Ashburn, Va. — For the Briar Woods High School boys basketball team, this season has been all about growth. In their first six Potomac District games, the Falcons went 2-4 losing games by 18 to Riverside, 14 to Stone Bridge, 9 to Potomac Falls, and 16 to Rock Ridge. Fast forward to the second half of the district schedule, and while the Falcons only went 3-3, their growth was clear falling to Riverside and Rock Ridge by just 3 their second time around while beating Potomac Falls by 11. On February 8, Briar Woods’ growth shined brightest as the No.…
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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. — We were 31 minutes and 57 seconds into the Dulles District championship game, and Loudoun Valley High School sophomore guard Abigail Hall was yet to see the floor. The Vikings had just stolen an inbound pass from the Tuscarora Huskies before Loudoun Valley junior point guard Jane Bodamer was fouled and fell to the ground with a leg cramp. With Bodamer unable to shoot her free throws, the Vikings turned to their bench and immediately summoned Hall to the scorer’s table. With 3.2 seconds left, Hall entered the game for the first time and knocked down both…
Leesburg, Va. — In basketball, one quarter can make or break the game. And after a slow first half, the Tuscarora High School girls basketball team had the third quarter they needed. Led by sophomore point guard Grace Middleton, the Huskies outscored Broad Run High School 20-6 in the third quarter to help them erase a small halftime deficit and take a commanding lead from which they’d never look back as they defeated the Spartans, 47-40, on February 4 in Leesburg. “I went in there and just told them to calm down. They were playing with so much energy that…
Leesburg, Va. — When the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds match up in the postseason, you expect to see a highly contested matchup. That matchup becomes even more appealing when the teams are crosstown rivals, and when they feature two of the best scorers in all of Loudoun County. That’s exactly what we got when No. 4 Tuscarora High School hosted No. 5 Heritage High School on February 3 in Leesburg in the first round of the Dulles District tournament. Tuscarora senior guard Jack Clark went shot for shot with Heritage senior guard Max Jannes, but in the end,…
Ashburn, Va. — For the first time in nearly a decade, the Woodgrove High School girls basketball team will raise a district championship banner after claiming the regular season Potomac District championship with a win over Stone Bridge on January 30 in Ashburn. Led by a balanced scoring attack and a well-executed defensive game plan, the Wolverines fended off numerous Stone Bridge rallies to defeat the Bulldogs, 61-54. “What we tell our kids is if we do everything we’re supposed to, they have to play great to beat us—and they almost did,” Woodgrove head coach Derek Fisher said. “If we…
Ashburn, Va. — The 2020-2021 basketball season will go down as one of the most memorable in history. As athletes wore masks inside spectator-less gyms, teams did all they could to cheer each other on, while their families watched online. Despite all the oddities the season has brought, teams are doing what they can to honor their seniors through modified senior night celebrations. This was true for Independence High School as they honored their senior girls basketball players—point guard Cameron Shackford and center Tori Womack—prior to their matchup with VHSL Region 3B foe Lightridge High School on January 29 in…