By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (Nov. 29, 2014) – Playing the last game of a high school career is tough for anybody, but the seniors at Loudoun Valley High School made the most of their opportunity in their season ending, 34-19, loss to James Monroe High School in the VHSL 3A East region semifinal as senior quarterback Sully Warner threw two touchdown passes, senior receivers Michael Irving and Ryan Malsch each caught a touchdown pass and senior running back Andrew Cordani found the end zone on the ground in front of a home crowd at Leonard Field in…
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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 Leesburg (Nov. 28, 2014) – Just hours after finishing their Thanksgiving dinners the boys of fall at Tuscarora and Broad Run high schools met at Fortune Field in Leesburg for a VHSL 5A North region semifinal match up as the Huskies defeated the Spartans, 35-14, to advance to the VHSL 5A State semifinal next weekend. Tuscarora dominated the ground game as senior running back Noah Reimers covered 243 yards on 37 carries including four scores while his junior teammate Daniel Smith scored once on a quarterback keeper. “We were just going to pound the ball…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Purcellville (Nov. 23, 2014) – Playing after Thanksgiving Day is becoming second-nature for the Loudoun Valley High School varsity football team who for the second straight year will play in a VHSL 3A East region semifinal just two days after Turkey Day with hopes of making it to the state final for the first time ever. “We always hear we won’t be playing after Thanksgiving. We’ve done it two years in a row now,” senior quarterback Sully Warner said. “It’s really rebuilding the program. It means a lot, definitely for the younger guys coming back…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor Leesburg (Nov. 21, 2014) – In subfreezing temperatures under the Friday night lights at Fortune Field, the Tuscarora High School football team (12-0) remained red hot knocking off Wakefield High School (8-4), 42-14, in a VHSL 5A North region quarterfinal. “It was just coming out and taking care of business like we’ve been talking about all week,” Tuscarora senior running back Noah Reimers said. “This is a team that obviously I thought we were better than, but you can’t take anyone lightly. They were a little bit better than we expected. They came…
*Update (11/17/2015): Potomac Falls High School senior Holly Carlton has officially signed her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at the University of North Carolina. (November 20, 2014) – Potomac Falls High School junior Holly Carlton has made an early verbal commitment to join veteran head coach Joe Sagula at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she will continue her volleyball career starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. “The recruiting process started the summer after my sophomore year, and has been a crazy ride since. I have been blessed with many opportunities around the country, but feel…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor (November 5, 2014) – As the high school fall sports season starts its playoff push this week, the Tuscarora High School golf team is still celebrating its fourth place finish at the VHSL 5A state championship at Meadowbrook Country Club in Richmond on Oct. 13 and 14. “It was pretty rewarding. One of our goals right out of tryouts was to get to states and win the region,” Tuscarora head coach Jeff Kaplan said. “I actually had a quote that I put on their golf bags that said ‘every hole, one goal, win states’…
