By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Ashburn (June 3, 2017) – Beating a team three times in the same season is a tall task, especially when that team is your crosstown rival. Yet, the Briar Woods High School boys lacrosse team seemed up for the challenge against rival Stone Bridge High School on June 2 in Ashburn. In front of their home crowd, the Falcons used an aggressive faceoff game to battle back from a four-goal, fourth quarter deficit to even the game at 8-8 with three minutes to play. However, the Bulldogs’ offense was too tactful in their…
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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. — After watching the Stone Bridge High School softball team play for a state championship in 2013, then-eighth grader Jess Osborne had hopes of returning to the state playoffs in 2014. However, those dreams were cut short by a VHSL 5A North region semifinal loss to Patrick Henry in early June 2014. In 2015, the Lady Bulldogs once again fell short, losing in the Conference 14 third-place game to Broad Run in late May. Then in 2016, Stone Bridge defeated a battle-tested Brooke Point team before falling to eventual VHSL 5A state champion Atlee in a region semifinal.…
Ashburn, Va. — Rock Ridge High School senior Max Wayne has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Christopher Newport University starting in the 2017-2018 school year. “I first looked into CNU after meeting a bunch of my coaches that went there,” the 6-foot-3 Wayne said. “They all said they loved playing there, and they loved everything the school had to offer.” The Division III Captains are led by first-year head coach Mikey Thompson, who served as the interim head coach in 2016 and as an assistant since 2011. In his first season at the helm of the program,…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (May 23, 2017) — Two things stood in the Heritage High School baseball team’s way of a Conference 21B championship crown on May 23: the weather and Rock Ridge High School senior ace Nick Stewart. As the rain continued to pour down, the Pride scratched across an early run and got a three-hit shutout performance from senior starter Nate Craner, to earn Heritage baseball’s first ever conference title, 3-0, in front of a home crowd in Leesburg. “Playing with a lead has helped us out every time we’ve had one this year,”…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (May 22, 2017) — Most second year programs are content winning a few games. Some excited to go .500. But the girls lacrosse team at Riverside High School is different. In the program’s first season in 2016, the Lady Rams won more than a few games, finished four games above .500, and even hosted a group playoff game. Their young team was primed and ready to make a statement in 2017. On May 22, Riverside – who finished the regular season undefeated – got the moment they had worked so hard for…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (May 20, 2017) — Coming off an early week loss to Loudoun County High School, which ended their run at the program’s first regular season conference title, the Heritage High School baseball team exacted revenge on their crosstown rivals on May 19, as the No. 3 Pride put on a display, upending the No. 2 Raiders, 10-5, in Leesburg. “We were mad. We came out with fire,” Heritage junior centerfielder Colin Shea said. “We didn’t want to go home. We weren’t ready for that. None of us are ready for that.” In…