Ashburn, Va. — Just over six months ago, the Rock Ridge High School football team walked off the field following a 29-28 heartbreaking loss to Park View on Homecoming night. In the waning seconds of the fourth quarter, the Patriots defense broke through the Phoenix offensive line and blocked a field goal to seal the victory. However, this time around, Rock Ridge would not give Park View that same opportunity as the Phoenix jumped out to an early lead and continued to run away, shutting out the Patriots, 35-0, to celebrate Homecoming 2021 on October 8 in Ashburn. “We have…

Leesburg, Va. — It took the Stone Bridge High School football team less than one minute to open the scoring in the 14th Annual Battle of the Burn, and the Bulldogs never looked back. Behind 9 touchdowns and nearly 550 yards of total offense, the Bulldogs forced four Broad Run fumbles and dominated from start to finish to defeat their Ashburn rival, 64-7, on October 2 at Segra Field in Leesburg. “We thought about it all week,” Stone Bridge senior quarterback Jacob Thomas said. “We made sure our calls were right, because we knew we wouldn’t be able to hear.…

Leesburg, Va. — Two weeks removed from a loss to crosstown rival Heritage on September 17, the Tuscarora High School football team had redemption on its mind. When the Huskies travelled down King Street for another rivalry matchup against Loudoun County High School, they knew what they needed to do to take care of business, and it started in the backfield with the area’s most productive running back, senior Bryce Duke. “It’s a rivalry game. We were excited and hungry to get back out,” Tuscarora head coach Brandon Wheelbarger said. “It was good playing Briar Woods last week, but that…

Ashburn, Va. — The Stone Bridge High School volleyball team fell into 5-1 holes to start the first and second sets, but the Bulldogs used a poised and already-battle-tested resilience to bounce back and sweep the Woodgrove Wolverines in straight sets—25-15, 25-21, 25-20—to open Potomac District play on September 27 in Ashburn. “We have three [district games] this week and three next week, so they’re going to come fast,” Stone Bridge head coach Jill Raschiatore said. “Getting off to a positive start is hopefully going to take us further.” [adrotate banner=”38″] After falling into an early 5-1 hole, Stone Bridge…

Leesburg, Va. — After grabbing the momentum at the very end of the first half, the Washington Spirit made four personnel changes to open the second half, and those subs paid off immediately as rookie forward Tara McKeown scored less than 11 seconds into the second half to put her team up 2-1. The Spirit were able to hold onto that lead for the remaining 45 minutes to earn three points over Kansas City on September 26 in Leesburg. “[Tara] has been great, and with more consistent time, she’ll just continue to get better,” Washington captain Andi Sullivan said. “She’s…

Ashburn, Va. — Led by a core group of seniors, a couple really talented sophomores, and an energetic setter, it was just a matter of time before the Briar Woods High School volleyball team started to click. After dropping three of their first four matches to open their 2021 campaign, the Falcons showed off a tremendous amount of energy, poise, and grit in fending off a resilient Broad Run team to earn their second straight win on September 21 in Ashburn. Despite Broad Run successfully defending four match points, Briar Woods finally secured the win over their rival—25-20, 25-23, 26-24.…