Bryn there, done that
With 16 returning starters -- including senior QB Bryn Renner -- the West Springfield football team has the experience needed to make another run at the Northern Region championship this season. The Spartans fell to eventual state champion Westfield in last year's region final. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
It's a numbers game
Go ahead, approach an area football coach and ask him about the Oakton Cougars. A number between 16 and 18 will likely be thrown out. Oakton returns 17 of its 22 starters from last year's 5-5 team, but 17 isn't the number the Cougars wish to focus on. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Local talent boosts Cavs
Lake Braddock graduate Matt Weiler had a successful first two years at the University of Kentucky. He started 21 games during that span for the men's soccer team and was even named to the Conference USA All-Tournament Team as a freshman after helping the Wildcats reach the conference final. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Setting the soccer scene
Stephanie Hylton has spent most of her soccer career worrying about her teammates' success, whether that pass she sent hit the back of the goal. But this fall, Hylton, a Lake Braddock graduate, must worry more about righting things on her own end first. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports in Brief: Fairfax County (Aug. 21-28)
Sports in Brief: Fairfax County (Aug. 21-28) | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Northern Virginia's fall football forecast
A look at Northern Virginia's presence on the Division I-A level. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports in Brief: Southern Fairfax (Aug. 14-21)
Sports in Brief: Southern Fairfax (Aug. 14-21) | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Return to the gridiron
If Oakton graduate Jared Green's nationally televised speech, which was used to introduce his father, longtime Washington Redskin Darrell Green, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame was any indication, this upcoming football season promises special things for the University of Virginia wide receiver. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Shamrocks have 'heart and guts'
The Shamrocks 18-and-under select softball team rebounded from an opening-game loss to finish fifth in the Amateur Softball Association Gold National Tournament in Oklahoma City last week. It marked the third straight summer the Shamrocks placed fifth in the nation. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports in Brief: Northern Fairfax (Aug. 13-20)
Sports in Brief: Northern Fairfax (Aug. 13-20) | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Despite loss, SYA East enjoys the ride
Bob Woodruff, head coach of the Southwestern Youth Association 9- and 10-year-old Little League All-Stars, knew his kids wouldn't drag a championship loss along for more than an hour. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'A coach on the court'
During a road trip to St. Joseph's when Kara Lawson was a freshman at the University of Tennessee, Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt walked off the team bus and into the hotel lobby, and confronted West Springfield coach Bill Gibson, who'd traveled to Philadelphia to watch his former player. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports in Brief: Fairfax/Centreville (Aug. 7-14)
Sports in Brief: Fairfax/Centreville (Aug. 7-14) | 0 comments - ›› more ...
SYA East team to battle for title
The Southwestern Youth Association 9- and 10-year-old Little League All-Stars had grown accustomed to bases-loaded situations. Scoring 49 runs on 45 hits through three games generally provides that luxury. But in the fourth game – the semifinal round – of the Tournament of State Champions in Ceredo-Kenova, W.Va., someone flipped the script on the SYA East team. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Rockin' the boat
McLean graduates Sam Stitt and Giuseppe Lanzone are in Beijing to compete as members of the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team. Stitt and Lanzone's crew careers began at McLean High School, and this will be the first Olympic appearance for both athletes. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
McLean/Great Falls 13-year-olds drop heartbreaker
Unsure whether he'd actually had an audience, McLean/Great Falls coach Jim Balog made his point anyway. Nobody, not even Balog himself, thought he'd be making a postgame speech from a dugout in Live Oak, Fla. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports in Brief: Northern Fairfax (Aug. 6-13)
Sports in Brief: Northern Fairfax (Aug. 6-13) | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Runs ends for McLean/Great Falls in Alabama
The McLean/Great Falls 14-year-old Babe Ruth baseball team saw its season come to a close Sunday with an 11-8 loss to West Alabama in the Southeast Regional Tournament. | 0 comments - ›› more ...