Volleyball: Broad Run Clinches Second Seed in Dulles with 5-Game Thriller Against Freedom

(Oct. 27, 2010) - Broad Run High School clinched the second seed for next week's Dulles District tournament with a hard-fought win over Freedom Tuesday night in five games, 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 13-25, 15-13.

Loudoun County, the district's regular-season champion, remained unbeaten in district play with a sweep over Dominion, 25-20, 25-12, 25-9. Briar Woods, one game behind Freedom for the third

News: Other Coaching Hires Approved by School Board on Oct. 26

(Oct. 27, 2010) - The Loudoun County Public Schools Board was busy last night approving some 30 coaching hires.

Besides Jason Miller as the new varsity baseball coach, Briar Woods also hired Eric W. Bateman as the Falcons varsity swim coach. Another new swim coach will be Jennifer House, formerly at Stone Bridge, moving over to Woodgrove.

Tuscarora also hired Mark Bauer to run the baseball

Baseball: Briar Woods Hires Jason Miller as New Varsity Coach

Ashburn (Oct. 27, 2010) - Briar Woods High School announced Wednesday that Jason Miller has been hired as the Falcons new varsity baseball coach.

Miller, who moves over from Park View where he has been an assistant varsity coach for the past two seasons, replaces Josh Mosser who stepped down after the spring season.

Miller is a 1998 Graduate of John Handley High School in Winchester, where he

Football: VHSL Ratings - Stone Bridge and McLean Tied in Northern Region D5 in Advance of Friday's Showdown

(Oct. 25, 2010) - In the latest VHSL football ratings, undefeated Stone Bridge is tied for first in the Northern Region Division 5 standings with McLean at 28.5 points. The two teams tangle Friday in Ashburn with the Liberty District title and homefield advantage in the regional playoffs at stake.

Also in AAA, Loudoun Valley at 25.1 in the No. 4 seed currently in the Northwest Region Division 5

Football: Briar Woods Clinches a Share of First Dulles District Title with 24-10 Win Over Park View

Ashburn (Oct. 24, 2010) - Briar Woods High School quarterback Trace McSorley threw two touchdown passes in a two-minute span at the end of the third quarter Friday to lead the Falcons to a 24-10 win over Park View and clinch at least a share of the school's first ever AA Dulles District football title.

The Falcons (7-2 overall, 5-0 in district) can clinch the title by themselves in two weeks

Golf: Area Girls Tee it Up at VHSL Open Championship Monday

(Oct. 22, 2010) - Broad Run High School's Danielle Cook finished second at this week's state qualifier played at Rock Harbour Golf Club to become one of 10 Loudoun girls that will tee it up for a state title at the two-day VHSL Girls Open which starts Monday at Red Wing Golf Club in Virginia Beach.

Local Tee Times - Day One
Diana Bonina (Stone Bridge) 8 a.m.
Shelby Shote (Dominion) 10 a.m.

Competitive Cheer: Briar Woods Edges Broad Run to Defend Dulles District Title

Briar Woods is all smiles after winning Wednesday.


Dominion erupts with joy after clinching Regionals
(Oct. 21, 2010) - As the tension mounted Wednesday night at the awards ceremony for the Dulles District competitive cheer meet, there were really two outcomes at stake. Which two teams would claim the final two spots to the Region II meet and which of the district's top two squads -- rivals

Cross Country: A Perfect 10! Potomac Falls Boys Win 10th Straight Dulles Title

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor
Leesburg (Oct. 21, 2010) - For years they watched their brothers, friends and neighbors continue the area's longest winning tradition and on Wednesday it was the current class of Potomac Falls High School boys cross country runners turn to carry the torch forward.


Juan Campos

While Panther coach Dolph Null says he doesn't even broach the subject of "the streak

Cross Country: Freshman 1-2 Finish, Senior Leadership Leads Freedom to First Dulles District Title

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor
Leesburg (Oct. 21, 2010) - When the Dulles District girls cross country race Wednesday at Oatlands entered the home stretch it was a pair of freshman from Freedom, Callie O'Connell and Siobhan O'Toole, leading the field.



Callie O'Connell
While the duo had just finished 1-2 at the Octoberfest race earlier in the month, that was in the JV race and a little under

News: LoCo Elite 5 - Stone Bridge Moves Into a Tie with Loudoun County in Volleyball Rankings

(Oct. 12, 2010) - The Loudoun Times-Mirror and VivaLoudoun.com have teamed up to present the LoCo Elite 5 — a top five weekly rankings for football and volleyball among Loudoun’s 12 public high schools.

Stone Bridge High School is ranked No. 1 in football for the 8th straight week and in volleyball, Loudoun County is on top for the 5th straight week, but the Raiders share the top spot with

Football: Briar Woods Moves a Step Closer Towards First Dulles District Title

Falcons Homecoming crowd celebrates Friday! (all photos courtesy of Carl Lukat/LTM)

By Carl Lukat
Loudoun-Times Mirror Sports Editor

Ashburn (Oct. 16, 2010) - Briar Woods High School coach Charlie Pierce was pleasantly surprised when senior captain Victor Rizzardi stood up in a team meeting prior to Friday's game against Potomac Falls and implored his teammates to show a renewed focus after

Volleyball: Thursday Night Scoreboard

VivaLoudoun Volleyball Scoreboard
Thurs. Oct. 14
Briar Woods def. Park View, 25-6, 25-5, 25-23
Broad Run def. Potomac Falls, 24-26, 25-23, 25-18, 25-21
Freedom def. Woodgrove, 25-13, 26-24, 25-14
Loudoun County def. Tuscarora, 25-13, 25-12, 25-20
Heritage def. Osbourn, 25-14, 22-25, 25-8, 25-8
Loudoun Valley def. Battlefield, 25-13, 25-20, 25-22
Stone Bridge def. TJ, 25-15, 25-7, 25-13

Wed. Oct.

Football: Briar Woods Coach Charlie Pierce Named Redskins High School Coach of the Week

(Oct. 14, 2010) - The Washington Redskins announced last week that Briar Woods High School head football coach Charlie Pierce has been named Redskins High School Coach of the Week for the week of October 4.


The Redskins High School Coach of the Week program is designed to recognize and reward excellence in high school football coaching.

Pierce has been coaching football for 21 years, the last

Golf: Loudoun County Finishes 4th in AA State Tournament

Blacksburg (Oct. 13, 2010) - The Loudoun County High School formidable group of golf seniors finished their fine prep careers Tuesday with a fourth place finish at the VHSL AA state tournament at the Blacksburg Country Club.

The Raiders shot 608 as a team in a tournament won by Jamestown with a record-breaking 575 -- nine strokes better than the two-day total Cox posted in the AAA tournament in

Volleyball: The Skinny for Oct. 5-12 - Woodgrove Earns First Ever Dulles District Win, Broad Run Turns Tables on BWoods, SB Sweeps Heritage and More From 22 Matches

(Oct. 13, 2010) - It has been a busy week of volleyball in Loudoun with Woodgrove earning its first AA Dulles District win, Broad Run turning the tables on Briar Wods and Stone Bridge sweeping Heritage.

In other news from the week, Freedom pushed Loudoun County but the Raiders remain unbeaten in the Dulles District and Heritage had to go five games against Battlefield to remain unbeaten in the

Football: Virginia Lions Standout Christian Flores Walks On at Northwestern

(June 17, 2010) - Briar Woods High School senior Christian Flores, who played three years for the Falcons before playing for the Virginia Lions this past fall, has been accepted as a walk-on at NCAA Division I Northwestern.

Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald announced June 3 the addition of six non-scholarship student-athletes to the Wildcats' 2010 roster, including the 6-foot-2,

College Signings: Briar Woods Celebrates Those Falcons to Play in College Next Year

(June 17, 2010) - Briar Woods High School held a celebration Monday in the school's library for those athletes from the Class of 2010 that will play in college next season.

The latest updated VivaLoudoun College Choice Chart -- 153 athletes from 2010 headed to play in college!

More on the Briar Woods athletes headed to college:

Karli Massengale has been a four year starter on the girls

Girls Soccer: Spartans Sweep Region II Awards as Whitney Church is Player of th Year and Claire Collins is Coach of the Year

(June 17, 2010) - The Broad Run High School girls soccer team -- which just wrapped up a third straight AA state title -- swept the Region II honors with junior Whitney Church being named the Player of the Year and Claire Collins the Coach of the Year. A total of seven Dulles District players made the first team.

2010 All-Region II Girls Soccer Selections

Player of the year: Whitney Church,

Softball: Briar Woods and Loudoun Valley Have Seasons End in State Quarterfinals

(June 9, 2010) - The Briar Woods High School and Loudoun Valley High School softball seasons came to an end Tuesday with both teams falling in the state quarterfinals, the Falcons at Powhatan, 4-0, in AA and the Vikings at Madison, 6-1, in AAA.

For Briar Woods (21-4) the loss ended the Falcons best ever season as the school captured its first Dulles District regular-season title and repeated as

Spring Scores: 2010

Coaches, parents, players and fans: Please help VivaLoudoun collect all the scores by sending in results after each event to dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com.

Spring Scores 2010
Sat. June 12
Baseball
AA State Finals at Radford
Potomac Falls vs. Poquoson PPD (make-up 6.13, 10 a.m.)
AAA State Finals at Westfield
West Springfield 10, Woodbridge 2

Softball
AA State Finals at Radford
AAA State Finals at