Ashburn, Va. — After 19 years at the helm of the Broad Run High School baseball program, head coach Pat Cassidy has announced he is stepping down to spend more time with his family. While the Spartan head coach, Cassidy has earned district coach of the year awards five times and accumulated a 229-176 record even with Broad Run splitting three times over his two decade reign with the opening of Potomac Falls in 1997, Stone Bridge in 2000 and Freedom in 2005. Cassidy began volunteer coaching at his alma mater in 1996, becoming the head coach just a year…
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’] Fairfax (June 16, 2015) – Before the top half of the seventh inning in the VHSL 5A state championship on June 13 in Fairfax, Stone Bridge High School starting pitcher Dave Mocabee had a simple message for Bulldog head coach Sam Plank: “Don’t come out to the mound. I’m finishing this game.” Plank held off on defying Mocabee – even after a leadoff home run by Marshall High School senior Will Brooke in the seventh – and let his junior settle in to finish up his complete game win, earning Stone Bridge their first baseball…
Purcellville, Va. — Salem High School had the right game plan in their VHSL 4A state semifinal on June 10 in Purcellville: double team University of Virginia-commit, U.S. Lacrosse All-American and LoCo’s leading scorer, Woodgrove High School junior Nora Bowen. Bowen – who scored only once in the state playoff game – drew defenders all night long, allowing Woodgrove teammates Cincinnati-commit Courtney Olivier and Detroit-commit Emma Leszczak to rattle off 13 goals in route to the Lady Wolverines’ 18-6 win over the Spartans. “They doubled and tripled our biggest scorer Nora Bowen which was a smart game plan by their…
[twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Leesburg (June 6, 2015) – For the fourth time this season Tuscarora High School and Broad Run High School met in a boys soccer match as the Huskies and Spartans squared off in the VHSL 5A North championship in Leesburg on June 5 to crown the region’s top boys soccer squad. Husky senior Zane Zyglowicz had the answer to the question as he scored a hat trick in route to Tuscarora’s 3-1 win.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor [twitter-follow screen_name=’Leah_Joy3′] By Leah Coles LoCoSports Photog Purcellville (June 4, 2015) – Loudoun Valley High School senior ace Jack DeGroat made quick work of the Culpeper County High School line up on June 3 in a VHSL 3A East region quarterfinal, striking out the side in the first inning. And the second. And the third. DeGroat did not slow down as he struck out 16 Blue Devils, in a game where his strike outs were not his highlight. The headline: DeGroat tosses a no-hitter.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] By Owen GotimerLoCoSports Editor Ashburn (June 3, 2015) – After lightning ruined their first attempt at the VHSL 5A North zone first round, the Stone Bridge High School boys and girls lacrosse teams loaded on buses on June 2 to make the trip to Rock Ridge High School where they would host Thomas Edison High School and Mount Vernon High School, respectively, in zone semifinals.