Ashburn, Va. — When a No. 1 seed hosts a No. 6 seed in an 8-team playoff tournament, it’s usually pretty clear cut as to what the result will be heading into the game. However, that wasn’t the case when Stone Bridge High School hosted Potomac Falls High School for the VHSL Region 5C championship game on February 12 in Ashburn. Entering the game, the No. 1 Bulldogs were red hot having won 7 in a row, but they knew they’d have their hands full with No. 6 Panthers, who are perennial state contenders. Knowing they’d need to grab the…
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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.
Ashburn, Va. — After back-to-back defensive masterpieces against two of the top scoring teams in Loudoun County, the Potomac Falls High School girls basketball team can finally say it: defense wins championships. No. 5 Potomac Falls held No. 2 Stone Bridge to a season low 28 points as the Panthers suffocated the Bulldogs’ offense to claim the program’s first VHSL Region 5C title, 32-28, on February 12 in Ashburn. “I’ve had great teams over the years, great kids, and they’ve all worked so hard,” 18th-year Potomac Falls head coach Lynn Ewald said. “It’s very rewarding being able to see it…
Purcellville, Va. — Beating a team once in a season is hard, beating a team twice is a challenge, and beating the same team three times in a season is rarely ever possible. Well the Loudoun Valley High School girls basketball team took it one game further, sweeping Tuscarora in their fourth game of the season en route to the VHSL Region 4C championship title. Led by sophomore forward Louis Volker and junior guards Jane Bodamer and Alison Pike, the Vikings used an explosive first quarter to jump out to a big lead and then held off the Huskies, 45-33,…
Leesburg, Va. — It took 65 years for the Loudoun County High School boys basketball team to win their first region title in 2020. Now, just a year later, the Captains will look to defend that title after rolling through Culpeper County High School, 68-22, in a VHSL Region 4C semifinal on February 9 in Leesburg. “We’ve had some slow starts offensively, so one of our big goals was to get mentally better,” Loudoun County head coach Mark Alexander said. “Our defense has been there; we knew that going in. Offensively, we wanted to be more efficient and take better…
Ashburn, Va. — For the Briar Woods High School boys basketball team, this season has been all about growth. In their first six Potomac District games, the Falcons went 2-4 losing games by 18 to Riverside, 14 to Stone Bridge, 9 to Potomac Falls, and 16 to Rock Ridge. Fast forward to the second half of the district schedule, and while the Falcons only went 3-3, their growth was clear falling to Riverside and Rock Ridge by just 3 their second time around while beating Potomac Falls by 11. On February 8, Briar Woods’ growth shined brightest as the No.…
Purcellville, Va. — We were 31 minutes and 57 seconds into the Dulles District championship game, and Loudoun Valley High School sophomore guard Abigail Hall was yet to see the floor. The Vikings had just stolen an inbound pass from the Tuscarora Huskies before Loudoun Valley junior point guard Jane Bodamer was fouled and fell to the ground with a leg cramp. With Bodamer unable to shoot her free throws, the Vikings turned to their bench and immediately summoned Hall to the scorer’s table. With 3.2 seconds left, Hall entered the game for the first time and knocked down both…