Author: The Owl

The Owl

Local student-athletes pour sweat, tears and long hours into their crafts while maintaining eligible academic standing, and it’s time for each and every one of them — no matter their school, their sport or their gender — to be showcased. LoCoSports — you’ll go crazy for our sports coverage!

(December 18, 2015) – The VHSL 5A North region has selected its all-region team for football. Tuscarora High School senior Daniel Smith was named the Offensive Player of the Year. Stone Bridge High School senior Matt Fialdini was named the Defensive Player of the Year. Stone Bridge High School head coach Mickey Thompson was named Coach of the Year. All VHSL 5A North Region Football First Team Offense QB Daniel Smith SR Tuscarora RB Damone Drew JR Brooke Point RB Leon Young SR Wakefield RB Meech Hembry JR Broad Run WR Cole Blackman SR Atlee WR Guy Keith SR North Stafford WR Nic Speroni SR Tuscarora TE Mark Birmingham SR Briar Woods OL Brad Nelson SR Tuscarora…

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(December 15, 2015) — The results are in and the season long winner of the LoCoSports Football Pick’Ems sponsored by Cheers Sports is Hokies85 from Ashburn! Hokies85 went 108-30 on the season, beat all of the local experts and will take home a $100 LoCoSports Football Pick’Ems championship check! Carl Lukat of the Loudoun Times-Mirror and Matt Brooks of The Washington Post led the experts in the season-long standings, going 106-32. [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1saudS6PL9zEX3QNjSjRL9h-jiDrK56k3EC0DRuAuld8/pubhtml” query=”widget=true&headers=false” /]

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Ashburn, Va. — Broad Run High School football (8-4) experienced many highs and a few painful lows in 2015 starting their season with six consecutive wins – including a blow out of Centreville and a narrow win against rival Briar Woods. Yet the season took a turn, when the Spartans took the season’s first loss against their rival Stone Bridge on October 16 and continued to lose three of their last five games. After a 1-0 restart in the VHSL 5A North region playoffs – earning a first round win over Briar Woods on November 13 – the Spartans’ season…

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(December 14, 2015) – The VHSL 4A West region has selected its all-region team for football. Jefferson Forest High School senior Navy Jones was named the Offensive Player of the Year. Salem High School junior Riley Fox and Sherando High School junior Dylan Rivers were named the co-Defensive Players of the Year. Salem High School head coach Steve Magnebauer was named Coach of the Year. All VHSL 4A West Region Football First Team Offense QB Zach Burdick SR John Champe RB Navy Jones SR Jefferson Forest RB PK Kier JR Millbrook RB Donte Clayborne SR Salem WR Cole Miller SR Heritage WR Coleman Rafferty SR John Champe WR Viante Tucker SO Salem TE Dylan Rivers JR Sherando…

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(December 13, 2015) – Cheers and LoCoSports have named their 2015 All-LoCo football team. The 2015 football Player of the Year is Daniel Smith of Tuscarora High School. The Coach of the Year is Mickey Thompson of Stone Bridge High School. The All-LoCo football first team photo shoot will be held on January 9 at 10:45 a.m. at Cheers Sports’ new location! Please RSVP to The Owl at locosportsnews@gmail.com or by direct message on Twitter at @LoCoSports. All-LoCo 2015 Football First Team Offense QB Daniel Smith SR Tuscarora RB Charlie Clewis SR Woodgrove RB Meech Hembry JR Broad Run WR Chase Ridley SR Stone Bridge WR Jaleel Robinson SR Broad Run TE Mark Birmingham SR Briar…

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By Joe Skinner LoCoSports Social Media Editor [twitter-follow screen_name=’JoeSkinner33′] South Riding (December 12, 2015) — In their first meeting of the year, a battle between the John Champe High School Knights (2-0, 2-0) and the Freedom High School Eagles (2-2, 0-2) went down to the wire. A solid back-and-forth match up between the two teams gave both a lot of confidence as they head towards holiday tournaments, but also more hype for the next game between the two on February 5. But on Friday, Freedom’s strong shooting from behind-the-arc was not enough to get by the Knights as they fell, 78-66.…

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