Girls Basketball: Freedom's Buchanan AP All-State 1st Team, LC's Batts and Holmes 2nd Team

(June 2, 2010) - The Associated Press has released its AA girls basketball All-State selections and three Loudoun girls were honored including Freedom's Kelsey Buchanan on the first team and Loudoun County's Brittany Batts and Kendra Holmes on the second team.

AP AA All-State Girls Basketball 2009-10
First Team
Courtni Green, Millbrook
Gabby Tyler, Greensville Co.
Kirby Burkholder, Turner Ashby

Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball - Region II D4 Finals - Freedom vs. Liberty

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Girls Basketball: Freedom's VHSL D4 State Quarterfinal Set for Friday at Robinson

(Feb. 28, 2010) - Freedom High School announced Sunday that the Eagles girls basketball team, a 62-33 winner over Liberty Saturday in the Region II finals, will face Courtland this Friday at 6 p.m. at Robinson High School in Fairfax in the VHSL Division 4 state quarterfinals.

While we haven't had official word on the Potomac Falls boys yet we assume that the Division 4 games will be paired which

Basketball: Complete VHSL Regional Final Scoreboard

Boys Basketball
AAA - games 3.1.10
Central Region
Petersburg vs. Thomas Dale
Eastern Region
Norcom vs. Maury
Northern Region
Langley vs. Chantilly
Northwestern Region
Patrick Henry-Roanoke vs. Gar-Field

AA Division 4
Region I
Courtland 67, Tabb 58
Region II
Potomac Falls 85, Liberty 62
Region III
Broadway 49, Spotswood 44
Region IV
Salem 63, Bassett 53

AA Division 3
Region I
Brunswick 49, New

Basketball: VHSL Division 4 Regional Finals Scoreboard

VHSL Division 4 Regional Finals
Boys Basketball
Region I
Courtland 67, Tabb 58
Region II
Potomac Falls 85, Liberty 62
Region III
Broadway 49, Spotswood 44
Region IV
Salem 63, Bassett 53

Girls Basketball
Region I
York 61, Courtland 50
Region II
Freedom-South Riding 62, Liberty 33
Region III
Spotswood 45, Turner Ashby 42
Region IV
Bassett 53, Carroll County 44

Quarterfinal Pairing, Mar. 5 or 6,

Twin Titles! Freedom Girls and Potomac Falls Boys Crush Liberty for Region II D4 Titles

Charlottesville (Feb. 28, 2010) - It wasn't even close as both the Freedom High School girls and the Potomac Falls High School boys crushed Liberty Saturday at Monticello High School to take home to Loudoun Region II Division 4 titles.

For defending Division 3 state champion Freedom it was a second straight regional title and for Potomac Falls it was the school's first regional title since

Basketball: Freedom Girls, PFalls Boys Face Liberty Tonight in Charlottesville for Region II D4 Titles

(Feb. 27, 2010) - The Freedom High School girls and Potomac Falls High School boys basketball teams will take to the road tonight and try to bring home a pair of AA Region II Division 4 titles.

Both teams face Liberty High School in a doubleheader at neutral Monticello High School in Charlottesville (directions here). The girls tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys at apx. 7:45 p.m.

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Girls Basketball: Freedom 49, Loudoun County 40

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South Riding (Feb. 25, 2010) - It was the fifth and final meeting between what many consider the best two VHSL Division 4 girls basketball teams in the state, Freedom and Loudoun County. One would move on and have a chance to defend its state title and the other would have its season finished.

As an indication of what kind of struggle the game was, it was just 6-4 after the first

Girls Basketball: Cold Start Ends Panthers First Ever Playoff Run

LIBERTY 22 6 17 13 - 58
POTOMAC FALLS 12 11 22 5 - 50
P (13-7) — Berry 18, Short 18, Jefferies 10, Fauteux 3, Stanley 1.
Totals 14 17-24 50.
L (15-3) — Wood 17, Lindsey 13, Claybrooks 8, Gwathmey 8, Croushorn 6, Reeves 6. Totals 23 11-24 58.
Halftime: Liberty, 28-23.
Three-point goals: P 5 (Short 2, Jefferies 2, Fauteux); L 1 (Reeves).
Rebounds: P 27 (Berry 6, Short 4, Jefferies 9,

Basketball: The Skinny of Thursday's Regional Semifinals

Region II Basketball
Division 4 Boys Semifinals
Potomac Falls 62, Broad Run 51
The Skinny: Lukas Mihailovich scores 24 to lead the Panthers to the school's first ever state basketball playoff appearance since the school opened in 1997. Broad Run, which fell behind 7-0 to start and never led in the contest, has been waiting 41 years for a trip to States -- since the school opened in 1969! Kevin

Basketball: Regional Playoff Scoreboard

Region II Basketball
Division 4 Boys Semifinals
Potomac Falls 62, Broad Run 51

Division 4 Girls Semifinals
Freedom 49, Loudoun County 40
Liberty 58, Potomac Falls 50

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Basketball: Region II Semifinals Tonight

(Feb. 25, 2010) - The Region II basketball Division 4 semifinals are scheduled tonight with a pair of huge rematches from the Dulles District tournament and historic game for the Potomac Falls girls.

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Girls Basketball: Stone Bridge's Season Ends in Regional Loss at Westfield

(Feb. 25, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School girls, which went from 3-18 last year to making the AAA Northern Region playoffs this season, had their season ended Wednesday night with a 52-36 loss at Westfield in the regional first round.

"We played a very good team and I am very proud of our girls for fighting until the end tonight. They played hard but just couldn't overcome a good defensive

Update on Potomac Falls Girls Hoops Playoff Win: Box and Coach Ewald's Take

POTOMAC FALLS 0 14 8 24 46,
BRENTSVILLE 12 7 13 12 44
P (13-6, 7-3) — Short 22, Berry 16, Stanley 4, Reid 2, Battle 1, Jefferies 1. Totals 14 14-21 46.
B (13-5, 4-3) — Baltimore 14, Taylor 14, Tooke 8, Jacobson 7, Johnson 1.
Totals 16 7-18 44.
Halftime: Brentsville, 19-14.
Three-point goals: P 4 (Short 4); B 5 (Baltimore 2, Taylor, Tooke, Jacobson).
Rebounds: P 26 (Short 6,

Updated Region II Basketball Brackets

Region II Basketball Brackets
Division 3 Boys Bracket
Division 4 Boys Bracket
Division 3 Girls Bracket
Division 4 Girls Bracket

Girls Basketball: Batts Hits School-Record Nine 3-Pointers in Loudoun County's 83-36 Playoff Romp over James Wood

Leesburg (Feb. 23, 2010) - Playing without last year's VHSL AA Division 4 Player of the Year, Kendra Holmes, the Loudoun County High School girls basketball team had little problems Tuesday as they dismantled visiting James Wood, 83-36, in the Region II quarterfinals.

Raider junior Brittany Batts broke her own school record of eight three-pointers in a contest by connecting on nine in the win as

Girls Basketball: Historic Win! Potomac Falls Girls Storm Back from 12-0 First Quarter Deficit for First Ever Playoff Win, 46-44 Over Brentsville

(Feb. 23, 2010) - The Potomac Falls High School girls basketball team grabbed a little piece of history Tuesday night as the Panthers stormed back from a 12-0 first quarter deficit to defeat Brentsville, 46-44, in the Region II Division 4 quarterfinals for the school's first ever playoff win in girls hoops.

The No. 5 seed Panthers (13-6) will travel to Liberty on Thursday for a 6 p.m. semifinal

Basketball: Here We Go Again! Familiar Foes Face Each Other Thursday in Region Semifinals: LC Girls at Freedom, BR Boys at PFalls

(Feb. 23, 2010) - If you like sequels, then you'll love the Region II Division 4 basketball tournament with a pair of Dulles District foes matched up in Thursday's semifinals with not only a regional title game berth on the line but a state tournament bid as well.

The titles of these sequels? Loudoun County vs. Freedom Girls Act V and Broad Run vs. Potomac Falls Boys Part IV. The rematches were

Girls Basketball: Hot Shooting Raiders Net Third Dulles District Tournament Title in Five Years

South Riding (Feb. 23, 2010) - Loudoun County High School senior Alissa Kain broke the 1,000-point career mark the other night and evidently the gritty 5-foot-9 swing player was just getting warmed up as she scored 21 points Saturday, including 15 and three 3-pointers in the first half, to lead the Raiders to their third AA Dulles District girls basketball tournament title in five years.

Girls Basketball: Valley's Sweet and Oden Make First All-Cedar Run District, Piccolomini Coach of the Year

(Feb. 22, 2010) - Loudoun Valley High School seniors Kayla Sweet and Chrystal Oden both were named All-Cedar Run District and Viking coach Jen Piccolomini picked up Coach of the Year honors.

Heritage's Erika Grabbi and Ceara Scott both made second team. Valley's Brea Calhoun and Heritage's Chelsea Paskowski were both honorable mention.

2010 CEDAR RUN ALL DISTRICT GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
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