By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] Leesburg (August 25, 2015) — The Heritage High School athletic department is getting ready to start another fall sports season. The Pride will compete in the newly aligned Conference 21B of the VHSL 4A West region. Here’s how things are shaping up! Pride football looks to show their improvement in 2015 under head coach Reed Prosser Heritage football returns a big core group of their team this year, including junior quarterback Alex Carlin, senior receiver Cole Miller and senior running back Mitchell Westbrook, who are all expected to have big seasons, also,…

By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Staff Writer [twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] *Update (11/17/2015): Briar Woods High School senior Lauren Twitty has officially signed her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at the University of New Mexico. Ashburn (August 12, 2015) — Briar Woods High School senior Lauren Twitty has made a commitment to play volleyball at the University of New Mexico starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. “Committing was a huge relief because recruiting can be very demanding and stressful,” the 6-foot-2 Twitty said. “However, I thought it was good to wait and think about what I really want in a college. I think I…

Ashburn, Va. — Stone Bridge High School rising junior Emily Fox has made an early verbal commitment to play at the University of North Carolina starting in the 2017-2018 academic year, despite not playing for the Bulldogs her sophomore year. “UNC has always been a dream school of mine since I was little,” the 5-foot-5 Fox said. “I chose UNC because of their commitment to developing their players to the next level and always challenging them to be better by tough competition all the time. Not only the soccer aspect of UNC made me want to go there, but [UNC] has…

[twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Journalist Leesburg (June 9, 2015) — For the fourth time this season, the Heritage High School and Loudoun County High School girls soccer teams met, but on Friday, June 5 it was to play for the VHSL 4A North region title.

[twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Journalist Leesburg (May 28, 2015) — On a hot, sunny evening in Leesburg, the girls soccer teams from Heritage High School and Loudoun County High School met on Tuesday, May 26 to claim the Conference 21 tournament title and get a shot for home field advantage in the VHSL 4A North region tournament. In their two previous meetings Loudoun County beat Heritage 2-0 on April 10 and 2-1 on April 21. This game was much like the April 10 meeting, as the Lady Raiders blanked the Lady Pride 2-0.

[twitter-follow screen_name=’SpencerDuPuis’] By Spencer DuPuis LoCoSports Journalist Leesburg (May 26, 2015) — It was a sunny, breezy evening on Friday, May 22 when the girls soccer teams from Sherando High School and Heritage High School met in a Conference 21 semifinal match in Leesburg. In their only other match of the season on April 8, Heritage escaped with a narrow 3-2 win after defensive woes hurt the Pride in the first half.