Ashburn, Va. — For the first time in nearly a decade, the Woodgrove High School girls basketball team will raise a district championship banner after claiming the regular season Potomac District championship with a win over Stone Bridge on January 30 in Ashburn. Led by a balanced scoring attack and a well-executed defensive game plan, the Wolverines fended off numerous Stone Bridge rallies to defeat the Bulldogs, 61-54. “What we tell our kids is if we do everything we’re supposed to, they have to play great to beat us—and they almost did,” Woodgrove head coach Derek Fisher said. “If we…

Ashburn, Va. — The 2020-2021 basketball season will go down as one of the most memorable in history. As athletes wore masks inside spectator-less gyms, teams did all they could to cheer each other on, while their families watched online. Despite all the oddities the season has brought, teams are doing what they can to honor their seniors through modified senior night celebrations. This was true for Independence High School as they honored their senior girls basketball players—point guard Cameron Shackford and center Tori Womack—prior to their matchup with VHSL Region 3B foe Lightridge High School on January 29 in…

Ashburn, Va. — Just a year removed from helping open a brand new high school program, Keegan Shackford has made a commitment to join one of the longest standing programs in college football history as the Independence High School senior has made a commitment to continue his football career at Iowa State University starting in the 2021-2022 school year. “We connected from the get-go,” the 5-foot-10 Shackford said. “We have the same fire and drive to succeed and become the best version of Iowa State. It was meant to be.” [adrotate banner=”43″] After his final season at Independence, Shackford will…

Leesburg, Va. — From the opening tip to the final whistle, the Woodgrove High School girls basketball team was in complete control. In just their second game back from COVID quarantine, sophomore forward Colette Baine and sophomore shooting guard Jenna Steadman got the Wolverines out to an early 13-1 lead and never looked back as they cruised past Riverside, 64-34, on January 26 in Leesburg. “It’s not always about basketball, basketball, basketball; we have a lot of fun,” Baine said. “We just love each other and bond so well. To have that chemistry as well as amazing talent is really…

Leesburg, Va. — On a day when the Loudoun County High School boys basketball team celebrated its seniors, it was the Captains’ juniors and sophomores who battled through one of the toughest teams in the Dulles District to earn their team a huge win late in the season. Led by junior guards Brendan Boyers and Jimmy Daughtrey as well as junior forward George Mwesigwa, the Captains used a lopsided second quarter to create some separation from which they’d hold on to defeat Broad Run, 63-57, on January 23 in Leesburg. “We locked down on defense and ran some of our…

Leesburg, Va. — Coming off a tough one-possession loss to Potomac District No. 1 Stone Bridge, the Riverside High School boys basketball team had two missions on their mind coming into their matchup with Freedom on January 22 in Leesburg: celebrate their seniors and get back to their winning ways. Riverside was able to accomplish both of those things as senior forward Michael Ziller paced the Rams with 21 points and 4 rebounds as Riverside started to pull away in the third quarter and never looked back, 64-53. “Mike’s really had to increase his scoring repertoire and put his shot…