Leesburg, Va. — The saying “basketball is a game of runs” could not have been more evident when the Tuscarora High School girls basketball team hosted Sherando in the VHSL Region 4C championship on February 23 in Leesburg. Fortunately for the Huskies, their two runs came at the right time as they jumped out to an early lead, weathered a second-quarter storm, then went on a 19-2 run during a stretch of the third and fourth quarters to outlast the Warriors, 43-29, and bring home their first ever region title. [adrotate banner=”54″] Led by junior forward Alysa Carrigan, the Huskies…
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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. — Entering their district championship matchup, the Loudoun County and Tuscarora High School boys basketball teams had decided their two regular season games by a combined 11 points. The Huskies had come out on top of both battles. So when the teams met again for the Dulles District championship game the Captains wanted to flip the script. Led by their core group of seniors, the Captains weathered a third-quarter Tuscarora run and exploded for 30 points in the fourth quarter to come from behind to defeat the Huskies, 56-47, to avenge their regular season losses and claim the…
Leesburg, Va. — Great players show up in big moments. And there hasn’t been a bigger moment this year than the Dulles District championship game, so when the teams took the court for a rematch between rivals on February 17 in Leesburg, Tuscarora High School senior point guard Grace Middleton knew just what she’d have to do to lead the Huskies to the crown. On their very first possession of the game, Middleton knocked down a three to give the Huskies the lead. Heritage responded with a three on their next possession, before Middleton hit another triple to once again…
Leesburg, Va. — Anything can happen in playoff basketball, and that’s even more true in a very competitive Potomac District where just two games separated the second and sixth seeded teams. So when No. 6 Briar Woods High School traveled to No. 2 Riverside High School for a Potomac District semifinal on February 15, there was no surprise that the game took longer than regulation to decide. The play of the game, however, came late in regulation when, with less than two seconds left, Riverside senior guard Kyle Hogan got through a double team and made an entry pass to…
Purcellville, Va. — A chaotic start to the second half didn’t phase the Loudoun Valley High School boys basketball team, who weathered a 10-2 run to start the third before holding off Rock Ridge High School, 43-37, in a Dulles District quarterfinal on February 13 in Purcellville. “It’s very tough playing a team three times. We just battled down the stretch,” Loudoun Valley head coach Chad Dawson said. “I’m very proud of the guys’ effort.” [adrotate banner=”53″] After taking a 20-15 lead into the half, the No. 4 Vikings caught some bad luck coming out of the half as they…
Ashburn, Va. — Independence High School freshman Anthony Ciotoli (106), Woodgrove High School freshman Sawyer Jones (120), Stone Bridge High School senior Zachary Burton (157), Independence High School senior Rafael Hipolito (165), and Riverside High School junior Gift Nwokoro (215) all claimed individual titles in their respective weight classes at the VHSL Region 5D championships on February 11 in Ashburn. Ciotoli won a close 2-0 decision over Riverbend freshman Noah Rankin at 106 pounds to start the championship rounds, before his teammate Hipolito pinned Riverbend senior Logan Eastman in the first period of the 165-pound bout. “I feel very accomplished…