Loudoun County, Va. — As high school football gets underway in Loudoun County, a few local teams have already started to stand out among the crowd. In a two-district county, we wanted a way to put things into perspective. Enter: the LoCo Top 5. Of course, if you’re into hard numbers, check out the full VHSL Region 5C and VHSL Region 4C standings. [adrotate group=”4″] 1. Broad Run (1-1)Of all the team’s in our initial LoCo Top 5, Broad Run had the most daunting Week 2 match up as they traveled to Leesburg to tango with rival Tuscarora. The game got…
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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. — Even with a twelve hour weather delay, the Broad Run High School football team didn’t miss a beat. After taking a 10-7 lead into the half against rival Tuscarora High School on August 31 in Leesburg, lightning struck forcing both teams to head home with the second half slated to resume at 10 a.m. on September 1. A re-energized Spartans’ defense held the Huskies scoreless in the morning meeting, as Broad Run went on to defeat Tuscarora, 23-7. “We didn’t have a great half defensively yesterday,” Broad Run junior linebacker Joshua Allison said. “But today we came…
Ashburn, Va. — Riverside versus Rock Ridge has become a classic early season rivalry football game featuring Loudoun County’s two newest public high schools. After their first three meetings were decided by less than seven points each, the Rams rolled through the 2018 match up, opening their season on August 24 with a 30-10 win over the Phoenix. “We were the new kids on the block and so were they. A natural rivalry developed. I always love to play them,” Riverside senior quarterback Trevor Jackson said. “And now, we’re finally seeing everything come to fruition after putting in all this…
Leesburg, Va. — Loudoun County High School junior Brooke Kirstein has made the commitment to continue her soccer career at Duquesne University starting in the 2020-2021 academic year. “It feels amazing being committed to a college for the sport you love,” the 5-foot-6 Kirstein said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to play Division I soccer, and it finally came true. I can’t wait to keep improving to be the best I can be!” [adrotate banner=”29″] A college commitment is always a relief, but Kirstein is going to have to work harder than ever to earn playing time at…
Sterling, Va. — The Park View High School Patriots will not play varsity football this fall, marking the first time since the school opened in 1976 that the Patriots will not put a varsity football team on the field. As hundreds of football players across the county reported to their first practices of the season on July 30, just 18 varsity-level players showed up at Park View. Half of those 18 had never played football before. The VHSL recommends that schools with less than 25 football players should not field varsity rosters. “The bottom line is safety,” LCPS Public Information…
Loudoun County, Va. — On occasion, student-athletes get their scholarships revoked because of their actions on social media. In 2014, a couple of Division I football coaches publicly dropped a pair of recruits because of things the recruits had posted online. Fast forward four years, and some things still haven’t changed. In early July 2018, the wrestling team at California Polytechnic State University withdrew a scholarship offer from recent high school graduate Bronson Harmon after a video surfaced of him yelling an anti-gay slur at a rally in Modesto, California. Scholarship reversals like this are more isolated than you might think.…