Ashburn, Va. — If you ever had the chance to see Chaz Allison stalk his prey on a Friday night at Broad Run High School, you’ve enjoyed a real treat. He matches his opposition step for step, he’s relentless in his pursuit of the football, and because of that, he’ll soon get the opportunity to suit up on Saturday afternoons. Eleven years after his first tackle football game, Allison will get to live out a childhood dream when he travels to Norfolk as a preferred walk-on at Old Dominion University. “I feel so blessed to be committed. I’m a preferred…
Author: Owen Gotimer
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. — Tori Gillis grew up watching her older sisters play soccer. Both Gabby and Sabrina earned all-state honors in high school and then went on to play at Christopher Newport University, where Gabby became the first player in program history to become a first team All-American. Rather than follow in the footsteps of her sisters, Tori decided to pave a different path. Just a junior, the Loudoun County High School defensive midfielder plans to take her talents to Baton Rouge where she’ll don the regal purple and gold at Louisiana State University. “I never thought I would be…
Leesburg, Va. — I was raking the first base area after a playoff game against our crosstown rival during my senior year at Heritage. We had just beaten Loudoun County, ending the season and careers for a really strong group of seniors and some of my best friends. As I was raking, one of those friends approached—his shirt disheveled, his emotions on his sleeve. As a senior, it was the last time he’d play baseball competitively in our community. I dropped the rake, we talked, and then we embraced. As this happened, two more of my longtime friends and travel…
Leesburg, Va. — Well, for those who somehow don’t know, there aren’t any sports to cover in Loudoun County right now. Everything, save for marble racing, has been shut down due to the pandemic and need for social distancing. We at LoCoSports obviously can’t go out and cover games, so we decided to make sure our faithful readers still had something to pass the time. We decided to put together a list of the best games we covered over the last year. Here’s what we believe makes up a great game: Was it a fun game to watch? What was…
Loudoun County, Va. — After winter sports were cut short and as spring sports await their ultimate fate, we wanted a way for people to forget about March Sadness, so we decided to create our own March Madness, LoCoSports style! Here’s how it works. We’ve randomly matched up each of the 16 public high schools in Loudoun County. Over the next 10 days, we’re going to create polls (below and on Twitter) where students and fans from the competing schools can vote to move their school into the next round. Tip-offs will start at 7:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. and…
Loudoun County, Va. — As sports come to a grinding halt across the country, we wanted to reflect on the efforts of the girls basketball teams in Loudoun County this winter. Only five teams entered the LoCo Top 5 in 2019-2020 and nothing changed here in this season’s final edition. However, we wanted to take the time to applaud the success of the teams and their graduating seniors and look forward to what’s to come next winter. Of course, if you’re into hard numbers, check out the full Cedar Run District, Potomac District, and Dulles District standings. [adrotate banner=”39″] [adrotate banner=”40″] 1.…