By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (May 17, 2017) — Pitching with a lead is something any pitcher knows helps relieve pressure. And what better way for Loudoun County High School junior starter Ben Bradford to get that early relief in a must-win game over Leesburg-rival Heritage High School on May 15 than by way of a two-run homerun off the bat of junior shortstop Will Schroeder in the bottom half of the first inning. The Raiders carried Schroeder’s momentous home run and Bradford’s 6.2 innings of two-run baseball to victory over the Pride, 7-2, in the Conference…
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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.
Purcellville, Va. — Loudoun Valley High School graduate Blair Brown Lipsitz (2006) has been named a Virginia High School League Hall of Fame inductee for the Class of 2017. Lipsitz – who led the Lady Vikings to a VHSL AA state championship title in 2004 – is one of the most accomplished high school volleyball players in Virginia State history. “Being named a Hall of Famer is a really cool honor and really a great testament to my team and coaches at Loudoun Valley,” Lipsitz said. “My teammates and I all bought into our goal early on in high school and…
Purcellville (May 5, 2017) – Owen Gotimer photographed Loudoun Valley High School’s baseball game against Heritage High School in Purcellville on Tuesday, May 2 and posted this photo gallery with 33 photos! The Vikings took advantage of five walks in the first three innings to push across six early runs en route to a 7-5 Conference 21B win over the Pride.
Loudoun County, Va. — Two pieces of sandwich bread, a smear of creamy peanut butter and a spoonful of homemade strawberry jam. The peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It’s a cheap, simple and classic sandwich that dates all the way back to 1901 when Julia Davis Chandler suggested pairing peanut butter and jelly in the Boston Cooking-School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics. The PB&J rose in popularity over the next 100 years. However, at least in my house, I feel like a peanut butter and jelly often went overlooked as boring while I was growing up. But the…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (April 20, 2017) — Heritage High School senior Ryan Boyd has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Gwynedd Mercy University beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year. “After my overnight visit, I knew that Gwynedd Mercy is where I wanted to be for the next four years,” the 6-foot-1 Boyd said. “I feel like coach Lindstrom is very passionate about the team and has built a great lacrosse program in the CSAC conference. The team has a common goal that they have bought into which is to win the CSAC…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’BigO_Gotimer’] Leesburg (April 18, 2017) — Heritage High School senior starter Cameron Taylor used a 10-strikeout performance to lead the Pride past Conference 21B-rival Loudoun County High School, 3-2, on April 17 in Leesburg. “He was working ahead of most hitters,” Heritage head coach Ryan Price said. “He was just filling up the strike zone, mixing it up with the breaking stuff and just overpowered some guys tonight with his fastball.” Taylor – who is committed to play at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County next spring – got ahead of hitters early, striking…