By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Ashburn (May 14, 2016) — When she struck out to lead off the top of the second inning, Broad Run High School junior catcher Grace Mattimore knew she needed to take a deep breath. After all, softball is a game played one pitch at a time, one hit at a time. But her bloop double down the right field line in her next at-bat was more than just a hit: it was career hit No. 100. “It’s huge. I’m really surprised. The other day I heard I had like five left, and I didn’t realize…
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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.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (May 6, 2016) — A week of wash outs came to an end for the Riverside High School and John Champe High School softball teams on Cinco de Mayo in Leesburg, when the first-year Rams strung together 15 hits – including home runs from freshman Kerrigan Walsh and sophomore Jillian Donahue – to defeat the Knights, 11-4. “A lot of it just comes down to it that it just feels good to win,” Riverside head coach Samantha Ingersoll said. “When these kids win – especially a big team win like that – that’s…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Purcellville (April 29, 2016) — The Loudoun Valley High School (4-2-1, 5-4-1) girls varsity soccer team knew Riverside High School (2-9-0) would be no joke of a matchup on April 28 in Purcellville after the first-year Rams hung around with reigning VHSL 4A state champion Loudoun County, 2-0, and reigning VHSL 4A state runner up Heritage, 1-0, just a week before. But the Lady Vikings rose to the challenge and came out fast as sophomore Ally Major scored in the game’s first five minutes with the goal that would prove to be enough in Loudoun…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Purcellville (April 29, 2016) – Owen Gotimer photographed the Riverside High School and Loudoun Valley High School boys soccer game in Purcellville on Thursday, April 28 and posted this photo gallery! The Vikings and Rams battled through each other and the rain to tie the non-conference match up.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] South Riding (April 27, 2016) — With two outs and a strike to his name, trailing by a single run with two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh inning in a non-conference game against Heritage High School on April 26 in South Riding, Freedom High School sophomore Kyle Schofield found himself in a situation very similar to one he found himself in just a season before. “Kyle Schofield is a gutsy kid,” Freedom head coach Mark Wrighte said. “He competed at the plate tonight, so that’s a big moment for him.” In…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (April 26, 2016) — Need a lesson on how to score eight unanswered goals in 4:38? Ask the Riverside High School girls lacrosse team which put on a faceoff-dominating, fast-breaking, scoring clinic in the first-year Rams, 18-13, come-from-behind victory over Leesburg-rival Loudoun County High School on April 25. “We’ve never been a second half team, so our coach was just trying to rally us,” Riverside junior Rachel Giachinta said. “She told us this was our chance to show that we were a second half team.” Trailing the Lady Raiders, 10-7, after the first 25…