Records are being set around the county with Broad Run junior Meredith Rogers becoming the Spartans all-time career girls lacrosse goal scorer. She has 177 career goals. And Loudoun Valley's Ashley Manning is now the school's all-time single season goal scoring leader with 26 on the year.

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Dulles District Postpones, Moves Sites of Tournament Semifinals

(May 20, 2008) - In a spring with rain, rain and more rain ... we should have seen this coming! All Dulles District tournament semifinals for tonight have been postpened to Wednesday and the action has been moved as doubleheaders with baseball, softball and girls soccer all at Broad Run and boys soccer at Park View.

Stone Bridge Boys Soccer Still Searching: The Bulldogs can not play at home tonight vs. West Potomac and they are searching for a new location.

Loudoun Valley playoff round-up

Undefeated Vikes Claim Regionals! 

The undefeated Loudoun Valley High School girls tennis team celebrates after capturing the AAA Northwest Region title Monday with a 5-2 victory over Cedar Run District foe Osbourn Park. The Vikes advance now to state tournament quarterfinal action where they will host Douglas Freeman on May 27.

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Vikes Go 4-for-4 in Playoffs at Home: Boys Soccer Wins Wild District Quarterfinal in PKs; Plus Softball, Girls Soccer Advance and Undefeated Girls Tennis Wins Regional Title

Purceville (May 20, 2008) - It didn't matter where the out-of-town buses where from Monday at Loudoun Valley High School and what sport the opponents played ... they all went home sad as the Vikings went 4-for-4 in playoff contests.

Undefeated girls tennis started the day with a 5-2 win over Osbourn Park to claim the AAA Northwest Region title.

Viking softball shut out Liberty, 4-0, to advance to the Cedar Run District semifinals.

Both soccer teams also moved to the semifinals but via different routes. The girls soccer team put the slaughter rule on Stonewall Jackson with an 8-0 win as Ashley Manning became the school's all-time single-season scoring leader with a hat trick. She has 26 on the season.

The boys soccer team fell behind 4-2 and came back to tie it with 17 minutes to play. After two scoreless overtimes, LV prevailed in penalty kicks, 5-4, to advance.

Read Dan Sousa's column on LV boys soccer player Luke Marzaloes and his battle to overcome cancer. Marzaloes had a goal, two assists and a made PK in last night's win!  

lacrosse

Spartans Punch Two Tickets to VHSL State Lacrosse Tournament! 

Broad Run junior Tim Sanders (No. 3) had five goals and three assists in the Spartans 20-16 victory over Salem Monday in the AA Region II semifinals. Broad Run will play at Western Albemarle Wednesday in the regional final.
Photo by Alysia Deem/LoudounPrepSports.com

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Broad Run junior Meredith Rogers (No. 11) scores against Rockbridge County in the Spartans 16-4 win Monday in the Region II semifinals. Rogers had three goals and two assists and is now Broad Run's all-time leading goal scorer with 177 in her career.
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Both Broad Run Lax Teams Headed for States

Ashburn (May 20, 2008) - Two years ago it was the Broad Run High School boys advancing to the VHSL state tournament with the girls falling just short. Last year it was the Spartan girls advancing with the boys falling just short. This year, they both made the tournament as Broad Run swept a Region II semifinal doubleheader Monday with the boys defeating Salem, 20-16, and the girls Rockbridge County, 16-4. Both teams travel to Western Albemarle Wednesday for the regional title game. On Monday, the WA boys defeated Heritage while the WA girls beat Potomac Falls. 

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A Perfect 10! Bulldog Baseball Beats Madison, 10-0, for Liberty Title

The Stone Bridge High School baseball bats were swinging away Monday as the Bulldogs beat Madison, 10-0, in the AAA Liberty District tournament title game at Langley.

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Weaver's One-Hitter Sews up Stone Bridge's First Ever Liberty District Baseball Tournament Title; Softball Loses Extra Inning Heartbreaker

Langley (May 20, 2008) - The Stone Bridge High School baseball team added the AAA Liberty District baseball tournament title to its regular season championship with a 10-0 victory over Madison Monday at Langley High School.

Ty Weaver threw a one-hitter to pick up the win.

The Stone Bridge softball team lost a heartbreaker in 10 innings, falling to the host Saxons, 9-8. Both teams advance to the Northern Region tournament.

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On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa 

“I Thought I was Superman”

Loudoun Valley’s Luke Marzaloes Battled Testicular Cancer and Still Excels on the Soccer Field

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Editor 

Purcellville (May 19, 2008) – This time of year we can all get carried away with that “do or die” playoff talk. Sure, win and you survive. Lose and your season is over.

Living to play another day in sports, however, is much different when you are confronted with the actual “living another day” option. 

Just ask Loudoun Valley High School junior Luke Marzaloes, an inspirational young man who battled testicular cancer before his sophomore season and managed to make it onto the soccer field last year and lead his team in assists. And there he is again this season, still not the same player before his sudden and shocking illness, but there he is last Thursday five minutes into the second half against Culpeper, collecting a rebound off the keeper and scoring the first goal for the Vikings in a key 2-1 win. Read the rest of this story ...

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Lions Roar! Undefeated Leesburg Christian Captures ODACS State Title 

Leesburg (May 19, 2008) - The Leesburg Christian School finished its best season in history by going a perfect 16-0 and winning the school's first ever ODACS state baseball championship with a 9-0 win over Mt. Carmel in the title game.

Senior David Ness was named the state tournament's MVP after batting .400 and not allowing any earned runs pitching. Also joining Ness on the all tournament team were Nathan Matzker, David Parker and Warner Workman.

Plus: See below the Velocity Athlete of the Month chart as we have now linked 11 of the 16 Super Saturday quarterfinal action with game stories or round-ups.

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April 2008 Athletes of the Month

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(Back Row L to R) Alex Owens, Aaron Sweger, Ryan Hagen, Tyler Basso, Shane Johnson. (Middle Row L to R) Connor Forman, Jazlynn Finney, Krysten Johnson, Katie Baumgardner, Emily Garcia, Kayla Lechler. (Front Row L to R) Jordan Gupp, Meghan Hurley, Jennifer Weatherly, Alexa Rizzo, Holly King, Erica Kiechlin, Kyle Startsman.

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April 2008 Athletes of the Month

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Dulles district quarterfinals

How did your school do Saturday? Here are the school marks:
3-1
Broad Run: Three Spartan champs advance
Loudoun County: No. 6 boys soccer lowest seed to win Saturday!
Park View: Pats go 3-for-3 at home
2-2
Briar Woods: Falcon spring teams gain respect
Dominion: Baseball advances for first time ever
Potomac Falls: Baseball, Girls soccer look to repeat regional run
1-3
Heritage: Pride boys soccer the line bright spot Saturday
0-4
Freedom: Eagles still building spring foundation

What if we added the previously played lacrosse quarterfinals?
Here is the breakdown:
1. Broad Run 5-1
2. Dominion 4-2
3. Heritage 3-3
3. Loudoun County 3-3
3. Park View 3-3
3. Potomac Falls 3-3
7. Briar Woods 2-4
8. Freedom 0-6
Park View teams did not qualify for LAX quarterfinals but were counted as losses for purposes of equality.

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Saturday quick Report

Higher Seeded Teams Survive Except for in Boys Soccer Bracket

No. 5 Dominion, No. 6 LC Advance

(May 17, 2008) - With a dozen scores already in the barn, the higher seeds were doing as expected in the AA Dulles District "Super Saturday" of baseball, softball, boys and girls soccer except for on the soccer field where the No. 5 Dominion boys and No. 6 Loudoun County boys shut out higher seeds.

Baseball

N0. 1 Broad Run 3, No. 8 Freedom 1: 

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Regular-season champs Spartans advance to semifinals and will host Dominion Tuesday.

No. 2 Potomac Falls 9, No. 7 Loudoun County 2: Raiders score two in the top of the first but PF responds with five in their half of the inning and never look back as Michael Deteranto gets the complete game win.

No. 3 Park View 4, No. 6 Briar Woods 1:

Park View celebrates Jonathan Mason's two-run home run.
Picture courtesy of Ken Foltz

Ian Hickman blanked the Pats until the sixth inning when they erased a 1-0 deficit with four runs on back-to-back RBI triples by Drew Mason and Billy Bradley and a two-run home run by Jonathan Mason. Jimmy Kerby got the win for PV.

No. 4 Dominion 7, No. 5 Heritage 2:

Picture courtesy of Larry Bartolotti

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Chris Taylor smacked two home runs including an estimated 450-foot shot that cleared the 50-foot baseball safety fence in left-center and the softball fence as well. Geoff McCowat picked up the win with Taylor closing it out.

Softball

No. 1 Broad Run 8, No. 8 Freedom 0:

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The Spartans won their 50th consecutive game behind Caitlyn Delahaba's one-hit, 20-strikeout performance. It was her 19th shutout on the year.

No. 2 Park View 4, No. 7 Potomac Falls 1: Laura Heironimus pitched a one-hitter to lead PV past the Panthers.

No. 3 Loudoun County 6, No. 6 Heritage 4: Lindsey Holtz got the complete game win, giving up two earned runs as the Raiders held off the upset-minded Pride.

No. 4 Briar Woods 12, No. 5 Dominion 0: Kate Fowler got the win as the Falcons ended the great career of Tennessee-bound Dee Dee Fryer. Dominion did turn a triple play.

Boys Soccer
No. 1 Heritage 5, No. 8 Briar Woods 0:

Pride advance easily on their home turf.
Photo courtesy of Kathleen Finnegan

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The top-seeded Pride advance easily and will host No. 5 seed Dominion Tuesday night.

No. 2 Park View 4, No. 8 Freedom 0: Patriots advance easily on their home turf.

No. 6 Loudoun County 2, No. 3 Potomac Falls 0:

Members of the Loudoun County Raiders boys soccer team after Ben Forbes scores the winning goal against Potomac Falls.
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For the second straight year the Raiders bounce the Panthers from the district tournament. This time, it is the end of Uche Onyeador's fantastic career as he leaves PF the state's all-time leading scorer.

No. 5 Dominion 3, No. 4 Broad Run 0: The Titans scored on a set play off the opening kick-0ff and never looked back as they added two late goals to end the Spartans season.

Girls Soccer

No. 1 Broad Run 8, No. 8 Park View 0: BR's scoring machine is primed.

No. 4 Potomac Falls 3, No. 5 Heritage 1: Amanda Rumsey scored twice as the Panthers earned a shot at BR.

No. 3 Briar Woods 2, No. 6 Freedom 1:

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The Falcons survive upset bid by Eagles and advance to Tuesday's semifinal at No. 2 seed Loudoun County.

No. 2 Loudoun County 6, No. 7 Dominion 0: Raiders want that Region II bid that eluded them in 2007.

Baseball Cedar Run District Action: Stonewall 4, Valley 2

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Updated thru May 17! See  this page below LPS Scoreboard!

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Broad Run High School "SWAT Program" this Sunday

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Loudoun Athletes Help TJ to Rowing Title

TJ Men’s 1st 8 receiving gold medals: Front, holding Eric Rothstein trophy, coxswain Raj Goel (Herndon).
Back row from left to right:  Stephen Mathews (Fairfax Station), Chris Rutley (Lorton), Chris Gear (Leesburg), Nolan Pollack (Fairfax), Nader Al-Naji (Springfield), Patrick Collard (McLean), Colin Haas (Reston), Phil Grisdela (Great Falls). Photo courtesy Michael O'Keefe.

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Help BW baseball coach Josh Mosser fight breast cancer

spring sports

Keepin' up with Loudoun Valley: A look at LV Playoffs

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SB Girls "Hurdle" Liberty District; Bulldog Boys Settle for Second

Alexandria (May 17, 2008) - Naomi Session led the Stone Bridge High School girls track and field team to a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 hurdles and Stephanie Paradis took both the 800 and 1600 as the Bulldogs captured the AAA Liberty District two-day meet.

SB out-scored runner-up Langley by 34 points, 130 to 96 with host TJ third with 94.

The Stone Bridge boys could not stop South Lake's A.J. Price, the Michigan-bound football player, who blazed his way to first in the 200, 400, long jump and a runner-up in the high jump to lead the Seahawks to the title with 115 points. SB tied for second with TJ with 93.

Daniel Allen, first in 100 and second in the 200, Sean Kinnebrew, scoring in three individual events, and Andre Best, runner-up in both the 110 and  300 hurdles, led the way for SB. The Bulldogs, with Allen, Best, Kinnebrew and Tyler Smith, took the 4x100 relay. Click here for the district meet results.

lacrosse

Broad Run Lax: Title x Two!

Spartan Girls Defeat PF, 15-4; Spartan Boys Defeat Heritage, 16-11, in District Finals 

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Falls Church (May 17, 2008) - The Broad Run High School lacrosse teams swept the AA Dulles District tournament finals Friday at George Mason High School and will be bringing back the banners to Ashburn ... aka "Title Town".

For the Spartan boys, the 16-11 win over Heritage, not only avenged a regular season loss to the Pride and an overtime defeat to Heritage in last year's finals, but Broad Run earned homefield advantage in the Region II semifinals Monday night.

The Spartan girls, a 15-4 winner over Potomac Falls, claimed their third straight district tournament title and will also host a regional playoff game Monday.

Both the Heritage boys and Potomac Falls girls will be on the road in regionals.

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Stone Bridge Goes 2-for-3 at Madison as Baseball, Softball Advance to District Finals but No. 1 Boys Soccer Falls to TJ in Title Game

Vienna (May 16, 2008) - It was 2-for-3 for Stone Bridge High School Friday night as the Bulldog regular season champion baseball and softball team threw shutouts to win AAA Liberty District semifinals and advance to Monday's title games at Langley High School.

The Bulldog boys soccer team, however, fell to TJ, 2-0, in the district tournament title game. It was SB's first loss of the season and their only tie of the year was a 0-0 result at TJ, the defending AAA state champion. Friday's contest was 0-0 at the half but TJ scored with about 30 minutes to go and then added an insurance goal on a free kick.

Both teams advance to the Northern Region tournament.

Tyler Basso and closer Mike Palmer combined to shut down McLean Friday and the Bulldog scratched out two runs for the victory. The softball team had an easier time, blasting host Madison, 7-0.

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super saturday

Super Saturday! One Afternoon! 16 Dulles District Quarterfinal Contests

(May 16, 2008) - Super Saturday will decided the fate of a lot of teams as the Dulles District will hold quarterfinal action spread across seven high schools Saturday in baseball, softball and boys and girls soccer.

Only the district champions in each sport (Heritage in boys soccer, Broad Run in the other three) are guaranteed to play of if they lose.

Park View will host the most games, five total with Broad Run baseball shifting its home game to Sterling because of wet field conditions. There will be doubleheader boys soccer action starting at noon, the doubleheader baseball starting at 2 p.m. and a softball game at 2 p.m.

Broad Run and Loudoun County will each host three games. There will be two games at Heritage and a game each at Briar Woods, Dominion and Potomac Falls.

Click here for the Dulles District baseball bracket

Click here for the Dulles District softball bracket

Click here for the Dulles District boys soccer bracket

Click here for the Dulles District girls soccer bracket

spring sports

Trio of SB Teams Head to Madison Tonight

(May 16, 2008) - Stone Bridge High School fans are filling up the gas tanks as a trio of Bulldog teams take the field in Liberty District tournament action tonigh at Madison High School in Vienna.

The SB softball team faces host Madison at 7 p.m. in a semifinal game following the McLean-Langley 5:30 p.m. match-up.

The SB baseball team takes on McLean at 8 p.m. following the Madison-Langley 5 p.m. match-up.

The SB boys soccer team plays for the district title at 8 p.m. against TJ. McLean and Madison will play for the girls title at 6 p.m.

college news

PV's Pennington to Play Hoops at Shepherd

Sterling (May 16, 2008) - Park View High School senior Brock Pennington will play basketball next year at Division II Shepherd University. Click for the latest college choice chart!

Park View will have a College Announcement Day next Friday May 23 in the auditorium from 4 to 5 p.m. The ceremony will be for all of Patriot athletes that did not receive a full scholarship, but received some type of partial scholarship or financial aid and will be playing athletics at the college level. At least 12 student athletes that will be recognized.

Valley held a signing ceremony Thursday for girls soccer senior Soraya Serra who has signed a letter of intent to play Division I soccer at Longwood in the fall.

soccer

Tie Before the Storm: BR and Dominion Boys Soccer Tie, Face Each Other Sat. in Tourney

Ashburn (May 16, 2008) - Broad Run and Dominion played to a 2-2 draw Thursday night to wrap up the regular season. The same two teams meet Saturday in the AA Dulles District tournament quarterfinals at 2 p.m. at Park View High School.

Northern Region Girls Soccer All-District Teams!

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Broad Run's Banner Spring - Photo Gallery

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Back-to-Back: Broad Run Claims Dulles District Baseball Title

Sterling (May 16, 2008) - The Broad Run High School baseball team claimed its second straight AA Dulles District title and a Region II tournament bid with an 8-1 victory over Dominion Thursday.

The Spartans (12-2 in distirct) had a piece of the title with their win Wednesday over Potomac Falls (11-3) but Thursday's victory against a short-armed Titan team gave BR the title alone and the bid to region.

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Dominion, with pitcher Chris Taylor still recovering from injury and Geoff McCowat saved for Saturday's district tournament quarterfinals, threw a make-shift committee of four pitchers at the Spartans and Broad Run responded with 14 hits including some clutch hitting as they scored seven of their eight runs with two outs.

Trey Brocke earned the win for BR, scattering seven hits over six innings while allowing one earned run with three walks and nine strikeouts.

While the Broad Run sprinters were at the district track meet claiming a title for the Spartans, the baseball players put on their own track display as they swiped eight of nine bases to give the team nearly 100 stolen bases on the season.

lacrosse

PF Edges Heritage, 11-10, to Claim Region Bid, Meeting with BR

Falls Church (May 16, 2008) - The Potomac Falls High School girls lacrosse team qualified for its first ever Region II tournament by edging Heritage, 11-10, Thursday in the Dulles District semifinals at George Mason High School.

The Panthers will face district champion Broad Run tonight in a 6 p.m. game at George Mason. The Spartans advanced to the finals with a 14-6 win over Dominion.

Regardless of the outcome tonight, Broad Run will host Rockbridge on Monday in a Region II semifinal and PF will travel.

The boys game tonight at 8 p.m. at George Mason between Heritage and BR is not only for the tourney title but the winner will get homefield advantage in the regionals on Monday.

Valley Girls Capture Cedar Run Tourney Title, Vike Boys Fall in OT

Photo courtesy of Jean Oglevee

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(May 16, 2008) - The Loudoun Valley High School girls lacrosse team added the AAA Cedar Run District tournament title to its regular season championship by defeating Battlefield, 18-7, Thursday.

The Viking boys fell in overtime to Osbourn, 6-5, in a semifinal match. Both the boys and girls Viking teams will advance to the Northwest Region tournament next week withe LV girls receiving a bye into the semifinals.

SB Girls Season Ended by Chantilly

(May 16, 2008) - The Stone Bridge High School girls lacrosse team had its brilliant season ended Thursday with an 18-5 loss to Chantilly in the AAA Northern Region quarterfinals. The Bulldogs end the season with a 14-2 record with the other loss a one-goal defeat at Broad Run.

tennis

Undefeated Valley Girls Tennis Team Qualifies for AAA State Meet

Purcellville (May 16, 2008) - The undefeated Loudoun Valley High School girls tennis team clinched a AAA state tournament bid with a 5-0 win over Albemarle Thursday in the Northwest Region semifinals. The Vikes will host Cedar Run district foe Osbourn Park Monday in the regional title match.

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Happy Heritage! Pride Girls Reclaim Dulles Track & Field Title

Heritage High School girls track and field team is all smiles Thursday after capturing the Dulles District meet, edging defending champion Park View, 124.5 to 111 points. Heritage was the 2006 champion.

Picture by Michael "Moe" Murphy/Special to LoudounPrepSports.com

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Plus: All-Time Dulles District Track and Field Champs and All-Time Meet Records, including those broken this year!

Broad Run Boys Track and Field Repeat as Dulles District Champs

Leesburg (May 16, 2008) - The Broad Run High School boys track and field team repeated as AA Dulles District champions and increased the school's sizable spring bounty of titles.

Also on Thursday, the Spartans baseball team won the district title outright. BR teams raising banners this spring: baseball, softball, boys lacrosse (tri champs), girls lacrosse, girls soccer and boys track and field.

Battlefield SweepsCedar Run Meet, LV Boys Finish Second, Girls Third

(May 16, 2008) - The Loudoun Valley High School boys and girls track and field teams were strong at their first ever AAA Cedar Run District meet this week with the boys placing second and girls third in the meet swept by Battlefield.

The Battlefield boys scored 156 to LV's 131 with Liberty third at 89.50. The BF girls scored 167 with OP at 146 and then Valley with 132.

Lauren Privette and Margaret Leonard highlighted the girls efffort with Privette first in the long jump (19-00) and triple jump (36-11) and Leonard first in the shot (36-09) and discus (112-02.50) and both girls were on the winning 4x100 relay team that clocked 49.29. Theresa Trader and Meghan Sullivan were also on that team. Trader was also second in the 110 hurdles (15.10) and 300 hurdles (45.85) and Hailey Scheren was second in the 800 (2:22.62). Scheren was also part of the second place 4x400 relay team with Hope Meyers, Wendy Roth and Maggie Gutierrez. Alex Bentley was second behind Leonard in the shot (35-01) and discus (104-09).

On the boys side, Gunnar Olgren took the 400 (50.57) and Nick Sheehan was second in the 200 (22.94). Both runners then teamed up with Jesse Michl and Chris Weeks to win the 4x400 (3:26.84). Zach Canady was second in the triple jump (43-10). Wayne Savage was first in the shot (48-07.50) and second in the discus (137-06). Josh Phipps was second in the shot (47-07).
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SB Girls Locked with Langley after Day One of Liberty District Meet, SB Boys Trailing

(May 16, 2008) - The Stone Bridge High School girls track and field team trails Langley by two points after the first day of the two day AAA Liberty District meet. Stephanie Paradis and Casey Henderson led the girls 4x800 relay (9:29.37) to victory along with Caroline Snell and Megan Dunne. The Bulldogs also placed four of the eight spots in the high jump and Naomi Session was second in the long jump (16-10).

The Stone Bridge boys, with a lot of sprinters, didn't score well on day one as they struggled a bit in the field events.

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lacrosse

Stone Bridge Girls Lax Swings Into Northern Region Quarterfinals

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Bulldogs Host No. 2 Team in the State Chantilly in Quarterfinal Match-up Tonight

Ashburn (May 15, 2008) - The Stone Bridge High School girls lacrosse team didn't have a lot of time to enjoy Wednesday's 12-5 Northern Region first round victory over Lake Braddock as the Bulldogs knew that next up was highly-ranked Chantilly.

The Chargers, defeated by a goal in the Concorde District finals by Robinson, are the No. 2 team ranked in the state by www.laxpower.com. SB (14-1) is currently ranked No. 6.

"If we wanted to go anywhere in the playoffs we were going to have to beat Chantilly at some point so we might as well play them now," said SB coach Kristin Howard. "They are tall, aggressive and skillful. We can't make any mistakes tonight."

Game time is 7 p.m. at Stone Bridge High School.

Broad Run, Heritage Claim Region II Boys Lax Bids, Advance to Dulles District Title Match

Falls Church (May 15, 2008) - The Broad Run and Heritage boys lacrosse teams will meet in the AA Dulles District tournament title game for the second straight season after both teams advanced Wednesday night with semifinal wins at George Mason High School.

The Spartans defeated host George Mason, 10-6, in a match-up of two of the district's three tri-champions. The other tri-champ, Heritage, edged Dominion, 9-6, in the other semifinal.

Last season, Heritage defeated Broad Run in overtime in the district title game. Both teams will advance to the Region II tournament regardless of the outcome of Friday's title game.

Valley Boys, Girls Advance

(May 15, 2008) - The Loudoun Valley boys and girls lacrosse teams advanced in AAA Cedar Run District tournament action. The Viking girls advanced to the tournament finals after a 19-3 win over Fauquier. LV will face Battlefield in the title game tonight at Liberty High School. The Viking boys defeated Stonewall Jackson, 9-6, in quarterfinal action. Both Valley teams have already qualified for the Northwest Region tournament next week.

Dulles District Finals Shift to GM

(May 15, 2008) - Remember that scene from Airplane! where the plane kept going past each gate upon landing ... well, the Dulles District boys and girls lacrosse tournament keeps shifting as well with the latest change that the boys and girls finals scheduled for Friday at Dominion High School have been shifted to George Mason High School and its turf field in Falls Church (memo to school district: build the next new high school with turf fields ... you'll save on gas money in the long run!). This is due to the forecast of more rainfall tonight and Friday.

 LPS Monkey, in Hawaiin shirt and bags packed, says: "The Dulles District baseball and softball tournaments should be shifted to Florida in order to get dry playing conditions!"

Spring sports

"Two Perfect!" Broad Run Softball and Girls Soccer Wrap up Undefeated Regular Seasons

Picture by Kevin Kelley

Ashburn (May 15, 2008) - The standard set at Broad Run High School this spring is perfection as both the softball and girls soccer team wrapped up perfect regular seasons Wednesday.

The softball Spartans finished the regular season 20-0 by edging Potomac Falls 1-o on Caitlyn Delahaba's fourth perfect game of the year. BR has now won 49 straight games and 75 out of 76 dating back to 2006.

The BR girls soccer team finished the season 16-0-0 with a 4-2 win over Potomac Falls. The Spartans have out-scored district competition, 65-8 this season. And consider this: the Spartans on Senior Night were saying good-bye to only two players.

Scoring for BR: Jenny Taylor, Kelly Evans, Brenna Smith and Holly King.

In other girls soccer action, Heritage defeated Dominion 2-0 on goals by Caitlin Kick and Danielle Dentler. Lauren Furtner earned her fifth shut-out of the year.

Dulles District girls soccer tournament bracket!

The Stone Bridge girls were knocked out of the Liberty District tournament with a 2-0 loss to Madison. The Bulldogs will still advance to the Northern Region tournament.

In other softball action: Dominion downed Heritage to take No. 5 seed; the Loudoun County bats pounded Freedom, 19-2; and Park View held on for a one-run win over Briar Woods.

In AAA action, Loudoun Valley ended the regular season with a loss to Culpeper and Stone Bridge blasted South Lakes, 17-1, in the Liberty District quarterfinals.

Dulles District softball tournament bracket!

Boys soccer

"Breaking Records Baby!!!"

Potomac Falls High School senior Uche Onyeador celebrates Wednesday after breaking the VHSL all-time boys soccer scoring record. Onyeador now has 127 career goals.

Picture by Michael "Moe" Murphy/Special to LoudounPrepSports.com

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PF’s Onyeador Breaks All-time VHSL Boys Soccer Scoring Record

By Michael “Moe” Murphy
Special to LoudounPrepSports.com

Sterling (May 15, 2008) – There was a magical feeling in the air at Potomac Falls High School on Wednesday night.

Not if, but when, would Uche Onyeador become the boys soccer all-time leading scorer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nearly everybody in the crowd knew the record was going to fall, nobody, however, expected the goal to be scored from the midfield stripe. Click here to read more about Onyeador's incredible record breaker, his hat trick and the Panthers 4-3 overtime win!

Seeding Set for Boys Tournament:

Picture by Kathleen Finnegan

Heritage and Dominion tied 2-2 Wednesday but the Pride are the top seed. Park View earns the No. 2 seed with a 7-0 romp over Briar Woods. PF is the No. 3 with its win over BR, now No. 4. Dominion is No. 5 followed by Loudoun County, a 3-2 winner over Freedom Wednesday. Freedom and Briar Woods round out the seeding.

Click here for the Dulles District Tournament Bracket!

Heritage and Park View host doubleheader quarterfinals starting at noon Saturday with Heritage hosting Briar Woods and Park View hosting Freedom. The 2 p.m. games will feature Dominion-Broad Run at Park View and Loudoun County-Potomac Falls at Heritage. Click here for the full bracket.

No. 1 SB Boys Blank Langley to Move into Liberty Title Game

Vienna (May 15, 2008) - Stone Bridge High School, the area's top-ranked boys soccer team, easily advanced to the AAA Liberty District title game with a 4-0 win over Langley Wednesday at Madison High School. The Bulldogs will face TJ in the title game, Friday at Madison. SB's only blemish on the 14-0-1 season is a 0-0 tie with TJ.

Valley Edges Culpeper, 2-1: Luke Marzaloes and Jordan Smith scored as the Vikes end the AAA Cedar Run District with a mark of 3-4 and 7-9 overall.

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Park View Girls, Broad Run Boys Look to Defend District Titles with Strong Field Starts on Day One

Leesburg (May 15, 2008) - The Park View High School girls and Broad Run boys were in position to defend their AA Dulles District track and field titles after strong starts in the field events Wednesday in the first day of the two day meet.

The Patriot girls, led by meet records by uber-thrower Natalie Baird in the shot put and discus, led Heritage by 31.5 points but the Pride should be very strong today. PV racked up the points, especially in the discus, where Baird led a 1-2-3-5 finish for a whopping 26 points.

The boys race is breaking down into a quasi-dual meet as Broad Run and Potomac Falls battled it out with the Spartans scoring 86 points and the Panthers at 73. The other six teams only scored 58 points combined.

The Spartan quartet of Didier Saidi, Sam Saidi, Terry Taylor and Nick Salgado seemed to be everywhere at once going 1-2-5 in the high jump, 2-3-5-6 in the long jump and 2-3-4-6 in the triple jump. James Escano was strong for BR in the shot with a first and the discus with a second.

PF was led by Alex Hogue who took first in the long jump and triple jump. The Panthers showed some of their distance power with Josh Hardin's first in the 3200 meters and a first in the 4x800 relay, the only two finals on the track. With PF strong in the longer distances and BR strong in the sprints, today's meet could boil down to the mid-distances such as the 400 meters.

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Spartans Slide Into First Place 

Broad Run junior Chris Jessop slides into second base in the Spartans 5-4 win over Potomac Falls. Jessop went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs, including the tying and go-ahead runs Wednesday.
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Broad Run Can Clinch Second Straight District Baseball Title Today Outright with Victory at Dominion

Ashburn (May 15, 2008) - Broad Run High School can clinch its second straight AA Dulles District baseball title today outright with a win at Dominion after the Spartans come-from-behind 5-4 win over Potomac Falls Wednesday.

Broad Run (11-2 in district) can clinch district's No. 1 seed and Region II berth with a win today. Potomac Falls (11-3) can tie the Spartans for the district title with Dominion wins. If BR and PF finished tied, they will meet in a special playoff game Friday to decided the district's top seed.

Potomac Falls led 1-0 and 4-2 in Wednesday's game but BR starter Cole Shain, surviving a scary comebacker to the mound, buckled down and didn't allow a runner past first base after the third inning and the Spartans rallied with a run in the third and two in the fourth inning to come back. Chris Jessop led the BR offense with three hits, two runs scored and the two-run single that scored the tying and go-ahead runs. Check back for a full story.

Dominion comes into tonight's key game after a 4-2 win over Heritage Wednesday. The Titans got six innings out of Austin Behr, who scattered six hits for the win, and Ryan Skeffington came in to close in the seventh to earn the save. The Titans broke open a 2-2 tie with two unearned runs in the sixth inning.

Park View defeated Briar Woods, 11-1, with Jonathan Mason picking up the win and he went 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles, a triple, three RBI's and two walks.

Loudoun Valley lost to Culpeper, 6-1, and will likely finish as the No. 6 seed in the AAA Cedar Run District.

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Liberty District softball seeding and bracket.

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More on Broad Run's new boys basketball coach as Dan Sousa goes One-0n-One with John Costello.

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Back Row (L to R) Sean Smingler, Trevor Moore, Bryan Mill, Andrew Mann. Middle Row (L to R) Sarah Cunningham, Caitrin Dwyer, Kristen Pascale, Missy Meige, Caroline Williams. Front Row (L to R) Tommy Kowalick, Luke Marzaloes, Holly Dominguez, Felicia Price, Jas Sanghera.