Leesburg, Va. — Wearing a navy and gold volleyball jersey in southwest Leesburg comes with a certain expectation: you win. Since 2007, the Loudoun County High School varsity volleyball team has been the most dominant program across any high school sport in the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. The Captains are so good, not even a global pandemic has been able to get in their way. After knocking off Tuscarora, Park View, Lightridge, and Dominion to start their 2020-2021 season, the Captains defended their home court by sweeping previously-unbeaten Loudoun Valley—25-12, 25-20, 25-18—on March 15 in Leesburg. “We passed well, we…
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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.
Purcellville, Va. — Since field hockey became a VHSL sanctioned sport in 2016, Heritage High School has been a perennial state title contender. And over the past five years, the Pride have knocked off just about every team they faced, including posting a 5-0 record against Loudoun Valley, while outscoring the Vikings, 26-2. Avery Goodlin had seen enough. With the fall season pushed to the spring due to COVID-19 precautions, the Loudoun Valley senior forward turned in her gymnastics chalk for a field hockey stick and her first team All-LoCo gymnastics nomination for a hat trick in Loudoun Valley’s first…
Ashburn, Va. — As the crisp air fell over the stadium at Broad Run High School, a small sense of normalcy returned to Ashburn as the traveling Huskies of Tuscarora High School started to get loose before their rivalry matchup with the hometown Spartans. Like with everything in 2020-2021, there was a sense of newness for both teams: a stadium capacity of just 250 spectators as opposed to the standing room only crowd a game of this magnitude typically draws, the sunsetting over the spring horizon just after 6pm, and both teams without their 2019 all-state quarterbacks, who graduated in…
Ashburn, Va. — The Stone Bridge High School football team is no stranger to their shot at glory. Since 2005, the Bulldogs have played in nine VHSL State championship games, winning just a single state title in 2007. As is their goal every year, Stone Bridge plans to return to the VHSL 5A State championship game this season. “We played in 9 of the last 15 state championships, so that’s where we want to get, and we want to get there in a position where we can win this time,” longtime Stone Bridge head coach Mickey Thompson said. “The challenge…
Leesburg, Va. — For the first time in nearly 500 days, the Heritage High School volleyball team took their home court in an effort to pick up right where they left off last season. In 2019, the Pride finished 16-8 overall with a 9-3 record in the Dulles District, but most importantly, they defended their home court, losing just twice at Heritage, while winning 8 straight games on their home floor to close out the season. After their 2020 fall season was pushed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pride battled through some adversity to…
Leesburg, Va. — After surrendering the lead midway through the second quarter, the Loudoun County High School football team struggled to find any momentum. That was until midway through the fourth quarter when the Captains got the two big breaks they were looking for. Trailing 17-10 with 8:30 left in the game, Loudoun County junior defensive back Jimmy Daughtrey intercepted a pass near midfield to stop the Heritage momentum. The Captains scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive. Then trailing 17-14 with 5:30 left in the game, Loudoun County junior defensive lineman Casey Robinson scooped up a fumble and returned…