By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] *Update (11/17/2015): Broad Run High School senior Elise Dumouchelle has officially signed her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Saint Francis University. Ashburn (September 3, 2015) — Broad Run High School senior Elise Dumouchelle has made a commitment to continue her volleyball career at Saint Francis University starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “Starting senior year already knowing where I am going to be next year makes me feel like I actually have the opportunity to enjoy my senior year and not stress about when my acceptance letters are going to come in,” the…
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.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Leesburg (August 30, 2015) — It’s not every year that two of the top teams in a given area meet early in both teams’ seasons, but that didn’t stop reigning VHSL 5A state runner up Tuscarora High School and three time VHSL AA Division 4 state champions Briar Woods High School from meeting in their season openers on August 28 in Leesburg. “We put it on the schedule. It was good for both of us – because we have such a long schedule, such a tough schedule – to move it up front,”…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Leesburg (August 26, 2015) – Playing the reigning state champion is never an easy feat especially when that state champion has won a state title in seven of the last eight seasons. Also that reigning state champion happens to be your crosstown rival – who in your program’s five year history has never dropped any of its 30 sets to you. And oh, by the way, it’s the first match of your 2015 season. That’s the picture the Tuscarora High School volleyball team faced when it met Loudoun County High School in the…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Ashburn (August 22, 2015) – In the weeks following the passing of Broad Run High School senior Madison Small in April 2015, her friends and family wanted to find a way to honor her memory. Former Spartan teammate Dani Cook proposed an annual charity golf tournament and from there the sign-ups came fast and furious. “I have known Madison and the Small family for many years, and I played softball with Madison at Broad Run and considered her a good friend,” Cook said. “I wanted to do something that would celebrate her memory…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Sterling (August 20, 2015) — Dominion High School senior Taliek Washington has made a commitment to play football at Bryant University beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. “It feels amazing knowing I have a home after high school,” the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Washington said. “They made me feel like a Bulldog and a part of their family.” Washington will join Woodgrove High School senior Jake Wernle on the Division I FCS Bulldogs’ roster next fall as the duo hopes to help twelfth-year head coach Marty Fine improve on Bryant’s 5-7 record in 2014. Bryant…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Purcellville (August 20, 2015) — Woodgrove High School senior Jake Wernle has made a commitment to continue his football career at Bryant University beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. “It is a huge relief to finally know where I’m going to college and where I will call home for the next four years,” the 6-foot-3, 290-pound Wernle said. “I couldn’t be happier with my decision.” Located in northern Rhode Island, Wernle decided on Bryant because of the perfect balance he saw between academia and sport. “I chose Bryant because it is an excellent academic school…