Heritage High School's Nana Darko scored a 90th-minute goal and helped the East defeat the West 3-0 in Wednesday's all-star boys' soccer game.

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Velocity sports performance
June 2008 Athletes of the Month

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(Back Row L to R) Andres Contreras, Ronnie Shaban, Alex Velasco, Chris Kamara, Andrew Mann. (Middle Row L to R) Kristen Gorman, Hope Flanagan, Perrin Raudabaugh, Rachel Harvey, Ashley Kramer, Kaitlyn Tiplady. (Front Row L to R) Whitney Church, Carina Hunter, Caitlin Hunter, Holly King, Valerie Powell.

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June 2008 Athletes of the Month

2008 vhsca all-star games

Petkovich named East Squad MVP

(July 3, 2008) - Loudoun County High School graduate Morgan Petkovich was named the East squad's MVP in yesterday's VHSCA All Star Volleyball game at Christopher Newport University.  Morgan led the East to a 3-1 (25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18) victory over the West squad with her 14 kills.  Morgan was joined on the East team by teammate Rebecca Dancy and Coach Jenica Matthias.  All three were selected by the coaches association as All Stars for their accomplishments in the 2007 AA State Title campaign. Click here for much more coverage of the All-Star games.

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Park View Boys Basketball Gets New Head Coach

(July 3, 2008) - Mike Koscinski, assistant coach at Briar Woods High School, accepted an offer yesterday, to become the new boys basketball head coach at Park View.

Click here to read more in the LoudounExtra article

college vision student athlete of the year!

Natalie Driskill is Our 2008 College Vision
Student Athlete of the Year

Stone Bridge graduate Natalie Driskill juggled three sports this year and scored a 4.29 grade point average.  (Photo by Alysia Deem)

(July 1, 2008) - Stone Bridge High School graduate, Natalie Driskill, has been chosen as our 2008 College Vision Student Athlete of the Year.

The College Vision Student Athlete of the Year was chosen by the LoudounPrepSports.com staff and reflects a three-sport varsity Loudoun public high school athlete that also excelled as a student off the court and was a true team player and leader on the court.

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Kaseman Wins First of Five LCJGA Summer Tournaments

Loudoun Valley High School's Austin Kaseman wins the first of five LCJGA Tournaments to be held this summer. (Photo courtesy of Karin Abt). 

(June 29, 2008) - The first tournament of the LCJGA Master's Division was held at Algonkian Golf Course on Monday, June 23.  Thirteen players competed. Ted Simpson, Algonkian's golf pro, announced each player as they stepped up to the tee.  Austin Kaseman (Loudoun Valley H.S.) won the tournament with a score of 79, Tyler Campos (Broad Run H.S.) placed second with a score of 81, and Scott Trump (Potomac Falls H.S.),scored an 84 for third place.  This was the first of five tournaments to be played this summer.   

volleyball

Virginia Elite Qualifies For The USA Volleyball Junior Olympics National Championship  

Photo courtesy of Jeff Scudder

(June 28, 2008) - While volleyball ended in November with Loudoun County High School capturing the AA state title, Loudoun’s finest made history in club volleyball this past winter and Spring.

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Natalie Baird Wins Discus

(June 28, 2008) - Park View High School graduate Natalie Baird took first place in the young women's discus throw yesterday, with toss of 45.49m/149-3., at the 2008 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Baird will compete in the hammer throw today.   

soccer

BR Girls Soccer Ranked #14 In The Nation

(June 28, 2008) - After finishing the season 24-0 and AA State Champs, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA/adidas) rankings has the Broad Run High School soccer team finishing the year as #14 in the nation:

Click here for National Top 20

As a soccer team that only graduates two seniors, the Spartans look good for a return trip to states and doing well nationally next year.

lacrosse

FuZe BLUE - 2008 High School A-Division Champions!

"Big BLUE” goes 7-0 and wins the HS-A Division at the 2008 Aloha Summer Getaway

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Alexandria VA. (June 27, 2008) - The Loudoun FuZe BLUE team battled great competition, the weather, and roster challenges ... and defeated each in route to winning the Summer Getaway HS-A Championship.  Team play was highlighted by tenacious defense, skilled and unselfish offense, and tremendous athleticism across the field.   The team of rising-12th and 11th graders included players and coaches from multiple high schools including Broad Run, Dominion, Heritage, Loudoun Valley, Potomac Falls, and Stone Bridge.  With the win comes an automatic birth in the Tournament of Champions National High School Club Championship in Tampa in January 2009.

wrestling

Ranger Wrestling Club Competes in Dirty South Wrestling Camp

(June 26, 2008) - The Ranger Wrestling Club, a youth wrestling club in Loudoun County, competed in the Dirty South Wrestling Camp at South County High School June 19-22.  This was the first time, in which the club competed as a team in an event.   The Rangers hale from multiple high schools in Loudoun: Heritage (H), Broad Run (BR), Briar Woods (BW), Loudoun Valley (LV) and Loudoun County (LC), and one wrestler that was from Battlefield High School (BAT) in Prince William. 

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Abt to Tee it Up at St. Andrews in College

(June 23, 2008) – 2008 Potomac Falls High School grad Chis Abt has received an academic and athletic golf scholarship to NCAA Division II St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C.

Abt helped the Panthers advance to regional play the past two seasons. This summer, he’ll plays his last year in the Loudoun County Junior Golf Association’s Masters Division and will be playing in other MAPGA tournaments. He will also be helping golf pro Ted Simpson with camps at Algonkian.
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lacrosse

Six Loudoun Players Make Region II Boys Lacrosse First Team

(June 23, 2008) – Six Loudoun players, three each from Broad Run and Heritage high schools, were selected to the AA Region II boys lacrosse first team as chosen by coaches. Another three local players made the second team. Click for the complete selections!

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PV Grad Baird ends Nike Nationals with Three Top 10 Finishes

By Ben Ledbetter
Special to Loudoun Prep Sports

GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 22, 2008) – Park View High School graduate Natalie Baird ended the Nike Outdoor Nationals at N.C. A&T State University with three top 10 finishes.

On Saturday, she placed third in the discus with a throw of 152-03 and seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 140-5.  She finished eighth in the shot put Friday with a mark of 43-07.25.

More Loudoun athletes: Loudoun was well represented at the meet with Broad Run's Sam Saidi 22nd in the high jump, Potomac Falls's Josh Hardin 21st in the 5K, Loudoun Valley's Theresa Trader 23rd in the 400 hurdles, Loudoun Valley's Lauren Privette 15th in the long jump and 24th in the triple jump. Also in the emerging elite category (one step below the top division), Trader took third in the 100 hurdles and Potomac Falls's Ryan Hagen was fifth in the 800. Click here for the complete results.

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Baird finishes 8th in shot put at Nike Nationals

By Ben Ledbetter

Special to Loudoun Prep Sports 

GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 21, 2008) –  Natalie Baird is between her senior season at Park View High School and her freshman year at William and Mary and this recent grad sees this weekend’s Nike Outdoor Nationals at N.C. A&T State University as another opportunity to excel.

“I’ve got nothing to lose, just go out there and do my best,” Baird said after Friday’s shot put. Baird threw 43 feet, seven and a half inches, which was good enough for eighth place. That mark was near her average, she said.

LPS News

Ramblin' Man blog: The Merger! Plus ... First Ever LPS "Garage Sale"!

Dan has finally updated his blog. Heck the last time he wrote, Tiger Woods had two good knees ... featured is more on the Merger plus an LPS "Garage Sale" at the World Headquarters on Sat. June 21 starting at 9 a.m. (or earlier!). The Sousa family is holding a traditional yard sale (late Spring Cleaning!) and LPS editor Dan Sousa is putting out his collection of sports "junk" (media guides, collectables) with proceeds from those sales going to a donation to the various girls teams that won state titles in 2008 towards their "state rings". Mention the LPS Monkey and get free Chick-fil-A gear!

Location: 20747 Steamside Place, Ashburn, VA

football

Are You Ready for Some Football? Fall Schedule Features 69 Games!

(June 19, 2008) - The 2008 prep football season will kick off Aug. 28 and featured 69 regular-season games involving 10 Loudoun High Schools.

Last year, Stone Bridge High School captured the AAA Division 5 state title, while Briar Woods (D3), Broad Run (D4), and Park View (D4) also made the playoffs. Click on the headline for a look at each game. 

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Park View's Baird Named Girls Track Gatorade Athlete of the Year

Sterling (June 18, 2008) - Park View High School senior Natalie Baird has been named the 2007-08 girls track and field Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Virginia according to RiseMag.com.

Baird, who will compete in three events at the Nike Nationals this weekend, earned seven AA state titles in the discus and shot put and led the Patriots to back-to-back team state titles. She joins Broad Run pitcher Catilyn Delahaba as a Gatorade Player of the Year for 2007-08.

This is the fifth straight year that Loudoun has had at least one Gatorade Player of the Year and nine local athletes have taken home the award since 2001: Christy Anch (softball, 01-02), Adam McDaniel (boys soccer, 03-04), Blair Brown (volleyball, 04-05), Ed Wang (football, o4-05), Brown (volleyball, 05-06), Uche Onyeador (boys soccer, 06-07), Delahaba (softball, 06-07), Delahaba (softball, 07-08) and Baird (track, 07-8).

From 1985 to 2000, Loudoun only had one Gatorade Player of the Year: Scott Schultz (baseball, 90-91).

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Greg Grimes Promoted to Heritage Boys Basketball Varsity Coach

Leesburg (June  18, 2008) - Heritage High School assistant boys basketball coach Greg Grimes has been promoted to the varsity head position to replace Mark Mallisham, who is taking over the Forest Park program.

Grimes, an assistant for Mallisham for the Pride's three consecutive AA Dulles District titles, is a former lawyer and graduate of Loudoun County High School and UVa.

"I'm excited," said Grimes. "I'm sure Mallisham and I will be talking every day next season."

For Grimes -- who previously coached and taught at Notre Dame Academy and now teaches business law, business management, accounting and advanced accounting at Heritage -- this is his first head varsity coaching position.

Grimes and Mallisham will have a chance to check out each other's teams next week when Heritage and Forest Park meet in summer basketball league action.

news

Double Spring State Titles Puts Broad Run in Top 10 Finish for 2007-08 VHSL Wachovia Cup

(June 18, 2008) - State titles in girls soccer and softball fueled Broad Run High School to a top 10 finish in the 2007-08 VHSL Wachovia Cup standings.

The Spartans finished No. 7 in the AA standings in the final standings for the Wachovia Cup, which goes to the school in each group classification that has achieved the best overall
record in VHSL state-level competition in 27 sports. BR finished with an area-best 212.5 points. Western Albemarle won the AA with 421.25 points followed by Blacksburg with 395.

Stone Bridge had the next highest point total with 147.5 for a 14th place finish in AAA. Valley had 129.1 points to place No. 20. Cox took AAA with 365 points followed by Chantilly with 280.

Potomac Falls was the only other local school to hit triple digits with 110 points to take 16th in AA. Click the headline for complete standings.

VHSCA All-Star Week 2008

Loudoun Athletes Set to Make Appearances at VHSCA All-Star Week 2008 Contests

(June 17, 2008) - Nearly a dozen seniors from Loudoun will play in all-star contests this summer at the 2008 Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star weekend in the Hampton Roads area from July 1-4.

2008 All-Star schedule:

Tuesday July 1
6 p.m. -- All-star basketball games at Hampton Coliseum Wednesday, July 2
2 p.m. -- All-star volleyball game at Christopher Newport University 
6 p.m. -- All-star soccer matches at Christopher Newport University
Thursday, July 3
11 a.m. -- All-star softball game at CNU Thursday,
2 p.m. -- all-star baseball at CNU
Friday, July 4
7:30 p.m. -- All-star football at Darling Stadium in Hampton.

Rosters are scheduled to change but Loudoun athletes slated to appear include: Emily Garcia (softball, Park View), John Mahagmez (football, Briar Woods), Rebecca Dancy (volleyball, Loudoun County), Morgan Petkovich (volleyball, Loudoun County), Kayla Lechler (softball, Stone Bridge), Lauren Wolz (softball Stone Bridge), Ronnie Shaban (soccer, Stone Bridge), Eric Skogerboe (soccer, Stone Bridge), Ryan Sullivan (soccer, Stone Bridge), Amadu Bangura (soccer, Heritage) and Nana Darko (soccer, Heritage).

Click below for complete rosters:

Football: East roster ... West roster

Volleyball: East roster ... West roster

Baseball: East roster ... West roster

Softball: East roster ... West roster

Boys Basketball: East roster ... West roster

Girls Basketball: East roster ... West roster

Boys Soccer: East roster ... West roster

Girls Soccer: East roster ... West roster 

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Potomac River Running Announces ING Financial Partners to Present Twilight Festival 4-Miler on Saturday, June 28 

By Kristin Idle
Special to  LoudounPrepSports.com

Ashburn (June 17, 2008) - Potomac River Running is pleased to announce ING Financial Partners as the new presenting sponsor for the third annual Potomac River Running Twilight Festival 4-Miler.

The Twilight Festival 4-Miler, now presented by ING Financial Partners, takes place Saturday, June 28, in Ashburn at 6:30 p.m. near Gold’s Gym. The fast, two-looped course is runner and spectator friendly.

news

Athlete-to-Athlete Kickball Clinic Set for June 21 at Stone Bridge High School

(June 17, 2008) - Stone Bridge High School’s Athlete-to-Athlete Program is conducting a kickball clinic for special needs athletes from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Saturday, June 21, at the high school.

college news

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Raider Stevens to Wrestle at Limestone

Leesburg (June 17, 2008) - Loudoun County High School senior Tyler Stevens has committed to wrestle for Limestone College next season. Stevens was a standout wrestler at LCHS during his four years as a Raider, compiling a 116-32 record, that included two AA Dulles District championships.  Limestone College is located in Gafney, S.C. and competes at the Division II level.

Titan McCowat Signs with American International

Sterling (June 17, 2008) - Dominion High School senior will sign a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at American International College in Springfield, Ma.  The Yellow Jackets are a D2 school which plays in the Northeast 10 conference, considered one of the strongest D2 conferences in the nation.

Heritage Class of 2008: 14 Athletes Headed to the Next Level in Six Different Sports

Leesburg (June 17, 2008) - From football to tennis, a total of 14 different Heritage High School seniors will compete in college athletics next year. Click here for the complete list which inclues seven athletes -- Alex Bailey, Nick Cadwell, Amadu Bangaru, Anna Hitzeman, Meleah Nassar, Devon Anderson-Farmer and Jazlynn Finney -- that we hadn't added to our college list yet!

Fab Five: Stone Bridge Holds Ceremony for Quintet of Baseball Players Headed to College

Ashburn (June 17, 2008) - Stone Bridge High School held a ceremony Monday for five senior baseball players who will play in college next year.

Bulldogs heading to the next level:

Tyler Basso (Pitcher/IF), who will be attending West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.

Matt Irwin (OF), who will be attending Greensboro College in Greensboro, NC.

Mike Stancik (MIF), who will be attending Longwood University in Farmville, VA.

Ty Weaver (P), who will be attending West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.

Brian Wheaton (MIF), who will be attending Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, TX.

college vision student Athletes of the month - May 2008

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Back Row (L to R) Megan Stejbach, Abdiwahab Hassan, John Rogerson, Derek Maltz. Front Row (L to R) Jiwon Choi, Anastasia Heimann, Megan Lindsey, Meghan Demartino.

breaking news!

Fast Growing LoudounPrepSports Website Merges with DigitalSports®

 
Ashburn, VA (June 3, 2008) -- LoudounPrepSports.com owner and editor Dan Sousa announced today that his fast growing LoudounPrepSports.com website had agreed to a merger with DigialSports®.

Both the LoudounPrepSports.com and its sister site, LoudounYouthSports.com, will join the DigitalSports family effective July 7, 2008.

Sousa, who started the LPS site in Oct. 2005, will remain in charge of editorial control of the Loudoun website.