By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Ashburn (Dec. 31, 2014) – The Oakton High School Cougars girls varsity basketball team might just be the best shooting team in northern Virginia. The Broad Run High School Lady Spartans knew going into the 2014 Maroon & Gold Classic Tournament championship, they would need to contain the Cougar shooters, but Oakton junior Alex Marquis and senior Lindsey Abed were lights out from downtown, lifting the Cougars to a 66-45 win over the Lady Spartans to claim the tournament title.
Author: Owen Gotimer
Owen Gotimer
Owen Gotimer is an award-winning journalist and small business owner from Leesburg, Virginia. After graduating from Heritage High School, Owen spent his college years at Syracuse University, where he studied broadcast and digital journalism in the renowned Newhouse School of Public Communications, before earning a Masters degree in social media, culture, and society from the University of Westminster. Owen owns OG Media, a full-service marketing partner specializing in website design & development, content creation, and graphic design & print. Additionally, Owen is the president of of the Jeffrey C. Fowler Memorial Scholarship.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Ashburn (Dec. 30, 2014) – After an early departure from the first annual Maroon & Gold Classic girls basketball tournament in 2013, the host Broad Run High School Lady Spartans are headed to the 2014 Maroon & Gold Classic championship game. On Dec. 29, the Lady Spartans defeated George C. Marshall High School, 53-33, in the semifinal round in Ashburn.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Ashburn (Dec. 29, 2014) — While studying towards his Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies at the University of South Carolina, Sean Gundry began his high school basketball coaching career as an assistant boys coach at Blythewood High School. After earning his degree, Gundry moved back to northern Virginia where he joined the staff at his alma mater Fairfax High School as a girls assistant varsity and JV and freshman head coach on and off from 2008 through 2012. In May 2012, Gundry — whose mom and uncles graduated from…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Ashburn (Dec. 28, 2014) – Broad Run High School junior forward Mariah Leonard knew she would have an opportunity to shine in the primetime game of the 2014 Maroon & Gold Classic basketball tournament’s quarterfinal round against her former Spartan assistant coach and now Rock Ridge High School head coach Jaclyn Cummings. “We were on a little bit of a losing streak, and we really wanted to break it,” Leonard said. “In the locker room, I just told them we need to go out there and play like we can, and we did.”
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (Dec. 23, 2014) – The second half of the boys varsity basketball game between Loudoun County High School (3-4) and Loudoun Valley High School (3-6) on Dec. 22 in Purcellville started much like the first half as the score was tied, the Raiders had possession and emotions were flying high. One evident difference permeated the second half though: the boys in blue and gold wanted their third win in a row. The Raiders got just that as they defeated their longtime rival-Vikings, 57-47, with a terrific second half effort.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Ashburn (Dec. 21, 2014) – For the first time in Loudoun County’s history, a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference basketball team made its way inside Loudoun’s boundaries to play a public school in LCPS, according to Stone Bridge High School (5-2) assistant coach Michael Prince. On Dec. 20, Bishop Ireton High School (2-7) arrived at Stone Bridge’s front doors to compete in a non-conference boys varsity basketball match up as the Bulldogs toppled the Cardinals, 67-35.
