By Daniel Butler LoCoSports Staff Writer Ashburn (February 5, 2017) — Briar Woods High School junior Wilson Ayers has made a commitment to continue his baseball career at the US Naval Academy career beginning in the 2018-2019 school year. “Going to the Naval Academy has been a dream of mine for a long time,” Ayers said. “I went to a baseball camp when I was young and ever since then I knew I wanted to play baseball there.” The Falcons pitcher is overjoyed at his commitment. Ayers spent years working towards this goal and it’s a huge relief that he’s…
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By Chloe Adam LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’ChloeMAdam31′] Leesburg (February 7, 2017) — Loudoun County High School senior Amy Eck has made a commitment to continue her gymnastics career at The College of Brockport, State University of New York starting in the 2017-2018 school year. “I fell in love with the coach, team, gym and everything about Brockport. The girls on the team were all obviously very happy there and I could tell that they were very much a family, which was one of the biggest things I wanted in a college team,” 5-foot-1 Eck said. “I heard great things about…
By Chloe Adam LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’ChloeMAdam31′] Leesburg (February 3, 2017) — Loudoun County High School junior Sabrina Gillis has made a commitment to continue her soccer career at Christopher Newport University starting in the 2018-2019 school year. “It’s a pretty amazing feeling,” the 5-foot-6 Gillis said. “I’ve been working up to this for so long and finally being committed just makes all the work worth it. The last few years going through the recruiting process has been insanely stressful, so it’s a huge weight off my shoulders knowing how the next few years are going to play out.”…
Arlington (February 4, 2017) – Five different Loudoun student-athletes combined to win six individual events at the VHSL 5A North region swimming championships on February 3 in Arlington, while the Briar Woods High Schools boy and girls both finished runner-up in the team championships. Briar Woods freshman Abby Harter highlighted the LoCo finishes, winning the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.36) in All-American time. Harter also won the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.34) with an All-American consideration time. Falcon teammate Camryn Barry picked up an All-American consideration as well when she won the 100-yard freestyle (51.08). Tuscarora freshman Shelby Gerving earned an All-American consideration with a…
New York City (February 2, 2017) – More than 50 local gymnasts headed to New York City to compete in the Manhattan Classic at Pier 94 on January 28-29. The Manhattan Classic brings together more than 2,500 gymnasts from around the United States. Representing APEX Gymnastics, Level 8 gymnast Ashley Bannerton won the Senior A division while fellow level 8 gymnast Mareli Muller won the Junior A division. In total, APEX earned more than 60 top three individual medals during their trip to the Big Apple. In the team competition, APEX’s level 8 squad placed second, the level 4 team…
Sterling (February 2, 2017) – The Freedom High School boys and girls swim teams swept the team titles at the Conference 22 championships in Sterling on January 28. Seven different Loudoun student-athletes combined to win 10 of the 16 individual races: Boys 200 Freestyle: Tim McKinley Freedom 1:46.01 Boys 200 IM: Kyle Barker John Champe 1:57.39 Girls 200 IM: Maren Oliver John Champe 2:13.00 Boys 50 Freestyle: Graham Johnson Freedom 21.7 Boys 100 Butterfly: Brian Luong Freedom 53.42 Girls 100 Butterly: Sophie McKinley Freedom 1:01.63 Boys 100 Freestyle: Graham Johnson Freedom 49.34 Boys 500 Freestyle: Tim McKinley Freedom 4:43.98 Boys 100 Backstroke:…
