Leesburg, Va. — Trailing 3-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth, the Loudoun County High School softball team knew they had their backs against the wall. But as cool as she could, junior right fielder Abigale Dobies stepped into the box. The message from the Captains’ bench before the half inning started was to be patient, make them earn it. And that’s just what Dobies did as she drew a leadoff walk. Loudoun County sophomore left fielder Katherine Garlington then ended a brilliant at bat with a single, giving the Captains some life. After a Loudoun Valley pitching change,…
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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, Va. — In a tie game in the top of the third, Tuscarora senior center fielder Quentin Shin delivered the Huskies’ first big hit of the night: a two-run single to give his team a 2-0 lead. In the very next inning, Shin once again stepped into the box with runners on second and third, and again, the senior delivered with another two-run single. Shin’s run support was all Tuscarora junior ace Josh McCusker would need as he cruised through the Loudoun County High School lineup in a 6-2 Dulles District quarterfinal win on June 7 in Leesburg. “Everybody…
Leesburg, Va. — When Woodgrove High School senior ace Christian Hile toed the rubber in the bottom half of the first, he knew we was in for a battle. Riverside High School senior leadoff hitter Michael Walsh made Hile earn every pitch of his first strike out of the night, fouling off four pitches in a row before going down looking on an upstairs breaking ball. From there, Hile settled in striking out the side in the first—all looking—before cruising through the next six innings while striking out 11, as the Marshall University-commit picked up the complete game win, 4-1,…
South Riding, Va. — When the Freedom High School volleyball team entered the VHSL Region 5C tournament as the overall No. 6 seed, they knew they had an uphill climb. The Eagles had put together an impressive regular season but tallied four losses in the competitive Potomac District, putting themselves in a hole to start the postseason. However, five matches into the truncated playoff schedule, the Eagles found themselves in a brand new position: hosting the VHSL 5A State championship game. “We ended the regular season on back-to-back losses. After we beat J.R. Lewis in the first round of the…
Leesburg, Va. — For most high school student-athletes, playing in a state championship game is a once in a lifetime opportunity. But, for the girls who play volleyball at Loudoun County High School, it has become more of a routine. Despite the expectation they’ve created for themselves to not only play in, but win, a state championship every season, the opportunity to play in a game of that magnitude isn’t any less exciting and winning one isn’t any less memorable. And that couldn’t have been more true as the Captains won their ninth straight volleyball state title—this one a VHSL…
Ashburn, Va. — In one of the oddest seasons of high school football on record, the Briar Woods High School football team was excited to suit up when it mattered most: the playoffs. Led by a core group of seniors, the No. 2 Falcons executed in all three phases of the game to cruise to a, 26-8, win over No. 3 Woodgrove in a VHSL Region 5C semifinal on April 9 in Ashburn. The Briar Woods’ offense was slow to get going as senior quarterback Christian Greene threw an interception in the Falcons’ first-and-only possession of the first quarter. However,…