By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (May 15, 2016) — Loudoun County High School senior Jack Scalio has made a commitment to continue his wrestling career at the Virginia Military Institute starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “It feels amazing, all the hard work over the years paid off — everything fell into place,” the 6-foot, 170 pound Scalio said. “I finally 100-percent know where I’m going for the next four years. I always had VMI in the back of my mind but now it’s official.” The Division I Keydets are coached by Chris Skretkowicz — who…

By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (May 13, 2016) — Heritage High School senior Phillip Crouch has made a commitment to continue his swimming career at Florida Atlantic University starting in the 2016-2017 school year where he will compete in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 100-yard butterfly and 50-yard freestyle. “There’s so much stress off my shoulders,” the 6-foot-2 Crouch said. “Going into the season, I wasn’t sure if I would be fast enough to commit to a bigger [Division I] school But knowing that I worked hard this season, and that it paid off, is very…

By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (May 2, 2016) — Heritage High School senior Carsten Wahl has made a commitment to continue his baseball career at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “It’s extremely exciting, I get to continue what I love and I get the education that I want,” the 5-foot-10 Wahl said. Being given the opportunity to play college ball is really big for Wahl, especially because he hurt his elbow just prior to his senior season during a training session. “When I first injured my arm it was…

By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (April 21, 2016) — On April 19, Riverside High School (7-5) traveled across town to take on Heritage High School (3-9) as the first-year Rams came back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Pride, 5-3, behind some timely offense and a solid pitching performance by freshmen Nick Connolly and David Setien. In the sixth inning, the Rams finally got the bats going with back-to-back-to-back singles to start the inning. Riverside head coach Sam Plank then elected to attempt a bases loaded squeeze which paid off after a Heritage error.…

By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (April 10, 2016) — Heritage High School senior Kaly Winslow has made a commitment to continue her softball career at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “I feel blessed to be committed considering the amount of struggles I went through to get where I am today—as a player and as a person,” the 5-foot-4 shortstop said. The Division I Seahawks are coached by Kristy Norton — in her fourth season as head coach. Prior to taking the head coach position for the Seahawks, Norton…

By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (April 8, 2016) — Heritage High School senior Tyler Daily has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Lenoir-Rhyne University starting the 2016-2017 school year. “It has not actually sunk in yet that I will be going there next year,” the 6-foot defender said. “It’s a relief though that I don’t have to worry about applications any more. Now the focus is keeping my grades up while pushing senioritis down and to make sure I am ready physically to play lacrosse at the next level.” The Division II Bears are…