Ashburn, Va. — With rain in the forecast and a district championship on the line, the Independence and Riverside High School field hockey teams got an early start to their third meeting of the season on October 25 in Ashburn. In their first two battles of the season, the Tigers proved victorious, knocking off the Rams, 4-0, on September 13 then again, 2-0, on September 23. However, any coach will tell you beating a team twice in a season is challenging enough and beating a team like Riverside three times in one season is an obstacle not many teams have…
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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.
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Sterling, Va. — Already leading 7-0, the Woodgrove High School football team sent their kicking unit onto the field. Facing 4th-and-16 from the 28-yard line, the Wolverines had complete confidence in senior kicker Kollin Samaha, and like he’s done all season, the lefty counted his steps backwards and to his right, gave a nod, and drilled the 45-yard attempt. Then, with his team trailing 14-10 late in the third quarter, Samaha again jogged out to his spot, knocking through a 31-yard field goal to draw his team within 1. But Samaha wasn’t done quite yet. Trailing 14-13 early in the…
Leesburg, Va. — After officially clinching the Dulles District regular season title with a 3-2 win over Loudoun Valley on October 7, the Loudoun County High School volleyball team once again proved why they’re the team to beat in the Commonwealth, dominating No. 3 Dominion—25-15, 25-8, 25-10—on October 12 in Leesburg. “This team is really special, and we played as a cohesive team tonight,” Loudoun County senior setter Hanna Mullan said. “That was important against a good opponent like Dominion, because we proved to ourselves that if we play together, we can really do this.” Early in the first set,…
Ashburn, Va. — Just over six months ago, the Rock Ridge High School football team walked off the field following a 29-28 heartbreaking loss to Park View on Homecoming night. In the waning seconds of the fourth quarter, the Patriots defense broke through the Phoenix offensive line and blocked a field goal to seal the victory. However, this time around, Rock Ridge would not give Park View that same opportunity as the Phoenix jumped out to an early lead and continued to run away, shutting out the Patriots, 35-0, to celebrate Homecoming 2021 on October 8 in Ashburn. “We have…
Leesburg, Va. — It took the Stone Bridge High School football team less than one minute to open the scoring in the 14th Annual Battle of the Burn, and the Bulldogs never looked back. Behind 9 touchdowns and nearly 550 yards of total offense, the Bulldogs forced four Broad Run fumbles and dominated from start to finish to defeat their Ashburn rival, 64-7, on October 2 at Segra Field in Leesburg. “We thought about it all week,” Stone Bridge senior quarterback Jacob Thomas said. “We made sure our calls were right, because we knew we wouldn’t be able to hear.…
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…