By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Purcellville (April 29, 2016) — The Loudoun Valley High School (4-2-1, 5-4-1) girls varsity soccer team knew Riverside High School (2-9-0) would be no joke of a matchup on April 28 in Purcellville after the first-year Rams hung around with reigning VHSL 4A state champion Loudoun County, 2-0, and reigning VHSL 4A state runner up Heritage, 1-0, just a week before. But the Lady Vikings rose to the challenge and came out fast as sophomore Ally Major scored in the game’s first five minutes with the goal that would prove to be enough in Loudoun…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Purcellville (April 29, 2016) – Owen Gotimer photographed the Riverside High School and Loudoun Valley High School boys soccer game in Purcellville on Thursday, April 28 and posted this photo gallery! The Vikings and Rams battled through each other and the rain to tie the non-conference match up.

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] South Riding (April 27, 2016) — With two outs and a strike to his name, trailing by a single run with two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh inning in a non-conference game against Heritage High School on April 26 in South Riding, Freedom High School sophomore Kyle Schofield found himself in a situation very similar to one he found himself in just a season before. “Kyle Schofield is a gutsy kid,” Freedom head coach Mark Wrighte said. “He competed at the plate tonight, so that’s a big moment for him.” In…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (April 26, 2016) — Need a lesson on how to score eight unanswered goals in 4:38? Ask the Riverside High School girls lacrosse team which put on a faceoff-dominating, fast-breaking, scoring clinic in the first-year Rams, 18-13, come-from-behind victory over Leesburg-rival Loudoun County High School on April 25. “We’ve never been a second half team, so our coach was just trying to rally us,” Riverside junior Rachel Giachinta said. “She told us this was our chance to show that we were a second half team.” Trailing the Lady Raiders, 10-7, after the first 25…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Ashburn (April 25, 2016) — Broad Run High School senior Caitlyn Harper has made a commitment to throw for Lynchburg College starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “Honestly, it doesn’t feel real,” the 5-foot-6 Harper said. “That high school is ending and college is just around the corner — it’s all happening so fast!” The end of Harper’s high school throwing career is just around the corner, but Broad Run still has several meets standing between now and the postseason where the Spartans as a team and Harper individually will try to earn…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Purcellville (April 23, 2016) — Woodgrove High School senior Austin Rader has made a commitment to continue his baseball career at the United States Naval Academy beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. “Navy was my No. 1 choice because it is one of the most prestigious institutions in our country. Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to be a naval officer,” the 5-foot-11 Rader said. “Getting a great education and being commissioned as an ensign in the USN is the deal of a lifetime, and it allows me to chase my…