Ashburn, Va. — As the crisp air fell over the stadium at Broad Run High School, a small sense of normalcy returned to Ashburn as the traveling Huskies of Tuscarora High School started to get loose before their rivalry matchup with the hometown Spartans. Like with everything in 2020-2021, there was a sense of newness for both teams: a stadium capacity of just 250 spectators as opposed to the standing room only crowd a game of this magnitude typically draws, the sunsetting over the spring horizon just after 6pm, and both teams without their 2019 all-state quarterbacks, who graduated in…
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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.
Ashburn, Va. — The Stone Bridge High School football team is no stranger to their shot at glory. Since 2005, the Bulldogs have played in nine VHSL State championship games, winning just a single state title in 2007. As is their goal every year, Stone Bridge plans to return to the VHSL 5A State championship game this season. “We played in 9 of the last 15 state championships, so that’s where we want to get, and we want to get there in a position where we can win this time,” longtime Stone Bridge head coach Mickey Thompson said. “The challenge…
Leesburg, Va. — For the first time in nearly 500 days, the Heritage High School volleyball team took their home court in an effort to pick up right where they left off last season. In 2019, the Pride finished 16-8 overall with a 9-3 record in the Dulles District, but most importantly, they defended their home court, losing just twice at Heritage, while winning 8 straight games on their home floor to close out the season. After their 2020 fall season was pushed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pride battled through some adversity to…
Leesburg, Va. — After surrendering the lead midway through the second quarter, the Loudoun County High School football team struggled to find any momentum. That was until midway through the fourth quarter when the Captains got the two big breaks they were looking for. Trailing 17-10 with 8:30 left in the game, Loudoun County junior defensive back Jimmy Daughtrey intercepted a pass near midfield to stop the Heritage momentum. The Captains scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive. Then trailing 17-14 with 5:30 left in the game, Loudoun County junior defensive lineman Casey Robinson scooped up a fumble and returned…
Leesburg, Va. — It was 437 days between snaps for the Tuscarora High School football team. After falling in the VHSL 4A State championship game on December 14, 2019, the fall football season was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for the spring of 2021. More than 14 months since the end of their 2019 campaign, the Huskies took full advantage of every opportunity they had in their return to competition, shutting out Loudoun Valley, 28-0, in front of a limited home crowd on February 23 in Leesburg. “For a lot of us, this is the…
Ashburn, Va. — The bright lights of the state championship game didn’t rattle them. Fans in the stands for the first time all season didn’t faze them. And a red hot Green Run Stallions team entering their house with hopes of celebrating on their bus ride home to Virginia Beach didn’t scare them. Trailing by as many as 18 in the first quarter, the Stone Bridge Bulldogs never blinked. The Stone Bridge High School boys basketball team knew exactly what they needed to do: play their game, feed off the energy from the hometown crowd, and meticulously chip away at…