Sports

Volley for Breast Cancer

By Contributor

Help the Loudoun Valley High School Volleyball team raise funds to support Breast Cancer education programs and research efforts by attending “Dig Pink” games on Thursday, September 30 - Freshman and Junior Varsity at 6:00 p.m. and Varsity at 7:15 p.m. Wear pink, buy some baked goods and watch the returning players from the 2009… »

Purcellville To Host Babe Ruth

By Contributor

The Town of Purcellville has announced that they will be hosting the Babe Ruth World Series for 14 Year Olds beginning August 21 through 28. Come and be part of history when, once again, the Town of Purcellville is listed in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York as having hosted the… »

Loudoun Lightning
Gearing Up for Tryouts

By Contributor

The current 12U NoVA elite travel baseball team is holding tryouts for qualified players in June and July for Fall and Spring 13U Loudoun Lightning roster. The Lightning’s 2010 record was 10-1-1 in ODBL (1st place) and 18-5-1 overall.
Contact Wright Hooks at ewrighth3@aol.com or call (703) 943-9592 for more… »

First Official Game Under the Lights at Haske Field

By Blue Ridge Leader

This was the first official game under the lights at Haske Field on May 22, at 7:30 p.m. The Phillies played the Cubs, and there was a crowd of approximately 350 people.
The score was Phillies 3 Cubs 1, the game ended after four innings due to… »

Harmony Hornets Win Second Straight Championship

By Contributor
Back Row (l-r): Asst Coach Dennis Woods, Garret Miller, Coy Bowyer, Austin Wolf, Paul Rowley, Anthony Woods, Asst Coach Scot Miller. Front:  Head Coach Derek Irelan, James McCray, Josh Sweet, Brandon Grayson, Josh Seigel, Asst Coach John Sweet

Submitted By Lane Wolf
The Harmony Hornets eighth grade boys travel basketball team finished off a perfect 13-0 season last Sunday. The Hornets stung the Simpson Mustangs for the second year in a row in the championship game.
Led by head coach Derek Irelan both years, the team dominated the Loudoun County Travel league with a… »

Scott Jenkins Memorial Park *Update

By Blue Ridge Leader

January 25, the Board of Supervisor’s Transportation/Land Use Committee, at the suggestion of Supervisors Kurtz and York, recommended lighting the ball fields at Franklin Park, west of Purcellville, using, in part, the money currently allocated for ball field lighting at Scott Jenkins Memorial Park.
Some committee members expressed concern about whether the lights at Jenkins Park… »

Loudoun Valley Places Six on All-Cedar Run District Team

By Blue Ridge Leader

Six players from Loudoun Valley were named to the first-team All-Cedar Run District football team and six more made the second team.
The Vikings, who finished with a 6-4 record and were in the playoff race until the final week of the regular-season, placed guard Dan Matarazzo, wide receiver Kyle Kohnen and running back Ricky Simmons… »

Loudoun Valley Will Be Returning to Group AA Dulles District

By Blue Ridge Leader

The first of several meetings dealing with the redistricting and reclassification of high schools for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic years took place in Charlottesville in mid-November, and one thing seems certain: Loudoun Valley’s days as a Group AAA school are numbered.
The R&R committee looked at an initial proposal that would move Loudoun Valley and… »

Loudoun Valley Claims School’s First Group AAA State Title

By Blue Ridge Leader

Led by seniors Morgan Clark, Nicole Bennett, Lindsey Phipps, Kristen Martin, Sara Malsch and Meredith Bland, Loudoun Valley is now boosting another state championship banner at the school.
The Vikings claimed the Group AAA volleyball state championship earlier this month by beating South County 19-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-22 at Virgina Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. It marked… »

Valley Basketball Teams To Play at Verizon Center December 22

By Blue Ridge Leader

Usually, one would expect to see Loudoun County’s two oldest schools – Loudoun County and Loudoun Valley – to be playing basketball against each other somewhere in, well, Loudoun County.
But on December 22, that won’t be the case. In basketball jargon, they’re taking it “downtown”.
The two old rivals — Loudoun County opened in 1954 and… »

George Mason Winter Baseball Camps

By Blue Ridge Leader

Youth Infield Camp (Ages 7-13)
Thursday, December 17, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
This camp offers three hours of extensive infield and hitting instruction run by Mason Infield and Hitting Coach Kyle Werman. Coach Werman will cover the building blocks that make up a great infielder, including drills to improve your game both in the field and at the plate.
Youth… »

NoVa West LAX To Hold Clinics

By Blue Ridge Leader

On November 28, NoVa West Lacrosse will hold a Dodge and Shoot Clinic at the Purcellville Sports Pavillion. NoVa West will also be offering a winter clinic and a Merry Laxmas camp in the month of December.
For more information about these clinics or camps, visit… »

Vikings Win ULYFL Championship

By Michael Carter

In the championship game of the 2009 Upper Loudoun Youth Football League November 14, the Vikings’ team, coached by Gary Saunders, came out victorious against the Raiders, coached by Scott Warner.
The final score of the game was 32 to 6. Viking fans in the bleachers burst into cheers as the final buzzer sounded and the… »

Vikings Women’s Soccer Undefeated

By Blue Ridge Leader

April 24, 2009
Halfway through the season, both Loudoun Valley Varsity and JV womens soccer teams are undefeated, with only one goal scored against total for each team, and that in non-district play. Head Coach Kerry Davidson, last year’s Cedar Run District Coach of the Year, has returned for her third season with the Vikes, aided… »

Vikings Baseball Drops Third Straight

By Blue Ridge Leader

April 24, 2009
On Saturday the Loudoun Valley varsity baseball team lost their third straight game in as many days, losing to the Yorktown Patriots 5-0. Following their loss to Battlefield, 5-4, and to Fauquier, 14-12, the team was plagued by hitting and defensive problems. Yorktown pitched a complete shutout, allowing only three hits and striking… »

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