburg, Va. — Two weeks removed from a loss to crosstown rival Heritage on September 17, the Tuscarora High School football team had redemption on its mind. When the Huskies travelled down King Street for another rivalry matchup against Loudoun County High School, they knew what they needed to do to take care of business, and it started in the backfield with the area’s most productive running back, senior Bryce Duke. “It’s a rivalry game. We were excited and hungry to get back out,” Tuscarora head coach Brandon Wheelbarger said. “It was good playing Briar Woods last week, but that…
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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.
Ashburn, Va. — The Stone Bridge High School volleyball team fell into 5-1 holes to start the first and second sets, but the Bulldogs used a poised and already-battle-tested resilience to bounce back and sweep the Woodgrove Wolverines in straight sets—25-15, 25-21, 25-20—to open Potomac District play on September 27 in Ashburn. “We have three [district games] this week and three next week, so they’re going to come fast,” Stone Bridge head coach Jill Raschiatore said. “Getting off to a positive start is hopefully going to take us further.” [adrotate banner=”38″] After falling into an early 5-1 hole, Stone Bridge…
Leesburg, Va. — After grabbing the momentum at the very end of the first half, the Washington Spirit made four personnel changes to open the second half, and those subs paid off immediately as rookie forward Tara McKeown scored less than 11 seconds into the second half to put her team up 2-1. The Spirit were able to hold onto that lead for the remaining 45 minutes to earn three points over Kansas City on September 26 in Leesburg. “[Tara] has been great, and with more consistent time, she’ll just continue to get better,” Washington captain Andi Sullivan said. “She’s…
Ashburn, Va. — Led by a core group of seniors, a couple really talented sophomores, and an energetic setter, it was just a matter of time before the Briar Woods High School volleyball team started to click. After dropping three of their first four matches to open their 2021 campaign, the Falcons showed off a tremendous amount of energy, poise, and grit in fending off a resilient Broad Run team to earn their second straight win on September 21 in Ashburn. Despite Broad Run successfully defending four match points, Briar Woods finally secured the win over their rival—25-20, 25-23, 26-24.…
Leesburg, Va. — With just over a minute to play, trailing 27-26, the Heritage High School football team knew they needed a big play if they wanted to upset rival Tuscarora in Leesburg. Facing 3rd-and-19 from the Tuscarora 45, Heritage senior quarterback Braden Smith dropped back and threw a strike down the sideline to senior receiver Junior Darko, who dove towards the pylon, across the goal line, and into the endzone as the Pride took the lead, 32-27. “For him to make that play, it’s spectacular,” Smith said. “I’m so proud of him.” But the game wasn’t over quite yet…
Leesburg, Va. — At Heritage High School, Ken Schiffer is in the middle of his third season leading the Pride golf team. But what you may not know is that before he became the Pride’s golf coach, and even before he became a school teacher, Schiffer was a special agent in the FBI. It’s time to take you Inside the Huddle. [adrotate banner=”48″]