Ashburn, Va. — After an early exit from the postseason tournament just a season ago, the Freedom High School boys basketball team wasn’t going to allow anything to stop them from a trip to the VHSL 5A State tournament in 2019. “Every team wants to play in the state championship game,” Freedom head coach Justin Powers said. “Potomac Falls has been there before, and we haven’t. Not a lot of people were talking about us after being No. 5 in the district.” [adrotate banner=”31″] Despite entering the Potomac District tournament as the No. 5 seed, the Eagles battled past team…
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Purcellville, Va. — Loudoun Valley High School senior Haley Pasqualone has made a commitment to continue her basketball career at Randolph-Macon College starting in the 2019-2020 school year. “I’ve been working towards this for a lot of years, so it’s exciting to finally see it pay off,” the 5-foot-8 Pasqualone said. “Now, I can focus on the rest of my senior season at Loudoun Valley and then preparing for college basketball.” [adrotate banner=”19″] For Pasqualone, the days in a Loudoun Valley uniform are numbered . On February 15, the Vikings – who are having a historic season – won the…
Ashburn, Va. — Rivalry games are always exciting. Rivalry playoff games even more so. So when the Briar Woods and Rock Ridge boys basketball teams met for a Potomac District semifinal on February 13, the rivalry atmosphere lived up to expectation. Having split the regular season series, the Falcons took advantage of a mismatch inside with junior forward Holden Phillips – who exploded for 26 points and 11 rebounds. Phillips helped Briar Woods overcome a halftime deficit to knock off Ashburn-rival Rock Ridge, 61-54, and advance to the Potomac District championship. “Our game plan was to get the ball down…
Leesburg, Va. — When the Loudoun County High School boys basketball team hosted Dominion High School on February 11, it was more than just a rubber match. Sure, the game would decide the season-long victor – as the teams split their regular season match ups – but at stake was also a chance to advance in the Dulles District tournament. So in the win-or-go-home game, Loudoun County junior guard Matt Anderson poured in a game-high 27 points to make sure the Raiders came out on top of the Titans, 62-55. “Matt plays the whole game,” Loudoun County head coach Mark…
Loudoun County, Va. —As the high school girls basketball playoffs start in Loudoun County, one local team stands out among the crowd, while several others have proved to be potential contenders. In a two-district county, we wanted a way to put things into perspective. Enter: the LoCo Top 5. Of course, if you’re into hard numbers, check out the full Potomac District and Dulles District standings. [adrotate banner=”19″] 1. Freedom (14-0, 22-0) — Of all the basketball teams in Loudoun – girls and boys – Freedom is the most dominant. Period. The Eagles finished the regular season at 22-0 and 14-0…
Loudoun County, Va. — As the high school boys basketball playoffs start in Loudoun County, one local team stands out among the crowd, while several others have proved to be potential contenders. In a two-district county, we wanted a way to put things into perspective. Enter: the LoCo Top 5. Of course, if you’re into hard numbers, check out the full Potomac District and Dulles District standings. [adrotate banner=”19″] 1. Potomac Falls (14-0, 22-0) — 22-0. I probably don’t need to explain more than that, but I’ll go ahead and give it a little more context. Since Potomac Falls opened in…
